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Desson Thomson

Desson Thomson

Agrees with the Tomatometer 76% of the time.

Publications:
Journal News (Westchester, NY) , NPR.org , San Francisco Chronicle , The Wrap , Washington Post
Total Reviews:
2379
Total QuickRatings:
1

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0/5 22% Enough (2002) " In terms of actual social conscience, the movie gets a demagogic, rabble-rousing F." — Washington Post
Posted May 24, 2002
0/5 14% Crossroads (2002) " It does wonders to a critic to know that you could be a continuing font of teen and post-teen kitsch for years to come." — Washington Post
Posted Feb 15, 2002
0/5 14% American Outlaws (2001) " There's no escaping the hackneyed plot or Mayfield's conventional hand." — Washington Post
Posted Aug 17, 2001
0.5/5 22% Mr. Deeds (2002) " The projectors in the theater practically shut down with boredom." — Washington Post
Posted Jun 28, 2002
0.5/5 6% The New Guy (2002) " Every bad cliche of every bad high school movie finds a home here." — Washington Post
Posted May 10, 2002
0.5/5 10% Slackers (2002) " All in all, there's only one thing to root for: expulsion for everyone." — Washington Post
Posted Feb 1, 2002
0.5/5 14% The One (2001) " I guess you would call this a twin Jet movie. That doesn't quite take off." — Washington Post
Posted Nov 2, 2001
0.5/5 6% Corky Romano (2001) " It's depressing enough to sit through an unfunny comedy, but it's worse to watch Falk, Penn and Berg having to earn a living like this." — Washington Post
Posted Oct 12, 2001
0.5/5 60% Haiku Tunnel (2001) " Josh becomes increasingly distraught and depressed, but not nearly as much as the poor people watching the movie." — Washington Post
Posted Sep 28, 2001
0.5/5 24% Don't Say a Word (2001) " Every bit as predictable, shopworn and unappetizing as its premise suggests." — Washington Post
Posted Sep 28, 2001
0.5/5 12% Original Sin (2001) " Suggests unintentional self-parody from the get-go." — Washington Post
Posted Aug 3, 2001
0.5/5 11% Freddy Got Fingered (2001) " In a sense, this is a horror film, worse than anything Andy Kaufman could dream up, in which Green tries to outgross himself." — Washington Post
Posted Apr 20, 2001
0.5/5 9% Say It Isn't So (2001) " The jokes about dead animals, gunk in the hair, incest and all other taboos are flatter than the road kill Gilly finds himself picking up for a living." — Washington Post
Posted Mar 22, 2001
0.5/5 16% Left Behind - The Movie (2001) " Whatever the central message, the movie's still a blundering cringefest, thanks to unintentionally laughable dialogue, hackneyed writing and uninspired direction." — Washington Post
Posted Feb 1, 2001
0.5/5 24% Antitrust (2001) " A thriller even trilobites encased in rock would find predictable." — Washington Post
Posted Jan 12, 2001
0.5/5 19% Love Stinks (1999) " They called it right: this movie reeks, stinks, smells and destroys life as we know it with one olfactory destructive blast." — Washington Post
Posted Jan 1, 2000
0.5/5 45% Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999) " This kind of genre is already an overdone deal." — Washington Post
Posted Jan 1, 2000
0.5/5 2% Battlefield Earth (2000) " Battlefield Earth saves its scariest moment for the end: a virtual guarantee that there will be a sequel." — Washington Post
Posted Jan 1, 2000
0.5/5 10% The Watcher (2000) " The movie is called The Watcher and, let me tell you, it's something no one should watch. Not this weekend. Not on video. Not in this lifetime." — Washington Post
Posted Jan 1, 2000
0.5/5 31% 102 Dalmatians (2000) " It's hard to imagine kids paying more than lukewarm attention to this drone of a movie." — Washington Post
Posted Jan 1, 2000
0.5/5 16% Beautiful (2000) " Guys, quick huddle here. If your girlfriend even suggests seeing this movie, you might want to consider these time-tested words: 'Satan, go ye hence from the soul of my girlfriend. I shall not abide thy evil channeling.'" — Washington Post
Posted Jan 1, 2000
0.5/5 7% Lost Souls (2000) " A pretty dreary affair to sit through. It's not even scary." — Washington Post
Posted Jan 1, 2000
0.5/5 19% Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999) " Terrible, painful!" — Washington Post
Posted Jan 1, 2000
0.5/5 9% Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000) " It's about as funny as the Yellow Pages." — Washington Post
Posted Jan 1, 2000
0.5/5 46% Runaway Bride (1999) " That charming thing only works if the story is good." — Washington Post
Posted Jan 1, 2000
1/5 10% Juwanna Mann (2002) " The title, alone, should scare any sane person away." — Washington Post
Posted Jun 21, 2002
1/5 30% All About the Benjamins (2002) " One groan-inducing familiarity begets another." — Washington Post
Posted Mar 8, 2002
1/5 17% Queen of the Damned (2002) " Devoid of even MTV-caliber originality." — Washington Post
Posted Feb 22, 2002
1/5 34% I Am Sam (2001) " For a movie that probes the sensitive issue of living with reduced mental capacity, are the creators of Bambi the obvious choice?" — Washington Post
Posted Jan 25, 2002
1/5 46% Orange County (2002) " The movie is less than nothing special." — Washington Post
Posted Jan 10, 2002
50% Jurassic Park III (2001) Washington Post
Posted Jan 6, 2002
1/5 50% Kate & Leopold (2001) " Clocking her umpteenth role as a romantic comedy character in a forgettable mainstream scenario, [Ryan] seems to have lost all allure." — Washington Post
Posted Dec 28, 2001
1/5 51% Shallow Hal (2001) " Makes the case for restricting the Farrellys to mere gross-out movies." — Washington Post
Posted Nov 9, 2001
1/5 12% Thirteen Ghosts (13 Ghosts) (2001) " Tries to combine humor with ghostly horror but excels at neither." — Washington Post
Posted Oct 25, 2001
1/5 57% From Hell (2001) " The feeling of patent unbelievability never leaves." — Washington Post
Posted Oct 19, 2001
1/5 58% Serendipity (2001) " Insipid, by-the-numbers romance." — Washington Post
Posted Oct 6, 2001
1/5 31% Wet Hot American Summer (2001) " This movie strains so hard to be funny, it almost ruptures itself." — Washington Post
Posted Aug 30, 2001
1/5 35% The Man Who Cried (2000) " I prefer to think of this movie as The Critic Who Cried." — Washington Post
Posted Jul 20, 2001
1/5 26% Swordfish (2001) " An action opera designed to elicit Beavis and Butt-head-level appreciation." — Washington Post
Posted Jun 8, 2001
1/5 43% Evolution (2001) " Evolution is bad. How bad? Who cares? Do you ask how hot the fire is before running out of a burning building? No, you just run for safety." — Washington Post
Posted Jun 7, 2001
1/5 34% The Center of the World (2001) " Way off-center in any world." — Washington Post
Posted May 11, 2001
1/5 43% Someone Like You (2001) " Forgettable affair." — Washington Post
Posted Mar 29, 2001
1/5 33% 15 Minutes (2001) " Herzfeld's a secondhand-meister, simply regenerating themes, styles and a story line that we've all seen -- and tired of -- somewhere before." — Washington Post
Posted Mar 9, 2001
1/5 56% The Mexican (2001) " At no point do Jerry and Samantha seem romantically connected at all." — Washington Post
Posted Mar 2, 2001
1/5 16% Sweet November (2001) " Should have been called Cloying November." — Washington Post
Posted Feb 20, 2001
1/5 18% Saving Silverman (Evil Woman) (2001) " Really stinks. No, really. It's bad. Awful." — Washington Post
Posted Feb 8, 2001
1/5 53% The Family Man (2000) " Nothing more, or less, than a cheap, dirty grab at our Christmas spirit." — Washington Post
Posted Dec 21, 2000
1/5 40% Proof of Life (2000) " Proof of Life isn't a movie. It's an overpriced scrapbook." — Washington Post
Posted Dec 8, 2000
1/5 22% Little Nicky (2000) " The story plods along, punctuated by gags that are more silly than inventive." — Washington Post
Posted Jan 1, 2000
1/5 12% Hanging Up (2000) " Ten minutes into it, you're making low moans. Fifteen minutes into it, you have plucked out all of your hair. Gone! You're bald, you're unhappy, and the movie's only just begun." — Washington Post
Posted Jan 1, 2000
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