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Lucy O'Brien

Lucy O'Brien's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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My Family/Mi Familia (1995) 79% EDIT “It's not until the final scenes that the drama begins to bite... These moments, however, are not enough to give this film the substance it badly needs.” – Sight & Sound Aug 26, 2021 Full Review Hunter Killer (2018) 38% 6/10 EDIT “Cardellini is far too good for the material but does a lot with a role that could have been sleepwalked through, and though I'm not sure what Oldman is doing in this movie, he brings the requisite authoritarian 'angry guy' vibe to heighten the stakes.” – IGN Movies Oct 17, 2018 Full Review Pacific Rim Uprising (2018) 42% 6.5/10 EDIT “Pacific Rim Uprising is a loyal, if unremarkable, successor to the giddy original.” – IGN Movies Mar 20, 2018 Full Review Assassin's Creed (2016) 18% 6.5/10 EDIT “Though it's bolstered by some glorious action sequences and a stellar cast that really gives us their all, the lack of any levity whatsoever in Assassin's Creed amounts to a soulless experience that wastes its potential.” – IGN Movies Dec 19, 2016 Full Review Lights Out (2016) 74% 7/10 EDIT “With an unnerving monster at its core, great cast and relentless final sequence, Light's Out is a debut director Sandberg should be proud of.” – IGN Movies Jul 1, 2016 Full Review Independence Day: Resurgence (2016) 28% 8/10 EDIT “A silly, cheesy, spectacle-driven blockbuster with heart, Independence Day: Resurgence is a refreshing antidote to the grim and the serious sentiment we've seen trending in sci-fi flicks of recent years.” – IGN Movies Jun 21, 2016 Full Review 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) 91% 8.5/10 EDIT “While its story is smaller than the one told in the original Cloverfield, it is no less effective in its ability to unnerve and excite, and ultimately reminds us that humans can be much more frightening than sharp teeth and tentacles.” – IGN Movies Mar 10, 2016 Full Review Triple 9 (2016) 54% 7.5/10 EDIT “While Triple 9 may lack the substance it needed to be a great film, its action is executed with enough flair and its cast has enough raw charm to make it a very good one.” – IGN Movies Feb 18, 2016 Full Review Zoolander No. 2 (2016) 21% 6.5/10 EDIT “While Zoolander 2 is a perfectly adequate piece of comic escapism, a lack of fresh ideas makes it ultimately toothless.” – IGN Movies Feb 10, 2016 Full Review The Visit (2015) 68% 8/10 EDIT “The Visit is great fun. It's genuinely funny while still managing to tap into our dark fears of the familiar becoming terrifyingly unfamiliar, of sweet turning suddenly sour. It's also Shyamalan's best film in years.” – IGN Movies Sep 10, 2015 Full Review Poltergeist (2015) 29% 5.5/10 EDIT “Poltergeist descends into a paint-by-numbers haunted house horror that struggles to justify its existence.” – IGN Movies May 21, 2015 Full Review Spy (2015) 94% 8/10 EDIT “Spy once again confirms that McCarthy and Feig are at the bleeding edge of big-screen comedy right now.” – IGN Movies May 7, 2015 Full Review Unfriended (2014) 62% 8/10 EDIT “It will surely cut close to the bone for many, as all the best horror movies do.” – IGN Movies Apr 16, 2015 Full Review Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead (2014) 82% 7.5/10 EDIT “Wyrmwood is a heady mix of make-shift cars, chopped up limbs and gore-soaked True Blue Aussie muscle, which places it somewhere between Mad Max and Peter Jackson's early splatter movies.” – IGN Movies Feb 9, 2015 Full Review Big Hero 6 (2014) 90% 8/10 EDIT “The relationship between Baymax and Hiro is hilarious and profound and joyful. Your heart will soar with them as they soar across Sanfransokyo, and you too might catch yourself wearing a disbelieving grin.” – IGN Movies Oct 30, 2014 Full Review Wolf Creek 2 (2013) 51% 6.5/10 EDIT “Wolf Creek 2 is never anything less than entertaining, but those looking for the gnawing tension of the original might be disappointed by lack of any real character development and a pantomime-inspired Mick Taylor.” – IGN Movies Feb 28, 2014 Full Review Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013) 74% 7.8/10 EDIT “While it would have been nice to have seen a little more attention paid to the rest of the central cast, Ferrell does a fine job carrying most of the film's considerable weight on his manly shoulders.” – IGN Movies Dec 18, 2013 Full Review Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) 84% 8/10 EDIT “It still has that urgency that made the first film so appealing, those big, optimistic messages of right vs wrong in a world at war.” – IGN Movies May 2, 2013 Full Review
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