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Shawn Hazelett

Shawn Hazelett's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018) 66% 6/10 EDIT “Even if this à la carte storytelling might not have resulted in Gilliam's opus like everyone wanted, hey, even à la carte can make a satisfying meal.” – Under the Radar Apr 22, 2019 Full Review Green Book (2018) 77% 7/10 EDIT “Green Book is little more than a film about two people who become friends, but, especially in this day and age, that's more than enough.” – Under the Radar Nov 27, 2018 Full Review Assassination Nation (2018) 74% 4.5/10 EDIT “Such literal storytelling doesn't logically or tonally mesh with later scenes of mass hysteria, violence, and absurdity.” – Under the Radar Nov 27, 2018 Full Review BlacKkKlansman (2018) 96% 8/10 EDIT “BlacKkKlansman is so fresh and rich with ideas that you can forgive its shortcomings.” – Under the Radar Nov 27, 2018 Full Review Molly's Game (2017) 82% 3.5/10 EDIT “A script so overwrought and self-important that it might actually trick a few people into thinking it's good.” – Under the Radar Dec 19, 2017 Full Review The Square (2017) 85% 6.5/10 EDIT “To be clear, the film is definitely more good than bad, but [Ruben] Östlund has set a high bar for himself, and this could have been a lot more by being a lot less.” – Under the Radar Nov 6, 2017 Full Review The Lost City of Z (2016) 85% 5/10 EDIT “What we have here are essentially two different films, and I'm not fully convinced much of the first is required to reap the benefits of a far more rich and ambitious second ... a missed opportunity.” – Under the Radar May 20, 2017 Full Review La La Land (2016) 91% 5/10 EDIT “[Emma Stone] is so captivating as an actor that we are somehow attentive and interested through lousy songwriting and cliches.” – Under the Radar Dec 16, 2016 Full Review Jackie (2016) 87% 7/10 EDIT “Jackie proves that grace and composure are qualities that matter in our leaders in a year when many Americans want to deny it.” – Under the Radar Dec 16, 2016 Full Review Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) 84% 8/10 EDIT “Rogue One is worthy of standing alongside the original trilogy. Not only in terms of quality, but in creativity, imagination, and inspiration.” – Under the Radar Dec 13, 2016 Full Review The Light Between Oceans (2016) 62% 3.5/10 EDIT “Too much of the opening hour is spent establishing Tom and Isabel's happiness with unnecessarily extended scenes of the two frolicking about in nature.” – Under the Radar Sep 29, 2016 Full Review Café Society (2016) 71% 4/10 EDIT “A mess of a story that haphazardly jumps around though settings, tones, and plotlines with little overarching point or direction.” – Under the Radar Aug 1, 2016 Full Review The Meddler (2015) 85% 5.5/10 EDIT “The Meddler starts off almost too quirky and inoffensive before dramatically reversing course with the arrival of the always-welcome J.K. Simmons.” – Under the Radar May 3, 2016 Full Review Everybody Wants Some!! (2016) 87% 4.5/10 EDIT “Unfortunately, [Blake] Jenner's screentime mostly consists of a lack of spatial awareness and poor, unemotive line readings.” – Under the Radar Apr 3, 2016 Full Review Knight of Cups (2015) 47% 5.5/10 EDIT “[Knight of Cups'] inherently episodic plot is at odds with [Malick's] traditionally long, meandering visuals, which do an admirable job conveying mood, tone, and his stark version of LA.” – Under the Radar Mar 7, 2016 Full Review Where to Invade Next (2015) 79% 3.5/10 EDIT “A filmmaker who's made a career on presenting his take on an issue's origins and deeper meanings here only presents solutions.” – Under the Radar Jan 3, 2016 Full Review The Big Short (2015) 89% 8/10 EDIT “The Big Short is far from perfect ... but its audacity, ingenuity, and humor more than outweigh its flaws.” – Under the Radar Dec 11, 2015 Full Review The Wannabe (2015) 43% 3.5/10 EDIT “The Wannabe is too derivative for any insight, offering little more than tired tropes and bad accents.” – Under the Radar Dec 9, 2015 Full Review Carol (2015) 94% 8/10 EDIT “Carol uses satire as a mask which, once cast aside, leads to ... unspoken discussions on station, gender, sexuality, and identity.” – Under the Radar Dec 9, 2015 Full Review Room (2015) 93% 8/10 EDIT “Room is a tender observation of a mother/son relationship masquerading as a suspense film.” – Under the Radar Nov 16, 2015 Full Review Suffragette (2015) 73% 5/10 EDIT “Too often the film retreats from the complexity of its debates in favor of comprehension.” – Under the Radar Oct 26, 2015 Full Review Bridge of Spies (2015) 91% 4.5/10 EDIT “[The Coen Brothers'] token irreverence might be misplaced with Spielberg who veers into a Capraesque sanctimony that stops just short of jingoism.” – Under the Radar Oct 20, 2015 Full Review Welcome to Leith (2015) 96% 6.5/10 EDIT “Filmmakers Michael Beach Nichols and Christopher Walker's neutral observation ... provides a chilling blueprint of what someone even marginally less extreme might accomplish.” – Under the Radar Sep 9, 2015 Full Review Southpaw (2015) 59% 4/10 EDIT “An interesting premise and strong work by Gyllenhaal can't support a screenplay that repeatedly falls on its face through sports clichés and [vanishing] subplots.” – Under the Radar Jul 22, 2015 Full Review Irrational Man (2015) 47% 6.5/10 EDIT “A film replete with nihilism and dark, immoral actions is fleshed out with a vibrant color palette and a screenplay with razor sharp irony.” – Under the Radar Jul 17, 2015 Full Review
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