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Julia Raban

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

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Victoria & Abdul (2017) 65% EDIT “Victoria's story has been told pretty thoroughly, and this was probably Abdul's only shot on the big screen. It's such a shame they wasted it.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Oct 26, 2017 Full Review The Trip to Spain (2017) 83% EDIT “If The Trip's high-strung chatter grated on you, give Coogan and Brydon another shot with The Trip to Spain-their formula is changing, and for the better.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Aug 30, 2017 Full Review Moana (1926) 87% EDIT “Don't go into Moana with Sound expecting an accurate anthropological depiction-just look forward to the drama and intergenerational negotiation of reality and fiction.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Aug 21, 2017 Full Review Xenia (2014) 86% EDIT “What Xenia captures (successfully, repeatedly) is that uncomfortable late teen age, where you're grasping desperately for your childhood and its safe comforts, and also itching to become new, independent, and powerful.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Aug 21, 2017 Full Review The Lady in the Van (2015) 89% EDIT “Maggie Smith as Miss Shepherd is plenty on her own.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Aug 21, 2017 Full Review Krisha (2015) 95% EDIT “Mimicking the one-track mind of addiction, this movie is about Krisha: her humanity, her fear, her actions and their consequences.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Aug 21, 2017 Full Review Embrace of the Serpent (2015) 97% EDIT “[Embrace of the Serpent] at least deserves a weighty, sprawling spot in our cultural imagination.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Aug 21, 2017 Full Review The Neon Demon (2016) 59% EDIT “It feels a bit like Black Swan, with relationships between beautiful women conveying envy and lust and violence all at once, but it's less effective because each character is astonishingly boring and unlikable.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Aug 21, 2017 Full Review Above and Below (2015) 75% EDIT “The part of this documentary that makes it honest and refreshing is the concession that society, with all its strict rules and warped ideologies and environmental desecration, isn't really what these characters are running from.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Aug 21, 2017 Full Review Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously (2016) EDIT “Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously depicts a rare case: an author whose persona is closer to a rock star than an academic.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Aug 21, 2017 Full Review Last Cab to Darwin (2015) 88% EDIT “Last Cab to Darwin makes good use of its new medium with beautifully ugly depictions of Australians.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Aug 21, 2017 Full Review Captain Fantastic (2016) 82% EDIT “The mood shifts constantly, so that at any given moment the family's lifestyle seems either ideal or like a mild form of child abuse.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Aug 21, 2017 Full Review Sausage Party (2016) 82% EDIT “Candor that has no substance beyond easy stereotypes is just depressing.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Aug 21, 2017 Full Review Kubo and the Two Strings (2016) 97% EDIT “Go watch Kubo and the Two Strings now, for its expensive and gorgeous production value, and allow yourself to be pleasantly surprised by its complex emotionality.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Aug 21, 2017 Full Review Masterminds (2016) 34% EDIT “At its best, the movie feels like an extended skit, but the script feels witless and is far too focused on moving along the convoluted plot.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Aug 21, 2017 Full Review Complete Unknown (2016) 52% EDIT “The film (directed by Joshua Marston, creator of the heart-wrenching Maria Full of Grace) is distastefully quirky and takes itself far too seriously, but it's fun to watch because liars are fascinating.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Aug 21, 2017 Full Review Blair Witch (2016) 38% EDIT “I wouldn't wish this exhausting nightmare on my worst enemy-and at the same time, I recommend it.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Aug 21, 2017 Full Review Certain Women (2016) 92% EDIT “It's understated and beautiful.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Aug 21, 2017 Full Review The Edge of Seventeen (2016) 94% EDIT “The Edge of Seventeen excels at embracing stereotypes and tropes-then immediately destroying them with funny and surprising writing.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Aug 21, 2017 Full Review Theo Who Lived (2016) 83% EDIT “[Theo] Padnos is sometimes calm and philosophical, sometimes impassioned and enraged.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Aug 21, 2017 Full Review Marathon: The Patriots Day Bombing (2016) 90% EDIT “The film surprisingly spends a good deal of time exploring the gradual recovery of people who lost limbs in the attack.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Aug 21, 2017 Full Review The Sea of Trees (2015) 19% EDIT “It's only 110 minutes long but drags on for what seems like a lifetime.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Aug 21, 2017 Full Review Miss Sloane (2016) 76% EDIT “This political thriller is made for people who hate politics.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Aug 21, 2017 Full Review Harry Benson: Shoot First (2016) 85% EDIT “What Shoot First conveys so well is that while those scenes are part of history.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Aug 21, 2017 Full Review Silence (2016) 83% EDIT “By the end of the ordeal, the question is stale and overwrought, and the end of the final scene feels like the sweet release of death.” – The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Aug 21, 2017 Full Review
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