Looking to reflect on the humanity of it all? Check out this week's lineup of dramas showing on the big screen in and around Miami.
Here are the best drama films to catch in theaters, based on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes' Tomatometer Score, which reflects the opinions of hundreds of film and television critics.
(Movie descriptions courtesy The Movie Database; showtimes via Fandango. Movie ratings and showtimes are subject to change.)
Green Book
Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line, relied on a guide called The Negro Motorist Green Book.
With a Tomatometer Score of 79 percent and an Audience Score of 92 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, "Green Book" is well worth a watch. The Atlantic's Christopher Orr said, "First-rate execution can't solve all of a film's problems, but actors Mortensen and Ali offer a reminder that it can solve an awful lot of them," while Joshua Rothkopf of Time Out noted, "Call this actors' duet sentimental and simplistic at your own peril. 'Green Book' may well move you, possibly to tears, at the thought of real social change and kindness (at a time when we need it badly)." The music flick also took home the best picture Oscar, according to Variety.
You can catch it at CMX Brickell City Centre (701 S. Miami Ave.) through Wednesday, March 6; and Cinépolis Coconut Grove (3015 Grand Ave.) through Monday, March 4. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
Moulin Rouge
A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet, who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge, begins a passionate affair with the club's most notorious and beautiful star.
With a Tomatometer Score of 76 percent and an Audience Score of 89 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, "Moulin Rouge" is a worthy candidate for your entertainment. "Moulin Rouge seems to defy esthetic gravity: by reveling in all things artificial, it arrives, giddily, at the genuine," according to David Ansen of Newsweek, while Variety's Todd McCarthy said, "'Moulin Rouge' is a tour de force of artifice, a dazzling pastiche of musical and visual elements at the service of a blatantly artificial story."
Interested? It's playing at Silverspot Cinema Metsquare (300 S.E. Third Ave.) through Wednesday, March 6. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
Cold Pursuit
Nels Coxman's quiet life comes crashing down when his beloved son dies under mysterious circumstances. His search for the truth soon becomes a quest for revenge as he seeks coldblooded justice against a drug lord and his inner circle.
With a Tomatometer Score of 70 percent and an Audience Score of 59 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, "Cold Pursuit" is well worth a watch. ""Cold Pursuit" is an excellent film," noted Johnny Oleksinski of the New York Post, while ReelViews's James Berardinelli said, "Cold Pursuit works as intended."
Interested? It's playing at CMX Brickell City Centre (701 S. Miami Ave.) through Wednesday, March 6, and Cinépolis Coconut Grove (3015 Grand Ave.) through Monday, March 4. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
Bohemian Rhapsody
Singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist John Deacon take the music world by storm when they form the rock 'n' roll band Queen in 1970. Hit songs become instant classics. When Mercury's increasingly wild lifestyle starts to spiral out of control, Queen soon faces its greatest challenge yet – finding a way to keep the band together amid the success and excess.
With a Tomatometer Score of 60 percent and an Audience Score of 87 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, "Bohemian Rhapsody" is well worth a watch. NPR's Bob Mondello said, "As for Freddie Mercury, is this his real life? Is this just fantasy - not sure that really matters either. When Malek's strutting like a peacock, this movie is a decently amusing escape from reality," and the New Yorker's Richard Brody said, "Malek does an impressive job of re-creating Mercury's moves onstage, but the core of the performance is Malek's intensely thoughtful, insight-rich channeling of Mercury's hurt, his alienation and isolation even at the height of his fame." Malek also took home the best actor Oscar for his role, according to Variety.
You can catch it at Silverspot Cinema Metsquare (300 S.E. Third Ave.) through Monday, March 4. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
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