Lauren Nelson-Cain

Lauren Nelson-Cain

Favorite films

  • Lady Bird
  • When Harry Met Sally...
  • Midsommar
  • Interview with the Vampire

Recent activity

All
  • A Complete Unknown

    ★★½

  • A Real Pain

    ★★★★

  • Anora

    ★★★

  • Babes

    ★★★½

Recent reviews

More
  • A Complete Unknown

    A Complete Unknown

    ★★½

    Timotheé Chalamet is putting on a pretty awesome performance but the movie doesn’t really have much to say. Not quite as soulless and meaningless as Maestro but not exactly a character study either. It’s very A happened, then B happened, then C happened. A very artistically made Wikipedia article. 

    If you want a well made, honest character study on Bob Dylan, I highly recommend I’m Not There instead. This movie is perfectly entertaining, and the performances are great, but outside of that, it doesn’t feel particularly meaningful or memorable.

  • Anora

    Anora

    ★★★

    Not a bad watch, but not quite the “best film of 2024” I was expecting, based on quite literally everyone’s review of the film. It’s a plot driven piece packaged as a character driven film. There is genuinely fun to be had, but so much more that was left out that I needed more of. Mikey Madison gives an amazing performance, adding depth that is just not in the script. The final scene is quiet, heartbreaking, impactful. It’s easy to…

Popular reviews

More
  • Twilight

    Twilight

    ★★

    I love these movies. They are horrible by nearly every single metric. Put them in the criterion collection.

  • Cuckoo

    Cuckoo

    ★★★½

    I think if you hire Dan Stevens to play a weird German guy who lives alone in a secluded bungalow, the twist should be that he’s the good guy.

Following

12