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Agrees with the Tomatometer 82% of the time.

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2.0/5.0	51%	Safe House (2012)	" It's cinematic fast food - relatively streamlined but also not difficult to make for anyone involved, generally bad for you, and totally forgettable. It's all so, well, "Safe."" — HollywoodChicago.com Posted Feb 9, 2012
3.5/5.0	——	Father's Day (2012)	" I'd take it over many of the high-profile attempts at grindhouse horror and it's even more remarkable when one considers that the legendary company gave Astron-6 $10,000 to make it. I'm slightly terrified to think of what they could do with $10 million. " — HollywoodChicago.com Posted Feb 9, 2012
4.0/5.0	80%	2012 Oscar Shorts: Live Action & Animated ()	" There are stand-outs in both programs including a new short by Pixar (that will play in front of Brave this summer) and a stellar drama starring Ciaran Hinds from director Terry George." — HollywoodChicago.com Posted Feb 9, 2012
4.5/5.0	82%	Oscar Nominated Live Action Shorts (2012)	" There are stand-outs in both programs including a new short by Pixar (that will play in front of Brave this summer) and a stellar drama starring Ciaran Hinds from director Terry George." — The Deadbolt Posted Feb 9, 2012
3.5/5.0	83%	Oscar Nominated Animation Shorts (2012)	" There are stand-outs in both programs including a new short by Pixar (that will play in front of Brave this summer) and a stellar drama starring Ciaran Hinds from director Terry George. " — HollywoodChicago.com Posted Feb 9, 2012
3.5/5.0	64%	The Woman in Black (2012)	" There are some overdone elements and the script could have been a bit stronger, but the movie works on its own terms, sending a chill up your spine in effective ways. " — HollywoodChicago.com Posted Feb 2, 2012
4.5/5.0	76%	The Innkeepers (2012)	" One of the most effective horror movies of the last several years, a true gem of the genre that reminds a scary movie junkie like myself why I fell in love with them in the first place. " — HollywoodChicago.com Posted Feb 2, 2012
3.5/5.0	53%	Albert Nobbs (2012)	" There's a deep, deep well of sadness in Albert's eyes (and it's the ability to convey that life-long melancholy that has earned Glenn Close critical acclaim and an Oscar nomination)." — HollywoodChicago.com Posted Jan 27, 2012
4.0/5.0	96%	Tomboy (2011)	" The film's greatest accomplishment is writer/director Celine Sciamma's stunning ability to draw natural, believable performances from her adolescent cast, who never hit a false note in this moving film." — HollywoodChicago.com Posted Jan 26, 2012
4.0/5.0	77%	The Grey (2012)	" Relentlessly bleak, The Grey is a remarkable accomplishment in sustained dread. " — HollywoodChicago.com Posted Jan 26, 2012
1.5/5.0	29%	Underworld Awakening (2012)	" It's not awful enough to be considered truly dreadful but it's just shockingly asleep for a movie subtitled "Awakening." " — HollywoodChicago.com Posted Jan 20, 2012
4.0/5.0	80%	Haywire (2012)	" Yet-another tightly-directed, expertly-made work from a director who seems to know no other way." — HollywoodChicago.com Posted Jan 19, 2012
3.5/5.0	72%	Carnage (2011)	" Given the Oscar pedigree of the people who made it, one can't be blamed for expecting a bit more from it, but there's definite value here, particularly in a pair of great performances." — HollywoodChicago.com Posted Jan 13, 2012
3.5/5.0	63%	We Bought a Zoo (2011)	" Cameron Crowe's "We Bought a Zoo" is an undeniably manipulative crowd-pleaser but there's something about being manipulated in such an expert manner that makes the tugging on the heartstrings easier to take." — HollywoodChicago.com Posted Dec 22, 2011
2.5/5.0	75%	The Adventures of Tintin (2011)	" Hardcore fans of the series may be satisfied and the film has been a juggernaut overseas where the source material is more popular, but I guess something is just lost in translation for this critic." — HollywoodChicago.com Posted Dec 20, 2011
3.5/5.0	77%	A Dangerous Method (2011)	" Easily the masterful director's most straightforward work in some time (possibly ever), this is a worthwhile piece that nonetheless disappoints in the context of the rest of his filmography." — HollywoodChicago.com Posted Dec 16, 2011
4.0/5.0	93%	Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol (2011)	" Proving there is a way to make a big budget franchise installment that feels vibrant, alive, and like more than just a pathetic retread of what has come before, Ghost Protocol delivers with breakneck pace and stellar action choreography. " — HollywoodChicago.com Posted Dec 15, 2011
5.0/5.0	87%	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)	" Every decision made here, from how the novel was refined to the controversial casting of Rooney Mara to one of the best technical teams of the year was the right one." — HollywoodChicago.com Posted Dec 14, 2011
2.5/5.0	22%	The Sitter (2011)	" Jonah Hill brings the piece enough of his stellar comic timing to make the comedy a decent one to catch on cable on a rainy day, but can't save a film that needed a few more rewrites and at least one more trip to the editing bay." — HollywoodChicago.com Posted Dec 9, 2011
1.0/5.0	8%	New Year's Eve (2011)	" So garish and manipulative that it doesn't really qualify as a film -- it's a product, no more an actual movie than a Hallmark card is a piece of poetry." — HollywoodChicago.com Posted Dec 9, 2011
5.0/5.0	80%	Shame (2011)	" A daring examination of isolation and addiction with the best performance of the year courtesy of Michael Fassbender and one that nearly matches it from the always-stellar Carey Mulligan." — HollywoodChicago.com Posted Dec 1, 2011
2.5/5.0	47%	The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch (2011)	" Far from a complete disaster, but forgettable in nearly every way." — HollywoodChicago.com Posted Nov 23, 2011
3.5/5.0	94%	Hugo (2011)	" In the film, the title character finds a broken-down automaton, a robot that he works to fix with his father. Hugo the film is not unlike that automaton - stunningly made but hollow and expressionless." — HollywoodChicago.com Posted Nov 23, 2011
4.5/5.0	97%	The Muppets (2011)	" Segel not only does the legacy of Henson's creation proud with The Muppets, he's delivered one of the best family films of the last decade and arguably the funniest film of 2011." — HollywoodChicago.com Posted Nov 22, 2011
5.0/5.0	89%	Into The Abyss (2011)	" Easily one of the best documentaries of the year, this riveting, haunting piece of work fits perfectly into Herzog's resume as one of our most important living filmmakers." — HollywoodChicago.com Posted Nov 11, 2011
1.0/5.0	17%	The Double (2011)	" With nothing resembling a character worth rooting for, the fact that the plot of The Double just gets sillier and sillier makes it one of the most annoying films of the year." — HollywoodChicago.com Posted Nov 4, 2011
2.0/5.0	18%	The Son of No One (2011)	" It's messy when it needs to be engaging; choppy when it needs to draw us in." — HollywoodChicago.com Posted Nov 4, 2011
3.5/5.0	69%	A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas (2011)	" It's one of those comedies in which if one joke falls flat for you, it's mere seconds before the writers are trying something different. Every time the film threatens to collapse, the sheer manic nature of the piece saves it." — HollywoodChicago.com Posted Nov 4, 2011
1.0/5.0	47%	Anonymous (2011)	" There's absolutely nothing pleasurable about this self-serious and remarkably stupid drama." — HollywoodChicago.com Posted Oct 28, 2011
1.5/5.0	37%	In Time (2011)	" With some of the cheesiest, surface-level dialogue of the year, a complete lack of chemistry between the leads, and some of the choppiest action editing of the year, In Time is a near disaster." — HollywoodChicago.com Posted Oct 28, 2011
2.0/5.0	25%	The Three Musketeers (2011)	" Most of the time, The Three Musketeers is merely what kids tasked to read the book by their most-hated teacher would assume it would be - boring. I never thought I'd say it but I wish Anderson had just made another Resident Evil movie." — HollywoodChicago.com Posted Oct 21, 2011
2.0/5.0	33%	Texas Killing Fields (2011)	" A procedural without structure. It's a mood piece with no definable mood. It's a thriller without clear villains or even threats." — HollywoodChicago.com Posted Oct 21, 2011
3.5/5.0	66%	Shut Up Little Man! (2011)	" What starts as a clever comedy piece about the popularity of the actual recordings becomes something more poignant when director Matthew Bate starts asking questions about privacy and unwanted celebrity." — HollywoodChicago.com Posted Oct 14, 2011
	50%	Sleeping Beauty (2011)	" Isn't a perfect film and I wish it was directed by a filmmaker who could have brought it a bit more personality (it's surprisingly sterile), but it will provide ample food for thought and discussion after you see it." — HollywoodChicago.com Posted Oct 14, 2011
5.0/5.0	90%	The Descendants (2011)	" A stunning tightrope act of comedy, sentimentality, drama, and the character definition that can only come from a man who has spent his life observing the complexity of the human race." — HollywoodChicago.com Posted Oct 14, 2011
	97%	The Artist (2011)	" Consistently inventive, heartfelt, and mesmerizing, The Artist reminds one of the visual power of the medium. It's always been about the moving picture and The Artist is an amazing love letter to cinema, old and new." — HollywoodChicago.com Posted Oct 14, 2011
1.0/5.0	21%	Fireflies in the Garden (2011)	" This stale drama is finally getting a limited release and will prove just how limited it is to the poor saps who pay to see it." — HollywoodChicago.com Posted Oct 14, 2011
1.0/5.0	10%	Trespass (2011)	" An overheated mess, a thriller with no thrills that allows everyone involved to play up their worst tendencies." — HollywoodChicago.com Posted Oct 14, 2011
3.5/5.0	75%	The Woman (2011)	" This is daring, dark material that approaches satire in its exploration of the hideous underbelly of America. It's American Beauty meets Hostel...and I mean that as a compliment." — HollywoodChicago.com Posted Oct 13, 2011
	80%	We Need to Talk About Kevin (2012)	" As mentioned, I think the film is flawed but it must make a piece like this one simply because you won't see many better performances than Swinton's, not just at this year's fest, but anywhere in 2011." — HollywoodChicago.com Posted Oct 10, 2011
	93%	Snowtown (2012)	" It's incredibly well-made and memorable, although not for everyone." — HollywoodChicago.com Posted Oct 10, 2011
	84%	My Week with Marilyn (2011)	" My Week With Marilyn may be flawed but it is so in enjoyable ways. Even if it's disappointingly thin, Williams and Branagh keep it always interesting and never boring. " — HollywoodChicago.com Posted Oct 10, 2011
	93%	Coriolanus (2011)	" Although I have some issues with the film that I'll get into more with a full-length review, it's well-worth seeing just for what Redgrave does with only a few scenes. She's amazing. Again." — HollywoodChicago.com Posted Oct 10, 2011
2.5/5.0	53%	Puncture (2011)	" Even with a very-good lead performance, isn't memorable enough to recommend." — HollywoodChicago.com Posted Oct 7, 2011
4.0/5.0	85%	Tucker & Dale vs Evil (2011)	" Clever horror/comedy hybrid of the kind that Sam Raimi used to make and that so many have tried to produce in recent years but have fallen remarkably flat. There's nothing flat about this clever genre flick. For the right audience, it's pretty great." — HollywoodChicago.com Posted Oct 7, 2011
3.0/5.0	85%	The Ides of March (2011)	" Barely works due to the sheer force of talent brought to it by the ensemble but it's not even close to the landslide victory that it should have been." — HollywoodChicago.com Posted Oct 7, 2011
	85%	King of Devil's Island (2011)	" An old-fashioned drama about the will of good young men triumphing over the weakness of evil old ones. We've seen it before, but when it's done this well that doesn't seem to matter." — The Deadbolt Posted Oct 6, 2011
	89%	Miss Bala (2012)	" It's a film that becomes almost numbing in its tone but it's incredibly well-made and performed." — HollywoodChicago.com Posted Oct 6, 2011
	74%	Like Crazy (2011)	" A fresh take on the potentially-doomed romance with a breakthrough performance from the lovely Felicity Jones and yet another strong turn from Anton Yelchin." — HollywoodChicago.com Posted Oct 6, 2011

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