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MARK DUJSIK

Agrees with the Tomatometer 78% of the time.

Biography: Mark is the sole writer/editor/webmaster of Mark Reviews Movies(www.markreviewsmovies.com) and co-film critic at UR Chicago Magazine (www.urchicago.com). He has been a member of the Online Film Critics Society since 2002 and the Chicago Film Critics Association since 2006.

Favorites: The Godfather, The Godfather: Part II, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, The Third Man, Vertigo, Grave of the Fireflies, The Seventh Seal, Citizen Kane, 2001: A Space Odyssey, On the Waterfront, The Passion of Joan of Arc, Casablanca, Apocalypse Now, Singin' in the Rain, Schindler's List, Mon Oncle, Die Nibelungen, Fantasia, Raging Bull, The Thin Red Line

Publications: Mark Reviews Movies, Movie Insider, Movie Reviewing Teens, UR Chicago Magazine

Critics' Group: Online Film Critics Society, Chicago Film Critics Association

Total Reviews: 680

Location: Chicago, IL

MOVIE REVIEWS ONLY

Rating	T-Meter	Title \| Year	Add Date (default)

Fresh 4/4	Fresh 87%	Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire (2009)	" So honestly written, so vividly directed, and so brilliantly performed we are transported to a psychological nightmare of despair, insecurity, only the slightest glimmer of hope, and the smallest, most bittersweet rewards." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Nov 5, 2009
Fresh 3.5/4	Rotten 58%	The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)	" Hilarious and also sobering." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Nov 5, 2009
Rotten 1/4	Rotten 15%	The Fourth Kind (2009)	" *A lot of nothing happens in The Fourth Kind." — Mark Reviews Movies* Posted Nov 5, 2009
Rotten 2/4	Rotten 46%	The Box (2009)	" This is easily [Kelly's] most accessible movie, but it's also his least involving." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Nov 5, 2009
Fresh 4/4	Rotten 55%	Disney's A Christmas Carol (2009)	" *In spite of its holiday trappings, A Christmas Carol* is an incredibly bleak look into the deepest and darkest human fears, but it is also a vibrant celebration of our better natures.*" — Mark Reviews Movies* Posted Nov 5, 2009
Rotten 1.5/4	Rotten 26%	Motherhood (2009)	" The lesson, I guess, is that it really sucks being a mom, but it's also incredibly unrewarding." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Oct 22, 2009
Fresh 3/4	Rotten 37%	Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009)	" A darkly funny and fun macabre fantasy that constantly winks at itself and expectations." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Oct 22, 2009
Rotten 1.5/4	Rotten 17%	Amelia (2009)	" If ... you have completed a third grade social studies class, this biopic will only tell you what you already know then tell you a third time but not before telling you a second time." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Oct 22, 2009
Rotten 2.5/4	Fresh 71%	Where the Wild Things Are (2009)	" Does indeed deserve admiration for its loving actualization of Sendak's world ... but the movie's dissertation-like expansion of the story never truly comes together into anything meaningful." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Oct 15, 2009
Rotten 2/4	Rotten 23%	Law Abiding Citizen (2009)	" A frustrating example of an intriguing premise and skillful execution gone formula." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Oct 15, 2009
Fresh 3.5/4	Fresh 93%	An Education (2009)	" A living, breathing, affectionate look at all the possibilities and pitfalls of growing up." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Oct 15, 2009
Fresh 3.5/4	Fresh 85%	Paranormal Activity (2009)	" Undeniably scary." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Oct 13, 2009
Fresh 3/4	Fresh 85%	A Serious Man (2009)	" Joel and Ethan Coen show how good they are at collecting their esoteric ideas and putting them on display in a meaningful way." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Oct 8, 2009
Rotten 2/4	Rotten 12%	Couples Retreat (2009)	" Doesn't have either the guts or wherewithal to follow through with the humor and stick to its setup." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Oct 8, 2009
Rotten 2.5/4	Fresh 88%	Zombieland (2009)	" Has a few flashes of genre-bending inspiration ... but the rest is a little too low-key and obvious to really set this zombie comedy apart." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Oct 8, 2009
Rotten 1.5/4	Fresh 82%	Whip It (2009)	" Manages to make a sport about women on roller skates beating the crap out of each other tedious." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Oct 1, 2009
Rotten 2.5/4	Rotten 55%	The Invention of Lying (2009)	" Its later digression in tone and reliance on formula are alternately incompatible and lesser than what comes before it." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Oct 1, 2009
Fresh 3/4	Fresh 75%	Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)	" *Considering the vast spread of the subject matter of Capitalism: A Love Story, that the film works as well as it does is an accomplishment." — Mark Reviews Movies* Posted Oct 1, 2009
Rotten 2/4	Rotten 38%	Surrogates (2009)	" The whole affair is surprisingly dialogue-heavy, in spite of the fact it has nothing meaningful to say." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Sep 25, 2009
Rotten 0.5/4	Rotten 24%	I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell (2009)	" It's all terrible, ugly ... and not funny." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Sep 24, 2009
Rotten 2/4	Rotten 28%	Fame (2009)	" There's no time taken for their individual progress, so we don't care about these kids as individuals." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Sep 24, 2009
Rotten 2.5/4	Rotten 17%	Love Happens (2009)	" Comes so close to defying formula and expectations only to conform to them." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Sep 17, 2009
Rotten 1.5/4	Rotten 45%	Jennifer's Body (2009)	" Wants a lot but doesn't manage to achieve any of it." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Sep 17, 2009
Fresh 3.5/4	Fresh 77%	The Informant! (2009)	" We'd love to sympathize with Mark Whitacre if he weren't such a crook." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Sep 17, 2009
Fresh 3/4	Fresh 85%	Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (2009)	" Bright (although that brightness is quite diminished if you see it in 3-D), cheery, and at times flat-out hilarious." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Sep 17, 2009
Fresh 3/4	Rotten 32%	The Burning Plain (2009)	" *Arriaga's affinity for the humanistic ... propels The Burning Plain." — Mark Reviews Movies* Posted Sep 17, 2009
Rotten 1.5/4	Rotten 6%	Whiteout (2009)	" We do wish you the best in your future endeavors and that you do manage to find a warmer climate." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Sep 10, 2009
Rotten 0.5/4	Rotten 30%	Gamer (2009)	" Takes itself far too seriously, saying nothing of timeliness or value in a banally overblown fashion." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Sep 10, 2009
Fresh 3/4	Rotten 56%	9 (2009)	" A visually striking piece of work from first-time feature director Shane Acker." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Sep 8, 2009
Rotten 1/4	Rotten 6%	All About Steve (2009)	" Which of these characters is even recognizable enough in the sphere of human existence that we might be able to think, yes, I get him/her[?]" — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Sep 3, 2009
Rotten 1/4	Rotten 22%	Halloween II (2009)	" Moments that add up to a bit more than incoherence ... and an overall sense that Zombie has a clear idea of what he's trying to say but is without the skill to say it." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Sep 1, 2009
Rotten 1.5/4	Rotten 29%	The Final Destination (2009)	" A quick, cheap cash-in." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Aug 31, 2009
Rotten 2.5/4	Rotten 51%	Taking Woodstock (2009)	" *Despite setting itself up as a behind-the-scenes, insider's look at the making of the Woodstock Festival, Taking Woodstock* tells us nothing new about the 1969 event that defined a generation.*" — Mark Reviews Movies* Posted Aug 27, 2009
Rotten 2/4	Rotten 9%	Post Grad (2009)	" Ah, the problems of twenty-somethings in the Real(ly Fake) World." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Aug 20, 2009
Fresh 4/4	Fresh 88%	Inglourious Basterds (2009)	" There are no pure heroes or villains in Tarantino's vision of WWII, just varying degrees of the dredges of humanity in a time and place where the shadows have free reign." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Aug 20, 2009
Rotten 1.5/4	Rotten 38%	The Time Traveler's Wife (2009)	" It's breaking [its own] rules in half, stomping on them, tossing them in the stove, and then throwing them right out the window." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Aug 13, 2009
Fresh 4/4	Fresh 91%	Ponyo (2009)	" We are truly dealing with a master." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Aug 13, 2009
Rotten 2/4	Fresh 90%	District 9 (2009)	" Its early allegory may be blunt, but its second half begs for something even as heavy-handed as that to keep it involving." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Aug 13, 2009
Fresh 3/4	Rotten 58%	A Perfect Getaway (2009)	" Twohy constantly dares us to guess, only to throw the scent elsewhere, get us accustomed to our new idea, and then throw it back right where it started." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Aug 6, 2009
Fresh 3/4	Rotten 21%	The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)	" Actually has half a brain in its head." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Dec 11, 2008
Rotten 1.5/5	Rotten 3%	Deal (2008)	" Cares about poker just a bit more than it cares about the characters, and the movie doesn't give a shit about its characters." — UR Chicago Magazine Posted Apr 24, 2008
Fresh 3.5/5	Fresh 74%	Son of Rambow (2008)	" A really sweet film about growing up weird." — UR Chicago Magazine Posted Apr 24, 2008
Fresh 3.5/5	Fresh 88%	Young@Heart (2008)	" We get to know these folks, their love for life and performing -- and yes, we even start to see them as more than a mere novelty act." — UR Chicago Magazine Posted Mar 27, 2008
Fresh 3.5/5	Fresh 90%	The Visitor (2008)	" Focused entirely on these people and how the unplanned relationships affect their lives." — UR Chicago Magazine Posted Mar 27, 2008
Rotten 2/5	Rotten 20%	Chapter 27 (2008)	" Enter Mark David Chapman's mind and prepare to be bored out of yours." — UR Chicago Magazine Posted Mar 27, 2008
Rotten 1/4	Rotten 9%	10,000 B.C. (2008)	" The kind of movie that people will discover new and hilarious ways to mock for years to come." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Mar 6, 2008
Fresh 3.5/5	Fresh 78%	Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)	" *Director Bharat Nalluri keeps the misunderstandings and ruses of Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day* going at a quick tempo.*" — UR Chicago Magazine* Posted Feb 28, 2008
Fresh 3.5/5	Fresh 75%	City of Men (2008)	" Works pretty well as melodrama against a legitimately dramatic backdrop." — UR Chicago Magazine Posted Feb 28, 2008
Rotten 1.5/4	Rotten 35%	Vantage Point (2008)	" Trying, monotonous, and not anywhere near as relevant or clever as it imagines itself to be, Vantage Point proves once again that while it's easy to rely on a gimmick, it's usually not the best idea to trust it." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Feb 21, 2008
Rotten 2/4	Fresh 60%	George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead (2008)	" A fine concept executed with disappointing ends." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Feb 17, 2008

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