Sean Patrick
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Hello, my name is Sean Patrick He/Him, and I am a film critic and podcast host for the I Hate Critics Movie Review Podcast I am a voting member of the Critics Choice Association, the group behind the annual Critics Choice Awards.
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The Film Language of 'Juno'
For some, the language of Juno is like nails on a chalkboard. Eliot Page's rapid-fire, pop dialogue from the mind of writer Diablo Cody is like a piece of music. For some, it's a symphony, for others, its a cacophony. I'm on the symphony side. I love the small beats, the large reaches, and the way the dialogue is urgently important to the character of Juno.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Bad Samaritan'
To paraphrase the darkly brilliant Tropic Thunder, Never go full Nicholas Cage. This kind of advice should not be necessary; even if you are Nicholas Cage you likely should not go full Nicholas Cage at all times. The full Nicholas Cage is when an actor decides that a fully unhinged from any discernible reality performance is necessary. Poor David Tennant goes full Nicholas Cage in the new movie Bad Samaritan and demonstrates why my admonishment is necessary.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Overboard'
Kate (Anna Faris) is a struggling single mom who works two jobs while raising three daughters. She’s also attending night school to become a nurse. Things take a turn for the worse when Kate is hired to clean carpets aboard a boat belonging to the billionaire playboy son of a construction magnate, Leonardo (Eugenio Derbez). When the billionaire asks Kate to get him a snack, she says no and he pushes her off his boat and destroys her cleaning equipment.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Tully'
Tully is a miraculous creation. Jason Reitman and writer Diablo Cody have crafted a movie so smart, sensitive, funny and daring that I am amazed it exists and isn’t a complete disaster. A simple story about a put upon mother becomes a taut examination of mental health and motherhood in a way you may be able to predict but you will still be very entertained by.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Ranking the Movies of 2018: Week 16
Avengers Infinity War joins Ranking the Movies this week and is stunningly low on this list. I am in the minority of critics who didn’t enjoy the bigness of Infinity War. Despite 18 movies worth of backstory and build up I found this first significant pay off of that investment in these characters to be a disappointment that shortshifted much of what I felt were the best aspects of the previous adventures, especially those of Thor and the Guardians of the Galaxy.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Kodachrome'
Kodachrome is a wonderful surprise. This story about a father and son finding a place of understanding debuted on Netflix on April 26, amidst the hype and hoopla of the theatrical release of Avengers Infinity War, and is a welcome bit of counter-programming. That said, even in this lovely father and son story centering on Jason Sudeikis and Ed Harris we can’t completely escape the Marvel Universe; Elizabeth "Scarlett Witch" Olson also co-stars.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Ranking the Movies of 2018: Week 15
Cult movies are a strange breed of cat. One can never know what will become a cult movie or why a movie becomes an underground hit. Super Troopers is a good example of this odd, unpredictable phenomenon. When the comedy group Broken Lizard broke out in 2001 with the comedy Super Troopers, no one could have predicted that the low budget comedy would become a home video juggernaut.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Traffik'
Traffik stars Paula Patton and Omar Epps as Brea and John, a couple on the cusp of an engagement. As they head off for a romantic weekend at a far off mansion owned by their friend Darren (Laz Alonso) and his girlfriend Malia (Roselyn Sanchez), it appears quite certain that John will be popping the question, especially after he gifts the birthday girl, Brea, a 1969 Charger that he built himself.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Super Troopers 2'
Super Troopers 2 is about as good as the mediocre Broken Lizard comedy group could make it. Seventeen years after the original Super Troopers achieved a modest cult following for the shenanigans of the Vermont Highway Patrol, the group has reformed for a sequel filled with the same Bro-ey, self-satisfied mediocrity that made up the first film and somehow made Broken Lizard a commodity.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Ranking the Movies of 2018: Week 14
Those who follow this column closely will notice that Ready Player One has dropped on the list. The more I sit with Ready Player One, the more I don’t care for it. I had a reckoning with my feelings about Ready Player One two weeks ago and at that time I felt that the quality of the adventure in Ready Player One was enough for me to give the movie a pass.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Truth or Dare'
Truth or Dare, or Blumhouse’s Truth or Dare, if we are skirting copyright issues, is a silly, silly movie filled with dopey characters on a pointless quest for their miserable lives. As directed by Jeff Wadlow, the director behind the abysmal, franchise-killing Kick Ass 2, Truth or Dare takes a child’s game and renders it even more insipid and hateful than it already is.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Horror
