1917 and Just Mercy Are Certified Fresh
Plus, Underwater is well-crafted but derivative, and Like A Boss is a missed opportunity.
This week at the movies, we’ve got a perilous mission (1917, featuring the voices of George MacKay and Dean-Charles Chapman), a battle for justice (Just Mercy, starring Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx), undersea danger (Underwater, starring Kristen Stewart and Vincent Cassel), and a corporate rivalry (Like a Boss, starring Tiffany Haddish and Rose Byrne). What are the critics saying?
Also Opening This Week In Limited Release
- , a documentary about naturalist Anne Innis Dagg’s groundbreaking studies on wild giraffes in the 1950s, is at 100%.
- , a coming-of-age film shot in the style of a VHS camcorder, with faux 1980s TV content peppered throughout, is at 100%.
- , a drama about a trio of cops assigned to an impoverished Paris neighborhood who encounter unexpected trouble during an arrest, is at 84%.
- , a crime thriller about a pair of opioid-dealing siblings who encounter resistance when they try to leave the business, is at 57%.
- , a horror film about a violinist who discovers a possibly cursed piece of music that her late father composed, is at 57%.
- , starring Joel Kinnaman and Rosamund Pike in a thriller about a former soldier in jail who becomes wrapped up in a messy FBI operation, is at 54%.
- , starring Peter Dinklage and Richard Gere in a based-on-true-events drama about three men at a mental hospital who all believe they are Jesus Christ, is at 54%.
