Comedy
Comedy
The Bad News Bears
This movie movie about misfit kids on a sports team launched a thousand imitators, most of which are more fun.
Election
A dark, character-driven, political comedy that is short on worthwhile characters.
The General
Physical comedy aplenty compensates for this silent era film’s weaker story, goofy effects, and general lack of polish relative to modern filmmaking.
Fighting with My Family
An unironic plunge into professional wrestling that, while offering a unique perspective on its topic, is ultimately only an OK movie.
Arthur
Charmless and unfunny.
Blockers
Strong when it’s a coming of age story told from the perspective of the parents, weak when it leans on gross-out humor.
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
A 1940s comedy that trades on dated shock and directionless zaniness that was likely cutting edge for its time but is fairly empty for a modern viewer.
Parasite
This South Korean masterpiece isn’t the flashiest first watch, but with time to digest its thoughtful and precise filmmaking it reveals itself to be worthy of its acclaim.
Love & Sex
This movie about personal romantic history has all the storytelling flair of an anthropologist’s doctoral thesis.
Table 19
Misleading marketing, disappointing movie.
Defendor
A deconstructed superhero movie without a point.
Knives Out
An amazingly fun, genre defying who-done-it with plenty of exciting twists and turns on the way to its conclusion.