Toronto International Film Festival 2025: Movie Scorecard

TIFF 2025 is in full swing, and the reviews are comin’ in hot as critics are praising performances by Matthew McConaughey, Sydney Sweeney, Paul Mescal, Daniel Craig, and more. From Sweeney’s dramatic transformation in Christy , which critics are saying is a major step-up for the actress, to Daniel Craig’s “best performance of Benoit Blanc so far” in Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (read first reviews here ), it’s safe to say this year could be one for the books, eh?

While director Hikari and Brendan Fraser received an emotional standing ovation for Rental Famil y (check back for the TM score), critics reported that Paul Mezcal’s performance in Hamnet “will bring you to tears.” Meanwhile, Matt

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