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Leigh Paatsch

Leigh Paatsch

Agrees with the Tomatometer 78% of the time.

Publications:
Courier Mail (Australia) , Daily Telegraph , Daily Telegraph (Australia) , Herald Sun (Australia) , New York Post
Total Reviews:
353

Best Reviewed Films

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Rating T-Meter Title | Year Add Date
5/5 85% The Tree of Life (2011) " If you believe cinema can still be a valid form of personal expression, then you must see The Tree of Life. It does not get any more expressly personal than this." — Herald Sun (Australia)
Posted Jun 30, 2011
4/4 77% The Eclipse (2010) " All that needs to be known is that the writing, direction and performances -- especially from the beautifully matched leads Hinds and Hjejle -- are of the highest calibre, and The Eclipse makes the most of every element at its disposal." — Courier Mail (Australia)
Posted Apr 15, 2010
5/5 91% Up in the Air (2009) " Up in the Air is so elegantly conceived and effortlessly accomplished in every department that Reitman deserves to be regarded as one of the best in the business right now." — Herald Sun (Australia)
Posted Jan 13, 2010
4.5/5 87% Submarine (2011) " A uniquely strange, yet totally accessible comic sensibility, fused by a brilliant script to a brace of pitch-perfect performances seals the deal." — Herald Sun (Australia)
Posted Sep 8, 2011
4.5/5 91% Source Code (2011) " Do not miss Source Code if you can at all help it. As a modern motion picture, this really is the complete package." — Herald Sun (Australia)
Posted May 4, 2011
4.5/5 96% The Social Network (2010) " This masterful, contentious and gripping biopic downloads us deep inside the control-alt-delete mind of the creator of Facebook, and then throws away the escape key." — Herald Sun (Australia)
Posted Oct 27, 2010
4.5/5 94% The Town (2010) " If you can imagine Clint Eastwood doing a stripped-back version of Michael Man's classic heist flick Heat, you are in the vicinity of what Ben Affleck has achieved with The Town." — Herald Sun (Australia)
Posted Oct 15, 2010
4.5/5 81% Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) " This astonishing, exhilarating and funny movie has been fired directly from the world of comic books at the big screen with genre-smashing panache." — Herald Sun (Australia)
Posted Aug 12, 2010
4.5/5 76% Kick-Ass (2010) " It wants your adrenalin, and to hell with your approval." — Daily Telegraph (Australia)
Posted Apr 15, 2010
4.5/5 68% Public Enemies (2009) " Over 140 minutes that genuinely fly by, Mann crafts a highly atmospheric and emotion-charged movie experience that is sure to be remembered as a touchstone release of 2009." — Herald Sun (Australia)
Posted Jul 29, 2009
4.5/5 89% Adventureland (2009) " While many movies have danced the "it was the summer where ..." tango before, few have done it with such grace, guile and good humour as Adventureland." — Herald Sun (Australia)
Posted May 27, 2009
4.5/5 96% Samson and Delilah (2010) " This astonishing, unworldly and brutally straightforward film has the capacity to challenge and change perceptions of what an Australian film can be." — Herald Sun (Australia)
Posted May 12, 2009
4.5/5 94% Die Fälscher (The Counterfeiters) (The Counterfeiter) (2007) " Skilfully acted, written and directed, The Counterfeiters is a powerful and provocative work." — Herald Sun (Australia)
Posted Jun 8, 2008
3.5/4 55% Albert Nobbs (2012) " This ripping period drama is led with distinction by Glenn Close in an unorthodox part she has been developing for three decades." — Herald Sun (Australia)
Posted Jan 5, 2012
3.5/4 98% How to Train Your Dragon (2010) " For the most part, the film does not put a foot wrong (though it would be interesting to learn why the adult Vikings speak with thick Scottish accents, while their offspring yabber away with an American twang)." — Daily Telegraph
Posted Mar 25, 2010
3.5/4 73% Son of Rambow (2007) " Though the film is primarily designed to appeal to viewers in the early-teen demographic, a maturity and intelligence is at work here that will connect with many adults also." — Herald Sun (Australia)
Posted Sep 5, 2008
4/5 78% Cafe de Flore () " Cafe de Flore lays out an open-ended obstacle course for heart and mind. Stay the distance and so much will stay with you for some time." — Herald Sun (Australia)
Posted Apr 26, 2012
4/5 100% Life In Movement () " Though much of the film's context is ensconced in the dance industry, Life in Movement is a powerfully rendered tale of young creatives finding their place in the world." — Herald Sun (Australia)
Posted Apr 13, 2012
4/5 85% 21 Jump Street (2012) " Make no mistake, there is a fresh, focused and undeniably funny comedic sensibility that stays to the fore throughout." — Herald Sun (Australia)
Posted Mar 15, 2012
4/5 100% The Tall Man () " A fascinating work which will provoke much debate for some considerable time to come." — Herald Sun (Australia)
Posted Nov 17, 2011
4/5 100% Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard () " An amazing documentary about the late Australian musician Rowland S. Howard." — Herald Sun (Australia)
Posted Oct 27, 2011
4/5 93% Midnight in Paris (2011) " His assembly of a beautiful montage of Parisian scenery that precedes the opening credits sets the unique tone Allen chases to perfection." — Herald Sun (Australia)
Posted Oct 20, 2011
4/5 98% Project Nim (2011) " A bizarre, captivating and somewhat sad new documentary." — Herald Sun (Australia)
Posted Sep 29, 2011
4/5 96% Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2011) " There is nothing gimmicky about Herzog's use of 3D in Cave of Forgotten Dreams. The depth of field afforded by the 3D format gives the viewer an uncanny spatial awareness of the site." — Herald Sun (Australia)
Posted Sep 22, 2011
4/5 95% The Guard (2011) " A shifty, cunning and gloriously off-kilter affair." — Herald Sun (Australia)
Posted Aug 25, 2011
4/5 81% Red Dog () " This superb all-ages picture gets everything right: from the all-important combo of casting and scripting, right through to its unfailing ability to please a crowd every which way." — Herald Sun (Australia)
Posted Aug 4, 2011
4/5 83% Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) " This surprise reboot -- 10 years after the great Tim Burton bungled the same job -- is surprisingly good." — Herald Sun (Australia)
Posted Aug 4, 2011
4/5 89% The Trip (2011) " Though the film is genuinely blessed by the inspired improvised banter of its stars, it is the melancholy air of the movie's quieter moments that really get you in." — Herald Sun (Australia)
Posted Jun 30, 2011
4/5 85% The Snowtown Murders (2012) " A gut-wrenching authenticity and damaged grace that cannot be denied." — Herald Sun (Australia)
Posted May 19, 2011
4/5 88% Rango (2011) " The stunning overall look -- which tips its ten-gallon hat at western classicists like John Ford and Sergio Leone while winking slyly at Salvador Dali -- qualifies as a work of art in its own right." — Herald Sun (Australia)
Posted Mar 10, 2011
4/5 96% True Grit (2010) " Steinfeld takes everything in her stride and makes every scene her own, an achievement made all the more remarkable given she is on screen for virtually the entire picture." — Herald Sun (Australia)
Posted Jan 26, 2011
4/5 91% The Fighter (2010) " Wahlberg's duties as Micky are largely confined to that of a dramatic anchor. This might be a thankless role by comparison, but The Fighter would fail to land its knockout blow without him." — Herald Sun (Australia)
Posted Jan 20, 2011
4/5 87% Black Swan (2010) " Black Swan will be remembered for an unforgettable acting display from Natalie Portman." — Herald Sun (Australia)
Posted Jan 20, 2011
4/5 90% Lebanon (Levanon) (2010) " Rarely has a film so intensely conveyed the catastrophic shock to the system a first time on a battlefield must wield." — Herald Sun (Australia)
Posted Dec 2, 2010
4/5 71% Monsters (2010) " Pays off with one of the most beautiful and unforgettable endings you'll witness to a movie all year." — Herald Sun (Australia)
Posted Nov 26, 2010
4/5 66% The American (2010) " Those destined to fall under the selective spell of The American will walk away thinking they have seen one of the better releases of 2010. I am inclined to side with that view." — Herald Sun (Australia)
Posted Nov 11, 2010
4/5 89% Let Me In (2010) " It is a pleasure to report that Let Me In is a very good film. Both in its own right, and also out of respect to the original production." — Herald Sun (Australia)
Posted Oct 15, 2010
4/5 69% The Girl Who Played with Fire (Flickan som lekte med elden) (2010) " Viewed on its own merits, The Girl Who Played With Fire is still a classy and sophisticated entry to the thriller genre by contemporary standards. " — Herald Sun (Australia)
Posted Sep 22, 2010
4/5 81% Four Lions (2010) " This one goes out to anybody who likes their comedy, dangerous, thought-provoking and, above all else, funny." — Herald Sun (Australia)
Posted Aug 20, 2010
4/5 86% Inception (2010) " For all of its capacity to bewilder and befuddle, Inception still must be endorsed purely on the strength of its ambition, and the awesome heights to which it sometimes soars." — Herald Sun (Australia)
Posted Jul 21, 2010
4/5 91% The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos) (2010) " This is a classy effort in the crime film genre, not quite in the same league as the excellent The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, but streets ahead of the rest of the recent crop." — Herald Sun (Australia)
Posted May 27, 2010
4/5 81% City Island (2010) " The sense of humour threaded through De Felitta's writing is infectiously sarcastic enough to silence any cynics who might be watching, but also warm and wise enough to give the feelgood crowd the fuzzy feeling they are after." — Herald Sun (Australia)
Posted May 27, 2010
4/5 94% In the Loop (2009) " In the hands of British comic genius Armando Iannucci, the backroom chicanery of global politics mobilises a full-frontal assault on the funnybone." — Herald Sun (Australia)
Posted Jan 21, 2010
4/5 82% Bright Star (2009) " Your heart will break, your head will swoon, and you will hope against hope for a happy ending that history will not permit." — Herald Sun (Australia)
Posted Dec 17, 2009
4/5 86% Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (2009) " The story outlined here is engagingly ridiculous, and the visual opportunities suggested by the book and expanded by the screenplay look stunning when seen in 3-D." — Herald Sun (Australia)
Posted Nov 26, 2009
4/5 93% Drag Me to Hell (2009) " A funny, inspired and genuinely thrilling horror movie [and] the best thing to happen to the genre in yonks." — Daily Telegraph (Australia)
Posted Jul 24, 2009
4/5 93% Drag Me to Hell (2009) " Wit, invention and shrewdly earned shocks abound in Drag Me to Hell. This burst blood-vessel of B-movie brilliance makes Raimi's rivals look like the corpse-grinding charlatans they truly are." — Herald Sun (Australia)
Posted Jul 22, 2009
4/5 81% Disgrace (2008) " Australian filmmaker Steve Jacobs also covers himself in glory here, addressing Coetzee's provocative prose with an insightful restraint that was nowhere to be seen in his directorial debut, La Spagnola." — Herald Sun (Australia)
Posted Jun 17, 2009
4/5 85% El Orfanato (The Orphanage) (2007) " The film's writer and director (both first-timers under the patronage of Pan's Labyrinth ace Guillermo del Toro) both excel themselves at using familiar scary tricks to bring about totally unforeseen shocks." — Herald Sun (Australia)
Posted Jun 7, 2008
9% Marmaduke (2010) " The movie works in a way that toddlers and early primary schoolers will definitely dig." — Herald Sun (Australia)
Posted Jul 1, 2010
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