Jim Gaffigan is revelatory here as Christmas's father, who clearly never imagined himself as a single dad yet whose love for his daughter is never questioned

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4.0 | Aug 30, 2020

consistently funny, engaging, and emotionally resonant

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 28, 2020

Bert & Bertie's new comedy is such a disarmingly sweet film, you might need a few insulin shots to recover from it.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 23, 2020

It has a message of self-acceptance and how to overcome obstacles that can resonate with a wide variety of people, if you don't mind sitting through the retro vibe and familiarity of it all.

Full Review | Jul 15, 2020

Troop Zero (2020) is so sugary sweet that it should come with a health warning.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Jul 8, 2020

This is a touching film about inclusivity, children's need for adult supervision and interaction, forgiveness, and kindness.

Full Review | Apr 1, 2020

It's obvious the writer of the film had the ending first and awkwardly filled in the beginning. The first hour feels like three hours and what happened could have been condensed in ten minutes and still got the point across.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Mar 26, 2020

Troop Zero a great premise, but the results are underwhelming

Full Review | Mar 13, 2020

Funny, truthful and touching but never saccharine, this brilliantly cast family movie written by Lucy Alibar (Beasts of the Southern Wild) is one of the most delightful things streaming anywhere.

Full Review | Mar 11, 2020

If you can excuse a bit of cinematic aimlessness at the beginning, you'll enjoy the story of star-struck Christmas Flint and her band of space explorers.

Full Review | Original Score: 6.5/10 | Feb 25, 2020

Put this movie in front of any girl, hell, any kid period, that's been demeaned about their differences or forced to conform to supposed societal standards.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 22, 2020

It's one of those wistful, peppy flicks about scrappy young outsiders who bond to show the world their worth. Nothing wrong with that, but its story...is too broad.

Full Review | Feb 10, 2020

Although Troop Zero has moments of whimsy and charm, its characters are sketched so thinly that it might be difficult for audiences to connect.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jan 30, 2020

Turning in one of the best child performances in recent years, [McKenna] Grace can light up the screen with a smile. Even if the movie is a little surface and obvious, her bubbling energy is contagious.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Jan 22, 2020

While calling out its narrative as predictable would be an understatement, Troop Zero unfortunately suffers not only from superficiality but also a blissful cultural ignorance.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jan 21, 2020

Troop Zero may be cloying, but it has an earnest heart.

Full Review | Jan 21, 2020

Hard to fault such a sweet and well-meaning approach to misfit kids finding their people, but "Troop Zero" ultimately feels a little too self-aware for its own good.

Full Review | Jan 21, 2020

Some films simply burst with a lovable energy. "Troop Zero" is one of those movies.

Full Review | Jan 21, 2020

[A]n over-commitment to quirkiness can make Troop Zero feel like a song played out of tune.

Full Review | Jan 21, 2020

A discount . . . Little Miss Sunshine -- a story barreling toward child pageantry, so satisfied with its own quirkiness that it never comes across as anything but obligatory.

Full Review | Jan 21, 2020