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Movies With Butter is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Sara Maria Vizcarrondo.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
Rich Hill (2014) Jeff Giles A movie that will leave you feeling shaken, heartbroken, and probably pretty damn grateful. Not an easy watch by any means, but perhaps a necessary one.
Posted Aug 07, 2014  Edit critic review
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) Jeff Giles The whole thing comes zipping and bamming out in a rainbow-hued orgy of sci-fi, action, comedy, drama, and (trust me on this) throat-lumpening pathos. It shouldn't work at all, not for a moment, but it does -- and Gunn makes it look easy.
Posted Aug 01, 2014  Edit critic review
Willow Creek (2013) Jeff Giles If the end result can't help but disappoint in a number of ways, it's still quite a bit better than one would really have any right to expect.
Posted Jun 06, 2014  Edit critic review
Obvious Child (2014) Sara Maria Vizcarrondo If you see disregard or irresponsibility when you watch OBVIOUS CHILD, you're not looking hard enough.
Posted Jun 05, 2014  Edit critic review
Edge of Tomorrow (2014) Sara Maria Vizcarrondo The sharp script makes ineffectual carnage pretty hilarious, with laughter due in part to the fact we've seen so much of Tom Cruise in BS battle mode there's something cathartic about watching him die on a loop.
Posted Jun 04, 2014  Edit critic review
Maleficent (2014) Jeff Giles Consider Maleficent an old story told at least partially anew, and fairly captivatingly in the bargain.
Posted May 30, 2014  Edit critic review
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) Jeff Giles For a movie that sends an enormous cast hurling around the world and across time, X-Men: Days of Future Past does a pretty darn impressive job of never losing sight of its plot.
Posted May 23, 2014  Edit critic review
Godzilla (2014) Jeff Giles One of the few obvious would-be franchise starters that actually gives the audience a reason to hope for something even better the second time around.
Posted May 16, 2014  Edit critic review
NOW: In the Wings on a World Stage (2014) Sara Maria Vizcarrondo While NOW is an echo of Spacey's hubris and chicanery, it's also an object lesson on being in charge of your career. As such, it's a doc actors shouldn't miss.
Posted May 06, 2014  Edit critic review
Chef (2014) Sara Maria Vizcarrondo Lodged somewhere between Jimmy Kimmel's "Mean Tweets" segment and Ratatoulle, this family movie (with a few too many f-bombs) has become a high speed commercial success before it's even hit theaters and the way it's uncompromising will blindside you.
Posted May 06, 2014  Edit critic review
Palo Alto (2013) Sara Maria Vizcarrondo Gia Coppola has taken the hazy danger of the well-heeled teen into another era of whatever-glam.
Posted May 06, 2014  Edit critic review
Fading Gigolo (2013) Sara Maria Vizcarrondo Manhattan's economy is forcing one florist's head down-and Woody Allen figures that head might as well land in a soft place.
Posted Apr 18, 2014  Edit critic review
Nymphomaniac: Volume I (2014) Sara Maria Vizcarrondo Aims to prove you can't spell "meaningless" without M-E-N.
Posted Mar 24, 2014  Edit critic review
Anita (2013) Sara Maria Vizcarrondo Anita is not just a film about an activist who made a difference, it's a model of transforming struggle into a more meaningful future.
Posted Mar 24, 2014  Edit critic review
Veronica Mars (2014) Jeff Giles It's a fun, light watch, with just enough laughs, twists, and beautiful people to keep a viewer engaged for precisely 107 minutes before wafting back into the cloud.
Posted Mar 14, 2014  Edit critic review
The Unknown Known (2013) Jeff Giles It's entertaining until it isn't, and when it isn't, that's because any movie that takes an honest look at the horrible events covered by this film probably shouldn't be entertaining.
Posted Mar 13, 2014  Edit critic review
Soap Life (2012) Jeff Giles Whether you're a dedicated soap watcher, a lapsed fan, or someone who's turned up their nose at the daytime dial, Soap Life is worth watching.
Posted Mar 12, 2014  Edit critic review
A Birder's Guide to Everything (2013) Jeff Giles Very sweet, and not in a cloying way; if anything, its exceedingly low-key charms are a blessed relief in a genre that too often relies on aggressively gauzy nostalgia.
Posted Mar 11, 2014  Edit critic review
No God, No Master (2012) Sara Maria Vizcarrondo Strathairn delivers even canned lines like they're fresh from the vine, and Ray Wise, as one of two characters without an accent, is again brilliant at being the most duplicitous man you can't beat with common sense or a stick.
Posted Feb 27, 2014  Edit critic review
Run & Jump (2013) Jeff Giles This is familiar stuff, but in between the rusty narrative framework, Run & Jump boasts a big, beautiful heart.
Posted Jan 26, 2014  Edit critic review
Old Goats (2010) Jeff Giles With nowhere to go and no real urgency to get there, it's ultimately more of a dull disappointment than the flash of tender insight it should have been.
Posted Jan 21, 2014  Edit critic review
The Nut Job (2014) Sara Maria Vizcarrondo Like The Italian Job but terrible.
Posted Jan 16, 2014  Edit critic review
August: Osage County (2013) Sara Maria Vizcarrondo Would resemble a senior version of Valley of the Dolls if it had even a smidge of desiccated glamor (a la Sunset Boulevard) or really any justification for the addictions on display-but such moralizations are void here.
Posted Dec 30, 2013  Edit critic review
Labor Day (2013) Sara Maria Vizcarrondo The most impressively cultivated tension director Jason Reitman's made to date.
Posted Dec 30, 2013  Edit critic review
Saving Mr. Banks (2013) Sara Maria Vizcarrondo A surprisingly apologetic celebration of Papa Walt and the herculean effort required to bring Mary Poppins to screen.
Posted Dec 30, 2013  Edit critic review
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) Sara Maria Vizcarrondo Wolf of Wall Street is a cinematic amphetamine. It moves at break neck speed for almost three hours and after, you'll leave the theater wanting the gym.
Posted Dec 26, 2013  Edit critic review
American Hustle (2013) Sara Maria Vizcarrondo The most exciting thing about David O. Russell's operatic-comedy American Hustle is how every piece of it double plays us.
Posted Dec 20, 2013  Edit critic review
Thor: The Dark World (2013) Sara Maria Vizcarrondo Delightful.
Posted Nov 11, 2013  Edit critic review
Dallas Buyers Club (2013) Sara Maria Vizcarrondo Dallas Buyer's Club doesn't want your love, it wants your respect and all the work's on the screen.
Posted Oct 25, 2013  Edit critic review
All Is Lost (2013) Sara Maria Vizcarrondo As an actor, Redford feels impenetrable which may be why it's easy to project yourself onto him, but the title, like the protagonist, stands like a dare to reverse fate.
Posted Oct 21, 2013  Edit critic review
12 Years a Slave (2013) Sara Maria Vizcarrondo A parable about the fragility of the middle class.
Posted Oct 21, 2013  Edit critic review
Zero Charisma (2013) Jeff Giles A surprisingly thoughtful look at nerd psychology, as well as a subtle indictment of the sort of gleeful ironic detachment that triggers reflexive scorn in the presence of unabashed passion.
Posted Oct 14, 2013  Edit critic review
Escape From Tomorrow (2013) Jeff Giles A movie that's more interesting than entertaining.
Posted Oct 12, 2013  Edit critic review
Last Love (2013) Jeff Giles At its most crucial moments, the movie feels arbitrary; you watch people doing things, and rather than be affected by those actions in any way, all you can do is wonder why they're happening.
Posted Oct 11, 2013  Edit critic review
Gravity (2013) Jeff Giles No matter what kind of film fan you might be, Gravity offers 91 of the most unforgettable minutes you're likely to spend at a theater anytime soon.
Posted Oct 04, 2013  Edit critic review
Don Jon (2013) Sara Maria Vizcarrondo Sexy, insightful and maybe a little twee, Don Jon is about to hit its demographic like a toy commercial on Saturday Morning.
Posted Sep 25, 2013  Edit critic review
Prisoners (2013) Sara Maria Vizcarrondo Gravity to spare and performances to talk about...worth a risk, even if you're prone to nightmares.
Posted Sep 20, 2013  Edit critic review
Enough Said (2013) Sara Maria Vizcarrondo The way Holofcener redeems tiny tragedies from the wastebasket and gives them a saltbath in sidelong humor is a gently heroic gesture.
Posted Sep 19, 2013  Edit critic review
Muscle Shoals (2013) Jeff Giles Whether or not you've even heard of Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin, the Rolling Stones, or Lynyrd Skynyrd, this is one lovely testament to the the power of the human heart.
Posted Sep 18, 2013  Edit critic review
Blue Caprice (2013) Jeff Giles It's just a movie, but it might also be a warning.
Posted Sep 17, 2013  Edit critic review
All Is Bright (2013) Jeff Giles You don't feel like anyone's better off at the end of this film, and none of the characters seem to have learned much of anything. It's just a dark interlude in their lives that ends with a sigh and a shrug.
Posted Sep 16, 2013  Edit critic review
Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay (2012) Jeff Giles They say information wants to be free, but after watching this delightful documentary, I'm not so sure -- I think what it might really want is to be wanted.
Posted Sep 15, 2013  Edit critic review
Parkland (2013) Sara Maria Vizcarrondo Embracing ambiguity in a story of this magnitude is plain cowardly.
Posted Sep 13, 2013  Edit critic review
Touchy Feely (2013) Sara Maria Vizcarrondo Shelton's gift is her naturalism.
Posted Sep 05, 2013  Edit critic review
Getaway (2013) Sara Maria Vizcarrondo It's as if the director saw a Paul Greengrass fight and figured excitement is the result of confusion and loud noises.
Posted Aug 30, 2013  Edit critic review
Adore (2013) Sara Maria Vizcarrondo Depicted believably, painfully, and poignantly, we could reread this as a horror story-this could be the Winter Romance Caroline Schumacher (Cindy Grover) pined for in Network, and she's fortunate she missed it.
Posted Aug 29, 2013  Edit critic review
I Declare War (2012) Jeff Giles Anyone with even the faintest memory of their middle-school years should come away feeling bittersweet recognition -- and maybe even a little shaken up, too.
Posted Aug 29, 2013  Edit critic review
Rewind This! (2013) Jeff Giles Even if you grew up during the VHS era, you may never have connected the dots between the format's '80s home invasion and the entertainment marketplace we live in now -- an evolution Rewind This! traces in fascinating fashion.
Posted Aug 28, 2013  Edit critic review
This Is Martin Bonner (2013) Jeff Giles If you consider yourself any kind of film fan, I can't recommend This Is Martin Bonner highly enough.
Posted Aug 26, 2013  Edit critic review
Jayne Mansfield's Car (2012) Jeff Giles Bereft of momentum or purpose, it just sort of putters around on the narrative byways for a couple of hours until it coasts to a stop.
Posted Aug 25, 2013  Edit critic review
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