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Nicholas Barber

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

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Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) 66% 1/5 EDIT “197 minutes of screensaver graphics, clunky dialogue, baggy plotting and hippy-dippy new-age spirituality. It's terrifying to think that Cameron still has two more sequels scheduled. ” – BBC.com Dec 16, 2025 Full Review Hamnet (2025) 86% 2/5 EDIT “It's true that many viewers have already fallen under its spell, but Zhao and O'Farrell have stripped away so much of what makes the novel magical...that what's left is no more profound or authentic than any other costume drama set in ye olde days.” – BBC.com Dec 2, 2025 Full Review The Voice of Hind Rajab (2025) 95% 5/5 EDIT “No other film this year will get more people talking, or more people crying.” – BBC.com Sep 8, 2025 Full Review A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE (2025) 75% 4/5 EDIT “...[A House of Dynamite] is more riveting than most thrillers, and more terrifying than most horror films.” – BBC.com Sep 3, 2025 Full Review The Smashing Machine (2025) 70% 4/5 EDIT “Johnson is probably the only actor alive who could play Kerr convincingly: his colossal, sculpted bulk fills the screen, and...his towering appearance raises the question of why Marvel used CGI for the Hulk in the Avengers films.” – BBC.com Sep 2, 2025 Full Review After the Hunt (2025) 37% 3/5 EDIT “In theory, viewers of After the Hunt should leave the cinema arguing about its subject matter. In practice, they're more likely to be asking each other what was going on and what it meant.” – BBC.com Sep 2, 2025 Full Review No Other Choice (2025) 97% 5/5 EDIT “No Other Choice Isn't just Park's funniest film, but his most humane, too – and that's quite something for a comedy as violent as this one.” – BBC.com Aug 30, 2025 Full Review Superman (2025) 83% 3/5 EDIT “[James Gunn's] nerdy ambition will make comic fans chuckle, as will his twisted sense of humour: it takes some gall to make a zillion-dollar Hollywood blockbuster that feels so much like an eccentric sci-fi B-movie.” – BBC.com Jul 8, 2025 Full Review F1 The Movie (2025) 82% 2/5 EDIT “While Top Gun: Maverick was a masterpiece that pulled viewers into events in and out of the cockpit, F1 is simply a competently assembled collection of underdog sports-drama clichés. It never convinces you that its protagonists are human beings.” – BBC.com Jun 17, 2025 Full Review The Secret Agent (2025) 98% 4/5 EDIT “Still, for all its brightly coloured, grindhouse flashiness, The Secret Agent is rooted in the real anxieties and tragedies of ordinary citizens. ” – BBC.com May 29, 2025 Full Review It Was Just an Accident (2025) 97% 4/5 EDIT “Panahi puts these terrifying yet touchingly humane insights into a film that is as fast-moving and unpretentious as any crime caper. ” – BBC.com May 29, 2025 Full Review The History of Sound (2025) 70% 2/5 EDIT “The irony is that Lionel makes a speech about why he likes folk music: it's because it's impassioned, raw and messy. The History of Sound is none of those things. ” – BBC.com May 21, 2025 Full Review Alpha (2025) 56% 2/5 EDIT “The issue with Alpha is that the fictional illness doesn't shed any new light on its non-fictional counterpart, nor does it expand upon it to build a more resonant and universal myth. The metaphor isn't a rich one. ” – BBC.com May 20, 2025 Full Review The Phoenician Scheme (2025) 77% 3/5 EDIT “Some directors boast that they make the films that they want to see, and they don't care about pleasing anyone else. In the case of The Phoenician Scheme, it feels as if Anderson and his team were enjoying it more than audiences ever will.” – BBC.com May 18, 2025 Full Review Die My Love (2025) 74% EDIT “Ramsay's film-making flair lights up scene after scene, but as the narrative fragments, and reality and fantasy blur, you're left with the urge to read the novel to find out what's actually happening. ” – BBC.com May 17, 2025 Full Review Eddington (2025) 68% 4/5 EDIT “The film would probably have been better if it had been more focused (and shorter), but Aster's deranged vision makes most directors seem timid in comparison. ” – BBC.com May 16, 2025 Full Review Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) 80% 2/5 EDIT “Maybe it's for the best that The Final Reckoning is being marketed as Mission: Impossible's grand finale. It's just a shame that the series' farewell had to be so solemn -- and so silly.” – BBC.com May 14, 2025 Full Review Thunderbolts* (2025) 88% 4/5 EDIT “That's why Thunderbolts* is so much better than most of Marvel's post-Endgame films. It's not just because it's a rough-edged, big-hearted spy thriller about lovably clueless anti-heroes. It's because it has an actor as charismatic as Pugh at its center. ” – BBC.com Apr 29, 2025 Full Review Disney's Snow White (2025) 39% 3/5 EDIT “ The story is cluttered, the tone is muddled, and the pacing is off. Again, that doesn't make the film a disaster. In some ways, the identity crisis is what makes it worth seeing. ” – BBC.com Mar 19, 2025 Full Review Mufasa: The Lion King (2024) 56% 2/5 EDIT “This series of unfortunate events raises more questions than it answers.” – BBC.com Dec 17, 2024 Full Review Moana 2 (2024) 60% 3/5 EDIT “Despite all this Moana moaning, though, it's still a high-quality piece of work: a hurtling Disneyland rollercoaster ride that small children, especially, are bound to enjoy.” – BBC.com Dec 3, 2024 Full Review Nosferatu (2024) 85% 4/5 EDIT “What really separates Eggers' Nosferatu from the flock is how deeply it explores the images and themes of vampire lore. There aren't many Dracula films that give you so much to sink your teeth into.” – BBC.com Dec 2, 2024 Full Review Wicked (2024) 88% 3/5 EDIT “It doesn't take flight. It doesn't have the terrific jokes, the startling twists or the stunning dance routines that might have cast a spell on you, and it's weighed down by under-developed subplots... as well as by its own sense of self-importance. ” – BBC.com Nov 19, 2024 Full Review Paddington in Peru (2024) 93% 4/5 EDIT “Paddington in Peru offers a fun and lively hour-and-three-quarters in the cinema, and that's not to be sniffed at, but it comes across as the solid third part of an established franchise rather than a stellar pop-cultural phenomenon in its own right. ” – BBC.com Nov 4, 2024 Full Review Blitz (2024) 81% 3/5 EDIT “The film is interesting and informative, but all those bomb blasts don't leave you as shaken as they should.” – BBC.com Oct 9, 2024 Full Review
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