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Russell Edwards

Russell Edwards

Agrees with the Tomatometer 61% of the time.

Publications:
Variety
Total Reviews:
209

Worst Reviewed Films

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Rating T-Meter Title | Year Add Date
22% Sorority Row (2009) " An average slasher pic that meanders indecisively between gore and gags." — Variety
Posted Sep 9, 2009
73% Chocolate (2008) " A less tasty martial-arts actioner featuring an autistic kickboxing queen energized by confectionery." — Variety
Posted Oct 18, 2008
50% Cactus (2008) " Jasmine Yuen-Carrucan ("Kill Bill," "Mongol") leapfrogs into the director's chair with confidence; but her flawed, lightweight script betrays inexperience behind a keyboard." — Variety
Posted May 6, 2008
79% Black Water (2008) " A lack of incisive action takes the teeth out of croc pic...offering too few scares and insufficient tension for audiences to take the bait." — Variety
Posted Jan 22, 2008
—— Gabriel (2007) " This derivative, low-budget HD effort will be hellish for anyone outside its targeted youth audience." — Variety
Posted Nov 30, 2007
31% Midnight Eagle (Middonaito Īguru) (2007) " The film's brisk pacing can't hide the fuzzy logic of the tenuously structured, convoluted script." — Variety
Posted Oct 29, 2007
41% December Boys (2007) " Visually well-mounted but narratively muddled." — Variety
Posted Sep 13, 2007
55% Romulus, My Father (2008) " Helming bow by Oz thesp Richard Roxburgh predictably leaves actors plenty of room, but the literary tone and episodic structure rob the pic of dramatic momentum." — Variety
Posted Jun 11, 2007
60% Mogari no Mori (The Mourning Forest) (The Forest of Mogari) (2007) " Yarn about a young carer who follows an elderly patient into the forest, strives for the mythic, but ambition is undercut by its conveniently underarticulated affectations." — Variety
Posted May 29, 2007
30% Boarding Gate (2008) " Thrills and drama are left standing on the tarmac in Boarding Gate, a limp, sleazy inanity." — Variety
Posted May 25, 2007
—— Kuaile gongchang (Pleasure Factory) (2007) " Making Herman Yau's recent dreadful Hong Kong film on a similar subject, Whispers and Moans look like a narrative masterpiece by comparison, this pic borders on the inept." — Variety
Posted May 24, 2007
—— Ploy () " Jealousy erupts quickly but steamy sex and dull narrative move at a glacial pace in Thai somnambulistic meller Ploy." — Variety
Posted May 23, 2007
30% Young Yakuza (2008) " A wayward Japanese youth's apprenticeship with the Nipponese mafia provides an intriguing premise but little substance in French docu Young Yakuza." — Variety
Posted May 20, 2007
—— Garage () " Strained humor gives way to maudlin melodrama in dull Irish pic Garage." — Variety
Posted May 20, 2007
44% The Color of Freedom (2007) " Opportunities to emotionally bond with happenings onscreen are far and few between." — Variety
Posted Apr 14, 2007
—— Bet Collector (2008) " While thesp Gina Pareno gives 200% to the titular role, the yarn's meandering tendencies will erode sympathies well before the tacked-on finale arrives." — Variety
Posted Oct 16, 2006
71% Paper Dolls (Bubot Niyar) (2006) " Pic mostly fails to transcend its ramshackle structure or penetrate the inner-lives of its subjects." — Variety
Posted Sep 8, 2006
83% Somersault (2004) " Shortland appears to have a great fascination with objects like pine needles and gas jets, but the pic's visual flourishes tend to be distracting in their restless artiness." — Variety
Posted Apr 20, 2006
—— Unfolding Florence: The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst (2005) " A feisty faker is held up as a feminist idol, but her bloody death and exact source of her appeal remain a mystery." — Variety
Posted Jan 25, 2006
63% Wild Side (2005) " A morbid and self-important homosexual Jules & Jim for the new millennium." — Variety
Posted Jun 10, 2005
—— Campfire (2005) " Pic juggles several storylines that include the personal and political, but is unable to get beyond soap-opera shtick." — Variety
Posted May 27, 2005
53% Primo Amore (First Love) (2004) " While engaging, pic eventually betrays itself as having a trivial attitude to its chosen subject." — Variety
Posted Apr 7, 2005
60% After Midnight (Dopo Mezzanotte) (2004) " Ferrario has fun with antique footage and exhibits from the museum, but there's a lack of urgency or sufficient charm to engage auds." — Variety
Posted Dec 21, 2004
14% Dragonball Evolution (2009) " Dragonball Evolution doesn't take itself too seriously, but avoids campiness." — Variety
Posted Mar 26, 2009
88% The Black Balloon (2008) " Collette acts as an anchor for the ensemble, but the young leads credibly hold their own onscreen." — Variety
Posted Oct 18, 2008
—— Global Haywire () " Ambitious pic occasionally creaks under the weight of strained metaphors, but intelligent talking heads and engagingly shambolic cartoons conquer unwieldy narrative and sporadic glibness." — Variety
Posted Apr 9, 2008
63% Kataude mashin gāru (The Machine Girl) (2008) " Shameless gore, gallows humor and guilty pleasures are the byproducts of a mechanical plot and impressive helming." — Variety
Posted Feb 21, 2008
87% Kābź (Kaabee) (Kabei: Our Mother) (2008) " Shows the Shochiku journeyman's prowess in hitting the right buttons to move Japanese auds." — Variety
Posted Feb 14, 2008
—— Mermaid () " Has abundant charm and digital trickery in the Amelie mold, but also a winning personality all its own." — Variety
Posted Jan 30, 2008
—— September (2007) " Script skillfully draws together its disparate elements and is powerful enough to transcend the film's considerable limitations." — Variety
Posted Sep 17, 2007
69% The Duchess of Langeais (Ne Touchez Pas La Hache)(Don't Touch the Axe) (2007) " Slowly but expertly depicts the jousting courtship of an ill-fated love affair between a Parisian socialite and a Napoleonic war hero." — Variety
Posted Jul 14, 2007
—— Et Toi, T'Es Sur Qui? () " Pic has a John Hughes sensibility with a Euro sexual frankness that Ferris Bueller could only dream about." — Variety
Posted May 24, 2007
55% Funuke Domo, Kanashimi no ai Wo Misero (Funuke Show Some Love, You Losers!) (2007) " Sibling rivalry is the source of violence and creativity in amusing Japanese dramedy Funuke." — Variety
Posted May 24, 2007
83% Import/Export (2006) " Miserable but masterful." — Variety
Posted May 23, 2007
—— Magnus (2007) " This astounding debut from 26-year-old helmer-scripter Kadri Kousaar is well-mounted and occasionally visually innovative." — Variety
Posted May 20, 2007
85% Memories of Tomorrow (Ashita no kioku) (2007) " An outstanding perf and a methodically constructed script about the early onset of Alzheimer's disease makes Japanese meller Memories of Tomorrow an emotionally gripping experience." — Variety
Posted May 19, 2007
87% Control (2007) " Somber, sad and compelling." — Variety
Posted May 17, 2007
72% Tekon Kinkurīto (Tekkonkinkreet) (2007) " Helming is fluid, giving the animation an extra sense of momentum and life." — Variety
Posted Apr 24, 2007
96% Triad Election (Hak se wui yi wo wai kwai) (2007) " Johnnie To's Election 2 is distinguished by intelligence, wit and violence but is lightly wounded by some ill-fitting moments." — Variety
Posted Apr 24, 2007
—— Comrades in Dreams (2006) " An entertaining world tour of small-town movie houses and the dedicated cineastes who maintain them, Comrades in Dreams is a delight." — Variety
Posted Jan 16, 2007
49% Candy (2006) " Despite a fine performance by Abbie Cornish (Somersault) in the title role, film belongs to Heath Ledger in terms of narrative and identification." — Variety
Posted Oct 18, 2006
69% The Book of Revelation (2007) " Even the pivotal weakness of [Tom] Long's dull persona can't undermine the pic's determination to confront auds intellectually and emotionally." — Variety
Posted Sep 16, 2006
95% U-Carmen e-Khayelitsha (2005) " Performances and singing are both on the money, and the film's organic, realistic feel seems to have been bolstered by the translation contribution that thesps Malefane and Andiswa Kedama made to the screenplay." — Variety
Posted Jul 28, 2006
—— Solo () " Feature bow by helmer-scripter Morgan O'Neill has knockabout charm and dry wit, but is hampered by blind fidelity to overfamiliar and often awkwardly applied genre conventions." — Variety
Posted Jul 11, 2006
92% Journey From the Fall (2007) " Despite some initial unsteadiness, helming shows considerable style as well as ambition." — Variety
Posted May 11, 2006
94% The White Diamond (2004) " Herzog's eye for the weird sometimes makes the docu feel strained, but engaging characters imbue the pic with depth and emotional appeal." — Variety
Posted Sep 1, 2005
98% Mountain Patrol: Kekexili (2006) " Exquisite to behold and with a stimulating storyline that mixes guns with ecological consciousness." — Variety
Posted Aug 7, 2005
80% Beautiful Boxer (2005) " A sweetly entertaining but bland biopic." — Variety
Posted Jan 25, 2005
47% Toolbox Murders (2004) " Toolbox may not renew the splatter genre in any significant way, but the chills and kills prove Hooper, when armed with the right script, can still tighten the fright screws." — Variety
Posted Aug 2, 2004
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