Desson Patrick Thomson is a speechwriter, journalist and film critic. He was a speechwriter for the Obama administration and film critic for The Washington...

sure to set pulses racing and spines tingling". In the same newspaper, Desson Thomson felt that "the movie ... operates on the crime-movie equivalent of automatic...

just to play a board game, but to project themselves into its world". Desson Thomson of The Washington Post wrote that Zathura has "an appealing, childlike...

approach of "balancing sophistication and horror in all of his movies". Desson Thomson from The Washington Post wrote that "just as he did in The Sixth Sense...

believes so earnestly and intensely in the stories he puts onscreen". Desson Thomson of The Washington Post called the storytelling "brilliant", and said...

and they make mess out of everything." In a 2004 article on the film, Desson Thomson of The Washington Post comments on the inclusion of Coker in the film...

CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale. Desson Thomson of The Washington Post, giving it three and a half stars out of five...

(Artforum) Anne Thompson (Variety, The Hollywood Reporter) David Thomson Desson Thomson (The Washington Post) Peter Travers (Rolling Stone) François Truffaut...

Linden of The Hollywood Reporter called it a "Sharp, vivacious comedy." Desson Thomson of The Washington Post called it "An entertaining affair whose wild-card...

a time into a closed world where one's destiny may be discovered." Desson Thomson of The Washington Post praised the acting by young actors, calling their...