Action/Adventure Rated R
“…depicts a man who unleashes his mourning on the world.”
“…will make even the most hardened action fan wince.”
“…benefits hugely from the addition of martial-arts master Donnie Yen.”
“…less about Wick and more about the grandiosity of the violence.”
Drama Rated PG-13
“…features tweens in grownups’ clothing.
This is exactly the kind of stultifyingly studious Bible movie that The Passion of the Christ is a shock-art response to. Often a word-by-word adaptation, The Gospel of John features a narrator who actually tells us “And then Jesus said…” before each line of dialogue. All of it makes for a punishingly redundant translation of
Denzel Washington plays a working-class father who takes a hospital hostage to force the heart transplant his son needs but his insurance won’t pay for. As a rousing, self-righteous melodrama, John Q gets your blood pumping, but as a subtle portrayal of what it’s like to be poor and underinsured, the movie is ludicrous.
Action/Adventure Rated PG-13
“…has more personality than anyone should rightly expect from a two-hour-plus, CGI-heavy, sci-fi fantasy epic.
Drama Rated NR
“Frank Capra was fond of speeches – and Meet John Doe is stuffed with them.”
Comedy Rated R
“…a literal mind-bender.”