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Critics / Peter Travers
Peter Travers

    PETER TRAVERS

    Agrees with the Tomatometer 79% of the time.

    Publications: Rolling Stone

    Critics' Group: National Society of Film Critics, New York Film Critics Circle

    Total Reviews: 1971
    Total QuickRatings: 1

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    Fresh
    3.5/4

    Fresh
    64%

    Public Enemies (2009)

    " It's movie dynamite."

    Posted Jun 30, 2009

    Rotten
    0/4

    Rotten
    20%

    Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

    " Transformers: The Revenge of The Fallen is beyond bad, it carves out its own category of godawfulness."

    Posted Jun 25, 2009

    Fresh
    3.5/4

    Fresh
    95%

    The Hurt Locker (2009)

    " Here's the Iraq War movie for those who don't like Iraq War movies."

    Posted Jun 25, 2009

    Fresh
    3/4

    Rotten
    51%

    Cheri (2009)

    " With Pfeiffer, 50, radiating uncommon beauty, grace and feeling, Frears uncovers a fragile story's grieving heart."

    Posted Jun 25, 2009

    Rotten
    1.5/4

    Rotten
    44%

    My Sister's Keeper (2009)

    " The infuriating cop–out ending reduces the premise to mush."

    Posted Jun 25, 2009

    Rotten
    2.5/4

    Rotten
    45%

    Whatever Works (2009)

    " Whatever Works feels like something out of time and, worse, out of step."

    Posted Jun 18, 2009

    Fresh
    2.5/4

    Fresh
    66%

    Dead Snow (2009)

    " If you tamp down your expectations there is a storm of scary fun to be had in this Scandinavian splatterfest."

    Posted Jun 18, 2009

    Rotten
    1/4

    Rotten
    46%

    The Proposal (2009)

    " A romantic comedy so numbing it feels like Novocaine."

    Posted Jun 18, 2009

    Fresh
    3.5/4

    Fresh
    88%

    Moon (2009)

    " Director Duncan Jones (son of David Bowie), working from a script by Nathan Parker, pulls off sci-fi miracles on a $5 million shoestring. Moon is a potent provocation that relies on ideas instead of computer tricks to stir up excitement."

    Posted Jun 11, 2009

    Fresh
    3.5/4

    Fresh
    97%

    Food, Inc. (2009)

    " Don't take another bite till you see Robert Kenner's Food, Inc., an essential, indelible documentary that is scarier than anything in the last five Saw horror shows."

    Posted Jun 11, 2009

    Fresh
    3.5/4

    Rotten
    50%

    The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009)

    " This movie hits you like 600 volts from a sparking third rail. Damn straight it's electrifying."

    Posted Jun 11, 2009

    Fresh
    3.5/4

    Fresh
    78%

    The Hangover (2009)

    " The Hangover ain't art, but Phillips has shaped the hardcore hilarity into the summer party movie of all our twisted dreams."

    Posted Jun 5, 2009

    Rotten
    1.5/4

    Rotten
    28%

    Land of the Lost (2009)

    " Will Ferrell and Danny McBride can find the dumb fun in anything. Too bad that Land of the Lost is so much less than anything."

    Posted Jun 5, 2009

    Fresh
    4/4

    Fresh
    97%

    Up (2009)

    " Up is a breathtaking ride into the realm of pure imagination. Up shames the pap that now passes for family entertainment (yes, Night at the Museum 2, I'm talking to you)."

    Posted May 28, 2009

    Fresh
    3/4

    Fresh
    93%

    Drag Me To Hell (2009)

    " There's no truth in the title. Drag Me to Hell is horror-movie heaven."

    Posted May 28, 2009

    Fresh
    3/4

    Rotten
    58%

    The Girlfriend Experience (2009)

    " What makes The Girlfriend Experience a fresh provocation is not the new ways available to build a fantasy but the near-impossibility of negotiating one you can actually believe in."

    Posted May 22, 2009

    Fresh
    2.5/4

    Rotten
    32%

    Terminator Salvation (2009)

    " T4 is a mixed bag, but it's not f------- amateur."

    Posted May 22, 2009

    Rotten
    1.5/4

    Rotten
    44%

    Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)

    " Adults who see this movie unaccompanied by a child should sign up pronto for therapy with Gabriel Byrne on In Treatment."

    Posted May 22, 2009

    Fresh
    3/4

    Rotten
    50%

    Easy Virtue (2009)

    " The elegant barbed wit of Noel Coward bubbling up in a time of Wolverine grunts. I must be dreaming."

    Posted May 22, 2009

    Rotten
    2/4

    Rotten
    47%

    Management (2009)

    " Playwright Stephen Belber, in his directing debut, comes close to the sweet spot. He's not there yet. But he'll be worth watching next time."

    Posted May 14, 2009

    Fresh
    3.5/4

    Fresh
    93%

    Summer Hours (2009)

    " Lots of films are called haunting, Summer Hours truly is."

    Posted May 14, 2009

    Fresh
    2.5/4

    Rotten
    37%

    Angels & Demons (2009)

    " Without pretensions to profundity, the movie can be enjoyed for the hell-raising hooey it is."

    Posted May 14, 2009

    Fresh
    3/4

    Fresh
    70%

    Rudo and Cursi (2009)

    " Luna and García Bernal display the kind of chemistry that makes you overlook the clichés in the script by first-time director Carlos Cuarón. Sometimes good-natured fun is enough."

    Posted May 7, 2009

    Fresh
    3/4

    Fresh
    76%

    Outrage (2009)

    " This film is a muckraking provocation whose time has come."

    Posted May 7, 2009

    Fresh
    3.5/4

    Fresh
    95%

    Star Trek (2009)

    " Summer officially hits warp speed."

    Posted May 6, 2009

    Rotten
    2/4

    Rotten
    33%

    The Limits of Control (2009)

    " With The Limits of Control, Jim Jarmsuch gets tangled up in his own deadpan."

    Posted Apr 30, 2009

    Rotten
    2/4

    Rotten
    37%

    X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)

    " A transparent attempt to squeeze a faltering franchise for its last drop of box-office juice."

    Posted Apr 30, 2009

    Rotten
    1/4

    Rotten
    28%

    Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)

    " Ghosts of Girlfriends Past never comes as close as spitting distance to a laugh."

    Posted Apr 30, 2009

    Rotten
    0/4

    Rotten
    18%

    Obsessed (2009)

    " I'd call this stenchcloud 'Fatal Attraction meets The Temp,' but that would insult those movies."

    Posted Apr 27, 2009

    Rotten
    0/4

    Rotten
    15%

    The Informers (2009)

    " Do some blow. Curse humanity. Convert to nilhilism. Reread American Psycho. But don't for the love of God and cinema see The Informers."

    Posted Apr 23, 2009

    Fresh
    3.5/4

    Fresh
    86%

    Tyson (2009)

    " You won't know what hit you after watching Tyson. This power punch to the gut is one of the best movies of any kind this year."

    Posted Apr 23, 2009

    Fresh
    3/4

    Rotten
    55%

    The Soloist (2009)

    " In the end, The Soloist isn't about BIG MOMENTS, it's about the grace notes, the kind that stay with you."

    Posted Apr 23, 2009

    Fresh
    3/4

    Fresh
    100%

    Grey Gardens (1976)

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    Posted Apr 17, 2009

    Fresh
    3/4

    Fresh
    92%

    Every Little Step (2009)

    " Tracing A Chorus Line from its creation in 1974 by Michael Bennett and his dancers to its 2006 Broadway revival, Every Little Step is a thrilling combination of documentary and musical dazzler."

    Posted Apr 16, 2009

    Fresh
    3/4

    Fresh
    100%

    Grey Gardens (2008)

    " The script hits a few bumps, but Jessica Lange and Drew Barrymore are magnificent as the bizarro Beales."

    Posted Apr 16, 2009

    Fresh
    3/4

    Fresh
    67%

    Is Anybody There? (2009)

    " Blending humor and heartbreak in a performance that makes a small movie a richly satisfying one, Caine truly is magic."

    Posted Apr 16, 2009

    Rotten
    1/4

    Rotten
    56%

    17 Again (2009)

    " If you can't figure out what happens, you've never seen a movie. And if you haven't, please, God, don't start with this one."

    Posted Apr 16, 2009

    Fresh
    3/4

    Fresh
    85%

    State of Play (2009)

    " State of Play keeps the twists coming."

    Posted Apr 16, 2009

    Rotten
    1/4

    Fresh
    65%

    Last House on the Left (1972)

    Click here to read article

    Posted Apr 10, 2009

    Fresh
    3.5/4

    Fresh
    98%

    Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2009)

    " Sacha Gervasi's powerhouse doc brings humor and fervent focus to Toronto musicians, supporting their families with day jobs, who won't give up the dream."

    Posted Apr 9, 2009

    Fresh
    3/4

    Rotten
    51%

    Observe and Report (2009)

    " Observe and Report revels in creeping you out and making you laugh -- hard."

    Posted Apr 9, 2009

    Fresh
    2.5/4

    Rotten
    55%

    Lymelife (2009)

    " Director and co-writer Derick Martini throws all this drama on a high burner. Even when the drama gets overcooked, Lymelife sends off sparks."

    Posted Apr 2, 2009

    Fresh
    3.5/4

    Fresh
    93%

    Sugar (2009)

    " Boden and Fleck are exceptional talents who refuse to sweeten Sugar for mass consumption. The result is raw and riveting."

    Posted Apr 2, 2009

    Rotten
    2.5/4

    Fresh
    88%

    Adventureland (2009)

    " Adventureland throws a lot at us, but not enough of it sticks."

    Posted Apr 2, 2009

    Rotten
    2/4

    Rotten
    28%

    Fast & Furious (2009)

    " Director Justin Lin still hasn't learned film geography. Even the kinetic tunnel races, meant to nitrocharge the movie, fall flat from spatial incoherence. You barely know what's happening, and to whom."

    Posted Apr 2, 2009

    Fresh
    2.5/4

    Fresh
    72%

    Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)

    " An animated funhouse that delivers on its title and ups its scary-comic impact if you see it in 3-D."

    Posted Mar 26, 2009

    Fresh
    3.5/4

    Fresh
    90%

    Hunger (2008)

    " Shockingly immediate and philosophically reflective, Hunger is an indelibly moving tribute to what makes us human."

    Posted Mar 19, 2009

    Fresh
    2.5/4

    Fresh
    66%

    Duplicity (2009)

    " Gilroy and his stars make it elegant fun to be fooled, but they sure as hell make you work for it."

    Posted Mar 19, 2009

    Fresh
    3/4

    Fresh
    82%

    I Love You, Man (2009)

    " In a down market for giggles (Miss March? Please!), Paul Rudd and Jason Segel are howlingly funny. They have skills."

    Posted Mar 19, 2009

    Rotten
    1/4

    Rotten
    42%

    The Last House on the Left (2009)

    " Audiences with a brain cell left have only one choice: Look for the first exit on the right."

    Posted Mar 12, 2009
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