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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Movie Review: 'Breaking In'
Breaking In stars Gabrielle Union as Shaun Russell, a mother of two whose estranged father supposedly was killed in a hit and run accident. But we know what really happened. An opening scene finds the father on a run when he’s hit by a truck driven by Eddie (Billy Burke), an ex-con after the father’s hidden cash. The cash is hidden in the father’s vacation home, which places Shaun and Eddie on an unwitting collision course.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Life of the Party'
Life of the Party is a desperately conventional, highly predictable mom-com that is somehow still quite funny despite its inherent obviousness. Melissa McCarthy is such a force of nature, such a presence with such incredible comic rhythm that even the worst jokes tend to land. Say what you will about the rather hacky high concept of Life of the Party, the laughs are there.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Always at the Carlyle'
There is, in my heart, a Robin Hood streak, angry at the opulence of the rich and envious of great wealth. This streak carries with it a duality, a high level of nuance that can be difficult for anyone who wants their philosophies bite size and of only two sides: right or wrong. I'm not interested in stealing from the rich, per se, but the ways in which our system of rich and poor has been rigged for years and years drives this Robin Hood impulse, and likely always will.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Ranking the Movies of 2018: Week 17
Watching Juno, the classic on the latest Everyone’s a Critic Movie Podcast, was a revelation. It was an experience for me similar to the revelations I had watching Amadeus and There Will Be Blood as re-watches for the podcast. These were movies that I had always been aware that I liked but watching them with fresh eyes, a more mature perspective, changed the way I looked at them.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
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
