Critics Consensus

Thor: Ragnarok Is Certified Fresh

Plus, A Bad Moms Christmas earns yuletide jeers, LBJ is a banal biopic, and Alias Grace is also Certified Fresh.


This weekend at the movies, we have a Norse god on an adventure with his friend from work (Thor: Ragnarok, starring Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston), a subpar matriarchs yuletide (A Bad Moms Christmas, starring Mila Kunis and Kristen Bell), and a presidential biopic (LBJ, starring Woody Harrelson and Jennifer Jason Leigh). What are the critics saying?





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  • , a dramedy from writer-director Greta Gerwig about the tumultuous relationship between a teenager (Saoirse Ronan) and her mother (Laurie Metcalf), is Certified Fresh at 100 percent.
  • , about a New York immigrant in the midst of a singularly bad day, is at 100 percent.
  • , an investigation into the life and mysterious death of director David Crowley and his family, is at 100 percent.
  • , starring Stephanie Beatriz as a woman struggling to make her way back to normal after being raped, is at 100 percent.
  • , a documentary about one couple’s work to legalize gay marriage in Baja California, is at 100 percent.
  • , a documentary look at efforts to save the Amazon pink river dolphin from extinction, is at 100 percent.
  • ,  a documentary about comedian Gilbert Gottfried, is at 100 percent.
  • , a drama observing the socioeconomic aftermath of World War II in a European village, is at 92 percent.
  • , a coming-of-age drama about the budding attraction between two teenage girls, is at 91 percent.
  • , a new samurai epic from director Takashi Miike, is at 79 percent.
  • , a drama imagining the infamous killer’s unsettling adolescence, is at 75 percent.
  • , a spiritual sequel to The Last Detail starring Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston, and Laurence Fishburne as friends coming together to bury Carell’s son, is at 69 percent.
  • , a postmortem on the 2016 U.S. presidential election, is at 63 percent.
  • , a look at the real-life policeman whose crusade against corruption inspired an Al Pacino-led cop drama, is at 60 percent.
  • , about the ups and downs of the relationship between a Los Angeles couple, is at 55 percent.