ROTTEN TOMATOES: Melanie McFarland

LISTING OF ALL REVIEWS & ARTICLES

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1.5/4	"*Truly a cinematic albatross, Ghost Ship* should be enjoyed after sipping some Halloween grog.*" Posted Oct 25, 2002*	Ghost Ship (2002)	13%
2/4	"Blue Crush is one of those tough-to-sell late-summer flicks made for marketing impossible dreams and fashion. But its main failure is the way it undermines its heroine's drive and strength." Posted Aug 16, 2002	Blue Crush (2002)	62%
3/4	"This is one of the most intensely personal war films you will ever see." Posted Jun 14, 2002	Windtalkers (2002)	35%
3.5/4	"A colorful, cool and completely hilarious ride that'll have you rolling through the outtakes." Posted May 31, 2002	Undercover Brother (2002)	76%
2/4	"*Yes, Episode II* is beautifully rendered and better than the last. It's also duller than Tatooine's desert landscape until the last half-hour.*" Posted May 16, 2002*	Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002)	66%
3.5/4	"The film seethes with a sense of something more sinister at work around us, building to the point that you're not sure who's getting played and who isn't." Posted May 3, 2002	Nine Queens (2002)	92%
3/4	"Good but not great." Posted May 3, 2002	The Independent (2001)	60%
3/4	"A wonderful demonstration of how employing the aesthetic values of a subject can produce a raw, jagged exciting style in cinematic nonfiction." Posted May 3, 2002	Dogtown and Z-Boys (2002)	91%
0/4	"*The 10th installment of the Friday the 13th* franchise is, hands down, the worst of the worst.*" Posted Apr 26, 2002*	Jason X (2002)	21%
1.5/4	"As exciting as all this exoticism might sound to the typical Pax viewer, the rest of us will be lulled into a coma." Posted Apr 12, 2002	The Other Side of Heaven (2002)	27%
3/4	"Romantic, riveting and handsomely animated." Posted Mar 29, 2002	Escaflowne The Movie (2000)	43%
3.5/4	"It soars with palpable sentiment and spirit." Posted Mar 29, 2002	The Rookie (2002)	82%
2/4	"There's no seduction here, no build. You might leave feeling strangely sucked dry." Posted Mar 22, 2002	Blade 2 (2002)	56%
.5/4	"After being subjected to this painful movie ... you'll be rendered speechless. Not by any demonstrable good humor, but because of light brain damage." Posted Mar 22, 2002	Sorority Boys (2002)	13%
3/4	"The best video-game-based movie so far." Posted Mar 15, 2002	Resident Evil (2002)	34%
3.5/4	"Edited and shot with a syncopated style mimicking the work of his subjects, Pray turns the idea of the documentary on its head, making it rousing, invigorating fun lacking any MTV puffery." Posted Mar 8, 2002	Scratch (2002)	93%
1.5/4	"*For any of those die-hards still shunning daylight while anxiously awaiting the release of Queen of the Damned, I have two words for you: sunblock, matinee. Or, try this pair: dollar theater." Posted Feb 22, 2002*	The Queen of the Damned (2002)	14%
1.5/4	"Return to Never Land is much more P.C. than the original version (no more racist portraits of Indians, for instance), but the excitement is missing." Posted Feb 15, 2002	Return to Never Land (2002)	45%
	"Unless you're part of the Nickelodeon Nation, the cold, hard truth is you're better off dropping your 'tween at the multiplex and spending that hour and a half doing something more worthwhile." Posted Feb 8, 2002	Big Fat Liar (2002)	44%
	"A film about a young man finding God that is accessible and touching to the marrow." Posted Feb 1, 2002	Taliesin Jones (2002)	56%
	"Kung Pow is Oedekerk's realization of his childhood dream to be in a martial-arts flick, and proves that sometimes the dreams of youth should remain just that." Posted Jan 28, 2002	Kung Pow! (2002)	12%
	"A delightful stimulus for the optic nerves, so much that it's forgivable that the plot feels like every other tale of a totalitarian tomorrow." Posted Jan 25, 2002	Metropolis (2002)	91%
	"Get over the numb shock that accompanies the end credits, give yourself some distance from it and you may actually appreciate the complex machinations behind Breillat's brave, troubled work." Posted Nov 26, 2001	Fat Girl (2001)	72%
	"*It's The Matrix's less-refined cousin, the one that didn't pay full attention in cool school." Posted Nov 2, 2001*	The One (2001)	13%
	"A marvelous combination of lollipop visuals, brilliant screenwriting, sharp comedic timing and, above all, overflowing amounts of heart." Posted Nov 2, 2001	Monsters, Inc. (2001)	95%
	"First-time director-writer Richard Kelly draws on a number of intriguing elements ... without including a single, crucial gem that pulls everything together." Posted Oct 26, 2001	Donnie Darko (2001)	83%
	"Clever one-liners supplant the lack of frights with cackling -- which you might as well do since, by the end of the movie, it's clear that the joke's on you." Posted Oct 26, 2001	Thirteen Ghosts (2001)	11%
	"A breathtaking pleasure certain to build anticipation for Yuen's future directing efforts on this side of the globe." Posted Oct 12, 2001	Iron Monkey (1993)	90%
	"Skeptics who take a chance on this flick, beware. You may noticeably feel 98 minutes of your precious life force being sucked from your marrow and, oh, how you'll miss those lost moments!" Posted Aug 24, 2001	Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)	53%
	"*You may be surprised at how closely it resembles Pee-wee's Big Adventure* in spirit.*" Posted Aug 24, 2001*	Bubble Boy (2001)	30%
	"A guilty romp that doesn't take itself seriously." Posted Aug 17, 2001	American Outlaws (2001)	13%
	"Delivers its share of laughs, but offers nothing you haven't already seen." Posted Aug 3, 2001	Rush Hour 2 (2001)	51%
	"Comedic and bittersweet, a wacky trip to which anyone can relate." Posted Jul 20, 2001	Ghost World (2001)	92%
	"Optically stunning, emotionally cold." Posted Jul 11, 2001	Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)	44%
	"Fights are too few, interspersed with one of the longest, drowsiest stories ever to glue an action flick together." Posted Jul 6, 2001	Kiss of the Dragon (2001)	51%
	"*So deep was the concern that Jolie fully realize the role of Lara Croft: Tomb Raider* that the story got lost in the jungle.*" Posted Jun 15, 2001*	Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)	19%
	"There's something weird, and it don't look good." Posted Jun 8, 2001	Evolution (2001)	41%
	"Black-humor fans will be amply satisfied." Posted Feb 23, 2001	Monkeybone (2001)	19%
	"Surrender yourself to Wong's intentions and the effect, like love at its most heady, is narcotic." Posted Feb 16, 2001	In the Mood for Love (2001)	88%
	"Overall it's desperately in need of rescue." Posted Feb 9, 2001	Saving Silverman (2001)	17%
	"*Though relatively trim, Pokemon 2000* still feels long.*" Posted Jan 1, 2000*	Pok�mon the Movie 2000 (2000)	14%

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