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Michael Leader

Michael Leader's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).

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Ebony & Ivory (2024) 73% 3/5 EDIT “Certainly not your standard music flick, Ebony & Ivory is challenging, abrasive and utterly, utterly odd. But if you’re on Jim Hosking’s weirdo wavelength, it’s a demented delight.” – Empire Magazine Oct 22, 2025 Full Review One to One: John & Yoko (2024) 90% 3/5 EDIT “Macdonald and Rice-Edwards immerse in the famous power couple’s lives in NY, but this estate-approved doc struggles to deliver intriguing insight.” – Little White Lies Apr 10, 2025 Full Review Starve Acre (2023) 81% 3/5 EDIT “However, apart from some splendid effects work and a bravura score from Matthew Herbert, Kokotajlo’s film ultimately comes up short.” – Little White Lies Sep 5, 2024 Full Review Leap Year (2010) 89% 2/5 EDIT “It doesn't reach such giddy heights, as the veil of naturalism remains, drawing dark, absurd humour out of straightforwardly grim situations, reaching a particular NSFW peak...” – Den of Geek Jun 25, 2024 Full Review 360 (2011) 19% 2/5 EDIT “Perhaps the film is just too satisfied with its central gimmick. ” – Den of Geek May 9, 2024 Full Review We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) 74% 4/5 EDIT “Tilda Swinton and Ezra Miller both give exceptional performances in the film of Lionel Shriver's We Need To Talk About Kevin.” – Den of Geek May 9, 2024 Full Review Bernie (2011) 88% EDIT “Bernie sits squarely in the middle of Linklater’s indie-mainstream spectrum – an experiment in marrying drama and documentary, which inevitably satisfies neither.” – Den of Geek May 8, 2024 Full Review We Have a Pope (2012) 66% EDIT “A film which isn't entirely damned, but offers little salvation.” – Den of Geek May 8, 2024 Full Review Like Crazy (2011) 70% EDIT “The leads, for their part, are youthful, charming and lost, but the representation of their relationship just isn't raw or wry enough to be compelling.” – Den of Geek May 8, 2024 Full Review Take Shelter (2011) 92% 4/5 EDIT “Whether it achieves such standing or not, Take Shelter succeeds in something quite impressive.” – Den of Geek May 8, 2024 Full Review War Horse (2011) 74% 2/5 EDIT “War Horse finds it hard to say even something comforting about the Great War. Instead, it poses a question: is the Hollywood master, with his recent record in mind, starting to lose his touch?” – Den of Geek May 8, 2024 Full Review A Man's Story (2010) 32% 2/5 EDIT “Bonicos has neither the craft nor the backbone to truly get to the heart of his subject...” – Den of Geek May 8, 2024 Full Review That's What I Am (2011) 55% 1/5 EDIT “A dumb, blithely simple drama that is all moral and no content.” – Den of Geek May 8, 2024 Full Review Hanna (2011) 71% 3/5 EDIT “Hanna shows some promise, particularly in Ronan’s versatile performance, but between the overwrought style and underdeveloped script, there’s plenty for Wright to workshop...” – Den of Geek May 8, 2024 Full Review Attack the Block (2011) 91% 4/5 EDIT “There are no red telephone boxes, awkward romantics or stiff upper lips here, just a giddy sense of invention, a freshness of perspective, and a deep understanding of cinematic style.” – Den of Geek May 8, 2024 Full Review Holy Rollers (2010) 52% 2/5 EDIT “Perhaps it's the double-edged sword of using religious concepts as the backbone of your story. When pushing hard for morality, it can be easy for it to overshadow other concerns.” – Den of Geek May 7, 2024 Full Review Life in a Day (2011) 79% 3/5 EDIT “If it tells us anything, it’s that visual culture is still very confused, indeed, about its own future. And, for now, we’re stuck in the voyeuristic moment.” – Den of Geek May 7, 2024 Full Review Villain (2010) 57% 3/5 EDIT “They are intriguing themes, nonetheless, it is just unfortunate that the audience is kept at a distance throughout. It’s doubly unfortunate, because not only does Villain have a lot going for it, it has a lot riding on it, as well.” – Den of Geek May 7, 2024 Full Review A Better Life (2011) 86% 2/5 EDIT “This is the sort of tepid tragedy, all sentiment and no cojones, that one could previously malign as a TV movie, as it attempts to say nothing new about the issues at hand.” – Den of Geek May 7, 2024 Full Review Kill List (2011) 79% 4/5 EDIT “Some may be frustrated by the coyness of the narrative, which prefers to leave integral storytelling threads up to the viewer’s imagination, but that is all part of the fun...” – Den of Geek May 7, 2024 Full Review The Skin I Live In (2011) 81% 4/5 EDIT “Alberto Iglesias' astounding score is a diverse work, taking in a wide array of tones and arrangements, shifting from high tension string sections, to electronic backbeats, from guitar drones to moody saxophone.” – Den of Geek May 7, 2024 Full Review Cold Weather (2010) 78% 4/5 EDIT “An unassuming, but charming film...” – Den of Geek May 7, 2024 Full Review Killing Bono (2011) 55% 2/5 EDIT “It is a shame, but after its intriguing opening, Killing Bono squanders all of its promise.” – Den of Geek May 7, 2024 Full Review Chalet Girl (2011) 74% 2/5 EDIT “It is this conflict, between cynicism and ambition, that begins to define Chalet Girl...” – Den of Geek May 7, 2024 Full Review Inside Job (2010) 98% 4/5 EDIT “Both informative and bleak.” – Den of Geek May 7, 2024 Full Review
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