‘Good Time,’ ‘Ingrid Goes West.’
‘Good Time’
If you think you’re having a bad day, check in with Constantine Nikas.
Nikas, played by Robert Pattinson in the crime drama “Good Time,” is obsessed with getting his younger brother out of prison — now, before he gets killed in there.
The beat-the-clock thriller directed by Josh and Benny Safdie also stars Jennifer Jason Leigh, Barkhad Abdi, and Benny Safdie. So far, the reviews are pretty solid.
“Most crime movies, even alleged indies, make it easy for the audience to take sides and establish clear rooting interests,” Chicago Tribune critic Michael Phillips wrote in his 31⁄2-star review. “‘Good Time’ is better than that: It’s not always easy to take, yet you can’t look away.” “Good Time” is rated R for pervasive language, violence, drug use and sexual content. It runs for 100 minutes.
‘Ingrid Goes West’
On “Parks and Recreation,” Aubrey Plaza played a woman who wasn’t interested in much of anything. In “Ingrid Goes West,” her title character’s trouble is she’s too interested.
Specifically, she’s too interested in Taylor (Elizabeth Olsen), an “influencer” on Instagram whose all-in-public life Ingrid decides she wants to be her own.
Entertainment Weekly’s Leah Greenblatt gave “Ingrid Goes West” a B, calling it “a clever, corrosive little trick of a movie, a neon candy heart dipped in asbestos.”
“Ingrid Goes West” is rated R for pervasive language, drug use and some sexual content. It runs for 97 minutes.
‘All Saints’
The good news: A man decides to leave the corporate world to become a pastor. The bad news: His first job is to close a struggling small-town church.
But when a group of refugees from Burma starts relying on the church, the new pastor decides to take a different path: work with them to turn the church into a working farm that can pay its bills and feed its members.
Not everyone is a believer.
Based on a true story, the faith-fueled drama “All Saints” stars John Corbett as the fledgling pastor, with Cara Buono, Gregory Alan Williams and Corbett’s “Northern Exposure” co-star Barry Corbin.
“All Saints” is rated PG for thematic elements. It runs for 109 minutes.
‘The Only Living Boy in New York’
When you don’t know what to do with your life, why not complicate other people’s?
In “The Only Living Boy in New York,” Callum Turner plays a newly minted college graduate who’s horrified to learn that his father (Pierce Brosnan) is having an affair with a younger woman (Kate Beckinsale). He sets out to break them up, only to fall for her himself.
In between, Turner seeks counsel from his new neighbor, an alcoholic, worldly wise writer played by Jeff Bridges.
The summer’s second movie named after a deep cut on Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water” album (the other: “Baby Driver”), “Only Living Boy,” directed by Madison native Marc Webb, is getting mixed reviews. Minneapolis Star Tribune critic Colin Covert gave it 2 stars, calling it “no more creative in generating shocking family secrets than a random soap opera.” “The Only Living Boy in New York” is rated R for language and some drug material. It runs for 90 minutes.
‘Birth of the Dragon’
It’s another superhero origin story, only this time, it’s a real superhero.
“Birth of the Dragon” is inspired by battle in 1960s San Francisco between Bruce Lee (Philip Ng) and kung fu master Wong Jack Man — a fight that did a lot to shape the legend of Lee as a legendary fighter. “Birth of the Dragon” is rated PG-13 for violence, language and thematic elements. It runs for 95 minutes.
‘Leap!’
In 1880s France, an orphan girl (voiced by Elle Fanning) dreams of going to Paris and becoming a ballet dancer. Her best friend (Nat Wolff), with dreams of his own, decides they both should be in the City of Light, where she worms her way into a prestigious ballet school, only to reveal that, while she’s long on heart, she’s short on talent.
With a voice cast that also includes Kate McKinnon and Carly Rae Jepsen, the animated “Leap!” has, um, danced around on the calendar a few times before landing in theaters this week.
In his 2-star (out of 5) review, the New York Daily News’ Joe Dziemianowicz wrote that “Leap!” “comes up short in the charm and consistency departments.”
“Leap!” is rated PG for some “impolite humor.” It runs for 89 minutes.