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Critics / Dustin Putman / Best
Dustin Putman
  • Official Websites:
    TheMovieBoy.com

DUSTIN PUTMAN

Agrees with the Tomatometer 67% 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: 1832
Total QuickRatings: 2

Location: Frederick, Maryland, USA

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Fresh
4/4

Fresh
91%

Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire (2009)

" Precious is a rarefied beauty, an innately human story that offers inspiration without sap, fleeting hope without contrivance, ultimate redemption with sincerity. One of the year's best and boldest."

Posted Nov 5, 2009

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
73%

Where the Wild Things Are (2009)

" Bold and cinematic, at once wondrously epic yet achingly intimate and honest. Touting it as this century's answer to 1939's The Wizard of Oz would not be flagrant hyperbole."

Posted Oct 15, 2009

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
88%

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

" Fierce, fascinating, literate, ballsy, shocking, whimsical, devastating, brazenly inventive, and nothing less than wholly hypnotic."

Posted Aug 20, 2009

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
91%

Must Read After My Death (2009)

" An eye-openingly brilliant tapestry. Non-fictional cinema at its finest."

Posted Feb 17, 2009

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
71%

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

" A symphony in the language of film. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is simultaneously uplifting, devastating, and achingly human."

Posted Dec 24, 2008

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
67%

Synecdoche, New York (2008)

" The picture, just about as surreal as David Lynch on his quirkiest day, is at once staggering, baffling, morose, frightening, hilarious, continuously inventive, and unspeakably touching."

Posted Oct 23, 2008

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
94%

The Dark Knight (2008)

" Nihilistic, imaginative and emotionally gratifying, The Dark Knight is in many ways a groundbreaking triumph, and perhaps the best superhero film to date."

Posted Jul 16, 2008

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
76%

Cloverfield (2008)

" Alarming and nothing short of terrifying. Cloverfield is the year's first unadulterated masterpiece. There has never been anything quite like it."

Posted Jan 17, 2008

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
94%

No Country for Old Men (2007)

" A masterpiece of a thriller, as merciless as a livestock stun gun to the head, as sharp as a razor blade, and as confidently written as any genre classic one can think of (take your pick)."

Posted Nov 8, 2007

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
85%

Bridge to Terabithia (2007)

" Enchanting, transcendent and profoundly moving, Bridge to Terabithia is a masterpiece."

Posted Feb 15, 2007

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
92%

Children of Men (2006)

" A consistently tense, demanding and altogether exhilarating experience, an instant new classic of the sci-fi genre."

Posted Dec 23, 2006

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
71%

Inland Empire (2006)

" Inland Empire isn't just a brilliant motion picture; it's a work of staggering art."

Posted Dec 17, 2006

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
91%

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)

" A comedic masterpiece and possibly the funniest movie in years."

Posted Nov 2, 2006

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
86%

Brokeback Mountain (2005)

" Profound. Transcendent. Heartbreaking. Brokeback Mountain is a cinematic triumph of incendiary depth and poeticism."

Posted Dec 12, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
74%

Little Manhattan (2005)

" A beautiful, layered, uplifting, dizzyingly romantic motion picture. This is one of the year's very best films, and one of its most unexpected cinematic treasures."

Posted Oct 11, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Rotten
45%

The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)

" One part enthralling courtroom drama and one part scary as hell horror tale, The Exorcism of Emily Rose is one of the very best films of the year."

Posted Sep 8, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Rotten
31%

November (2005)

" November is the real deal, subtle and scary and touching and profound and unforgettable all at once."

Posted Aug 13, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Rotten
41%

High Tension (2005)

" Who could have guessed that a so-called slasher movie could be as psychologically haunting as this one manages to be? A new classic of the horror genre has been born."

Posted Jun 6, 2005

Fresh
4/4

Rotten
56%

The Polar Express (2004)

" An endlessly magical experience. One couldn't ask for a movie more pure and genuine. In a single word, The Polar Express is a masterpiece."

Posted Nov 6, 2004

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
91%

Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut (2004)

" The 2001 cut is my preference, but the 2004 changes have their select attributes. Both editions, indeed, are modern masterworks."

Posted Aug 14, 2004

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
90%

Mean Creek (2004)

" A frightening journey into the heart of human darkness and morality. Sure to endure as a watermark of the coming-of-age genre for years to come."

Posted Aug 6, 2004

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
86%

Garden State (2004)

" Garden State is a beaming, unforgettable little masterpiece, creatively alive and emotionally intimate at the same time."

Posted Jul 10, 2004

Fresh
4/4

Rotten
55%

The Girl Next Door (2004)

" The best motion picture about teenage life since Donnie Darko...Has the power to become the defining teen picture for Generation Y."

Posted Feb 21, 2004

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
71%

Elephant (2003)

" One of the most thought-provoking and important films of the last few years."

Posted May 8, 2004

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
82%

Monster (2003)

" The film, and its cumulative emotional effect, is something of a brilliant, passionate, unflinching tour de force."

Posted Jan 9, 2004

Fresh
4/4

Rotten
33%

In the Cut (2003)

" A major cinematic achievement--simultaneously heartbreaking, frightening, unpredictable, sexy, grim, provocative and eerily plausible."

Posted Oct 31, 2003

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
95%

Lost in Translation (2003)

" Lyrical and deeply touching...as intimate, humane, and heartfelt as any love story this year."

Posted Sep 1, 2003

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
68%

May (2003)

" Not only one of the most auspicious and original independent features in years--particularly for a first-time filmmaker--but it is one of the best films of 2003...Genuinely disturbing."

Posted Jul 11, 2003

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
62%

Identity (2003)

" A surprisingly challenging and rewarding motion picture experience, as ruminous and unforgettable as it is thrillingly spooky and suspenseful."

Posted Apr 26, 2003

Fresh
4/4

Rotten
49%

The Safety of Objects (2003)

" The first truly great motion picture of 2003...seamlessly interweav[ing] its complicated characters and their even more complicated lives into a wholly original and vibrant tapestry."

Posted Mar 8, 2003

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
91%

Adaptation (2002)

" Endlessly enlightening, always fascinating, and nothing short of miraculous, to see Adaptation is to live, see, breathe, and feel in an entirely different way than any other motion picture released this year has offered."

Posted Dec 26, 2002

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
96%

Bowling for Columbine (2002)

" Bowling for Columbine isn't just a highly recommended accomplishment; it deserves to be required viewing...One of the year's biggest entertainments, and one of its most thought-provoking."

Posted Oct 26, 2002

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
64%

Moonlight Mile (2002)

" Brings an unmistakable accuracy to its every moment that most films dealing with bereavement fall short of...Easily one of the most rewarding film experiences of the year."

Posted Oct 5, 2002

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
97%

Spirited Away (2002)

" An exquisitely formed, flawlessly executed masterwork...As sheerly imaginative and groundbreakingly wondrous as any animated motion picture you are sure to have seen."

Posted Sep 28, 2002

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
82%

The Good Girl (2002)

" [Jennifer Aniston's] exquisitely modulated and heartbreakingly understated performance is a revelation...easily one of the year's very best motion pictures."

Posted Aug 24, 2002

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
74%

Signs (2002)

" As skillfully made as horror films come. It's also about as genuinely scary."

Posted Aug 4, 2002

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
82%

Road to Perdition (2002)

" Has an underlyingly hopeful current running throughout, but at its soul is one of an impossible heartbreak that can never be fully mended."

Posted Jul 14, 2002

Fresh
4/4

Rotten
40%

Vanilla Sky (2001)

" A ravishing stunner that never loses its way once...Director[Cameron Crowe's] most stunning work to date."

Posted Dec 14, 2001

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
84%

Donnie Darko (2001)

" As fascinatingly complex and brazenly original as any movie released this year...a breakthrough masterpiece."

Posted Oct 28, 2001

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
81%

Mulholland Dr. (2001)

" As perplexing and ominous a motion picture as you're ever likely to see."

Posted Oct 20, 2001

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
72%

A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

" Filled with endless imagination and wonder...sure to go down, in time, as one of the brilliant achievements in modern moviemaking."

Posted Jul 16, 2001

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
77%

Moulin Rouge (2001)

" A remarkable triumph -- alive with creativity and wonder, proving that the medium of film can take us anywhere, and act upon us in any way possible."

Posted Jan 1, 2000

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
89%

Cast Away (2000)

" A cinematic triumph, a motion picture so rich with honest emotions and ideas that it comes as a relative surprise that this is a big-budget, star vehicle."

Posted Jan 1, 2000

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
92%

Traffic (2000)

" A grand entertainment. One of the best Hollywood productions to come out of the pipeline in years."

Posted Jan 1, 2000

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
83%

Magnolia (1999)

" Magnolia is a mind-blowing masterpiece of a movie--heavy in drama, intense emotional material, characters, and underlying themes."

Posted Jan 1, 2000

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
89%

American Beauty (1999)

" American Beauty is a devastating motion picture of unconceivable power."

Posted Jan 1, 2000

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
85%

The Blair Witch Project (1999)

" No film in recent memory has shocked me, petrified me, unsettled my spirits, and left me so enthusiastic afterwards!"

Posted Jan 1, 2000

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
93%

Election (1999)

" So precise, so hilarious, so biting, so smart, so perfect, in every one of its minute details that it comes as a sort of godsend."

Posted Jan 1, 2000

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
77%

The Virgin Suicides (1999)

" A devastating, haunting motion picture of inconceivable power."

Posted Jan 1, 2000

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
78%

Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

" Slowly but surely wrapped around me and put me under its rapturous spell."

Posted Jan 1, 2000
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