Kaleem Aftab
Critic Overview in Movies
79Avg. Critic Score
Critic Score Distribution
positive
12(86%)
mixed
2(14%)
negative
0(0%)
Highest Critic Score
100
Lowest Critic Score
40
Critic Reviews for Movies
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Nov 13, 2025
Left-Handed Girl80
Nov 13, 2025
Not every performance is assured – though Nina Ye is consistently impressive – and the script includes perhaps one twist too many. Yet Left-Handed Girl remains a sensitive and affecting drama that avoids sentiment in favour of more grounded emotional truths.
May 19, 2025
Urchin80
May 19, 2025
Harris Dickinson steps behind the camera for a bruising, brilliantly strange debut that channels veteran auteurs like Jonathan Glazer and Andrea Arnold, while carving out a distinctive voice all its own.
May 18, 2025
The Phoenician Scheme80
May 18, 2025
Watching this Anderson extravaganza is like assembling a meticulously detailed puzzle: at times frustrating, but deeply rewarding when the full picture comes together.
Nov 26, 2024
Better Man100
Nov 26, 2024
A fun, bombastic, brilliant choreographed and totally enthralling film.
Sep 3, 2024
The Room Next Door100
Sep 3, 2024
The hot Latin lovers have been replaced by pink snow, and the homoeroticism has been dialled down, but this is Almodóvar’s America and it’s a delight.
Aug 29, 2024
Small Axe: Alex Wheatle80
Aug 29, 2024
It's first and foremost a teenage coming-of-age tale, 65 electric minutes packed with financial hardship, racial demonisation and reggae.
Aug 29, 2024
LOLA40
Aug 29, 2024
There’s much to admire here, but with Legge’s keen eye for the technical side of cinema stronger than his narrative impulses, LOLA ultimately has to go down as an ambitious failure.
Nov 1, 2023
Fingernails80
Nov 1, 2023
Nikou’s film is brimming of humour and excellent ideas, but is mostly a rebuke to anyone who thinks algorithms and technology are the answer to human problems.
Sep 20, 2023
American Fiction80
Sep 20, 2023
It's such an entertaining film that it's easy to overlook the fact that the comedy only works because it depicts structural racism in such an exaggerated black-and-white manner.
Jan 23, 2023
Joyland80
Jan 23, 2023
Joyland’s quiet power comes not through melodrama, which Sadiq scrupulously avoids, but its deep affection for its characters. It’s a modern tale of changing gender roles and the patriarchal crisis that could just as easily have taken place in New York.