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The Film Yap is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Christopher Lloyd, Evan Dossey, Nick Rogers.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
2.5/5
A Private Life (2025) Christopher Lloyd Jodie Foster can't save this odd duck of a movie about a psychiatrist trying to solve the murder of a patient, which is too esoteric and just plain dull.
Posted Jan 31, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
Send Help (2026) Christopher Lloyd Director Sam Raimi offers his signature mix of puckish irony, relatable characters and over-the-top bursts of gore in this tale of an office drone who crash-lands on an island with her a-hole boss.
Posted Jan 30, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Shelter (2026) Christopher Lloyd Jason Statham is back, playing his prototypical glum nobody who's -- surprise! -- actually a killing machine fighting for a girl's life against the shadowy government forces he used to serve.
Posted Jan 28, 2026  Edit critic review
4.5/5
The Voice of Hind Rajab (2025) Christopher Lloyd A heartbreaking dramatization of a little Palestinian girl who was trapped in the Gaza war focuses on the human element rather than angry politics, elevating its power.
Posted Jan 28, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
The Testament of Ann Lee (2025) Christopher Lloyd A compelling performance by Amanda Seyfried and an interesting use of music and dance. But it's often just quite dull, and could have done more to interrogate the religious fanaticism at the core of its story.
Posted Jan 24, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
No Other Choice (2025) Christopher Lloyd Darkly satirical and funny, though not nearly the effective anti-capitalist screed it's trying to be.
Posted Jan 24, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Mercy (2026) Christopher Lloyd Kind of cheesy, silly and even deliberately dumb, but you can't deny the entertainment value. Classic B-movie for January.
Posted Jan 24, 2026  Edit critic review
4.5/5
In Cold Light (2025) Christopher Lloyd Maika Monroe anchors this terrifically tense thriller about a drug dealer just released from prison whose attempts to rebuild her empire turn toward death and disaster.
Posted Jan 22, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/5
H Is for Hawk (2025) Christopher Lloyd A professor turns to training a killer goshawk as a way of dealing with the trauma of her father's death in this affecting based-on-true story.
Posted Jan 21, 2026  Edit critic review
2.5/5
The Sea Chase (1955) Christopher Lloyd This forgettable John Wayne vehicle attempts to graft a romance onto a grim adventure on the high seas, and the result is a movie dizzy with wayward narrative navigation.
Posted Jan 19, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Dead Man's Wire (2025) Christopher Lloyd Decently acted and tense, though the divergence from the historical record is unnecessary and egregious.
Posted Jan 19, 2026  Edit critic review
4.5/5
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) Christopher Lloyd Surprisingly, it approves on its predecessor, elevating the zombie flick genre with a contemplative approach, sometimes even gentle and funny. Contrasted with the utter terror of the Jimmys gang of satanic reavers.
Posted Jan 17, 2026  Edit critic review
2/5
Charlie the Wonderdog (2025) Christopher Lloyd Solid animation and voice acting can't save this poorly written story about a superpooch that's probably only fit for the very youngest audiences.
Posted Jan 14, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
Rebuilding (2025) Christopher Lloyd A lovely cinematic hymn about a lonely rancher who loses everything in a wildfire, but finds a community and a connection to his estranged daughter in the bargain.
Posted Jan 12, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Father Mother Sister Brother (2025) Christopher Lloyd hough it may not be for everyone, Jim Jarmusch's eclectic anthology approach to dysfunctional families makes for a moody study of manners.
Posted Jan 09, 2026  Edit critic review
4.5/5
I Was a Stranger (2024) Christopher Lloyd This anthology of connected stories about Syrian refugees is a searing tale that shows both the depravity and grace of humanity in crisis.
Posted Jan 08, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
My Neighbor Adolf (2022) Christopher Lloyd A little gem of a movie about a Holocaust survivor who suspects his new neighbor is the Führer; it starts out as a comedy caper, edges into tragic lament and somehow lands in sweet sentiment.
Posted Jan 07, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Hot Rod (1950) Christopher Lloyd This schmaltzy B-movie is enjoyable for its piping Ford roadsters and "Reefer Madness"-style treatment of the scourge of teens armed with high-compression engines.
Posted Jan 05, 2026  Edit critic review
4.5/5
The Plague (2025) Christopher Lloyd Charlie Polinger's drama about tweenager peer pressure is a disturbingly accurate meditation on social conformity, with Everett Blunck in one of the best child performances, ever.
Posted Dec 31, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
The Choral (2025) Christopher Lloyd A heartwarming entry in the "communal English village do-goodism" genre, with Ralph Fiennes as the prickly conductor brought in to stage an ambitious production during World War I.
Posted Dec 23, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Scarecrow (1973) Christopher Lloyd Al Pacino and Gene Hackman did not get along during the making of this rambling road picture, though their characters found a certain harmony as castoffs who each gain a partner.
Posted Dec 22, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants (2025) Christopher Lloyd While not exactly all wet, the fourth theatrical film about the sea sponge who never grows up is soggier than its sharp predecessors.
Posted Dec 21, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
The Housemaid (2025) Christopher Lloyd A sneaky-smart psychological thriller that wears the close of a trashy '90s women-vs.-women pulp movie -- not to mention some surprising mordant humor.
Posted Dec 20, 2025  Edit critic review
4.5/5
The Secret Agent (2025) Christopher Lloyd Has the sweep of an epic but the intimacy of a tidy little spy thriller.
Posted Dec 20, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
David (2025) Christopher Lloyd Despite some solid animation, this retelling of the pre-kinghood life of the Biblical David suffers from boy-band songs and some whitewashing of Old Testament violence.
Posted Dec 17, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) Christopher Lloyd The third outing for the CGI sci-fi franchise is another visually impressive spectacle with oodles of kinetic action -- along with the now baked-in goofiness, clunky dialogue and neglectful pacing.
Posted Dec 16, 2025  Edit critic review
2/5
Ella McCay (2025) Christopher Lloyd James L. Brooks' swan song is unfortunately more of an ugly duckling honk. There are elements of a wonderful film here, just mismatched and badly stuck together.
Posted Dec 14, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Goodbye June (2025) Christopher Lloyd Kate Winslet directs this weepy ensemble starring Helen Mirren as a dying matriarch determined to go out on her own terms. Co-starring Toni Collette, Johnny Flynn and Andrea Riseborough.
Posted Dec 11, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Hamnet (2025) Christopher Lloyd Takes awhile to find its footing, but strong performances by Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal elevate the material, and the sometimes shaky storytelling really sticks the landing.
Posted Dec 06, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Merrily We Roll Along (2025) Christopher Lloyd Is a filmed version of a stage production a movie or theater? It's debatable, but the engaging new version of the Stephen Sondheim musical is decidedly worth the experience.
Posted Dec 03, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Marty Supreme (2025) Christopher Lloyd Some impressive performances, but like other Safdie efforts it feels like screenplays from five different movies tossed into a blender and churned into a volatile mush.
Posted Dec 02, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Eternity (2025) Christopher Lloyd An indecently good premise about a dead woman having to choose which husband to spend eternity with is curiously lacking in emotional punch or belly laughs.
Posted Nov 25, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Zootopia 2 (2025) Christopher Lloyd Not terribly ambitious as a sequel, but thoroughly entertaining and fast-paced. Kids will love it and there's enough in-jokes and sly references to keep adults engaged, too.
Posted Nov 25, 2025  Edit critic review
4.5/5
Sentimental Value (2025) Christopher Lloyd Stellan Skarsgård gives the performance of his career as a washed-up movie director trying to reassemble his career and his relationships with his estranged daughters.
Posted Nov 22, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Rental Family (2025) Christopher Lloyd Tender, a bit treacly, but always has its heart in the right place. Brendan Fraser, as a sad man who finds his own joy in bringing it to others, continues his bravura third act.
Posted Nov 22, 2025  Edit critic review
4./5
Jay Kelly (2025) Christopher Lloyd George Clooney and Noah Baumbach team up for a wistful, self-referential portrait of an aging Hollywood star looking back on a life of wild success and bitter regret.
Posted Nov 19, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Now You See Me: Now You Don't (2025) Christopher Lloyd Fun, fast-paced and forgettable. You won't recall anything about this movie two days after seeing but you'll be entertained by the slick effects and Ocean's 11-esque banter.
Posted Nov 15, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
The Running Man (2025) Christopher Lloyd Screwy storytelling and muddled political messaging make for an update of the Schwarzenegger action sci-fi that can't decide which way to go.
Posted Nov 14, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Predator: Badlands (2025) Christopher Lloyd The gore may be toned down from earlier iterations of the franchise, but this is a slick and oddly humanistic action/adventure, considering there are no humans in the movie.
Posted Nov 12, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Christy (2025) Christopher Lloyd A gritty portrait of the first female boxing star, with Sydney Sweeney and Ben Foster in layered performances as abused and abuser.
Posted Nov 12, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Trifole (2024) Christopher Lloyd An bittersweet, evocative Italian drama about a young woman who has come to help her truffle-hunting grandfather gets lost in the weeds of a strange third act interlude.
Posted Nov 12, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
36 Hours (1964) Christopher Lloyd A great premise if not the best execution: a spy/POW thriller starring James Garner as a WWII intelligence officer kidnapped by Germans and made to think the war is over.
Posted Nov 10, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
In Your Dreams (2025) Christopher Lloyd Though derivative of other animated flicks, this Netflixer about two siblings at cross ends coming together to save their family is solidly entertaining and full of feels.
Posted Nov 07, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Die My Love (2025) Christopher Lloyd Give Jennifer Lawrence credit for fiercely tackling a deeply unsympathetic character in this ultra-black comedy about a mother whose postpartum depression translates as projecting abuse.
Posted Nov 05, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
The Summer Book (2024) Christopher Lloyd Gentle and contemplative, this drama stars Glenn Close as a Finnish grandmother spending a season on a lonely island helping her son and granddaughter heal.
Posted Nov 04, 2025  Edit critic review
2/5
Bugonia (2025) Christopher Lloyd More weirdness for weirdness' sake in the latest collaboration between Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone, in a kooky alien paranoia tale you can see coming a galaxy off.
Posted Nov 01, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Ballad of a Small Player (2025) Christopher Lloyd Colin Farrell is a squidgy gambler/con man/ersatz aristocrat in this dark, rambling character study that fails to go all in.
Posted Oct 29, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
The Birds (1963) Christopher Lloyd After a lifetime of avoiding Hitchcock's goofiest film, your critic takes the plunge with the foul fowl and finds, despite some unconvincing 1960s special effects, the movie does take wing.
Posted Oct 27, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (2025) Christopher Lloyd Despite stellar performances by Jeremy Allen White and Jeremy Strong, this unconventional musical biopic feels like echoes of something touching greatness that never finds its full voice.
Posted Oct 24, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/5
The Hand That Rocks The Cradle (2025) Christopher Lloyd The remake of the pulpy '90s thriller hits Hulu with all the energy of a Tupperware full of moldy leftovers. Did anyone involved really think, "THIS is what I need to be doing right now?"
Posted Oct 22, 2025  Edit critic review
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