Nothing opening wide this weekend has taken a critical beating. “Godzilla,” despite being kid-friendly and PG-13, which the fanboys usually turn up their noses at (darker and more violent tends to be their taste), is winning generous reviews — overly generous, say I, but I’m an outlier on this one — for director Gareth Edwards. I thought the low-budget creator of “Monsters” got lost with all that money and all those actors he wastes. The only actor who makes an impression is Bryan Cranston, and he chews more scenery than the big lizard.

Curious to see what kind of business “Godzilla” stirs up. Should be big, with that kid-friendly rating.

“Million Dollar Arm” is not a promising start to Jon Hamm’s career as a big screen leading man. He’s cool and rather dull in the part, which is kind of what was asked for. But you’d kind of hope the “Mad Man”, who can be funny, would have brought something more engrossing to the table. This ain’t “Jerry Maguire.” He doesn’t seem to get that. Weak to mixed reviews for the Indo-American fish out of water comedy.

Most critics agree that Robert Duvall is better than the movie that surrounds him in “A Night in Old Mexico.” How much better is where we disagree. Weaker notices for that one.

“Chinese Puzzle” is the third film in the French series of romances that began with “L’Auberge Espagnole.” Cute film, heartfelt, foreigners in New York. That sort of thing. Decent to good reviews for that one.

The Nigerian epic “Half of a Yellow Sun” is pretty good, if not as epic as one might have hoped. Decent overall reviews, but no more. “Epic”, when it concerns Nigeria’s bloody 1960s civil war over the separation of Biafra from the state, costs a lot more money than this Thandie Newton/Chewitel Ejiofor drama had available. Very educational, for those who want a better understanding of the tribalism that still leads to kidnappings, power struggles and the like in the oil-rich nation.