Comedy
Rough Night

Our comedic culture is so full of these low-brow gags that the gross jokes in Rough Night barely shock, let …

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Okja

Forget this film’s quart-size protagonist and her whimsical pet pig. Okja is a jarring, unsettling and often difficult-to-watch story.

Animation, Comedy, Kids
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie

For a slim segment of the populace—say, grade schoolers who consider a wet palm under a flapping arm to be …

Comedy, Drama
Dean

Dean is as quirky and meandering as its titular character’s offbeat drawings are, stumbling through its tragicomic (and occasionally profane …

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Mystery/Suspense
Baywatch

Even Dwayne Johnson’s formidable biceps and sense of humor can’t save this raunched-up remake from drowning.

Comedy, Kids
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul

All the stuff that passed for “cute” in the Wimpy franchise’s books has been squeezed out of the film series.

Action/Adventure, Comedy
Snatched

Snatched excels at gross-out humor, anatomical vulgarity and lethal hijinks. Between those gags is a story about a mother and …

Comedy, Drama
The Lovers

No matter what potentially positive marriage messages you mine from this well-acted, R-rated dramedy, other significant issues remain.

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Whether you saw or avoided the original Guardians, that choice will likely inform what you do with Vol. 2, because …

Comedy
How to Be a Latin Lover

Quite frankly, even if you like the idea of giggling at a pot-bellied, over-the-hill gigolo in a speedo, it’ll be …

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Free Fire

We find no cheery life lessons in the unremitting violence of Free Fire. No moral core. No heroes to root …

Comedy, Drama
Colossal

Viewers who venture into this entertaining Godzilla-like send-up will also be singed by the pic’s fiery breath.

Animation, Comedy, Kids
Smurfs: The Lost Village

Frankly, the Smurfs: The Lost Village’s creators do something really brave: They make a movie … just for kids.

Comedy, Drama
Going in Style

Even if Going In Style is intended to be a whimsical farce, it still plants a troubling seed: that successfully …

Animation, Comedy, Kids
The Boss Baby

The Boss Baby’s eventual affirmation of sibling bonding and familial love makes all its toddler toilet humor a bit more …