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Film Speak is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Ben Rolph, Maxance Vincent.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
B
Father Mother Sister Brother (2025) Maxance Vincent Jim Jarmusch crafts his best movie since 2003’s Coffee and Cigarettes with Father Mother Sister Brother, but the end result of his latest anthology effort is still much wobblier than what we used to expect from the American filmmaker.
Posted Jan 01, 2026  Edit critic review
B-
The Choral (2025) Maxance Vincent There’s enough here to warrant a watch, because few British dramas of that ilk actively draw such textured characters who ruminate on a war that caused more unnecessary violence than peace.
Posted Jan 01, 2026  Edit critic review
B
Goodbye June (2025) Maxance Vincent [Goodbye June] is such a genuine heartwarmer that the ones who do give it a chance might be pleasantly surprised.
Posted Jan 01, 2026  Edit critic review
D
The Housemaid (2025) Maxance Vincent [The film contains] as many implausible plot contrivances to add more tension to the proceedings, which, in turn, makes the characters [...] less three-dimensional.
Posted Dec 28, 2025  Edit critic review
A+
The Voice of Hind Rajab (2025) Maxance Vincent The Voice of Hind Rajab is a harrowing, distressing watch. It is also a film of great urgency, and perhaps the most essential document of the year.
Posted Dec 26, 2025  Edit critic review
A+
Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) Maxance Vincent The poetry Cameron creates through his soul-shocking imagery is enough to transport you to places cinema refuses to explore in an era when technological innovation should be at the forefront.
Posted Dec 16, 2025  Edit critic review
D+
Dust Bunny (2025) Maxance Vincent There’s enough originality to keep viewers on their toes, particularly during a rather gruesome denouement that immediately makes parents aware this thing isn’t for kids, but the film leaves one with many questions it refuses to answer.
Posted Dec 15, 2025  Edit critic review
C-
Rental Family (2025) Maxance Vincent Rental Family feels nothing more than an exercise in button pushing, where every emotional beat is the wrong one and most of the genuine connections Phillip makes fall flat by the time he tells them "the truth."
Posted Dec 04, 2025  Edit critic review
C-
Eternity (2025) Maxance Vincent Freyne’s film goes nowhere but in cyclical directions, then sags into an overlong denouement to ensure he gets the last tear out of the audience.
Posted Dec 04, 2025  Edit critic review
D+
Nuremberg (2025) Maxance Vincent The end result comes across as hollow and trite, a baffling drama with far too many questionable choices to have any impact on the viewer long after the film has ended.
Posted Dec 04, 2025  Edit critic review
A
The Mastermind (2025) Maxance Vincent With The Mastermind, Reichardt has delivered her ultimate masterpiece, one whose reputation will only refine over time as a seminal work of slow cinema and a note-perfect excavation of heist movie tropes in such an open and vulnerable manner.
Posted Dec 03, 2025  Edit critic review
F
Keeper (2025) Maxance Vincent The fundamental problem behind all of [Oz Perkins'] films – Keeper included – is that his bevy of unsettling images, whether atmospheric or genuinely scary, evoke absolutely nothing in the grander scheme of their stories and themes.
Posted Nov 21, 2025  Edit critic review
D-
Nouvelle Vague (2025) Maxance Vincent Linklater certainly has nailed the recreations down to a tee, but that’s the only element he offers in this cyclical 104-minute affair that’s too busy replicating the aesthetics of the French New Wave, with none of the formal daring of Godard’s own work.
Posted Nov 09, 2025  Edit critic review
A+
Sentimental Value (2025) Maxance Vincent It’s the type of movie you can’t believe exists, but it does, in a way, act as the culmination of what Trier has been working towards ever since his debut feature, 2006’s Reprise.
Posted Nov 08, 2025  Edit critic review
B+
Die My Love (2025) Maxance Vincent There’s a real sense of intimacy and texture in Lawrence’s portrayal of Grace that, no matter how haphazardly structured the narrative may get, we always recenter ourselves through her rage – a primal cry for help that sadly never dampens itself.
Posted Nov 08, 2025  Edit critic review
A+
Train Dreams (2025) Maxance Vincent It’s as brutal as it is immensely poetic, immersing us in an America that we will no longer perceive by the time it reaches its final scene.
Posted Nov 08, 2025  Edit critic review
C-
Blue Moon (2025) Maxance Vincent It exhausts more than it illustrates on the complex figure of Lorenz Hart, beyond the songs that still stand the test of time, even more than eighty years after his passing.
Posted Nov 08, 2025  Edit critic review
A+
It Was Just an Accident (2025) Maxance Vincent If Panahi continues to make films even while being banned from doing so, the hope that freedom will eventually arrive may just be enough to give them a fighting chance.
Posted Oct 29, 2025  Edit critic review
D-
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (2025) Maxance Vincent The Boss deserves so much better than Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere. So much better.
Posted Oct 28, 2025  Edit critic review
D
Shelby Oaks (2023) Maxance Vincent Yes, I’ve seen The Blair Witch Project, Rosemary’s Baby, and Larry Fessenden’s Wendigo. Do you have anything else to propose beyond obvious references that are never transcended – or made unique – by its filmmaker?
Posted Oct 28, 2025  Edit critic review
B-
Bugonia (2025) Maxance Vincent [Bugonia] is Lanthimos’ weakest movie since Alps, which is pretty good considering the amount of bangers he has delivered from The Lobster onwards. Yet, even minor Lanthimos feels like a not-to-be-missed cinematic event.
Posted Oct 24, 2025  Edit critic review
A
Jay Kelly (2025) Maxance Vincent As a bounce back from the (terrible) White Noise, Baumbach’s still got it. As a vehicle for Clooney to share his deepest regrets as a movie star, Jay Kelly couldn’t be any better.
Posted Oct 23, 2025  Edit critic review
A
After the Hunt (2025) Maxance Vincent It’s a deeply antagonistic, inaccessible piece of work that will frustrate and confound many. However, for the ones who are ready to look at After the Hunt, what follows may be the most important exercise of cinema Guadagnino has ever given.
Posted Oct 14, 2025  Edit critic review
A
The Ice Tower (2025) Maxance Vincent The Ice Tower is not the easiest movie to embark in, but if you do, you’ll be rewarded – and likely blown away – by Hadžihalilović’s masterful hand at guiding you in a world that, at face-value, seems as enveloping and grandiose as Andersen’s tale.
Posted Oct 14, 2025  Edit critic review
D+
Anemone (2025) Maxance Vincent The staggering metaphorical images make for some great out-of-context Twitter screenshots, but they have little to no emotional impact within the picture. The monologues are riveting, thanks to Day-Lewis being the great actor he is but hold no substance.
Posted Oct 08, 2025  Edit critic review
C-
Eleanor the Great (2025) Maxance Vincent While Eleanor the Great is elevated by a legendary turn from June Squibb as the titular character, the film’s handling of several subjects leaves much to be desired.
Posted Oct 08, 2025  Edit critic review
B+
The Smashing Machine (2025) Maxance Vincent The Smashing Machine feels like an anti-Safdie Brothers film – call it Benny’s breakup from the band – where he attempts something drastically opposed to the controlled chaos of the brothers’ previous two efforts.
Posted Oct 02, 2025  Edit critic review
B+
Play Dirty (2025) Maxance Vincent It may not be the best adaptation of a Westlake’s work released this year (that award goes to Park Chan-wook's No Other Choice), but Play Dirty remains a propulsive, bracingly kinetic piece of entertainment.
Posted Oct 02, 2025  Edit critic review
D+
The History of Sound (2025) Maxance Vincent [Paul] Mescal is terribly miscast as the younger version of Lionel. It’s only when Chris Cooper appears in the movie’s coda that the character becomes someone whom we can latch onto.
Posted Sep 22, 2025  Edit critic review
A-
The Christophers (2025) Maxance Vincent The Christophers may not be Soderbergh’s most polished effort, but it’s definitely one of his most devastating pictures, and will be remembered as a turning point in his career, as he enters a more contemplative stage.
Posted Sep 14, 2025  Edit critic review
A-
Hedda (2025) Maxance Vincent DaCosta’s script never loses sight of the dramatic center at the heart of the story, and the tragedy that unfortunately befalls the characters by the “fourth act.” When it occurs, it hits like a deeper punch in the gut than Ibsen’s play.
Posted Sep 14, 2025  Edit critic review
A+
No Other Choice (2025) Maxance Vincent A masterpiece of pure cinema.
Posted Sep 13, 2025  Edit critic review
A+
The Secret Agent (2025) Maxance Vincent It’s both politically and cinematically cogent – the only way Kleber knows how to make art that will undoubtedly stand the test of time long after he has departed this Earth.
Posted Sep 12, 2025  Edit critic review
A
Sirāt (2025) Maxance Vincent Sirāt won’t be leaving your mind anytime soon – and you need to see it big and loud.
Posted Sep 12, 2025  Edit critic review
C+
The Long Walk (2025) Maxance Vincent Had Mollner been the director, I doubt The Long Walk would work as much as it does. It’s only because of Lawrence’s understanding of the visual needs of his picture that we’re always on the edge of our seats.
Posted Sep 03, 2025  Edit critic review
B
Splitsville (2025) Maxance Vincent Thanks to an assured sense of style and magnifying performances from its core cast, Michael Angelo Covino’s ‘Splitsville’ manages to stay afloat, despite a cyclical structure that makes some of its funnier beats less impactful.
Posted Aug 30, 2025  Edit critic review
B-
Honey Don't! (2025) Maxance Vincent Honey Don’t! is a dynamic, and often amusing B-movie that doesn’t require much from the audience, but try to enjoy the vibes that Coen and Cooke have to offer.
Posted Aug 27, 2025  Edit critic review
A
Lurker (2025) Maxance Vincent It's hard to mount a single ounce of sympathy for anyone in Lurker because the internet forces us to detach from the very core of being human. And when we lose our humanity, who do we become?
Posted Aug 25, 2025  Edit critic review
A-
Highest 2 Lowest (2025) Maxance Vincent By the end of Highest 2 Lowest, you’ll not only think that [Spike] Lee’s heart is very much in the game, but that he’s still got it, and won’t stop making art that will transcend his – and our – time.
Posted Aug 18, 2025  Edit critic review
A-
Freakier Friday (2025) Maxance Vincent Sometimes, unabashedly ripping off a prior movie doesn’t work and feels cheap. But for the grand return of Lindsay Lohan on the big screen, it’s more than enough.
Posted Aug 12, 2025  Edit critic review
D
Fixed (2025) Maxance Vincent It's a shame that Fixed falls flat on its face more than it entertains, because Tartakovsky is one of our foremost animators who has done so much for the medium, through cinema and television.
Posted Aug 12, 2025  Edit critic review
A
Eddington (2025) Maxance Vincent Aster is a real formalist, one who puts a massive emphasis on swift camera moves to exacerbate tension and keep the audience on edge.
Posted Jul 19, 2025  Edit critic review
C-
Babygirl (2024) Maxance Vincent Babygirl may only be remembered as [Halina Reijn's] first (and hopefully last) misfire.
Posted Jul 14, 2025  Edit critic review
D+
September 5 (2024) Maxance Vincent Showcasing the fallacies of the profession in September 5 and not saying a thing about why this quest for ‘emotion’ does a disservice to what we refer to as ‘good’ journalism is, in the year of our lord 2024, gutless and unacceptable.
Posted Jul 14, 2025  Edit critic review
B+
Unstoppable (2024) Maxance Vincent William Goldenberg energetically depicts Anthony Robles's inspiring story in Unstoppable, a sports drama anchored by compelling turns from Jharrel Jerome, Don Cheadle, and Jennifer Lopez.
Posted Jul 14, 2025  Edit critic review
B-
Christmas Eve in Miller's Point (2024) Maxance Vincent Tyler Thomas Taormina depicts the euphoric chaos of Christmastime unlike any filmmaker has ever showcased in ‘Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point’.
Posted Jul 14, 2025  Edit critic review
C-
Blitz (2024) Maxance Vincent It's basically McQueen’s version of Steven Spielberg’s Empire of the Sun, though without any of the emotional attachment we had with a young Christian Bale.
Posted Jul 14, 2025  Edit critic review
A+
Juror #2 (2024) Maxance Vincent In Juror #2, Eastwood decides to sharpen his skills as the master of the shot-reverse-shot and deliver a psychological drama precisely based on this technique, where each glance a character makes in front of someone cuts deeper than a knife.
Posted Jul 14, 2025  Edit critic review
C+
Absolution (2024) Maxance Vincent In Absolution, Neeson finally has the chance to remind us why he’s such a great actor.
Posted Jul 14, 2025  Edit critic review
F
Here (2024) Maxance Vincent Robert Zemeckis garishly experiments with Artificial Intelligence in his non-linear, static shot Here, and the results are as baffling as you think they are.
Posted Jul 14, 2025  Edit critic review
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