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Ernest Hardy

Ernest Hardy

Agrees with the Tomatometer 78% of the time.

Publications:
Film.com , L.A. Weekly , Village Voice
Critics' Group:
Los Angeles Film Critics Association
Total Reviews:
392

Best Reviewed Films

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—— We Are the Mods (2010) " [Writer-director E.E. Cassidy has] created a rare American film to tackle female teen sexuality, its joys and disasters, with frankness sans condescension or heavy-handed tragedy." — L.A. Weekly
Posted Jul 23, 2010
80% Kings of the Evening (2010) " It moves briskly but leaves room for the stellar supporting cast to turn stock figures into appealingly shaded characters." — L.A. Weekly
Posted Jul 22, 2010
65% 8: The Mormon Proposition (2010) " Cowan strikes a potent balance between heart and head, juxtaposing emotionally wrenching moments with self-damning portraits of Mormon politicians and church officials, and hard-nosed journalism from reporter Fred Karger." — Village Voice
Posted Jun 15, 2010
—— Why Am I Doing This? (2009) " Scenes drag a tad too long and subplots go nowhere, but buried beneath the fat is a funny (if derivative) film about modern Asian identities." — L.A. Weekly
Posted Jun 1, 2010
38% Ocean of Pearls (2008) " Overly earnest but engaging." — Village Voice
Posted May 10, 2010
78% Behind The Burly Q (2010) " Slightly ramshackle but utterly entertaining." — Village Voice
Posted Apr 20, 2010
69% Women Without Men (Zanan-e bedun-e mardan) (2010) " Working from a screenplay she co-wrote with Shoja Azari, Neshat employs dialogue that is often didactic, but that weakness is forgiven in the face of stellar acting from the ensemble and gorgeously composed and shot images." — L.A. Weekly
Posted Apr 8, 2010
—— Just Say Love (2010) " The film's real strength, though, is the palpable chemistry between Jaeger and Mammana, which smoothly and convincingly oscillates from lust to frustration to a love that throws both men off their game." — Village Voice
Posted Mar 24, 2010
—— Dream Boy (2010) " The film evokes tension right from the start as the viewer waits for violence to rear its head; it eventually does, in ways expected and not." — Village Voice
Posted Mar 24, 2010
71% Waking Sleeping Beauty (2010) " A documentary about the lucrative rebirth of Disney's animation arm between the years 1984 and 1994, it's a warts-and-all tale of clashing egos and the eternal war between art and commerce." — Village Voice
Posted Mar 24, 2010
79% Waiting for Armageddon (2010) " Those refutations are little comfort against the manifest power of American entitlement and religious superiority fueling final-days fantasies, against which the film winds up being a sobering warning." — L.A. Weekly
Posted Feb 12, 2010
46% Creation (2010) " Creation's power lies in its layers, in the way it makes distinctions between religion and faith, and the ways it beautifully (save for one clunky bit of overexplanation) lays out the similarities between religion and science." — L.A. Weekly
Posted Dec 24, 2009
—— Greta (2010) " Working from a psychologically trite script by Michael Gilvary, director Nancy Bardawil gets largely good performances from her cast." — L.A. Weekly
Posted Dec 14, 2009
47% The Providence Effect (2009) " The film never completely shakes the feel of being more an advertisement than a documentary, but once it settles into a concrete illustration of Adams's philosophy, it becomes riveting." — Village Voice
Posted Sep 23, 2009
86% Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (2009) " The 3-D effects are wonderful, full of witty sight gags that play out both center-screen and on the periphery, while immensely appealing secondary characters round off a film that plays as well for adults as kids." — L.A. Weekly
Posted Sep 17, 2009
59% Walt & El Grupo (2008) " Walt is both humorous and moderately revealing about the backstage machinations of the Disney machine." — Village Voice
Posted Sep 8, 2009
—— El Tinte de La Fama (The Color of Fame) (2008) " Alifa and Gil are not only eye candy but talented actors as well. Gil, as the reluctant reincarnation of Monroe, is especially captivating, and never more Monroelike than when Magaly is swallowed by despair." — L.A. Weekly
Posted Aug 6, 2009
85% Soul Power (2009) " Ali's bravado-soaked words, breezily tossed off after he disrupts a Don King press conference, also serve as an artist's manifesto for the film's musical acts: Celia Cruz, the Spinners, Fania All-Stars, Bill Withers, B.B. King, Miriam Makeba, and others." — Village Voice
Posted Jul 8, 2009
89% The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story (2009) " Anyone expecting a saccharine-mapped trip down memory lane from this engrossing documentary, directed by cousins Gregory and Jeff Sherman, sons of Robert and Richard, is in for a bittersweet, heartbreaking surprise." — Village Voice
Posted May 19, 2009
100% Grey Gardens (2009) " From that David and Goliath setup, filmed in a straightforward style on a shoestring budget, emerge fascinating character studies that underscore both the best and worst of human nature." — L.A. Weekly
Posted Apr 23, 2009
—— This is the Life (2009) " It's rare that being schooled so deeply is so pleasurable." — L.A. Weekly
Posted Mar 12, 2009
43% Race to Witch Mountain (2009) " Cracking one-liners and alternating between world-weariness and growing affection for his charges, Johnson is wonderful -- much better than his material." — Village Voice
Posted Mar 12, 2009
86% Medicine for Melancholy (2008) " Jenkins's dialogue is crisp and witty, sounding and flowing the way real people speak. But it's also shrewdly nuanced." — Village Voice
Posted Jan 27, 2009
75% Crips and Bloods: Made in America (2008) " It's a lot to take in, and Peralta does an admirable job cramming tons of history and insight into his reportage on how the 'hood came to be." — Village Voice
Posted Jan 21, 2009
—— Tracing Cowboys (2009) " The slow-moving, fractured tale is told in flashbacks that seamlessly mingle with the present, making for confusing if gorgeous viewing." — L.A. Weekly
Posted Jan 9, 2009
68% Were the World Mine (2008) " When the film narrows its focus from big questions addressed through overly broad strokes and instead zooms in on one-on-one interactions and the emotional power of a well-made musical sequence, it taps into a winning sweetness and poignancy." — L.A. Weekly
Posted Dec 11, 2008
31% While She Was Out (2008) " The emotionally bruised air that's frequently made Kim Basinger tabloid fodder is also a defining characteristic of her acting style." — L.A. Weekly
Posted Dec 11, 2008
80% A Good Day to Be Black & Sexy (2008) " Dortch's manipulation of stereotype and the associations embedded in everything from skin tone to music set him apart as a talent to watch." — L.A. Weekly
Posted Dec 4, 2008
80% Ten Nights of Dreams (Yume jū-ya) (2006) " A sometimes terrifying, sometimes wildly amusing and occasionally flat interpretation of Soseki's tales by a who's who of Japanese filmmakers." — L.A. Weekly
Posted Aug 21, 2008
88% Boy A (2007) " Crowley, his cast and the script constantly reveal new layers to the characters, preventing simple labels like 'hero' or 'villain.' These people are all cringingly human." — L.A. Weekly
Posted Jul 24, 2008
92% Chris & Don: A Love Story (2007) " A charming, illuminating portrait of the complex and storied queer romance between Isherwood and Bachardy." — L.A. Weekly
Posted Jul 3, 2008
95% Without the King (2007) " Director Michael Skolnik's generically crafted documentary on the precarious conditions of Swaziland, last functioning monarchy in Africa, is a curious mixture of banality and revelation." — L.A. Weekly
Posted Jun 19, 2008
60% Little Chenier (2008) " Where writer-director Bethany Ashton really excels is in capturing the complex dynamics of small-town life." — L.A. Weekly
Posted Mar 13, 2008
84% Billy the Kid (2007) " What you ultimately take from the film is the awareness that this smart, self-aware, uncensored kid has been playing to a camera in his own head since well before Venditti came along." — L.A. Weekly
Posted Feb 7, 2008
—— Looking for Cheyenne (Oublier Cheyenne) (2007) " A beguiling comedy from a Marxist-inflected thesis that is filled with characters who rage against the machine with pessimism, optimism, and navet (C)"sometimes in rotation." — Village Voice
Posted Dec 4, 2007
82% Quantum Hoops (2007) " The Caltech Beavers are a surprisingly charming group of overachievers who prove to have as much heart on the court as they do brains in the classroom." — L.A. Weekly
Posted Nov 1, 2007
35% Finishing the Game (2007) " The breezy tone and obvious fun being had by the cast make Finishing the Game a slight, low-key cool cinematic essay on identity politics." — L.A. Weekly
Posted Oct 25, 2007
83% The Rape of Europa (2007) " Rape of Europa is a history lesson dressed as a measured thriller." — L.A. Weekly
Posted Sep 27, 2007
38% Itty Bitty Titty Committee (2007) " Writer-director Jamie Babbit's follow-up to But I'm a Cheerleader, while flawed and in need of at least one more script overhaul, is smarter, funnier and more accomplished than its predecessor." — L.A. Weekly
Posted Sep 27, 2007
33% Sea of Dreams (2006) " The cast comprises some of the most beautiful people on Earth. In fact, the chance to see the still impossibly sexy [Sonia] Braga in action almost makes the whole exercise worthwhile." — L.A. Weekly
Posted Sep 20, 2007
—— In a Day (2006) " The acting is fine enough to slowly pull the viewer in, making you care just a bit how it all turns out." — L.A. Weekly
Posted Aug 23, 2007
—— Prison Town, USA () " A sobering, engrossing film that raises a red flag on a criminal class that is being created for corporate profit." — L.A. Weekly
Posted Jun 21, 2007
83% Rock the Bells (2007) " Rock the Bells [ends] on a high note, but in a minor chord of sadness." — L.A. Weekly
Posted May 3, 2007
75% Hair High (2004) " It's gross-out fare of the highest caliber." — L.A. Weekly
Posted Apr 12, 2007
50% Danielson: A Family Movie (2006) " Shot on digital and layered with animated segments, performance footage and clips from Smith family home movies, Family Movie unfolds with a gentle, justified confidence in the power of its subject." — L.A. Weekly
Posted Jan 19, 2007
20% Snow Blind (2006) " Where Snow Blind dazzles is in its generous serving of performance footage: Watching the devoted soar through the air, flipping and spinning with near-balletic skill, takes your breath away." — L.A. Weekly
Posted Dec 8, 2006
71% Captive (Cautiva) (2006) " Neither Biraben's script nor his direction leave room for doubt as to how he feels about the nightmarish past, but he's smart enough to know that even justified outrage sometimes has to be tempered with the complexities of human intentions and realities." — L.A. Weekly
Posted Nov 23, 2006
88% The Cave of the Yellow Dog (Die Hohle des gelben Hundes) (2005) " What pulls the viewer in (aside from the charismatic real-life family playing the roles) is the film's compassionate, empathetic perspective." — L.A. Weekly
Posted Nov 16, 2006
77% Excellent Cadavers (In un altro paese) (2005) " In showing all the stuff that the History Channel discreetly edits out, Excellent Cadavers dismantles the celluloid romanticizing of the Mafia." — L.A. Weekly
Posted Oct 26, 2006
91% King Leopold's Ghost (2006) " An often infuriating (and excruciating) film to watch, but one that gets to the root of the despair that now plagues so much of the African continent." — L.A. Weekly
Posted Sep 28, 2006
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