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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If I Had Legs I’d Kick You Review: Rose Byrne Delivers a Stunning Portrait of a Mother on the Brink
Mary Bronstein’s If I Had Legs I’d Kick You arrives with a title that’s equal parts combative, darkly funny, and painfully honest. It perfectly captures the film’s central emotional conflict — the rage, impotence, and exhaustion of a woman who’s run out of ways to express how overwhelmed she truly is. You might assume the title refers to a literal lack of legs; it doesn’t. The legs and the kicking are metaphorical, a punchline shaped like a cry for help.
By Sean Patrick2 months ago in Geeks
The Running Man (2025) Review: Glen Powell Ignites Edgar Wright’s Furious, Timely Dystopian Thriller
The Running Man (2025) ⭐⭐⭐⭐½ (4.5/5) Directed by: Edgar Wright Written by: Michael Bacall, Edgar Wright Starring: Glen Powell, Josh Brolin, Katy O’Brien, Colman Domingo
By Sean Patrick2 months ago in Geeks
10 Things to Know About 'Wicked For Good'
The spellbinding saga of Elphaba and Glinda is headed toward its emotional crescendo in Wicked: For Good, the second half of Universal’s two-part adaptation of the Broadway phenomenon. Arriving November 21, 2025, this chapter is positioned as the story’s big emotional payoff — the point where choices catch up with destinies and the friendship at the center of Oz faces its most defining moment.
By Sean Patrick2 months ago in Geeks
'The Running' Man and the Funny Thing About 'Woke' Movies. . Top Story - November 2025.
The Joke About “Woke” Art Something that never fails to amuse me in the endless online outrage about so-called “woke” art is this: the movies that get tagged as “woke” are almost never showing us anything new.
By Sean Patrick2 months ago in Geeks
Regretting You (2025) Review — A Melodrama That Doesn’t Earn Its Tears
Regretting You Directed by: Josh Boone Written by: Susan McMartin Based on the novel by: Colleen Hoover Starring: Allison Williams, Dave Franco, McKenna Grace, Mason Thames, Scott Eastwood, Willa Fitzgerald
By Sean Patrick3 months ago in Geeks
Magnolia (2000): Paul Thomas Anderson’s Masterpiece About Fate, Chance, and Connection
Magnolia Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson Written by: Paul Thomas Anderson Starring: Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Julianne Moore, Philip Baker Hall, Jason Robards, John C. Reilly, William H. Macy
By Sean Patrick3 months ago in Geeks
The Cider House Rules: Cloying, Sanctimonious, and Unbearably Shallow
When Sentimentality Smothers Substance Lasse Hallström’s cloying, simpering direction grates on my nerves. His 1998 feature Chocolat was arguably the nadir of his soft-focus, soft-headed romanticism. Hallström favors simple emotional beats over shading or moral complexity. He likes his dramas black and white—no gray, no grit, no blood. It’s drama for toddlers, scrubbed clean of anything that might sting.
By Sean Patrick3 months ago in Geeks
