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Norm Schrager

Agrees with the Tomatometer 76% of the time.

Publications:
24 Frames Per Second , Filmcritic.com , Meet In The Lobby
Total Reviews:
245
Total QuickRatings:
2

Best Reviewed Films

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5/5 90% The Oath (2010) " that rare breed of documentary, a film so exquisitely told you don't want it to end. " — Filmcritic.com
Posted May 6, 2010
5/5 98% Blindsight (2006) " If anyone tried to tell you a story about this climb and these kids, Blindsight is exactly what you'd think it should look like." — Filmcritic.com
Posted Mar 21, 2008
4.5/5 80% We Need to Talk About Kevin (2012) " ... impressively designed, narratively complex and simply scary. And it's the best film to be released in 2011." — Meet In The Lobby
Posted Jan 26, 2012
4.5/5 97% The Artist (2011) " ... warm cinema surprises and a seemingly endless creative energy that's easy to fall for." — Meet In The Lobby
Posted Dec 21, 2011
4.5/5 76% The Other F Word (2011) " Whoa, what's this? A punk rock documentary tearjerker? " — Filmcritic.com
Posted Nov 3, 2011
4.5/5 72% Bellflower (2011) " It's impossible not to get caught up in a movie made with such brash boldness and brass balls." — Meet In The Lobby
Posted Oct 8, 2011
4.5/5 87% Bobby Fischer Against The World (2011) " When Garbus begins to document the post-disappearance Fischer years, it becomes clear that her film will stand as one of the quintessential Bobby Fischer records." — Meet In The Lobby
Posted Jul 31, 2011
4.5/5 92% Dogtooth (Kynodontas) (2010) " ... remarkably creative and strangely entertaining. " — Meet In The Lobby
Posted Feb 19, 2011
4.5/5 72% Enter the Void (Soudain le vide) (2010) " ... aggressive (some would say gratuitous) filmmaking ... pushing, prying and pissing off with what can simply be defined as a true cinematic experience." — Meet In The Lobby
Posted Nov 13, 2010
4.5/5 82% Cairo Time (2010) " ... Clarkson lives and breathes the Cairo experience from an American woman's eyes, in a performance that gracefully transcends story and setting. " — Meet In The Lobby
Posted Nov 10, 2010
4.5/5 96% The Social Network (2010) " Fincher and Sorkin give us no winners and losers ... a refreshing change from dumb-it-down fare. " — Meet In The Lobby
Posted Oct 7, 2010
4.5/5 95% Best Worst Movie (2010) " Even if fame is fleeting for guys like George Hardy, Best Worst Movie shows us that, like lightning, it might strike twice. " — Filmcritic.com
Posted Apr 15, 2010
4.5/5 69% Shutter Island (2010) " ... a carefully orchestrated masterwork." — Meet In The Lobby
Posted Feb 22, 2010
4.5/5 61% Brothers (2009) " powerful and damning." — Filmcritic.com
Posted Dec 3, 2009
4.5/5 84% Nights and Weekends (2008) " I can't recall a film with as much character insight as this one; not necessarily character development, but insight." — Filmcritic.com
Posted Oct 8, 2008
4.5/5 87% Jesus Camp (2006) " will be viewed as a modern classic in the decades to come." — Filmcritic.com
Posted Jan 28, 2007
4.5/5 79% Chalk (2007) " Led by a likable cast, Chalk toes the line between memorable character study and flat-out ensemble satire." — Filmcritic.com
Posted Dec 30, 2006
4.5/5 81% Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005) " that rare first-time gem that does everything remarkably well" — Filmcritic.com
Posted May 3, 2005
4.5/5 96% Bowling for Columbine (2002) " Moore's combination of horror and levity is sharp, uncomfortable, and evocative." — Filmcritic.com
Posted Oct 11, 2002
4.5/5 91% Y Tu Mamá También (2001) " There are coming-of-age movies out there nearly all the time, but very few with the heart and wild sexual soul of this one." — Filmcritic.com
Posted Mar 8, 2002
4.5/5 88% Exorcist: The Version You've Never Seen (2000) " Nothing short of a taut, American classic." — Filmcritic.com
Posted Jan 1, 2000
4.5/5 64% The Yards (2000) " Gray adds the kind of design and style that make The Yards his own, and casts Mark Wahlberg in an increasingly more impressive light." — Filmcritic.com
Posted Jan 1, 2000
4/5 60% Scalene (2012) " an unflinching, character-driven drama" — Filmcritic.com
Posted Feb 9, 2012
4/5 85% A Better Life (2011) " Weitz creates an effective, surprisingly artistic heart-tugger ..." — Meet In The Lobby
Posted Nov 11, 2011
4/5 78% Melancholia (2011) " Classic von Trier: handheld camerawork, hand-wringing emotion, and the heavy feeling that everything within the very proper setting is a big, disastrous mess." — Meet In The Lobby
Posted Nov 11, 2011
4/5 94% Win Win (2011) " ... insightful look at the idea of friendship, delivered by an enviable collection of poignant performances." — Meet In The Lobby
Posted Oct 1, 2011
4/5 47% The Bang Bang Club (2011) " Silver's recreation of actual events has an almost tangible energy that recalls Paul Greengrass's work." — Filmcritic.com
Posted May 8, 2011
4/5 87% Mad Bastards () " lives in a heartbreaking place of real people and their real-life hopes." — Filmcritic.com
Posted Feb 10, 2011
4/5 96% True Grit (2010) " An old-time, classically told Cowboy Movie, and a darned good one. " — Filmcritic.com
Posted Dec 21, 2010
4/5 97% Cell 211 (Celda 211) (2009) " not your average jailbreak genre movie" — Filmcritic.com
Posted Oct 14, 2010
4/5 86% Inception (2010) " ... a bold brain-bender that may stand up as the ultimate thinking man's Hollywood blockbuster." — Meet In The Lobby
Posted Jul 20, 2010
4/5 91% Winnebago Man (2010) " turns from a simple idea into a complex look at cultural iconography and public perception" — Filmcritic.com
Posted Jul 8, 2010
4/5 99% Toy Story 3 (2010) " ... the richest, most overwhelming world ever seen in an animated movie." — Meet In The Lobby
Posted Jun 23, 2010
4/5 84% The Good, the Bad, and the Weird (2010) " Imagine if Terry Gilliam decided to make a spaghetti western by substituting some Asian noodles and leftover beats from Quentin Tarantino and Takashi Miike" — Filmcritic.com
Posted Apr 9, 2010
4/5 73% Children Of Invention (2010) " keeps the danger and sadness at bay, instead giving us two fairly developed kid characters" — Filmcritic.com
Posted Mar 18, 2010
4/5 79% Politist, adj. (Police, Adjective) (2009) " Award voters usually slobber over performances that demand tears and loads of external turmoil; a performance like Bucur's is the opposite, almost universally overlooked, yet remarkably consistent." — Meet In The Lobby
Posted Feb 7, 2010
4/5 60% Frozen (2010) " The brain is far more afraid of the possible than the impossible, and Green knows this" — Filmcritic.com
Posted Feb 4, 2010
4/5 90% The Messenger (2009) " It's that fear of the unknown that Moverman (co-writer of I'm Not There and Jesus' Son) captures with urgency and tension." — Meet In The Lobby
Posted Dec 21, 2009
4/5 98% Up (2009) " Meaningful, sweet and sympathetic to two age groups that too often get overlooked." — Meet In The Lobby
Posted Dec 20, 2009
4/5 78% Humpday (2009) " engaging conversation that drills into the male psyche%u2014without the heavy psychological edge or goofball antics a Hollywood film might provide." — Meet In The Lobby
Posted Dec 20, 2009
4/5 67% Grace (2009) " you may never look at a baby sound monitor the same way." — Filmcritic.com
Posted Sep 21, 2009
4/5 79% Chasing a Dream (Miles from Nowhere) (2009) " an artistic celebration of sorts -- with the emotional pain that can come with dedication, and maybe a little madness." — Filmcritic.com
Posted Jun 10, 2009
4/5 83% Pontypool (2009) " a frightening little Canadian chiller" — Filmcritic.com
Posted May 28, 2009
4/5 82% Two Lovers (2008) " hardcore drama, with desire at its center" — Filmcritic.com
Posted Feb 12, 2009
4/5 83% The Year My Parents Went on Vacation (2006) " a skillful combination of humor, sadness, and tension" — Filmcritic.com
Posted Jul 25, 2008
4/5 100% Crawford (2008) " shows a skilled hand at documentary filmmaking, entertaining above all" — Filmcritic.com
Posted Jul 6, 2008
4/5 96% Bigger, Stronger, Faster* (2008) " impressive flexibility and continuity, and there's rarely an uneven moment." — Meet In The Lobby
Posted Jun 10, 2008
4/5 97% Dave (1993) Meet In The Lobby
Posted Mar 21, 2008
4/5 83% The Dragon Painter (1919) " Important not only artistically, but for its meaning to Asian-Americans in the early 20th Century." — Meet In The Lobby
Posted Mar 21, 2008
4/5 100% I Am Cuba (Soy Cuba) (1995) " a chest-thumping source of pride for the Soviet government, full of inciting imagery, enormous filmmaking prowess and the flavor of revolution" — Filmcritic.com
Posted Nov 20, 2007
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