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EricDSnider.com is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Eric D. Snider.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
The Wiz (1978) Eric D. Snider These large-scale production numbers are unfailingly flat and emotionless. The sets are huge, even cavernous, with dozens of bizarrely costumed dancers executing stiff, joyless choreography.
Posted Nov 11, 2025  Edit critic review
Supergirl (1984) Eric D. Snider Anyone who watches “Supergirl” should feel insulted by it.
Posted Jun 26, 2025  Edit critic review
Teen Witch (1989) Eric D. Snider It does present a positive message, which is that no matter how unpopular you are you can always call upon the powers of the dark lord Satan to make people like you.
Posted Feb 16, 2024  Edit critic review
B-
Motherless Brooklyn (2019) Eric D. Snider A satisfyingly twisty story in the 'Chinatown' mold.
Posted Oct 29, 2019  Edit critic review
B-
The Kitchen (2019) Eric D. Snider The ultra-lean screenplay has no chitchat, no color, no personality. But the actors have plenty of charisma and magnetism of their own, which makes the movie passable grown-up entertainment.
Posted Oct 16, 2019  Edit critic review
B-
Bit (2019) Eric D. Snider It's all about as good as low-budget vampire flicks tend to be, with an added flicker of righteous anger.
Posted Oct 16, 2019  Edit critic review
B-
Socrates (2018) Eric D. Snider The story is slight, the themes overly familiar, but the film's deep compassion for its subjects redeems it.
Posted Oct 16, 2019  Edit critic review
B
Sister Aimee (2019) Eric D. Snider A picaresque Western with some "Chicago"-style razzle-dazzle (including a song!) about a confident, successful woman finding out what her limits are.
Posted Oct 12, 2019  Edit critic review
B+
Hustlers (2019) Eric D. Snider I've never been prouder of my sisters/happier I don't go to strip clubs.
Posted Sep 16, 2019  Edit critic review
C
It: Chapter Two (2019) Eric D. Snider An epic-length but novella-deep exercise in mild, jokey horror.
Posted Sep 15, 2019  Edit critic review
B
Ready or Not (2019) Eric D. Snider Fun, just-gory-enough mayhem with a wicked sense of humor and a smattering of "eat the rich" populism.
Posted Aug 23, 2019  Edit critic review
C+
47 Meters Down: Uncaged (2019) Eric D. Snider The shark attacks are always good for a jolt, but the rest of the movie is absolutely nothing special.
Posted Aug 20, 2019  Edit critic review
B-
Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019) Eric D. Snider There's no educational value, but hey, at least it's not making your kids any stupider.
Posted Aug 10, 2019  Edit critic review
B
The Art of Self-Defense (2019) Eric D. Snider Highly amusing deadpan comedy about toxic masculinity... A few things in common with 'Fight Club,' including a morbid sense of humor and a willingness to shock viewers.
Posted Jul 31, 2019  Edit critic review
B+
The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019) Eric D. Snider A well-acted and lovingly detailed slice of 21st-century life.
Posted Jul 22, 2019  Edit critic review
B
Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) Eric D. Snider With a perfect, scrappy little guy in the lead, the growing number of excellent supporting players, and a fun-loving director who's determined not to let Peter Parker grow up too fast, there's plenty of potential.
Posted Jul 16, 2019  Edit critic review
B
Crawl (2019) Eric D. Snider Like an alligator, the movie is efficient, mean, and behaves the way you'd expect.
Posted Jul 16, 2019  Edit critic review
B-
Yesterday (2019) Eric D. Snider 'Yesterday,' a song about regret over the way things turned out, is perfect for the movie Yesterday, which should have been better.
Posted Jul 01, 2019  Edit critic review
C
Child's Play (2019) Eric D. Snider One of those movies where they threw a lot of things at a lot of walls, then dumped everything into theaters without waiting to see what would stick.
Posted Jun 25, 2019  Edit critic review
C
Late Night (2019) Eric D. Snider Eventually the real-world story gives way to sitcom-y improbability.... Nothing is 'skewered'; 'poked meekly' is more like it.
Posted Jun 20, 2019  Edit critic review
C
Men in Black: International (2019) Eric D. Snider It takes considerable effort to render a pair as charismatic as Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson boring, but the makers of 'Men in Black: International' are up to the task.
Posted Jun 15, 2019  Edit critic review
C-
Dark Phoenix (2019) Eric D. Snider A boring story with low stakes... The 'saga' aspect of this franchise has become the focus more than the exciting superhero tales, and I just don't care anymore.
Posted Jun 07, 2019  Edit critic review
C+
Ma (2019) Eric D. Snider This is a trashy, exploitative B-movie at heart, but it hedges its bets by keeping one foot in the realm of respectability.
Posted Jun 01, 2019  Edit critic review
C
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) Eric D. Snider The monsters are just as uninteresting as the people, their one appeal - how huge, awesome, and scary they look - obscured by so much CGI debris and too many tight close-ups.
Posted May 31, 2019  Edit critic review
B+
Booksmart (2019) Eric D. Snider Much foul-mouthed hilarity ensues... Feldstein and Dever's chemistry as best friends is endlessly delightful.
Posted May 29, 2019  Edit critic review
B-
The Sun Is Also a Star (2019) Eric D. Snider This is a respectable, earnest, down-to-earth romantic drama, not the crazy Nicholas Sparks kind.
Posted May 20, 2019  Edit critic review
D
Poms (2019) Eric D. Snider Squirts a bunch of faux-sentimental ideas on the screen and trusts that people who only see one or two movies a decade will find it charming.
Posted May 13, 2019  Edit critic review
B-
I Trapped the Devil (2019) Eric D. Snider Has just enough malevolent gloom to make it a modestly unnerving effort for horror connoisseurs.
Posted Apr 24, 2019  Edit critic review
Cherry 2000 (1988) Eric D. Snider Look, I don't know what's going on. I didn't write the movie. Nobody wrote the movie.
Posted Mar 22, 2019  Edit critic review
C+
Alita: Battle Angel (2019) Eric D. Snider Listless futuristic mumbo-jumbo without a single interesting character, building to a conclusion that's really just a setup for the next film.
Posted Feb 20, 2019  Edit critic review
B
Happy Death Day 2U (2019) Eric D. Snider Fans of the first film will find the scenario much more pleasing than the main character does.
Posted Feb 19, 2019  Edit critic review
B-
The Prodigy (2019) Eric D. Snider Straightforward to a fault -- it could have used some red herrings -- but the 'creepy kid' scenario is effective.
Posted Feb 09, 2019  Edit critic review
D
Serenity (2019) Eric D. Snider Being even-keeled and sincere makes it more palatable than a lot of bad movies, but make no mistake, it's still bad.
Posted Feb 06, 2019  Edit critic review
B
Glass (2019) Eric D. Snider A nerdy deep-dive into the filmmaker's ideas about superhero movies... Nutty, self-aware, periodically thrilling.
Posted Jan 19, 2019  Edit critic review
B
Mary Queen of Scots (2018) Eric D. Snider A grand but accessible historical biopic full of palace intrigue and political skulduggery.
Posted Jan 16, 2019  Edit critic review
B
Vox Lux (2018) Eric D. Snider Corbet's style is frequently ponderous, even "slow," but generally compelling as he explores the factory-like process of turning Celeste into a star.
Posted Jan 03, 2019  Edit critic review
B-
Vice (2018) Eric D. Snider Often hilarious and inventive, but McKay has no point beyond 'Wow, what a load this guy was, eh?'
Posted Dec 24, 2018  Edit critic review
B
Mary Poppins Returns (2018) Eric D. Snider If there had to be a sequel (which, again, there did not), this one is about as good as you could reasonably expect it to be.
Posted Dec 19, 2018  Edit critic review
C
Mortal Engines (2018) Eric D. Snider Like the rolling city of London, the movie is a gigantic, lumbering waste of resources populated by nobody interesting.
Posted Dec 18, 2018  Edit critic review
A-
The Rider (2017) Eric D. Snider Authentic... Beautiful and understated... Full of heartbreak and humanity.
Posted Dec 17, 2018  Edit critic review
C
Robin Hood (2018) Eric D. Snider A dumbly anachronistic action-adventure that you will never believe was not directed by Guy Ritchie and written by 12-year-olds.
Posted Nov 28, 2018  Edit critic review
B-
Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) Eric D. Snider It's approximately as funny and endearing as the first one (which is to say it's a good time, but nothing special).
Posted Nov 27, 2018  Edit critic review
B+
Widows (2018) Eric D. Snider More fleshed-out, more real-world weighty than your standard popcorn caper, and it's a rush seeing these women take matters into their own felonious hands.
Posted Nov 22, 2018  Edit critic review
C-
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) Eric D. Snider The story lumbers along without urgency, Yates and Rowling believing they've earned the audience's loyalty just by using the Harry Potter font in the titles
Posted Nov 17, 2018  Edit critic review
C
The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018) Eric D. Snider An ordinary, mundane tech thriller whose only distinction is that it's connected to a previous movie. It's the very definition of a sequel nobody wanted.
Posted Nov 15, 2018  Edit critic review
B-
Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (2018) Eric D. Snider Fitfully amusing, harmless, and negligible. It neither detracts from Dr. Seuss' legacy nor enhances it.
Posted Nov 12, 2018  Edit critic review
A-
Selma (2014) Eric D. Snider This heartfelt, compelling docudrama about Martin Luther King Jr. and the 1965 civil rights marches shows how far we've come.
Posted Oct 04, 2018  Edit critic review
D
The Texture of Falling (2018) Eric D. Snider It's 74 minutes of mediocre actors giving meek, low-energy performances while reciting clumsily written, faux-philosophical dialogue.
Posted Jul 11, 2018  Edit critic review
C+
Sherlock Gnomes (2018) Eric D. Snider Short and largely inoffensive, unlikely to do any significant harm if you find yourself obligated to watch it.
Posted Mar 28, 2018  Edit critic review
B-
Unsane (2018) Eric D. Snider Shrewd, exasperating psychological thriller... Has some heft to it but doesn't live up to its full potential.
Posted Mar 27, 2018  Edit critic review
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