Movies opening this week in theaters:
- NEED FOR SPEED (Dreamworks Pictures / PG-13 / Wide)
- VERONICA MARS (Warner Bros / PG-13 / Limited)
- BAD WORDS (Focus Features / R / Limited)
- ENEMY (A24 Films / R / Limited)
Synopses, details, critical reception, trailers, clips and more after the jump.
NEED FOR SPEED
Official Synopsis
Based on the most successful racing video game franchise ever with over 140 million copies sold, DreamWorks Pictures' "Need for Speed" captures the thrills of the game in a real-world setting. An exciting return to the great car-culture films of the 1960s and '70s, when authenticity brought a new level of intensity to the action, "Need for Speed" taps into what makes the American myth of the open road so enticing. The story chronicles a near-impossible cross-country race against time-one that begins as a mission for revenge, but proves to be one of redemption. In a last attempt to save his struggling garage, blue-collar mechanic Tobey Marshall (Aaron Paul)-who with his team skillfully builds and races muscle cars on the side-reluctantly partners with wealthy, arrogant ex-NASCAR driver Dino Brewster (Dominic Cooper). Just as a major sale to car broker Julia Bonet (Imogen Poots) looks like it will save the business, a disastrous, unsanctioned race results in Dino framing Tobey for manslaughter.
Film Details
- Starring: Aaron Paul, Dominic Cooper, Scott Mescudi, Imogen Poots, Michael Keaton, Rami Malek, Dakota Johnson
- Director: Scott Waugh
- Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
- Running Time: 130 min.
- Rating: PG-13 for sequences of reckless street racing, disturbing crash scenes, nudity and crude language
Critical Reception
- Rottentomatoes: 23% (27 fresh, 91 rotten, score: 4.3/10).
- Metacritic: 37 out of 100 (4 positive, 13 mixed, 12 negative).
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VERONICA MARS
Official Synopsis
On the eve of graduating law school, Veronica Mars has put Neptune and her amateur sleuthing days behind her. While interviewing at high-end New York law firms, Veronica Mars gets a call from her ex-boyfriend Logan who has been accused of murder. Veronica heads back to Neptune just to help Logan find an attorney, but when things don't seem right with how Logan's case is perceived and handled, Veronica finds herself being pulled back into a life she thought she had left behind.
Film Details
- Starring: Kristen Bell, Jason Dohring, Enrico Colantoni, Krysten Ritter, Gaby Hoffmann, Tina Majorino, Jamie Lee Curtis
- Director: Rob Thomas
- Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Running Time: 107 min.
- Rating: PG-13 for sexuality including references, drug content, violence and some strong language
Critical Reception
- Rottentomatoes: 74% (68 fresh, 24 rotten, score: 6.5/10).
- Metacritic: 62 out of 100 (20 positive, 11 mixed, 0 negative).
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BAD WORDS
Official Synopsis
Jason Bateman makes his feature directorial debut with the subversive comedy Bad Words. Mr. Bateman stars as Guy Trilby, a 40-year-old who finds a loophole in the rules of The Golden Quill national spelling bee and decides to cause trouble by hijacking the competition. Contest officials, outraged parents, and overly ambitious 8th graders are no match for Guy, as he ruthlessly crushes their dreams of victory and fame. As a reporter (Kathryn Hahn of We're the Millers) attempts to discover his true motivation, Guy finds himself forging an unlikely alliance with a competitor: awkward 10-year-old Chaitanya (Rohan Chand of Homeland), who is completely unfazed by Guy's take-no-prisoners approach to life.
Film Details
- Starring: Jason Bateman, Kathryn Hahn, Rohan Chand, Allison Janney
- Director: Jason Bateman
- Genre: Comedy
- Running Time: 88 min.
- Rating: R for crude and sexual content, language and brief nudity
Critical Reception
- Rottentomatoes: 70% (37 fresh, 16 rotten, score: 6.3/10).
- Metacritic: 58 out of 100 (12 positive, 4 mixed, 7 negative).
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ENEMY
Official Synopsis
Academy Award Nominee Jake Gyllenhaal reteams with his PRISONERS director, Academy Award Nominee Denis Villeneuve, in this sexy and hypnotically surreal psychological thriller that breathes new life into the doppleganger tradition. Adam Bell (Gyllenhaal) is a glum, disheveled history professor, who seems disinterested even in his beautiful girlfriend, Mary (Laurent). Watching a movie on the recommendation of a colleague, Adam spots his double, a bit-part actor named Anthony Clair, and decides to track him down. The identical men meet and their lives become bizarrely and irrevocably intertwined. Gyllenhaal is transfixing as both Adam and Anthony, provoking empathy as well as disapproval while embodying two distinct personas. With masterfully controlled attention to detail, Villeneuve takes us on an enigmatic and gripping journey through a world that is both familiar and strange - and hard to shake off long after its final, unnerving image. ENEMY, adapted from Nobel Prize-winning author José Saramago's 2004 novel The Double, is about the power of the subconscious. In the end, only one man can survive.
Film Details
- Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Mélanie Laurent, Sarah Gadon, Isabella Rossellini
- Director: Denis Villeneuve
- Genre: Thriller, Mystery
- Running Time: 90 min.
- Rating: R for some strong sexual content, graphic nudity and language
Critical Reception
- Rottentomatoes: 81% (30 fresh, 7 rotten, score: 6.8/10).
- Metacritic: 61 out of 100 (9 positive, 3 mixed, 2 negative).
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