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Nina Metz

Nina Metz's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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The Thursday Murder Club (2025) 77% 3/4 EDIT “If the movie feels slight, especially on character development or even some sharp jokes, it delivers on breeziness, charm and coziness. With this genre, that’s ultimately what matters.” – Chicago Tribune Aug 28, 2025 Full Review Sunday Best (2023) 100% 3/4 EDIT “A fine effort that explores Sullivan’s commitment to pushing back against network forces, sponsors and other interested parties who were opposed to the presence — the celebration, really — of Black people on the show.” – Chicago Tribune Aug 14, 2025 Full Review Surviving Ohio State (2025) 100% 3/4 EDIT ““Surviving Ohio State” is upsetting and devastating, but also deeply sad because — as is common in similar cases — the film presents claims that those in positions of power looked the other way or tried to bury concerns when they were raised. ” – Chicago Tribune Jun 16, 2025 Full Review Mountainhead (2025) 74% 1.5/4 EDIT ““Mountainhead” is a talky movie and I tend to like talky movies. But at some point in the nearly two-hour running time, it just becomes boring.” – Chicago Tribune May 28, 2025 Full Review Your Friends & Neighbors (1998) 76% 2.5/4 EDIT “The show’s creator, Jonathan Tropper, has done something interesting with his star. There’s a frisson of recognition that happens when you put Hamm in a role like this. ” – Chicago Tribune Apr 9, 2025 Full Review Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna (2025) 86% EDIT “Despite its well-intentioned aims, “Last Take” reduces Hutchins’ life to the circumstances of her death.” – Chicago Tribune Mar 17, 2025 Full Review Rounding (2022) 66% 3/4 EDIT “While Smallwood’s character as written is essentially reactive, the actor’s facility with charged stillness sets the tone. This is not full-on scare stuff; it’s more interior.” – Chicago Tribune Feb 14, 2025 Full Review Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was... (2024) 100% 2.5/4 EDIT “He’s here to tell his story and then draw a line under it, culminating with a celebration of his career highlights, as if giving himself a very public pep talk in front of a nurturing audience. ” – Chicago Tribune Dec 12, 2024 Full Review Join or Die (2023) 95% 3/4 EDIT “If you’ve been feeling depleted and disconnected from a world of diminished meaningful in-person interactions, “Join or Die” explores one reason why, as laid out by social scientist Robert Putnam. ” – Chicago Tribune Nov 8, 2024 Full Review Martha (2024) 90% 2.5/4 EDIT “Her imperfections — including her inability to accept them — are what make her most interesting.” – Chicago Tribune Oct 31, 2024 Full Review Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes (2024) 97% 3.5/4 EDIT “The Meryman interviews — long, winding conversations over drinks — have been unearthed and they form the basis of the absorbing HBO documentary.” – Chicago Tribune Aug 2, 2024 Full Review Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (2024) 67% 2.5/4 EDIT “Murphy might be one of the most talented performers of any generation and it’s thrilling to see him back in the role that turned him into a movie star. ” – Chicago Tribune Jul 9, 2024 Full Review Fancy Dance (2023) 96% 3/4 EDIT “Gladstone, Deroy-Olson and Tremblay have found a way to breathe real life into that story. ” – Chicago Tribune Jun 26, 2024 Full Review One with the Whale (2023) 3/4 EDIT “Like any worthwhile documentary, “One With the Whale” is a window into the lives of others, and it’s handled with as much respect and sensitivity as you could expect from filmmakers outside the community.” – Chicago Tribune Apr 23, 2024 Full Review Scoop (2024) 76% 2/4 EDIT “There’s nowhere near enough story to justify a movie-length depiction.” – Chicago Tribune Apr 4, 2024 Full Review Patrick and the Whale (2022) 78% 2.5/4 EDIT “Patrick and the Whale lacks shape and purpose, and would benefit from probing scientific insights into the species. ” – Chicago Tribune Feb 21, 2024 Full Review Players (2024) 53% 2.5/4 EDIT “Players is a perfectly fine — occasionally better-than-fine — romantic comedy starring well-known TV actors who know their way around this kind of material. ” – Chicago Tribune Feb 15, 2024 Full Review Razing Liberty Square (2023) 100% 3/4 EDIT “Razing Liberty Square is the story of what happens when the private sector gets its hands on land once carved out for public housing.” – Chicago Tribune Jan 29, 2024 Full Review Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie (2023) 92% 2.5/4 EDIT “If the central mystery is unsatisfying, Shalhoub remains the reason to watch. He imbues this difficult, ridiculous man with so much humanity in a performance that is both clenched and silly. ” – Chicago Tribune Dec 7, 2023 Full Review Great Photo, Lovely Life: Facing a Family's Secrets (2023) 100% 4/4 EDIT “The beauty of the film is that it doesn’t ask you to judge Debi or her mother, so much as to reckon with their complicity, which is fraught and messy and infuriating and tragic all at once.” – Chicago Tribune Dec 5, 2023 Full Review Sly (2023) 81% 2/4 EDIT “Stallone is unquestionably a magnetic screen presence. If only the film were able to capture who he is beyond that.” – Chicago Tribune Nov 7, 2023 Full Review Nyad (2023) 86% 2/4 EDIT “Directors Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin are primarily documentary filmmakers... But they struggle to adapt some of those skills to a scripted format, relying too heavily on archival footage, which gums up the film rather than deepens it.” – Chicago Tribune Nov 1, 2023 Full Review The Pigeon Tunnel (2023) 96% 3.5/4 EDIT “Maybe the best reason to watch “The Pigeon Tunnel,” though, is that it is a reminder of what documentaries can be when they’re made by a real filmmaker with sophisticated and cinematic ambitions.” – Chicago Tribune Oct 20, 2023 Full Review The Burial (2023) 92% 2/4 EDIT “I love a good paperwork movie. “The Burial” is not that. Nor are the legal maneuverings treated with patience and care, even as the whole thing devolves into something of a circus.” – Chicago Tribune Oct 11, 2023 Full Review Reptile (2023) 44% 2/4 EDIT “Del Toro and Silverstone make a meal out of what tends to be a pro forma side to these kinds of thrillers” – Chicago Tribune Sep 29, 2023 Full Review
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