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Missoula Independent

Missoula Independent is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Molly Laich.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
Disobedience (2017) Molly Laich Let the record show that I gave Disobedience a fair shake and still hated it before learning that it was made by one of my least favorite working directors.
Posted Jun 23, 2018  Edit critic review
First Reformed (2017) Molly Laich We are treated to long, delicious scenes filled with dialogue that matters, all of it spearheaded by an unwound, infirmed and strangely sexy priest.
Posted Jun 23, 2018  Edit critic review
Hereditary (2018) Molly Laich Watching Hereditary inspires the kind of fear that makes you irrationally check for phantom hands under your seat that might reach out and grab you.
Posted Jun 07, 2018  Edit critic review
Pope Francis -- A Man of His Word (2018) Molly Laich In service of this particular picture, though, it's best to set... cynicism aside.
Posted May 30, 2018  Edit critic review
Book Club (2018) Molly Laich If you're picturing a montage of each woman turning pages excitedly in various locations with their mouths agape, that's accurate.
Posted May 17, 2018  Edit critic review
Lean on Pete (2017) Molly Laich At its heart, this is a story about wounded people stuck in unhappy lives and all the many and terrible ways they try and fail and try again to make do.
Posted May 11, 2018  Edit critic review
You Were Never Really Here (2017) Molly Laich You Were Never Here has an upsetting, dreamlike quality that lulls you through its 129 minutes and holds you on the edge of a precipice that never fully delivers.
Posted May 11, 2018  Edit critic review
Isle of Dogs (2018) Molly Laich The dogs are funny, and the interplay between them represents the story's greatest strength.
Posted Apr 20, 2018  Edit critic review
I Feel Pretty (2018) Molly Laich Can Renee's insights into the world of dumpy women save the company? Or will she hit her head again.
Posted Apr 20, 2018  Edit critic review
The Death of Stalin (2017) Molly Laich "Buscemi leads the cast valiantly in what are sharp comedic performances all around, guided by Iannucci's most savage political satire to date."
Posted Mar 29, 2018  Edit critic review
Black Panther (2018) Molly Laich Even soulless, Easter-egg hating film snobs like me can find a lot to admire in Black Panther.
Posted Mar 15, 2018  Edit critic review
A Fantastic Woman (2017) Molly Laich I get that the protagonist is mourning, but geez Louise, does the entire film have to die along with her?
Posted Mar 15, 2018  Edit critic review
Red Sparrow (2018) Molly Laich The first half of Red Sparrow is so distinctly terrible, revolting and kind of boring that it's almost mean of me to recommend the movie - but hear me out.
Posted Mar 08, 2018  Edit critic review
The Cloverfield Paradox (2018) Molly Laich This is science fiction for a YA audience, ergo, the grownups are expecting too much.
Posted Feb 19, 2018  Edit critic review
The Ritual (2017) Molly Laich Think The Blair Witch Project, but less original.
Posted Feb 19, 2018  Edit critic review
When We First Met (2018) Molly Laich Worse than just bad, this movie is utterly harmless.
Posted Feb 19, 2018  Edit critic review
My Friend Dahmer (2017) Molly Laich I admire the filmmaker's straight and painful delivery.
Posted Feb 03, 2018  Edit critic review
Phantom Thread (2017) Molly Laich "...an emotional experience that demands to be watched in rapt attention, with all of our cinematic cylinders firing at once."
Posted Jan 22, 2018  Edit critic review
The Shape of Water (2017) Molly Laich What I can't forgive is how static and simplistic these characters are [...] With no ambiguity, there's nothing for my brain to do except passively watch these soggy characters as they wade to a predictable, saccharine conclusion.
Posted Jan 11, 2018  Edit critic review
Molly's Game (2017) Molly Laich Molly's Game marks a solid enough directorial debut for Sorkin.
Posted Jan 04, 2018  Edit critic review
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) Molly Laich Abrams gave us the gentle re-introduction we needed, and it paved the way for writer and director Rian Johnson to take the story in strange new directions.
Posted Dec 21, 2017  Edit critic review
The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017) Molly Laich Dripping with sincerity and brilliance, [Barry] Keoghan's work is forced to exist in the same universe that gave the specifically untalented Ansel Elgort a Golden Globe nomination for Baby Driver. I can't even.
Posted Dec 18, 2017  Edit critic review
Voyeur (2017) Molly Laich I still heartily recommend Voyeur on the strength of its subject matter, as it transcends any quibbles I have with the execution.
Posted Dec 10, 2017  Edit critic review
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) Molly Laich McDonagh's characters achieve complexity and depth that most writers don't even know how to imagine, let alone create, and he does it with brilliant thrift.
Posted Dec 01, 2017  Edit critic review
Lady Bird (2017) Molly Laich We are doomed to like this movie.
Posted Nov 24, 2017  Edit critic review
The Florida Project (2017) Molly Laich The emotional payoff is so incredibly worth your time.
Posted Nov 17, 2017  Edit critic review
Loving Vincent (2017) Molly Laich For the love of God, why did this need to be a feature-length production?
Posted Oct 26, 2017  Edit critic review
Walking Out (2017) Molly Laich ... a plain and devastating story about family and the traditions that bind them, set against the majestic and inhospitable wild.
Posted Oct 24, 2017  Edit critic review
Gerald's Game (2017) Molly Laich Gerald's Game isn't earth shattering, and it's definitely not sexy. Still, the movie works as a late night, B-picture experience, bolstered primarily by its smart dialogue and emotional cunning.
Posted Oct 19, 2017  Edit critic review
Super Dark Times (2017) Molly Laich a perverse and strange exploration of real horror, via the unsteady, ill-equipped perspective of doltish teenagers.
Posted Oct 06, 2017  Edit critic review
The Unknown Girl (2016) Molly Laich The kind of picture you see, are momentarily changed by and then try but fail to encapsulate later with a friend over coffee.
Posted Oct 04, 2017  Edit critic review
Strong Island (2017) Molly Laich The film's central murder carries a potent political subtext about the black experience of the criminal justice system in America, but, more than that, this is a film about loss and irrepressible grief.
Posted Sep 22, 2017  Edit critic review
Landline (2017) Molly Laich I love this movie most of all because of its career-defining performance by Slate. Her work here reminds me of Tom Hanks from '80s comedies.
Posted Sep 11, 2017  Edit critic review
Good Time (2017) Molly Laich One of the best films of 2017.
Posted Sep 07, 2017  Edit critic review
Lady Macbeth (2016) Molly Laich ...about as dark as films get.
Posted Aug 28, 2017  Edit critic review
Ingrid Goes West (2017) Molly Laich Ingrid's obsessive behavior is the dark matter fueling this comedy, and for about half of the film's brief 97 minutes, we're running on fumes.
Posted Aug 28, 2017  Edit critic review
The Dark Tower (2017) Molly Laich The Dark Tower's rich cosmology has been condensed into a palatable, archetypal story of good versus evil with laughably bad dialogue to see us through in a merciful 95 minutes.
Posted Aug 10, 2017  Edit critic review
A Ghost Story (2017) Molly Laich This is a story that sticks.
Posted Aug 06, 2017  Edit critic review
To the Bone (2017) Molly Laich Through conspicuous examples and only slightly stilted exposition, To the Bone educates us on the ins and outs of the diagnosis.
Posted Aug 06, 2017  Edit critic review
The Beguiled (2017) Molly Laich At its heart, The Beguiled is a story about the explosive and terrible potential of sexuality that burns deep inside the hearts of women.
Posted Jul 20, 2017  Edit critic review
The Big Sick (2017) Molly Laich The Big Sick works because its humor feels effortless and true, and the laughs spring out of genuine tragedy.
Posted Jul 20, 2017  Edit critic review
Unseen (2016) Molly Laich Through candid interviews and images of the impoverished Mount Pleasant community, Unseen acts as a haunting indictment of a police force that failed its citizens.
Posted Jun 30, 2017  Edit critic review
Olancho (2017) Molly Laich Directors Chris Valdes and Ted Griswold have seemingly impossibly intimate access to their subjects. With gorgeous photography, they capture real, poignant moments.
Posted Jun 30, 2017  Edit critic review
Baby Driver (2017) Molly Laich What a fun and thrilling summertime romp
Posted Jun 29, 2017  Edit critic review
The Force (2017) Molly Laich mesmerizing and, at times, challenging cinema.
Posted Jun 25, 2017  Edit critic review
Raw (2016) Molly Laich Raw is a bizarre, sexy film with a healthy dose of humor about itself.
Posted Jun 22, 2017  Edit critic review
The Lost City of Z (2016) Molly Laich While it didn't exactly make me feel anything, I'm confident that for others, the elements are there to be felt.
Posted Jun 22, 2017  Edit critic review
Paterson (2016) Molly Laich How do I love writer and director Jim Jarmusch's latest and possibly greatest film, Paterson? Let me count the ways.
Posted Jun 22, 2017  Edit critic review
Oklahoma City (2017) Molly Laich More than just gripping cinema, Oklahoma City is a spooky cautionary tale.
Posted Jun 22, 2017  Edit critic review
The Lure (2016) Molly Laich The Lure is a delightful adventure, and a nice reprieve from some of the festival's more heady subjects.
Posted Jun 22, 2017  Edit critic review
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