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Don R. Lewis

Don R. Lewis

Agrees with the Tomatometer 72% of the time.

Publications:
Film Threat , Gordon and the Whale , Soundwaves Cinema
Critics' Group:
Online Film Critics Society
Total Reviews:
119
Location:
Petaluma, CA

Worst Reviewed Films

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Rating T-Meter Title | Year Add Date
1/5 19% The Back-up Plan (2010) " "The Back-Up Plan" is a stupid, unfunny, gross and annoying film. Let's just get that out of the way right now. " — Film Threat
Posted May 4, 2010
1/5 35% August (2008) " August doesn't make a lot of sense nor does it seem to have a message or point." — Film Threat
Posted Jan 22, 2008
1/5 51% Flannel Pajamas (2006) " These chatty, pedantic, annoying characters are simply not interesting enough to follow for five minutes, let alone over two hours." — Film Threat
Posted Feb 4, 2006
1/5 14% It's All About Love (2004) " The shaky plot, heavy handed 'symbolism,' bad accents and a story line that had me walking the line between laughter and bored screams nearly made me get up and leave." — Film Threat
Posted Feb 12, 2003
14% I Love You Beth Cooper (2009) " Let me be clear here: I hated this movie. I hated it so much I couldn't even bring myself to laugh at how awful it was." — Film Threat
Posted Jul 27, 2009
1.5/5 27% Land of the Lost (2009) " Be it dead serious, moronic racecar driver Ricky Bobby or idiotic, deadpan Ron Burgandy, Ferrell has managed to create quite the niche for himself as the honest, earnest moron." — Film Threat
Posted Jul 21, 2009
1.5/5 12% Against the Ropes (2004) " This is just another boxing movie with few surprises and an awkward message to viewers." — Film Threat
Posted Feb 24, 2004
1.5/5 61% Only the Strong Survive - A Celebration of Soul (2002) " This film has so many chances to spice up the screen... and passes." — Film Threat
Posted Jan 25, 2003
2/5 50% The Human Centipede (First Sequence) (2010) " "The Human Centipede" is a dumb movie. There wasn't a single moment in the film where I wasn't keenly aware I was watching a film and a fairly bad B-film at that." — Film Threat
Posted May 4, 2010
2/5 41% The Rocker (2008) " It's exactly the kind of film that I'll forget having ever seen by the time Summer is over and that's too bad as I do love the premise of the film and I'm a fan of Rainn Wilson." — Film Threat
Posted Jun 17, 2008
2/5 84% Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) " While the film has some laugh out-loud moments, it's very poorly constructed and what we see onscreen seems to be the victim of either bad editing, poor direction or a script that was rushed into production too quickly." — Film Threat
Posted Apr 8, 2008
2/5 57% We Own the Night (2007) " Unravels from about the twenty minute mark on and makes no attempt to recover. Rather, it becomes more cliché and ham fisted as it rolls along." — Film Threat
Posted Oct 16, 2007
2/5 29% Silent Hill (2006) " As I sat through this two hour stumble through what looked like fog, I just kept thinking to myself how this might be the best looking bad film I've ever seen." — Film Threat
Posted Apr 24, 2006
2/5 85% Slither (2006) " [I] have to admit to not getting much out of a big budget B movie. B movies are fun because they're rinky dink." — Film Threat
Posted Mar 28, 2006
2/5 40% The Night Listener (2006) " By the time the credits rolled I was bored rather than stunned by the revelations within the movie and I just want these type of reversal/twist movies to get better, or go away." — Film Threat
Posted Feb 7, 2006
2/5 80% Wide Awake (2006) " To make a personal documentary click, you really have to be willing to get in the trenches with the subject and that just doesn't happen here." — Film Threat
Posted Feb 4, 2006
2/5 —— Cinnamon () " The film drags on (no pun intended) and doesn't impart the kind of emotional immersion I think Everson was aiming for." — Film Threat
Posted Jan 30, 2006
2/5 73% In the Pit (2007) " After 45 minutes of seeing this hard work, we get the point." — Film Threat
Posted Jan 30, 2006
2/5 —— By the Ways, a Journey with William Eggleston () " Stories are told about Eggleston but he's never asked to comment on them. It's highly frustrating." — Film Threat
Posted Jan 30, 2006
2/5 46% Bad News Bears (2005) " [It] just isn't a very good movie." — Film Threat
Posted Jul 26, 2005
2/5 70% Elephant (2003) " I walked out of it saying, 'so what?'" — Film Threat
Posted Nov 11, 2003
2/5 53% The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra (2004) " After about 15 minutes of glossy faux-50's style dialogue, I got the joke and just didn't find it funny enough to last 90 minutes." — Film Threat
Posted Aug 30, 2003
2/5 48% Femme Fatale (2002) " Not-so-nifty camera tricks did little to mask a downright lame script and the plot twists were crushingly heavy handed and unoriginal." — Film Threat
Posted Dec 8, 2002
2.5/5 40% Live Free or Die (2006) " It just feels contrived when a good comedy like this should feel clever." — Film Threat
Posted Apr 4, 2006
2.5/5 0% Open Window (2006) " I just couldn't buy into the way the film veered into a family drama when it started out so confidently." — Film Threat
Posted Jan 27, 2006
2.5/5 71% Friends With Money (2006) " Friends With Money is entertaining and highly watchable but in the end, it just feels trite." — Film Threat
Posted Jan 24, 2006
2.5/5 81% Layer Cake (2005) " As a whole, it just seems like we've seen it all before." — Film Threat
Posted Feb 1, 2005
2.5/5 71% Confidence (2003) " Even if a good heist/grift movie struggles in places, a good payoff will still make it work and that is definitely the case here." — Film Threat
Posted Mar 2, 2003
3/5 76% Kick-Ass (2010) " However the film also has major pacing issues, is pretty damned boring and saddles the audience with the least interesting character in the entire film, Kick-Ass. As a result I felt the film was simply o.k. when it could have been much, much better." — Film Threat
Posted Apr 19, 2010
3/5 50% Chloe (2010) " "Chloe" is a taut, adult thriller that succeeds so well in its set-up that when the third act rolls around, you're left expecting more." — Film Threat
Posted Mar 31, 2010
3/5 72% The Crazies (2010) " "The Crazies" isn't the worst horror film you'll see nor is it the best. It's a decently made horror film that serves it's purpose which is to freak you out a little bit but not really make you think%u2026" — Film Threat
Posted Mar 10, 2010
3/5 59% W. (2008) " A movie which is a wacky, wild and weird look at how the past 8 or so years of American politics and policy came to be." — Film Threat
Posted Oct 21, 2008
3/5 75% Sunshine (2007) " Visually rich and yet cold and claustrophobic." — Film Threat
Posted Sep 22, 2007
3/5 61% Bug (2006) " A nice textbook on how to use the camera in a confined space." — Film Threat
Posted May 29, 2007
3/5 79% You're Gonna Miss Me (2007) " You're Gonna Miss Me is still a great meld of rock history, the sociological and familial impacts of mental disability and some courtroom intrigue." — Film Threat
Posted Mar 4, 2007
3/5 —— OilCrash (2006) " I do think people need to see this movie to understand where we're headed due to wasteful and greedy pigheadedness." — Film Threat
Posted Mar 15, 2006
3/5 100% The Trials of Darryl Hunt (2007) " I don't want to give to much away in terms of this film because it really is fascinating, but I will say that the film helps crystalize major flaws in our legal system." — Film Threat
Posted Feb 4, 2006
3/5 65% Wild Tigers I Have Known (2007) " Archer proves that he has a unique way of storytelling through the medium of film." — Film Threat
Posted Jan 30, 2006
3/5 —— Little Red Flowers () " The film has a fairy tale feel to it and it's sort of fun." — Film Threat
Posted Jan 30, 2006
3/5 61% Saved! (2004) " Equal parts satire, spoof and teen comedy, Saved! is just a sweet and funny movie that starts off with bite but settles into an honest feeling of happiness and acceptance for all types of people and their choices." — Film Threat
Posted Dec 6, 2005
3/5 84% Mysterious Skin (2005) " By the end of Mysterious Skin, I felt physically exhausted but I also felt satisfied at the way it all falls into place." — Film Threat
Posted Apr 2, 2005
3/5 72% Open Water (2004) " Even though I knew all along this movie was totally manipulating me, I followed along on the terrifying ride. I feel so dirty and used. For that, Kentis and his great cast deserve big props." — Film Threat
Posted Feb 18, 2004
3/5 81% The Good Girl (2002) " While many questions and motivations are left unanswered, overall the film wins out with its stark truths and slightly twisted pay off's along the way." — Film Threat
Posted Dec 8, 2002
3/5 38% Pumpkin (2002) " Successfully blended satire, high camp and yet another sexual taboo into a really funny movie." — Film Threat
Posted Dec 8, 2002
3.5/5 91% Corman's World: Exploits Of A Hollywood Rebel (2011) " Yes, it's all straight-forward, no muss filmmaking, but Roger Corman wouldn't want it any other way." — Film Threat
Posted Dec 22, 2011
3.5/5 74% I Sell the Dead (2008) " All in all "I Sell the Dead" is a good old fashioned horror movie for fans of classic monster movies and things that go bump in the night." — Film Threat
Posted Mar 31, 2010
3.5/5 75% Greenberg (2010) " While "Greenberg" wasn't as funny as I had hoped, I think it's a great film and in the end is a return to form for Baumbach." — Film Threat
Posted Mar 31, 2010
3.5/5 85% Wendy and Lucy (2008) " An interesting film that needs the audience to serve as a mirror for Wendy's travails and emotions." — Film Threat
Posted Nov 4, 2008
3.5/5 46% Lakeview Terrace (2008) " An intriguing and provocative thriller." — Film Threat
Posted Oct 18, 2008
3.5/5 58% First Snow (2007) " It's suspenseful and kind of scary." — Film Threat
Posted Apr 2, 2007
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