Movies starring Patricia Clarkson
Although not on the same high level as certain other chronicles of investigative journalism – All the Presidents Men (Watergate), Spotlight (Catholic Church sex scandals), and The Post (the Pentagon Papers) – She Said nevertheless offers many ...
U.S. Home Release Date: 2023-01-10
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Director: Maria Schrader
Cast: Carey Mulligan, Zoe Kazan, Patricia Clarkson, ...
Sally Potter’s quirky The Party owes a lot to a generation’s worth of French “gathering” films in which a bunch of characters come together for dinner (or something similar) and all hell breaks loose. Commonalities among these films in...
U.S. Release Date: 2018-02-23
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity)
Genre: Drama/Comedy
Director: Sally Potter
Cast: Kristin Scott Thomas, Timothy Spall, Patricia Clarkson, ...
If I knew definitively what the plural was for the term deus ex machina, I’d apply it here. Rarely can I remember a movie filled with so many miraculous rescues and associated contrivances. The Death Cure represents the final chapter in a mo...
U.S. Release Date: 2018-01-26
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Science Fiction/Action
Director: Wes Ball
Cast: Dylan O’Brien, Ki Hong Lee, Barry Pepper, ...
In the pantheon of YA ("Young Adult") dystopian book-turned-movie series, if The Hunger Games occupies the pinnacle then The Maze Runner sits in the basement. After an encouraging and engaging first half of the first film, The Maze Runner h...
U.S. Release Date: 2015-09-18
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Science Fiction/Adventure
Director: Wes Ball
Cast: Dylan O'Brien, Lili Taylor, Barry Pepper, ...
Suddenly, it seems that every romantic comedy is using the "best friend" branch of the formula. There are no doubt sociological reasons for this perhaps having something to do with the increasing popularity of the "friend with benefits" (a.k.a. "fu...
U.S. Release Date: 2011-07-22
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: ROMANCE/COMEDY
Director: Will Gluck
Cast: Justin Timberlake, Mila Kunis, Patricia Clarkson, ...
Most movies about teenagers come in one of two flavors: romantic comedies or sex comedies. Then there are films like Easy A - smart, satirical jabs at aspects of popular culture that defy simplistic classification. These may be set in schools but...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-09-17
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Will Gluck
Cast: Emma Stone, Aly Michalka, Malcolm McDowell, ...
Cairo Time is about yearning and longing. It's about the bond of intimacy that can be generated by a look and expanded upon by a smile. It's about an impossible love that is never spoken of or openly acknowledged. Aside from a fleeting, stolen k...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-08-06
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: DRAMA/ROMANCE
Director: Rubba Nada
Cast: Patricia Clarkson, Alexander Siddig
Spoiler Alert: Although every effort has been made to limit the revelations in this review, it's difficult to provide a coherent discussion of Shutter Island without giving away something, so readers are hereby placed on alert. If you're familiar...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-02-19
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: THRILLER/DRAMA
Director: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, ...
Some might wonder why it has taken so long for comedic icons Woody Allen and Larry David to work together. Their brands of humor - relying more on wit than stupidity - are similar and both inhabit the same geographical and philosophical orbits. A...
U.S. Release Date: 2009-06-19
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Larry David, Evan Rachel Wood, Patricia Clarkson, ...
Welcome to the world of "Father Knows Best", white picket fences, and brilliant fall colors. Todd Haynes' Far From Heaven takes us to Hartford, Connecticut, circa 1957. However, unlike most traditional period piece dramas, the intention here isn'...
U.S. Release Date: 2002-11-08
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Violence)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Todd Haynes
Cast: Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert, ...