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Debbie Zhou
Tomatometer-approved critic
Movies reviews only
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Force of Nature: The Dry 2 (2024) |
Ultimately, the film can’t shake off the weight of its unsmiling, earnest police protagonist. - Australian Book Review
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| Posted Feb 08, 2024
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The Legend of Molly Johnson (2021) |
It's Purcell's powerhouse performance that lends the film its punchier, gritty edge. - Guardian
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| Posted Nov 08, 2021
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Nomadland (2020) |
Zhao's sweeping ode to a forgotten America captures a universal poignancy that holds true in a waning, uncertain world. - The Saturday Paper (Australia)
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| Posted Apr 29, 2021
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Dark Whispers - Volume 1 (2019) |
When appreciated separately... there's distinctive artistry and promise in each chapter. - Guardian
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| Posted Jan 25, 2021
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Mulan (2020) |
Disney's transparent desire to capitalise on the Chinese market - with a faithfully unquestioning stance - explains the watered-down adaptation, which appeases more than it excites. - The Saturday Paper (Australia)
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| Posted Sep 13, 2020
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Babyteeth (2019) |
A lovely, achey coming-of-age story that bursts with rare respect for its characters while tragedy peeks in through the curtains. - Guardian
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| Posted Jul 22, 2020
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The Farewell (2019) |
The Farewell is a personal, compelling family dramedy, but the film goes beyond its premise and genre conventions - carefully unpacking questions about the division between cultural value systems and ways of thinking. - The Saturday Paper (Australia)
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| Posted Dec 19, 2019
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Hustlers (2019) |
Writer-director Lorene Scafaria confidently conjures up a high-end crime flick that's a joy to watch. - The Music
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| Posted Dec 19, 2019
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1985 (2018) |
...humbly pairs a desire for normalcy against a larger moment in history, with consequences that bleed into the personal. - Rough Cut
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| Posted Apr 25, 2019
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Transit (2018) |
What lies at the forefront of Transit is a delicately thorny, complex display of dislocation and ambiguity - Petzold deliberately holding the reins tight on this film that's imbued with impossible questions that go right down to the bones of humanity. - Rough Cut
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| Posted Apr 12, 2019
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If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) |
This romance-drama melds a telling of America's racial injustices into a devastating and intricate craft of empathy. - Rough Cut
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| Posted Feb 15, 2019
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Crazy Rich Asians (2018) |
The wholehearted embrace of cultures is not the only reason why the film works. It succeeds just as much as a celebration of that as it does in returning the romantic-comedy back to its rightful crowning place, as a genre that can surprise and delight. - Impulse Gamer
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| Posted Feb 14, 2019
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