Critics Consensus

The House with a Clock in Its Walls Ticks Along Tolerably

by Jeff Giles | September 20, 2018

This weekend at the movies, we have a home with an inconveniently located timepiece (The House with a Clock in Its Walls, starring Jack Black and Cate Blanchett), an invitation to cry in the dark with some strangers (Life Itself, starring Oscar Isaac and Olivia Wilde), a documentary destined to be excluded from the current administration’s presidential library (Fahrenheit 11/9, starring Michael Moore), and gun-toting girls out for vengeance (Assassination Nation, starring Odessa Young and Suki Waterhouse). What are the critics saying?

94%

Thoroughly honest and insightful, Sorry For Your Loss tackles a sensitive theme, but with a witty touch.

84%

Maniac enthralls with its dazzling visuals, adventurous narrative, and striking performances from both Emma Stone and Jonah Hill.

Also Opening This Week In Limited Release

, a filmed get-together between Dame Maggie Smith, Dame Judi Dench, Dame Eileen Atkins, and Dame Joan Plowright, is at 100%.
, a documentary about photographer Garry Winogrand, is at 100%.
, a documentary investigating the aftermath of a Filipina transwoman’s murder at the hands of a U.S. Marine, is at 100%.
, starring Keira Knightley as the Nobel-nominated author Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, is at 92%.
, a Western starring Joaquin Phoenix and John C. Reilly as gun-slinging siblings on a perilous journey, is Certified Fresh at 87%.
, in which a Holocaust survivor ventures back to Poland to honor a long-ago promise, is at 79%.
, a documentary retrospective looking at the life and career of producer and recording artist Quincy Jones, is at 85%.
, a documentary about the life and legacy of comedian Gilda Radner, is at 84%.
, about a couple of hooligans plotting to steal a jazz record from a grandmother, is at 65%.
, in which a man doggedly pursues the truth about his son’s disappearance, is at 57%.
, a pizza-based romantic comedy starring Hayden Christensen and Emma Roberts, is at 14%.