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Ray Bennett

Ray Bennett

Agrees with the Tomatometer 65% of the time.

Publications:
Chicago Sun-Times , Hollywood Reporter
Total Reviews:
188

Best Reviewed Films

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Rating T-Meter Title | Year Add Date
85% Kisses (2010) " Rewarding tale of two kids loose on Dublin's mean streets with outstanding performances." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Jul 19, 2010
50% South of the Border (2010) " Good-humored, illuminating and without cant." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Jun 21, 2010
62% Raavanan (Villain) (2010) " Pan-Indian saga with epic sweep, intense emotion and gorgeous images." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Jun 21, 2010
35% Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010) " A handsome, fast-paced and innocuous adventure that's easy to take but lacks epic scale." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted May 10, 2010
76% Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (2010) " It's an energetic and vivacious film that will appeal to fans of punk rock worldwide and should find its place in the pantheon of great music-film biographies." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Jan 8, 2010
21% Amelia (2009) " Top-flight portrayal of the aviator by Hilary Swank is an instant bio classic." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Oct 18, 2009
87% Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009) " Original, offbeat and rewarding cop story with Nicolas Cage in great form." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 4, 2009
93% L'Heure d'été (Summer Hours) (2009) " Evocative look at a family trying to decide what to do with its treasures." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Jun 19, 2009
85% Looking for Eric (2010) " "Looking for Eric" should connect with moviegoers who enjoy clever comic writing with a touch of fantasy plus fans of any sport that has legendary heroes. It looks set to be Loach's biggest mainstream hit." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted May 18, 2009
50% Jaffa (2009) " An absorbing and touching family drama set in the Israeli seaside town of the title." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted May 17, 2009
82% Bright Star (2009) " Australian director Jane Campion's gorgeously filmed Festival de Cannes Competition entry "Bright Star" may not be a joy forever but it will do until the next joy comes along." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted May 15, 2009
90% Fish Tank (2010) " A gripping, naturalistic, portrait of a disaffected teenager. A Striking film with vivid performances." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted May 14, 2009
85% Tyson (2009) " More a testimony for the defense than a documentary, it's a sympathetic portrait of a complex man driven by an anger that still bubbles beneath the surface." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted May 8, 2009
95% Star Trek (2009) " Paced at warp speed with spectacular action sequences rendered brilliantly and with a cast so expert that all the familiar characters are instantly identifiable, the film gives Paramount Pictures a new lease of life on its franchise." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Apr 24, 2009
71% An Englishman in New York (2009) " It deserves to be seen for another of Hurt's exquisitely observed performances." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Feb 13, 2009
82% Two Lovers (2008) " A throwback to the days when love in the movies involved the mind as well as the heart." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Feb 9, 2009
32% Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008) " All-out thriller with few Bond touches but plenty of high-octane action." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Nov 10, 2008
65% Quantum of Solace (2008) " [An] all-out thriller with few Bond touches but plenty of high-octane action." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Oct 24, 2008
34% Good (2008) " Absorbing drama about a good man who is blind to the horrors of Germany's Nazi regime." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Oct 24, 2008
69% Synecdoche, New York (2008) " The film has a deeply affecting aura of true melancholy." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Oct 18, 2008
61% Adoration (2008) " A haunting meditation on the nature of received wisdom and how it can warp individuals, damage families and even threaten society." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Oct 18, 2008
63% The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas) (2008) " Writer-director Herman handles a difficult topic with great sensitivity, drawing splendid performances from his young actors with David Thewlis and Vera Farmiga and the other grown-ups reliably efficient." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 11, 2008
54% Mamma Mia! (2008) " The most fun to be had at the movies this or any other recent summer." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Jun 30, 2008
35% The Edge of Love (2008) " The film succeeds as a deeply involving study of men and women caught up in a whirlwind beyond their control." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Jun 18, 2008
69% The Duchess of Langeais (Ne Touchez Pas La Hache)(Don't Touch the Axe) (2007) " Handsomely produced and featuring fine performances, the film will travel well to festivals and art houses where audiences respond to classy period pieces with a modern sensibility." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Feb 22, 2008
25% Filth and Wisdom (2008) " Ragged, uneven and potholed with some dire dialogue and performances, the film's cockeyed optimism and likable leads conspire to bring a smile by the time it's done." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Feb 13, 2008
93% Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) " As surprising as it is delicious with an indelible performance by new star Sally Hawkins." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Feb 13, 2008
46% Man in the Chair (2007) " A ramshackle but likeable story" — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Dec 10, 2007
83% Atonement (2007) " It ranks with the best novel adaptations of recent times." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Dec 7, 2007
44% redacted (2007) " Shocking and deeply moving film about an incident in Iraq." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Nov 16, 2007
26% Lions for Lambs (2007) " Politicians, the media, educators, military commanders and a docile public all come under fire in a well-made movie that offers no answers but raises many important questions." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Oct 24, 2007
79% Jimmy Carter Man From Plains (2007) " He [Carter] may not have been the most dynamic or effective president in recent history but in Demme's snapshot he certainly appears to be the most decent." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 10, 2007
83% It's a Free World... (2007) " [Director] Loach is in excellent form making the most of a shrewd screenplay by Paul Laverty and drawing a winning performance from newcomer Kierston Wareing as a brassy but misguided entrepreneur." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 4, 2007
—— Hotel Meina () " The film's masterful imagery, good performances and considerable tension overcome some clichéd characterization to leave a powerful and lasting impression." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 4, 2007
77% I'm Not There (2007) " Inventive and very unusual account of the life and times of Bob Dylan." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 4, 2007
50% Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007) " While the film is amusing, it is disappointing that Atkinson appears content to play it safe. It would have been fun to see him aim higher." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Aug 21, 2007
89% Aleksandra (Alexandra) (2007) " Stark but moving snapshot of men on the front line of a nation's nightmare." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted May 25, 2007
89% Auf der Anderen Seite (The Edge of Heaven) (On the Other Side) (2007) " Intricate and moving drama about life's struggles and near misses." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted May 24, 2007
93% Le Scaphandre et le Papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) (2007) " Director Julian Schnabel and screenwriter Ronald Harwood have performed a small miracle in adapting for the screen Jean-Dominique Bauby's autobiography The Diving Bell and the Butterfly." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted May 23, 2007
79% A Mighty Heart (2007) " [An] expertly fashioned documentary-style drama." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted May 21, 2007
83% Mang Shan (Blind Mountain) (2007) " Even though Chinese authorities forced the director to make many cuts before it could be shown in Cannes, the movie retains enormous political impact as well as being a moving drama." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted May 21, 2007
95% 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007) " A harrowing tale of the grim lengths to which two young women will go to end an unwelcome pregnancy in a totalitarian society that is indifferent to their fate unless it involves punishing them." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted May 17, 2007
71% 28 Weeks Later... (2007) " A smashing horror film, frightening and thrilling." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted May 9, 2007
78% I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal (2007) " Important documentary record of an extraordinary man." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Apr 23, 2007
85% 2 Days in Paris (2007) " An utterly charming comedy of sexual manners that should do very well wherever audiences appreciate savvy dialogue and smart, observational filmmaking." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Apr 2, 2007
47% A Few Days in September (Quelques jours en septembre) (2007) " Savvy thriller for conspiracy buffs with star performances by Binoche and Turturro." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 13, 2006
68% DarkBlueAlmostBlack (Azuloscurocasinegro) (Dark Blue Almost Black) (2007) " Writer/director Aravalo and a fine cast tell the story with great charm." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 13, 2006
76% Black Book (Zwartboek) (2007) " An ambitious throwback to the days of rousing all-action wartime pictures in which an intrepid loner risks everything to fight a clearly defined enemy. It succeeds on almost all fronts." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 13, 2006
63% Severance (2006) " A motley group of employees from an international weapons company find themselves hilariously at the business end of their own products in Christopher Smith's razor-sharp comedy horror film." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 13, 2006
46% Bobby (2006) " Whether or not Bobby Kennedy was the man his supporters believed him to be, the film makes a persuasive case that something important in America was silenced when he was gunned down." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 5, 2006
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