ROTTEN TOMATOES: James Sanford

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JAMES SANFORD

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Biography: I began reviewing films for The Grand Rapids Press when I was in high school. I now work for the Kalamazoo Gazette. My website is interbridge.com/jamessanford.

Favorites: Vintage: Broadcast News, Moonstruck, North By Northwest, Vertigo, King Kong (1933), Klute, Breakfast at Tiffany's, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, The Wizard of Oz, Gunga Din, etc. Recent: Little Children, The Queen, Volver, Jesus Camp, Slither, Children of Men, The Departed, The Painted Veil, Dreamgirls, Casino Royale, Stranger Than Fiction, Babel.

Publications: Entertainment Insiders, James Sanford on Film, Kalamazoo Gazette, rec.arts.movies.reviews

Total Reviews: 1266
Total QuickRatings: 482

Location: Portage, Michigan

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Rotten 0/4	N/A	Pledge This! (2006)	" a movie that gives new meaning to the term 'endurance test.' Even by the low standards of the college comedy genre it's exceptionally awful." — Kalamazoo Gazette Posted Dec 28, 2006
Rotten 0/4	Rotten 6%	Date Movie (2006)	" torturously unfunny and thoroughly aggravating... the year is still young, but don't be surprised if 'Date Movie' is the worst film of 2006." — Kalamazoo Gazette Posted Feb 17, 2006
Rotten 0/5	Rotten 8%	From Justin to Kelly (2003)	" Some people wait a lifetime for a turkey like this -- and for them,'From Justin to Kelly' will provide a holiday feast. ...a spectacularly wretched musical melodrama." — Kalamazoo Gazette Posted Jun 19, 2003
Rotten 0/5	Rotten 7%	Boat Trip (2003)	" Plenty of cheesecake and beefcake are served up, although after you've seen Jerry vomit on his fiancee... no one will have much of an appetite." — Kalamazoo Gazette Posted Mar 21, 2003
Rotten 0/5	Rotten 2%	The Master of Disguise (2002)	" so misconceived on every level, it's almost fascinating to watch. If you don't mind pain, that is. This movie knows how to make you hurt..." — James Sanford on Film Posted Aug 4, 2002
Rotten 0/4	Rotten 15%	Tomcats (2001)	" So what happens when everyone making a skin flick gets Puritanical about showing skin? A plot, that's what, and 'Tomcats' offers a yarn that's truly yawn-provoking." — Kalamazoo Gazette Posted Jun 10, 2002
Rotten 0/5	Rotten 2%	Battlefield Earth (2000)	" finds (Travolta) wobbling around in the highest platform shoes since Elton John and sporting bizarre dreadlocks... the oddest vanity production imaginable, one in which the main attraction is nearly impossible to recognize." — Kalamazoo Gazette Posted Jun 10, 2002
Rotten 0/4	Rotten 23%	House on Haunted Hill (1999)	" Quarts of shiny blood are splashed around and numerous moans and groans pepper the soundtrack, but astonishingly, the movie never manages to provoke so much as a shudder." — Kalamazoo Gazette Posted Jul 2, 2003
Rotten 0/5	Rotten 2%	Baby Geniuses (1999)	" shares with most of Clark's other films an utter lack of taste and a genuinely ugly look; not only is the movie less funny than a case of diaper rash, it's even less picturesque." — Kalamazoo Gazette Posted Jan 1, 2000
Rotten 0/4	Rotten 34%	Excess Baggage (1997)	" a series of flaccid, go-nowhere scenes featuring a sullen Silverstone and the inarticulate Benicio Del Toro..." — Kalamazoo Gazette Posted Jun 23, 2002
Rotten 0/5	N/A	Ghosts Can't Do It (1990)	" manages to top even such masterworks of schlock as (the Dereks') earlier 'Bolero,' 'Fantasies' and their perversion of 'Tarzan the Ape Man' for sheer artistic ineptitude." — James Sanford on Film Posted Aug 5, 2003
Rotten 0/5	Rotten 6%	Ghost Dad (1990)	" dismal... There's more preachiness here than in a hundred 'ABC Afterschool Specials,' and the special effects wouldn't pass muster on a local kiddie show." — James Sanford on Film Posted Jul 29, 2002
Rotten 0/4	Rotten 20%	Yor, the Hunter From the Future (1983)	" When a comrade warns Yor about the approaching 'creature of the night,' he should have added, 'You might get tangled up in his wires!'" — James Sanford on Film Posted May 11, 2004
Rotten 0/5	N/A	The Man Who Wasn't There (1983)	" It's hard to know where to begin in talking about what exactly is wrong with 'The Man Who Wasn't There' because there's really nothing right with it." — James Sanford on Film Posted May 11, 2004
Rotten 0/5	Rotten 0%	The Lonely Lady (1983)	" a poorly acted, ineptly made and nearly incoherent piece of garbage that can't even properly exploit its star, which would seem to be the primary reason for its existence. " — James Sanford on Film Posted May 30, 2003
Rotten .5/4	Rotten 8%	Are We Done Yet? (2007)	" the most mechanical kind of moviemaking... Every time you think 'Done' has gone as low as it can go, it manages to sink a little bit further into the septic tank..." — Kalamazoo Gazette Posted Apr 5, 2007
Rotten .5/4	Rotten 16%	Primeval (2007)	" The only thing more offensive than the indecipherable action sequences in 'Primeval' (it looks like director Michael Katleman strapped to the camera to a Tilt-A-Whirl) is the movie's appalling attitude toward Africa." — Kalamazoo Gazette Posted Jan 20, 2007
Rotten .5/4	Rotten 6%	Thr3e (2007)	" Perhaps on the page this was spellbinding; on the screen, it's frequently hilarious... The embarrassing, jaw-droppingly dumb finale is stolen directly from a situation in director Spike Jonze's 'Adaptation.'" — Kalamazoo Gazette Posted Jan 5, 2007
Rotten .5/4	Rotten 4%	Material Girls (2006)	" The film opens with the Duffs huffing and puffing their way through a remake of Madonna's 'Material Girl,' an ode to gold digging that Madonna sang with a touch of wry humor; the Duffs perform it as if it was 'The Battle Hymn of the Republic.'" — Kalamazoo Gazette Posted Aug 18, 2006
Rotten .5/4	Rotten 9%	When a Stranger Calls (2006)	" 'Dial M for Moronic'... the call is still coming from inside the house -- and the stench is coming from inside the theater." — Kalamazoo Gazette Posted Feb 3, 2006
Rotten .5/4	Rotten 13%	Boogeyman (2005)	" boogey oogey awful" — Kalamazoo Gazette Posted Feb 5, 2005
Rotten .5/4	Rotten 8%	My Boss's Daughter (2002)	" Gruesomely photographed with unnaturally dim lighting that makes everyone look anemic, the movie starts off like a remake of a Michael J. Fox comedy from the late 1980s, then abruptly turns into what seems to be a bad dinner-theater farce..." — Kalamazoo Gazette Posted Aug 21, 2003
Rotten .5/4	N/A	Frank McKlusky, C.I. (2002)	" If you're actively searching for the year's most offensive comedy, look no further..." — Kalamazoo Gazette Posted Nov 10, 2002
Rotten .5/4	Rotten 2%	The In Crowd (2000)	" full of attractive, listless actors who apparently couldn't get jobs on any of the WB's teen soap operas striking poses and mouthing dusty dialogue." — Kalamazoo Gazette Posted Jun 10, 2002
Rotten .5/4	Rotten 18%	Ringmaster (1998)	" those hoping for inside dirt will instead be rewarded with a fictitious, shoddy piece of claptrap that has nothing to say about Springer..." — Kalamazoo Gazette Posted Dec 27, 2005
Rotten 1/5	Rotten 8%	I Know Who Killed Me (2007)	" Small wonder that distributor TriStar Pictures has gone to great pains to hide this fiasco from critics: It's certainly the worst movie Lohan has ever appeared in and it's a formidable contender for worst movie of the year, period." — Kalamazoo Gazette Posted Jul 27, 2007
Rotten 1/5	Rotten 8%	Premonition (2007)	" tries diligently to blow your mind and leaves you shaking your head instead. ...What happens when a promising screenplay degenerates into total incoherence? To quote the Magic 8 Ball, 'outlook not so good.'" — Kalamazoo Gazette Posted Mar 16, 2007
Rotten 1/5	Rotten 5%	The Fog (2005)	" Carl Sandburg once wrote that the fog comes on little cat feet. Director Rupert Wainwright's 'The Fog,' however, clomps around like an elephant in cement boots." — Kalamazoo Gazette Posted Oct 17, 2005
Rotten 1/5	Rotten 6%	The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002)	" (Supposedly) its release has been held up for nearly two years because of its complicated visual effects. Yeah, right: And the moon is made of green cheese." — Kalamazoo Gazette Posted Aug 15, 2002
Rotten 1/5	Rotten 48%	Riding in Cars with Boys (2001)	" It's an embarrassment, a misguided tearjerker that will only make you cry if you spent good money to see it." — Kalamazoo Gazette Posted Jun 9, 2002
Rotten 1/5	Rotten 19%	Boys (1996)	Obviously reshot and recut to the point of complete incoherence — Kalamazoo Gazette Posted Dec 18, 2004
Rotten 1/5	Rotten 11%	Porky's II: The Next Day (1983)	It probably had to happen, but it didn't have to be this tedious — Kalamazoo Gazette Posted Sep 9, 2003
Rotten 1/5	N/A	Mazes and Monsters (1982)	" Although intended as a cautionary tale, it's far more likely to inspire snickers than shudders." — Kalamazoo Gazette Posted Jan 23, 2004
Rotten 1/4	Rotten 9%	The Reaping (2007)	" A piece of jittery junk. If it didn't star Hilary Swank, this fiasco would almost certainly have gone directly to DVD." — Kalamazoo Gazette Posted Apr 5, 2007
Rotten 1/4	Rotten 13%	Little Man (2006)	" the sort of idiotic project the Wayanses would have taken aim at on 'In Living Color' 15 years ago. That they are now peddling this puerile junk instead of ridiculing it is no laughing matter." — Kalamazoo Gazette Posted Jul 14, 2006
Rotten 1/4	Rotten 31%	Stick It (2006)	" the heroines' motto might as well be, "I am Airhead, hear me roar"... The derriere-level cameras ensure that Bendinger's female-empowerment fantasy features plenty of cheesecake." — Kalamazoo Gazette Posted Apr 28, 2006
Rotten 1/4	Rotten 6%	Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector (2006)	" (an) 85-minute tribute to flatulence, vomiting and the ample rump of its star. ...'Wake up and smell the catbox,' Larry declares... Buy a ticket to 'Health Inspector,' and you'll know exactly what he means." — Kalamazoo Gazette Posted Mar 25, 2006
Rotten 1/4	Rotten 8%	Ultraviolet (2006)	" ...shot two years ago... and now being unceremoniously dumped into your neighborhood cineplex, which -- thanks to films like this -- has been cluttered with as much garbage as a Skid Row alley in recent months." — Kalamazoo Gazette Posted Mar 3, 2006
Rotten 1/4	Rotten 11%	In The Mix (2005)	" If you don't buy into the idea that Usher is the foxiest brother ever to set foot on the screen, you are probably not the target audience for 'Mix,' since it has little else to offer except sizable servings of beefcake." — Kalamazoo Gazette Posted Nov 23, 2005
Rotten 1/4	Rotten 5%	Godsend (2004)	" It's impossible to imagine the Almighty actually endorsing the kind of shoddy workmanship that has turned ...'The Bad Seed' into what ought to be titled 'The Bad Stem Cell.'" — Kalamazoo Gazette Posted May 1, 2004
Rotten 1/4	Rotten 4%	My Baby's Daddy (2004)	" a screenplay as meticulously crafted as a vintage Edsel... If the sight of soiled diapers and the sound of flatulence move you to merriment, you'll dote on every moment..." — Kalamazoo Gazette Posted Jan 11, 2004
Rotten 1/4	Rotten 12%	Cold Creek Manor (2003)	" Quaid and Stone look utterly ridiculous when they scream, a major debit in a movie of this type." — Kalamazoo Gazette Posted Sep 20, 2003
Rotten 1/4	Rotten 14%	Crossroads (2002)	" comes off like a rejected ABC Afterschool Special, freshened up by the dunce of a Screenwriting 101 class. ...provokes a handful of unintentional howlers and numerous yawns." — Kalamazoo Gazette Posted Jun 3, 2002
Rotten 1/4	Rotten 40%	Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001)	" Murphy has reached a genuine low point. It's a thoroughly insipid, feeble-minded film that all but screams, 'We're only in it for the money.'" — Kalamazoo Gazette Posted Jun 9, 2002
Rotten 1/4	Rotten 24%	Domestic Disturbance (2001)	" The movie seems to have been slapped together by an editor with attention-deficit disorder... introduces a new, risible complication with nearly every scene..." — Kalamazoo Gazette Posted Jun 9, 2002
Rotten 1/4	Rotten 4%	Down to You (2000)	" a mostly bitter, sometimes downright grim fairy tale in which Cinderella becomes a stoner and Prince Charming winds up getting his stomach pumped." — Kalamazoo Gazette Posted Jun 10, 2002

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