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Craig Mathieson

Craig Mathieson's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).

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Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2025) 83% 3/5 EDIT “It’s kind of a mess, but it’s specifically Verbinski’s mess and that makes for a propulsively chaotic ride.” – The Age (Australia) Mar 23, 2026 Full Review Chris Fleming: Live at the Palace (2026) 4/5 EDIT “The breakthrough praise for American comic Chris Fleming has been building these last few months – “a marvel to behold, a true artist,” declared Marc Maron – and it rightly peaks with this stand-up special, which captures Fleming at his absurdist best. ” – The Age (Australia) Mar 16, 2026 Full Review War Machine (2026) 69% 2.5/5 EDIT “It's a science-fiction survival film – the Ranger candidates are carrying blanks – with trace elements of Transformers, Battleship, and Spielberg's War of the Worlds. Somewhat derivative, but modestly enjoyable.” – The Age (Australia) Mar 16, 2026 Full Review Ghost Elephants (2025) 100% 3/5 EDIT “Cue Herzog’s unmistakable narrator’s voice, as the search unfolds with – it must be said – less personal risk and more thoughtful processes than the usual Herzog protagonist.” – The Age (Australia) Mar 16, 2026 Full Review Louis Theroux: Inside The Manosphere (2026) 77% 4/5 EDIT “Without being forensic, Theroux establishes the monetary gains that underpin the constant bluster about passing on “the cheat code”. And he shows their fan bases, whether excitable boys or solemn adult acolytes, in telling street scenes.” – The Age (Australia) Mar 11, 2026 Full Review In the Blink of an Eye (2026) 16% 2/5 EDIT “Stanton’s long-delayed film is looking to capture the fragile wonder of life, but it can be po-faced, lacking detail and occasionally daft.” – The Age (Australia) Mar 9, 2026 Full Review The Bluff (2026) 54% 2.5/5 EDIT “The Bluff has rough edges, but it’s never workmanlike.” – The Age (Australia) Mar 3, 2026 Full Review Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart (2026) 100% 3.5/5 EDIT “Benedict Sanderson’s feature-length report is conventionally structured, unfolding much how you would expect in this oversaturated genre. But in her interview, Smart speaks with remarkable clarity and emotional detail about what she experienced. ” – The Age (Australia) Feb 3, 2026 Full Review The Wrecking Crew (2026) 74% 3/5 EDIT “Momoa and Bautista, who respectively play a loose-cannon cop and disciplinarian special forces operative, have fun with the action sequences and put some genuine effort into the fractured sibling dynamic. ” – The Age (Australia) Feb 3, 2026 Full Review Good Night, and Good Luck: Live From Broadway (2025) 3.5/5 EDIT “It’s obviously stage-bound, but nonetheless sharp in content and execution.” – The Age (Australia) Jan 20, 2026 Full Review The Rip (2026) 79% 2.5/5 EDIT “The strewn breadcrumbs are very large, leaving little space for the fetid contemplation a great police corruption thriller needs. Sentimentality should never win out.” – The Age (Australia) Jan 20, 2026 Full Review Trap House (2025) 50% 2.5/5 EDIT “Bautista gives his all, but the same cannot be said for Bobby Cannavale as Ray’s partner, Andre Washburn. His performance is boilerplate.” – The Age (Australia) Jan 12, 2026 Full Review Goodbye June (2025) 64% 2.5/5 EDIT “It’s a story open to the syrupy and the sentimental, and it can’t quite escape the formulaic, despite an overqualified supporting cast...giving their all to the reconciliation dynamic underpinning the plot.” – The Age (Australia) Jan 2, 2026 Full Review Shiva Baby (2020) 96% 4/5 EDIT “The independent film is deeply funny, but plays like a thriller – you never know when Danielle might snap. Sennott is terrific, with reactions that are revelatory.” – The Age (Australia) Jan 2, 2026 Full Review Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts (2025) 3.5/5 EDIT “Sometimes, the dialogue he recounts has a sitcom banter to it, but the laughs have a genuine persistence.” – The Age (Australia) Jan 2, 2026 Full Review The Great Flood (2025) 58% 3/5 EDIT “Kim Byung-woo’s film doesn’t relent, but its unexpected plot twists are not fully satisfying.” – The Age (Australia) Dec 30, 2025 Full Review Murder in Monaco (2025) 3.5/5 EDIT “The narrative’s entertaining momentum is vivid and eventually uncertain – Usry finishes by reconsidering all he’s presented.” – The Age (Australia) Dec 30, 2025 Full Review Good Boy (2025) 90% 3/5 EDIT “Is it nepotism when a film’s director casts his dog in the lead role? Thankfully, it works in this high-concept supernatural thriller...” – The Age (Australia) Dec 3, 2025 Full Review Bump: A Christmas Film (2025) 3/5 EDIT “The movie has a posthumous, pleasurable energy, worthy of a tale where chaos and comfort were everyday realities.” – The Age (Australia) Dec 3, 2025 Full Review Chris Hemsworth: A Road Trip to Remember (2025) 3.5/5 EDIT “It tries to squeeze too much into 50 minutes, but it’s genuine where it matters.” – The Age (Australia) Dec 3, 2025 Full Review Love+War (2025) 100% 3/5 EDIT “Ultimately, the good outweighs the makeweight, especially as Addario is a striking personality with a history intertwined through too many of this century’s wars.” – The Age (Australia) Nov 20, 2025 Full Review Playdate (2025) 23% 3.5/5 EDIT “The final act loses steam, but there’s comic lunacy here worthy of MacGruber.” – The Age (Australia) Nov 20, 2025 Full Review The Wedding Banquet (2025) 86% 3/5 EDIT “When you’re remaking a film as good as Ang Lee’s 1993 romantic comedy,...the best you can hope for is a timely update that has its own tenor. Transposed from New York City to Seattle, Andrew Ahn’s film mostly achieves those benchmarks.” – The Age (Australia) Nov 14, 2025 Full Review Hedda (2025) 89% 4/5 EDIT “The machinations, like the camera’s movement, are elegant.” – The Age (Australia) Nov 7, 2025 Full Review The Hand That Rocks The Cradle (2025) 42% 3/5 EDIT “It’s smart, but also entertaining – Polly’s plotting is comprehensive and crazy.” – The Age (Australia) Oct 29, 2025 Full Review
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