Joker

This joke isn't funny anymore (and wasn't to begin with)

"...feels completely empty, a nod to some kind of gravitas that this film really strives for, but never, ever..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Goldfinch

Donna Tartt's metaphorical novel gets an award-season adaptation

"...wildly short of conveying any of the nuance and gravitas of the source material...."

Sept. 20, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Everybody Knows

Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem charm in this slight tale of lost loves and kidnapping

"...much as Farhadi tries to imbue the story with gravitas and conundrums, the film is really a basic whodunit...."

Feb. 22, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Viper Club

Susan Sarandon and the murky world of paying kidnappers

"...wet, the film only barely reaches the dark, broody gravitas it strives to achieve in fits and starts. Iranian-American..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Papillon

New adaptation of Henri Charrière's autobiographical novel of life on Devil's Island

"...their bromance is much more developed and has real gravitas in the third act. The canvas of the limited..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Submergence

Europe's great sentimentalist explores the mysteries of separation.

"...Ledgard) is headed, but Submergence – despite much lovesick gravitas from its two leads – never quite coalesces into..."

April 13, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Incarnate

Demon possession thriller

"...Inception-esque mental chaos ensues, complete with gravity-free demoniacs and gravitas-free filmmaking. Hokey doesn’t begin to cover all the faux-scientific..."

Dec. 9, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Chappie

Impeccable visual effects don't counteract the film's lackluster emotional affect

"...and one-note zealotry), Chappie strains to lend something resembling gravitas to a fairly lightweight premise. Compared to most studio..."

March 13, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

Taken 3

Liam Neeson's back in action.

"...Mills’ innocence. All the while, Neeson retains his God-given gravitas and trademark ferocity; he’s as comfortable bantering with a..."

Jan. 16, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

The third coming of C.S. Lewis' Narnia fantasy/allegory series has arrived.

"...Harryhausen's old Sinbad epics, you'd expect some sort of gravitas or, at the very least, some memorable derring-do. However,..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

I Am Love

Tilda Swinton brings a haunting mix of ethereality and carnal gravitas to this fearlessly melodramatic Italian movie, which she also co-produced.

"...market on that peculiar mix of ethereality and carnal gravitas that no other actor I know of can touch...."

July 2, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising

This fantasy film, adapted from Susan Cooper's series of novels, is utterly devoid of anything but bombastically simplistic notions.

"...in need of a scotch and water or less gravitas by any means necessary) arrives and promptly names poor..."

Oct. 5, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

Although it tries mightily to top 2005's origin story by introducing fanboy favorite the Silver Surfer, this film is nevertheless relentlessly dull and curiously bombastic.

"...favorite the Silver Surfer – voiced with perfect, easy gravitas by Laurence Fishburne and played, under a whole lot..."

June 22, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Constantine

Adapted from Alan Moore’s groundbreaking DC/Vertigo comic title, Constantine is sure to divide the series’ most rabid fans, but those who can set aside their preconceptions will discover one of the more artfully designed comic-based films in some time.

"...lets the surreal events mount slowly and with ever-increasing gravitas. The big question, of course, is Reeves himself. With..."

Feb. 18, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

The boy wizard rides again and this outing proves zippier and spookier than the previous two.

"...for despite his best efforts he lacks the former’s gravitas; the absence is palpable. I won’t even bother explaining..."

June 4, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Order

Mysterious doings in a Catholic sect, on the whole more silly than scary.

"...tale of ecclesiastical whoop-de-doo with flourishes of sublimely silly gravitas. Casting the rosy-cheeked Ledger as a somber Catholic priest-cum-detective..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

25th Hour

"...concluding in a bravura, minutes-long voice-over (narrated with whiskeyed gravitas by Cox) that is matched in power and devastation..."

Jan. 3, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Planet of the Apes

"...Simply put, Burton's film lacks the social and political gravitas of the original, a film that was wholly of..."

July 27, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Review: Different Stages Theatre's Water by the Spoonful

A teaspoon of gravitas, tablespoon of heart is the perfect recipe for this Pulitzer winner

"...and humor in this story while reverently maintaining the gravitas it requires. And his actors brilliantly capture their characters'..."

Nov. 25, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Sharper

A stylishly smart and satisfying con artist drama

"...later provide the film with a kind of old-school gravitas as mother-and-son grifters preying on billionaires in the upper..."

Feb. 10, 2023 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Waiting for Bojangles

Ham-fisted literary adaptation loses everything interesting about the book

"...by a character and a film that’s removed any gravitas it seeks to instill by paradoxically not being removed..."

Sept. 2, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

No Time to Die

Daniel Craig's last Bond adventure is a misfire

"...nonsensical if it wasn't also delivered with all the gravitas and malice of a bus timetable. It's ponderous, tedious,..."

Oct. 8, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

To the Wonder With Austin-Made Movie The Adventures of Thomas and Felix

Director Micah Barber finds inspiration in the questions kids ask for his magical fantasy

"...in 2017). Late last year it was acquired by Gravitas Ventures, and now it's finally out in the wild..."

Feb. 5, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

One Night in Miami ...

Regina King’s directorial debut floats like a butterfly, stings like a bee

"...wisecracking humor, introducing each character’s personal struggles with the gravitas you’d expect. But the larger-than-life dramatics fall away as..."

Jan. 8, 2021 Movie Review by Selome Hailu

News of the World

Tom Hanks evokes one of his most celebrated roles in this tragic Western

"...seems alien. At the same time, he has the gravitas of an evening news anchor. He's somewhere between a..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Show Dogs

Unfunny canine buddy-cop comedy is no man's best friend.

"...it comes off as mouthy here without any similar gravitas to legitimize it...."

May 25, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

All the Money in the World

Christopher Plummer mesmerizes as the greediest man alive

"...also commands the screen with a miserly sort of gravitas that all but oozes wolfish avarice that embodied J.P...."

Dec. 22, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Blade Runner 2049

This visually lush sequel was worth the wait.

"...on, the hulking Sapper Morton (played with grim, sorrowful gravitas by Bautista), who’s now working a farm in what..."

Oct. 6, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Free Fire

A delirious shoot'em-up comedy

"...situation rather than investing it with too much QT gravitas.)..."

April 21, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Sense of an Ending

A man's past comes back to haunt him in the form of a letter

"...the senior set, weightless and blank next to the gravitas of Broadbent, Walter, and Charlotte Rampling (playing that first..."

March 24, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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