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Mark Adams

Mark Adams

Agrees with the Tomatometer 65% of the time.

Publications:
Daily Mirror [UK] , Hollywood Reporter , Screen International , Sun Online , Sunday Mirror [UK]
Total Reviews:
324

Worst Reviewed Films

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Rating T-Meter Title | Year Add Date
1/5 21% Outlaw (2007) " The characters never convince and it spirals into plain silliness." — Sunday Mirror [UK]
Posted Mar 8, 2007
37% Gigantic (2009) " Gigantic tries so hard to be cute and quirky it forgets it should also try to be interesting." — Sunday Mirror [UK]
Posted Jun 19, 2009
42% The Last House on the Left (2009) " A thoroughly nasty rape revenge tale that's short on logic but strong on blood and brutality. An unpleasant movie experience." — Sunday Mirror [UK]
Posted Jun 12, 2009
33% Awaydays (2009) " The film tries to blend Seventies music, fashion and a grim backdrop, but at heart it's a nasty and limp story told better by other movies." — Sunday Mirror [UK]
Posted May 22, 2009
74% La Fille Coupée en Deux (The Girl Cut in Two) (A Girl Cut in Two) (2008) " Heavy-handed French drama is a clumsy affair." — Sunday Mirror [UK]
Posted May 22, 2009
44% Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009) " Admittedly I'm not the target audience, but this heavy-handed tale of cute 'n' spunky young Miley getting back to her rural roots is tough to swallow." — Sunday Mirror [UK]
Posted May 1, 2009
56% The Tale of Despereaux (2008) " It is all nicely animated, and has a great voice cast, but is not really special or magical enough to really crack the ultra-competitive kiddie animation market." — Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Dec 19, 2008
53% Stone of Destiny (2008) " This modest Scottish caper film is based on real events but it is all a bit too limp to really engage, despite impressive performances from Cox and Mara." — Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Dec 19, 2008
29% Lucky You (2007) " Gambling drama never seems to draw the right cards. Best to fold..." — Sunday Mirror [UK]
Posted Jun 22, 2007
30% Running With Scissors (2006) " Sadly fails to sustain its original interest." — Sunday Mirror [UK]
Posted Jan 29, 2007
69% Babel (2006) " Well structured, but rather cold." — Sunday Mirror [UK]
Posted Jan 15, 2007
—— Before You Go (The Memory of Water) (2002) " Despite an interesting premise, Before just can't deliver the dramatic goods." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Aug 29, 2002
40% The Abduction Club (2002) " The film rarely musters any great sense of passion or excitement." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Aug 21, 2002
0% Killing Me Softly (2003) " What a great shame that such a talented director as Chen Kaige has chosen to make his English-language debut with a film so poorly plotted and scripted." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Jun 11, 2002
15% D-Tox (Eye See You) (2002) " This formulaic chiller will do little to boost Stallone's career." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Mar 6, 2002
30% Very Annie Mary (2001) " There are moments of real pleasure to be found in Sara Sugarman's whimsical comedy Very Annie-Mary but not enough to sustain the film." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Jun 25, 2001
2/5 40% Switch () " Starts well but the whole things gets increasingly preposterous." — Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Mar 30, 2012
2/5 8% Payback Season () " A bit too heavyhanded as hoodies hit the football pitches." — Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Mar 15, 2012
2/5 5% Black Gold () " The clumsy script never really delivers epic drama. Great action scenes, though." — Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Feb 23, 2012
2/5 56% 9 (2009) " A cumbersome and trite "dangerous rise of technology" story that fails to engage." — Sunday Mirror [UK]
Posted Oct 30, 2009
2/5 38% Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009) " This stylish tale of teen terror is impressive but unsatisfying." — Sunday Mirror [UK]
Posted Oct 23, 2009
2/5 26% The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (2009) " This scattershot comedy hits a few targets but is so desperate to amuse it feels more like a series of rejected TV sketches than a movie." — Sunday Mirror [UK]
Posted Oct 23, 2009
2/5 46% Creation (2010) " A well-made piece of period drama that sorely lacks any lightness or passion." — Sunday Mirror [UK]
Posted Sep 25, 2009
2/5 21% The Red Baron (Der rote Baron) (2008) " Looks terrific when up in the air amidst the dogfights, but falls flat back on the ground." — Sunday Mirror [UK]
Posted Sep 4, 2009
2/5 27% Land of the Lost (2009) " A lumbering and largely unamusing comedy adventure. Ferrell and McBride are occasionally funny when they head into improv territory, but on the whole it is a limp affair." — Sunday Mirror [UK]
Posted Jul 31, 2009
2/5 20% Fireflies in the Garden (2011) " The elements are all there but never fully click into place - more like a TV movie than a big-screen drama." — Sunday Mirror [UK]
Posted May 29, 2009
2/5 25% Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience (2009) " This toe-curling dip into the sickly-sweet musical world of the Jonas brothers is innocuous and dull." — Sunday Mirror [UK]
Posted May 29, 2009
2/5 12% The Unborn (2009) " A ham-fisted horror movie that manages to put together deadly demonic possession, Nazi concentration camps and nasty wartime genetic experiments." — Sunday Mirror [UK]
Posted Feb 27, 2009
2/5 12% Pink Panther 2 (2009) " Comedy crime caper is more miss than hit." — Sunday Mirror [UK]
Posted Feb 19, 2009
2/5 44% The Broken (2009) " This stylishly-shot psycho-thriller from Sean Ellis is a creditable stab at the horror genre, but it lacks pace and plot. There's not enough blood 'n' gore for horror fans, while thriller admirers may find it too slow." — Sunday Mirror [UK]
Posted Jan 30, 2009
2/5 7% License to Wed (2007) " Forget Wedding Crashers... this is a plain old Wedding Disaster." — Sunday Mirror [UK]
Posted Aug 10, 2007
2/5 42% Gedo senki (Tales from Earthsea) (2010) " Fantasy flick fails to engage." — Sunday Mirror [UK]
Posted Aug 3, 2007
2/5 25% School for Scoundrels (2006) " As a comedy it can never sustain itself, and while there are moments to enjoy, it is all pretty forgettable, which is a shame because the concept remains an amusing one." — Sunday Mirror [UK]
Posted Feb 22, 2007
3/5 80% Get the Gringo () " It is a film with no great pretensions... just one happy to hit the ground running and focus on violent action." — Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted May 10, 2012
3/5 88% A Cat in Paris (2010) " The old-fashioned 2D animation is a welcome change from the current 3D obsession. Charming." — Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Apr 12, 2012
3/5 73% Blackthorn (2011) " A subtle film that balances drama with gunplay." — Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Apr 12, 2012
3/5 75% The Monitor (Babycall) () " It's a bit on the dour side but Rapace is always watchable." — Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Mar 30, 2012
3/5 43% Cleanskin () " A slick action drama with a strong cast, including Tuppence Middleton, Charlotte Rampling and Michelle Ryan, that delivers in terms of violence, gunplay and conspiracy thrills." — Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Mar 15, 2012
3/5 7% The Devil Inside (2012) " Exorcism horror gets the clichéd shaky-camera treatment in this chiller..." — Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Mar 15, 2012
3/5 51% Contraband (2012) " Gritty, slick and maybe a bit too serious, Contraband may be predictable, but it is solid action entertainment." — Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Mar 15, 2012
3/5 85% 21 Jump Street (2012) " Overlong, but against the odds the usually wooden Channing Tatum is the comedy standout." — Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Mar 15, 2012
3/5 52% John Carter (2012) " Incredibly well made and heroically performed. It also really delivers when it comes to creating a strange alien world." — Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Mar 8, 2012
3/5 39% Bel Ami (2012) " A charming cad romances women useful to his social ambitions in 19th Century Paris." — Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Mar 8, 2012
3/5 14% Deviation () " Thoughtfully chilling and impressively performed, Deviation is a well-sustained thriller." — Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Feb 23, 2012
3/5 76% The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012) " Dench and Nighy are sublime as always." — Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Feb 23, 2012
3/5 36% 360 (2012) " 360 is not a film to love easily." — This is London
Posted Oct 12, 2011
3/5 19% Love's Kitchen (2011) " A nicely staged British rom-com, which features a brief cameo from Gordon Ramsay." — Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Jul 13, 2011
3/5 72% The Adjustment Bureau (2011) " You have to love a sci-fi film where the only real gadget is a hat." — Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Mar 2, 2011
3/5 93% Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) " Yes, Fantastic Mr Fox is clever. But it is also a rather slight film that you smile at rather than really enjoy." — Sunday Mirror [UK]
Posted Oct 23, 2009
3/5 97% Burma VJ: Reporter i et Lukket Land (Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country) (2008) " As a film it is uneven but as a news document it is uncompromising and compelling." — Sunday Mirror [UK]
Posted Jul 17, 2009
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