ROTTEN TOMATOES: Josh Hurst

JOSH HURST

Agrees with the Tomatometer 63% of the time.

Biography: Talented, handsome, and modest to a fault, Josh Hurst obsessively writes about music and film at his blog, Stuck Between Stations. Though his friends call him a film snob, Josh prefers to think of himself as having broad cinematic horizons and sophisticated tastes. His favorite films of all time include the Three Colors trilogy, The Royal Tenenbaums, Almost Famous, Raising Arizona, and the Lord of the Rings trilogy, though he'll always have a special place in his heart for the silly sight gags and punny wordplay of Airplane! and Top Secret! When he grows up, Josh wants to be just like Jeffrey Overstreet.

Publications: Christianity Today, Looking Closer

Total Reviews: 32

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

Fresh 3/4	Fresh 60%	Pirate Radio (2009)	" The end credits display a wide array of classic album covers -- from Bob Dylan to U2, The Clash to Tom Waits. That reveals what's at the movie's heart: A love for rock 'n' roll." — Christianity Today Posted Nov 30, 2009
Rotten 0/4	Rotten 24%	Law Abiding Citizen (2009)	" Shamelessly crass and blatantly stupid. There oughta be laws against films like this." — Christianity Today Posted Oct 31, 2009
Fresh 3/4	Fresh 91%	Ponyo (2009)	" The film's joys are numerous, and most of them are small and simple. To start with, the animation -- all hand-drawn -- is simply breathtaking." — Christianity Today Posted Aug 18, 2009
Fresh 3.5/4	Fresh 93%	Summer Hours (2009)	" *Echoes of so many other great Binoche movies: The haunted quality of Blue, the meditative tone of Flight of the Red Balloon, even the celebratory mood of Dan in Real Life." — Christianity Today* Posted Jun 24, 2009
Fresh 3.5/4	Rotten 55%	The Soloist (2009)	" Remarkable! A small, intimate kind of movie that deserves to be cradled and cherished, not slathered in crass award-show buzz and industry politics." — Christianity Today Posted Apr 24, 2009
Rotten 1.5/4	Fresh 65%	The Escapist (2009)	" It's simply an experiment in throwing a familiar premise into a blender and seeing how it looks once it's all chopped up." — Christianity Today Posted Apr 3, 2009
Rotten 2/4	Fresh 72%	Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)	" *It's about a tenth as entertaining as, say, Monsters, Inc.* -- one of the lesser Pixar movies -- and it doesn't reach the same heights as DreamWorks' previous monster franchise, Shrek.*" — Christianity Today* Posted Mar 27, 2009
Rotten 2/4	Rotten 13%	The Pink Panther 2 (2009)	" It's pretty dumb, and it's predictable, and, a year from now, not many people will remember it." — Christianity Today Posted Feb 6, 2009
Fresh 3/4	Rotten 25%	Four Christmases (2008)	" Very funny, very touching, and very real, and it's not too hard to believe that, though it might not be remembered as a classic, it'll become a holiday favorite for many." — Christianity Today Posted Nov 26, 2008
Fresh 2.5/4	Rotten 58%	Flash of Genius (2008)	" *For those who enjoy this sort of inspiring, true-life story and are able to sort through the good and the bad in its central character, Flash of Genius* is a smart choice.*" — Christianity Today* Posted Oct 3, 2008
Fresh 3.5/4	Fresh 77%	Burn After Reading (2008)	" A deliriously funny and delightful comedy, another exceptional movie from a creative team that seems boundlessly skilled and imaginative no matter the genre." — Christianity Today Posted Sep 12, 2008
Fresh 3/4	Rotten 55%	Step Brothers (2008)	" If you like Judd Apatow's bawdy R-rated comedies and Ferrell's inspired silliness, Step Brothers may be the most riotously funny film this side of Knocked Up " — Christianity Today Posted Jul 25, 2008
Rotten 2/4	Rotten 19%	Meet Dave (2008)	" *If anything in Meet Dave* surprises you, you've never seen a family movie before. Instead, go to the movie only for Murphy, whose talents really shine in this role.*" — Christianity Today* Posted Jul 11, 2008
Fresh 4/4	Fresh 96%	WALL-E (2008)	" Despite being subtle, sophisticated and light on dialogue, it's every bit the crowd-pleaser we expect from this studio: funny, romantic, imaginative, and utterly gripping." — Christianity Today Posted Jun 26, 2008
Rotten 1.5/4	Rotten 26%	Drillbit Taylor (2008)	" Though certainly not a disaster, it is a move away from the style of comedy that has made Apatow and Rogen stars, and it finds them on shaky ground." — Christianity Today Posted Mar 28, 2008
Fresh 2.5/4	Rotten 10%	Fool's Gold (2008)	" A modestly entertaining genre pick that doesn't take itself too seriously." — Christianity Today Posted Feb 8, 2008
Rotten 2/4	Rotten 22%	P.S. I Love You (2007)	" The movie is so bent on conjuring big, sweeping emotions that it becomes a bit scattershot, starting down way too many tear-jerking roads but never going down any of them far enough to discover any real substance." — Christianity Today Posted Dec 21, 2007
Fresh 3/4	Rotten 51%	Bee Movie (2007)	" A big-screen, 90-minute Saturday morning cartoon that's really for grown-ups, but happens to be relatively safe and thoroughly entertaining for kids, too." — Christianity Today Posted Nov 2, 2007
Fresh 3.5/4	Fresh 64%	Dan in Real Life (2007)	" There's not an iota of pretense here, not the slightest hint of hipster irony or of cynicism. It's a movie about family, made by people who know about family, who believe in family." — Christianity Today Posted Oct 26, 2007
Fresh 3.5/4	Fresh 67%	The Darjeeling Limited (2007)	" Never before has Wes Anderson seemed so indifferent toward how the film will be perceived, and, consequently, it moves as gracefully and as organically as anything he's done." — Christianity Today Posted Oct 12, 2007
Rotten 2/4	Rotten 59%	Bug (2007)	" The movie seems made for the express purpose of disorienting its viewers, causing them to sink into discomfort and dread." — Christianity Today Posted May 25, 2007
Rotten 1.5/4	Rotten 33%	TMNT (2007)	" The long-delayed return of our Heroes in a Half Shell is big on style but low in substance." — Christianity Today Posted Mar 27, 2007
Fresh 3/4	Fresh 89%	Venus (2006)	" O'Toole's luminous presence -- his grace and dignity, his humor and his gravity -- holds the film together and sometimes elevates it to greatness." — Christianity Today Posted Jan 5, 2007
Fresh 3/4	Rotten 44%	Night at the Museum (2006)	" A two-hour romp through goofy humor, history-buff in-jokes, kooky physical comedy, and high-speed chase scenes. They just don't make 'em like this anymore." — Christianity Today Posted Dec 22, 2006
Rotten 0/4	N/A	The Visitation (2005)	" Here's a 'Christian movie' that's an embarrassment to a genre that doesn't exactly have a reputation for producing great art." — Christianity Today Posted Nov 10, 2006
Fresh 4/4	Fresh 84%	The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)	" The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada is a spiritual exploration so profound and complex that it's impossible to take it all in with one viewing." — Christianity Today Posted Nov 2, 2006
Fresh 3.5/4	Fresh 69%	The Science of Sleep (2006)	" *If cinematic weirdness is your bread and butter, The Science of Sleep* is a feast for the imagination and a triumph of creativity.*" — Christianity Today* Posted Oct 2, 2006
Rotten 1/4	Rotten 9%	Facing the Giants (2006)	" When a film is as unintentionally corny as this one, it's anyone's guess as to how many viewers can stomach all the schmaltz for the positive message at the end." — Christianity Today Posted Sep 29, 2006
Fresh 3/4	Rotten 40%	My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006)	" *Even if it falls slightly short of super, Ex-Girlfriend* is a film that's well worth having around.*" — Christianity Today* Posted Sep 27, 2006
Rotten 2/4	Fresh 69%	Christmas in the Clouds (2005)	" The plot is just too pedestrian, the writing just too limp, and most of the characters just too boring for this to be anything more than a modestly entertaining diversion." — Christianity Today Posted Sep 11, 2006
Rotten .5/4	Rotten 4%	Zoom (2006)	" *Despite whatever connotations its title might suggest, Zoom* is a movie marked by pure laziness, made by folks who either don't know or don't care what they're doing.** " — Christianity Today Posted Aug 25, 2006
—	Rotten 43%	National Treasure (2004)	Click here to read article — Looking Closer Posted Jan 15, 2005

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