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Critics / Colin Covert
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    COLIN COVERT

    Agrees with the Tomatometer 76% of the time.

    Publications: Chicago Tribune, Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Total Reviews: 1165

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    Fresh
    3.5/4

    Fresh
    97%

    The Hurt Locker (2009)

    " Psychologically acute and thrillingly dramatic, The Hurt Locker blows every other Iraq war movie off the screen." — Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Posted Jul 10, 2009

    Fresh
    3/4

    Fresh
    71%

    Bruno (2009)

    " I don't know how many more times Baron Cohen can go undercover, but it looks as if he'll never run out of bigotry, idiocy and hypocrisy to spoof." — Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Posted Jul 10, 2009

    Fresh
    3/4

    Rotten
    46%

    Whatever Works (2009)

    " Whatever Works isn't topnotch Woody Allen, but it's still immensely funny." — Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Posted Jul 3, 2009

    Fresh
    3/4

    Fresh
    89%

    Moon (2009)

    " Directed with a sure hand by Duncan Jones, Moon is the anti-Transformers, a science fiction tale that owes as much to fiction as to science." — Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Posted Jul 3, 2009

    Fresh
    4/4

    Fresh
    66%

    Public Enemies (2009)

    " It fits neatly on the shelf with Bonnie and Clyde and The Godfather." — Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Posted Jul 1, 2009

    Fresh
    3/4

    Rotten
    44%

    Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)

    " Let us thank the producers of Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs for remembering that adults sit beside the youngest viewers." — Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Posted Jun 30, 2009

    Fresh
    3/4

    Rotten
    51%

    Cheri (2009)

    " Chéri is a sad, intelligent film about coming of age late in life, looking in the mirror and wondering, "What happened?"" — Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Posted Jun 26, 2009

    Fresh
    3/4

    Rotten
    56%

    The Stoning of Soraya M. (2009)

    " A riveting account of oppression, injustice and defiance." — Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Posted Jun 26, 2009

    Fresh
    3.5/4

    Rotten
    44%

    My Sister's Keeper (2009)

    " Uneven but deeply moving." — Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Posted Jun 26, 2009

    Fresh
    3.5/4

    Fresh
    97%

    Food, Inc. (2009)

    " Food, Inc. tackles a vast problem, but sends us home with glimmers of hope." — Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Posted Jun 25, 2009

    Rotten
    2/4

    Rotten
    19%

    Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

    " I've just spent 2 1/2 hours watching a movie and another hour thinking about what I saw and I have no earthly idea what Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is about." — Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Posted Jun 23, 2009

    Fresh
    3/4

    Rotten
    50%

    The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009)

    " Set in a nightmare New York City, the subway hostage thriller batters our nerves like a tom-tom." — Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Posted Jun 12, 2009

    Rotten
    2.5/4

    Fresh
    66%

    Away We Go (2009)

    " By my count, two episodes succeed and half a dozen fall flat. Your mileage may vary." — Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Posted Jun 12, 2009

    Fresh
    3.5/4

    Fresh
    73%

    Departures (2009)

    " One of the most shameless examples of emotional manipulation I've seen -- and one of the most effective." — Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Posted Jun 12, 2009

    Rotten
    1/4

    Fresh
    93%

    Summer Hours (2009)

    " While the ideas are worth considering, director Olivier Assayas moves the story at an escargot's pace, and the characters are gossamer thin." — Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Posted Jun 5, 2009

    Fresh
    3/4

    Fresh
    92%

    Revanche (2009)

    " This cool, tense Austrian thriller follows a Ukrainian hooker and her petty criminal boyfriend as they try to escape their dead-end lives." — Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Posted Jun 5, 2009

    Fresh
    2.5/4

    Rotten
    28%

    Land of the Lost (2009)

    " This isn't the Land of the Lost you remember from childhood, but get on its antisocial wavelength and it's fitfully laugh-out-loud funny." — Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Posted Jun 5, 2009

    Fresh
    2.5/4

    Fresh
    70%

    Rudo and Cursi (2009)

    " Carlos Cuaron, Oscar-nominated screenwriter of Y Tu Mama También, makes his directorial debut with this easygoing sports movie/family drama/musical comedy/crime story." — Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Posted May 29, 2009

    Fresh
    3.5/4

    Fresh
    93%

    Drag Me To Hell (2009)

    " The characters are solid, the shocks are grab-your-heart-medicine scary, the story glides from twist to twist with diabolical grace. And it's damned funny." — Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Posted May 28, 2009

    Fresh
    4/4

    Fresh
    97%

    Up (2009)

    " From the title onward, Up is a stratospheric success. It's guaranteed to lift your spirits, and not with a pushy DreamWorks-style gag reel of celebrity voices and committee-processed one-liners." — Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Posted May 28, 2009

    Fresh
    4/4

    Fresh
    85%

    Three Monkeys (2009)

    " The pace is deliberate, sometimes slow, but the whirlpool pull of this tragic psychological thriller is irresistible." — Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Posted May 22, 2009

    Rotten
    2.5/4

    Rotten
    58%

    The Girlfriend Experience (2009)

    " Nobody listens in this film; everyone's just waiting for their turn to talk. At the end of the movie, everyone is alone and you have the feeling they'll stay that way." — Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Posted May 22, 2009

    Fresh
    3/4

    Rotten
    38%

    Gigantic (2008)

    " The characters are richly layered and well acted. John Goodman is a standout as Deschanel's dad, a rich blowhard with a sweet candy center." — Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Posted May 22, 2009

    Fresh
    3/4

    Fresh
    92%

    Every Little Step (2009)

    " They want the recognition we all want, and the film persuades you that almost every one of them deserves it." — Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Posted May 22, 2009

    Rotten
    1/4

    Fresh
    62%

    The Brothers Bloom (2009)

    " The leads have zero comedic skills, but you can tell they're being funny because they all wear sarcastic hats." — Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Posted May 22, 2009

    Rotten
    2.5/4

    Rotten
    44%

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

    " The sequel to the big family hit Night at the Museum struggles with a big creative challenge. The sense of wonderment you feel in seeing museum displays magically come to life is not as strong the second time around." — Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Posted May 22, 2009

    Rotten
    2.5/4

    Rotten
    32%

    Terminator Salvation (2009)

    " The Terminator franchise was built on thrills, imagination, narrative, emotion, believability, character development and watchability. Terminator Salvation has plenty of thrills." — Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Posted May 20, 2009

    Fresh
    3/4

    Fresh
    86%

    Tyson (2009)

    " A revealing portrait of the troubled Mike Tyson elicits horror and sympathy." — Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Posted May 14, 2009

    Fresh
    3.5/4

    Fresh
    92%

    Tokyo Sonata (2009)

    " A realistic social drama, but the story taps deep, cold wellsprings of dread." — Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Posted May 14, 2009

    Rotten
    1/4

    Rotten
    33%

    The Limits of Control (2009)

    " This interminable trifle from indie icon Jim Jarmusch aims to be the last word in ironic cool, but it comes across as the work of a fatigued dilettante." — Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Posted May 14, 2009

    Rotten
    2/4

    Rotten
    37%

    Angels & Demons (2009)

    " Even though the sluggish Da Vinci Code is an easy act to follow. There's not a moment of inspiration on display here, but ample craft and professional technique." — Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Posted May 14, 2009

    Fresh
    3/4

    Fresh
    96%

    Tulpan (2008)

    " Equal parts deadpan romcom and National Geographic special, Tulpan certainly the funniest movie about Kazakh sheep herders that you will ever see." — Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Posted May 7, 2009

    Fresh
    3/4

    Fresh
    92%

    The Lemon Tree (2008)

    " Lemon Tree offers the bittersweet satisfaction of understanding a thorny situation a bit better. In a uniformly strong cast, Hiam Abbass is outstanding as the proud, lovely Salma." — Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Posted May 7, 2009

    Rotten
    .5/4

    Rotten
    18%

    Next Day Air (2009)

    " A fiasco. A flop. A failure's failure. Next Day Air aims low but still misses the target." — Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Posted May 7, 2009

    Rotten
    2.5/4

    Rotten
    55%

    Lymelife (2009)

    " Overall the film feels like The Ice Storm or American Beauty on training wheels, but Martini's next efforts could be well worth watching." — Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Posted May 7, 2009

    Fresh
    3.5/4

    Fresh
    98%

    Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2009)

    " It's an affectionate portrait of performers starving for applause, achingly funny as only real life can be." — Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Posted May 7, 2009

    Fresh
    3.5/4

    Fresh
    95%

    Star Trek (2009)

    " This is really the story of how the Enterprise crew meets, hammers out its differences and becomes a team, and the telling is pure bliss." — Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Posted May 7, 2009

    Fresh
    3/4

    Fresh
    67%

    Is Anybody There? (2009)

    " The story flirts with sticky sentimentality but never quite falls into the trap, thanks to Caine's masterful presence." — Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Posted May 1, 2009

    Rotten
    1.5/4

    Rotten
    46%

    Battle for Terra (2009)

    " Naive but ambitious, it comes across as a Battlestar Galactica vetted by pacifists, Clone Wars neutered for Saturday morning kids' TV." — Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Posted Apr 30, 2009

    Rotten
    1/4

    Rotten
    28%

    Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)

    " Douglas, radiating an arid narcissism, does look as if he was recently exhumed. Whether this is a deliberate makeup choice or unfortunate lighting is hard to guess." — Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Posted Apr 30, 2009

    Rotten
    1/4

    Rotten
    36%

    X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)

    " A crude blunderbuss of a superhero movie, X-Men Origins: Wolverine proves that the greatest supervillains confronting Marvel Comics' shape-shifters, lycanthropes and mind-readers are clumsy directors and sloppy screenwriters." — Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Posted Apr 30, 2009

    Rotten
    1/4

    Rotten
    15%

    The Informers (2009)

    " TMZ with phony gravitas. Ellis' stories had more oomph before drug-crazed screwups like Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan and Amy Winehouse became the center of the Internet news cycle." — Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Posted Apr 23, 2009

    Rotten
    2/4

    Fresh
    74%

    Tokyo! (2009)

    " Overall, Tokyo! is two-thirds of a good movie." — Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Posted Apr 23, 2009

    Rotten
    1/4

    Rotten
    41%

    Fighting (2009)

    " It's all footnotes, hardly any main story, and overcompensates by jacking up the violence." — Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Posted Apr 23, 2009

    Fresh
    3/4

    Fresh
    85%

    Earth (2009)

    " A splendid wildlife documentary." — Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Posted Apr 23, 2009

    Fresh
    3.5/4

    Fresh
    93%

    Sugar (2009)

    " Put this one in the Win column." — Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Posted Apr 23, 2009

    Fresh
    3.5/4

    Rotten
    55%

    The Soloist (2009)

    " The Soloist is pitch-perfect, a sensitive rendering of challenging social and emotional themes." — Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Posted Apr 23, 2009

    Rotten
    2.5/4

    Rotten
    58%

    Paris 36 (2008)

    " It's an overstuffed homage to a bygone style of show business rather than a vigorous piece of entertainment on its own." — Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Posted Apr 16, 2009

    Fresh
    3/4

    Fresh
    94%

    Moscow, Belgium (2008)

    " A romantic drama, interwoven with bright ribbons of humor." — Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Posted Apr 16, 2009

    Fresh
    3.5/4

    Fresh
    89%

    Sin Nombre (2009)

    " This is a stunning feature debut for director Cary Fukunaga. The story borrows from road movies and crime thrillers, but the scenes and situations vibrate with authenticity." — Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Posted Apr 16, 2009
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