Tomris Laffly

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For 429 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 53% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 44% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 2.2 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Tomris Laffly's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 68
Highest review score: 100 Little Women
Lowest review score: 0 The Great War
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 280 out of 429
  2. Mixed: 106 out of 429
  3. Negative: 43 out of 429
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    • 67 Metascore
    • 88 Tomris Laffly
    The Way I See It
    Expect to be moved to tears during this reflective film as clear-eyed as Souza’s photo books, reliving the memories of dignity that once piloted the country and often pondering, “How could we have gone from this to Trump?”
    • 67 Metascore
    • 63 Tomris Laffly
    Save Yourselves!
    Gleefully high-concept and defiantly low-budget two-hander.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 83 Tomris Laffly
    Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams
    Guadagnino’s documentary is very much like walking through an immersive and interactive museum designed to make one feel nostalgic for a bygone era of art and craft. It’s magical stuff.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 60 Tomris Laffly
    She Dances
    Directed by actor Rick Gomez in his feature filmmaking debut and co-written with actor Steve Zahn, the sweet yet uneven dramedy “She Dances” is a proud family affair both on screen and off.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 80 Tomris Laffly
    Honor Society
    This stylishly bouncy teenage romp mostly reaps the rewards of its fearless gambles, not least its willingness to treat teenagers as in-progress humans with a dark side.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Tomris Laffly
    Werewolves Within
    Maintaining a lean sense of suspense throughout, the scribe fashions all her characters with memorable attributes and plenty of social observations, yielding a compelling range of suspects none of which you can write off entirely.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Tomris Laffly
    Brian and Charles
    A deceptively unserious movie it may be, but Brian and Charles leaves a serious trace through its pure sense of optimism.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 38 Tomris Laffly
    Clara's Ghost
    Throughout Clara’s Ghost you can’t help but think that you’re watching a quaint home video that would appeal to the members of the subject family only — the unnecessary square aspect ratio certainly doesn’t help with the amateurish feel of the whole thing.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 63 Tomris Laffly
    Asleep in My Palm
    Nelson pulls off something strangely lovely and generous on the whole, a clear-eyed film with something to say on the kinds of lives many would rather not talk about.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 50 Tomris Laffly
    Jolt
    Despite an obviously resourceful filmmaker at the helm and a more-than-game Beckinsale with proven genre chops, the film’s ultimately empty action bores more than it intrigues.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 58 Tomris Laffly
    Breaking
    Breaking is a noble and deeply sensitive effort that aims to commemorate an honorable veteran who was failed by the dysfunctional and racist country that he bravely served. But despite a committed cast, and a well-staged and devastatingly truthful finale, Corbin fails to break this story out of its predictable mold.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 80 Tomris Laffly
    Master
    Not all of Diallo’s thematic queries land, and at times, she weakens her ideas by over-explaining them. Nevertheless, her fearless interrogation resonates like a penetrating scream you can’t unhear.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 75 Tomris Laffly
    Harriet
    This might not be the optimal film to tribute an American hero who’s long been neglected on our screens, but Erivo’s performance might very well become a definitive one, synonymous with Tubman. And that’s not a bad place to start by any measure.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 88 Tomris Laffly
    Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
    To be clear, “Kingdom” doesn’t have the answers. But you can bet your bottom dollar that this rare, deeply cinematic Hollywood franchise won’t stop digging until we get a little closer to knowing.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 40 Tomris Laffly
    The Way Back
    Ben Affleck steps back in front of the camera in a weighty but weary comeback drama that feels like catharsis.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 75 Tomris Laffly
    Till Death
    In spite of its icy backdrop, the part home-invasion chiller, part murder-mystery Till Death could prove to be the actual summer movie you’ve been craving for a while: undemanding, a little silly, but a thoroughly engrossing and handsomely paced edge-of-your seat experience all the same.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 80 Tomris Laffly
    Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
    Despite the nostalgic glow that prettily coddles the film, there is a delectably unsubtle passing-the-baton theme that runs through the richly populated affair.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 75 Tomris Laffly
    The End We Start From
    The End We Start From is down-to-earth, beautifully conceived and thoughtful, a shrewd piece of filmmaking in support of the story’s thematic preoccupations, particularly motherhood.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 75 Tomris Laffly
    Ex-Husbands
    With a tender spirit, gorgeous Tulum locations, and a poetic, dialogue-driven calmness, Pritzker’s “Ex-Husbands” is a surprising delight, astute and humorous about humans that both lived a long life and are just starting out their adventure. It’s a movie that looks back and moves forward, with grace and wisdom.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 75 Tomris Laffly
    Father of the Bride
    It’s surely a crowded canvas. But Alazraki and Lopez joyously melt all the ingredients into a hearty hotpot of generational clash, cultural conflict, patriarchal one-upmanship and domestic chaos, allowing the uniqueness of both the Cuban and Mexican cultures to shine through in their Latinx tapestry, rendered through production designer Kim Jennings’ sumptuous sets.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 75 Tomris Laffly
    Twisters
    Despite some miscalculations that weigh this installment of fearless tornado chasers down, “Twisters” is an enthralling summer blockbuster on the whole, thanks in large part to Powell’s presence, which is fun, disarming, and even cheekily silly.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 80 Tomris Laffly
    The Good Nurse
    What lingers most about it is a sense of selfless compassion, the kind that Amy possesses when she painfully reminds herself of the good buried within inexplicable evil. Watching her try to summon that good makes for a quietly devastating finale, one that’s thoroughly earned by the soulful film that precedes it.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 75 Tomris Laffly
    Aviva
    With a cast made up of dancers entirely, the resulting work feels like a bold, deeply personal, and psychological ode to the numerous facades of romantic relationships, both uplifting and gloomy.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 80 Tomris Laffly
    Hostiles
    At times, you'll find yourself wanting more of the perspective of the Cheyenne, but Cooper still does right by his story of historical reconciliation, charting Blocker’s moral transformation plausibly. Hostiles‘ disarming finale packs an earned, radiantly optimistic punch.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 88 Tomris Laffly
    The First Omen
    The whole thing is so provocative, beautifully cinematic and in touch with its head-decapitating roots.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 63 Tomris Laffly
    Slaxx
    Here, the effects are purposely on the cheap (they will make you giggle) and the acting is deliberately over the top. Once you accept these quirks, there's some blood-spattered pleasure to be had with Slaxx and its amusing twist on a survive-the-night slasher.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 50 Tomris Laffly
    Always Be My Maybe
    It is then unfortunate that this tempting package by Khan, a creative and producing force behind ABC’s “Fresh off the Boat,” is so bland, feeling less like a movie and more like the output of an assembly line.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 90 Tomris Laffly
    Bookworm
    As expansive and inviting as its picturesque New Zealand landscapes, a joyous sense of adventure shines through in Ant Timpson’s Bookworm, a delightfully quirky father-daughter adventure with the perfect blend of childlike wonder and grown-up bite.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 63 Tomris Laffly
    The Man Who Sold His Skin
    While it hardly breaks new ground, The Man Who Sold His Skin still manages to be a breezy watch, with an assured filmmaker gently steering it through a rough-around-the-edges tale.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 88 Tomris Laffly
    Halston
    Compared to the inherent compactness of “Dior and I” that crystallizes Dior’s collective craft and process under its new creative director Raf Simons, Halston is vast, and therefore, less of a thrill to watch than the real-life “Project Runway” challenge thrown at Simons. But it will be no less breathtaking for fashion enthusiasts, and anyone dwelling in the tricky intersection of art, history and commerce.
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