Search: Starring Melanie Lynskey

Away We Go (2009)

Review preview for Away We Go

Once they hit the road, the script goes away with the pixies.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5

Indie comedy about a couple who go on a road trip to help them decide where is best to bring up baby.
Coyote Ugly (2000)
A smalltown girl heads for the bright lights to make it as a singer.
Detroit Rock City (1999)

Review preview for Detroit Rock City

This movie hypes the old glammers, with a story of such banality it encourages brain death.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5

Four kids in a KISS cover band try to get in to see their idols.
Ever After (1998)

Review preview for Ever After

The evil step-mother myth is treated with intelligence.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5

Re-imagining the Cinderella story without the hocus pocus.
Flags Of Our Fathers (2006)

Review preview for Flags Of Our Fathers

Flags Of Our Fathers does a helluva job.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5

America, struggling to finance its war against Japan, needs heroes so badly that it is willing to sacrifice the truth.
Folk Hero & Funny Guy (2016)

Review preview for Folk Hero & Funny Guy

Whilst it has something going for it as a study of awkwardness, it never quite takes this far enough to break new ground.

Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5

Two artistically inclined childhood friends, a comedian and a folk-rocker, set out on a tour together in hopes of regaining their “mojo” and finding love in the process.
Goodbye To All That (2014)

Review preview for Goodbye To All That

Angus MacLachlan finds little new to say about the rocky road back to equilibrium after divorce.

Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5

A father tries to get his life back on track after divorce.
Helena From The Wedding (2010)

Review preview for Helena From The Wedding

While the characters might amuse and irk, they certainly don’t touch us.

Paul Griffiths · 2 out of 5

Dissection of marriage in modern-day America.
The Informant! (2009)

Review preview for The Informant!

Soderbergh has great fun playing with the conventions of the conspiracy thriller.

Jeff Robson · 3.5 out of 5

A high-ranking executive contacts the FBI with details of price-fixing in the food industry. But their investigation reveals more than they bargained for.
Up In The Air (2009)

Review preview for Up In The Air

A quick script and sharp performances all round help deliver an enjoyable, if ultimately sentimental commentary of the times.

Paul Griffiths · 4 out of 5

George Clooney stars a corporate downsizing expert who, faced with being grounded, makes one last trip in a bid to convince his employers to keep him in the air.
We'll Never Have Paris (2014)

Review preview for We'll Never Have Paris

Romance is dead on arrival and the comedy should be served a gagging order.

Amber Wilkinson · 1.5 out of 5

Romantic comedy sees a man try to win back his girlfriend.
Win Win (2011)

Review preview for Win Win

Everything about McCarthy's film feels easygoing and economical. His scripting is sharp and laugh-out-loud funny, with relationships and family dynamics establilshed quickly in an unfussy fashion.

Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5

A small-town solicitor finds a way to make ends meet by becoming the guardian of an Alzheimer's sufferer, but trouble brews when his grandson arrives...