2014 Fall Movie Reviews - November

November 7th

Big Hero 6: A special bond develops between plus-sized inflatable health-care robot Baymax, and inventor prodigy Hiro Hamada as they team up with a group of friends to form a band of high-tech heroes.

Opening Weekend: $56.2 million
Rotten Tomatoes: 89%

Review:
The Final Word: 3.5/4 - Go buy a ticket.

Interstellar: A team of explorers (Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway) travel through a wormhole in an attempt to find a potentially habitable planet that will sustain humanity. Also starring Jessica Chastain, John Lithgow, Michael Caine, and Matt Damon.

Opening Weekend: $47.5 million
Rotten Tomatoes: 73%

Review:
The Final Word: 3/4 - Go buy a matinee ticket.

A Merry Friggin' Christmas: Boyd Mitchler (Joel McHale) and his family must spend Christmas with his estranged family of misfits. Upon realizing that he left all his son's gifts at home, he hits the road with his dad (Robin Williams) in an attempt to make the 8-hour round trip before sunrise.

Opening Weekend: n/a
Rotten Tomatoes: 18%

Review:
The Final Word: 1/4 - Maybe catch it on tv if you're bored.

The Theory of Everything: A look at the relationship between the famous physicist Stephen Hawking (Eddie Redmayne) and his wife Jane (Felicity Jones).

Opening Weekend: $5 million
Rotten Tomatoes: 81%

Review:
The Final Word: 3.5/4 - Go buy a ticket.

November 14th

Dumb and Dumber To: Twenty years since their first adventure, Lloyd (Jim Carrey) and Harry (Jeff Daniels) go on a road trip to find Harry's newly discovered daughter, who was given up for adoption. Also starring Rob Riggle.

Opening Weekend: $36.1 million
Rotten Tomatoes: 25%

Review:
The Final Word: 2/4 - Wait to rent it.

November 21st

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1: When Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) destroyed the games, she was sent to District 13. She meets President Coin (Julianne Moore) who convinces her to be the symbol of rebellion, while trying to save Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) from the Capitol. Also starring a ton of other people I'm too lazy to hyperlink.

Opening Weekend: $121.9 million
Rotten Tomatoes: 66%

Review:
The Final Word: 2/4 - Wait to rent it.

November 26th

Horrible Bosses 2: Dale (Charlie Day), Kurt (Jason Sudeikis), and Nick (Jason Bateman) decide to start their own business but things don't go as planned because of a slick investor (Christoph Waltz), prompting the trio to pull off a harebrained and misguided kidnapping of his son (Chris Pine).

Opening Weekend: $15.5 million
Rotten Tomatoes: 34%

Review:
The Final Word: 2/4 - Wait to rent it.

Penguins of Madagascar: Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private join forces with undercover organization The North Wind, led by arctic wolf Classified (Benedict Cumberbatch) to stop the villainous Dr. Octavius Brine (John Malkovich) from destroying the world as we know it.

Opening Weekend: $million
Rotten Tomatoes: 68%

Review:
The Final Word: 3/4 - Go buy a matinee ticket.

November 28th

The Babadook: A single mother (Essie Davis) battles with her son's overwhelming fear that a children's book monster is lurking in the house, but soon discovers her son (Noah Wiseman) may be right as a sinister presence begins to overtake them.

Opening Weekend: $million
Rotten Tomatoes: 97%

Review:
The Final Word: 3.5/4 - Go buy a ticket.