“Thunderbolts” “Another Simple Favor”, “The Four Seasons”, and “The Surfer” Reviewed

This week on “See It or Skip It”, the big screen goes big, bold, and “Bob” in the best way. Marvel unleashes its most dysfunctional team-up yet in “Thunderbolts*”.

Plus, Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick return for more cocktail-fueled chaos in “Another Simple Favor”, and Tina Fey and Steve Carell remind us why vacations with friends are rarely relaxing in Netflix’s “The Four Seasons”. Then, Nicolas Cage grabs a surfboard and a grudge in “The Surfer”.

Whether you’re in the mood for action, awkwardness, or existential beach brawls, film critics Patrick Beatty, Rebecca Frost, Richard Bonaduce, and Kent Dunn are here to help you decide what’s worth the ticket or what deserves a skip.

Thunderbolts* (PG-13)

When a government program pulls together a crew of morally murky operatives, Yelena, Bucky, U.S. Agent, Red Guardian, Ghost, and Taskmaster, it’s less Avengers, more group therapy — with knives. Assigned to missions too messy for the main roster, this reluctant team must navigate betrayals, bruised egos, and one devious Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

See It or Skip It?

Patrick: See It

Richard: Maybe See It

Kent: See It

Rebecca: See It

Another Simple Favor (PG-13)

Stephanie and Emily are back, and so are the secrets, martinis, and suspiciously chic murder plots. This time, the oddball mom vlogger and the fashion-forward femme fatale reunite in Italy for Emily’s destination wedding. But when bodies, betrayals, and bizarre twists start piling up, the question isn’t just “whodunnit”, it’s “why do these two keep doing this?”

See It or Skip It?

Richard: Skip It

Kent: Skip It

Rebecca: Skip It

The Four Seasons

In the remake of the 1981 dramedy, longtime friends take their quarterly vacation tradition into awkward territory when one couple splits, and shows up to the next trip with a much younger companion. Tina Fey and Steve Carell lead a cast of middle-aged mayhem as seasonal getaways turn into group therapy sessions about aging, identity, and why some friendships just won’t quit.

See It or Skip It?

Kent: Skip It

The Surfer (R)

Nicolas Cage returns to the screen (and to the beach) as a sunburned father in an existential crisis. After returning to his seaside hometown to reconnect with his son, Cage’s character picks a fight with a group of locals over a coveted surf spot … and the waves aren’t the only thing crashing. What begins as a slow-burn confrontation turns into a sand-swept descent into psychological warfare.

See It or Skip It?

Patrick: See It

Rebecca: See It

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