No Escape Is Tense but Problematic

This week at the movies, we’ve got a family in danger (No Escape, starring Owen Wilson and Pierce Brosnan), an ambitious DJ (We Are Your Friends, starring Zac Efron and Emily Ratajkowski), and a troubled marriage (the faith-based drama War Room). What do the critics have to say?

 What’s Hot on TV

Documentary Now!: Season 1

90%

Boasting a talented cast and smart writing, Documentary Now! is a clever send-up of non-fiction filmmaking, though some may find themselves outside the narrow scope of its humor.

Fear the Walking Dead: Season 1

76%

Fear the Walking Dead recycles elements of its predecessor, but it’s still moody and engrossing enough to compete with the original.

Public Morals: Season 1

82%

Public Morals is a worthy mob crime drama, with a strong leading man and a talented supporting cast counterbalancing cliché-ridden dialogue.

Also Opening This Week In Limited Release

• The Brazilian drama , about a live-in housekeeper whose cavalier daughter’s visit causes a strain in the household, is at 100 percent.
• , a retro-futurist action comedy about a teenager who travels a post-apocalyptic wasteland to rescue his friend, is at 93 percent.
• ,  starring Elisabeth Moss and Katherine Waterston in a psychological thriller about a grieving woman whose trip to a friend’s lake house stirs up even more trouble, is at 91 percent.
• , starring Margot Robbie and Chiwetel Ejiofor in a sci-fi drama about a woman whose rural refuge from a nuclear disaster is unsettled by the arrival of two strangers, is at 83 percent.
• , starring Jason Schwartzman and Olympia Dukakis in a comedy about a mischievous slacker who finds employment at an automotive service center, is at 82 percent.
• , a coming-of-age horror film about a teenager who discovers that she’s a werewolf, is at 70 percent.
• , starring Patrick Wilson and Lena Headey in a drama about an ambitious prosecutor with a weakness for call girls, is at 25 percent.