Sam Fragoso

Sam Fragoso TheWrap Feb 2, 2019 The result is a prismatic portrait, a movie that sits at the intersection of long-form journalism and riveting documentary. Go to Full Review Mike Wallace Is Here (2019) 95% 86%

Sam Fragoso TheWrap Jan 26, 2019 There's a specificity to the proceedings, unfurling like a film written by someone who's spent three decades trying better to understand his father and, in turn, himself. LaBeouf's recreation is nothing short of miraculous. Go to Full Review Honey Boy (2019) 94% 92%

Sam Fragoso TheWrap Sep 8, 2018 "Loro" is the definitive Paolo Sorrentino film to date. It's brash, stylish, and silly. It oscillates back and forth between horny and human, profound and misguided. It's a glorious mess. Go to Full Review Loro (2018) 79% 59%

Sam Fragoso TheWrap Jun 19, 2018 The closing credits crystallize into what it wants to be: a movie about a bunch of people who love basketball and trash-talking in equal measure. This is the film Stone probably wanted to make. What he actually made is something else. Go to Full Review Uncle Drew (2018) 62% 48%

Sam Fragoso TheWrap Apr 10, 2018 Contains all the elements of a fun, snappy, pre-summer jaunt, and yet the film is actively in competition with itself. The tone is grim and honest when it wants to be, but not necessarily when it needs to be. Go to Full Review Beirut (2018) 81% 57%

Sam Fragoso TheWrap Feb 16, 2018 The messiness of the script or the lack of an aesthetic approach just don't seem to matter all that much. "Hearts Beats Loud" knows exactly what it is. Go to Full Review Hearts Beat Loud (2018) 92% 74%

Sam Fragoso TheWrap Oct 12, 2017 By the hour mark, it becomes abundantly clear why this film was made: Jackie Chan wanted it to happen. Everyone else is fairly disposable. Go to Full Review The Foreigner (2017) 66% 72%

Sam Fragoso TheWrap Sep 11, 2017 First and foremost a heart-wrenching account of three lives, lost and scared and searching for repair. Go to Full Review One of Us (2017) 96% 80%

Sam Fragoso TheWrap Aug 18, 2017 Lands somewhere in a creative middle ground. Part fugitives-on-the-run thriller, part post-apocalyptic familial drama, Wirkola's latest is a perplexing amalgamation. Go to Full Review What Happened to Monday (2017) 62% 67%

Sam Fragoso TheWrap Aug 12, 2017 It's a movie about two people that ends up being about no one at all. Go to Full Review All the Rage (2017) 67% 91%

Sam Fragoso TheWrap Aug 10, 2017 If the original Nut Job was about the emergence of a single hero, the sequel is about a collective banding together to combat the powers that be. This is the film's greatest strength. Go to Full Review The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature (2017) 15% 44%

Sam Fragoso TheWrap Jul 14, 2017 It's staunchly pro-life, in the truest sense of the term. Go to Full Review Chasing Coral (2017) 100% 89%

Sam Fragoso TheWrap Jun 27, 2017 Where the film falls short, at times, is in Pace and Coon's representation of grieving and renewal. Whether it's an issue in the dialogue or direction, the actors struggle to break outside the same emotional quadrant. Go to Full Review The Keeping Hours (2017) - - 74%

Sam Fragoso TheWrap Jun 7, 2017 80 By nature of its central subject, it's a piece of work that infuriates and excites. It's a deeply upsetting movie, and then, sporadically, a hopeful one. Go to Full Review The New Radical (2017) 58% 67%

Sam Fragoso TheWrap May 27, 2017 This is a film of highs and lows; there is no middle ground, no moment of silence, reflection, or introspection. It's like watching a prospective candidate give a mannered and rehearsed 80-minute speech on the campaign trail. Go to Full Review Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower (2017) 93% 84%

Sam Fragoso TheWrap May 26, 2017 This layered, detailed approach translates to all facets of Good Time. It's a movie born into existence through true collaboration. It's clear the Safdie brothers are beyond substantive storytellers; they're astute delegators. Go to Full Review Good Time (2017) 91% 82%

Sam Fragoso TheWrap May 15, 2017 None of the virtues of the Diary series came along for the ride. Go to Full Review Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (2017) 19% 30%

Sam Fragoso TheWrap May 10, 2017 There's an absence of intimacy. We don't know who these people are, and by about minute 45, we don't want to. Go to Full Review The Wall (2017) 65% 42%

Sam Fragoso TheWrap Apr 27, 2017 One of those rare movies that looks like it was fun to make, and is even more fun to watch. Go to Full Review Slack Bay (2016) 64% 41%

Sam Fragoso TheWrap Apr 6, 2017 Gifted finds a collective of competent people making a perfectly competent movie -- nothing more, nothing less. Go to Full Review Gifted (2017) 73% 85%