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Dustin Putman

Agrees with the Tomatometer 68% of the time.

Biography:: Dustin Putman is a film critic from the Washington, DC area. An alumnus of American University, he would review movies as a child, but his teen years saw hobby turn into passion and his life as an internet film critic began. Dustin was soon accepted by the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) as a charter member and, in 2001, TheMovieBoy.com was born. Since then, he has become a member of the Washington Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) and has published over 1,500 full length reviews. Dustin has been quoted in print advertising, magazine articles, on DVD covers, and in television commercials.
Publications:: DustinPutman.com
Critics' Group:: Online Film Critics Society, Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association

Total Reviews:: 2254
Total QuickRatings:: 2

Location:: Frederick, Maryland, USA

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Rating	T-Meter	Title \| Year	Add Date
2.5/4	47%	Mother's Day (2012)	" Reactions will be split down the middle, depending on the viewer's endurance for tough material, but no one can say the filmmaker didn't achieve what he set out to." — DustinPutman.com Posted May 11, 2012
2.5/4	66%	The Dictator (2012)	" When "The Dictator" wants to make a point, it does. When it doesn't, it moves steadily between strikingly clever and disappointingly immature." — DustinPutman.com Posted May 11, 2012
2/4	71%	The Road (2012)	" Heavy on atmosphere, but light on substance." — DustinPutman.com Posted May 9, 2012
2.5/4	66%	God Bless America (2012)	" Who might have guessed that a mid-range comic whose heyday was in the late-'80s/early-'90s would turn out to have such a sharp, merciless vision as a filmmaker?" — DustinPutman.com Posted May 9, 2012
3/4	41%	Dark Shadows (2012)	" As imaginatively eccentric as it is blithely ghoulish. To see it is to view something that feels different right to its core. How often can that be said in today's studio system?" — DustinPutman.com Posted May 9, 2012
2.5/4	93%	Marvel's The Avengers (2012)	" Thrilling when it wants to be, it's got star power to spare, and the action and effects are top-notch." — DustinPutman.com Posted May 1, 2012
3/4	75%	Sound of My Voice (2012)	" A contemplative look at the power of indoctrination and belief with fantastical underlying insinuations." — DustinPutman.com Posted Apr 26, 2012
2.5/4	21%	The Raven (2012)	" A darkly sumptuous, exceedingly enticing murder mystery. John Cusack's turn as Poe is just plain terrific." — DustinPutman.com Posted Apr 26, 2012
3/4	63%	The Five-Year Engagement (2012)	" A grown-up, mainstream, studio-released comedy made for actual grown-ups. Imagine that." — DustinPutman.com Posted Apr 26, 2012
1.5/4	21%	Darling Companion (2012)	" Like an over-the-hill fogey sorely mistaken about still being hip, this treacly comedic drama is startlingly out of touch." — DustinPutman.com Posted Apr 26, 2012
2/4	85%	Bernie (2012)	" For a motion picture about one person losing her life and another losing his freedom, "Bernie" doesn't deserve to be as flippant as it ultimately is." — DustinPutman.com Posted Apr 26, 2012
1.5/4	20%	The Lucky One (2012)	" So hopelessly plodding and bland that an extra helping of fatalities could have only broken the monotony." — DustinPutman.com Posted Apr 19, 2012
2/4	74%	Chimpanzee (2012)	" It's particularly telling when the footage playing during the end credits is better and more insightful than anything in the film proper." — DustinPutman.com Posted Apr 19, 2012
3/4	76%	Damsels in Distress (2012)	" The dialogue is such a bounty of sumptuous intelligence, arch banter, and sneakily sly asides that to just close your eyes and listen to the near-poetry in motion might be enough." — DustinPutman.com Posted Apr 12, 2012
2/4	47%	The Three Stooges (2012)	" All things considered, a few sawed-off ladder steps better than the alternative of sheer, brain-numbing misery." — DustinPutman.com Posted Apr 12, 2012
2/4	36%	Lockout (2012)	" A decidedly derivative and tough-to-swallow sci-fi actioner that reminds of something Jean-Claude Van Damme would have made in the early-'90s, the film is very nearly saved by Guy Pearce." — DustinPutman.com Posted Apr 12, 2012
4/4	90%	The Cabin in the Woods (2012)	" A motion picture about the endurance of horror as a historical watermark, where it has been, and where it might be able to go from here, it's no less than an all-encompassing celebration of a too often spit-upon genre." — DustinPutman.com Posted Apr 12, 2012
3/4	31%	Detention (2012)	" An overstuffed but ridiculously fun and gleefully original concoction. "Detention" should earn major "cult hit" status if for no other reason than for its fierce, unflinching juggling of genres and conventions." — DustinPutman.com Posted Apr 9, 2012
3/4	43%	American Reunion (2012)	" A full-out love note to fans of the series. Nearly as good as the teen classic original, only with the added benefit of nostalgic hindsight." — DustinPutman.com Posted Apr 5, 2012
2/4	——	The Corridor (2012)	" It seems like half of genre pics these days begin with a cabin in the woods. As such, "The Corridor" is alternately offbeat and derivative, reminiscent of a "Twilight Zone" episode without a satisfying payoff." — DustinPutman.com Posted Mar 31, 2012
1.5/4	25%	Wrath of the Titans (2012)	" Silly and mindless, but ultimately not much fun. Without that, what's the point?" — DustinPutman.com Posted Mar 30, 2012
3/4	50%	Mirror Mirror (2012)	" The advertising and marketing teams at Relativity Media responsible for creating the trailers and TV spots for "Mirror Mirror" should be fired at once. This is pretty close to a splendid retelling of a timeless classic." — DustinPutman.com Posted Mar 29, 2012
2/4	87%	Boy (2012)	" Homegrown though it often feels, the film is hurt by a distinct lack of budget; how else to explain why "Thriller," or any song at all by Michael Jackson, never appears? " — DustinPutman.com Posted Mar 29, 2012
2.5/4	84%	The Hunger Games (2012)	" Should please fans, but leave them wondering what an alternate version might have looked like that wasn't afraid to get its hands dirty." — DustinPutman.com Posted Mar 20, 2012
2.5/4	85%	21 Jump Street (2012)	" Loose and meandering, but it also knows how and when to entertain." — DustinPutman.com Posted Mar 15, 2012
2.5/4	44%	Casa de mi padre (2012)	" A loopy trifle that sticks around and is best remembered in hindsight, this could very well be a cult hit in the making." — DustinPutman.com Posted Mar 15, 2012
3.5/4	77%	Jeff, Who Lives at Home (2012)	" Unsuspectingly gentle and sublime." — DustinPutman.com Posted Mar 15, 2012
3.5/4	52%	Detachment (2012)	" It's disturbing, it's uncompromising, it's understandably urgent, and it's absolutely crucial." — DustinPutman.com Posted Mar 15, 2012
1/4	0%	A Thousand Words (2012)	" Not the least bit funny or touching, and it all goes down about as smoothly as cyanide laced with rusted nails." — DustinPutman.com Posted Mar 9, 2012
1/4	52%	John Carter (2012)	" "Thank God that's over with!" one character utters near the end of "John Carter." No spoken words have ever been truer." — DustinPutman.com Posted Mar 8, 2012
3/4	42%	Silent House (2012)	" Remake or not, the provocative "Silent House" has been born anew." — DustinPutman.com Posted Mar 8, 2012
3/4	63%	Friends With Kids (2012)	" Feels like vintage Woody Allen, and that's a very good thing, indeed." — DustinPutman.com Posted Mar 8, 2012
2/4	67%	Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2012)	" This could very well be early 2012's poster child for neither-here-nor-there mediocrity." — DustinPutman.com Posted Mar 8, 2012
2/4	11%	ATM (2012)	" There are too many forehead-slapping moments, too much overt contrivance, and an anticlimactic conclusion that doesn't add up to as much as one hopes or expects." — DustinPutman.com Posted Mar 8, 2012
3/4	56%	The Lorax (2012)	" A fun, touching delight, dripping with aesthetic wonder and the boundless reaches where only animated films can go. Dr. Seuss would be proud of this one." — DustinPutman.com Posted Mar 1, 2012
0/4	26%	Project X (2012)	" Classless, mean-spirited, repugnant, deplorable, off-puttingly sleazy, and thoroughly contemptible." — DustinPutman.com Posted Mar 1, 2012
2.5/4	60%	Wanderlust (2012)	" A tad scattered, a little unwieldy, but never less than eager to please. Fans of the cast are sure to have a particularly good time." — DustinPutman.com Posted Feb 23, 2012
2.5/4	64%	Tomorrow, When the War Began (2012)	" Quite a crafty genre mash-up that deserves to find an audience." — DustinPutman.com Posted Feb 23, 2012
1.5/4	18%	Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2012)	" Slightly improved in a few departments, but riddled yet again with a trashy script and groan-worthy aims at humor that don't fit in with the film's darker, grittier style." — DustinPutman.com Posted Feb 17, 2012
2.5/4	94%	The Secret World of Arrietty (2012)	" Even a lesser Ghibli feature is one that obviously has come from the heart." — DustinPutman.com Posted Feb 16, 2012
2/4	25%	This Means War (2012)	" Without the considerable contributions of Reese Witherspoon and the ensemble supporting her, this overblown trifle would be akin to nails on a chalkboard." — DustinPutman.com Posted Feb 16, 2012
2.5/4	29%	The Vow (2012)	" Love stories needn't reinvent the wheel as long as they treat their characters—and the audience—with respect. A little chemistry doesn't hurt, either. "The Vow" gets these two things right." — DustinPutman.com Posted Feb 9, 2012
1.5/4	54%	Safe House (2012)	" Performing as if he's been perpetually hooked up to a Thorazine drip, Denzel Washington looks like he needs a bed, not a camera thrown in his face." — DustinPutman.com Posted Feb 9, 2012
2/4	42%	Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012)	" A mild improvement over the already out-dated original, even as it still doesn't quite warrant a recommendation." — DustinPutman.com Posted Feb 9, 2012
4/4	85%	Chronicle (2012)	" In an age when cinema so sparsely amazes anymore, "Chronicle" is a motion picture that does just that, again and again." — DustinPutman.com Posted Feb 2, 2012
2/4	74%	Big Miracle (2012)	" One of those formulaic, bare-minimum efforts that confuses meaning well for being worthwhile." — DustinPutman.com Posted Feb 2, 2012
3/4	65%	The Woman in Black (2012)	" It has been a while since a film caused the hair on my legs to stand up on end. "The Woman in Black" achieves this more than once." — DustinPutman.com Posted Feb 2, 2012
1/4	2%	One for the Money (2012)	" No wonder Lionsgate chose not to screen the finished product in advance for review. 'One for the Money' is a surefire example of inept filmmaking, absolutely reeking of rote desperation." — DustinPutman.com Posted Jan 27, 2012
2/4	31%	Man on a Ledge (2012)	" Coming less than a month into the new year, prospective viewers would do wise to lower their expectations accordingly." — DustinPutman.com Posted Jan 26, 2012

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