Want to see a movie, but not sure what's worth your time (and money)? Take a look at this week's lineup of acclaimed movies showing on the big screen in and around Cleveland.
Here are the highest rated films to catch, 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.)
The World Before Your Feet
For over six years, Matt Green who is 37, has been walking every street in New York City — a total of more than 8,000 miles. The World Before Your Feet tells the story of one man’s unusual quest and the journey of discovery, humanity and wonder that ensues.
Boasting a Tomatometer Score of 100 percent and an Audience Score of 75 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, "The World Before Your Feet" has gotten stellar reviews since its release in November 2018.
The Chicago Reader's Leah Pickett said, "Green's openness to learning about himself and others by going out to notice and appreciate what most overlook-a crumbled landmark, an unexpected garden-is edifying."
While Walter V. Addiego of the San Francisco Chronicle noted, "It's hard to see Green in action and not think of traditional pilgrims on holy journeys and, perhaps, hermits or monks or others who have withdrawn from regular life."
You can catch it at Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque (11610 Euclid Ave.) on Sunday, Mar. 10. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
As Hiccup fulfills his dream of creating a peaceful dragon utopia, Toothless’ discovery of an untamed, elusive mate draws the Night Fury away. When danger mounts at home and Hiccup’s reign as village chief is tested, both dragon and rider must make impossible decisions to save their kind.
With a Tomatometer Score of 91 percent and an Audience Score of 75 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, "How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World" has garnered plenty of praise since its release on Feb. 22.
"So much of 'The Hidden World' is stuffed with filler material. But in certain wordless moments, this grand final entry really sings," according to David Sims of the Atlantic.
Praising the film's "visual artistry" and "top notch" voice work, the New York Post's Johnny Oleksinski said, "The movie could easily be called 'How To End Your Trilogy.'"
It's playing at Atlas Cinemas at Shaker Square (13116 Shaker Square) through Thursday, Mar. 14. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
Loving Vincent
The film brings the paintings of Vincent van Gogh to life to tell his remarkable story. Every one of the 65,000 frames of the film is an oil painting, hand painted by 125 professional oil painters who travelled from all across the world to the Loving Vincent studios in Poland and Greece to be a part of the production. As remarkable as Vincent’s brilliant paintings are his passionate and ill-fated life and mysterious death.
With a Tomatometer Score of 85 percent and an Audience Score of 86 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, "Loving Vincent" is another good bet.
"'Loving Vincent' is almost too beautiful for its own good; I found myself, too often, so dazzled by the form that I quite forgot about the content," noted Moira MacDonald of the Seattle Times.
And the Chicago Reader's J. R. Jones said, "The roiling landscape scenes betray the redundance of animating images that already sizzle with energy, but the portraiture works beautifully, especially because the actors who supply the characters' voices and visages are first-rate."
You can catch it at Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque (11610 Euclid Ave.) on Sunday, Mar. 10. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
Alita: Battle Angel
When Alita awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido — a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul of a young woman with an extraordinary past.
With a Tomatometer Score of 60 percent and an Audience Score of 94 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, "Alita: Battle Angel" is well worth a watch.
Slate's Sam Adams said, "It's goofy as hell and borderline inexcusable at times, but it's also kind of glorious."
And Jamaica Gleaner's Damian Levy said, "There are times when the film feels like a very strange fever dream, but one that makes sense as you endure it."
You can catch it at Atlas Cinemas at Shaker Square (13116 Shaker Square) through Thursday, Mar. 14. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
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