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Patch is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Glenn Lovell, Leslie Combemale, Stephen Silver.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
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Crazy Rich Asians (2018) Leslie Combemale The most compelling performance, even in such impressive company, is Michelle Yeoh as the lioness of a protective mother.
Posted Jul 24, 2019  Edit critic review
A
The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018) Leslie Combemale If anyone needs another answer as to why we need more diverse voices making films, here it is.
Posted Jul 24, 2019  Edit critic review
B
Ocean's 8 (2018) Leslie Combemale It's a smart, gorgeous, well-acted flick that just happens to star women, and women being women in all the best ways.
Posted Jul 24, 2019  Edit critic review
A
Nancy (2018) Leslie Combemale Writer/director Christina Chow... explodes onto the scene as a filmmaker.
Posted Jul 24, 2019  Edit critic review
4.5/5
The Walk (2015) Stephen Silver Yes, the bravura closing sequence is excellent- but Zemeckis has built a pretty good movie around it, too.
Posted Sep 30, 2015  Edit critic review
4/5
Sleeping With Other People (2015) Stephen Silver The great Alison Brie has a breakout role in this raunchy yet very honest romantic comedy
Posted Sep 24, 2015  Edit critic review
4/5
Black Mass (2015) Stephen Silver It's the anti-Goodfellas, for better and for worse. Very entertaining, but there's something missing.
Posted Sep 17, 2015  Edit critic review
3/5
The Visit (2015) Stephen Silver Perfectly threads the line between horror and comedy. A minor film, but still Shyamalan's best in years
Posted Sep 10, 2015  Edit critic review
3/5
A Walk in the Woods (2015) Stephen Silver Not particularly major or memorable, but worth it for some quality banter between Redford and Nolte
Posted Sep 01, 2015  Edit critic review
4/5
Mistress America (2015) Stephen Silver Starts out as a fairly good movie, and later turns into a completely different, much better one.
Posted Aug 27, 2015  Edit critic review
1/5
No Escape (2015) Stephen Silver The Taken-ripoff genre reaches another nadir, as this film has absolutely zero concern with the country in which it's set or the people in it.
Posted Aug 25, 2015  Edit critic review
4.5/5
The End of the Tour (2015) Stephen Silver It's incredibly exciting for a film that's about 90 percent two men talking to each other.
Posted Aug 20, 2015  Edit critic review
1/5
American Ultra (2015) Stephen Silver A nonsensical failure of a movie. That it wastes an impressive collection of very good actors just adds to the sadness.
Posted Aug 20, 2015  Edit critic review
4.5/5
The Cabin in the Woods (2011) Stephen Silver A supremely creative and original horror/comedy that goes in some genuinely shocking directions.
Posted Apr 12, 2012  Edit critic review
2/5
Bully (2011) Stephen Silver Tackles a worthy subject and has its heart in the right place, but it's still highly problematic for a variety of reasons.
Posted Apr 12, 2012  Edit critic review
3.5/5
American Reunion (2012) Stephen Silver A pretty transparent nostalgia exercise that never veers from formula and takes no risks. But it's still exceptionally funny and enjoyable.
Posted Apr 11, 2012  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Mirror Mirror (2012) Stephen Silver While it sports fine chemistry between its leads and a unique, creative look, it's considerably uneven and not especially memorable.
Posted Mar 29, 2012  Edit critic review
2.5/5
The Hunger Games (2012) Stephen Silver Lawrence and the character she plays are excellent. But the movie's story is told poorly, too slowly and with little momentum
Posted Mar 22, 2012  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011) Stephen Silver It's one part romantic comedy, one part nature travelogue, one part globalization parable and one part cynical, "In the Loop"-style British political satire. In all, it's inoffensive but rather forgettable.
Posted Mar 15, 2012  Edit critic review
3/5
House of My Father (2012) Stephen Silver Won't join the list of Ferrell's best films, but it's very funny and a worthy diversion.
Posted Mar 15, 2012  Edit critic review
2/5
Wanderlust (2012) Stephen Silver Wildly uneven, and based around a bunch of things- hippies, hallucinogens, nudity, ostentatious single-character scenery-chewing - that aren't nearly as hilarious as the filmmakers think they are
Posted Feb 24, 2012  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Rampart (2011) Stephen Silver It's not competently directed, and the plot is convoluted, but Harrelson's turn makes it worthwhile almost all by itself.
Posted Feb 20, 2012  Edit critic review
1/5
This Means War (2012) Stephen Silver A bottom-feeding mess. Everyone involved has done much better work and would likely like to forget about this
Posted Feb 16, 2012  Edit critic review
4/5
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (2011) Stephen Silver A very impressive bit of storytelling and style that only steps wrongly in its final third.
Posted Dec 28, 2011  Edit critic review
3/5
War Horse (2011) Stephen Silver Some great moments but most of them, as well as the film's other major themes and elements - have been done previously, and better, by Spielberg
Posted Dec 28, 2011  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Carnage (2011) Stephen Silver A deeply uncomfortable yet very funny film, featuring a quartet of standout performances.
Posted Dec 28, 2011  Edit critic review
3/5
The Adventures of Tintin (2011) Stephen Silver A highly impressive technical and visual achievement that unfortunately has very little to offer in the plot and character departments.
Posted Dec 28, 2011  Edit critic review
2/5
Young Adult (2011) Stephen Silver What's missing is any semblance of a compelling story, as well as the wit and humanity that marked Reitman's first three pictures.
Posted Dec 22, 2011  Edit critic review
4.5/5
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011) Stephen Silver One of the year's biggest surprises: a third sequel to a franchise whose heyday is long in the past, featuring a star who's pushing 50 and a director who's not even supposed to be able to do live action.
Posted Dec 22, 2011  Edit critic review
4.5/5
Shame (2011) Stephen Silver One of the year's best, thanks to a dynamite performance from Michael Fassbender and an aesthetic and storytelling approach that are boldly, refreshingly unconventional.
Posted Dec 11, 2011  Edit critic review
1/5
The Sitter (2011) Stephen Silver A truly odious and repugnant comedy, the first I can remember in which I spent the entire running time rooting for the hero to get arrested.
Posted Dec 11, 2011  Edit critic review
2/5
Like Crazy (2011) Stephen Silver Tells a thin and wispy story about shallow, underdeveloped characters about whom I had a lot of trouble caring.
Posted Dec 02, 2011  Edit critic review
4.5/5
The Muppets (2011) Stephen Silver A loving, faithful and very entertaining adaptation that gets what the Muppets are about and why people love them.
Posted Nov 25, 2011  Edit critic review
4.5/5
Hugo (2011) Stephen Silver Probably the first kids film in history to double as a propaganda film for the cause of classic film preservation. And I mean that in the nicest possible way.
Posted Nov 25, 2011  Edit critic review
4.5/5
The Descendants (2011) Stephen Silver A heartbreaking story with satisfying emotional payoffs, and truly beautiful Hawaiian photography.
Posted Nov 25, 2011  Edit critic review
1.5/5
J. Edgar (2011) Stephen Silver Goes wrong in just about every way that a biopic can go wrong. Plenty of wrong choices, starting with the makeup
Posted Nov 16, 2011  Edit critic review
2/5
Tower Heist (2011) Stephen Silver There's really no reason to go see Tower Heist when you can watch Ocean's Eleven on TNT again.
Posted Nov 16, 2011  Edit critic review
5/5
The Artist (2011) Stephen Silver A lovingly shot, beautifully realized love letter to cinema history.
Posted Oct 30, 2011  Edit critic review
2.5/5
The Rum Diary (2011) Stephen Silver Boasts a highly impressive cast and contains some great touches, but it's too long by a half hour and meanders severely in its second half.
Posted Oct 30, 2011  Edit critic review
2.5/5
The Mighty Macs (2009) Stephen Silver The filmmakers may as well have taken the screenplay of Hoosiers and just made a few edits, changing the decade from the '50s to the '70s and the male characters into women.
Posted Oct 21, 2011  Edit critic review
3.5/5
The Ides of March (2011) Stephen Silver An engaging, well-acted and very entertaining political thriller, but doesn't have a whole lot to say about its ostensible subject.
Posted Oct 11, 2011  Edit critic review
3/5
The Big Year (2011) Stephen Silver Well-made, well-acted and at times very touching, despite featuring characters generally behaving like obsessed weirdos
Posted Oct 10, 2011  Edit critic review
4.5/5
50/50 (2011) Stephen Silver A near-great movie made out of the hardest-to-thread, most oxymoronic genre imaginable - "cancer comedy."
Posted Oct 10, 2011  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Killer Elite (2011) Stephen Silver A solid, but mostly forgettable, thriller that has an intriguing plot and solid cast going for it, but isn't particularly well-made.
Posted Sep 25, 2011  Edit critic review
4.5/5
Moneyball (2011) Stephen Silver It's the movie baseball hot stove and transaction junkies have been waiting for their entire lives.
Posted Sep 25, 2011  Edit critic review
1.5/5
Contagion (2011) Stephen Silver Gets off to a very strong start, but eventually gets bogged down in questionable plotting and weak characterization.
Posted Sep 16, 2011  Edit critic review
2.5
The Debt (2010) Stephen Silver Sports an intriguing premise and uniformly strong performances, but its second act is mediocre and its third act even worse, and it can't help but pale in comparison to Munich
Posted Sep 02, 2011  Edit critic review
1.5/5
Conan the Barbarian (2011) Stephen Silver While not lacking for lamentations from women or anybody else, primarily concentrates on the "crush your enemies" part. The movie fails because it can't make that gore interesting
Posted Aug 26, 2011  Edit critic review
1/5
Our Idiot Brother (2011) Stephen Silver Wastes a cast of very talented comedic performers by giving them just about nothing funny to do, and sticking them in a plot in which every character is a moron, a moral monster or both.
Posted Aug 26, 2011  Edit critic review
4/5
The Help (2011) Stephen Silver Simplistic at times, and flirts with manipulation, but it's also a deeply touching and well-acted film.
Posted Aug 14, 2011  Edit critic review
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