Pearce’s Film Reviews

220 Films have been rated or reviewed by Pearce.

Ghost Stories (2017): All build–up, no pay–off.
Muppets, The (2011): I dreaded the idea of a Muppet movie from people out of the Apatow stable but this works beautifully.
Whistle and I'll Come to You (1968): The only ghost in a sheet that's actually scary.
Crimes of Passion (1984): Part of Ken Russell's final stretch as a truly great director, helped by a marvellously profane script from Barry Sandler and a superb lead from Turner. Perkins does his usual turn but at least the movie around him is better than, say, Edge of Sanity.
Cosmopolis (2012): The beginning of Robert Pattinson shaking off his typecasting. He gets better but he's definitely trying here.
Pi (1998): Whenever a director starts off with an Eraserhead, expect a turbulent career.
Memoria (2021): One of those movies you need to see with the best sound system possible and with absolutely no distractions.; DVD $29.95
Exotica (1994): Christ, that ending. A masterpiece of story structure as emotional manipulation.
High-Rise (High Rise) (2015): The book was science fiction but the movie is a period piece, which demonstrates where this adaptation went wrong. Instead of being a near–future warning it becomes this–never–happened nostalgia. Watch Cronenberg's Shivers instead.
Crash (1996): This was very controversial despite being a very toned down, smoothed out adaptation of a book that was already almost quarter of a century old, proving there's still plenty books can do that films can't – even if just because they won't let you.

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Pearce’s Film Reviews