Laura Venning

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For 39 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 43% higher than the average critic
  • 0% same as the average critic
  • 57% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 0 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Laura Venning's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 66
Highest review score: 100 I Saw the TV Glow
Lowest review score: 40 Cat Person
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 39
  2. Mixed: 20 out of 39
  3. Negative: 0 out of 39
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    • 53 Metascore
    • 80 Laura Venning
    The Moment
    A wry, sharp and never self-serious take on pop stardom.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 80 Laura Venning
    100 Nights of Hero
    The story unfolds at breakneck speed, with never a dull moment.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 80 Laura Venning
    The History of Sound
    A profoundly affecting story of doomed love and lost time that boasts captivating performances from Mescal and O’Connor. Come for the boys, stay for the magic of storytelling through song.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 80 Laura Venning
    Train Dreams
    The result is a melancholic, Terrence Malick-ian vision of a place that is brutal, beautiful and forever lost to time.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Laura Venning
    A House of Dynamite
    Kathryn Bigelow is back with a bang. This is a bleak but adrenaline-pumping experience that’ll leave you shaken, and searching for the nearest bunker.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Laura Venning
    The Shrouds
    The Shrouds certainly fits neatly into Cronenberg’s filmography but stands apart as his most intimate work. It’s a hypnotic descent into the darkness of grief, punctuated by perverse Cronenbergian pleasures.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 80 Laura Venning
    Elio
    Robert Zemeckis’ Contact for kids. A slow start gives way to a charming, visually inventive adventure that might just inspire a new generation of astronomers to look to the skies.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 80 Laura Venning
    Mountainhead
    Darkly funny as it descends into farce and ends on a chilling final note, Mountainhead is, unfortunately, truly a film for the 2020s. Just don’t chase it with a doomscrolling session.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Laura Venning
    The Wedding Banquet
    Where The Wedding Banquet really shines is in its characters, not only in its two romantic pairings that feel profoundly real, but also in subverting our expectations of its intergenerational relationships.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Laura Venning
    The Order
    A decidedly grown-up thriller boasting several compelling performances, The Order is as tense and visceral as it is timely.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Laura Venning
    Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
    Mad About The Boy is a heartfelt, charming return to the chaos surrounding the one and only Bridget Jones. You might even shed a few tears.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 80 Laura Venning
    Hard Truths
    A gruelling but ultimately rewarding experience, this is Leigh at his most confrontational, devastating and humane, aided by the unadulterated power of Jean-Baptiste’s career-redefining performance.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Laura Venning
    The Substance
    Feminist scholarship this ain’t; think Showgirls if it were directed by David Cronenberg. But give yourself permission to revel in the excess and be rewarded with an uproariously good time.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 100 Laura Venning
    I Saw the TV Glow
    Visceral and intensely moving, this film feels like something you’d stumble across on TV in the small hours and never forget. It might herald a new era for queer cinema.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Laura Venning
    Thelma
    Surprisingly exciting and laugh-out-loud funny, Thelma is a warm-hearted joyride. If anything, it’ll make you really want to pick up the phone and call your own grandma.
    • 92 Metascore
    • 80 Laura Venning
    Here
    At only 84 minutes and light on plot, at times this film feels so slight that it might just slip through your fingers. And yet its ethereality is what makes it enchanting.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 80 Laura Venning
    La Chimera
    Enigmatic, absorbing and so much more alive than any pottery behind glass in a museum, this is an exquisitely crafted, grown-up Indiana Jones steeped in its own distinctive magic.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Laura Venning
    She Said
    It builds towards a moving conclusion without ever feeling manipulative.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Laura Venning
    Murina
    Anchored by four very strong performances, Murina is a taut psychodrama that makes subtle but impactful statements about misogyny and personal choice.

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