Ranking August 2016's Movies - From Worst To Best
1. Hell Or High Water
RottenTomatoes Score: 99% (8.6/10)
Box Office: With a clearly low budget, the highly-acclaimed western has made roughly $5 million to date, which combined with awards buzz should see it do just fine as it rolls out internationally and lands on home video down the line.
Verdict: Here's a movie that just came out of nowhere and has been blowing away critics and audiences alike left and right.
Writer-director David Mackenzie's (Starred Up) western thriller has earned countless comparisons to the Coens' No Country for Old Men, and they're largely apt: violence is minimal, there's unexpected humour, the cinematography is gorgeous, and the performances from Chris Pine, Ben Foster and Jeff Bridges in particular are just marvelous.
In a just world the film will end up as a Best Picture Oscar front-runner, though the fact it's still a genre film at its core may hurt it. We'll see.
What did you think of August's movies? What did you love? What did you hate? Shout it out in the comments!