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90MovieNerd Score

Beautiful Boy

Movie

After he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming devastatingly addicted to methamphetamine.

Overall90
Story95
Acting86
Cinematography90
Concept91
Entertaining89
Uniqueness100
Family Friendly50
90MovieNerd Score

Up in Smoke

Movie

An unemployed pot-smoking slacker and amateur drummer, Anthony Stoner ditches his strict parents and hits the road, eventually meeting kindred spirit Pedro de Pacas. While the drug-ingesting duo is soon arrested for possession of marijuana, Anthony and Pedro get released on a technicality, allowing them to continue their many misadventures and ultimately compete in a rock band contest, where they perform the raucous tune "Earache My Eye."

Overall90
Story85
Acting95
Cinematography85
Concept80
Entertaining95
Uniqueness100
Family Friendly—
90MovieNerd Score

The Flying Deuces

Movie

Ollie falls in love with a woman. When he discovers she's already married, he unsuccessfully attempts suicide but he and Stan then decide to join the Foreign Legion to get away from their troubles. When they’re arrested for soon trying to desert the Legion—they escape a firing squad by stealing an aircraft.

Overall91
Story90
Acting89
Cinematography83
Concept85
Entertaining93
Uniqueness88
Family Friendly82
89MovieNerd Score

Oppenheimer

Movie

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.

Overall89
Story89
Acting93
Cinematography93
Concept78
Entertaining85
Uniqueness82
Family Friendly22
89MovieNerd Score

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Movie

Harry, Ron and Hermione continue their quest to vanquish the evil Voldemort once and for all. Just as things begin to look hopeless for the young wizards, Harry discovers a trio of magical objects that endow him with powers to rival Voldemort's formidable skills.

Overall90
Story85
Acting86
Cinematography88
Concept89
Entertaining92
Uniqueness90
Family Friendly63
89MovieNerd Score

Prisoners

Movie

Keller Dover is facing a parent’s worst nightmare: his young daughter and her friend have gone missing. Heading the investigation, Detective Loki arrests the only suspect – the driver of an RV on which the girls had been playing – but a lack of evidence forces his release. As pressure mounts, Loki’s team pursues multiple leads while a frantic Dover decides he has no choice but to take matters into his own hands.

Overall90
Story87
Acting93
Cinematography95
Concept82
Entertaining88
Uniqueness76
Family Friendly23
89MovieNerd Score

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Movie

Returning for his fifth year of study at Hogwarts, Harry is stunned to find that his warnings about the return of Lord Voldemort have been ignored. Left with no choice, Harry takes matters into his own hands, training a small group of students to defend themselves against the dark arts.

Overall88
Story87
Acting84
Cinematography89
Concept85
Entertaining88
Uniqueness96
Family Friendly60
89MovieNerd Score

Sisu

Movie

Deep in the wilderness of Lapland, Aatami Korpi is searching for gold but after he stumbles upon Nazi patrol, a breathtaking and gold-hungry chase through the destroyed and mined Lapland wilderness begins.

Overall92
Story89
Acting92
Cinematography93
Concept85
Entertaining88
Uniqueness85
Family Friendly25
89MovieNerd Score

Cars

Movie

Lightning McQueen, a hotshot rookie race car driven to succeed, discovers that life is about the journey, not the finish line, when he finds himself unexpectedly detoured in the sleepy Route 66 town of Radiator Springs. On route across the country to the big Piston Cup Championship in California to compete against two seasoned pros, McQueen gets to know the town's offbeat characters.

Overall88
Story84
Acting89
Cinematography90
Concept90
Entertaining88
Uniqueness92
Family Friendly99
89MovieNerd Score

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

Movie

In 1940, Winston Churchill and Ian Fleming form a clandestine combat organization for Britain's military that changes the course of World War II and prefigures the modern black ops unit through its unconventional and entirely ‘ungentlemanly’ fighting techniques against the Nazis.

Overall91
Story90
Acting85
Cinematography83
Concept85
Entertaining90
Uniqueness85
Family Friendly75
89MovieNerd Score

Saving Private Ryan

Movie

As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.

Overall92
Story86
Acting94
Cinematography92
Concept69
Entertaining90
Uniqueness75
Family Friendly16
89MovieNerd Score

Donnie Darko

Movie

After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.

Overall92
Story90
Acting86
Cinematography85
Concept89
Entertaining95
Uniqueness99
Family Friendly35
89MovieNerd Score

Bad Boys II

Movie

Detectives Marcus Burnett and Mike Lowrey of the Miami Narcotics Task Force are tasked with stopping the flow of the drug ecstasy into Miami. They track the drugs to the whacked-out Cuban drug lord Johnny Tapia, who is also involved in a bloody war with Russian and Haitian mobsters. If that isn't bad enough, there's tension between the two detectives when Marcus discovers that playboy Mike is secretly romancing Marcus’ sister, Syd.

Overall88
Story85
Acting85
Cinematography90
Concept87
Entertaining100
Uniqueness100
Family Friendly20
89MovieNerd Score

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Movie

After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop the nuclear strike.

Overall93
Story90
Acting87
Cinematography93
Concept79
Entertaining88
Uniqueness81
Family Friendly78
89MovieNerd Score

Unbreakable

Movie

An ordinary man makes an extraordinary discovery when a train accident leaves his fellow passengers dead — and him unscathed. The answer to this mystery could lie with the mysterious Elijah Price, a man who suffers from a disease that renders his bones as fragile as glass.

Overall93
Story90
Acting93
Cinematography92
Concept95
Entertaining60
Uniqueness79
Family Friendly60
89MovieNerd Score

Citizen Kane

Movie

Newspaper magnate, Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.

Overall90
Story88
Acting85
Cinematography96
Concept82
Entertaining85
Uniqueness100
Family Friendly80
89MovieNerd Score

Saltburn

Movie

Struggling to find his place at Oxford University, student Oliver Quick finds himself drawn into the world of the charming and aristocratic Felix Catton, who invites him to Saltburn, his eccentric family's sprawling estate, for a summer never to be forgotten.

Overall90
Story91
Acting95
Cinematography90
Concept80
Entertaining75
Uniqueness79
Family Friendly10
89MovieNerd Score

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

Movie

Whether we’re young or forever young at heart, the Hundred Acre Wood calls to that place in each of us that still believes in magic. Join pals Pooh, Piglet, Kanga, Roo, Owl, Rabbit, Tigger and Christopher Robin as they enjoy their days together and sing their way through adventures.

Overall90
Story88
Acting88
Cinematography85
Concept84
Entertaining89
Uniqueness87
Family Friendly—
89MovieNerd Score

Black Bag

Movie

When his beloved wife is suspected of betraying the nation, an intelligence agent faces the ultimate test – loyalty to his marriage or his country.

Overall88
Story86
Acting93
Cinematography89
Concept82
Entertaining80
Uniqueness77
Family Friendly75
89MovieNerd Score

Hail, Caesar!

Movie

When a Hollywood star mysteriously disappears in the middle of filming, the studio sends their fixer to get him back.

Overall90
Story87
Acting94
Cinematography87
Concept82
Entertaining96
Uniqueness97
Family Friendly—