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The Film Experience

The Film Experience is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Abe Friedtanzer, Ankit Jhunjhunwala, Chris Feil, Christopher James, Glenn Dunks, Jason Adams, Manuel Betancourt, Matthew Eng, Matthew St. Clair, Murtada Elfadl, Nathaniel Rogers.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
C-
Captain America: Brave New World (2025) Nathaniel Rogers Where is the passion in this movie? Why does it look so cheaply made given its gargantuan budget? Why does it feel like everyone is punching a time clock?
Posted Jun 09, 2025  Edit critic review
C-
The Gorge (2025) Nathaniel Rogers We should have known it was all downhill after that inexplicable but highly welcome rom-com intermission.
Posted Jun 09, 2025  Edit critic review
B+
Paddington in Peru (2024) Nathaniel Rogers The most famous fictional bear outside of Winnie is now 66 years old. You wouldn't know that from his own film franchise which remains fresh, funny, and charming three films in.
Posted Jun 09, 2025  Edit critic review
B-
Novocaine (2025) Nathaniel Rogers If the plot is predictable to a fault, Quaid's chemistry with his would-be onscreen girlfriend, his comic timing, and the occasionally clever flourishes within the action setpieces keep this popcorn contraption humming along.
Posted Jun 09, 2025  Edit critic review
B-
Sukkwan Island (2025) Abe Friedtanzer Arlaud is the best reason to watch this film, conveying so deeply that Tom wants to spend time with his son but struggling to show him in the best manner.
Posted Feb 01, 2025  Edit critic review
B+
Heightened Scrutiny (2025) Abe Friedtanzer In their follow-up to another critical documentary about trans people, Disclosure, Sam Feder once again delivers a movie of the moment that should be seen by the widest audience possible.
Posted Feb 01, 2025  Edit critic review
B+
Teenage Wasteland (2025) Abe Friedtanzer Moss and McBaine once again deliver a compelling film that smartly lets its subjects do all of the talking, conveying their worldview and their fervent desire to document and publicize the story, whatever it may be.
Posted Jan 31, 2025  Edit critic review
C+
Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake) (2025) Abe Friedtanzer Each of the four stories, if expanded into a feature of their own, might have felt more complete and compelling. This is a perfectly decent way an hour and a half, but audiences will likely feel as if there’s something missing.
Posted Jan 31, 2025  Edit critic review
B
Brides (2025) Abe Friedtanzer This film finds spectacular stars in its two lead actresses...it smartly opts to highlight its best assets: the friendship that drives its two characters on this wild, alluring ride to a potentially disastrous destination.
Posted Jan 31, 2025  Edit critic review
B
Didn't Die (2025) Abe Friedtanzer Didn’t Die is hardly a groundbreaking fully fresh take on the zombie movie, but it does have enticing observations to offer that may appeal to both horror fans and cinephiles who prefer straight dramas.
Posted Jan 29, 2025  Edit critic review
B
Ricky (2025) Abe Friedtanzer This film is serious and at times devastating, and may be more than some audiences can take in terms of the increasingly heavy load it puts on its protagonist. That overwhelming sense of hopelessness may, however, be the point.
Posted Jan 28, 2025  Edit critic review
C
Bonjour Tristesse (2024) Matthew St. Clair The latest version of Bonjour Tristesse just feels like the '58 film only with a modern setting.
Posted Oct 03, 2024  Edit critic review
B+
Conclave (2024) Matthew St. Clair While Edward Berger's last film possessed strong performances, Conclave is even more of an acting showcase.
Posted Oct 03, 2024  Edit critic review
B+
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight (2024) Abe Friedtanzer Davidtz has a clear directorial vision that comes through in how she hones in on the complexities of these characters and the chaos of the era. It’s a strong debut indicative of great potential for her next feature.
Posted Sep 15, 2024  Edit critic review
B
Addition (2024) Abe Friedtanzer This film is light and entertaining, with just enough drama mixed in to make sure it feels emphatic and not just like fluff.
Posted Sep 13, 2024  Edit critic review
B
Happy Holidays (2024) Abe Friedtanzer Copti is back with another film that feels very much like his first, probing the complexities of multicultural society in a country that’s very often in the news but not always portrayed in such an authentic and vivid manner.
Posted Sep 13, 2024  Edit critic review
B
Quisling: The Final Days (2024) Abe Friedtanzer A standard drama that offers an unexpectedly layered and insightful look into a figure who history most definitely does not remember well.
Posted Sep 10, 2024  Edit critic review
B
In the Fire of War (2024) Abe Friedtanzer Ka Whawhai Tonu is an immersive film that transports audiences back in time, conveying the stakes of this standoff and the way in which it mirrors so many other situations of colonialism where invading forces are so sure of their superiority.
Posted Sep 10, 2024  Edit critic review
B
William Tell (2024) Abe Friedtanzer This action film – which it is more than anything, complete with hand-to-hand combat, skilled archery, and bloody battle amputations – boasts a top-tier cast of English and European talent.
Posted Sep 09, 2024  Edit critic review
B+
Kill the Jockey (2024) Abe Friedtanzer A film with a superb beat that feels like a long dream, demonstrating a terrific cinematic quality that makes an otherwise familiar story entirely distinct and memorable.
Posted Sep 07, 2024  Edit critic review
B+
The Mountain (2024) Abe Friedtanzer This feels like exactly the kind of film that House would make given the comedy work she typically does, though it is perfectly family-friendly... it has heart and a delightful larger-than-life nature.
Posted Sep 07, 2024  Edit critic review
B+
Hemda (2024) Abe Friedtanzer These roles feel lived in in the best way, and this film adds just the right infusion of humor to make its depiction of life’s less messier moments endearing.
Posted Sep 07, 2024  Edit critic review
B+
The Knife (2024) Abe Friedtanzer There’s a lot to unpack in this film, which keeps audiences grounded in the moment as it never leaves the house.
Posted Jul 27, 2024  Edit critic review
B+
The Freshly Cut Grass (2024) Abe Friedtanzer This film is full of intrigue but may frustrate audiences seeking an ending that wraps everything up in a neat bow for any of its characters. That’s perhaps why it’s most true to life.
Posted Jul 27, 2024  Edit critic review
C+
Darkest Miriam (2024) Abe Friedtanzer This film never manages to figure out what it’s truly meant to be about, instead remaining fixated on a mystery that carries through without every truly resolving itself. There’s plenty of intrigue to be found en route to a middling finish.
Posted Jul 27, 2024  Edit critic review
C+
A Mistake (2024) Abe Friedtanzer There is a compelling idea ruminating somewhere within the film, but its presentation leaves much to be desired.
Posted Jul 27, 2024  Edit critic review
B
Beacon (2024) Abe Friedtanzer The trouble with a film with an interesting hook like this is that it’s hard to reach an ending that feels entirely satisfying. This one does its best.
Posted Jul 27, 2024  Edit critic review
A-
La Cocina (2024) Abe Friedtanzer This film features superb performances all around...The man who carries it all is Briones, injecting infinite unpredictable energy into Pedro, who never knows when to stop but seems to enjoy the chance to always keep going.
Posted Jul 27, 2024  Edit critic review
B
McVeigh (2024) Abe Friedtanzer This film gleans as much as it can from what is known of McVeigh and constructs the rest, and what results is a grim narrative of a man who fed into conspiracy theories and felt like he had to do something.
Posted Jul 27, 2024  Edit critic review
B+
Restless (2024) Abe Friedtanzer A desolate experience that still manages to find cleverness and optimism at just the right moment, traveling a creative course to an unexpected and satisfying finish.
Posted Jul 27, 2024  Edit critic review
B-
The French Italian (2024) Abe Friedtanzer There are echoes of reality in the circumstances that fuel this film’s plot, and where it goes once its characters decide to act, especially towards the end of the film, is far less believable but still decent fun.
Posted Jul 27, 2024  Edit critic review
A-
It's What's Inside (2024) Abe Friedtanzer This is an exceptional film fully in its own league, one that should be anticipated and seen without giving in to the natural pressure to want to know more about the meaning of its title.
Posted Jul 27, 2024  Edit critic review
B-
We Strangers (2024) Abe Friedtanzer We Strangers runs just eighty minutes but doesn’t feel like a closed loop, starting a worthwhile journey to somewhere but getting lost along the way.
Posted Jul 27, 2024  Edit critic review
B+
7 Keys (2024) Abe Friedtanzer 7 Keys runs just over ninety minutes but feels like an eternity in that each key unlocks a new adventure and new information about its two protagonists.
Posted Jul 27, 2024  Edit critic review
B
Audrey  (2024) Abe Friedtanzer It’s Blazier who really makes this film work, around and memorable for just long enough to make everyone miserable and show audiences what it is that they’re missing.
Posted Jul 27, 2024  Edit critic review
C+
Hunting Daze (2024) Abe Friedtanzer An intriguing if fleeting look at gender, groupthink, culpability and much more that scratches the surface of something truly worthwhile but doesn’t quite dig deep enough to reach it.
Posted Jul 27, 2024  Edit critic review
B+
Roleplay (2024) Abe Friedtanzer Kate Lyn Matthews’ feature debut gets intimate in a way that feels very constructive and has the potential to do good. Its rawness is extremely effective.
Posted Jul 27, 2024  Edit critic review
B
Plastic People (2024) Abe Friedtanzer As a science-focused documentary, this film isn’t always riveting, but it does address a very serious area of concern and do so in a thorough and clearly researched manner.
Posted Jul 27, 2024  Edit critic review
B+
Desert Road (2024) Abe Friedtanzer For those willing to be immersed and to ask how they might act in such a situation, it’s an unexpected and impressively engrossing film that makes the most of its ninety minutes
Posted Jul 27, 2024  Edit critic review
B+
We Were Dangerous (2024) Abe Friedtanzer This film leaves much to ponder in its poignant and lingering portrayal of youth and the human potential for cruelty.
Posted Jul 27, 2024  Edit critic review
B+
The Queen of My Dreams (2023) Abe Friedtanzer Writer-director Fawzia Mirza makes an entertaining and impressive feature debut, digging into pieces of her own identity to craft a great story that leaves a lasting impression.
Posted Jul 27, 2024  Edit critic review
C+
Argylle (2024) Abe Friedtanzer Argylle is many things at once, and very often, it doesn’t feel like it knows what it wants to be.
Posted Jul 27, 2024  Edit critic review
B
Stress Positions (2024) Abe Friedtanzer Hammel has a distinct voice that comes through in her script, direction, and performance.
Posted Jul 24, 2024  Edit critic review
B+
Power (2024) Abe Friedtanzer This film serves as a strong complement to other eye-opening examinations of race in American history like Stamped from the Beginning and Driving While Black. Ford has assembled a thorough history lesson while also remaining grounded in the present.
Posted Jul 24, 2024  Edit critic review
B
The Young Wife (2023) Abe Friedtanzer The Young Wife is hardly a conventional wedding movie, but one that grants a different kind of chilling significance to that life decision. It all feels like getting drawn in to a nightmare that hasn't yet started.
Posted Jul 24, 2024  Edit critic review
B-
The Dead Don't Hurt (2023) Abe Friedtanzer Aside from its creative timeline this is a standard and serviceable Western that will likely be of most appeal to preexisting fans of the genre.
Posted Jul 24, 2024  Edit critic review
B
Evil Does Not Exist (2023) Abe Friedtanzer There’s a marvelous simplicity to this film and the storytelling that frames its content in a fascinating way.
Posted Jul 24, 2024  Edit critic review
B-
American Dreamer (2022) Abe Friedtanzer Paul Dektor’s directorial debut is still a perfectly decent way to spend 106 minutes, but it’s not as funny or satisfying as it could be.
Posted Jul 23, 2024  Edit critic review
B-
The Fall Guy (2024) Christopher James Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt are a delight to watch in the otherwise sweet, but standard, action-romance-comedy The Fall Guy.
Posted May 05, 2024  Edit critic review
American Symphony (2023) Glenn Dunks That we’re too often showed Batiste winning awards and getting standing ovations while [his partner] battles cancer in hospital over any real meaningly observations from her makes it particularly hard to latch onto.
Posted Dec 22, 2023  Edit critic review
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