ROTTEN TOMATOES: Adam Fendelman

LISTING OF ALL REVIEWS & ARTICLES

A SAMPLING OF THIS CRITIC'S CINEMATIC TASTE

BEST TO WORST SAMPLING
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5/5	The Band's Visit
4.5/5	The King Of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
4/5	Son of Rambow
3.5/5	Standard Operating Procedure
3/5	The Brave One
2.5/5.0	CJ7
2.5/5	Speed Racer
2/5	Balls of Fury
1.5/5	Illegal Tender
1/5	Resident Evil: Extinction
0.5/5	Postal
.5/5	Sleepwalking

BEST REVIEWED
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5/5	The Dark Knight
5/5	WALL-E
5/5	Kung Fu Panda
5/5	Redbelt
5/5	The Band's Visit
4.5/5	The Last Mistress
4.5/5	Wanted
4.5/5	My Winnipeg
4.5/5	The Promotion
4.5/5	Jellyfish
	more...

WORST REVIEWED
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0.5/5	Postal
.5/5	Sleepwalking
1/5	Deal
1/5	One Missed Call
1/5	The Final Season
1/5	Sydney White
1/5	Death Sentence
1/5	Resident Evil: Extinction
	more...

This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 77% of the time.

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2.5/5	"Series creator Chris Carter not only has penned an even more anemic script than his 1998 film but also manages to serve even less justice to a distinctly original TV series that has catered to people's fantasies and curiosities everywhere." Posted Jul 24, 2008	The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)	32%
4.5/5	"The cynicism and fire of the film all emerges from the heat of Asia Argento. In giving a truly fearless performance as the title character, she uses her body and audacity to tweak the upper-class society that can't take their eyes off her." Posted Jul 21, 2008	The Last Mistress (2008)	76%
4/5	"The beauty of this rather conventional, kiddy adventure is that it revels in not taking anything seriously. The script is peppered with stupid physical comedy, silly puns and dry witticisms on the concepts of space and monkeys." Posted Jul 20, 2008	Space Chimps (2008)	38%
3/5	"While it'd be embellishment to say you'd have the time of your life, any dancing queen or an admirer of seeing Pierce Brosnan croon a tune instead of trigger James Bond destruction can at least have some of the time of your 108 minutes." Posted Jul 18, 2008	Mamma Mia! (2008)	53%
5/5	"With only three short words comprising the film's enigmatic title, it also boasts three epic claims to fame: the role of a lifetime for the late Heath Ledger, one of the best films of 2008 and one of the greatest superhero films of all time." Posted Jul 18, 2008	The Dark Knight (2008)	95%
N/A	"*Warner Bros. Releases Official Watchmen* Teaser Trailer*" Posted Jul 17, 2008*	Watchmen (2009)	n/a
3.5/5	""More twists than a barrel of pretzels"? Take that barrel and put it through the zigzag of a taffy-pulling machine and those results might be able to straighten out the labyrinth of circumstances in Tell No One." Posted Jul 14, 2008	Tell No One (2008)	92%
2.5/5	"*The subplot in Meet Dave* is too complicated for a film of this type. It drags the entire story down with it. However, this did give the screenwriters an excuse to camp up the situation.*" Posted Jul 14, 2008*	Meet Dave (2008)	21%
3/5	"Journey to the Center of the Earth isn't so much an adaptation of the book but a very weak narrative film that uses action sequences from the book to make for cool, 3-D effects." Posted Jul 13, 2008	Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)	60%
3/5	""I let Ben Kingsley do whatever the [bleep] he wanted (laughter)," director Jonathan Levine said in this interview. "He is very, very smart. As a relatively new director, it was incumbent upon me to just say: 'What do you need?'"" Posted Jul 11, 2008	The Wackness (2008)	63%
2.5/5	"In Hellboy II, director Guillermo del Toro delivers the Hollywood filet mignon we've come to expect wrapped nicely in all the special-effects bacon we've come to desire but without the heart we've come to demand." Posted Jul 11, 2008	Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)	87%
2/5	"With superhero films as hot in 2008 as psychedelics were in the 1960s, the new blockbuster superhero film Hancock fits with the label but without any of the ancestry. The 1983 film The Return of Captain Invincible is flipping in its grave." Posted Jul 3, 2008	Hancock (2008)	38%
4.5/5	"With curving, clinking and kissing bullets, Wanted indeed does Chicago proud. And Angelina Jolie sells it. And Morgan Freeman is ominous. And in his body of work, James McAvoy -- the star of this orgasmic summer blockbuster -- becomes a man." Posted Jul 2, 2008	Wanted (2008)	72%
5/5	"*Though perfection in film is a highly unlikely proposition, WALL-E* indeed has become 2008's first perfect film and one of the best Pixar projects of all time.*" Posted Jul 2, 2008*	WALL-E (2008)	96%
4.5/5	"This is an achingly beautiful film full of black-and-white images working as both stark reality and soft-focus dreams. Maddin contemplates the far-off sense of leaving Winnipeg and seeks renewal through an anti-nostalgic look back at it." Posted Jul 1, 2008	My Winnipeg (2008)	97%
4/5	"Interview: These two incredibly insightful women (director Sarah Gavron and lead actress Tannishtha Chatterjee) talk about the essence in creating this amazing female lead and an overall perspective on the Muslim experience in London." Posted Jun 28, 2008	Brick Lane (2008)	62%
3/5	"While this is not a laugh-out-loud film, it does revel in the quirks of the James Bond movies and makes fun of those conventions accordingly. But the film never settles into a groove that feels comfortably paced." Posted Jun 27, 2008	OSS 117: Cairo - Nest of Spies (2008)	78%
3/5	"China is on the world's mind. The once-mysterious communist "enemy" is now the economic friend of all the essential profiteers. Up the Yangtze is a new documentary that expounds upon China in transition." Posted Jun 22, 2008	Up The Yangtze (2008)	95%
2/5	"Combining dull action-movie elements, badly cast movie stars and an uncomfortable romance, Get Smart has forgotten all about its TV roots and most of the humor. Steve Carell is clearly not up to the challenge of filling Don Adams' phone shoe." Posted Jun 20, 2008	Get Smart (2008)	53%
3.5/5	"While for some The Love Guru may feel as though its gags were forced and unworthy as a script of pure hilarity, those same opponents will find themselves either secretly snickering or outright chortling in a seat-bouncing fashion." Posted Jun 20, 2008	The Love Guru (2008)	15%
3/5	"The acting is superior in a rather spotty story. Jim Broadbent is a consummate actor who finds the pinpricks in a dry script and sharpens them to magnify Arthur's negative characteristics." Posted Jun 19, 2008	When Did You Last See Your Father? (2008)	73%
4/5	"While Fatih Akin's script and direction give his actors room to grow, they don't necessarily give them the tools to do so. This is a film about being human that's characterized by the final shot of yet another temporal period of anticipation." Posted Jun 18, 2008	The Edge of Heaven (2008)	90%
3/5	"Julianne Moore once again puts the acting pedal to the metal. Her absorption into the role actually seems better than the thankless craziness written for the character. She is the highlight of this otherwise expendable film." Posted Jun 15, 2008	Savage Grace (2008)	42%
4/5	"Technology has done double-edged duty to the legendary Hulk character. The CGI-created ripped body of nothing remotely reminiscent of Edward Norton blows away Lou Ferrigno's 1978 character -- as long as you don't look him in the face." Posted Jun 13, 2008	The Incredible Hulk (2008)	67%
3.5/5	"Trying to understand the thought process of writer and director M. Night Shyamalan is akin to analyzing Jell-O. What keeps it wiggling and what binds it together? This particular circumstance also had an Alfred Hitchcock vibe." Posted Jun 13, 2008	The Happening (2008)	19%
2/5	"If you like multi-arced episodes of Masterpiece (formerly Masterpiece Theatre), the pacing might work in this padded film. As it was, experiencing this in real time was akin to watching two snails race on a muddy track." Posted Jun 10, 2008	The Duchess of Langeais (2008)	68%
2/5	"There's a feeling of skimming the surface of a true story that would be better served by being grittier or more challenging. As well, the narrative deserves more than an obvious and improbable love story between two good-looking movie stars." Posted Jun 7, 2008	The Children of Huang Shi (2008)	26%
4.5/5	"This notable, Chicago-filmed comedy was inspired by the true events of director Steve Conrad seeing a store employee at a Chicago chain armed only with a yellow courtesy vest break up some unruly loiterers in the parking lot." Posted Jun 6, 2008	The Promotion (2008)	47%
5/5	"In this summer movie season of old men with whips, gals in stilettos and superheroes a go-go, you may ask: "Where's the cartoon?" (Speed Racer doesn't count.) Indeed, the most highly anticipated animation event of the summer is Kung Fu Panda" Posted Jun 6, 2008	Kung Fu Panda (2008)	88%
3.5/5	"In the relatively anemic anthology of recent Adam Sandler flops, You Don't Mess with the Zohan hangs above with comedic charm and a nonsensically amusing plotline. Sandler is the white version of the legendary Tim Meadows character The Ladies Man." Posted Jun 6, 2008	You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)	34%
4.5/5	"Shira Geffen's script is a poignant intersection of the regrettable past and the transitions that must occur to move on. In this 60th-year celebration of Israel, this film feels like the whole country." Posted Jun 3, 2008	Jellyfish (2008)	86%
4.5/5	"Former priest and author James Carroll is simply pointing out that the use of cover up and propaganda -- whether it's aimed at another religion or another country -- is still represented at the point of a sword. That sword is shaped like a cross." Posted Jun 1, 2008	Constantine's Sword (2008)	83%
3/5	"The film has a delicate and deliberate pace. While all the characters could be assigned symbolic motivations, most just seem like annoying and self-indulgent jokes within director Harmony Korine's eccentric point of view." Posted Jun 1, 2008	Mister Lonely (2008)	43%
1.5/5	"The good thing about the three masked intruders is that they stay masked. This saves their careers. Unfortunately, the same can't be said for Scott Speedman. He reacts to every scary indignation as if he was being checked for fleas." Posted May 31, 2008	The Strangers (2008)	41%
3.5/5	"To its voracious universe of cult-following fans, it feels like a TV marathon that spans an entire season. To everyone else who bats an indifferent eye, all the glam and glitz has something even for you to learn, too." Posted May 31, 2008	Sex and the City: The Movie (2008)	51%
4/5	"Reprise director Joachim Trier uses flashback and fantasy sequences to develop character. He has created an honest accountability to those going through their early 20s or those who remember it." Posted May 27, 2008	Reprise (2008)	88%
4.5/5	"Despite some things that make you go 'hmmm' with an unexpected twist of plot events, this is the real Indiana Jones deal. The spirit is spot on and Hollywood this time has fantastically exhumed its venerated roots." Posted May 23, 2008	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)	76%
3.5/5	"As in real life, often the main crisis morphs into a continuance that has no slam-bang conclusion. Rather, we just see a small hope that awakes to experience another sunrise." Posted May 19, 2008	The Witnesses (2008)	85%
4/5	"It's the soldier in Iraq who fights on in the face of public apathy at home. The hope in this vital film is that the voices of soldiers will be raised. They will fight on until their mission is accomplished and the Iraq war is history." Posted May 18, 2008	Body of War (2008)	71%
4.5/5	"The decision to go 'PG' issued a renewed faith that Hollywood can spit out a money-generating product without having to spew gallons of blood and blow stuff up. But that didn't come without great scrutiny and much editing." Posted May 16, 2008	The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)	66%
4.5/5	"Set among the first wave of nationalism that led to India's independence, this highly symbolic story is tautly constructed to create high-wire tension between the oh-so-white British colonialists and the traditional Indian ways." Posted May 13, 2008	Before the Rains (2008)	45%
5/5	"David Mamet combines his famous rat-a-tat dialogue rhythms with a story that he describes as 'American samurai'. This collaboration of Mamet, Chiwetel Ejiofor and the purity of martial arts join forces for a captivating and one-of-a-kind film experience." Posted May 13, 2008	Redbelt (2008)	71%
2.5/5	"While Hollywood slapped 'PG' on Speed Racer to line its pocketbooks with the widest hodgepodge of people (ahem: kids), those same kids will leave the theater with that lollipop nearly sucked to the stick but then yanked away with confusion." Posted May 9, 2008	Speed Racer (2008)	36%
4/5	"This is a must-see film that will not only touch your heart but also your funny bone. It's refreshing to find two filmmakers who have so much passion and boyhood spirit involved in their filmmaking processes." Posted May 9, 2008	Son of Rambow (2008)	75%
3.5/5	"Director Errol Morris tackled the Iraqi prison subject -- among the mass of recent Iraq war documentaries -- because he 'wasn't sure anyone else would tell it if I didn't tell it'." Posted May 6, 2008	Standard Operating Procedure (2008)	78%
4/5	"Move over, Superman. This lush, high-octane playboy never tasted so good. Iron Man has not only etched itself the mark of one of the best-reviewed films so far in 2008 but also one of the highest-rated superhero movies of all time." Posted May 6, 2008	Iron Man (2008)	93%
0.5/5	"Avian flu, atomic bombs and solidarity are the main themes throughout this opus of insufferable screen time while nausea seems to be the only thing you take with you when the film comes to its nuclear holocaust of a closing." Posted Apr 29, 2008	Postal (2008)	9%
2/5	"*Despite its timid title, Deception* has all the right ingredients for a decent tale of mystery. The real mystery is why this strong beginning led to such a weak and conventional conclusion.*" Posted Apr 24, 2008*	Deception (2008)	11%
1/5	"Deal recycles every nuance of every underdog sports movie -- from Rocky to Rudy to Invincible -- but not well. Burt Reynolds plays a mysterious stranger like he needs a three-year nap." Posted Apr 23, 2008	Deal (2008)	0%
2/5	"Despite the subject, the script is flat. Despite using the real locations, the production looked cheesy. Finally, the decision to strip Mark David Chapman (John Lennon's killer) of any humanity makes the narrative decidedly one note." Posted Apr 21, 2008	Chapter 27 (2008)	20%

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