Toronto Reviews
‘Riff Raff’ Review: Jennifer Coolidge, Bill Murray and Ed Harris Labor Over a Crime Comedy That Doesn’t Deserve Them
Gabrielle Union, Pete Davidson and Lewis Pullman also star in Dito Montiel’s violent account of an uncomfortable family reunion that gets uglier once the patriarch’s shady past catches up with him.
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‘Meet the Barbarians’ Review: Julie Delpy’s Middling Refugee Comedy Has Its Heart in the Right Place
The latest feature from the director of '2 Days in Paris' reveals what happens when a tiny French town welcomes a Syrian family into its midst.
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‘Nightbitch’ Review: Motherhood Gets a Brilliant Amy Adams Barking Mad in a Satire That Promises Ferociousness but Pulls Too Many Punches
Scoot McNairy also stars in Marielle Heller’s adaptation of the Rachel Yoder novel about a stay-at-home mom transformed by resentment toward the trap of domesticity.
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‘The Last Showgirl’ Review: Pamela Anderson Mines Pathos as an Abruptly Unanchored Las Vegas Performer in Gia Coppola’s Mood Piece
Jamie Lee Curtis and Kiernan Shipka also star in this peek behind the sequins, feathers and neon at the lives of women once their dreams dissolve.
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‘Unstoppable’ Review: Jharrel Jerome and Jennifer Lopez Bring Grit and Determination to Conventional but Crowd-Pleasing Sports Bio
Bobby Cannavale, Michael Peña and Don Cheadle also star in the directing debut of veteran editor William Goldenberg, based on the underdog story of wrestling champion Anthony Robles.
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‘Nutcrackers’ Review: Ben Stiller Stumbles Onto an Unexpected Paternal Side in David Gordon Green’s Sweet but Flimsy Fish-Out-of-Water Comedy
A work-obsessed Chicago real estate developer gets stuck on his late sister’s Ohio farm playing guardian to four rambunctious nephews in this Toronto festival opener.
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‘The Luckiest Man in America’ Review: Paul Walter Hauser Stars in a Game Show Drama With More Style Than Substance
Samir Oliveros' film depicts the fateful 1984 appearance on 'Press Your Luck' by ice-cream truck driver Michael Larson, who would win the largest prize in the show's history.
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‘Bonjour Tristesse’ Review: Chloë Sevigny and Claes Bang Headline a Handsome Misfire of an Adaptation
Lily McInerny also stars in this updated take on Françoise Sagan's 1954 coming-of-age story, about a young woman meddling in her father's love life.
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TIFF 2024: Read THR’s Reviews of the Movies Screening at the Toronto Film Festival (Updating)
The Hollywood Reporter critics weigh in on this year’s crop of titles, from biopics to documentaries, sweeping epics to intimate character studies, tear-jerking dramas to laugh-out-loud comedies.
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‘The Teacher’ Review: A Debut Feature’s Eye-Opening Dramatization of Life in Occupied Palestine
Saleh Bakri and Imogen Poots portray colleagues at a West Bank school who try to help a student recover from a crushing loss.
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‘His Three Daughters’ Review: Carrie Coon, Elizabeth Olsen and Natasha Lyonne Excel in Azazel Jacobs’ Vividly Affecting Chamber Dramedy
The stars play sisters reunited in the New York City apartment of their childhood to care for their father during his last days of home hospice care.
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‘Free Money’ Review: An Eye-Opening Look at Universal Basic Income in Action
The film by Lauren DeFilippo and Sam Soko, which bowed in Toronto, weighs the benefits and the perils of UBI through an up-close portrait of a Kenyan Village chosen for the program.
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