John Hersey


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  • The Savages Review
    By: Brian Marder December 01, 2007 9:56am EST
    Much like the title family it depicts so well, The Savages is constantly at odds with itself--hilarious yet heartbreaking, warm yet frigid. The result is one final contradiction: a movie that is tough to swallow, yet one of the year’s best.
  • The Guardian Review
    By: Brian Marder September 29, 2006 6:22am EST
    The Guardian wants more than anything to be a summer blockbuster. But as a fall movie in earnest--clocking in at well over two hours, no less--the movie is stripped bare and revealed as a middling action flick without much action.
  • Nacho Libre Review
    By: Brian Marder June 19, 2006 10:36am EST
    Hilarious hits outnumber miserable misses enough to give Nacho Libre the same replay value as Napoleon, but “dynamite” it is not.
  • Love Actually Review
    By: Kit Bowen November 12, 2003 8:58am EST
    A breath of fresh air in a season full of downer dramas and horror films, Love Actually allows you to sit back and enjoy the romantic, comical and bittersweet consequences of being under Cupid's spell.