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ED GONZALEZ

""Scooby Doo can do do but Sartre is smartra."--Homer Simpson"

Agrees with the Tomatometer 70% of the time.

Biography: Ed Gonzalez is a freelance writer working out of New York City, or thereabouts. A graduate of NYU, he worked for Cosmopolitan, House Beautiful, and O Magazine before turning to film criticism. His writing has appeared in City Pages, Gay City News, and The Village Voice. He currently serves time as Film Editor and Senior Film Writer at Slant Magazine and Contributing Film Editor at PLANETº. Ed is also a member of the Online Film Critics Society and the New York Film Critics Online.

Publications: Apollo Guide, City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul, House Next Door, L.A. Weekly, Los Angeles Times, Slant Magazine, Village Voice

Critics' Group: Online Film Critics Society, New York Film Critics Online

Total Reviews: 2549

Location: Weehawken, NJ

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Fresh 2.5/4	N/A	Gigante (2009)	" Gigante isn't a great movie, but it's likeably humble and scruffy around the edges." — Slant Magazine Posted Nov 22, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 91%	Gomorrah (2009)	" *Drably redundant, the over-praised Gomorrah* may not deserve the Criterion treatment, but fans will be pleased by the solid audio/video treatment it has received.*" — Slant Magazine* DVD REVIEW Posted Nov 20, 2009
Rotten 2.5/4	Fresh 70%	The Road (2009)	" Hillcoat has a way of undermining the earthy performances of his cast with overly refined images and obtrusive music." — Slant Magazine Posted Nov 20, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 67%	Bruno (2009)	" Deeply condescending but often hilarious, this absolute mess of a film showcases the best and worst tendencies of Sacha Baron Cohen's character and talents." — Slant Magazine DVD REVIEW Posted Nov 8, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 98%	Up (2009)	" Disney's decision to make a bunch of additional Up behind-the-scenes goodies available only to Blu-ray owners reeks of cruel elitism, but even if this two-disc DVD feels lightweight, the film itself does not." — Slant Magazine DVD REVIEW Posted Nov 8, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 86%	Death in the Garden (1956)	" *A minor Buñuel work, Death in the Garden* is mostly notable for capturing Simone Signoret in color for the first time and at her most impatient as an actress.*" — Slant Magazine* DVD REVIEW Posted Oct 22, 2009
Rotten	Rotten 54%	Cheri (2009)	" Cheri has its problems, and given the dubious video presentation on this DVD edition, now it has more." — Slant Magazine DVD REVIEW Posted Oct 14, 2009
Fresh 3/4	Fresh 70%	Where the Wild Things Are (2009)	" Max's dilemma and emotions are distilled to their essence, so the way his real-life suffering informs his dreamscapes becomes unmistakable." — Slant Magazine Posted Oct 11, 2009
Rotten 1.5/4	Fresh 91%	Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire (2009)	" *One for the Stuff White People Like canon, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire* is an impeccably acted piece of trash.*" — Slant Magazine* Posted Oct 1, 2009
Rotten 2/4	N/A	To Die Like a Man (2009)	" Joao Pedro Rodrigues's perspective on cinema and life, in a nutshell: All the world's a stage, and everyone in it is a drama queen." — Slant Magazine Posted Sep 23, 2009
Rotten 1.5/4	Rotten 49%	Antichrist (2009)	" *What's the purpose of Antichrist* beyond an artist's callow flaunting of his recalcitrance?*" — Slant Magazine* Posted Sep 21, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 86%	Treeless Mountain (2009)	" *Though not as fearless a vision as Nobody Knows, Treeless Mountain* is notable for its ambiguities and performances of its two young leads.*" — Slant Magazine* DVD REVIEW Posted Sep 16, 2009
Rotten	Fresh 70%	Full Battle Rattle (2008)	" *Fake or real, Full Battle Rattle* just doesn't cut it.*" — Slant Magazine* DVD REVIEW Posted Sep 15, 2009
Fresh 3/4	Fresh 83%	Bright Star (2009)	" Through a lush filmic vernacular, Campion shows how these two figures were not only fiercely devoted to their work but also kindred spirits." — Slant Magazine Posted Sep 14, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 82%	I Love You, Man (2009)	" *At the very least, I Love You, Man* warns us of the risks of telling someone to clean up their dog's **." — Slant Magazine DVD REVIEW Posted Aug 21, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 88%	Adventureland (2009)	" *It's no Superbad, but Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart's sterling chemistry make Adventureland* worthwhile.*" — Slant Magazine* DVD REVIEW Posted Aug 20, 2009
Fresh 3/4	Fresh 88%	Inglourious Basterds (2009)	" Tarantino seems to be scrutinizing his obsession with the cinema by cleverly placing it into an apt historical context." — Slant Magazine Posted Aug 17, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 72%	Julia (2008)	" *A dizzying, camptastic explosion of pulp-realist aesthetics and performance, Julia* wins Tilda Swinton another Oscar in my wildest dreams.*" — Slant Magazine* DVD REVIEW Posted Aug 12, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 80%	Taxidermia (2009)	" All this helps to shape Pálfi's crudely bombastic but impressive philosophical view of the body as landscape and art, a source of personal discovery, wonder, and annihilation." — Village Voice Posted Aug 11, 2009
Rotten	Fresh 68%	Grace (2009)	" Creepy, yes, but what's the point of all of this bratty, poignance-free bloodletting?" — Village Voice Posted Aug 11, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 71%	The GoodTimesKid (2005)	" *Awesome packaging, per usual, from Benten, but The GoodTimesKid* is not for the faint of heart--only connoisseurs of Zooey Deschanel and skinny jeans.*" — Slant Magazine* DVD REVIEW Posted Aug 9, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 55%	The Soloist (2009)	" *From the fidgety lead performances to the seemingly Ron Howard-inspired aesthetic, The Soloist, like all of Joe Wright's work, is rife with bad choices." — Slant Magazine* DVD REVIEW Posted Aug 1, 2009
Rotten	Rotten 43%	Race to Witch Mountain (2009)	" *Give me Speed Racer* instead--hell, even Wicked Stepmother.*" — Slant Magazine* DVD REVIEW Posted Jul 31, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 61%	Winnie the Pooh - The Tigger Movie (2000)	" *If this 10th Anniversary Edition of The Tigger Movie* is remembered in the future, it's for introducing a new generation to the music of Kenny Loggins.*" — Slant Magazine* DVD REVIEW Posted Jul 30, 2009
Rotten	Rotten 43%	Fragments (2009)	" The hell that Paul Haggis hath wrought grows exponentially by the day." — Village Voice Posted Jul 30, 2009
Fresh 2.5/4	Fresh 82%	Thirst (2009)	" From the sweltering, acrobatic sex to the bone-crunching suckings and slayings, Tae-ju's angrily orchestrated mayhem rhymes perfectly with Chan-wook's voracious style." — Slant Magazine Posted Jul 26, 2009
Fresh	N/A	Human Rights Watch Box Set ()	" With this spotty but worthwhile collection, First Run Features confirms its ongoing devotion to illuminating human rights abuses worldwide." — Slant Magazine DVD REVIEW Posted Jul 17, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 100%	Repulsion (1965)	" *One for the ages, Repulsion* is a master class of hypnotic movie brio, the visual and audio keyed impeccably and disturbingly to the psychological.*" — Slant Magazine* DVD REVIEW Posted Jul 17, 2009
Rotten	Rotten 0%	Echelon Conspiracy (2009)	" The only surprise to this by-the-numbers action thriller is that it didn't go straight to video--and that it doesn't star Jon Voight." — Slant Magazine DVD REVIEW Posted Jul 17, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 83%	Two Lovers (2009)	" A moving ode to loneliness and regret, chockablock with sensualist and observational grace notes." — Slant Magazine DVD REVIEW Posted Jun 17, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 71%	Our City Dreams (2009)	" A lovely ode to women, sexuality, creativity, and New York City." — Slant Magazine DVD REVIEW Posted Jun 14, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 23%	Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009)	" Tacky but completely in-season, Confessions of a Shopaholic is the type of studio claptrap you get when the country's economy is in complete meltdown." — Slant Magazine DVD REVIEW Posted Jun 14, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 29%	Morning Light (2008)	" *Edited to induce seizures, Morning Light* should appeal to fans of MTV and water sports.*" — Slant Magazine* DVD REVIEW Posted Jun 12, 2009
Rotten	Rotten 50%	Kassim the Dream (2009)	" Kassim the Dream's aestheticization of human despair is nearly obscene." — Village Voice Posted Jun 3, 2009
Rotten	Fresh 88%	Bergman Island (2006)	" Bergman Island isn't a keeper, but it reveals that Bergman wasn't, at least in real life, a merchant of doom and gloom." — Slant Magazine DVD REVIEW Posted Jun 2, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 79%	Gran Torino (2008)	" A featurette or liner notes elaborating on the subversive qualities of the film would have been nice, so it's up to you to discover them on your own." — Slant Magazine DVD REVIEW Posted Jun 2, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 56%	Defiance (2008)	" A well-meaning dud, the film's only defiance is testing its audience's patience." — Slant Magazine DVD REVIEW Posted Jun 2, 2009
Fresh 3.5/4	Fresh 98%	Up (2009)	" Per usual, the nuances of human relationships are conveyed via Pixar's predictably acute attention to detail, coded in a mysterious evocation of mood." — Slant Magazine Posted May 21, 2009
Rotten 2/4	Rotten 18%	Dance Flick (2009)	" Aside from a half dozen salient bits that call bull**** on the white-black symbiosis portrayed in films such as Step Up, more times than not Dance Flick falls flatter than Eddie Murphy's butt in Norbit." — Slant Magazine Posted May 21, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 84%	Grease (1978)	" *As Blu-Ray still remains largely the province of gamers and fanboys, I don't really see the point of even releasing Grease* on the format at all.*" — Slant Magazine* DVD REVIEW Posted May 6, 2009
Fresh 2.5/4	Fresh 71%	Den du Frygter (2008)	" The latest from the Dogma cine-factory is notable for director Kristian Levring's visual suggestion of madness." — Slant Magazine Posted May 3, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 71%	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)	" Your bones will feel osteoporotic by the time you're done consuming the extras on this hearty DVD package, but fans of the film will no doubt welcome the process." — Slant Magazine DVD REVIEW Posted Apr 30, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 84%	Wendy and Lucy (2008)	" *As in Old Joy, Wendy and Lucy's calculated understatement is at once instrumental to its bliss and damnation." — Slant Magazine* DVD REVIEW Posted Apr 30, 2009
Rotten	Rotten 8%	The Skeptic (2009)	" A mechanical compendium of anti-skepticism clichés, right down to the obligatory post-realization upchuck." — Village Voice Posted Apr 28, 2009
Rotten 1.5/4	Rotten 40%	The Limits of Control (2009)	" *Folly of the most pretentious order, The Limits of Control* is a meaningless stylistic immersion from the typically on-point and perceptive Jim Jarmusch.*" — Slant Magazine* Posted Apr 27, 2009
Rotten 2.5/4	Fresh 78%	Nursery University (2009)	" Largely coasts on shots of kids being adorable and parents behaving badly, but the film occasionally, if somewhat accidentally, proves illuminating." — Slant Magazine Posted Apr 20, 2009
Rotten 1.5/4	Rotten 11%	The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (2009)	" At best a sincere show of flattening, at worst a colossal bore of a coming-of-age story." — Slant Magazine Posted Apr 7, 2009
Rotten 2/4	Rotten 20%	Give Me Your Hand (2009)	" Represents the most attractively shot twin porn off all time." — Slant Magazine Posted Mar 30, 2009
Rotten 1.5/4	Fresh 71%	Bart Got a Room (2009)	" *Consists largely of nasty knocks against the fat, old, and Asian, all of whom are framed in cramped compositions that suggest the influence of Simpsons* animation cells and Ulrich Seidl.*" — Slant Magazine* Posted Mar 29, 2009
Rotten 0/4	N/A	Stay the Same Never Change (2009)	" Shines a light on an artist's prurient, shamelessly exploitative, and attention-grabbing instincts." — Slant Magazine Posted Mar 27, 2009

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