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Richard Knight

Agrees with the Tomatometer 75% of the time.

Publications:: Knight at the Movies , Windy City Times
Critics' Group:: Chicago Film Critics Association

Total Reviews:: 253

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34%	Joyful Noise (2012)	" A crowd pleaser that really pleases." — Knight at the Movies Posted Jan 13, 2012
96%	Pariah (2011)	" Rees has crafted a moving and powerful first effort that is a welcome edition to the lesbian film canon." — Knight at the Movies Posted Jan 13, 2012
23%	Angels Crest (2011)	" Nothing sticks for long in this strangely muted, depressing drama that blows from one scene to the next without any particular rhythm like one of the pretty snow drifts in the film." — Knight at the Movies Posted Jan 13, 2012
54%	The Iron Lady (2012)	" The only reason to see the movie is Meryl Streep's performance-and then, only if you have yearned for Queen Meryl, Our Lady of the Accents." — Knight at the Movies Posted Jan 13, 2012
87%	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)	" Perhaps the best match-up to the acrid yet compelling talents of Fincher since 2007's Zodiac or maybe even his breakthrough feature, 1995's Seven." — Knight at the Movies Posted Jan 13, 2012
75%	The Adventures of Tintin (2011)	" What begins as a bracing adventure yarn for kids of all ages descends into a charmless, increasingly chaotic last half that leaves you feeling pummeled rather than energized." — Knight at the Movies Posted Jan 13, 2012
97%	The Artist (2011)	" A movie that is so old-fashioned from beginning to end that it's literally a breath of fresh air." — Knight at the Movies Posted Jan 13, 2012
84%	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)	" Densely plotted and edited with the assumption that fickle, easily distracted audiences will keep up and not lag behind. And woe be to the moviegoer who answers the call of nature." — Knight at the Movies Posted Jan 13, 2012
60%	Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)	" The whole movie, chock full of queer undertone, is one long sly smile-and deliciously so." — Knight at the Movies Posted Jan 13, 2012
100%	We Were Here (2011)	" Cathartic and bittersweet with moments of joy and humor. Weissman's movie is a rare gift." — Knight at the Movies Posted Jan 13, 2012
92%	Arthur Christmas (2011)	" The movie's idea that Santa and his elves have turned the distribution of presents every Dec. 24 into a major military operation makes me more than a tad uneasy." — Knight at the Movies Posted Jan 13, 2012
84%	My Week with Marilyn (2011)	" It is Michelle Williams who really sets the movie apart. She eerily recalls the ethereal Monroe and her subtle shifts in mood really get at the heart of the often somnambulant girl-woman. " — Knight at the Movies Posted Jan 13, 2012
90%	The Descendants (2011)	" Although it's not quite a black comedy, it's still filled with the patented Payne quirky characters and I love Clooney in roles like this." — Knight at the Movies Posted Jan 13, 2012
47%	3 (2011)	" The movie's too sleek and chilly and doesn't exactly call to mind a warm, romantic comedy." — Knight at the Movies Posted Jan 13, 2012
39%	Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston (2012)	" Less a portrait of its ostensible subject than that of his times, and the film suffers from yet another examination of the disco era." — Knight at the Movies Posted Jan 13, 2012
44%	J. Edgar (2011)	" You keep wondering why anyone would bother with this spotty history lesson viewed through the distorted lens of such a despotic character and, much worse for dramatic purposes, apparently such a boring one." — Knight at the Movies Posted Jan 13, 2012
47%	Anonymous (2011)	" Bombastic claptrap." — Knight at the Movies Posted Jan 13, 2012
90%	Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)	" Hypnotic and profoundly disturbing. I think this psychological thriller is one of the year's best films. " — Knight at the Movies Posted Jan 13, 2012
79%	The Skin I Live In (2011)	" Almodovar has delivered another transformative work that finds his queer sensibility in high, thrilling gear." — Knight at the Movies Posted Jan 13, 2012
70%	Footloose (2011)	" You either go all the way with it or simply roll your eyes when confronted by its terrible, cynical crassness." — Knight at the Movies Posted Jan 13, 2012
85%	The Ides of March (2011)	" Ironically, one ends up feeling both skeptical and cynical about this movie that wants to have it both ways but, instead, ends up just as deeply cynical and flawed as its characters and the system it seeks to expose." — Knight at the Movies Posted Jan 13, 2012
53%	Puncture (2011)	" Although Evans is spectacular, the elements of this lopsided conspiracy thriller never quite jell." — Knight at the Movies Posted Jan 13, 2012
94%	Weekend (2011)	" A stunningly simple, nearly perfect example of a romance movie whose burgeoning couple just happens to be gay. " — Knight at the Movies Posted Jan 13, 2012
17%	I Don't Know How She Does It (2011)	" Tepid." — Knight at the Movies Posted Dec 30, 2011
61%	Gun Hill Road (2011)	" Though the story follows a familiar trajectory, Gun Hill Road offers a lot of fresh insight into the day-to-day transgender experience." — Knight at the Movies Posted Dec 30, 2011
83%	Circumstance (2011)	" An emotionally dense lesbian love story." — Knight at the Movies Posted Dec 30, 2011
84%	Contagion (2011)	" No one becomes a zombie as in 28 Days Later but the trajectory here is about the same and 10 times more frightening because of its true-to-life, very probable scenario." — Knight at the Movies Posted Dec 30, 2011
59%	Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark (2011)	" With the exception of the opening segment this remake can't hold a candle to its chintzy but decidedly more satisfying forebear." — Knight at the Movies Posted Dec 30, 2011
76%	The Debt (2011)	" As political thrillers go, The Debt pays off." — Knight at the Movies Posted Dec 30, 2011
53%	Brighton Rock (2011)	" A seamy little but entertaining B picture." — Knight at the Movies Posted Aug 25, 2011
68%	Our Idiot Brother (2011)	" It's a whisper-thin conceit, stocked with characters and hipster situations just this side of stereotype, but there are enough knowing laughs, heart, and quirky performances to make this a no-brainer for film audiences." — Knight at the Movies Posted Aug 25, 2011
74%	Fright Night (2011)	" The remake has the same jokey, snarky tone of the original mixed with plenty of genuine, delicious scares." — Knight at the Movies Posted Aug 25, 2011
76%	The Help (2011)	" Held me in its firm but phony grasp by Viola Davis (whose dripping nose is becoming as much a recognizable acting tic as Meryl Streep's upturned hand on her forehead) and these other powerhouse actors." — Knight at the Movies Posted Aug 25, 2011
44%	Cowboys & Aliens (2011)	" "A fun idea with just enough action, welcoming actors, and big-budget effects to make it perfect Sunday matinee material." " — Knight at the Movies Posted Aug 25, 2011
52%	The Devil's Double (2011)	" "The film is lurid and exploitative (and how!), which enthralls for a while while Cooper's dual performance as the crazed Uday and smoldering Latif is certainly laudable." " — Knight at the Movies Posted Aug 25, 2011
79%	Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)	" "Looks great and hits all the right notes but never truly puts the pedal to the metal."" — Knight at the Movies Posted Aug 25, 2011
96%	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 (2011)	" "Director David Yates, who has helmed the final quartet of movies, assuredly oversees the cycle to its finish."" — Knight at the Movies Posted Aug 25, 2011
84%	Beginners (2011)	" "A powerful homage not only to one's parents but to the power of community."" — Knight at the Movies Posted Aug 25, 2011
98%	Bill Cunningham New York (2011)	" As director Richard Press' exuberant, telling film nimbly reveals, here is a fashion purist who cares nothing for the trappings of the glittery world he inhabits. For Cunningham, it really is all about the clothes." — Windy City Times Posted Jun 14, 2011
93%	127 Hours (2010)	" We know the beginning and the end of the story going in but a wonderfully inventive writer-director and his star have interested us in what happened in between - that's the movie's real triumph." — Knight at the Movies Posted Nov 13, 2010
——	Room In Rome (habitacion En Roma) (2011)	" A seductive tour-de-force." — Knight at the Movies Posted Nov 13, 2010
33%	For Colored Girls (2010)	" Perry gives with one hand and takes with the other-the thrill of seeing these actresses "do their stuff" is decimated by Perry's insistence on welding a plot and adding "contemporary" additions to Shange's lyrical, timeless monologues." — Knight at the Movies Posted Nov 13, 2010
86%	Hideaway (Le Refuge) (2010)	" An elliptical relationship drama that works largely due to the nuanced acting; the nuanced, sumptuous camera work; and the nuanced, gorgeous people on screen." — Knight at the Movies Posted Nov 3, 2010
46%	Hereafter (2010)	" Has the same effect as an encounter with a phony physic-it keeps delivering just enough to tantalize, never has a real payoff and eventually makes you realize that you've been conned." — Knight at the Movies Posted Nov 3, 2010
71%	Red (2010)	" Typical action-blockbuster stuff, entertaining and mindless, that is elevated by the high-wattage cast. " — Knight at the Movies Posted Nov 3, 2010
68%	Conviction (2010)	" Swank soars back to the acting heights audiences have loved her for and her commitment to the character gives the title of the movie a double meaning." — Knight at the Movies Posted Nov 3, 2010
63%	Secretariat (2010)	" The old-fashioned Secretariat is surely one of the feel-good movies of the year." — Knight at the Movies Posted Nov 3, 2010
62%	Howl (2010)	" What really makes Howl such an interesting, though flawed, cinematic experience is that Epstein and Friedman, along with their star, really go out on a limb." — Knight at the Movies Posted Nov 3, 2010
67%	Jack Goes Boating (2010)	" A well-made, tender movie." — Knight at the Movies Posted Nov 3, 2010

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