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ERIC D. SNIDER

Agrees with the Tomatometer 77% of the time.

Biography: I was born and raised in Lake Elsinore, Calif. (it's boring; don't go there!). I graduated from Brigham Young University with a B.A. in journalism, and once killed a guy with my bare hands in a bar fight in Tijuana. I was film critic and various other entertainment-y things for a daily paper in Utah, and now work as a freelance writer. I have a column called "Snide Remarks" that I publish on my Web site, as well as an e-zine (fancy word for "e-mail newsletter") of movie reviews called "In the Dark." In addition to my own site, I write for Film.com and Cinematical. When I grow up, I want to be Scott Weinberg.

Favorites: Memento, Fight Club, Toy Story 2, Mary Poppins, Lord of the Rings trilogy, Raising Arizona, Anchorman, Jaws, Psycho

Publications: Cinematical, DVDTalk.com, eFilmCritic.com, EricDSnider.com, Film.com

Critics' Group: Online Film Critics Society

Total Reviews: 2650
Total QuickRatings: 16

Location: Portland, OR

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Fresh B	Fresh 73%	The Road (2009)	" This year's entry in the Movies You Admire and Respect but Don't Ever Want to Watch Again Sweepstakes." — Film.com Posted Nov 25, 2009
Rotten D	Rotten 29%	Ninja Assassin (2009)	" *For a movie about a calculating, silent killer, Ninja Assassin* sure is dumb and loud.*" — EricDSnider.com* Posted Nov 25, 2009
Rotten F	Rotten 6%	Old Dogs (2009)	" Exactly as funny as you'd expect a movie to be that stars John Travolta and Robin Williams as two bachelors who must suddenly take care of precocious 7-year-old twins, and that was directed by the man who made Wild Hogs." — Cinematical Posted Nov 25, 2009
Fresh A-	Fresh 92%	Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)	" Feels like the distillation of everything Anderson has ever done, boiled down to its barest essentials." — EricDSnider.com Posted Nov 24, 2009
Fresh B	Fresh 69%	(Untitled) (2009)	" Skewers the world of contemporary art in a way that's insightful and funny without becoming a broad parody." — Film.com Posted Nov 21, 2009
Rotten D+	Rotten 16%	Planet 51 (2009)	" As the umpteenth computer-animated film released this year, it must contend with an over-saturated marketplace. That's one strike. The second strike is that it's not any good." — EricDSnider.com Posted Nov 19, 2009
Fresh B	Fresh 74%	The Blind Side (2009)	" *Speaking of being blindsided, The Blind Side* is good enough to make me almost forgive Sandra Bullock for All About Steve*" — Film.com* Posted Nov 19, 2009
Rotten C+	Rotten 29%	The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)	" Will probably give fans what they're looking for -- which isn't to say it's great, only that it's basically successful at achieving the not-very-lofty goals it sets for itself." — EricDSnider.com Posted Nov 19, 2009
Fresh B-	Rotten 16%	Gentlemen Broncos (2009)	" A deeply weird movie that bears no signs of any interference from any Hollywood types. For better or worse, this is what comes out of Hess' brain when he's left to his own devices." — EricDSnider.com Posted Nov 13, 2009
Fresh B	Fresh 60%	Pirate Radio (2009)	" A tad oversimplified and not very deep -- but then, you could say the same thing about a lot of really good rock tunes. The important thing is that it's also a lot of fun." — Film.com Posted Nov 13, 2009
Rotten C+	Rotten 37%	2012 (2009)	" A very long, very loud, and very stupid disaster flick that apparently accomplishes what it set out to do, which was to be long, loud, and stupid." — EricDSnider.com Posted Nov 12, 2009
Fresh B	Rotten 47%	The Box (2009)	" Even with its occasional lapses into random weirdness, it remains watchable and engaging, often suspenseful, even creepy." — EricDSnider.com Posted Nov 7, 2009
Rotten C-	Rotten 18%	The Fourth Kind (2009)	" When so many films are bad in lazy and ordinary ways, it's refreshing to occasionally see one that fails interestingly." — Film.com Posted Nov 5, 2009
Fresh B	Rotten 54%	The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)	" It has a quick pace and plenty of laugh-out-loud moments, though you might wish it had tried to do something a little more substantial." — EricDSnider.com Posted Nov 5, 2009
Rotten C	Rotten 55%	Disney's A Christmas Carol (2009)	" Charles Dickens' lifelong wish to have his story retold as a three-dimensional cartoon has finally been realized. At last his soul may be at peace." — Cinematical Posted Nov 5, 2009
Rotten C+	Rotten 49%	Antichrist (2009)	" *Imagine a Saw* film with a slower pace and more pretentious ambitions.*" — EricDSnider.com* Posted Oct 31, 2009
Fresh B+	Fresh 94%	An Education (2009)	" Resides in that magical place where movies are breezy, funny, and smart but also realistic and thoughtful." — EricDSnider.com Posted Oct 29, 2009
Fresh A-	Fresh 91%	Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire (2009)	" Compelling and artistic, punctuated with warm humor and masterful performances, and ultimately triumphant and hopeful." — Cinematical Posted Oct 27, 2009
Fresh A-	Fresh 82%	Black Dynamite (2009)	" This is one of the cleverest, most consistently funny spoof movies since Airplane!" — EricDSnider.com Posted Oct 27, 2009
Fresh B+	Fresh 88%	The House of the Devil (2009)	" *You have to wait for The House of the Devil* to deliver on its promises -- but when it does, holy crap.*" — Cinematical* Posted Oct 26, 2009
Rotten C	Rotten 45%	Saw VI (2009)	" While the social commentary is as shallow as ever, the film's overall quality is better than the last two installments. That isn't saying much, but it's something." — EricDSnider.com Posted Oct 24, 2009
Rotten C+	Rotten 48%	Astro Boy (2009)	" The fun and merriment take a backseat to the sci-fi elements, which are probably not what the intended audience is looking for." — Film.com Posted Oct 23, 2009
Rotten D+	Rotten 20%	Amelia (2009)	" In the running for the dullest, most lifeless biopic of the decade." — EricDSnider.com Posted Oct 22, 2009
Fresh A-	Fresh 86%	Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (2009)	" Almost relentlessly energetic and loony, bursting with random sight gags and subtle, whip-smart comedy." — EricDSnider.com Posted Oct 22, 2009
Fresh B-	Rotten 38%	Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009)	" Keeps the tone just dark enough to be effective without being too scary, and always funny but not cartoonish." — EricDSnider.com Posted Oct 22, 2009
Rotten D	Rotten 11%	The Stepfather (2009)	" Riddled with implausible situations, including many instances of Creepy Stepdad appearing suddenly in doorways and mirrors, and zero instances of genuine suspense or style." — EricDSnider.com Posted Oct 19, 2009
Fresh B-	Fresh 71%	Where the Wild Things Are (2009)	" The film is lacking as a whole -- it's individual moments and scenes that make it worth seeing." — Film.com Posted Oct 15, 2009
Rotten D+	Rotten 25%	Law Abiding Citizen (2009)	" A pointless exercise in phony social commentary that has no idea what its real message is." — EricDSnider.com Posted Oct 15, 2009
Fresh B+	Fresh 83%	Paranormal Activity (2009)	" A low-budget horror flick that uses its do-it-yourself aesthetic to great advantage in scaring the pee out of viewers." — EricDSnider.com Posted Oct 12, 2009
Rotten C	Rotten 12%	Couples Retreat (2009)	" The cast's enthusiasm goes a long way toward keeping the whole mediocre affair from becoming completely intolerable." — Film.com Posted Oct 8, 2009
Fresh A	Fresh 87%	A Serious Man (2009)	" It's all about the uncertainty of life, yet the film itself is very certain, carefully crafted, impeccably written and acted." — EricDSnider.com Posted Oct 8, 2009
Fresh B-	Rotten 56%	The Invention of Lying (2009)	" Its strange concept and storyline make it something of a curiosity, too: you can have fun thinking about it even after it's over." — Cinematical Posted Oct 4, 2009
Fresh B+	Fresh 89%	Zombieland (2009)	" It deserves to become a midnight-movie cult classic. If it doesn't, that means the zombies win." — EricDSnider.com Posted Oct 1, 2009
Fresh B	Fresh 82%	Whip It (2009)	" Funny, agreeable, and lightly entertaining." — Film.com Posted Oct 1, 2009
Fresh A-	Fresh 85%	World's Greatest Dad (2009)	" *For fans of perversely dark comedy, World's Greatest Dad* is a treasure trove of morbid sarcasm and gleeful malevolence.*" — EricDSnider.com* Posted Oct 1, 2009
Rotten C-	Fresh 75%	Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)	" Has only a few traces of Moore's wit and humor, and they're nearly lost in the fog of his indignation." — Film.com Posted Sep 28, 2009
Fresh B+	Rotten 39%	Surrogates (2009)	" One of the year's more entertaining sci-fi films." — Film.com Posted Sep 26, 2009
Rotten C-	Rotten 28%	Fame (2009)	" Tries to do so much in so little time that no characters or storylines get the attention they would need to succeed." — EricDSnider.com Posted Sep 24, 2009
Rotten C+	Rotten 45%	Jennifer's Body (2009)	" *What felt fresh and original two years ago, in Juno, has lost its luster now." — EricDSnider.com* Posted Sep 18, 2009
Fresh B+	Fresh 77%	The Informant! (2009)	" It's a jaunty, goofy trip for the audience, a smart comedy about a dumb guy." — EricDSnider.com Posted Sep 17, 2009
Rotten D+	Rotten 18%	Love Happens (2009)	" *Oh, Love Happens, does it? Thanks, movie. Thanks for the evocative and powerful title. Way to show some effort." — Film.com* Posted Sep 17, 2009
Fresh B+	Fresh 100%	Best Worst Movie (2009)	" A riotously funny look back at the behind-the-scenes madness of "Troll 2," and at the unlikely success it has had in recent years." — EricDSnider.com Posted Sep 12, 2009
Rotten C+	Fresh 62%	Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself (2009)	" Not a very good movie, but it has some sincerely positive ideas, and those ideas almost make up for the fact that it's not a very good movie." — EricDSnider.com Posted Sep 12, 2009
Rotten C	Rotten 6%	Whiteout (2009)	" The film's been sitting on the shelf for 2 1/2 years; maybe it went bad?" — EricDSnider.com Posted Sep 10, 2009
Fresh B	Fresh 63%	Extract (2009)	" A perfectly good comedy with a lot of laughs and several fine characters." — EricDSnider.com Posted Sep 10, 2009
Rotten D	Rotten 29%	The Final Destination (2009)	" You might just as well stay home and watch one of the other three, where at least there will be some devilish wit and ironic humor in evidence." — Cinematical Posted Sep 10, 2009
Rotten F	Rotten 6%	All About Steve (2009)	" My biggest surprise is scanning the credits and not seeing the name Wayans or Prinze Jr. anywhere." — Film.com Posted Sep 3, 2009
Fresh B-	Rotten 49%	Taking Woodstock (2009)	" Demitri Martin and the movie are perfect for each other, both of them agreeable and inoffensive, likable and sort of funny but not very substantive." — EricDSnider.com Posted Aug 28, 2009
Fresh B	Fresh 82%	Thirst (2009)	" Though brimming with crisp, stylish coolness and some unsettling images, it doesn't have much of an emotional center." — EricDSnider.com Posted Aug 25, 2009
Rotten D	Rotten 9%	Post Grad (2009)	" If Post Grad were a job applicant, it would not be hired. In all likelihood, it would have gotten lost between the elevator and the office, then sat on the floor and dribbled until someone called security." — eFilmCritic.com Posted Aug 21, 2009

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