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Ben Lyons

Ben Lyons

Agrees with the Tomatometer 76% of the time.

Biography:
At the Movies film critic.
Publications:
At the Movies
Total Reviews:
198

Worst Reviewed Films

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Rating T-Meter Title | Year Add Date
37% The Time Traveler's Wife (2009) " Some fans of the book might enjoy seeing these two soul mates brought to life on the big screen, but for everyone else the interpretation seems forced and at times inconsistent." — At the Movies
Posted Aug 17, 2009
60% A Perfect Getaway (2009) " A terrific twist, but goes wasted in a movie that really runs out of steam." — At the Movies
Posted Aug 10, 2009
74% Cold Souls (2009) " A terrific premise, but I'm not so sure about the execution." — At the Movies
Posted Aug 10, 2009
82% Bakjwi (Thirst) (2009) " Funny at times, perhaps not purposefully so, it's never truly scary or even thrilling." — At the Movies
Posted Aug 3, 2009
56% Orphan (2009) " Painfully predictable." — At the Movies
Posted Jul 27, 2009
78% Humpday (2009) " It kind of runs out of steam." — At the Movies
Posted Jul 27, 2009
30% The Answer Man (Arlen Faber) (2009) " It almost felt like the characters weren't really reciting dialogue that came from them but rather just simply memorizing it off the script." — At the Movies
Posted Jul 27, 2009
21% G-Force (2009) " It just didn't come together." — At the Movies
Posted Jul 27, 2009
13% The Ugly Truth (2009) " It's just not believable." — At the Movies
Posted Jul 27, 2009
14% I Love You Beth Cooper (2009) " This is dreadful. This is a pathetic excuse for a movie." — At the Movies
Posted Jul 13, 2009
68% Public Enemies (2009) " Some strong performances, but I expected more from this great director and stellar cast." — At the Movies
Posted Jul 6, 2009
36% Local Color (2006) " Obviously a passio project for Gallo but he is never really able to translate that importance to the audience. We never really care or connect with these characters." — At the Movies
Posted Jul 6, 2009
45% Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (Ice Age 3) (2009) " The whole movie is more of the same and I'm afraid the franchis is running out of steam." — At the Movies
Posted Jul 6, 2009
19% I Hate Valentine's Day (2009) " I found it to be really one note. This is not authentic modern courtship." — At the Movies
Posted Jul 6, 2009
48% La Fille de Monaco (The Girl from Monaco) (2009) " The film dances around suspense and satire, but achieves little of both." — At the Movies
Posted Jul 6, 2009
51% Chéri (2009) " Where is the passion? Where is the heat?" — At the Movies
Posted Jun 29, 2009
20% Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) " It's confusing and excessive and it just missed the mark completely." — At the Movies
Posted Jun 29, 2009
43% The Proposal (2009) " Believability really goes out the window here." — At the Movies
Posted Jun 22, 2009
55% Surveillance (2009) " I thought this was depressing and brutal for brutality sake alone." — At the Movies
Posted Jun 22, 2009
66% Dead Snow (Død snø) (2009) " The excessive blood and guts and lack of any true scares results in an absurdly conceived and insanely executed movie." — At the Movies
Posted Jun 22, 2009
15% Year One (2009) " This is a significant notch below the great Monty Python films that tackled religion with intelligence and wit." — At the Movies
Posted Jun 22, 2009
51% The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009) " I was really disappointed by this." — At the Movies
Posted Jun 15, 2009
39% Imagine That (2009) " [A] misguided, poorly executed family disaster." — At the Movies
Posted Jun 15, 2009
32% Tennessee (2009) " The problem with the film is that it is depressing for no real reason." — At the Movies
Posted Jun 8, 2009
9% My Life in Ruins (Driving Aphrodite) (2009) " It doesn't feel genuine at all, it feels contrived from start to finish." — At the Movies
Posted Jun 8, 2009
16% What Goes Up (2009) " The film really struggles to find its voice and to find purpose and meaning." — At the Movies
Posted Jun 1, 2009
33% Terminator Salvation (2009) " It's a fun time at the movies." — At the Movies
Posted May 26, 2009
66% The Brothers Bloom (2009) " I thought there really wasn't much substance there. It was almost too much style." — At the Movies
Posted May 18, 2009
46% Management (2009) " Zahn is essentially stalking Aniston and it's really just downright creepy." — At the Movies
Posted May 18, 2009
15% Not Forgotten (2009) " Not effective on any level." — At the Movies
Posted May 18, 2009
37% Angels & Demons (2009) " This is not a good movie." — At the Movies
Posted May 18, 2009
18% Love N' Dancing (2008) " From the acting, to the music, to most importantly, the dancing everything feels amateur in this film." — At the Movies
Posted May 11, 2009
21% Next Day Air (2009) " I've seen much funnier films from Mike Epps." — At the Movies
Posted May 11, 2009
24% Little Ashes (2009) " A noble effort, that ultimately left me disappointed and unfulfilled." — At the Movies
Posted May 11, 2009
26% The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009) " It's a tired premise with some even weaker gags." — At the Movies
Posted May 4, 2009
48% Terra (Battle For Terra) (2009) " I don't think younger or older audiences will be interested." — At the Movies
Posted May 4, 2009
37% X-Men Origins - Wolverine (2009) " I was definitely disappointed." — At the Movies
Posted May 4, 2009
20% Obsessed (2009) " A silly, contrived film." — At the Movies
Posted May 4, 2009
40% Fighting (2009) " This is a story we've seen dozens of times before." — At the Movies
Posted Apr 27, 2009
13% The Informers (2009) " Gorgeous people and some well written dialogue aren't enough to make this a movie you should see." — At the Movies
Posted Apr 27, 2009
56% The Soloist (2009) " The film's biggest problem lies really in its pacing. Every time the plot takes an interesting turn or moves forward, it's stalled by one musical montage after another." — At the Movies
Posted Apr 27, 2009
90% Every Little Step (2009) " I know what to expect. I am going to see some dancers make it, some not make it, and that's what it is." — At the Movies
Posted Apr 27, 2009
55% 17 Again (2009) " I was disappointed." — At the Movies
Posted Apr 20, 2009
44% Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009) " Aside from a few cameos and a big benefit concert to save her hometown from evil land developers, there's nothing really that makes the movie stand out from the TV show." — At the Movies
Posted Apr 13, 2009
51% Observe and Report (2009) " You don't relate or enjoy watching Seth Rogen's character on screen." — At the Movies
Posted Apr 13, 2009
12% The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (2009) " The movie is all over the place and it loses its focus." — At the Movies
Posted Apr 13, 2009
27% Fast & Furious (2009) " This is more of the same." — At the Movies
Posted Apr 6, 2009
46% The Education of Charlie Banks (2009) " You take one scene that doesn't quite get there followed by another scene that doesn't quite get there, all of a sudden you've got a movie that doesn't quite get there." — At the Movies
Posted Mar 30, 2009
95% Goodbye Solo (2009) " I felt the film was incredibly stripped down -- which is fine -- but there's nothing else to sort of help build it back up again." — At the Movies
Posted Mar 30, 2009
15% Spinning Into Butter (2009) " It feels like an after school special." — At the Movies
Posted Mar 30, 2009
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