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Richard Knight

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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Rating T-Meter Title | Year Add Date
48% La MISSION (2010) " An entertaining, sincere effort livened by the magnetic performance of Bratt." — Windy City Times
Posted Jul 9, 2010
93% The Kids Are All Right (2010) " One of those small cinematic miracles that movie audiences hope and pray for. That it makes a powerful social argument in favor of LGBT families without breaking a sweat in the process is a wonderful bonus." — Windy City Times
Posted Jul 9, 2010
80% I Am Love (2010) " A cinematic repast so delicious that one can only stand back in awe at its sheer artistry and hail it as a masterpiece." — Windy City Times
Posted Jul 6, 2010
91% Joan Rivers: A Piece Of Work (2010) " It's like a deluxe episode of Kathy Griffin's reality show My Life on the D-List and it's just as galvanizing and dishy." — Windy City Times
Posted Jun 18, 2010
65% 8: The Mormon Proposition (2010) " A great cautionary tale." — Windy City Times
Posted Jun 18, 2010
74% Splice (2010) " The perfect synthesis of horror and the horrifically funny. My favorite film experience this year " — Windy City Times
Posted Jun 15, 2010
58% Shrek Forever After (Shrek 4) (2010) " A supreme example of movie junk food." — Windy City Times
Posted Jun 15, 2010
45% Just Wright (2010) " Queen Latifah has enough chemistry with her costar Common to make you believe that she's really falling for him" — Windy City Times
Posted May 15, 2010
41% Letters to Juliet (2010) " It's a bath in schmaltz from beginning to end but it also has Redgrave who brings instant depth to even the most throwaway of lines." — Windy City Times
Posted May 15, 2010
74% Iron Man 2 (2010) " There's enough Downey and copious amounts of attendant razzle dazzle in this overstuffed sequel to make for a cautious recommendation." — Windy City Times
Posted May 11, 2010
—— Vincent: A Life in Color () " A testament to individuality and determination." — Windy City Times
Posted May 11, 2010
80% The Girl on the Train (La Fille du RER) (2010) " Techine once again displays a masterful control ofall aspects of his movie, a typically rich character study." — Windy City Times
Posted May 11, 2010
67% Date Night (2010) " Surprise: Calculation leads to diverting pleasure in this engineered from top to bottom studio movie." — Windy City Times
Posted Apr 12, 2010
88% Pranzo di Ferragosto (Mid-August Lunch) (2009) " A delightful homage to the simple pleasures that life can offer no matter the age." — Windy City Times
Posted Apr 12, 2010
50% Chloe (2010) " The script's feminine perspective helps elevate the film from Egoyan's usual sexy (but satisfying) thriller into something a tad more insightful." — Windy City Times
Posted Mar 29, 2010
68% The Runaways (2010) " Like the music of the group, this is best enjoyed in the moment as a guilty, irresistible pleasure without any pretense of depth to deaden its erotic charge." — Windy City Times
Posted Mar 23, 2010
86% Red Riding Trilogy () " A stylish cornucopia of treats for dedicated Anglophiles and fans of crime procedurals alike." — Windy City Times
Posted Mar 17, 2010
84% The Ghost Writer (2010) " It's the kind of enjoyable, junky melodramatic mystery/roman-a-clef that any script doctor would be proud to admit having written." — Windy City Times
Posted Mar 17, 2010
69% Shutter Island (2010) " A thrilling exercise in Grand Guignol -- so operatic in tone one can almost hear the arias during the flurry of memorable set pieces." — Windy City Times
Posted Feb 22, 2010
31% Happy Tears (2010) " You don't necessarily believe these are real folks but boy they sure are entertaining." — Windy City Times
Posted Feb 22, 2010
34% The Wolfman (2010) " For the most part, a ripping good time -- literally." — Windy City Times
Posted Feb 16, 2010
28% Dear John (2010) " It will more than satisfy those with a predilection for old fashioned romance but cynics are warned to keep clear or be prepared to shut up and hand some Kleenex to their cow eyed better halves." — Windy City Times
Posted Feb 8, 2010
70% The Last Station (2010) " Despite some dramatic implausibility and a misstep here and there, this is overall a very well told, well made historical romantic drama." — Windy City Times
Posted Feb 8, 2010
58% Edge of Darkness (2010) " An entertaining enough thriller, even filled with enough dumb dumb plot holes, to if not welcome the butt kicking, heart of gold Mel Gibson back into good graces, at least give him a temporary access pass." — Windy City Times
Posted Feb 8, 2010
32% The Lovely Bones (2009) " An entertaining but strange hybrid -- part murder mystery, part gooey teen romance/coming of age story, part philosophy lesson, part family drama" — Windy City Times
Posted Feb 8, 2010
70% Sherlock Holmes (2009) " A stylish, frisky film that sets up the franchise deftly" — Windy City Times
Posted Feb 8, 2010
85% A Single Man (2009) " Not just the best queer themed movie of the year -- it's one of the best. Period." — Windy City Times
Posted Feb 8, 2010
83% Avatar (2009) " Entertaining enough and stunning to look at but essentially an exceedingly detailed three hour video game -- without the benefit of remote controls" — Windy City Times
Posted Feb 8, 2010
75% The Young Victoria (2009) " A veddy proper film that wouldn't presume to misbehave with an ounce of unnecessary melodrama and abandon. We are amused and entertained but not terribly so." — Windy City Times
Posted Feb 8, 2010
98% The Red Shoes (1948) " A masterpiece that's long been championed by film critics and archivists and should also be given its place as a part of gay cinema history." — Windy City Times
Posted Feb 8, 2010
85% Me and Orson Welles (2009) " A nice piece of fluff that will be particularly enjoyed by those with a taste for the era when the theatre was rife with Teutonic personalities, both behind the curtain and onstage." — Windy City Times
Posted Feb 8, 2010
75% The Road (2009) " When the world goes Boom! I want Viggo Mortensen to be my dad. Who better to keep your spirits up in the hideous post-apocalyptic after life as pictured here?" — Windy City Times
Posted Feb 8, 2010
39% 2012 (2009) " The end of the world movie to end 'em all, it turns out to be a sort of cross between the sci-fi camptacular When Worlds Collide and every previous Emmerich movie. Guilty pleasures galore." — Windy City Times
Posted Feb 8, 2010
90% The Messenger (2009) " A sobering drama that at its core is a heterosexual love story between two men. To be clear, there's no homoerotic undercurrent here but it's a love story of opposites falling for each other nevertheless." — Windy City Times
Posted Feb 8, 2010
91% Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009) " An intensely moving underdog story that hits all its melodramatic marks and shoots over those, too." — Windy City Times
Posted Nov 10, 2009
89% A Serious Man (2009) " A profoundly disturbing movie, all the more so because it's so damned hilarious. I think it's a great film; one that is finally worthy of all the hoopla that usually attends the Cohen's movies." — Windy City Times
Posted Nov 3, 2009
82% Paranormal Activity (2009) " A great addition to the Things That Go Bump In the Night movie canon." — Windy City Times
Posted Nov 3, 2009
94% An Education (2009) " One of those tried and true coming of age stories enlivened by the performance of newcomer Carey Mulligan and a great supporting cast." — Windy City Times
Posted Nov 3, 2009
73% Where the Wild Things Are (2009) " When it's over you just want to sit there and sigh for awhile then go home and have a cup of tomato soup and a grilled cheese and be tucked into bed and cry yourself to sleep. As long as mom is nearby." — Windy City Times
Posted Nov 3, 2009
84% Whip It (2009) " Drew Barrymore's directorial debut is slight yet charming." — Windy City Times
Posted Nov 3, 2009
75% Capitalism: A Love Story (2009) " Michael Moore has made what may be his magnum opus." — Windy City Times
Posted Nov 3, 2009
56% 9 (2009) " The movie has breathtaking visual sequences but is a little too familiar and thin in plot and character department to elevate it much beyond its animated forebears." — Windy City Times
Posted Sep 19, 2009
86% Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (2009) " Wonderfully inspired - will probably be anathema only to vegetarians." — Windy City Times
Posted Sep 19, 2009
60% What's the Matter with Kansas? (2009) " The filmmakers do a good job of humanizing their conservative subjects but eventually the rigid mindset of these folks cancels out any common bond liberals might feel." — Windy City Times
Posted Sep 19, 2009
83% The September Issue (2009) " Grace Coddington, Vogue's Creative Director, is the secret weapon the movie needs. One sits through all the Anna Wintour stuff just to get back to her." — Windy City Times
Posted Sep 19, 2009
68% My One and Only (2009) " This vintage set road comedy has enough amiable charms to make it across the finish line for those who like their movies to stay out of the fast lane." — Windy City Times
Posted Sep 8, 2009
63% Extract (2009) " Writer-director Mike Judge is never purposely mean spirited. He just loves pointing out stupidity when he encounters it and he does so hilariously here." — Windy City Times
Posted Sep 8, 2009
49% Taking Woodstock (2009) " In a field crowded with sharp, aggressive, edgy comedies it's much more gentle, rounded and endearing. Yet it's not altogether warm and fuzzy - there's plenty of bite here and wry insight, too." — Windy City Times
Posted Sep 8, 2009
100% Passing Strange (2009) " A rousing, emotional roller coaster that's a must see not just for fans of rock musicals but those with an eye (and an ear) for something unusual - compellingly so." — Windy City Times
Posted Sep 8, 2009
91% District 9 (2009) " A funny, violently gross, and wildly enthralling addition to the science fiction canon." — Windy City Times
Posted Aug 26, 2009
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