Admit One 4/19

The Curse of La Llorona

Starring: Linda Cardellini, Raymond Cruz, Patricia Velasquez, Marisol Ramirez, Sean Patrick Thomas, Jaynee-Lynne Kinchen

Directed by: Michael Chaves

Plot: Ignoring the eerie warning of a troubled mother suspected of child endangerment, a social worker and her own small kids are soon drawn into a frightening supernatural realm.

Rotten Tomatoes Freshness: 32%

Critic Consensus: “Content to coast on jump scares rather than tap into its story’s creepy potential, The Curse of La Llorona arrives in theaters already broken”

Breakthrough

Starring: Chrissy Metz, Josh Lucas, Topher Grace, Mike Colter, Marcel Ruiz, Dennis Haysbert

Directed by: Roxann Dawson

Plot: “When her 14-year-old son drowns in a lake, a faithful mother prays for him to come back from the brink of death and be healed”

RT Freshness: 63%

Critic Consensus: “Like its lead character, Breakthrough is fiercely focused on faith — but its less subtle elements are balanced by strong performances and an uplifting story”

Penguins

Starring: Ed Helms

Directed by: Alastair Fothergill, Jeff Wyatt Wilson

Plot: The story of Steve, an Adélie penguin, on a quest to find a life partner and start a family. When Steve meets with Wuzzo the emperor penguin they become friends. But nothing comes easy in the icy Antarctic.

RT Freshness: 90%

Critic Consensus: “Disneynature: Penguins plays up its subjects’ adorable appeal with a beautifully filmed documentary that adds plenty of anthropomorphic entertainment value for young viewers”