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Dec 27, 2021 · As we look back at all the movies that came out in 2021, here is a round-up of the films with the best and worst IGN review ratings - from the highest accolades of 9s and 10s, to the lowest...
- West Side Story
- Gintama: The Very Final
- Encanto
- C’mon C’mon
- Introducing, Selma Blair
- Belfast
- Ghostbusters: Afterlife
- The Harder They Fall
- The French Dispatch
- The Tragedy of Macbeth
Grade: 9
Read the Review:“Not everything works in Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story — how could it, when the 1961 classic is nigh unimpeachable? — but his visual translation of some of the original’s latent ideas makes it a complementary piece. At once rougher and more dazzling, it has tremendous high points that seldom overlap with its predecessor, resulting in a remake that feels both hyper-charged and wholly justified. A true thing of beauty.” - Siddhant Adlakha
Grade: 9
Read the Review:“Gintama: The Very Final is exemplary of what a series swan song should look like. It gives all of its personalities a chance to shine, serves up satisfying battles, and retains its signature humor all the way to the end. Fans will undoubtedly wish they had a bit more time with Gintoki and the crew, but this is an ending anyone could be satisfied with.” - Brittany Vincent
Grade: 9
Read the Review:“Encanto dazzles both visually and narratively, with vibrant songs and stellar animation. Stephanie Beatriz leads a superb voice cast who help bring a film to life that is grounded but also feels like a magical delight.” - Andrea Towers
Grade: 9
Read the Review:“Writer-director Mike Mills gets the very best from Joaquin Phoenix by pairing him with the young Woody Norman. Their pitch-perfect chemistry enlivens this quiet road drama about the perspectives of our youth with emotionality that won’t leave a dry eye in the house.“ - Matt Dougherty
Grade: 9
Read the Review:“Introducing, Selma Blair is a deeply impactful documentary that works on many levels. It functions as a coming out party for the real woman behind the roles that have mostly defined her public persona, and as a “gloves off” informational journey about living with, and trying to combat the symptoms of, multiple sclerosis. The doc accomplishes both with humor, honesty, dignity, and a staggering level of vulnerability from Blair.” - Tara Bennett
Grade: 9
Read the Review:“Belfast is a love letter to both a city, and the ghosts of Kenneth Branagh’s past. There’s clearly soul-searching going on as he re-examines events from his childhood, and how they affected those he loved, and the decisions they made. Yet that story is told with a lightness of touch that belies the serious subject matter, making for a sometimes sad, frequently tender, and often joyous affair that celebrates family, film, and the people and places that turned Branagh into the...
Grade: 9
Read the Review:“Director Jason Reitman does his father and fans proud with a funny, sweet, and spooky family movie that proudly takes on the legacy of Ghostbusters, while also introducing something exciting and new. It helps that Mckenna Grace is the kind of talent that only comes around once in a generation: charming, authentic, and the beating heart of this already heartfelt movie. Get ready to fall in love with the Ghostbusters all over again.” - Rosie Knight
Grade: 9
Read the Review:“The Harder They Fall both subverts and embraces the Western tradition with some spectacular shootouts, slick dialogue, and a top-notch ensemble cast firing on all cylinders. Add a rollicking soundtrack to all of that and you’ve got fun and suave modern Western that smartly places a Black narrative squarely at its center.” - Hanna Ines Flint
Grade: 9
Read the Review:“The French Dispatch is both an ode to print journalism and one of Wes Anderson’s most richly detailed films. While based on real journalists and articles, each of its smaller segments is painted in Anderson’s signature whimsical style, culminating in one of the most effective and thoughtful stories of his career.” - Siddhant Adlakha
Grade: 9
Read the Review:“A gorgeous black-and-white film that harkens back to several cinematic eras, Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth twists an old tale just enough to keep it fresh, but relies on tremendous lead performances by Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand to make the familiar feel exciting.” - Siddhant Adlakha
Rotten Tomatoes is collecting every new Certified Fresh movie into one list, creating our guide to the best movies of 2021. Among them you’ll find blockbusters (Shang-Chi), documentaries...
- Leah Greenblatt
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- Licorice Pizza. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Youth might be wasted on the young, but it is not lost on filmmakers. In a year that saw. various auteurs getting back to their roots via 1960s Ireland (Kenneth Branagh's Belfast), '80s Italy (Paolo Sorrentino's The Hand of God), and '90s London (Joanna Hogg's The Souvenir: Part II), Anderson's vision stood apart: a sunny, skewering Nixon-era dream of latchkey kids on the loose in the San Fernando Valley, starring Cooper Hoffman (son of late PTA regular Philip Seymour Hoffman) as Gary Valentine, a teen actor with an enduring crush on an older woman (Alana Haim).
- The Power of the Dog. Directed by Jane Campion. Twelve years after her last film, Campion (The Piano) returns with a vengeance in Power, a Western noir so fraught it should come with its own Xanax.
- Flee. Directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen. Could an animated documentary ever win Best Picture? It might be a pipe dream, but Flee is the kind of movie that makes you think it should.
- The Lost Daughter. Directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal. Come on in, the water's fine: Olivia Colman stars as a fortysomething academic whose solo Greek-isle getaway becomes a reckoning with a fellow traveler (Dakota Johnson) and her own memories of young motherhood in Gyllenhaal's coolly unsettling debut — a sublime acting showcase that never shorts on substance or subtext.
Dec 11, 2021 · From "In the Heights" and "Shang-Chi" to "Dear Evan Hansen" and "Chaos Walking," here are the best and worst films of the year, according to critics.
- Henry Blodget
Dec 16, 2021 · The verdict is in from Zak Hepburn — regular film critic for ABC News Breakfast — on the best and worst films of 2021. In another year where going to the cinemas was hampered by the pandemic, there were still some great films to catch — and some not so good ones. Let's rip the bandaid off first with the worst films of the year.
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Dec 12, 2021 · We will publish our individual lists tomorrow from both our critics and our extended list of contributors, but these are the best films of 2021 as chosen by the regular critical staff of RogerEbert.com. Runners-up: “ Annette,” “ The Card Counter,” “ The Disciple,” “ Flee,” “A Hero,” “The Lost Daughter,” “ Passing ...
