ROTTEN TOMATOES: John McMurtrie

JOHN MCMURTRIE

Agrees with the Tomatometer 85% of the time.

Biography: San Francisco Chronicle contributor.

Publications: Miami Herald, San Francisco Chronicle

Total Reviews: 34

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Rating	T-Meter	Title \| Year	Add Date (default)

Fresh 3/4	N/A	Cine Manifest ()	Click here to read article — San Francisco Chronicle Posted Oct 18, 2008
Rotten 1/4	Rotten 43%	Two Drifters (2006)	" An overwrought weepie, it may be inspired by the recent dramas of Pedro Almod�var, but it comes off as Almod�var Lite -- muy lite." — San Francisco Chronicle Posted Sep 1, 2006
Rotten 2/4	Rotten 50%	Darshan - the Embrace (2006)	" A loose and often not-so-engrossing assortment of scenes intended to showcase Amma's hold on her followers." — San Francisco Chronicle Posted Aug 18, 2006
Rotten 2/4	Fresh 71%	Clean (2006)	" Despite Cheung's efforts (she won the best actress award at Cannes in 2004) and a strong and subtle supporting performance by Nick Nolte, the story could have used a good dose of adrenaline to keep it from often seeming lifeless." — San Francisco Chronicle Posted May 26, 2006
Rotten 2/4	Rotten 38%	American Gun (2006)	" *It's a bit like watching a weaker version of Crash, with fewer coincidences." — San Francisco Chronicle* Posted Apr 21, 2006
Fresh 4/4	Fresh 88%	Sir! No Sir! (2006)	" The voices of the veterans alone, however, make this an important and poignant film that can speak to any generation." — San Francisco Chronicle Posted Apr 7, 2006
Fresh 3/4	Fresh 68%	Evil (2003)	" *Wilson, who plays Erik, had never been in a film before Evil* -- which was nominated for a best foreign-language Oscar in 2004 -- and there's no reason that he can't make many more of them.*" — San Francisco Chronicle* Posted Mar 31, 2006
Rotten 1.5/4	Rotten 35%	Sorry, Haters (2006)	" It's a well-meaning but ultimately feeble and misguided attempt to say something profound about the aftereffects of the 2001 attacks on New York." — San Francisco Chronicle Posted Mar 17, 2006
Rotten 2/4	Fresh 86%	The Ister (2004)	" A film about profound ideas deserved more imagination." — San Francisco Chronicle Posted Mar 15, 2006
Fresh 3/4	Fresh 96%	Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea (2007)	" *Although the lake may be slowly dying, it is still beloved by a motley bunch of eccentrics who are profiled in the highly entertaining documentary Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea." — San Francisco Chronicle* Posted Feb 28, 2006
Fresh 3/4	Fresh 61%	39 Pounds of Love (2005)	" An uplifting documentary." — San Francisco Chronicle Posted Dec 9, 2005
Fresh 3/4	Fresh 78%	Three of Hearts: A Postmodern Family (2005)	" An often tender and revealing documentary." — San Francisco Chronicle Posted Dec 2, 2005
Fresh 3/4	Rotten 56%	Naked in Ashes (2005)	" An inspirational and cautionary film that documents the hermetic lives of a handful of Indian yogis." — San Francisco Chronicle Posted Dec 2, 2005
Fresh 4/4	Fresh 94%	Los Angeles Plays Itself (2004)	" Using well-chosen clips from roughly 200 films, many of them obscure, Andersen makes a powerful and impassioned case for reassessing his beloved city." — San Francisco Chronicle Posted Oct 14, 2005
Fresh 3/4	Fresh 91%	Henri Langlois: Phantom of the Cinematheque (2005)	" A treat for anyone who's passionate about films or who's ever wanted to learn more about them." — San Francisco Chronicle Posted Oct 11, 2005
Rotten 2/4	Rotten 50%	24 Hours on Craigslist (2005)	" A fun and free-form celebration of the site's communal spirit and only-in-San Francisco ethos." — San Francisco Chronicle Posted Oct 7, 2005
Fresh 3/4	Fresh 83%	Keane (2004)	" Lewis delivers a convincing, powerful and highly nuanced performance as a man who's fighting desperately to keep his illness in check and lead a normal life." — San Francisco Chronicle Posted Sep 30, 2005
Fresh 3/4	Rotten 38%	Margaret Cho - Assassin (2005)	" If Margaret Cho's act shows no signs of getting old, it's because the world is kind enough to provide her with sufficient lunacy to fill countless concert tours." — San Francisco Chronicle Posted Sep 2, 2005
Fresh 3/4	Fresh 100%	McLibel (2005)	" A stirring and sometimes funny film." — San Francisco Chronicle Posted Jun 10, 2005
Rotten 0/4	Rotten 36%	Ethan Mao (2005)	" It'd be unfair to reveal whether Ethan's prayers go answered, but viewers can take comfort in knowing that their own prayers will be: Yes, this movie, eventually, comes to an end." — San Francisco Chronicle Posted Apr 8, 2005
Rotten 2/4	Rotten 56%	Fear X (2003)	" The story, in the end, is less than satisfying and, unfortunately, doesn't match the movie's eerie style." — San Francisco Chronicle Posted Jan 28, 2005
Rotten 1/4	Rotten 50%	Alexandra's Project (2005)	" De Heer, who also wrote the script, would have us believe that a wife who's tired of her oblivious bloke of a husband could suddenly become conniving and cruel, coolly defending her actions with twisted logic that's sold as feminism." — San Francisco Chronicle Posted Jan 14, 2005
Fresh 4/4	Fresh 72%	In the Realms of the Unreal (2004)	" A thoughtful and inspired exploration of the man's life and leaves the viewer with a sense of wonder about the lives of countless people with unknown talents that deserve recognition." — Miami Herald Posted Dec 22, 2004
Rotten 2/4	Rotten 51%	Woman, Thou Art Loosed (2004)	" As a film it plays like a heavy-handed morality tale one might come across on a middling cable network." — San Francisco Chronicle Posted Oct 22, 2004
Rotten 1/4	Rotten 33%	Rockets Redglare! (2003)	" Much of the movie drag." — San Francisco Chronicle Posted Oct 8, 2004
Fresh 2/4	Rotten 50%	Yes Nurse! No Nurse! (2004)	" A pleasant enough movie whose overt charm sometimes works against it." — San Francisco Chronicle Posted Sep 3, 2004
Fresh 3/4	Fresh 74%	This Old Cub (2004)	" A heartfelt tribute to both the player and the man." — San Francisco Chronicle Posted Aug 13, 2004
Fresh 3/4	Fresh 83%	Hijacking Catastrophe (2004)	" Though unabashedly one-sided, the documentary avoids being didactic and makes its case clearly and forcefully." — San Francisco Chronicle Posted Aug 11, 2004
Rotten 1/4	Rotten 7%	Kaena: The Prophecy (2004)	" The monsters are derivative, the attempts at humor are mostly feeble and the story, in the end, lacks a certain je ne sais quoi." — San Francisco Chronicle Posted Aug 6, 2004
Rotten 1/4	Rotten 29%	Proteus (2003)	" The movie's pretty much a stinker." — San Francisco Chronicle Posted Jul 30, 2004
Fresh 2/4	Fresh 85%	Hard Goodbyes: My Father (2003)	" A tender, gently paced coming-of-age movie whose strength is its young lead actor." — San Francisco Chronicle Posted Jul 9, 2004
Rotten 1/4	Rotten 21%	Adored - Diary of a Porn Star (2004)	" This clumsy, self-indulgent film veers from comedy to tragedy and is told in flashbacks, with treacly diary entries and unconvincing 'testimonies' from friends providing a window into the past." — San Francisco Chronicle Posted Jul 2, 2004
Rotten 1/4	Rotten 29%	A Day Without A Mexican (2004)	" The tone is often that of a preachy after-school special, down to the instructional messages that regularly flash across the screen." — San Francisco Chronicle Posted Jun 4, 2004
Fresh 4/4	Fresh 89%	Word Wars (2004)	" One need not play the game, or even own a board, to enjoy this film." — San Francisco Chronicle Posted May 28, 2004

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