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Film Festival Today is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Christopher Llewellyn Reed, Filipe Freitas, Jeremiah Kipp, Victoria Alexander.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
Cookie Queens (2026) Christopher Llewellyn Reed The girls hold our attention throughout. I’ll double my order of boxes, please.
Posted Jan 28, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Been Here Stay Here (2024) Christopher Llewellyn Reed If Usui sometimes drives his points home a little too obviously, this doesn’t take away from their essential truths. Watching this made me want to visit Tangier Island before it’s too late. The climate clock is ticking.
Posted Jan 07, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/5
I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed If you’ve ever enjoyed any of his TV appearances or films, you’ll find a lot to appreciate in the documentary. For better and for worse, Chevy Chase, now over 80, has earned the right for us to take him as he is, warts and all
Posted Jan 02, 2026  Edit critic review
1/5
The Testament of Ann Lee (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed It may well be one of the most tedious films of the year.
Posted Dec 23, 2025  Edit critic review
.5/5
The Housemaid (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed This is easily one of the worst films of the year.
Posted Dec 19, 2025  Edit critic review
1/5
Ella McCay (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed Shining like a beacon amid the cinematic darkness is the great Albert Brooks as the soon-to-be-ex-governor. The movie desperately needs more of him.
Posted Dec 12, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Zootopia 2 (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed If you can keep your needs simple, you’ll probably have a good-enough time.
Posted Nov 25, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Predator: Badlands (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed Featuring terrific action and great messaging, the movie knows what it wants to do and does it well.
Posted Nov 06, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Bugonia (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed It’s good fun, if a little too puerile at the end. A perfect metaphor for what goes wrong is a severed head flying through the air. Sure, we laugh, but to what larger purpose? Still, Stone and Plemons are riveting, and maybe that’s all we need.
Posted Oct 31, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Hamnet (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed Buckley and Mescal deliver sincere performances, but it’s only at the Globe that they can truly shine. Nothing is rotten in the state of Denmark; it’s just overly ripe before we get there.
Posted Oct 22, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Come See Me in the Good Light (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed It’s sad but also profoundly uplifting, celebrating the beauty of our time on this world and the power of love.
Posted Oct 21, 2025  Edit critic review
4.5/5
Left-Handed Girl (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed The result is a fresh take on the age-old exploration of family and relationships, moving to its core.
Posted Oct 17, 2025  Edit critic review
4.5/5
Rebuilding (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed Working once again with Herrera Salcedo, Walker-Silverman crafts a narrative filled with magnificent landscapes that mirror the moving emotional topography of the characters.
Posted Oct 16, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Roofman (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed Featuring comic hijinks amid high-risk situations, it mixes humor and danger in highly engaging fashion. Unfortunately, the second half is distinctly less controlled and definitely more unpleasant.
Posted Oct 09, 2025  Edit critic review
1.5/5
Kiss of the Spider Woman (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed Maybe we should kiss this one goodbye.
Posted Oct 09, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
OBEX (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed The result is a testament to the power of independent filmmaking, as well as a loving tribute to 1980s technology.
Posted Oct 05, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Boorman and the Devil (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed Love or hate "Exorcist II," the details of its origin prove fascinating, indeed.
Posted Sep 26, 2025  Edit critic review
2/5
Doin' It (2024) Christopher Llewellyn Reed The successful jokes are too few and far between, though. They just don’t do it.
Posted Sep 18, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
A Private Life (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed I have never watched a movie starring Jodie Foster that was not immeasurably improved by her presence, and "A Private Life" is no exception. Even when the screenplay goes completely off the rails, she holds it together through sheer will.
Posted Sep 16, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
A Pale View of Hills (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed Though committedly elliptical to a fault, "A Pale View of Hills" nevertheless offers us a chance to bask in Suzu Hirose’s performance. That’s well worth the accompanying frustrations of such an opaque final enigma.
Posted Sep 15, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Eleanor the Great (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed There’s nothing funny about betrayal of this magnitude, nor about cosplaying a victim of the Nazis.
Posted Sep 12, 2025  Edit critic review
2/5
The Man in My Basement (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed Latif is simply trying to do too much, taking on many issues of great import—the legacy of slavery, Black history, racial violence, and more—but doing none of them justice.
Posted Sep 11, 2025  Edit critic review
2/5
Sirāt (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed "Sirât" becomes a gorgeous hunk of nothing, with merely the trappings of meaning that ultimately prove empty. Nice beat; poor dancing.
Posted Sep 11, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Franz (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed Though the biopic genre has its cinematic limitations, Holland nevertheless delivers a movie that almost always innovates in refreshing fashion.
Posted Sep 10, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Steal Away (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed The result is both chilling and engaging, though with an auspicious twist at the end.
Posted Sep 10, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Heel (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed Part of the appeal of "Good Boy" is how much we are made to dislike Tommy (he’s pretty despicable) yet also sympathize with him over his plight.
Posted Sep 10, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed If overlong, it’s still a thoroughly entertaining mystery adorned with plenty of atmosphere and hijinks.
Posted Sep 08, 2025  Edit critic review
4.5/5
Sentimental Value (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed Thrillers come in all shapes and sizes; "Sentimental Value" is of the emotional-rollercoaster variety, as spirited in its highs and lows as the best action films.
Posted Sep 07, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Splitsville (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed Nevertheless, Splitsville is, when it works, a wild and frisky frolic. Ignore the rest and enjoy the gags.
Posted Sep 03, 2025  Edit critic review
The Roses (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed It succeeds more than its predecessor (which I do not like) but never rises much above the passably entertaining.
Posted Aug 28, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
My Mother's Wedding (2023) Christopher Llewellyn Reed Everyone has charm to spare and periodic sequences sparkle, yet Thomas can’t resist scenes of cloying sentiment that derail otherwise meaningful exchanges. Fortunately, she also throws in some light comedy (and also some broad) that leavens the mood.
Posted Aug 07, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Architecton (2024) Christopher Llewellyn Reed If, by the end, the result proves more ascetic than aesthetic, the meditative quality of the experience nevertheless leaves a lasting impression.
Posted Aug 01, 2025  Edit critic review
1.5/5
She Rides Shotgun (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed If you enjoy seeing kids suffer enormous trauma, have I got a film for you.
Posted Jul 31, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed Despite the title, it’s not as original as it might like to be, but it nevertheless delivers what summer movies should. It’s clobbering time, so let’s get to it.
Posted Jul 24, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Shari & Lamb Chop (2023) Christopher Llewellyn Reed We end our journey feeling that we have truly come to know Shari Lewis and her delightful companion, exactly as promised by the title. It’s truth in advertising in the best possible way.
Posted Jul 17, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Superman (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed The steadiest and most successful through line is that the Man of Steel cannot go it alone. He is more vulnerable than we have ever seen him—and more volatile—making him also the most human version of himself.
Posted Jul 09, 2025  Edit critic review
1.5/5
The Old Guard 2 (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed It’s a slog, with cheap-looking visual effects (including a brief instant of Theron running that looks horrifically aided by CGI). Here’s hoping the next installment, should I choose to watch, is better.
Posted Jul 02, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
A Tree Fell in the Woods (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed The result is an uneven, if nevertheless often engaging, meditation on love and its loss. Comedy and drama mix well at times, less so at others.
Posted Jun 20, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
28 Years Later (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed Filled with bursts of footage from documentaries and narratives of yore, "28 Years Later" acts like a mournful elegy for lost civilization that’s not afraid to throw in a beheading or evisceration now and then.
Posted Jun 19, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Oh, Hi! (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed "Oh, Hi!" may occasionally falter, but with a heart worn so openly on its comic sleeve, it delivers equal measures of tenderness and ribald laughter in a unique combination all its own.
Posted Jun 18, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Dear Ms.: A Revolution in Print (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed The result is a very well-balanced documentary determined to tell the story in all its highs and lows. That objective approach is itself noteworthy.
Posted Jun 13, 2025  Edit critic review
1/5
How to Train Your Dragon (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed What we see on the screen this time—particularly in the flying and battle scenes—looks flat and, unforgivably, highlights the artificiality of the background vis-à-vis actors in the foreground.
Posted Jun 12, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Boy George & Culture Club (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed We learn quite a bit about how the group was formed and the way the members’ respective musical influences merged to create Culture Club’s distinctive sound and hits.
Posted Jun 11, 2025  Edit critic review
1/5
The Phoenician Scheme (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed Indeed, the cast is excellent. Rather, it’s the fact that we’ve seen it all before, with better framing. This scheme goes awry from the get-go and never recovers.
Posted Jun 05, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Words of War (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed The best part of the movie is in the ending credits, when we see a tribute to all those who have lost their lives under dictators. If only the entire movie had that kind of bite.
Posted May 02, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Thunderbolts* (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed While by far not among the best of the series, the movie nevertheless proves watchable and fun, for the most part.
Posted Apr 30, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/5
The Trouble with Jessica (2023) Christopher Llewellyn Reed The manic activities of the ensemble notwithstanding, the collective effect proves rather inert. There’s just not quite as much trouble as promised.
Posted Apr 25, 2025  Edit critic review
2/5
The Legend of Ochi (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed The biggest issue is that the human characters are woefully undeveloped. There’s a major climax at the end where all the plot threads ostensibly come together. Parts of the design of it fascinate, yet the emotional core beneath fails to resonate.
Posted Apr 25, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
The President's Wife (2023) Christopher Llewellyn Reed One doesn’t need to like the Chiracs’ politics (I certainly do not share them) to enjoy the film. The ironic approach to the story often proves a delight, though things stall towards the end, Domenach losing a little bit of control over the tone.
Posted Apr 17, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Drop (2025) Christopher Llewellyn Reed Ultimately, "Drop" holds our interest, but only in same way that any outrageous set of circumstances might.
Posted Apr 10, 2025  Edit critic review
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