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KYLE SMITH
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• New York Post

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BEST TO WORST SAMPLING
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4/4 No Country for Old Men
3.5/4 Gone Baby Gone
3/4 The Kingdom
2.5/4 Sydney White
2/4 Trade
1.5/4 Slow Burn
1/4 The Game Plan
0.5/4 Good Luck Chuck
.5/4 Resident Evil: Extinction
 
 
BEST REVIEWED
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4/4 Margot at the Wedding
4/4 Into the Wild
4/4 No Country for Old Men
4/4 Superbad
4/4 Hairspray
4/4 Ratatouille
4/4 Rescue Dawn
4/4 Knocked Up
4/4 Venus
4/4 49 Up
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WORST REVIEWED
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0/4 Illegal Tender
0/4 September Dawn
0/4 The Salon
0/4 Constellation
0/4 From Other Worlds
0/4 Conversations with God
0/4 Tideland
0/4 Strangers With Candy
0/4 Date Movie
0/4 Big Momma's House 2
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This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 66% of the time.

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1.5/4
 
"Revenge of the Nerds minus laughs plus inspirational music equals Quantum Hoops." -- New York Post
Posted May 16, 2008
 
Quantum Hoops (2007)78%
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3/4
 
"Trier's intent is to reproduce a sweet, hazy vision of the agony of youth. Ever so elliptically, he succeeds." -- New York Post
Posted May 16, 2008
 
Reprise (2008)95%
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3/4
 
"Another classic saga of deeds dastardly and swashes buckled, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian doesn't quite equal the first film, but some may find this one a less-insistent piece of pure entertainment because it isn't so overtly Christian." -- New York Post
Posted May 16, 2008
 
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)71%
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0.5/4
 
"Should have stayed elsewhere in the state of Nevada. How about those mountains where they are supposed to store the nuclear waste?" -- KyleSmithOnline.com
Posted May 15, 2008
 
What Happens in Vegas (2008)29%
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3/4
 
"A bleak, "Empire Strikes Back" aura...classic that takes its rightful place in the Disney canon." -- KyleSmithOnline.com
Posted May 12, 2008
 
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)71%
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2.5/4
 
"The movie has enough big-city wickedness and merry cruelty to keep things skittering unpredictably." -- New York Post
Posted May 9, 2008
 
Noise (2008)52%
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2/4
 
"A landmark achievement in the field of cursed-chicken-franchise horror musicals." -- New York Post
Posted May 9, 2008
 
Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead (2006)60%
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1.5/4
 
"Turn the River lacks almost everything Eigeman has as a performer: charisma, wit and snappy delivery." -- New York Post
Posted May 9, 2008
 
Turn the River (2008)75%
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1/4
 
"I'd call it a depressing soft-core porn flick, but that overstates its titillation factor. Mainly it's just icky." -- New York Post
Posted May 9, 2008
 
The Babysitters (2008)28%
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0.5/4
 
"The movie makes you crave a streamlined story, interesting characters and a joystick." -- New York Post
Posted May 9, 2008
 
Speed Racer (2008)35%
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1/4
 
"This film by Nick Broomfield, which superficially resembles Brian De Palma's Redacted in that it is a mockumentary based on real, horrible events, is a 90-minute libel against the Marine Corps." -- New York Post
Posted May 7, 2008
 
Battle for Haditha (2008)57%
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1/4
 
"Occasionally there is a striking image or a moment of wounded sweetness, but mainly the film provides ample proof that it's possible to be bizarre and boring at the same time." -- New York Post
Posted May 2, 2008
 
Mister Lonely (2008)48%
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3/4
 
"This isn't Mamet at his finest, though, which leaves us with a script that is merely three times as smart as the average feature." -- New York Post
Posted May 2, 2008
 
Redbelt (2008)72%
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2/4
 
"An '80s coming-of-age comedy with more energy than ideas." -- New York Post
Posted May 2, 2008
 
Son of Rambow (2008)77%
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.5/4
 
"There was a certain amount of suspense in the air at the screening of Made of Honor: Would Tom and Hannah realize they're perfect for each other at the altar, or would I burn down the theater first?" -- New York Post
Posted May 2, 2008
 
Made of Honor (2008)12%
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3/4
 
"Brilliant first hour, but then becomes like some strange legend about a Norse god who descended into the molten core of the earth and forged upon a mighty anvil...a Crosby, Stills and Nash album." -- KyleSmithOnline.com
Posted Apr 28, 2008
 
Iron Man (2008)93%
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2/4
 
"There's a reason why Foreign Affairs has never done a theme issue about "Dude, Where's My Car?"" -- KyleSmithOnline.com
Posted Apr 27, 2008
 
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008)56%
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2/4
 
"those hoping to see Donald Rumsfeld and Paul Wolfowitz - if not President Bush - get a cinematic racking in Standard Operating Procedure are going to be disappointed." -- New York Post
Posted Apr 25, 2008
 
Standard Operating Procedure (2008)79%
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1/4
 
"Not just childish, smug and unfunny but a hideous affront to the 9/11 families, to whom Spurlock owes an abject apology." -- KyleSmithOnline.com
Posted Apr 19, 2008
 
Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? (2008)36%
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1.5/4
 
"A serial-killer flick told like an art lecture, Anamorph manages to be gruesome yet dull." -- New York Post
Posted Apr 18, 2008
 
Anamorph (2008)27%
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0.5/4
 
"88 Minutes holds you in a state of acute suspense, keeping you wondering until the very last minute whether this is the worst Al Pacino movie ever made." -- New York Post
Posted Apr 18, 2008
 
88 Minutes (2008)6%
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2.5/4
 
"Forbidden Kingdom is chop-socky bordering on chop-schlocky, but it's good-natured myth-making cut into kid-size pieces." -- New York Post
Posted Apr 18, 2008
 
The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)62%
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2/4
 
"Stein spends the first half of the movie setting himself a trap, and the second half squirming in it." -- New York Post
Posted Apr 17, 2008
 
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (2008)9%
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3/4
 
"Smart People is an indie film that plays the (jangle, jangle) same chords (strum, strum) as a lot of other heartfelt comedies about too-wise children and codgers taking humanity lessons." -- New York Post
Posted Apr 16, 2008
 
Smart People (2008)49%
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1/4
 
"The audience, if any, for Chaos Theory is going to be hit with a little puff of celluloid flatulence. The movie won't linger in the air, but that doesn't make it any less embarrassing." -- New York Post
Posted Apr 11, 2008
 
Chaos Theory (2008)30%
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1.5/4
 
"This movie isn't even sophomoric; it's freshmanic." -- New York Post
Posted Apr 11, 2008
 
Remember the Daze (2008)0%
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1.5/4
 
"The film is narrated by Russell Crowe, whose star power is probably the only reason it's being released here." -- New York Post
Posted Apr 11, 2008
 
Bra Boys (2008)77%
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2.5/4
 
"Like director David Ayer's previous movies (he wrote Training Day), Street Kings is about the joy of badass coppery." -- New York Post
Posted Apr 11, 2008
 
Street Kings (2008)33%
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1/4
 
"Lazy, shallow and repetitive, Phil Donahue's Body of War is one of the most incompetent documentaries to emerge from the Iraq war." -- New York Post
Posted Apr 9, 2008
 
Body of War (2008)72%
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3.5/4
 
"It is the despair about lacking family that destroys Daniel Plainview." -- KyleSmithOnline.com
Posted Apr 8, 2008
 
There Will Be Blood (2007)91%
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1.5/4
 
"When you've got cute young tourists, an exotic locale (well, sort of: Mexico), ancient Mayan hoodoo and surly peasants with machetes, you expect a bit more than The Ruins gives you, which is: killer plants." -- New York Post
Posted Apr 7, 2008
 
The Ruins (2008)42%
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2/4
 
"Like going to a football game and watching the players bring desks and paperwork onto the field. How boring is this movie? I've been more entertained by halftime shows." -- KyleSmithOnline.com
Posted Apr 6, 2008
 
Leatherheads (2008)53%
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.5/4
 
"This film is headed quickly for DVD. In the video store, though, it isn't funny enough to be shelved in the comedy section nor dirty enough to be filed with the smut." -- New York Post
Posted Apr 4, 2008
 
Sex and Death 101 (2008)26%
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3/4
 
"The movie easily beats paying $250 to experience the Bones in person; you can see everything without having to stand up, and the sound at a multiplex is far better than any arena." -- New York Post
Posted Apr 4, 2008
 
Shine a Light (2008)86%
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1/4
 
"Leto, who gained poundage for the role, keeps taking his shirt off just to make it clear that he is the latest in a long line of actors to confuse daily patronage of the local doughnut shop with intensive actorly preparation." -- New York Post
Posted Mar 28, 2008
 
Chapter 27 (2008)21%
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1/4
 
"After five years of news footage and documentaries coming from the war in Iraq, Stop-Loss is as phony as a re-enactment with finger pup pets." -- New York Post
Posted Mar 28, 2008
 
Stop-Loss (2008)65%
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2.5/4
 
"Thanks to a jaunty Brit-rock score and likable characters all around, the movie's easy to watch and occasionally pumps up the emotions." -- New York Post
Posted Mar 28, 2008
 
Run, Fat Boy, Run (2008)48%
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3.5/4
 
"Writing and starring in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Jason Segel gets emotionally naked. He bares his soul. Also, he lets us see his schlong. As Steve Martin said, comedy is not pretty." -- KyleSmithOnline.com
Posted Mar 27, 2008
 
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)84%
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2/4
 
"The film, instead of confining itself to who Litvinenko was and how he came to be killed, wanders off into too many tangents and mentions too many cases. The epic corruption of today's Russia is far too widespread to fit into a single film." -- New York Post
Posted Mar 21, 2008
 
Poisoned by Polonium: The Litvinenko File (2008)50%
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2/4
 
"Though it is in part a stinging commentary on the soullessness of the corporate suit, Nicolas Klotz's film is extremely slow to get on track." -- New York Post
Posted Mar 21, 2008
 
Heartbeat Detector (2007)75%
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1/4
 
"The break-dancing documentary Planet B-Boy proves that what might be (but probably isn't) worth five minutes of your time while you're passing through the Times Square subway station really isn't worth a 11/2-hour movie." -- New York Post
Posted Mar 21, 2008
 
Planet B-Boy (2008)90%
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2.5/4
 
"The script depends heavily on familiar stand-up comedy bits, but it's full of sharp wisecracks and slacker charm." -- New York Post
Posted Mar 21, 2008
 
The Hammer (2008)74%
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2/4
 
"Trying to mix farce with heart, Drillbit Taylor is instead as soulful as Kenny G and as wacky as public television." -- New York Post
Posted Mar 21, 2008
 
Drillbit Taylor (2008)26%
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1/4
 
"Flash Point comes loaded with cliches and immediately starts blasting them in every direction." -- New York Post
Posted Mar 14, 2008
 
Flash Point (2008)47%
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1/4
 
"A formula flick that should have tapped out in the script stage." -- New York Post
Posted Mar 14, 2008
 
Never Back Down (2008)25%
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2.5/4
 
"Just when things should be boiling over, the script goes lukewarm." -- New York Post
Posted Mar 7, 2008
 
Married Life (2008)55%
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2.5/4
 
"Despite some foreshadowing in the opening scene, the film's change of key in the second half feels like a betrayal." -- New York Post
Posted Mar 7, 2008
 
Snow Angels (2008)68%
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2.5/4
 
"Since there's no through narrative, no characters being followed, it's TV newsmagazine material." -- New York Post
Posted Mar 7, 2008
 
Fighting for Life (2008)87%
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1.5/4
 
"College Road Trip is better than most Martin Lawrence movies -- much as strep throat is better than malaria." -- New York Post
Posted Mar 7, 2008
 
College Road Trip (2008)14%
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3/4
 
"With its cockneys and coppers and the caper that comes a cropper, the movie is fully engaging on several levels." -- New York Post
Posted Mar 7, 2008
 
The Bank Job (2008)77%

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