Welcome to 2022. Things went back to
normal this year. Or, perhaps, a new normal. Theatrical offerings for movies
were sparse: somewhat the tail of COVID shutdowns, partly the encroaching of
steaming options. Personally, I saw 68 movies in theaters, which was up from
last year, but the lowest pre-COVID year since 2014. Overall though, I managed
to see 151 movies release in 2022. I haven’t checked, but that is probably a
personal record.
This is my 11th
year doing this, but I still feel the need to review a little about what this
list is and isn't. It is a list of all the movies released in 2022 that I have
seen, from first to last. I like to include all movies because I don't think a
normal top 10 list does much good if you don't know what I have and haven't
seen. That way, you don't have to ask things like "Does he hate Decision
to Leave or has he just not seen it?" This list is my favorite movies
of 2021. I gave up the idea of picking the "most perfect", "most
important', or "most revolutionary" movies in a year a while ago. I
can only answer the question "What movie added more to my year"? This
list is a snapshot in time. My relationship with all movies evolves over time.
I change and my understanding of movies changes. That's not to say I don't
stand by the ordering of my list. Rather, I'm not naive enough to think I'll
still have the same list in a few months or years. This list isn't an attempt
to appease some sense of what I'm supposed to like. It isn't as definitive in
the middle as the top and bottom. Feel free to read into the order of the 3rd
and 4th movies. Please don't read in as much to the ordering of the 58th and
63rd movies. Almost by definition, those are movies I don't have a strong
feeling about.
As always, I'd
like to add a few clerical notes. I determine a film's release based on its
public US release. Film Festivals don't count. So, only the Sundance movies I
saw that have been released otherwise will count. If there was a theatrical
release tracked on Box Office Mojo, I go with that. Otherwise, I use the US
release per IMDB. Since I've posted Reactions to all these movies, I'll keep my
comments here pretty brief. If you really want to know more, click on the link.
Previous Lists:
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017 (2017 Updated)
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
Top 10
1. Cyrano*
I remained
surprised to see this movie top the list. I watched this at the beginning of
the year and was grinning ear-to-ear the whole time. I rewatched it before
putting together this list to see if it still had the magic without the
surprise. It did. It’s hard to capture why this movie works so well. It’s a
musical with a 90s music video sensibility. It’s like Joe Wright studied the
“November Rain” video before making this. What can I say? I was completely and
utterly entranced by this movie.
*This could be
defined as a 2021 movie, but BoxOfficeMojo has the Domestic release date as
2022, so that’s the list it’s going in.
2. X
Let me remind
you again. This is my list and not some stab at an objective list. I can’t
argue that this is the most technically impressive move of the year or
whatever. I just know that I’ve watched it several times already and continue
to love it. Ti West has a magical ability to capture the tone of an era of
movies without just mimicking. X IS a 70s horror lo-fi horror movie. Pearl has
the showier Mia Goth performance, but this is the fuller movie of West’s two
films this year.
3. Everything Everywhere All at Once
Even more than
just how much I like the movie, I’m amazed how creative it is. This is a movie
that should fall under the weight of everything it’s trying to do, yet the
Daniels somehow make it work. It’s similar to Parasite in the sense that it’s
impossible to describe the movie in a way that captures what works about it.
It’s the most “You need to see it to understand” movie of the year.
4. Glass Onion
It’s
frustrating how often “fun” is missing from the discussion of best movies.
Look, Glass Onion does have a terrific cast giving great performances. The
screenplay is a marvelous puzzle. Rian Johnson directs the hell out of it.
Mostly though, this movie is just a good time. Much like Knives Out, Glass
Onion embraces the murder mystery contrivances and plays on them. The secret to
Johnson’s success with this is that they kind of rely on taking the piss out of
the genre: surprise from non-susprise.
5. The Fabelmans
The pleasant
surprise of this movie is how much more it is than Spielberg naval-gazing about
his past. Sure, there are plenty of biographical notes to the story, but it’s
just as much about the creative process in general. And the thing people
sometimes forget is that Spielberg is almost physically incapable of making a
movie that isn’t watchable and entertaining. I’ll admit, this movie sounds like
homework yet it’s anything but that.
6. The Northman
I adore The
Witch. I didn’t care for The Lighthouse, but at the time, I specifically noted
that the movie did only make me more excited for whatever Robert Eggers made
next. The Northman paid off that faith. This is a dirty, dreamy, brutal take on
the source of the Hamlet story.
7. Prey
Between Pearl
and Prey, 2022 offered great evidence that sometimes, the best way to keep a
franchise going isn’t by making it bigger; it’s by going smaller. Prey is a
very simple chase movie that zeroes in on the thing that made Predator
appealing in the first place. And it’s so nice to see Amber Midthunder get her
badass starring role.
8. Hustle
I’m always
rooting for Adam Sandler giving a real performance. Giving it in an earnest
basketball movie is almost unfairly targeted to me. This is a thoroughly
enjoyable underdog sports movie. It doesn’t hurt that it offered me dozens of
moments and references that felt like I had insider knowledge.
9. Cha Cha Real Smooth
Cooper Raiff
has a very specific thing that he does, and I’m more than happy to follow him
as he works through another phase of life in a film.
10. Barbarian
I keep appreciating what this movie
does more as time passes. It’s the best example I can think of of a horror
movie that applies the strengths of an anthology structure to a single dramatic
film. This is essentially 4 short horror films with different tones, telling
one story. Such a savvy screenplay.
Everything In Between
11. Babylon
The most likely
movie to jump up the list a year from now. This movie has everything jammed
into it. It’s a lot to take in and I think I’m still tired from my first
viewing. What The Right Stuff did for space, what Goodfellas did for the mafia,
what Boogie Nights did for the porn industry, Babylon does for early Hollywood.
Given how well all those examples have aged, it seems impossible for Babylon
not to age well too.
12. The Outfit
Every year,
there’s a movie that I feel like I discovered. It didn’t get much press. It
came and went without anyone talking about it, and I’m not sure why. Eye in the
Sky is my go-to example of that. The Outfit is my movie for 2022. This movie is
wonderful. This is a two-room crime thriller that plays like a stage play but has
just enough aspects that can only be done in a film. I loved seeing how this
story unfolded.
13. The Woman King
Oh my god! Is
Viola Davis an action hero now?
14. Tar
I’m pretty
tepid on the movie but Cate Blanchett’s performance is (overused phase alert) a
tour-de-force. I could watch her playing Lydia Tar for hours upon hours.
15. Top Gun: Maverick
Bravo to
Paramount for never giving up on this movie. It was sitting there waiting since
the COVID shutdowns. It would’ve been so easy to dump it on a streaming service
or open it too soon. Instead, they waited until the world was ready and it blew
up. The special thing about this movie is how simple it actually is. It’s the
story behind a difficult video game level, and with a movie star like Tom Cruise,
it turns out that’s a lot of fun to watch.
16. The Menu
This is one of
those weird movie that lives in an in between state. It’s not quite an awards
movie. It’s not quite a critical darning. It’s not quite a box office
smash. It’s a social satire that thankfully
leans more into the humor than the commentary. I like that it’s ultimately more
nihilistic than anything.
17. V/H/S/99
I adore this
franchise. Horror anthologies don’t have a higher hit rate than these do. This
specific installment had way more to like than not.
18. The Banshees of Inishirin
God bless
quirky Irish playwrights-turned-directors. I still haven’t gotten over the
anxiety this very dark comedy stirred up inside me.
19. Pearl
This movie is
amazing as supplemental material to X. Mia Goth really shows off in a way that
she rarely gets to.
20. Fire Island
Whoever says
the RomCom is dead needs to check out the streaming services more often. This
was such a damn pleasant thing to watch.
21. Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Sometimes, when
you tell the whole world about your inside joke, the world embraces it.
22. Petite Maman
This is such a
simple and sweet story of a mother-daughter relationship. I really appreciate
that it opted to stay 73 too. Not every story needs to be 90 minutes, let alone
2 hours.
23. Nope
I find Jordan
Peele’s movies to be so smart and so exquisitely made, but it’s hard not to
think that he’s putting in more ideas in his movies than he knows what to do
with. Still, Nope has some of the best moments and scenes of any movie this
year.
24. Fresh
Waiting this
the no clue what it was about was one of my favorite experiences of 2022. I
remember cackling when the like title card came on screen.
25. All Quiet on the Western Front
This is a
feeling that I got everything I needed out of this from 1917. But I loved 1917,
so even an 80% 1917 is one of the best things I’ll see in a year.
26.
Resurrection
Rebecca Hall.
Rebecca Hall. When is Rebecca Hall going to get the attention she deserves?
This is a bizarre movie that works because Rebecca Hall is powers through it.
27. Confess, Fletch
Jon Hamm has
been looking for his comic identity for over a decade now. “Less slapstick
Chevy Chase” might be the answer. I could watch a new one of these every year.
28. We're All
Going to the World's Fair
I love whenever
someone tries something fresh with found footage horror.
29. Smile
This is a
strange movie to talk about. I liked it a lot. However, had the film gotten out
of its own way a little more, this could’ve jumped into my top 10 easy. There
were more than a few echoes of my beloved Oculus in this.
30. Honor Society
An unexpectedly
pleasant movie about a conniving person finding out that they are actually a
nice person.
31. Good Luck to You Leo Grande
Emma Thompson
is a god tier scene partner.
32. Emergency
Superbad energy
applied to real social commentary. What’s not to love? This really did give me
some of the best belly laughs of the year while also being a thoughtful
discussion of race. That’s tough to do.
33. RRR
A can’t shake
the feeling that a lot of the excitement for this movie was because it was a
lot of people’s first exposure to Indian cinema. This movie is an absolute
maximalist blast. It is also bloated and you can see the seams a lot in the
filmmaking.
34. Avatar: The Way of Water
No one is
better at a blockbuster than James Cameron. This is inarguable and I’m thrilled
to have another one of his movies in theaters again. That said, I just don’t
care that much about the world of Pandora, which made the first two hours of
this a bit of a slog. That last hour though makes up for it.
35. The Worst Person in the World
Like Cyrano,
even though it counted for the 2021 Oscars, BoxOfficeMojo lists the domestic
release as 2022. Unlike Cyrano, while I remember liking this movie, I haven’t
felt the need to revisit it. Really great lead performance and inventive
screenplay though.
36. Turning Red
This was the
Pixar movie that should’ve had a theatrical release. It aligns to the golden
Pixar formula: take something odd to pitch it on (the red panda), present it as
a story you’ve seen before (hiding her secret identity), then reveal a much
deeper story (the emotional changes of puberty).
37. Chip 'n
Dale: Rescue Rangers
It’s so nice to
see someone weaponize nostalgia in a positive way. This movie is very funny,
very IP heavy, and very good. It feels like the Lonely Island guys got the
rights to make this movie then Disney forgot to check in on them until it was
ready to go to Disney+.
38. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Ryan Coogler is
the most talented director in the Marvel stable. That’s how they were able to
salvage this movie devastated by the death of Chadwick Boseman.
39. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
I’m so glad
that when Marvel got Sam Rami back into the universe, it was for a movie that
let him get weird.
40. Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
This movie is
so dumb, and god bless it. It’s perfectly capture what I love about being a
Weird Al fan.
41. Matilda: The Musical
It’s got the
good songs and it’s got the intricate choreography to justify the film
adaptation from the stage. What more do I need?
42. Scream (2022)
No other
franchise could get away with being so self-consciously clever. Thankfully, the
filmmakers knew that and leaned all the way into it.
43. The Batman
I’ll admit, I’m
getting Batman fatigue. Matt Reeve’s ultra-date (literally) take is not my
favorite, but I can’t argue that he failed to deliver his vision of this.
44. Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
I increasingly
appreciate movies that aren’t afraid to let people be nice.
45. The Whale
Brendan Fraser.
Sadie Sink. Hong Chou. Ty Simpkins. They’re all really great in this. I’ll
focus on that rather than a film that I’m otherwise tepid on.
46. Ticket to Paradise
Complete empty
calories yet great evidence that some movies can just be about letting movie
stars be movie stars.
47. Lightyear
I’m working on
a theory that audiences of animated movies over the years don’t want action
movies. Lightyear is another data point for that. It was fun if not disposable
though.
48. Dog
Every few
years, Hollywood remembers that all audiences really want is a dog sidekick.
This was a pleasantly more thoughtful movie than the poster would suggest.
49. The Black Phone
This is a
horror movie that’s a lot of fun in the moment then suffers if you think too
much about it after the fact. A Good time though.
50. Thor: Love
& Thunder
I liked having
Natalie Portman back and having a great time. I’ll admit though, the balance of
the cast was a little off.
51. Uncharted
No movie is
every going to do Raiders of the Lost Ark better than Raiders of the Lost Ark,
but I’m happy if studios want to keep trying.
52. Bob's
Burgers: The Movie
I like Bob’s
Burgers. This was like watching a really long episode of Bob’s Burgers. I’m not
sure that it needed to be a movie, but sure. Why not?
53. She Said
I love the
beats of watching an investigative journalism movie. Zoe Kazan and Carey
Mulligan are really great in this. Yet, it feels too soon for the movie. I wish
the movie would’ve picked a lane and been even wonkier or less wonky. The
middle of the road approach left something to be desired.
54. I Came By
I never knew
where this movie going, and improbably, it gave me one huge laugh from a
perfectly executed punchline.
55. ThreeThousand Years of Longing
The first two
thirds really sucked me in. The last third spent all the goodwill it had built
up.
56. Halloween Ends
Better than
Kills, so that’s something. Like 2018’s Halloween, I love how evident it is
that this was made by fans of the franchise.
57. Father of the Bride (2022)
It’s hard to do
a version of this story I wouldn’t like. Introducing the Cuban v. Mexican
rivalry gave this just enough variety to justify watching this instead of just
rewatching a previous version.
58. On the Count of Three
Jerrod
Carmichael and Christopher Abbott are an unlikely, darkly comedic duo, swapping
the roles you’d expect each performer to play.
59. Emily the Criminal
It’s been a
pleasant surprise seeing how popular this has been on Netflix. Aubrey Plaza is
really wonderful in this. How many more years before she gets a role with real
Oscar buzz? She’s quietly been building a career that asks “when” not “if.”
60. Elvis
Nothing hits
quite like a Baz Luhrmann fever dream.
61. Thirteen Lives
Ron Howard made
a very effective and functional movie about a herculean real-life rescue effort
that unfortunately still just made me want to watch the documentary (The
Rescue) on the same topic instead.
62.
Emancipation
It was silly to
think this ever would’ve been an Oscar player. That said, Antoine Fuqua
successfully brings her action movie sensibility to a slave narrative, without
feeling tone deaf.
63. Till
I guess I’m
colder on the Danielle Deadwyler performance than most. The movie is absolutely
affecting. It’s hard for it not to be. I do think it lays it all on a little
thick.
64. Bros
Very funny. The
best Billy Eichner is likely to ever be. Typical bloat of an Apatow produced
comedy though.
65. Navalny
Incredible
story. I couldn’t help but feel it was made too much with getting Navalny’s
approval of the final cut.
66. Jurassic World: Dominion
I still think
this getting a 29% on Rotten Tomatoes had more to do with Fallen Kingdom
spending all the goodwill of the series than actually being worse than Fallen
Kingdom. Fallen Kingdom was awful. This wasn’t great either but my main
complaint is that it needed more dinosaurs and less wheat.
67. AmbuLAnce
Generally
speaking, when Michael Bay sticks to what he does best, I like the result.
68. Black Adam
Ignoring the
fact that I have no idea what the hell DC is doing anymore, this was fun
enough.
69. The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
I’m just glad
to confirm that Nic Cage is in on the joke.
70. The Lost City
I love the
Sandra Bullock who does silly disposable movies that might turn out to be
essential a couple years later.
71. Beast
For years I’ve
suspected that Idris Elba could beach a lion in hand-to-hand combat.
72. Watcher
I wish I
watched the movie that other people seemed to. Some good use of setting and
slow burn but ultimately it turned into yet another horror movie about no one
believing the protagonist.
73. Orphan: First Kill
Bonkers movie
that I’m glad exists. Like, it’s great that these people got together and found
a way to make it work.
74. Do Revenge
Certainly one
of the best single twists I saw this year. It doesn’t struggle by the end
though.
75. Violent Night
Santa Claus did
in fact kill a bunch of bad guys.
76. Guillermo
del Toro's Pinocchio
One day I’ll
find a Guillermo del Toro that I love as much as everyone seems to love his
movies.
77. Spirited
As far as twists
on A Christmas Carol, this musical one was pretty fun.
78. Jackass Forever
It was nice to
see some new blood in the mix, though ultimately, the staying power of this
franchise is this group of dumbass friends who have managed to never learn better.
79. God's
Country
I love this
latter career reinvention of Thandiwe Newton as [more of] a bad ass.
80. I Want YouBack
A Simple RomCom
with a likable cast can go a long way.
81. Bullet Train
I do love a
movie with a screenplay that needs a chart to keep track of things.
82. Your Christmas or Mine?
Amazon is
quietly amassing a nice catalog of Christmas RomComs with decent stars.
83. Fire of Love
Incredible
footage that couldn’t quite find a way to tell a story to match.
84. Downton Abbey: A New Era
Despite the
name, this is a real ending Downton Abbey needed.
85. Death on the Nile
I still think
about that amazing boat set sometimes.
86. Hellraiser (2022)
It’s nice to
see they resurrected this franchise successfully.
87. Master
Regina Hall is great
as always. The movie does end on a whimper though.
88. The Gray Man
No one spends
$200 million on a blockbuster with no impact quite like Netflix. It’s nice that
this year people finally started to question the streaming model some.
89. Bones and All
I still can’t figure
out if Mark Rylance’s performance is the good kind of weird or the bad kind of
weird.
90. After Yang
I mostly just
remember that opening sequence which either means the rest of the movie is meh
or the opening is that great.
91. Prey for the Devil
Love me some Catholicism
fan fiction, even if it goes in a frustratingly predictable direction.
92. Rosaline
A fun young
cast holds this revisionist retelling of Romeo & Juliet together.
93. Something
From Tiffany's
You aren’t
going to find me saying a bad thing about Zoey Deutch.
94. Sonic the Hedgehog 2
It’s a fun
movie but I’d be lying if I said much about it stuck with me for more than a
couple days.
95. The 355
It’s a shame
seeing a cast this spectacular in something so ineffective. This really should’ve
been among the most entertaining movies of the year.
96. Bodies Bodies Bodies
Rachel Sennott
did yeoman’s work to keep the focus of this on the satire.
97. The Adam Project
I would love if
one of this big budget, big star Netflix action movies had some staying power.
98. Crush
I’m still
impressed by how well this movie pulled from a bunch of shows I like for the
casting.
99. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)
The more they
try, the more I’m convinced that The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is too specific
for sequels to work.
100. The Cursed
I keep
forgetting that I’ve seen this movie because the title changed from the more
distinctive “Eight for Silver”.
101. The Greatest Beer Run Ever
Not that his
films before it were that great, but I’m think that Green Book Best Picture win
is going to have a long and unsuccessful tail on Peter Farrelly’s future films.
102. All the Old Knives
While the
thriller aspect did nothing for it, I can’t complain about this as a Chris
Pine/Thandiwe Newton sexiness delivery device.
103. Moonfall
Say what you
will, but the moon did, in fact, fall. Truth in advertising.
104. Men
It’s always fun
watching a movie during which you can feel the audience one-by-one reject it in
real time. I respect the big swing of the movie, but it lost me by the end.
105. Kimi
Honestly, the movie
is probably better than this ranking, but I’m not in the mood to start shifting
things around. Zoe Kravitz is good in this incredibly lean thriller.
106. My Old School
The core story
of this documentary is incredible, but once it reaches the twist toward the
middle, it doesn’t have anywhere to go.
107. Luck
Not
surprisingly, this is among the most Pixar-lite of the animated films I’ve seen
from another studio in quite some time.
108. My Fake Boyfriend
A great example
of a gimmick that totally gets in the way of what would otherwise be a pleasant
albeit generic RomCom.
109. Where the Crawdads Sing
Daisy
Edgar-Jones is terrific. Otherwise, I think a lot of what made the book a hit
got muddled in the translation to film.
110. Windfall
A claustrophobic
thriller that, due to casting, I kept expecting to be funnier, which is on me.
I appreciate the decision to keep things mysterious, but I do think this too
far in keeping the character motivations murky.
111. Breaking
This is the
kind of movie that plays out how it does because it’s based on a true story.
However, the way it’s directed left a lot of holes that really bothered me.
112. The Invitation (2022)
On the one
hand, this delivered the exactly the movie it promises. On the other hand, it
doesn’t promise to be a very good movie.
113. The Sea Beast
I’m impressed
with the scale and water effects of this animation. And that’s about it.
114. The Valet
The humor didn’t
work at all for me, but I was impressed with how sweetly the story ultimately
resolved.
115. Borrego
Lucy Hale isn’t
my first pick for a desert thriller, but she acquits herself well.
116. Luckiest Girl Alive
My big issue is
that I don’t believe Mila Kunis’ character successfully kept up this ruse of a
personality for so long.
117. Persuasion
As much as I
like Dakota Johnson, I could stop from feeling like this was an attempt to do
Bridgerton as a movie.
118. You Won't
Be Alone
The idea of a
witch that takes over bodies is pretty fun. I just found the movie a little
dull.
119. Don't
Worry Darling
I surprised
myself to see this so far from the bottom of my list. I do think the movie is
an unmitigated disaster from a story perspective. Everyone involved failed to
organize or think through this story. That said, some performances like
Florence Pugh and Chris Pine’s are really great, and there are a lot of visuals
in this that stuck with me. As I think I said in my Reaction, I think this
movie is a disaster but it doesn’t impact my interest in whatever Olivia Wilde
directs next.
120. Lady
Chatterley's Lover
It’s hard to
make a story that was infamously scandalous a hundred years ago still scandalous
today.
121. Enola Holmes 2
Millie Bobby
Brown remains a star. However, the first movie was bursting with ideas and
spins on the Sherlock Holmes story. This one felt like a much more straightforward
story. Too much for Brown to carry.
122. Mad God
The claymation
is really cool looking, but I really found this to be a slog.
123. Dual
I’m just not a
fan of these intentionally flat, mannered performances. It reminded me of the
worst of Yorgos Lanthimos’ work (i.e everything but The Favourite).
124. The Good Nurse
The Dateline version
of this would be so much more interesting. And, I found Eddie Redmayne’s
performance to be quiet in a way that shouted at me.
125. White Hot:
The Rise and Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch
Hard to even call
this a movie. That said, it did remind me than Abercrombie & Fitch was a thing
from my youth even though I hated it then too.
126. The Pink Cloud
The most
interesting thing about this movie is that it was made before Covid, because it
plays exactly like a response to Covid isolation.
127. Spiderhead
A really great
cast wasted on a thriller that was a little too easy to figure out.
128. Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Through budget
and the inertia of the Wizarding World production cycle, this at least has the
look and feel of a film from this universe. I didn’t realize just how checked
out I was with this story until I got into the theater.
129.
Disenchanted
Remember
Enchanted: that movie that was a blast because it contrasted the Disney fairy tale
with the real world? Well, here’s a movie about taking away all the contrast
before the Disney fairy tale world and the real world.
130. See How They Run
What really sets
this movie apart is how easily you will trick yourself into thinking it’ll be a
good movie. The cast is great. You can cut together a trailer that makes it
look like a smart, clever murder mystery. However, it really is a movie that evaporates
from your memory as you watch it.
131. The Girl In the Picture
Another Netflix
movie that would work better as a Dateline investigation. This is a wild story.
The doc just doesn’t do anything with it more interesting than just telling it.
132. Deep Water
Another
thriller with few thrills. It’s really only good for seeing Ana de Armas and
Ben Affleck be attractive at each other.
133. The Man From Toronto
It’s fun to
watch Woody Harrelson try to will a movie to be good.
134. Stars At Noon
As much as I
want to love anything with Margaret Qualley in it, this was just far too listless
to work for me.
135. Amsterdam
To think, there
was a time when I worried that I’d confuse this with Babylon.
136. Samaritan
Imagine
watching Logan if there was no X-Men mythology backing it up and giving it
texture.
137. Not Okay
If there’s one
thing I hate more than a movie I found bad, it’s a movie I found bad that tries
to get out ahead of any criticism.
138. Spin Me Round
I ate a comedy
that’s funnier that describe the plot of than to watch.
139. Meet Cute
Incredible
potential with this premise however it decides to take away all the fun
discovery parts. Imagine watch Groundhog Day if it started with Bill Murray committing
suicide a bunch.
140. The Tinder Swindler
I need to stop
watching these Netflix documentaries. This one really bothered me because there
was a real sense of rushing this thing together to meet a deadline rather that
follow the story through to a satisfying conclusion.
141. Jerry
& Marge Go Large
Just because
something made a good news article doesn’t automatically mean it has the juice
to sustain a movie.
Bottom 10
142. American Carnage
Jordan Peele’s
success has a lot of less talented filmmakers thinking they can make movies
about a dozen things at the same time.
143. Strawberry Mansion
Being impressed
with what someone can do on a tiny budget is not the same as actually enjoying
a movie.
144. The Wonder
To the opening
and closing of this movie, I have this to say: Thanks for making me aware that
I was watching a movie. I was aware that I was watching a movie when I hit play
on this movie, but thanks for making a point to explain that this is a movie
anyway.
145. Alice
I’ve reached a
point where explaining race relations by literally recreating slavery as the
story of a movie just seems lazy to me.
146.
Firestarter
This movie just…isn’t
very good. I don’t know how else to say it. It’s like half a thought that was
turned into a movie. Which is weird, considering it is both a remake and based
on a book.
147. Blonde
I really wanted
to be in the righteous opposition, defending this movie. Instead, the whole
experience of watching this felt like I was being punished for wanting to watch
this.
148. Sharp Stick
A classic
example of a character who I fundamentally can’t believe existed before the
start of the movie.
149. Morbius
It’s not interesting
for me to be the millionth person to dunk on this movie. So, I’ll just say that
I agree with all the negative stuff you’ve heard about this.
150. The Bubble
I never thought
I’d be able to dislike a Judd Apatow movie this much. This is an underbaked
concept for a movie. The Hollywood commentary issue very surface level and the Covid
jokes aged so poorly.
151. Crimes of the Future
I simply hated watching this movie. Everything about it bounced off me. It
nearly put me to sleep repeatedly. The movie was weird in a way that felt like
an obligation. Like David Cronenberg just did it that way because it’s what
people expected from him for an idea like this.
