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Cole Haddon

Cole Haddon

Agrees with the Tomatometer 75% of the time.

Publications:
Baltimore City Paper , Film.com , Orlando Weekly
Total Reviews:
140

Worst Reviewed Films

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D- 26% Punisher: War Zone (2008) — Film.com
Posted May 6, 2011
.5/5 36% Sleuth (2007) " Succeeds only as another example of why Law should never star in a remake of a Caine movie again." — Baltimore City Paper
Posted Nov 8, 2007
D 34% Knowing (2009) " Despite the concept, despite the relatively solid and even exciting first half, the last fifteen minutes of Knowing left me squirming in my seat. Seriously." — Film.com
Posted Mar 20, 2009
1/5 55% Mr. Brooks (2007) " Ever wondered why movies made in Hollywood seem to appeal to increasingly dumber audiences? Buy a ticket to Mr. Brooks to become part of the intellectually diminished population that studio execs lower their standards to appease." — Orlando Weekly
Posted May 31, 2007
7% License to Wed (2007) " Williams, who seems to have shown up for a payday, lacks any of his typical spontaneity and might actually be sleep-joking through some scenes. An utterly uninspired movie that will leave you not wanting to get married, ever." — Orlando Weekly
Posted Jul 5, 2007
65% The History Boys (2006) " Unfortunately, the staid production never manages to justify the leap from stage to screen." — Baltimore City Paper
Posted Dec 21, 2006
1.5/5 21% Fred Claus (2007) " Fred Claus is the perfect example of how a great idea can be ruined by the most competent filmmakers." — Baltimore City Paper
Posted Nov 8, 2007
1.5/5 36% Sydney White (2007) " It is, or claims to be, a revisionist take on Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, something you'll forget until the movie bluntly hits you with Snow White symbolism every 20 minutes or so." — Orlando Weekly
Posted Sep 20, 2007
1.5/5 88% 3:10 to Yuma (2007) " A preposterous piece of soulless thievery that the understandably ignorant will enjoy." — Baltimore City Paper
Posted Sep 6, 2007
1.5/5 19% Rush Hour 3 (2007) " Whatever magic between Chan and Tucker that [Ratner] was able to inadvertently capture the first two times around is finally swallowed up in the black hole that is his non-talent." — Orlando Weekly
Posted Aug 9, 2007
1.5/5 5% Because I Said So (2007) " There's not a member of the cast who isn't better than this premise or its execution." — Orlando Weekly
Posted Feb 1, 2007
C- 61% The Reader (2008) " The Reader is a dull slog of a movie gussied up by two Oscar-nominated actors -- Kate Winslet and Ralph Fiennes. If not for them, as well as an impressive performance by virtual newcomer David Kross, there would be nothing positive to say about it at all." — Film.com
Posted Dec 25, 2008
2/5 67% The Darjeeling Limited (2007) " The pacing is gruelingly slow, with too much attention paid to needless cinematic flourishes." — Baltimore City Paper
Posted Oct 18, 2007
2/5 33% The Nanny Diaries (2007) " The Nanny Diaries is ultimately undone by an undeveloped lead character played by an equally underwhelming Scarlett Johansson." — Baltimore City Paper
Posted Aug 23, 2007
2/5 21% Catch and Release (2007) " Catch and Release opens with a funeral, which is a not-so-funny way for a romantic comedy trying to pass itself off as a drama to begin." — Baltimore City Paper
Posted Jan 25, 2007
C+ 61% Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) — Film.com
Posted May 6, 2011
C+ 10% Hell Ride (2008) — Film.com
Posted Aug 8, 2008
2.5/5 74% The Mist (2007) " The dialogue is more often than not artificial, predictable and even comical as it tries to wrestle characters into agreeing with the story line." — Orlando Weekly
Posted Nov 22, 2007
2.5/5 25% El Cantante (2007) " Unfortunately, the movie suffers from what all musical biopics tend to: clichés." — Orlando Weekly
Posted Aug 2, 2007
2.5/5 50% Nancy Drew (2007) " While [it] embraces the camp of transporting a '50s-style goody-two-shoes to modern-day Los Angeles, there's no attempt to comment on the clash of cultures or even pop culture in general - which would have elevated the material and broadened its audience." — Orlando Weekly
Posted Jun 14, 2007
2.5/5 61% Bug (2006) " Consider how low Friedkin has fallen when 'doesn't entirely suck' is a reason to celebrate." — Orlando Weekly
Posted May 24, 2007
2.5/5 71% 28 Weeks Later... (2007) " The sequel is divorced from its source material and instead focuses on bigger scares, louder music and two kids (who are almost as annoying as the Jurassic Park duo)." — Baltimore City Paper
Posted May 10, 2007
2.5/5 33% Breaking and Entering (2007) " [Minghella's] need to meticulously control every situation, to so perfectly intertwine the lives of every character and to tie up every loose thread creates a degree of contrivance so unrealistic that the fine performances of the cast are muted." — Orlando Weekly
Posted Mar 1, 2007
2.5/5 50% Fast Food Nation (2006) " Linklater and Schlosser's script is uneven and, ultimately, too erratic in focus to make a lasting impact." — Orlando Weekly
Posted Nov 16, 2006
2.5/5 25% A Good Year (2006) " It's ultimately a so-so movie that does little more than answer what should've been an ironic question: What would happen if Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe made a romantic comedy?" — Orlando Weekly
Posted Nov 9, 2006
B- 77% Appaloosa (2008) — Film.com
Posted Oct 2, 2008
B- 14% The Love Guru (2008) — Film.com
Posted Jun 20, 2008
3/5 16% Jumper (2008) " Jumper isn't a comic-book movie, but it feels like one." — Orlando Weekly
Posted Feb 21, 2008
3/5 65% The Jane Austen Book Club (2007) " Everything the recent faux-biopic Becoming Jane got wrong, The Jane Austen Book Club gets right by successfully marrying frothy romantic comedy, painful drama and a smart knowledge of the writer's literary classics." — Orlando Weekly
Posted Oct 4, 2007
3/5 66% Shoot 'Em Up (2007) " Never once does it take itself seriously, nor does it attempt to convince you that this cartoon world populated by unstoppable gunmen, FBI-profilers-turned-hitmen and lactating hookers should be taken seriously, either." — Baltimore City Paper
Posted Sep 6, 2007
3/5 41% Shrek the Third (2007) " The most boring Shrek yet. That doesn't mean it's not entertaining; it's just disappointing when compared to its predecessors. Maybe in the next sequel, Shrek'll buy a minivan." — Baltimore City Paper
Posted May 17, 2007
3/5 63% Spider-Man 3 (2007) " When compared to just about every other Marvel comic-book movie released in the past couple of years, it's a goddamn cinematic masterpiece." — Baltimore City Paper
Posted May 3, 2007
3/5 49% We Are Marshall (2006) " It doesn't really matter that you've seen variations of the story time and time again. What matters is, you're not going to have a terrible time." — Baltimore City Paper
Posted Dec 22, 2006
3/5 62% Blood Diamond (2006) " Who wants to watch something so gruesome?" — Orlando Weekly
Posted Dec 7, 2006
3/5 47% The Holiday (2006) " You'll find it hard to leave the theater not beaming." — Orlando Weekly
Posted Dec 7, 2006
3/5 51% The Fountain (2006) " It's that faith in [Aronofsky's] artistic vision -- a faith that's evident during every second of The Fountain -- that sustains the movie even when you have no idea what the hell is going down." — Orlando Weekly
Posted Nov 23, 2006
2.5/4 31% Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006) " Whereas Secretary didn't have to worry about truth, Fur never quite escapes it, nor embraces it." — Baltimore City Paper
Posted Dec 1, 2006
B 89% Adventureland (2009) " Characters like James and Stewart's Em feel out of place for their own reasons, and consequently provide just enough perspective for us to remember the absurdity of the culture around them, but never with disdain." — Film.com
Posted Apr 3, 2009
B 68% Cadillac Records (2008) — Film.com
Posted Dec 5, 2008
B 94% Slumdog Millionaire (2008) " Not that the movie from director Danny Boyle isn't satisfying, isn't more than worth seeing. But I had been expecting cinematic fireworks to justify the claim that it's the best movie of the new millennium." — Film.com
Posted Nov 20, 2008
3.5/5 94% Gone Baby Gone (2007) " The older Affleck makes a fine turn behind the camera, utilizing Boston as a character much like Gus Van Sant did in his Good Will Hunting." — Orlando Weekly
Posted Oct 18, 2007
3.5/5 51% 30 Days of Night (2007) " A gore-filled, cheer-inciting B-movie that re-imagines the vampire as something to be feared, not to sleep with." — Baltimore City Paper
Posted Oct 18, 2007
3.5/5 75% Sunshine (2007) " Director Danny Boyle avoids the clichés and instead embraces the sort of psychological drama and suspense that would've pleased Stanley Kubrick." — Baltimore City Paper
Posted Jul 26, 2007
3.5/5 77% Surf's Up (2007) " Don't worry, the laughs make up for the lame premise." — Orlando Weekly
Posted Jun 7, 2007
3.5/5 70% Ocean's Thirteen (2007) " The action starts with the opening scene so there's never a chance for it to slow down." — Orlando Weekly
Posted Jun 7, 2007
3.5/5 63% Reign Over Me (2007) " Binder delivers a quiet, pensive drama that embraces its nuances while giving the two leading men plenty of chances to embrace their characters' dysfunction." — Orlando Weekly
Posted Mar 22, 2007
3.5/5 89% Zodiac (2007) " Very little of it works as well as it should, but somehow the strength of his obsessive, single-minded direction makes you overlook all that." — Orlando Weekly
Posted Mar 1, 2007
3.5/5 76% Catch a Fire (2006) " The narrative resists the grandiosity of Vendetta and the self-righteousness of Syriana." — Orlando Weekly
Posted Nov 1, 2006
94% The Dark Knight (2008) " In a medium where CGI has become synonymous with superheroes, the limited presence of it adds a degree of startling reality to The Dark Knight that makes a person believe a billionaire could dress up as a bat and kick ass on a city's streets." — Baltimore City Paper
Posted Jul 16, 2008
72% Stranger Than Fiction (2006) " [Screenwriter Zach Helm is] called by those in the know "the next Charlie Kaufman..."" — Baltimore City Paper
Posted Nov 11, 2006
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