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The Film Yap is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Christopher Lloyd, Evan Dossey, Nick Rogers.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
Children No More: Were and Are Gone (2025) Christopher Lloyd A humanistic look at a troubling crisis that eschews moral certitude.
Posted Feb 17, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
All the Empty Rooms (2025) Christopher Lloyd On the surface it’s a powerful subject: journalists who talk to the parents of children killed in school shootings and record photographs of their bedrooms. I’m an old-school believer in "don’t report on the reporting," and there’s too much of that here.
Posted Feb 17, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
Armed Only With a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud (2025) Christopher Lloyd A moving portrait of photojournalist and documentarian Brent Renaud, killed while covering the early days of the war in Ukraine in 2022.
Posted Feb 17, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
The Devil Is Busy (2024) Christopher Lloyd A powerful but decidedly partisan look at the abortion issue from the inside of a women’s health clinic in Georgia. Illuminates in a way I think those who made it aren’t even aware of.
Posted Feb 17, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Perfectly a Strangeness (2024) Christopher Lloyd Three donkeys wander around an astronomical observatory. That’s it. That’s the movie. Feels more like mere footage than a fully realized movie — closer to an experimental film than documentary.
Posted Feb 17, 2026  Edit critic review
5/5
The Alabama Solution (2025) Christopher Lloyd An Oscar-nominated, old-school investigative documentary about appalling conditions in state prisons that uses cell phone footage collected over a decade.
Posted Feb 16, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2025) Christopher Lloyd Both over-the-wall bonkers and also deeply human and affecting, with Sam Rockwell as a time-traveling savior of the world who seems very dyspeptic about the whole thing.
Posted Feb 15, 2026  Edit critic review
2.5/5
GOAT (2026) Christopher Lloyd It's a strictly-for-the-kiddies game in this all-animal basketball animated effort that reminds us you can't win by just coasting.
Posted Feb 13, 2026  Edit critic review
4.5/5
Come See Me in the Good Light (2025) Christopher Lloyd A dying spoken word poet comes to grips with their fate while choosing an immortal exit in this moving Oscar-nominated documentary.
Posted Feb 11, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Cold Storage (2026) Christopher Lloyd Schlocky B-movie thrills with A-list talent in this goofy romp about the race to stop a space fungus that turns people into exploding zombies.
Posted Feb 11, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5
Arco (2025) Christopher Lloyd Plays like minor-key Hayao Miyazaki, probably more enjoyable for adults than kids, as a girl from the future tries to help a boy from even further in the future.
Posted Feb 07, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
Jimpa (2025) Christopher Lloyd Coleman and John Lithgow as a daughter and father navigating their scratchy past and vanishing future.
Posted Feb 05, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Solo Mio (2026) Christopher Lloyd A love letter to Italy and romance, as Kevin James reaches beyond his comedy roots as a shlub dumped at the altar who decides to go ahead with his honeymoon alone.
Posted Feb 04, 2026  Edit critic review
2.5/5
A Private Life (2025) Christopher Lloyd Jodie Foster can't save this odd duck of a movie about a psychiatrist trying to solve the murder of a patient, which is too esoteric and just plain dull.
Posted Jan 31, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
Send Help (2026) Christopher Lloyd Director Sam Raimi offers his signature mix of puckish irony, relatable characters and over-the-top bursts of gore in this tale of an office drone who crash-lands on an island with her a-hole boss.
Posted Jan 30, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Shelter (2026) Christopher Lloyd Jason Statham is back, playing his prototypical glum nobody who's -- surprise! -- actually a killing machine fighting for a girl's life against the shadowy government forces he used to serve.
Posted Jan 28, 2026  Edit critic review
4.5/5
The Voice of Hind Rajab (2025) Christopher Lloyd A heartbreaking dramatization of a little Palestinian girl who was trapped in the Gaza war focuses on the human element rather than angry politics, elevating its power.
Posted Jan 28, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
The Testament of Ann Lee (2025) Christopher Lloyd A compelling performance by Amanda Seyfried and an interesting use of music and dance. But it's often just quite dull, and could have done more to interrogate the religious fanaticism at the core of its story.
Posted Jan 24, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
No Other Choice (2025) Christopher Lloyd Darkly satirical and funny, though not nearly the effective anti-capitalist screed it's trying to be.
Posted Jan 24, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Mercy (2026) Christopher Lloyd Kind of cheesy, silly and even deliberately dumb, but you can't deny the entertainment value. Classic B-movie for January.
Posted Jan 24, 2026  Edit critic review
4.5/5
In Cold Light (2025) Christopher Lloyd Maika Monroe anchors this terrifically tense thriller about a drug dealer just released from prison whose attempts to rebuild her empire turn toward death and disaster.
Posted Jan 22, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/5
H Is for Hawk (2025) Christopher Lloyd A professor turns to training a killer goshawk as a way of dealing with the trauma of her father's death in this affecting based-on-true story.
Posted Jan 21, 2026  Edit critic review
2.5/5
The Sea Chase (1955) Christopher Lloyd This forgettable John Wayne vehicle attempts to graft a romance onto a grim adventure on the high seas, and the result is a movie dizzy with wayward narrative navigation.
Posted Jan 19, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Dead Man's Wire (2025) Christopher Lloyd Decently acted and tense, though the divergence from the historical record is unnecessary and egregious.
Posted Jan 19, 2026  Edit critic review
4.5/5
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) Christopher Lloyd Surprisingly, it approves on its predecessor, elevating the zombie flick genre with a contemplative approach, sometimes even gentle and funny. Contrasted with the utter terror of the Jimmys gang of satanic reavers.
Posted Jan 17, 2026  Edit critic review
2/5
Charlie the Wonderdog (2025) Christopher Lloyd Solid animation and voice acting can't save this poorly written story about a superpooch that's probably only fit for the very youngest audiences.
Posted Jan 14, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
Rebuilding (2025) Christopher Lloyd A lovely cinematic hymn about a lonely rancher who loses everything in a wildfire, but finds a community and a connection to his estranged daughter in the bargain.
Posted Jan 12, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Father Mother Sister Brother (2025) Christopher Lloyd hough it may not be for everyone, Jim Jarmusch's eclectic anthology approach to dysfunctional families makes for a moody study of manners.
Posted Jan 09, 2026  Edit critic review
4.5/5
I Was a Stranger (2024) Christopher Lloyd This anthology of connected stories about Syrian refugees is a searing tale that shows both the depravity and grace of humanity in crisis.
Posted Jan 08, 2026  Edit critic review
4/5
My Neighbor Adolf (2022) Christopher Lloyd A little gem of a movie about a Holocaust survivor who suspects his new neighbor is the Führer; it starts out as a comedy caper, edges into tragic lament and somehow lands in sweet sentiment.
Posted Jan 07, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Hot Rod (1950) Christopher Lloyd This schmaltzy B-movie is enjoyable for its piping Ford roadsters and "Reefer Madness"-style treatment of the scourge of teens armed with high-compression engines.
Posted Jan 05, 2026  Edit critic review
4.5/5
The Plague (2025) Christopher Lloyd Charlie Polinger's drama about tweenager peer pressure is a disturbingly accurate meditation on social conformity, with Everett Blunck in one of the best child performances, ever.
Posted Dec 31, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
The Choral (2025) Christopher Lloyd A heartwarming entry in the "communal English village do-goodism" genre, with Ralph Fiennes as the prickly conductor brought in to stage an ambitious production during World War I.
Posted Dec 23, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Scarecrow (1973) Christopher Lloyd Al Pacino and Gene Hackman did not get along during the making of this rambling road picture, though their characters found a certain harmony as castoffs who each gain a partner.
Posted Dec 22, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants (2025) Christopher Lloyd While not exactly all wet, the fourth theatrical film about the sea sponge who never grows up is soggier than its sharp predecessors.
Posted Dec 21, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
The Housemaid (2025) Christopher Lloyd A sneaky-smart psychological thriller that wears the close of a trashy '90s women-vs.-women pulp movie -- not to mention some surprising mordant humor.
Posted Dec 20, 2025  Edit critic review
4.5/5
The Secret Agent (2025) Christopher Lloyd Has the sweep of an epic but the intimacy of a tidy little spy thriller.
Posted Dec 20, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
David (2025) Christopher Lloyd Despite some solid animation, this retelling of the pre-kinghood life of the Biblical David suffers from boy-band songs and some whitewashing of Old Testament violence.
Posted Dec 17, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) Christopher Lloyd The third outing for the CGI sci-fi franchise is another visually impressive spectacle with oodles of kinetic action -- along with the now baked-in goofiness, clunky dialogue and neglectful pacing.
Posted Dec 16, 2025  Edit critic review
2/5
Ella McCay (2025) Christopher Lloyd James L. Brooks' swan song is unfortunately more of an ugly duckling honk. There are elements of a wonderful film here, just mismatched and badly stuck together.
Posted Dec 14, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Goodbye June (2025) Christopher Lloyd Kate Winslet directs this weepy ensemble starring Helen Mirren as a dying matriarch determined to go out on her own terms. Co-starring Toni Collette, Johnny Flynn and Andrea Riseborough.
Posted Dec 11, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Hamnet (2025) Christopher Lloyd Takes awhile to find its footing, but strong performances by Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal elevate the material, and the sometimes shaky storytelling really sticks the landing.
Posted Dec 06, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Merrily We Roll Along (2025) Christopher Lloyd Is a filmed version of a stage production a movie or theater? It's debatable, but the engaging new version of the Stephen Sondheim musical is decidedly worth the experience.
Posted Dec 03, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Marty Supreme (2025) Christopher Lloyd Some impressive performances, but like other Safdie efforts it feels like screenplays from five different movies tossed into a blender and churned into a volatile mush.
Posted Dec 02, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Eternity (2025) Christopher Lloyd An indecently good premise about a dead woman having to choose which husband to spend eternity with is curiously lacking in emotional punch or belly laughs.
Posted Nov 25, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Zootopia 2 (2025) Christopher Lloyd Not terribly ambitious as a sequel, but thoroughly entertaining and fast-paced. Kids will love it and there's enough in-jokes and sly references to keep adults engaged, too.
Posted Nov 25, 2025  Edit critic review
4.5/5
Sentimental Value (2025) Christopher Lloyd Stellan Skarsgård gives the performance of his career as a washed-up movie director trying to reassemble his career and his relationships with his estranged daughters.
Posted Nov 22, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Rental Family (2025) Christopher Lloyd Tender, a bit treacly, but always has its heart in the right place. Brendan Fraser, as a sad man who finds his own joy in bringing it to others, continues his bravura third act.
Posted Nov 22, 2025  Edit critic review
4./5
Jay Kelly (2025) Christopher Lloyd George Clooney and Noah Baumbach team up for a wistful, self-referential portrait of an aging Hollywood star looking back on a life of wild success and bitter regret.
Posted Nov 19, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Now You See Me: Now You Don't (2025) Christopher Lloyd Fun, fast-paced and forgettable. You won't recall anything about this movie two days after seeing but you'll be entertained by the slick effects and Ocean's 11-esque banter.
Posted Nov 15, 2025  Edit critic review
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