ROTTEN TOMATOES: Dan Jardine

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DAN JARDINE

"To paraphrase Martin Scorcese, films are contemporary society's altar. We go to the movies with the same devotion that past generations preserved for their churchgoing. We enter the darkness, seeking the light. The best movies provide pseudo-religious experiences: they transform us.

<B>Quote:</B> "There is no wisdom without leisure."
--ancient Hebrew epigram"

Agrees with the Tomatometer 84% of the time.

Biography: A little mystery in a blossoming relationship like this is a good thing.

Favorites: Top 10 of 1999: 1. The Straight Story 2. The War Zone 3. Being John Malkovich 4. Magnolia 5. American Beauty 6. Fight Club 7. Eyes Wide Shut 8. The Insider 9. The Talented Mr. Ripley 10. The Red Violin Faves from 1998: Life is Beautiful, Shakespeare in Love, Slam, The Butcher Boy, Smoke Signals, The Celebration, Saving Private Ryan, Out of Sight, Red Violin (Canadian release), The Truman Show, Primary Colors. Favorite Films from 1997: Titanic, The Sweet Hereafter, When We Were Kings, Rosewood, Kolya, Shall We Dance?, Good Will Hunting, The Ice Storm, As Good as it Gets, She's So Lovely Favorite Films of All Time: 2001: A Space Odyssey, Schindler's List, Taxi Driver, It's a Wonderful Life, Seven Samurai, Casablanca, Deer Hunter, Citizen Kane, The Third Man, Dr. Strangelove, Manchurian Candidate, A Clockwork Orange Favorite Directors: Kubrick, Scorcese, Spielberg, Hitchcock, Kurosawa, Coen Brothers.

Publications: All Movie Guide, Apollo Guide, Cinemania, Daily-Reviews, Jacksonville Film Journal, TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)

Critics' Group: Online Film Critics Society, Cinemarati

Total Reviews: 873
Total QuickRatings: 148

Location: Victoria, BC, Canada

MOVIE REVIEWS ONLY

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Rating T-Meter Title | Year Add Date (default)
Fresh
76/100
Fresh
70%
Sherlock Holmes (2009)
" The film does what it sets out to do, re-establish Holmes as a cinematic hero worth knowing and watching." — Apollo Guide
Posted Dec 30, 2009
Fresh
85/100
Fresh
98%
Up (2009)
" One of Pixar's most emotionally satisfying creations." — Apollo Guide
Posted Dec 28, 2009
Fresh
87/100
Fresh
87%
A Serious Man (2009)
" A Serious Man challenges head on some might big issues, including the meaning of it all" — Cinemania
Posted Dec 28, 2009
Rotten
68/100
Fresh
97%
The Hurt Locker (2009)
" Bigelow displays a fine Hitchcockian skill set, but her politics are muddy-headed at best." — Apollo Guide
Posted Dec 23, 2009
Fresh
86/100
Fresh
90%
The Messenger (2009)
" Powerful and resonant, this is a film that asks us to look at the human cost of war. Ben Foster is a revelation." — Cinemania
Posted Dec 22, 2009
Rotten
38/100
Rotten
50%
Antichrist (2009)
" A cinematic violation made worse by the fact that von Trier is such a gifted filmmaker." — Cinemania
Posted Dec 21, 2009
Fresh
88/100
Fresh
95%
Goodbye Solo (2009)
" One of the year's best films!" — Cinemania
Posted Dec 21, 2009
Fresh
93/100
Fresh
100%
The 400 Blows (1959)
" Truffault's masterpiece. Timeless and true, heartbreakingly sad." — Apollo Guide
Posted Aug 25, 2009
Fresh
94/100
Fresh
100%
Rashomon (1950)
" a game-shifter that challenges all we think we know about truth" — Apollo Guide
Posted Aug 25, 2009
Fresh
76/100
Fresh
90%
District 9 (2009)
" An energetic and tantalizing film that promises more than it can ultimately deliver" — Apollo Guide
Posted Aug 24, 2009
Fresh
86/100
Fresh
88%
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
" Damn Gud Fun" — Apollo Guide
Posted Aug 23, 2009
Fresh
80/100
Fresh
100%
One Love (2009)
" A real gem" — Cinemania
Posted Aug 14, 2009
Fresh
84/100
Fresh
98%
Vertigo (1958)
" a disturbing and darkly revealing psychological thriller" — Cinemania
Posted Aug 8, 2009
Fresh
86/100
Fresh
100%
Rear Window (1954)
" a taut and (verbally) jaunty thriller" — Cinemania
Posted Aug 8, 2009
Fresh
85/100
Fresh
95%
In the Loop (2009)
" Vicious. Unrelenting. Brilliant. See it!" — Cinemania
Posted Aug 4, 2009
Fresh
82/100
Fresh
63%
The Brothers Bloom (2009)
" A fine piece of cinematic legerdemain" — Apollo Guide
Posted Aug 3, 2009
Fresh
77/100
Fresh
87%
All That Jazz (1979)
" Energetic Fellini-esque autobiographical examination of the life (and near death) of Bob Fosse" — Apollo Guide
Posted Aug 3, 2009
Fresh
82/100
Fresh
100%
12 Angry Men (1957)
" taut, well-crafted sociological study" — Apollo Guide
Posted Aug 3, 2009
Fresh
77/100
Fresh
78%
Team America: World Police (2004)
" Putting the fun back into misanthrope" — Cinemania
Posted Jul 22, 2009
Fresh
88/100
Fresh
72%
Primer (2004)
" Discombobulating and mind-bending sci fi thriller. I think." — Cinemania
Posted Jul 22, 2009
Fresh
86/100
Fresh
84%
2046 (2005)
" Seductive and luscious, a cinematic smorgasbord of sensuous delight." — Apollo Guide
Posted Jul 21, 2009
Fresh
71/100
Fresh
91%
Downfall (2005)
" It's reach exceeds its grasp; nonetheless, a compelling study of Hitler's last days." — Cinemania
Posted Jul 21, 2009
Rotten
62/100
Fresh
69%
North Country (2005)
" The road to cinematic hell is paved with this sort of banal effort borne of bland good expectations." — Cinemania
Posted Jul 21, 2009
Fresh
92/100
Fresh
93%
Memento (2001)
" Nolan's sophomore effort is a near peerless psychological thriller." — Cinemania
Posted Jul 10, 2009
Fresh
71/100
Fresh
84%
Jerry Maguire (1996)
" competently made parallel plotted film whose buddy sports film elements outshine its rom-com aspects." — Apollo Guide
Posted Jul 2, 2009
Fresh
71/100
N/A
That's My Time (2009)
" A personal and affecting film." — Cinemania
Posted Mar 6, 2009
Fresh
70/100
Fresh
86%
Fifty Dead Men Walking (2009)
" Well-acted and visually engaging, the film asks more questions than it answers." — Cinemania
Posted Feb 25, 2009
Fresh
75/100
N/A
Inside Hana's Suitcase (2009)
" Weinstein displays considerable flair, both with image and sound, producing a document to the Brady family that has true universality." — Jacksonville Film Journal
Posted Feb 19, 2009
Fresh
76/100
N/A
Driving With My Wife's Lover (2007)
" Not particularly deep, but visually intriguing throughout" — Apollo Guide
Posted Feb 10, 2009
Fresh
70/100
Fresh
71%
Bart Got a Room (2009)
" The film is at its best when it is in observational mode" — Apollo Guide
Posted Feb 7, 2009
Rotten
46/100
Fresh
67%
The Auteur (2008)
" too tame to be outrageous, too limp to be erotic, and too predictable to be in any way surprising" — Apollo Guide
Posted Feb 4, 2009
Rotten
57/100
Rotten
12%
The Tiger's Tail (2006)
" A real waste of a potentially interesting premise." — Apollo Guide
Posted Feb 4, 2009
Rotten
53/100
N/A
Fire Under the Snow (2008)
" surprisingly and distressingly unengaging" — Cinemania
Posted Feb 3, 2009
Fresh
79/100
Fresh
82%
Kisses (2008)
" Charming without being precious." — Cinemania
Posted Feb 3, 2009
Fresh
94/100
Fresh
90%
Hunger (2008)
" An astonishing film. Transcendant." — Apollo Guide
Posted Feb 3, 2009
Fresh
70/100
Fresh
90%
Tuya's Marriage (2008)
" Nan Yu's work as the titular character and Sen'ge's performance as her nemesis/potential partner carry the film through some of the narrative rough patches" — Apollo Guide
Posted Feb 2, 2009
Rotten
49/100
Rotten
21%
Event Horizon (1997)
Click here to read article — Apollo Guide
Posted Jan 9, 2009
Fresh
87/100
Fresh
91%
There Will Be Blood (2007)
" One helluva film; the best in Anderson's young career." — Apollo Guide
Posted Aug 9, 2008
Rotten
68/100
Fresh
90%
Michael Clayton (2007)
" Grisham for exceptionally bleeding hearts" — Apollo Guide
Posted Aug 9, 2008
Fresh
88/100
Fresh
82%
Into the Wild (2007)
" an intensely intimate and personal experience" — Apollo Guide
Posted Aug 7, 2008
Fresh
74/100
Fresh
94%
The Counterfeiters (2008)
" Ruzowitzky does a fine job of capturing the claustrophia of the setting, as well as conveying the moral complexity of these characters' choices" — Apollo Guide
Posted Aug 7, 2008
Rotten
47/100
Rotten
54%
Across the Universe (2007)
" chooses cheesy and nostalgic mis-en-scene over meaningful engagement with the musical material. A terrible disappointment." — Apollo Guide
Posted Aug 2, 2008
Fresh
70/100
Fresh
63%
Paris Blues (1961)
" Roman Holiday for beatnik hipsters" — Apollo Guide
Posted Aug 2, 2008
Fresh
71/100
Fresh
95%
Elevator to the Gallows (1957)
" the score by Miles is a remarkable one, tapping into the jazzy zeitgeist of the time" — Apollo Guide
Posted Aug 2, 2008
Fresh
70/100
Fresh
70%
Day Night Day Night (2007)
" The Day of the Jackal meets The Rapture in a bathtub full of barbiturates." — Apollo Guide
Posted Jul 5, 2008
Fresh
75/100
Fresh
98%
The Band's Visit (2007)
" funny, sweet and touching" — Apollo Guide
Posted Jul 5, 2008
Fresh
85/100
Fresh
96%
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2008)
" A real kick in the gut" — Apollo Guide
Posted Jul 5, 2008
Rotten
57/100
Rotten
38%
The Tracey Fragments (2008)
" Too insubstantial to sustain the stylistic excesses of the multiple split screen approach" — Apollo Guide
Posted Feb 6, 2008
Fresh
85/100
Fresh
71%
Adam's Apples (2007)
" The actors play this darkly funny material as if they are in a deadly serious Shakespearean drama, highlighting the situation's many absurdities" — Apollo Guide
Posted Feb 5, 2008
Fresh
71/100
Rotten
58%
Bab'Aziz - The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul (2008)
" The film is never anything less than interesting to look at." — Apollo Guide
Posted Feb 4, 2008

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95/100	La Jet�eOffsite
94/100	PersonaOffsite
93/100	Tokyo StoryOffsite
92/100	The Grapes of WrathOffsite
91/100	Dead ManOffsite
90/100	NetworkOffsite
88/100	RushmoreOffsite
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86/100	Manufactured LandscapesOffsite
85/100	Little FugitiveOffsite
84/100	SalvadorOffsite
83/100	Le Cercle RougeOffsite
82/100	Kung Fu HustleOffsite
81/100	Floating WeedsOffsite
80/100	The Life Aquatic With Steve ZissouOffsite
79/100	MurderballOffsite
77/100	Team America: World PoliceOffsite
76/100	CandyOffsite
75/100	Hotel RwandaOffsite
74/100	The CounterfeitersOffsite
73/100	Flags of Our FathersOffsite
72/100	Half NelsonOffsite
71/100	The DamnedOffsite
70/100	Air Guitar NationOffsite
69/100	FridaOffsite
68/100	Sky Captain and the World of TomorrowOffsite
67/100	Beyond the CallOffsite
66/100	SchizopolisOffsite
65/100	You Gotta Stay HappyOffsite
63/100	Snakes on a PlaneOffsite
62/100	Pacino - An Actor's VisionOffsite
61/100	Seven ThievesOffsite
60/100	Everything's Gone GreenOffsite
59/100	Colma: The MusicalOffsite
58/100	Blood DiamondOffsite
57/100	The Tracey FragmentsOffsite
56/100	Expo: Magic of the White CityOffsite
55/100	FidoOffsite
53/100	American GunOffsite
52/100	Lady in the WaterOffsite
50/100	Deja VuOffsite
49/100	Event HorizonOffsite
48/100	Superman ReturnsOffsite
47/100	Sea WifeOffsite
46/100	America: Freedom To FascismOffsite
38/100	AntichristOffsite
36/100	DreamgirlsOffsite
33/100	Agent Cody BanksOffsite

5/5	ScarfaceOffsite
5/5	The Treasure of the Sierra MadreOffsite
5/5	DraculaOffsite
5/5	City LightsOffsite
96/100	The Passion of Joan of ArcOffsite
95/100	The Bicycle ThiefOffsite
95/100	La Jet�eOffsite
95/100	The GodfatherOffsite
95/100	Citizen KaneOffsite
94/100	RashomonOffsite

19/100	Dead Man on CampusOffsite
22/100	Robo WarriorsOffsite
24/100	RingmasterOffsite
25/100	Meet the DeedlesOffsite
25/100	Friends and LoversOffsite

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

Fresh 76/100	Fresh 70%	Sherlock Holmes (2009)	" The film does what it sets out to do, re-establish Holmes as a cinematic hero worth knowing and watching." — Apollo Guide Posted Dec 30, 2009
Fresh 85/100	Fresh 98%	Up (2009)	" One of Pixar's most emotionally satisfying creations." — Apollo Guide Posted Dec 28, 2009
Fresh 87/100	Fresh 87%	A Serious Man (2009)	" A Serious Man challenges head on some might big issues, including the meaning of it all" — Cinemania Posted Dec 28, 2009
Rotten 68/100	Fresh 97%	The Hurt Locker (2009)	" Bigelow displays a fine Hitchcockian skill set, but her politics are muddy-headed at best." — Apollo Guide Posted Dec 23, 2009
Fresh 86/100	Fresh 90%	The Messenger (2009)	" Powerful and resonant, this is a film that asks us to look at the human cost of war. Ben Foster is a revelation." — Cinemania Posted Dec 22, 2009
Rotten 38/100	Rotten 50%	Antichrist (2009)	" A cinematic violation made worse by the fact that von Trier is such a gifted filmmaker." — Cinemania Posted Dec 21, 2009
Fresh 88/100	Fresh 95%	Goodbye Solo (2009)	" One of the year's best films!" — Cinemania Posted Dec 21, 2009
Fresh 93/100	Fresh 100%	The 400 Blows (1959)	" Truffault's masterpiece. Timeless and true, heartbreakingly sad." — Apollo Guide Posted Aug 25, 2009
Fresh 94/100	Fresh 100%	Rashomon (1950)	" a game-shifter that challenges all we think we know about truth" — Apollo Guide Posted Aug 25, 2009
Fresh 76/100	Fresh 90%	District 9 (2009)	" An energetic and tantalizing film that promises more than it can ultimately deliver" — Apollo Guide Posted Aug 24, 2009
Fresh 86/100	Fresh 88%	Inglourious Basterds (2009)	" Damn Gud Fun" — Apollo Guide Posted Aug 23, 2009
Fresh 80/100	Fresh 100%	One Love (2009)	" A real gem" — Cinemania Posted Aug 14, 2009
Fresh 84/100	Fresh 98%	Vertigo (1958)	" a disturbing and darkly revealing psychological thriller" — Cinemania Posted Aug 8, 2009
Fresh 86/100	Fresh 100%	Rear Window (1954)	" a taut and (verbally) jaunty thriller" — Cinemania Posted Aug 8, 2009
Fresh 85/100	Fresh 95%	In the Loop (2009)	" Vicious. Unrelenting. Brilliant. See it!" — Cinemania Posted Aug 4, 2009
Fresh 82/100	Fresh 63%	The Brothers Bloom (2009)	" A fine piece of cinematic legerdemain" — Apollo Guide Posted Aug 3, 2009
Fresh 77/100	Fresh 87%	All That Jazz (1979)	" Energetic Fellini-esque autobiographical examination of the life (and near death) of Bob Fosse" — Apollo Guide Posted Aug 3, 2009
Fresh 82/100	Fresh 100%	12 Angry Men (1957)	" taut, well-crafted sociological study" — Apollo Guide Posted Aug 3, 2009
Fresh 77/100	Fresh 78%	Team America: World Police (2004)	" Putting the fun back into misanthrope" — Cinemania Posted Jul 22, 2009
Fresh 88/100	Fresh 72%	Primer (2004)	" Discombobulating and mind-bending sci fi thriller. I think." — Cinemania Posted Jul 22, 2009
Fresh 86/100	Fresh 84%	2046 (2005)	" Seductive and luscious, a cinematic smorgasbord of sensuous delight." — Apollo Guide Posted Jul 21, 2009
Fresh 71/100	Fresh 91%	Downfall (2005)	" It's reach exceeds its grasp; nonetheless, a compelling study of Hitler's last days." — Cinemania Posted Jul 21, 2009
Rotten 62/100	Fresh 69%	North Country (2005)	" The road to cinematic hell is paved with this sort of banal effort borne of bland good expectations." — Cinemania Posted Jul 21, 2009
Fresh 92/100	Fresh 93%	Memento (2001)	" Nolan's sophomore effort is a near peerless psychological thriller." — Cinemania Posted Jul 10, 2009
Fresh 71/100	Fresh 84%	Jerry Maguire (1996)	" competently made parallel plotted film whose buddy sports film elements outshine its rom-com aspects." — Apollo Guide Posted Jul 2, 2009
Fresh 71/100	N/A	That's My Time (2009)	" A personal and affecting film." — Cinemania Posted Mar 6, 2009
Fresh 70/100	Fresh 86%	Fifty Dead Men Walking (2009)	" Well-acted and visually engaging, the film asks more questions than it answers." — Cinemania Posted Feb 25, 2009
Fresh 75/100	N/A	Inside Hana's Suitcase (2009)	" Weinstein displays considerable flair, both with image and sound, producing a document to the Brady family that has true universality." — Jacksonville Film Journal Posted Feb 19, 2009
Fresh 76/100	N/A	Driving With My Wife's Lover (2007)	" Not particularly deep, but visually intriguing throughout" — Apollo Guide Posted Feb 10, 2009
Fresh 70/100	Fresh 71%	Bart Got a Room (2009)	" The film is at its best when it is in observational mode" — Apollo Guide Posted Feb 7, 2009
Rotten 46/100	Fresh 67%	The Auteur (2008)	" too tame to be outrageous, too limp to be erotic, and too predictable to be in any way surprising" — Apollo Guide Posted Feb 4, 2009
Rotten 57/100	Rotten 12%	The Tiger's Tail (2006)	" A real waste of a potentially interesting premise." — Apollo Guide Posted Feb 4, 2009
Rotten 53/100	N/A	Fire Under the Snow (2008)	" surprisingly and distressingly unengaging" — Cinemania Posted Feb 3, 2009
Fresh 79/100	Fresh 82%	Kisses (2008)	" Charming without being precious." — Cinemania Posted Feb 3, 2009
Fresh 94/100	Fresh 90%	Hunger (2008)	" An astonishing film. Transcendant." — Apollo Guide Posted Feb 3, 2009
Fresh 70/100	Fresh 90%	Tuya's Marriage (2008)	" Nan Yu's work as the titular character and Sen'ge's performance as her nemesis/potential partner carry the film through some of the narrative rough patches" — Apollo Guide Posted Feb 2, 2009
Rotten 49/100	Rotten 21%	Event Horizon (1997)	Click here to read article — Apollo Guide Posted Jan 9, 2009
Fresh 87/100	Fresh 91%	There Will Be Blood (2007)	" One helluva film; the best in Anderson's young career." — Apollo Guide Posted Aug 9, 2008
Rotten 68/100	Fresh 90%	Michael Clayton (2007)	" Grisham for exceptionally bleeding hearts" — Apollo Guide Posted Aug 9, 2008
Fresh 88/100	Fresh 82%	Into the Wild (2007)	" an intensely intimate and personal experience" — Apollo Guide Posted Aug 7, 2008
Fresh 74/100	Fresh 94%	The Counterfeiters (2008)	" Ruzowitzky does a fine job of capturing the claustrophia of the setting, as well as conveying the moral complexity of these characters' choices" — Apollo Guide Posted Aug 7, 2008
Rotten 47/100	Rotten 54%	Across the Universe (2007)	" chooses cheesy and nostalgic mis-en-scene over meaningful engagement with the musical material. A terrible disappointment." — Apollo Guide Posted Aug 2, 2008
Fresh 70/100	Fresh 63%	Paris Blues (1961)	" Roman Holiday for beatnik hipsters" — Apollo Guide Posted Aug 2, 2008
Fresh 71/100	Fresh 95%	Elevator to the Gallows (1957)	" the score by Miles is a remarkable one, tapping into the jazzy zeitgeist of the time" — Apollo Guide Posted Aug 2, 2008
Fresh 70/100	Fresh 70%	Day Night Day Night (2007)	" The Day of the Jackal meets The Rapture in a bathtub full of barbiturates." — Apollo Guide Posted Jul 5, 2008
Fresh 75/100	Fresh 98%	The Band's Visit (2007)	" funny, sweet and touching" — Apollo Guide Posted Jul 5, 2008
Fresh 85/100	Fresh 96%	4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2008)	" A real kick in the gut" — Apollo Guide Posted Jul 5, 2008
Rotten 57/100	Rotten 38%	The Tracey Fragments (2008)	" Too insubstantial to sustain the stylistic excesses of the multiple split screen approach" — Apollo Guide Posted Feb 6, 2008
Fresh 85/100	Fresh 71%	Adam's Apples (2007)	" The actors play this darkly funny material as if they are in a deadly serious Shakespearean drama, highlighting the situation's many absurdities" — Apollo Guide Posted Feb 5, 2008
Fresh 71/100	Rotten 58%	Bab'Aziz - The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul (2008)	" The film is never anything less than interesting to look at." — Apollo Guide Posted Feb 4, 2008