The Inspection (2022) - Critic Reviews - Page 2 of 2

21-32 of 32 Reviews

Sort by:

Review of The Inspection (2022)

By Jesse Hassenger (800) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 24 Oct 2022

For better and worse, The Inspection seems like the movie Bratton had to make, a story so personal that some of its biggest emotional confrontations…

Read Review

Review of The Inspection (2022)

By Mae Abdulbaki (411) for Screen Rant (892) on 26 Sep 2022

The Inspection has a few poignant moments, but its lack of introspection, well-developed character dynamics, and exploration of the systems…

Read Review

Review of The Inspection (2022)

By Martin Tsai (390) for TheWrap (3,203) on 14 Sep 2022

The director hits no false notes. He knows firsthand the feelings each scene should convey, but he also has the skills to render them accurately…

Read Review

Review of The Inspection (2022)

By Keith Watson (196) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 12 Sep 2022

The film is too invested in treacly cinematic optimism for its character dynamics to feel sketched out beyond their basic narrative function…

Read Review

Review of The Inspection (2022)

By Chris Evangelista (306) for Slashfilm (971) on 10 Sep 2022

Pope's performance is so raw, so honest, that we're with him every step of the way…

Read Review

Review of The Inspection (2022)

By David Rooney (943) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 09 Sep 2022

There’s brutality but also an understated hint of poetry in the way Bratton tells his story from deep inside it, making beautiful use of…

Read Review

Review of The Inspection (2022)

By Kate Erbland (681) for IndieWire (3,631) on 09 Sep 2022

This is a human story, as messy and complex and maddening as any ever told, and while Bratton makes it his own (how could he not…

Read Review

Review of The Inspection (2022)

By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen Daily (1,021) on 09 Sep 2022

Bratton’s depth of feeling elevates the material, suggesting that, for the filmmaker, there’s something intensely cathartic and therapeutic…

Read Review

Review of The Inspection (2022)

By Richard Lawson (539) for Vanity Fair (761) on 09 Sep 2022

Bratton, though, is not solely interested in a litany of struggle. He fills The Inspection with style, with spiky humor and alluring edge…

Read Review

Review of The Inspection (2022)

By Ethan Vestby (87) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 09 Sep 2022

Positioned as a work of autobiography from first-time director Elegance Bratton, The Inspection is a flawed, if highly compelling promise of…

Read Review

Review of The Inspection (2022)

By Benjamin Lee (469) for The Guardian (2,969) on 09 Sep 2022

It’s in the film’s queerest moments that things feel most inventive, narratively and visually, as Bratton steps most firmly outside of…

Read Review

Review of The Inspection (2022)

By Robert Daniels (336) for The Playlist (3,871) on 09 Sep 2022

The Inspection isn’t a bad movie. Rather it’s a disappointing slog because the arduous journey it sets up should have offered greater returns…

Read Review

Page 2 of 2

More reviews of this movie:

Nicholas Logan - Top 5 movies:

Raúl Castillo - Top 5 movies:

Bokeem Woodbine - Top 5 movies:

Movies you might like:

Anchor and Hope

2017

63%17 Reviews

National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches

2017

89%1 Review

Dancer in the Dark

2000

79%665 Reviews

Forrest Gump

1994

85%938 Reviews

Fried Green Tomatoes

1991

77%624 Reviews

Jules and Jim

1962

80%514 Reviews

American Beauty

1999

85%982 Reviews

National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika

2017

86%3 Reviews

Against the Law

2017

58%3 Reviews

Over the Top

1987

55%536 Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Dark Waters

2019

76%68 Reviews

No Hard Feelings

2023

65%90 Reviews

Blade Runner 2049

2017

80%2,332 Reviews

The Invitation

2022

47%33 Reviews

Three Thousand Years of Longing

2022

65%84 Reviews

A Quiet Place

2018

76%1,685 Reviews

Nope

2022

68%181 Reviews

Ford v Ferrari

2019

81%171 Reviews

Bullet Train

2022

66%170 Reviews

Babylon

2022

68%144 Reviews