ROTTEN TOMATOES: Jeffrey Huston

JEFFREY HUSTON

""I'm going to get out of this film business. It's too much for me. I'll never catch on. It's too fast. I can't tell what I'm doing or what anybody wants me to do." -- Charlie Chaplin"

Agrees with the Tomatometer 63% of the time.

Biography: I am a writer/director for Steelehouse Productions, a film/video production company that produces both client-based and independent work.

Favorites: Schindler's List

Publications: Jeff Huston's Believe Me, Mixed Reviews, rec.arts.movies.reviews

Critics' Group: Cinemarati

Total Reviews: 89
Total QuickRatings: 1

Location: Tulsa, OK

MOVIE REVIEWS ONLY

Rating	T-Meter	Title \| Year	Add Date (default)

Fresh	Fresh 86%	Garden State (2004)	" [Writer/Director] Braff deftly avoids Author Intrusion by understanding how to imbue his ideas into the fabric of his characters." — Mixed Reviews Posted Jun 15, 2004
Rotten	Fresh 61%	The Terminal (2004)	" *By favoring cuteness over credibility, The Terminal* ends up being far too fantastical--even for Steven Spielberg.*" — Mixed Reviews* Posted Jun 15, 2004
Fresh	Rotten 52%	The Notebook (2004)	" *Though The Notebook* may be trite in narrative, the feelings it conjures are surprisingly--and effectively--real.*" — Mixed Reviews* Posted Jun 15, 2004
Fresh	Rotten 50%	The Passion of the Christ (2004)	" An all-consuming force. It never lets up." — Mixed Reviews Posted Feb 16, 2004
Rotten	Fresh 71%	Cold Mountain (2003)	" It is handsomely crafted, to be sure, but boasts little authenticity and zero credibility." — Mixed Reviews Posted Dec 20, 2003
Rotten	Rotten 49%	Human Nature (2002)	" Soul is what's lacking in every character in this movie and, subsequently, the movie itself." — Mixed Reviews Posted Apr 13, 2002
Fresh	Rotten 41%	The Majestic (2001)	" *There are a lot of problems -- most generic, tired ones -- with The Majestic, but it also overflows with genuine joy." — Jeff Huston's Believe Me* Posted Dec 20, 2001
Rotten	Fresh 78%	A Beautiful Mind (2001)	" This is blatant histrionic mugging directed squarely at Oscar voters." — Jeff Huston's Believe Me Posted Dec 20, 2001
Rotten	Rotten 36%	Behind Enemy Lines (2001)	" Cliches, cliches, cliches -- they keep coming as fast (if not faster) than the assaulting action." — Jeff Huston's Believe Me Posted Nov 30, 2001
Fresh	Fresh 95%	Monsters, Inc. (2001)	" *It's basic, but man is Monsters, Inc.* a load of fun.*" — Jeff Huston's Believe Me* Posted Nov 2, 2001
Rotten	Rotten 52%	The Last Castle (2001)	" The Last Castle is one bad movie; everyone involved should be embarrassed by association even if they acquit themselves individually." — Jeff Huston's Believe Me Posted Oct 18, 2001
Fresh	Rotten 58%	Serendipity (2001)	" *Defying logic and reason, Serendipity* captures our hearts and makes us goners. Sounds like true love to me.*" — Jeff Huston's Believe Me* Posted Oct 5, 2001
Fresh	Rotten 49%	Hearts in Atlantis (2001)	" While often told with a contrived hand, the film's genuine heart and stunning artistry soften the blows of rudimentary storytelling, even healing them." — Jeff Huston's Believe Me Posted Sep 27, 2001
Fresh	Rotten 45%	The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)	" This won't be a classic but it is classic Woody Allen." — Jeff Huston's Believe Me Posted Aug 22, 2001
Rotten	Rotten 53%	Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)	" It's sad how uninspired and downright senseless so much of this is." — Jeff Huston's Believe Me Posted Aug 22, 2001
Fresh	Fresh 84%	The Others (2001)	" A substantial, evocative piece of cinema and a superior one for its genre." — Jeff Huston's Believe Me Posted Aug 10, 2001
Rotten	Rotten 47%	The Princess Diaries (2001)	" It's solid target-audience entertainment, but it's also all-too-sappy filmmaking." — Jeff Huston's Believe Me Posted Aug 2, 2001
Fresh	Rotten 51%	Rush Hour 2 (2001)	" Rush Hour 2 initially falls victim to being a mindless retread, a letdown, then surprisingly saves itself." — Jeff Huston's Believe Me Posted Aug 2, 2001
Fresh	Rotten 44%	Planet of the Apes (2001)	" *Burton loads his Planet of the Apes* with scenes that fans of the series have long dreamed of.*" — Jeff Huston's Believe Me* Posted Jul 27, 2001
Fresh	Rotten 49%	Jurassic Park III (2001)	" Jurassic Park III doesn't validate itself with anything original but rather in being a consistently fun and satisfying summertime entry." — Jeff Huston's Believe Me Posted Jul 18, 2001
Fresh	Rotten 53%	Cats & Dogs (2001)	" *As the perfect antidote to Dr. Dolittle 2's sappy blandness, the relentlessly inventive and entertaining Cats and Dogs* comes along at just the right time.*" — Jeff Huston's Believe Me* Posted Jul 2, 2001
Rotten	Fresh 63%	Crazy/Beautiful (2001)	" Whatever young Carlos and Nicole share doesn't feel like something worth taking a risk for. For a date movie, uh, that's a problem." — Jeff Huston's Believe Me Posted Jun 28, 2001
Fresh	Fresh 69%	Baby Boy (2001)	" While primarily an examination on the young African-American male, Singleton's social commentary is universal to all men." — Jeff Huston's Believe Me Posted Jun 28, 2001
Rotten	Rotten 40%	Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001)	" *If there's bad fallout to the success of 1995's Babe, you're lookin' at it." — Jeff Huston's Believe Me* Posted Jun 21, 2001
Fresh	Rotten 53%	The Fast and the Furious (2001)	" Dang if this ain't as good as going-through-the-motions gets." — Jeff Huston's Believe Me Posted Jun 21, 2001
Rotten	Rotten 42%	Evolution (2001)	" *Despite some legitimate signs of life, Evolution* isn't fit enough to survive.*" — Jeff Huston's Believe Me* Posted Jun 8, 2001
Fresh	Rotten 46%	Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)	" *While the Ogre will pull in more money this summer, I'm betting Atlantis* is the one that endures.*" — Jeff Huston's Believe Me* Posted Jun 8, 2001
Fresh	Fresh 77%	Moulin Rouge (2001)	" A vivacious amalgam of past and present." — Jeff Huston's Believe Me Posted May 31, 2001
Fresh	Rotten 26%	Pearl Harbor (2001)	" *Once you realize Pearl Harbor* is more classic homage than contemporary schmaltz, the beauty (and quality) of this sweeping romance just falls into place.*" — Jeff Huston's Believe Me* Posted May 24, 2001
Fresh	Fresh 89%	Shrek (2001)	" Shrek may very well be the first film I've seen that has failed to live up to expectations, and then go on to exceed them." — Jeff Huston's Believe Me Posted May 16, 2001
Rotten	Rotten 58%	A Knight's Tale (2001)	" A Knight's Tale is as crass as studio filmmaking gets." — Jeff Huston's Believe Me Posted May 10, 2001
Rotten	Rotten 13%	Town and Country (2001)	" This comedy's problem isn't that it's witless but rather that it's aimless." — Jeff Huston's Believe Me Posted Apr 26, 2001
Fresh	Fresh 80%	Bridget Jones' Diary (2001)	" Successfully follows formula with a sophistication and honesty that reaches beyond formula to grab hold of something real." — Jeff Huston's Believe Me Posted Apr 13, 2001
Rotten	Rotten 29%	Kingdom Come (2001)	" The broad execution of the material keeps it from being all good, but a genuine heart and occasional successes keep it from being all bad." — Jeff Huston's Believe Me Posted Apr 10, 2001
Rotten	Rotten 33%	Just Visiting (2001)	" Leaves one feeling what a screenplay written by an 8-year-old must feel like." — Jeff Huston's Believe Me Posted Apr 5, 2001
Fresh	Rotten 54%	Blow (2001)	" *In spite of familiarity, Blow* ends up making an impression that lasts.*" — Jeff Huston's Believe Me* Posted Apr 5, 2001
Fresh	Fresh 93%	Spy Kids (2001)	" One of the most fun and rewarding live-action family films to splash multiplexes in quite sometime." — Jeff Huston's Believe Me Posted Mar 30, 2001
Rotten	Rotten 41%	Someone Like You (2001)	" *The masses like their stereotypes untainted by insight or reality, and movies like Someone Like You* are more than happy to oblige.*" — Jeff Huston's Believe Me* Posted Mar 30, 2001
Rotten	Rotten 9%	Say It Isn't So (2001)	" *Just when you thought studio flicks couldn't get any worse, a movie like Say It Isn't So!* comes along to restore your faith in how truly hideous Hollywood can be.*" — Jeff Huston's Believe Me* Posted Mar 22, 2001
Rotten	Rotten 52%	Heartbreakers (2001)	" There�s something about the sum of Heartbreakers� parts that leaves one looking for that Extra-Strength Tylenol which specializes in throbbing cinematic hangovers." — Jeff Huston's Believe Me Posted Mar 21, 2001
Rotten	Rotten 31%	15 Minutes (2001)	" *So grossly amateurish is this embarrassment that all the time 15 Minutes* can hope to muster on the clock of our cultural fascination is about five seconds.*" — Jeff Huston's Believe Me* Posted Mar 8, 2001
Rotten	Fresh 92%	High Fidelity (2000)	" *Other than those rare giggles or guffaws, High Fidelity* is strictly analogue.*" — Jeff Huston's Believe Me* Posted Mar 6, 2001
Rotten	Rotten 19%	Monkeybone (2001)	" Stands as a prime example of virtually everything that's wrong with Hollywood right now." — Jeff Huston's Believe Me Posted Feb 22, 2001
Fresh	Rotten 56%	The Gift (2001)	" There are few things better than watching a director in complete control." — Jeff Huston's Believe Me Posted Jan 19, 2001
Fresh	Fresh 82%	Thirteen Days (2000)	" The well-constructed but tensionless first half is followed by a more riveting second." — Jeff Huston's Believe Me Posted Jan 12, 2001
Fresh	Fresh 89%	Cast Away (2000)	" What a better cinematic palette we would have if stars wielded their clout like this more often."" — Jeff Huston's Believe Me Posted Dec 21, 2000
Rotten	Rotten 40%	Miss Congeniality (2000)	" Just retype the plot, slap in the same complaints, and bam -- new Bullock movie review." — Jeff Huston's Believe Me Posted Dec 21, 2000
Rotten	Rotten 53%	The Family Man (2000)	" A film brimming with good intentions that, unfortunately, lacks conviction." — Jeff Huston's Believe Me Posted Dec 21, 2000
Fresh	Fresh 85%	The Emperor's New Groove (2000)	" A very welcome, if simple, departure from the typical Disney mold that's highly entertaining to boot." — Jeff Huston's Believe Me Posted Dec 14, 2000
Rotten	Rotten 39%	Proof of Life (2000)	" *With Proof of Life, Crowe certifies that he can make the generic films better than they really are." — Jeff Huston's Believe Me* Posted Dec 7, 2000

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