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Ethan Alter

Agrees with the Tomatometer 77% of the time.

Publications:: Film Journal International , Giant Magazine , Hollywood Reporter , NYC Film Critic , Premiere Magazine , Show Business Weekly , Television Without Pity , TV Guide's Movie Guide , Village Voice
Critics' Group:: New York Film Critics Online

Total Reviews:: 1014
Total QuickRatings:: 3

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66%	The Dictator (2012)	" Since Cohen's screen-hogging makes the movie all about him, when he's not funny, The Dictator's not funny." — Television Without Pity Posted May 16, 2012
41%	Dark Shadows (2012)	" Not the worst movie Tim Burton has ever made, but it's the latest example of how creatively adrift he's become." — Television Without Pity Posted May 14, 2012
75%	The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012)	" It's comfort food filmmaking, designed to satiate the appetite of its specific audience." — Television Without Pity Posted May 4, 2012
93%	Marvel's The Avengers (2012)	" The Avengers may be a more modest success than some of us may have hoped, but it's still very much a success." — Television Without Pity Posted May 3, 2012
54%	Citizen Gangster (2012)	" With no firm hand guiding the proceedings, this potentially interesting slice of Canadian history winds up feeling like just another "Crime Doesn't Pay" PS" — Television Without Pity Posted Apr 27, 2012
85%	Bernie (2012)	" Simply put, it's the best movie Linklater has made in years." — Television Without Pity Posted Apr 27, 2012
87%	The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012)	" Even when Band of Misfits is struggling to find its storytelling groove, the hand-crafted puppets and sets are a pleasure to watch." — Television Without Pity Posted Apr 27, 2012
21%	The Raven (2012)	" Blandly generic in its images and atmosphere." — Television Without Pity Posted Apr 27, 2012
55%	Safe (2012)	" The chaotic storytelling would be obnoxious if the film didn't noticeably have its tongue planted firmly in its cheek." — Television Without Pity Posted Apr 27, 2012
63%	The Five-Year Engagement (2012)	" What saves The Five-Year Engagement from sheer tedium is the enormous likability of the large cast." — Television Without Pity Posted Apr 27, 2012
80%	Inventing Our Life: The Kibbutz Experiment (2012)	" An unimaginative but sturdy account of the Israeli kibbutz movement." — Film Journal International Posted Apr 26, 2012
70%	The Giant Mechanical Man (2012)	" Kirk's wispy screenplay is light on conflict and memorable moments, but the cast elevates the film to a pleasurable diversion." — Television Without Pity Posted Apr 20, 2012
66%	God Bless America (2012)	" If the movie doesn't hang together as a whole piece, there are a number of individual scenes that are strikingly on-point in their mixture of humor and rage," — Television Without Pity Posted Apr 20, 2012
31%	Detention (2012)	" Once you get past the movie's rough beginnings and adjust to its goofy spirit and episodic randomness, Detention becomes a good deal of fun." — Television Without Pity Posted Apr 13, 2012
90%	The Cabin in the Woods (2012)	" Analyzing Cabin in the Woods after the fact is in some ways more satisfying than actually watching the movie itself." — Television Without Pity Posted Apr 13, 2012
57%	The Assault (2012)	" Curiously lacking in tension." — Television Without Pity Posted Apr 6, 2012
83%	Comic-Con: Episode IV - A Fan's Hope (2012)	" Effectively captures the fan experience at the Con, but that's only half the story." — Television Without Pity Posted Apr 6, 2012
43%	American Reunion (2012)	" Less like a triumphant homecoming than the last gasp of a flatlining franchise." — Television Without Pity Posted Apr 6, 2012
64%	Keyhole (2012)	" Black-and-white cinematography, free-association storytelling, an obsession with the past, and the presence of Isabella Rossellini...yup, it's another Guy Maddin joint." — Film Journal International Posted Apr 6, 2012
82%	Goon (2012)	" Two winning underdog sports movies for the price of one." — Television Without Pity Posted Mar 30, 2012
87%	Bully (2012)	" Bully feels too diffuse and simplistic to really do this topic justice." — Television Without Pity Posted Mar 30, 2012
25%	Wrath of the Titans (2012)	" It's a textbook example of a blockbuster sequel that was made purely for financial, rather than creative reasons." — Television Without Pity Posted Mar 30, 2012
29%	Musical Chairs (2012)	" It's a square genre picture that's just unassuming enough to be moderately diverting." — Television Without Pity Posted Mar 23, 2012
25%	The Trouble with Bliss (2012)	" The trouble with Bliss isn't that he's lazy... it's that he's boring." — Television Without Pity Posted Mar 23, 2012
84%	The Raid: Redemption (2012)	" The Raid: Redemption is a film of modest ambitions, but it does accomplish what it sets out to do: leave the audience as exhausted and exhilarated as the combatants onscreen." — Television Without Pity Posted Mar 23, 2012
84%	The Hunger Games (2012)	" So yes, Lawrence is terrific. The movie itself, unfortunately, is a disappointment." — Television Without Pity Posted Mar 22, 2012
39%	The FP (2012)	" You'll have more fun hosting your own Dance Dance Revolution battles than watching The FP." — Television Without Pity Posted Mar 16, 2012
24%	Seeking Justice (2012)	" A bland revenge thriller with the Cage's blandest star turn since he sleepwalked through Bangkok Dangerous." — Television Without Pity Posted Mar 16, 2012
77%	Jeff, Who Lives at Home (2012)	" Midway through, the Duplass's begin to lose their nerve and make a hard left turn away from the darker road Jeff and Pat seem to be traveling down." — Television Without Pity Posted Mar 16, 2012
44%	Casa de mi padre (2012)	" Maybe it's the language barrier, but Ferrell's mind seems elsewhere for the duration of the movie's slender, but still overlong 84-minute runtime." — Television Without Pity Posted Mar 16, 2012
85%	21 Jump Street (2012)	" Tatum is absolutely hilarious in the movie and not in the unintentional way his stiff performances in romantic dramas like The Vow turn out to be." — Television Without Pity Posted Mar 16, 2012
86%	Shakespeare High (2012)	" It never hurts to be reminded how fun and important the theater arts are to a young person's education." — Television Without Pity Posted Mar 9, 2012
85%	The Snowtown Murders (2012)	" Observing the character's regular and repeated acts of cruelty becomes numbing after awhile. " — Television Without Pity Posted Mar 9, 2012
50%	Good for Nothing (2012)	" The background scenery is frequently more interesting than what's going on in the foreground. " — Television Without Pity Posted Mar 9, 2012
67%	Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2012)	" The central romance is so flat and the movie's tone is so aggressively (and obnoxiously) precious, the whole thing feels like a particularly dull fishing trip that just won't end." — Television Without Pity Posted Mar 9, 2012
63%	Friends With Kids (2012)	" Fans of Parks and Recreation and Party Down will enjoy watching [Adam] Scott build on his comic persona from those two shows." — Television Without Pity Posted Mar 9, 2012
42%	Silent House (2012)	" From the eerie opening scenes, the film had me completely in its grip -- at least until the last five minutes, when the whole thing falls apart." — Television Without Pity Posted Mar 9, 2012
52%	John Carter (2012)	" While John Carter never completely solves its numerous problems...it does provide several sequences of rousing sci-fi spectacle." — Television Without Pity Posted Mar 9, 2012
91%	Footnote (2012)	" A father-son drama is given a healthy dose of Jewish humor in this Oscar-nominated Israeli film." — Film Journal International Posted Mar 6, 2012
55%	Being Flynn (2012)	" I'd say that De Niro acts Dano off the screen, but that would require Dano to establish some sort of presence first." — Television Without Pity Posted Mar 2, 2012
56%	The Lorax (2012)	" The movie retains [the book's central] idea, but it comes perilously close to being drowned out by aggressively broad physical comedy, unnecessary action set-pieces and obnoxious characterizations." — Television Without Pity Posted Mar 2, 2012
25%	Act of Valor (2012)	" Act of Valor may accurately present how modern warfare is fought, but doesn't even begin to scratch the surface of why." — Television Without Pity Posted Feb 24, 2012
83%	Bullhead (2012)	" Despite a compelling lead performance, this Belgian Foreign-Language Oscar contender is something of a tedious slog." — Film Journal International Posted Feb 21, 2012
25%	This Means War (2012)	" Insipid, mindless and executed with all the style and panache of a detergent ad." — Television Without Pity Posted Feb 14, 2012
54%	Safe House (2012)	" As with most imitations, Safe House pales in comparison to the real thing." — Television Without Pity Posted Feb 10, 2012
86%	2012 Oscar Shorts: Live Action & Animated ()	" The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore [was]hands down the best short I saw in any of the three categories. " — Television Without Pity Posted Feb 10, 2012
65%	The Woman in Black (2012)	" Radcliffe basically seems to be playing second fiddle to the production design half the time. " — Television Without Pity Posted Feb 3, 2012
85%	Chronicle (2012)	" A clever, entertaining spin on the typical superhero origin story." — Television Without Pity Posted Feb 3, 2012
55%	Albert Nobbs (2012)	" The passion the star has for the material doesn't come across onscreen." — Television Without Pity Posted Jan 29, 2012

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