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NELL MINOW

Agrees with the Tomatometer 70% of the time.

Biography: Nell Minow writes about movies, television, the Internet, and parenting as The Movie Mom for Beliefnet and other publications. Her articles have appeared in the Chicago Tribune, USA Today, Family Fun, Child, Daughters, Parents, Slate, and three editions of The Practical Guide to Practically Everything. Her book, The Movie Mom's Guide to Family Movies was published by Avon in 1999, with a second edition in 2004. She reviews movies every week on radio stations across the US and in Canada. Her reviews appear on Beliefnet at http://blog.beliefnet.com/moviemom and you can see her Movie Mom page on Facebook or follow her on twitter. Nell is a member of the Online Film Critics Society, the Broadcast Film Critics Association and the Washington Area Film Critics Association.
Favorites: 500 of my favorite movies are reviewed in my book, but as of this writing my top 10 would have to include "The Philadelphia Story," "To Have and Have Not," "His Girl Friday," "Ball of Fire," and "Duck Soup." Ask me tomorrow and you might get a different list!

Publications: Beliefnet, Chicago Sun-Times, Common Sense Media, Denver Post, Kansas City Star, Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

Critics' Group: Online Film Critics Society, Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association

Total Reviews: 1670
Total QuickRatings: 943

Location: Just outside of Washington DC

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Everybody's Fine (2009)

" Writer/director Kirk Jones: "I was inspired with ideas that I saw out of the window of the bus and the train and they went directly into the script."" — Beliefnet

Posted Dec 13, 2009

Me and Orson Welles (2009)

" Zac Efron: Putting on a play and being part of a show, there's no way to explain or condense it. You live the highest highs and lowest lows." — Beliefnet

Posted Dec 3, 2009

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)

" Mizuo Peck: I personally as an actress did a lot of research about Sacajawea and approached the role as if I were a wax statute who was identifying with her." — Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

Posted Dec 3, 2009

Armored (2009)

" It was fun to do but it wasn't about the action. I don't Everything I do I want to have character development and three-dimensional characters, fallible humans." — Beliefnet

Posted Dec 3, 2009

The Road (2009)

" We deliberately used images we have all seen to make it more real and give more poignancy and a warning sign because that's what the book is about, grace under pressure." — Beliefnet

Posted Nov 23, 2009

Crude (2009)

" What made me want to see the film was seeing it in a larger context of displacement and mistreatment of indigenous people. I didn't want one-sided agitprop." — Beliefnet

Posted Nov 6, 2009

An Education (2009)

" Themes she likes: Insecurity, people who can't speak for themselves, people who are slightly invisible, odd couples, men in their late 30's." — Beliefnet

Posted Nov 6, 2009

Gentlemen Broncos (2009)

" We really try and populate our films with authentic people who might not normally have an opportunity to be in a film." — Beliefnet

Posted Nov 6, 2009

A Serious Man (2009)

" Interview with Michael Stuhlbarg of "A Serious Man"" — Beliefnet

Posted Oct 8, 2009

Fame (2009)

" My biggest challenge was one scene, my favorite scene, with Debbie Allen." — Beliefnet

Posted Sep 27, 2009

Coco Before Chanel (2009)

" She was creating clothes for herself that were less confining not just for the style but so she could do what she wanted to do." — Beliefnet

Posted Sep 27, 2009

No Impact Man (2009)

" The media attention that exploded was unexpected and it was fascinating. Colin was being attacked by both the right and the left and applauded by both the right and left." — Beliefnet

Posted Sep 27, 2009

Adam (2009)

" Interview with writer/director Max Mayer" — Beliefnet

Posted Aug 27, 2009

Adam (2009)

" Interview with Hugh Dancy and Rose Byrne" — Beliefnet

Posted Aug 27, 2009

Goodbye Solo (2009)

" Interview with writer-director Ramin Bahrani." — Beliefnet

Posted Aug 27, 2009

Play the Game (2009)

" Interview with writer/director Marc Fienberg." — Beliefnet

Posted Aug 27, 2009

Downloading Nancy (2008)

" Interview with Rufus Sewell of "Downloading Nancy"" — Beliefnet

Posted Jun 4, 2009

Lifelines (2009)

" "The concept of a family journeying to see a shrink on a Saturday to mend their own issues has always been a topic I wanted to explore cinematically."" — Beliefnet

Posted Mar 30, 2009

The Class (2008)

" I wanted the professor to have his weakness, not to have a magic wand to solve everything...What I want to do is describe the world in all of its complexity and contradictions." — Beliefnet

Posted Dec 18, 2008

I've Loved You So Long (2008)

" "It was very important for me to begin this story with shock."Philippe Claudel, writer/director" — Beliefnet

Posted Dec 12, 2008

Brideshead Revisited (2008)

" Interview with Matthew Goode" — Beliefnet

Posted Nov 17, 2008

Flow: For Love of Water (2008)

" Interview with Irena Salina" — Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

Posted Nov 17, 2008

Sleeping Beauty (1959)

" Interview with Mary Costa (Princess Aurora)" — Beliefnet

Posted Nov 17, 2008

City of Ember (2008)

" Interview with Tim Robbins" — Beliefnet

Posted Nov 17, 2008

21 (2008)

" Interview with Jim Sturgess and Jeff Ma of "21"" — Beliefnet

Posted Mar 26, 2008

Married Life (2008)

" Interview with Ira Sachs, writer/director of "Married Life"" — Beliefnet

Posted Mar 17, 2008

Blindsight (2008)

" Tenberken discusses conflicts about how to define "success" for the expedition and Weihenmeyer talks about what inspired him about the teenagers." — Beliefnet

Posted Mar 6, 2008

The Counterfeiters (2008)

" Q: It seemed to me that the title of the movie had many layers of meaning. Ruzowitsky: This...intrigued me: Will Sally be able to counterfeit reality himself?" — Beliefnet

Posted Feb 22, 2008

The Band's Visit (2007)

" Was there a true story that inspired this movie? No, not at all. It began with the image of the main character, dressed in a very strict police uniform singing an Arabic song." — Beliefnet

Posted Feb 17, 2008

Darkon (2007)

" Interview with directors Andrew Neel and Luke Meyer" — Beliefnet

Posted Jan 18, 2008

First Sunday (2008)

" Interview with Regina Hall" — Beliefnet

Posted Jan 16, 2008

Juno (2007)

" Diablo Cody and Ellen Page of "Juno" talk about Kimya Dawson, making the movie, and being "the proud not-owner of a television"" — Beliefnet

Posted Dec 13, 2007

The Perfect Holiday (2007)

" Morris Chestnut and Faison Love talk about making "A Perfect Holiday," their favorite Christmas movies, and what "perfect holiday" means to them." — Beliefnet

Posted Dec 12, 2007

Duck (2007)

" I like to find the funny in sad, if you can do that in real life you'll be okay." — Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

Posted Sep 13, 2007

3:10 to Yuma (2007)

" Outlaws...were the rock stars of their day. They were like pirates or rock and roll stars, living outside of the law, where murder becomes your show, performance. So I watched glam rock footage, David Bowie and INXS." — Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

Posted Sep 7, 2007

Bridge to Terabithia (2007)

" Interview with the Pattersons" — Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

Posted Aug 6, 2007

Rocket Science (2007)

" Interview with Jeffrey Blitz" — Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

Posted Aug 6, 2007

Bratz: The Movie (2007)

" Talking to the girls who play the Bratz on screen is like being at the coolest slumber party in town." — Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

Posted Aug 3, 2007

The Nativity Story (2006)

" Interview with Oscar Isaac" — Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

Posted Dec 21, 2006

The Nativity Story (2006)

" Interview with Catherine Hardwicke" — Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

Posted Dec 21, 2006

The Devil and Daniel Johnston (2006)

" Interview with Jeff Feurzeig" — Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

Posted Mar 25, 2006

Eight Below (2006)

" I didn't want it to be cute; I wanted to respect the dogs in the telling of their story." — Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

Posted Feb 9, 2006

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)

" The characters made Enron not a public trust but a reflection of their egos. They were so concerned with their own performance that they could not see anything else. " — Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

Posted Apr 24, 2005

The Door in the Floor (2004)

" "My novels always go too far -- funny and true and then one note that is uncomfortable."" — Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

Posted Jul 16, 2004

Before Sunset (2004)

" We demand a certain honesty from each other and only use things all three of us can get behind." — Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

Posted Jul 1, 2004

De-Lovely (2004)

" NM: What's the best advice you ever got about acting? AJ: Don't do it for the money! " — Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

Posted Jul 1, 2004

Saved! (2004)

" Malone: We visited a New Age youth group, really church squared. It was important to see their ferver and absolute passion for their belief because it is very specific." — Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

Posted May 25, 2004

Mean Girls (2004)

" Wiseman's readers tell her they vividly recall their own experiences. "Adult women still remember the names of the girls who made them feel bad," she said." — Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

Posted Apr 30, 2004

Ella Enchanted (2004)

" Ms. Levine said that she wished she could be as naturally funny as Ella. "When I am writing and something funny comes out, I am the happiest person in the world." " — Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

Posted Apr 8, 2004
 
 
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