Here’s what’s new in theaters and on streaming this weekend, it’s Admit One.
Anaconda (Theaters)
Starring: Paul Rudd, Jack Black, Steve Zahn, Thandiwe Newton, Daniela Melchior, Selton Mello
Directed by: Tom Gormican
Plot: A group of friends are going through a mid-life crisis. They decide to remake a favorite movie from their youth but encounter unexpected events when they enter the jungle.
Rotten Tomatoes Freshness: 52%
Critic Consensus: “The premise might be ripe for a raucous action-comedy, but this meta reboot of Anaconda can’t detach its jaws wide enough to swallow so many conflicting tones”
Song Sung Blue (Theaters)
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Kate Hudson, Michael Imperioli, Ella Anderson, Mustafa Shakir, Fisher Stevens, Jim Belushi
Directed by: Craig Brewer
Plot: Two down-on-their-luck musicians form a joyous Neil Diamond tribute band, proving it’s never too late to find love and follow your dreams.
RT Freshness: 76%
Critic Consensus: “Bringing a sweet amount of dignity to the art of imitation, Song Sung Blue mostly avoids becoming a mere cover of the documentary on which it’s based thanks to Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson’s heartfelt performances”
Marty Supreme (Theaters)
Starring: Timotheé Chalamet, Gwyneth Paltrow, Odessa A’zion, Kevin O’Leary, Tyler Okonma, Abel Ferrara, Fran Drescher
Directed by: Josh Safdie
Plot: Marty Mauser, a young man with a dream no one respects, goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness.
RT Freshness: 94%
Critic Consensus: “Serving up Timothée Chalamet at his most infectiously charismatic, Marty Supreme is a propulsive epic that realizes its sky-high aspirations even while it critiques its indelible hero’s toxic ambition”
No Other Choice (Theaters)
Starring: Lee Byung-hun, Son Ye-jin, Park Hee-soon, Lee Sung-min, Yeom Hye-ran, Cha Seung-won
Directed by: Park Chan-wook
Plot: When a man is abruptly laid off by the paper company where he has worked tirelessly for many years, he grows increasingly desperate in his hunt.
RT Freshness: 99%
Critic Consensus: “Directed with pristine precision by Park Chan-wook, No Other Choice is a wickedly clever takedown of the corporate rat race that finds a perfect avatar in Lee Byung-Hun’s skillfully hapless performance”
The Testament of Ann Lee (Theaters)
Starring: Amanda Seyfried, Thomasin McKenzie, Lewis Pullman, Stacy Martin, Tim Blake Nelson, Christopher Abbott
Directed by: Mona Fastvold
Plot: Ann Lee, the founding leader of the Shaker Movement, proclaimed as the female Christ by her followers. Depicts her establishment of a utopian society and the Shakers’ worship through song and dance, based on real events.
RT Freshness: 89%
Critic Consensus: “Illuminated by Amanda Seyfried’s sterling performance, The Testament of Ann Lee accepts The Shakers’ founder on her own terms and reaches its own rhapsodic highs as a result”
The Choral (Theaters)
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Roger Allam, Mark Addy, Alun Armstrong, Robert Emms, Simon Russell Beale
Directed by: Nicholas Hytner
Plot: A choral society’s male members enlist in World War I, leaving the demanding Dr. Guthrie to recruit teenagers. Together, they experience the joy of singing while the young boys grapple with their impending conscription into the army.
RT Freshness: 62%
Critic Consensus: “Despite sharp dialogue and a stellar turn from Ralph Fiennes, The Choral struggles to harmonize its numerous characters and themes, resulting in a well-meaning but emotionally scattered drama”
Goodbye June (Netflix)
Starring: Kate Winslet, Toni Collette, Johnny Flynn, Andrea Riseborough, Timothy Spall, Helen Mirren
Directed by: Kate Winslet
Plot: The film takes place just before Christmas, when an unexpected turn in their mother’s health thrusts four adult siblings and their exasperating father into chaos as they navigate messy family dynamics in the face of potential loss. But their quick-witted mother, June, orchestrates her decline on her own terms — with biting humor, blunt honesty, and a lot of love.
RT Freshness: 66%
Critic Consensus: “A family affair both on screen and behind the camera, Kate Winslet’s directorial debut stacks the deck for tears a little too lopsidedly, but honest performances help put this drama’s heart firmly in the right place”
Gezhi Town (Theaters)
Starring: Xiao Zhan, Zhou Yi Ran, Peng Yu Chang, Yang Xin Ming, Alan Aruna, Zhou Si Yu, Yin Zheng, Gan Yun Chen
Directed by: Kong Sheng
Plot: A machinist from the Jinling Machinery Factory, flees into the mountains with his family during wartime. There, they settle in “Gezhi Town,” where artillery officer Xiao Yan and a handful of abandoned soldiers have also taken refuge.
RT Freshness: N/A
Critic Consensus: N/A
