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Andrew Barker

Andrew Barker

Agrees with the Tomatometer 83% of the time.

Publications:
Variety
Critics' Group:
Los Angeles Film Critics Association
Total Reviews:
115

Worst Reviewed Films

Showing 1 - 34 of 34
Rating T-Meter Title | Year Add Date
80% Kings of the Evening (2010) " Well-meaning, well made and all but allergic to subtlety." — Variety
Posted Jul 6, 2010
50% Kenny Chesney: Summer In 3d (2010) " Sound is crystal-clear, and unobtrusive stereoscopic footage looks great throughout the 99-minute feature, though some weird compositional snafus scuttle the desired concert experience, and the set's lack of variety makes it a fans-only proposition." — Variety
Posted Apr 21, 2010
0% The Killing Jar (2010) " A spectacularly boring chamber thriller." — Variety
Posted Mar 18, 2010
—— Dreamkiller (2010) " As ambitious as it is amateurish." — Variety
Posted Mar 4, 2010
19% Cop Out (2010) " Smith's directorial style is far too slack for this material, which aims to be an homage to populist '80s classics like 48 Hrs. and Lethal Weapon, but only winds up resembling one of the bargain-bin knockoffs that floundered in those films' wake." — Variety
Posted Feb 24, 2010
37% From Paris with Love (2010) " Nowhere near as fun as that premise probably sounds." — Variety
Posted Feb 1, 2010
33% To Save a Life (2010) " Hints at becoming a thoughtful portrait of a teen's spiritual crisis, then abandons all narrative integrity to hit its church-mandated marks." — Variety
Posted Jan 21, 2010
33% The New Daughter (2009) " Nowhere near as bad as its invisible marketing strategy might suggest. But that's not to imply that it's worth seeking out." — Variety
Posted Dec 30, 2009
29% Love Hurts (2009) " There's a perfectly likable, sitcomish romantic comedy buried somewhere deep inside Barra Grant's indie Love Hurts, but it would have taken some very significant rewrites to unearth it." — Variety
Posted Nov 12, 2009
—— Warning!!! Pedophile Released (2009) " A noble yet ultimately unsuccessful attempt at an elegiac art film, studded with grimy exploitation material along the way." — Variety
Posted Oct 23, 2009
—— Creating Karma (2009) " Scarcely have five minutes passed in Creating Karma before viewers may start to suspect they are the victims of an elaborate Andy Kaufman-esque goof. Surely that's the most logical explanation for such an abrasively unpleasant comedy." — Variety
Posted Oct 20, 2009
0% A Beautiful Life (2009) " It's tough to find comedy in a dead-serious, skid-row-set film about homelessness, sexual abuse, incest and the exploitation of immigrants, but the misguided A Beautiful Life manages to provide unintentional laughs by the barrel." — Variety
Posted Oct 2, 2009
—— Streetballers () " Tonal consistency is clearly not high on Krentz's agenda, and the film flits between gritty urban drama, supernatural fable, inspirational sports pic, romantic comedy and kitchen-sink domestic melodrama, with dizzying speed." — Variety
Posted Sep 28, 2009
40% X Games 3D: The Movie (2009) " A relatively unimaginative take on the proceedings, coupled with occasionally bizarre stereoscopic work and awkward narration, causes the pic to bail out more often than it soars." — Variety
Posted Aug 18, 2009
19% I Hate Valentine's Day (2009) " A plodding mediocrity with an almost mercenary adherence to formula." — Variety
Posted Jun 30, 2009
—— Break (2009) " Ugly and inert, Break strives for grindhouse thrills but lacks the verve and style that made those films so beloved, and is neither sincere nor intelligent enough to develop into anything more." — Variety
Posted May 8, 2009
38% Naked Ambition: An R Rated Look at an X Rated Industry (2009) " In contrast with Grecco's evocative photos, his film is scattered and platitudinous, skimming the surface of his subjects and betraying his high-art aspirations with a shallow E! aesthetic." — Variety
Posted May 1, 2009
38% The Perfect Sleep (2008) " Unfortunately, Alter's often inventive work is kneecapped by a deliriously nonsensical script, which misses the mark as both over-the-top parody and straight-faced homage, and could have been intended as either." — Variety
Posted Mar 13, 2009
67% Chasseurs de Dragons (Dragon Hunters) (2008) " Reasonably enjoyable yet ultimately insubstantial." — Variety
Posted Dec 11, 2008
—— Faded Memories (2008) " Containing enough wild revelations and tearful confrontations to fill several seasons of an average telenovela." — Variety
Posted Nov 14, 2008
33% Just Buried (2007) " Bloody and irredeemably misanthropic." — Variety
Posted Nov 4, 2008
0% Hannari: Geisha Modern (2006) " Unfortunately, the film never coheres, consumed with the details of geisha life without fully explaining its importance." — Variety
Posted Jun 25, 2008
75% Naissance des Pieuvres (Water Lilies) (2008) " While it never quite reaches Jack T. Ripper levels of absurdity, Water nonetheless drowns out its science with hazy spirituality and utterly preposterous claims. In the end, it all smells fishy." — Variety
Posted Apr 17, 2008
45% Just Wright (2010) " Painting by numbers often gets a bad rap: While it takes little originality to fill in the romantic-comedy blanks, even a simple, competent job can sometimes feel like a breath of fresh air." — Variety
Posted May 10, 2010
60% Phish 3d (2010) " If ever there were a concert pic that didn't need 3D to create an immersive theatrical experience, it's Phish 3D." — Variety
Posted May 3, 2010
83% See What I'm Saying (2010) " An outstanding documentary exploration of the travails of four deaf entertainers." — Variety
Posted Mar 19, 2010
46% Everybody's Fine (2009) " The film is rigorously streamlined to deliver a good emotional uppercut by the end, and purely on the strength of its craft, it connects." — Variety
Posted Nov 4, 2009
81% Michael Jackson's This Is It (2009) " There's an incredible amount to enjoy here, and the star's fans will be in rapture. Though Jackson looks painfully thin at times, his vocal prowess and dancing ability seem to have scarcely ebbed at all in the decade he spent offstage." — Variety
Posted Oct 28, 2009
73% NoBody's Perfect (2008) " The film is alternately hilarious, insightful and sad, and entirely allergic to sentimentality or easy platitudes." — Variety
Posted Oct 26, 2009
50% Astro Boy (AstroBoy) (2009) " A well-oiled CG-animated superhero pic that makes up in competence and vitality what it lacks in originality." — Variety
Posted Oct 15, 2009
—— Unbeatable Harold (2010) " Unfashionable, irony-free and only sporadically funny, Ari Palitz's comedy nonetheless relies on a strong cast and an underlying sweetness to push its earnest charms to the forefront." — Variety
Posted Jun 11, 2009
54% Perestroika (2009) " The film, which opened March 20 in Los Angeles, is unwieldy, overstuffed and at times hopelessly clunky, yet it's also touchingly funny, visually arresting and somehow a consistent joy to watch." — Variety
Posted Mar 23, 2009
—— This is the Life (2009) " A sharp, thoroughly enjoyable exploration of seminal South Los Angeles hip-hop hotspot the Good Life Cafe." — Variety
Posted Mar 13, 2009
86% Dare Not Walk Alone (2006) " Dean's ability to explore history through such a local nexus creates a uniquely intimate document." — Variety
Posted Apr 30, 2008
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