The Unsolicited Film Critics

Send us Fan Mail Interracial relationships, charged conversations around the dinner table, examining our own prejudices and love conquering all. Join Katie and Grace as we load our plates with passion, prejudice and love in Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967) and its remake(?) Guess Who (2005).  Find us on Instagram & Threads @theunsolicitedfilmcritics

Send us Fan Mail Throwing away your future in order to achieve popularity, shitting all over your true friends, paying people to like you, and learning life lessons the hard way. Talk about a winning combination! Join Grace and Katie as we bribe our way into a fake relationship, learn major life lessons, and find love along the way in Can’t Buy Me Love (1987) and its remake Love Don’t Cost a Thing...

Send us Fan Mail Death defying riddles, destroying towns, losing artificial lives and finding yourself. Join Katie and Grace as we leave our fate up to the roll of the dice in Jumanji (1995) and its remake Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017).  Find us on Instagram & Threads @theunsolicitedfilmcritics

Send us Fan Mail Remake (/rē’māk/) by definition means “make (something) again or differently” and Footloose was indeed made again, although it’s hard to say this remake was made any differently. Loose feet, strictly religious towns, and new kids rebelling against a ban on dancing. Join Grace and Katie as we dance our way through small town Bomont in Footloose (1984) and its remake Footloose (2011...

Send us Fan Mail Camp mischief resulting in irreparable damage to innocent bunkmates (I'll never look at honey the same way ever again), switching places with our  doppelgänger --  I mean, twin --  and tricking adults into getting back together. Join Katie and Grace (and our very special guest Ally) as we partake in the parental entrapment we’ve always dreamed about with The Parent Trap (1961...

Send us Fan Mail Riding waves, base jumping, free soloing it up a cliff face without any proper training and completing the Ozaki 8. Unlike Sia, these adrenaline junkies aren’t seeking cheap thrills but instead the thrill of a lifetime. Join Grace and Katie as we surf our way through the storm of the century in Point Break (1991) and its remake Point Break (2015).  Find us on Instagram & Threa...

Send us Fan Mail What does a group of failed cons, unfortunate facial hair, the world's greatest traffic jam, and Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch have in common?  If you guessed two movies about a gold heist in Italy, then you'd be right! Join Katie and Grace as we set our sights on creating vehicular chaos and seeking revenge in The Italian Job (1969) and its remake The Italian Job (2003...

Send us Fan Mail As Elvis Presley would say, "A little less conversation, a little more action please" and what better place to do so than Sin City? Join Grace and Katie (and our specialized crew) as we attempt to procure millions in the most elaborate heist in the history of Vegas in Ocean's Eleven (1960) and its remake Ocean's Eleven (2001).  Find us on Instagram & Thread...

Send us Fan Mail Body swapping, fraught mother/daughter relationships, teen garage bands and water skiing against a green screen. Join Katie and Grace as we start season 3 off with a bang as we body swap our way through Freaky Friday (1976) and its remake  Freaky Friday (2003).  Find us on Instagram & Threads @theunsolicitedfilmcritics

Send us Fan Mail Katie and Grace are back and the stakes are higher than ever. In this season, we're diving into the world of remakes. That’s right – shattering the dreams of all viewers who thought their favorite movie in the whole world was an original idea.  And we’re upping the ante. Each week, we’ll watch two versions of a movie and decide who did it better. Let the games begin! Find us...

Send us Fan Mail Fast cars, furious friendships, high-speed crime fighting, and more souped up vehicles than Xhibit’s Pimp My Ride . Join Katie and Grace for a furious season finale of The Unsolicited Film Critics: The Sequel as we speed our way through the Floridian streets in 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003). Find us on Instagram & Threads @theunsolicitedfilmcritics

Send us Fan Mail Wild Cats having to work for a living, Lava Springs elite, conniving blondes with a grudge against the cast of Grease, and singing and dancing our way through our feelings. Join Katie and Grace for this season's penultimate episode of The Unsolicited Film Critics as we make a musical splash for High School Musical 2 (2007).  Find us on Instagram & Threads @theunsolicitedf...

Send us Fan Mail  T-Birds, Pink Ladies, wearing disguises in order to trick women into liking you for something that you’re not, and Stephanie Zenoni. Join Katie and Grace as we shimmy and sway our way through our first foray into the 80’s film zeitgeist with Grease 2 (1982) - which may or may not be an accidental spoof film.  Find us on Instagram & Threads @theunsolicitedfilmcritics

Send us Fan Mail Sun-kissed locks, relationship red flags, side swiping an oil tanker, the deaths of innocents, multiple reasons to never go on a cruise, and Willem Defriend. Join Grace and Katie as we count on a new beginning, a reason for living, a deeper meaning with Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997).  Find us on Instagram & Threads @theunsolicitedfilmcritics

Send us Fan Mail S02 | E10: Grieving assassins, unnamed dogs, $7 million bounties, Switzerland-Esq hotels, and the king of action films: Keanu Reeves. Join Grace and Katie for an asskicking episode of The Unsolicited Film Critics: The Sequel for John Wick: Chapter 2. Find us on Instagram & Threads @theunsolicitedfilmcritics

Send us Fan Mail Sorry we're late. We tried and failed to watch The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian and needed time to recover our senses. The only thing to do now is fail again, fail better. So we decided to talk about ourselves instead.  Find us on Instagram & Threads @theunsolicitedfilmcritics

Send us Fan Mail Conniving fairy godmothers, love potions, meeting the parents and happily ever after. Join Katie and Grace for a fairy tale of an adventure in The Unsolicited Film Critics: The Sequel as we travel to Far Far Away for Shrek 2 (2004).  Find us on Instagram & Threads @theunsolicitedfilmcritics

Send us Fan Mail Can you smell what the Scorpion King is cooking? Floppy hair, adventures through ancient Egypt, The Rock as a CGI half scorpion man, and the Army of Anubis. Welcome to the Brenaissance! Join Katie and Grace for an extra sandy episode of The Unsolicited Film Critics: The Sequel as we run for our lives and take things that don’t belong to us in The Mummy Returns (2001). Find us on I...

Send us Fan Mail Star-crossed lovers, death defying arenas, unlikely allies, and masochistic Presidents (who may or may not be overcompensating for something) hellbent on seeking revenge against children. Join Grace and Katie (and our special guest Ally) for an extra fiery episode of The Unsolicited Film Critics: The Sequel as we toss our spears into each other's hearts for The Hunger Games:...

Send us Fan Mail Acts of piracy, touches of destiny, humanoid sea creatures and their ultimate sad boy captain, jars of dirt and family reunions. Join Katie and Grace for an extra seaworthy episode of The Unsolicited Film Critics: The Sequel as we hit the high seas for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006). Find us on Instagram & Threads @theunsolicitedfilmcritics

Send us Fan Mail Teenage mutant ninja turtles who never stop talking, more recasting choices than we can count, and all the pizza you can eat. Join Grace and Katie for an extra oozy episode of The Unsolicited Film Critics: The Sequel as we head back to the streets, or should we say, sewers of New York City for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991).  Find us on Instagram &a...

Send us Fan Mail Growing up, 2,000 page sci-fi novels, eye patches, triple-dog dares and saving Christmas. Join Katie and Grace for a special holiday episode of The Unsolicited Film Critics: The Sequel as we make our way home for A Christmas Story Christmas (2022).  Find us on Instagram & Threads @theunsolicitedfilmcritics

Send us Fan Mail Teen romance, casual racism, disapproving parents, sub-par history lessons and - you guessed it - some dirty dancing. Join Grace and Katie for another episode of The Unsolicited Film Critics: The Sequel as we saunter through old Havana for Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (2004). Find us on Instagram & Threads @theunsolicitedfilmcritics

Send us Fan Mail Batmobiles, clown makeup, making your own luck, and heroes living long enough to see themselves become the villain. Join Katie and Grace for a not-so-serious premiere of The Unsolicited Film Critics Season 2:The Sequel for The Dark Knight (2008). Find us on Instagram & Threads @theunsolicitedfilmcritics

Send us Fan Mail Back by popular demand! Tis us, your Unsolicited Film Critics and we’re here to bring you yet another rousing season of film critiques that you never wanted or even asked for! Now that you’ve finished jumping for joy, you might be wondering  what’s in store for Season 2. What will we be serenading your gorgeous ear drums with? Well, you’re just going to have to wait... but not too...