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Stephen Farber

Stephen Farber

Agrees with the Tomatometer 68% of the time.

Biography:
Critic for Movieline.com
Publications:
Hollywood Reporter , Movieline
Critics' Group:
Los Angeles Film Critics Association
Total Reviews:
295

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Rating T-Meter Title | Year Add Date
90% Punk's Not Dead (2007) Hollywood Reporter
Posted Jan 24, 2012
—— Montevideo, bog te video: Prica prva (Montevideo, God Bless You!) () Hollywood Reporter
Posted Dec 21, 2011
95% Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (2011) " A fast-paced, hard-hitting Brazilian police thriller." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Dec 2, 2011
88% Margin Call (2011) " Topical drama about the financial crisis lacks the visceral punch to grab an audience." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Nov 11, 2011
71% Dzi Croquettes (2009) " Although the film recounts an intriguing slice of social history, it is too haphazard and repetitive to be truly memorable." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Nov 10, 2011
86% Carol Channing: Larger Than Life (2012) " Dori Berinstein's tender but sharp portrait finds a lot of depths in the woman whom many see as a camp figure." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Jul 17, 2011
94% Weekend (2011) " The two leading actors give deft, expressive performances that have us rooting for both of them. Cullen has a broodingly sensual presence, while the impish New makes a charmingly prickly foil." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Jul 11, 2011
—— Leave it on the Floor () Hollywood Reporter
Posted Jun 23, 2011
—— Unraveled (2010) " The fascinating human portrait that emerges should draw appreciative if limited audiences." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Jun 20, 2011
—— Norberto's Deadline (norberto Apenas Tarde) () Hollywood Reporter
Posted Apr 25, 2011
—— The Student (El estudiante) (2009) " A dynamic piece of filmmaking that promises a bright future for Santiago Mitre." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Apr 21, 2011
98% Bill Cunningham New York (2011) " Fascinating doc about a photographer surveying the highs and lows of New York society." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Mar 10, 2011
89% Even the Rain (Meme La Pluie) (2011) " A splendid film about a movie crew blindsided by the real world." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Feb 9, 2011
71% The Nine Muses (2011) " Nine Muses is clearly the work of a talented filmmaker, and there are many moments to beguile the ears as well as the eyes. Yet it's a long slog through a few thousand years of myth and history, and most viewers are likely to grow impatient." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Feb 8, 2011
95% Knuckle (2011) " The fighters hit hard, and so does the movie." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Feb 8, 2011
100% We Were Here (2011) " Deeply affecting doc revisits the AIDS epidemic without any grandstanding." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Feb 8, 2011
40% Granito (2011) " The film tracks the history of the country, but viewers may feel the documentarian inserts herself too much into the story." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Feb 8, 2011
—— Mamma Gógó () Hollywood Reporter
Posted Jan 15, 2011
33% Lula, the Son of Brazil (2012) " Barreto's direction doesn't avoid the flatness of many TV biographies, and the film drags on too long to captivate audiences who do not revere Lula as their national hero." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Jan 13, 2011
50% Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010) " Classy cast and stunning visuals compensate for a pedestrian script." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 21, 2010
92% Chico & Rita (2012) " A visually hypnotic, musically electric film." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 16, 2010
92% Incendies (2011) " At every film festival, there's at least one movie that slips in under the radar and ends up taking the crowds by surprise." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 16, 2010
100% Precious Life (2011) " It focuses on people trying to make a positive difference in societies dominated by chaos and destruction." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 10, 2010
91% Tabloid (2011) " Morris clearly invested so much time and energy in McKinney's story because he saw her as emblematic of our crazed times. Others might wonder whether the sad saga deserves quite this much attention, but there's no denying the film's morbid fascination." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 10, 2010
58% The First Grader (2011) " Although the arc of the story might be familiar, the setting and characters are fresh." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 9, 2010
70% Never Let Me Go (2010) " Lugubrious study of the perils of genetic engineering." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 7, 2010
93% 127 Hours (2010) " Boyle is such a gifted director that he overcomes the obstacles and might even match the commercial success of his earlier Oscar winner." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 7, 2010
75% The Way Back (2011) " A harrowing epic that will not be an easy sell, but it finds Weir again working at the top of his game." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 7, 2010
27% Takers (2010) " The stunt work is amazing, and the pace is breathless enough to keep one watching right up to the somewhat ambiguous conclusion." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Aug 16, 2010
74% Winter in Wartime (2011) " Young Lakemeier's performance is poignant without ever falling into sentimentality." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Jul 6, 2010
82% Mademoiselle Chambon (2010) " Small-scale but big-hearted French romance packs a wallop." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Jul 6, 2010
69% Women Without Men (Zanan-e bedun-e mardan) (2010) " Eloquent film illuminates Iranian history from a female point of view." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Jul 6, 2010
15% When in Rome (2010) " A bunch of eager performers troll for laughs that never come." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Jan 29, 2010
27% Extraordinary Measures (2010) " Harrison Ford is always watchable in this otherwise routine tear-jerker." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Jan 22, 2010
83% Pontypool (2009) " This low-budget picture is a little too claustrophobic, and it grows tedious. The ominous, overbearing musical score tries but fails to jack up the tension." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Dec 17, 2009
79% The Yes Men Fix the World (2009) " An entertaining swipe at corporate irresponsibility." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Dec 4, 2009
39% 2012 (2009) " Eye-popping special effects ensure that this movie will be a smash hit, and while it's entertaining for most of its excessive running time, the cheesy script fails to live up to the grandeur of the physical production." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Nov 10, 2009
77% Bronson (2009) " A pointless exercise in morbidity." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Oct 30, 2009
20% Motherhood (2009) " A pleasing, lighthearted look at the mommy wars." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Oct 22, 2009
27% The Canyon (2009) " Bad things happen to good people in this intermittently effective chiller." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Oct 22, 2009
63% Peter and Vandy (2009) " Small gem features two star-making performances." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Oct 12, 2009
58% Trucker (2009) " Michelle Monaghan delivers the goods." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Oct 9, 2009
25% Fame (2009) " Rated PG, it's almost laughably bland and watered-down in its desire to appeal to the widest possible audience." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 24, 2009
18% Love Happens (2009) " The title is a good indication of this movie's blandness and predictability." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 17, 2009
86% Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (2009) " Second-string animated movie makes it to the finish line." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 17, 2009
60% I Can Do Bad All By Myself (2009) " Tyler Perry's latest hodgepodge has its moments." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 12, 2009
7% Whiteout (2009) " Stupefying journey to the bottom of the earth." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 10, 2009
91% Up in the Air (2009) " Laughs and heartbreak meld seamlessly in this brilliant character drama." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 8, 2009
13% The Ugly Truth (2009) " Hit-and-miss comedy delivers the unsurprising news that opposites attract." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Jul 20, 2009
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