Sean Patrick
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Hello, my name is Sean Patrick He/Him, and I am a film critic and podcast host for the I Hate Critics Movie Review Podcast I am a voting member of the Critics Choice Association, the group behind the annual Critics Choice Awards.
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My Own Personal Apocalypse
I have stared longingly at this locket so often that the hinges squeak and the picture has begun to fade. It’s been 20 years since I lost Carol and rarely an hour passes when I don’t look to see her face. Carol was among the first to go when this dystopia descended around the world. She wanted to help people and now she’s gone. That’s what you get for your goodwill in this world, you get to die and have the world barely notice.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Fiction
Movie Review: 'Good on Paper' A Funny Showcase for Comedian Iliza Schlesinger
Comedian Iliza Schlesinger is a comedian’s comedian. She’s beloved among her comedy peers and that eventually led to fans finding her via her very funny Netflix specials. Now, Iliza Schlesinger is setting out on the acting track hoping that her stand up act will translate into movie stardom. The first step is a brand new Netflix comedy called Good on Paper. The romantic comedy, of sorts, co-stars Ryan Hanson (Veronica Mars), as a ‘nice guy’ who cajoles Schlesinger’s Andrea into a relationship that is filled with deceit of varying degrees.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'F9 The Fast Saga'
I have an emotional connection to the Fast and Furious franchise. As a young critic, I became quite pretentious, quite early on. I wanted to be highbrow and talk about film art and look down my nose at blockbuster movies. I wanted to be a snob though not admit that I was a snob. This turned out to be a soul sucking endeavor as I was something of a fraud. I forced myself to deny the simple pleasure of a spectacle just so I could claim the clout of watching obscure art movies that I wasn’t really enjoying.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
Classic Movie Review: 'Fast Five' is Sooo Dumb but Sooo Fun
Boy, Fast Five is a dumb movie. Truly, Fast Five is remarkably, unabashedly ludicrous. The dunderheaded stupidity of Fast Five is both a virtue and a curse as it frees the filmmakers from the boundaries of logic, of rationality, of taste; it's dumb to a point where you sympathize with the idiocy as you would sympathize with that one kid in a grade school for whom 2 + 2 is a monumental challenge. On the other hand, Fast Five is so dumb at times it's physically painful to watch. But it's also so much fun that it is downright irresistible.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Rollers' is a Warm and Inviting Dramatic Comedy
Rollers is the rare movie about an alcoholic character that portrays the often mundane nature of alcoholism. People tend to focus on the rock bottom aspects of alcoholism but rarely is there a story told about someone in the midst of their problems, before everything falls apart, before alcoholism becomes something that ruins a life. Much of the life of an alcoholic can be a rollercoaster ride for family and friends but often alcoholism isn’t something you recognize right away, it’s a series of seemingly unconnected nights of drinking that only begin to add up over a long period of time.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Lansky' Wastes a Career Performance from Harvey Keitel
Lansky uses a framing device of a made up character in order to tell the supposed real life story of gangster Meyer Lansky, as portrayed by Harvey Keitel. Lansky was written and directed by Eytan Rockaway who based the film on interviews conducted by his own father, Robert Rockaway, a History professor at Tel-Aviv University who specialized in researching the history of American Organized Crime. The elder Rockaway wrote a book called ‘But He Was Good to His Mother: The Lives and Crimes of Jewish Gangsters” in which his interviews with Lansky were a key part.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Werewolves Within' Brings the Fun of Social Deduction Games to the Big Screen
Werewolves Within is a wildly clever comedy based on a social deduction game, one in which one character is a hidden werewolf and the rest of the players have to use questions and clues to determine who the werewolf is. The game was made for the Playstation console several years ago and an adaptation of the game had been in the works for some time when director Josh Ruben and writer Mishna Wolff won the chance to make the movie. And they made quite a good movie.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
Classic Movie Review: 'Fast & Furious'
The Fast and the Furious is one of the greatest guilty pleasure movies ever. Of course the plot is meaningless and the acting is comically over the top and undercooked, great acting was never the point. The Fast and the Furious was about cars. Big engines, high speeds and killer paint jobs. Throw in a few bullets and a few extraordinary women and you have a recipe for a B-movie, drive in masterpiece.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
Classic Movie Review: The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
I walked into the first The Fast and the Furious movie with the attitude that I was going to suffer through another brainless, bloated action spectacle and... I was right. However, even as I got exactly the bad movie I expected I was somehow won over by the spectacle. Something about those fabulous cars, all of that speed, and those extreme chase scenes overcame my disgust with the acting and the script and made me really like that picture.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
5 Things You May Not Know About 'Deliverance' 1972
Deliverance is the classic on the latest edition of the Everyone’s a Critic Movie Review Podcast. The film was chosen because, regardless of its legacy, it remains arguably, the most famous role in the career of actor Ned Beatty. The beloved character actor Beatty passed away in early June of 2021 at the age of 83. Plus, my co-host, Bob Zerull has never seen Deliverance and we both felt that the movie would make for an interesting conversation.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
Classic Movie Review: '2 Fast 2 Furious'
Who said you need a plot to make a movie? Certainly not the producers of the original Fast and The Furious. Grab a couple boy-toy Hollywood hunks, a couple hot babes and a whole lot of even hotter looking cars and you've got a movie. There was some mess about stealing and cops and undercover whatever. The only thing anyone remembers about the film is the cars.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Fatherhood' Strands Kevin Hart in Sitcomic Clichés
Fatherhood stars Kevin Hart as Matt. We meet Matt on the day of his wife’s funeral. Matt’s wife died shortly after giving birth to their first child, Maddy. It's a strong start and Kevin Hart proves right away that he can play grief. The film flashes back and introduces us to Matt's wife, Liz played by Deborah Ayorinde, and for a few minutes you think we might be watching an original take on single parenthood. Sadly, this only lasts about 10 minutes before we are into poopy diapers and baby vomit. It's a sinking feeling because you can sense what kind of movie Fatherhood could be if it weren't constantly striving for the lowest common denominator gags.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
