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Mary McNamara

Mary McNamara's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Babes (2024) 87% EDIT “It’s about time we had a movie that understands the basic truth of motherhood: You will often be too tired to cry, but you’re never too tired to laugh.” – Los Angeles Times May 18, 2024 Full Review Mary and Martha (2013) 56% EDIT “It's a good message, an important message, one worth repeating as Curtis does each year with Comic Relief and as he does here. It's just too bad the movie isn't better.” – Los Angeles Times Oct 8, 2020 Full Review The Special Relationship (2010) 83% EDIT “Although it succeeds in illustrating how personal relationships between heads of state can inform international policy, it never quite captures the actual relationship of the title.” – Los Angeles Times Sep 9, 2020 Full Review The Sunset Limited (2011) 68% EDIT “Mercifully, it offers no easy answers, or any answers at all. "Thought-provoking" is an overused term in criticism, and one that can camouflage many sins. But here, for better and worse, is the real deal.” – Los Angeles Times Aug 6, 2020 Full Review Temple Grandin (2010) 100% EDIT “At every turn, Danes and the filmmakers defy convention and expectation, creating not only a true homage to a unique woman, but a cinematic reminder of the way these things should be done.” – Los Angeles Times Jul 25, 2020 Full Review The Cheetah Girls: One World (2008) EDIT “The general gorgeousness of [The Cheetah Girls:] One World almost but not quite distracts from what has become a tedious and increasingly disturbing narrative conflict.” – Los Angeles Times Sep 12, 2019 Full Review Twitches Too (2007) EDIT “The trusty themes -- personal responsibility, the sanctity of friendship and family, self-trust -- are all too pat and obvious here; the personal journey is not so much a journey as a jaunt through predictable plot points and a few minor special effects.” – Los Angeles Times Sep 11, 2019 Full Review 24: Redemption (2008) 80% EDIT “For all its political ambitions, 24 remains the story of one man's journey, and [Kiefer] Sutherland shrugs himself back into the role as if it were a well-worn flak jacket.” – Los Angeles Times May 21, 2019 Full Review Grey Gardens (2009) 88% EDIT “"Grey Gardens" is, like its subjects, a brilliant, moving, hilarious and mesmerizing mess of a movie that miraculously captures what made the Beales such iconic characters” – Los Angeles Times Jul 25, 2018 Full Review Girl in the Box (2016) EDIT “Stan's story is told with dignity and respect.” – Los Angeles Times Sep 12, 2016 Full Review O.J.: Made in America (2016) 100% EDIT “Historically meticulous, thematically compelling and deeply human, O.J.: Made in America is a masterwork of scholarship, journalism and cinematic art.” – Los Angeles Times Jun 2, 2016 Full Review The Dresser (2015) 100% EDIT “It is, it really is, just as magnificent, powerful and enthralling as you would imagine. Yet to assume the greatness of The Dresser based on the simply sum of its parts is to miss the whole point of the story.” – Los Angeles Times May 31, 2016 Full Review All the Way (2016) 85% EDIT “Much of the film's draw, and pleasures, stem from watching Bryan Cranston work the character (not to mention the prosthetic nose and ears).” – Los Angeles Times May 23, 2016 Full Review Confirmation (2016) 84% EDIT “Filled with affecting and nuanced performances, Confirmation is an upsetting film to watch, hitting far too close to the bone to feel like a period piece about a regrettable moment from which we have learned.” – Los Angeles Times Apr 18, 2016 Full Review A Ballerina's Tale (2015) 78% EDIT “A Ballerina's Tale is far from an exhaustive or even complete documentary, but George... captures the behind-the-scenes grit required of any great artist while also making it clear why this artist is more important than most.” – Los Angeles Times Feb 8, 2016 Full Review A Very Murray Christmas (2015) 68% EDIT “Like the holiday spirit, the Murray variety hour is something we should probably experience year 'round.” – Los Angeles Times Dec 4, 2015 Full Review 7 Days in Hell (2015) 87% EDIT “It's a bright and breezy 42 minutes. Samberg is obviously having the time of his life; Harington, having shed the weight of the Wall, looks years younger, and even HBO has a new spring in its step.” – Los Angeles Times Dec 3, 2015 Full Review Tig (2015) 79% EDIT “Tig is... a frank look at the many things that make a life, that change a life, without embroidery or quick-hit editing.” – Los Angeles Times Jul 20, 2015 Full Review Nightingale (2014) 82% EDIT “Peter is pitched as an Everyman in extremis. He's not, of course; he's a psychopath. That Oyelowo can make both seem true is what makes Nightingale dazzle. Which is not the same thing as shine but, still, something to see.” – Los Angeles Times May 29, 2015 Full Review Big Driver (2014) 50% EDIT “If only it weren't such a disturbingly retro and sadistically sensationalized take on the subject. If only it were any good at all.” – Los Angeles Times Oct 20, 2014 Full Review The Normal Heart (2014) 94% EDIT “Time, and rewrites, have softened some of the play's stridency. More important, the romance between Weeks (Ruffalo) and his lover, Felix (Bomer), is given a more prominent role as is Felix's death spiral, giving the story power both broad and intimate.” – Los Angeles Times May 28, 2014 Full Review Geraldine Ferraro: Paving the Way (2014) EDIT “The questions about Zaccaroand Ferraro's finances, and subsequent allegations of fraud and bribery, are skated over and around, leaving only a portrait of a couple steadfast in their support of each other.” – Los Angeles Times Mar 25, 2014 Full Review Lizzie Borden Took an Ax (2014) 40% EDIT “The movie ends on such a note as to cause the audience to wonder how long it will take before "A," of Pretty Little Liars fame, starts leaving Lizzie Borden an incriminating text or two.” – Los Angeles Times Jan 27, 2014 Full Review Flowers in the Attic (2014) 52% EDIT “The problem is not that it's just terrible, but that it's also no fun. At all.” – Los Angeles Times Jan 20, 2014 Full Review Burton and Taylor (2013) 100% EDIT “It's difficult to gauge how much fascination viewers still have for the couple, but Burton and Taylor is as good as it gets.” – Los Angeles Times Oct 17, 2013 Full Review
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