Admit One 12/20/24

Here’s what’s new in theaters and on streaming this weekend, it’s Admit One.

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (Theaters)

Starring: Ben Schwartz, Jim Carrey, James Marsden, Keanu Reeves, Tika Sumpter, Colleen O’Shaughnessey, Idris Elba, Krysten Ritter

Directed by: Jeff Fowler

Plot: Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails reunite against a powerful new adversary, Shadow, a mysterious villain with powers unlike anything they have faced before. With their abilities outmatched in every way, Team Sonic must seek out an unlikely alliance in hopes of stopping Shadow and protecting the planet.

Rotten Tomatoes Freshness: 85%

Critic Consensus: “With a double helping of Jim Carrey’s antics and a quicksilver pace befitting its hero, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is the best entry in this amiable series yet”

Mufasa: The Lion King (Theaters)

Starring: Aaron Pierre, Kelvin Harrison Jr, Tiffany Boone, Kagiso Lediga, Preston Nyman, Mads Mikkelsen, Thandiwe Newton

Directed by: Barry Jenkins

Plot: Mufasa, a cub lost and alone, meets a sympathetic lion named Taka, the heir to a royal bloodline. The chance meeting sets in motion an expansive journey of a group of misfits searching for their destiny.

RT Freshness: 57%

Critic Consensus: “Barry Jenkins’ deft hand and Lin-Manuel Miranda’s music go some way towards squaring the Circle of Life in Mufasa, but this fitfully soulful story is ill-served by its impersonal, photorealistic animation style”

The Brutalist (Theaters)

Starring: Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Emma Laird

Directed by: Brady Corbet

Plot: When visionary architect László Toth and his wife Erzsébet flee post-war Europe in 1947 to rebuild their legacy and witness the birth of modern America, their lives are changed forever by a mysterious, wealthy client.

RT Freshness: 96%

Critic Consensus: “Structurally beautiful and suffused with Adrien Brody’s soulful performance, writer-director Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist is a towering tribute to the immigrant experience.”

The Count of Monte Cristo (Theaters)

Starring: Pierre Niney, Bastien Bouillon, Anaïs Demoustier, Anamaria Vartolomei, Laurent Lafitte, Pierfrancesco Favino, Patrick Mille

Directed by: Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La Patellière

Plot: Edmond Dantes becomes the target of a sinister plot and is arrested on his wedding day for a crime he did not commit. After 14 years in the island prison of Château d’If, he manages a daring escape. Now rich beyond his dreams, he assumes the identity of the Count of Monte-Cristo and exacts his revenge on the three men who betrayed him.

RT Freshness: 98%

Critic Consensus: “Condensing Alexandre Dumas’ hefty tome into a brisk and lavishly appointed action-adventure, this French adaptation of The Count of Monte-Cristo hits the sweet spot with rapier-like precision”

Homestead (Theaters)

Starring: Neal McDonough, Dawn Olivieri, Bailey Chase, Susan Misner, Currie Graham, Jesse Hutch, Olivia Sanabia

Directed by: Ben Smallbone

Plot: A nuclear bomb is detonated in Los Angeles, and the nation devolves into unprecedented chaos. Ex-Green Beret Jeff Eriksson and his family escape to The Homestead, an eccentric prepper’s fortress nestled in the mountains.

RT Freshness: 43%

Critic Consensus: N/A

The Painted (Theaters)

Starring: Aleksa Palladino, Patrice Johnson, Sean Bridgers, Jadon Cal, Jessica Ruth Bell, Zara King

Directed by: Sasha Sibley

Plot: A 1960s suburban family’s summer plans are unexpectedly interrupted when they are called to a deceased relative’s estate, where they begin to unravel the secrets that haunt the premises — strange occurrences, archaic rituals, and the sinister paintings on the walls.

RT Freshness: N/A

Critic Consensus: N/A

The Six Triple Eight (Netflix)

Starring: Kerry Washington, Ebony Obsidian, Milauna Jackson, Kylie Jefferson, Shanice Shantay, Sarah Jeffery

Directed by: Tyler Perry

Plot: 855 women joined the war to fix the three-year backlog of undelivered mail. Faced with discrimination and a country devastated by war, they managed to sort more than 17 million pieces of mail ahead of time.

RT Freshness: 46%

Critic Consensus: N/A

Ferry 2 (Netflix)

Starring: Frank Lammers, Aiko Beemsterboer, Tobias Kersloot, Huub Smit, Marouane Mefteh, Hamza Othman

Directed by: Wannes Destoop

Plot: After losing his drug empire, Ferry Bouman has found a measure of peace away from Brabant’s criminal underworld – until his past catches up to him.

RT Freshness: N/A

Critic Consensus: N/A