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Jeff Otto

Jeff Otto

Agrees with the Tomatometer 73% of the time.

Publications:
cinemaobsession.com , Dark Horizons , IGN Movies , IGN Movies UK , Latino Review , ReelzChannel.com
Total Reviews:
315
Total QuickRatings:
5

Best Reviewed Films

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10/10 86% Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006) ReelzChannel.com
Posted Feb 9, 2011
5/5 93% Drag Me to Hell (2009) " Does Raimi really have to go back and do another frickin' Spider-Man movie after this?" — cinemaobsession.com
Posted May 21, 2009
10/10 88% 3:10 to Yuma (2007) " Yuma is a 10 in my book, a welcome entry into the pantheon of classic westerns and a bona fide masterpiece of cinema." — ReelzChannel.com
Posted Sep 6, 2007
5/5 100% Modern Times (1936) IGN Movies
Posted Feb 7, 2005
9.25/10 93% The Departed (2006) " It's Scorsese's best film since 1990's GoodFellas. Oscar? Maybe. Classic? Definitely." — cinemaobsession.com
Posted Oct 4, 2006
9/10 69% Hollywoodland (2006) ReelzChannel.com
Posted Feb 9, 2011
9/10 90% Rescue Dawn (2007) ReelzChannel.com
Posted Feb 9, 2011
9/10 91% Crazy Heart (2009) " For my money, anything short of an Oscar for Bridges would be a sin. I'd also call it the best movie of 2009." — cinemaobsession.com
Posted Feb 9, 2010
4.5/5 78% The Hangover (2009) " Big laughs, tigers, Heather Graham breast-feeding, naked Asian man beating the boys with a tire iron, Mike Tyson singing Phil Collins%u2026 I'm trying, but I'm not finding much to dislike here." — cinemaobsession.com
Posted Jun 4, 2009
9/10 84% Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) " Personally, I can't remember the last time I laughed this hard at the movies." — ReelzChannel.com
Posted Apr 9, 2008
9/10 94% Juno (2007) " It's great to see a family on film that doesn't freak out at this all-too-common scenario. As alienated as Juno may feel, she's actually surrounded by some pretty great people in her life." — ReelzChannel.com
Posted Dec 5, 2007
9/10 75% Sunshine (2007) " Intense and enthralling...director Danny Boyle has crafted a different breed of summer thriller that delivers on all levels." — cinemaobsession.com
Posted Jul 20, 2007
9/10 82% Live Free or Die Hard (2007) " Step aside Captain Jack. Swing that web the other way, Spidey. You let us down, Silver Surfer. Yes, John McClane just kicked the $#%# out of all of ya'll. "Yippee Ki Yay Mo...!"" — cinemaobsession.com
Posted Jun 26, 2007
9/10 90% Knocked Up (2007) " Knocked Up is an ambient, funny movie more devoted to enjoying the journey of its characters' world than it is bothered with its destination." — cinemaobsession.com
Posted Jun 5, 2007
9/10 66% Black Snake Moan (2007) " Jackson's best performance in more than a decade" — ReelzChannel.com
Posted Mar 6, 2007
9/10 72% Stranger Than Fiction (2006) " Ferrell breaks the mold in this pleasantly surprising, terrific film." — ReelzChannel.com
Posted Dec 22, 2006
9/10 91% Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) " Borat is the funniest film of the year. The only ones not laughing are the ones the joke was on in the first place." — ReelzChannel.com
Posted Nov 2, 2006
4.5/5 91% Little Miss Sunshine (2006) " It's got a little bit for everyone, an easily identifiable premise that makes anyone who thought their family was the nuttiest feel a little closer to normal." — IGN Movies
Posted Jul 28, 2006
4.5/5 34% The Break-Up (2006) " A brilliantly conceived romantic comedy reversal that turns the genre on its head." — ReelzChannel.com
Posted Jun 1, 2006
4.5/5 91% United 93 (2006) " Intense, unflinching and well done." — IGN Movies
Posted Apr 27, 2006
4.5/5 73% V for Vendetta (2006) " Unlike the Matrix sequels, V is never boring and rarely as heavy-handed and meandering. It is tightly woven with a very pointed aim." — IGN Movies
Posted Mar 17, 2006
4.5/5 82% Walk the Line (2005) " A simply stellar, electric, musical biopic that joins the best ever made." — IGN Movies
Posted Nov 18, 2005
4.5/5 59% The Weather Man (2005) " A ballsy, full-out original studio film with independent spirit." — IGN Movies
Posted Nov 10, 2005
4.5/5 83% Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (2005) " An entertaining send-up of hard-boiled pulp novels and the harsh realities of Hollywood." — IGN Movies
Posted Nov 10, 2005
4.5/5 87% A History of Violence (2005) " A highly compelling, fully satisfying film." — IGN Movies
Posted Sep 23, 2005
4.5/5 55% Lords of Dogtown (2005) " A pulse-pounding, high energy, rock n' rock blast!" — IGN Movies
Posted Jun 14, 2005
4.5/5 85% Batman Begins (2005) " Smart and precisely crafted, Batman Begins is the most accessible comic film ever made." — IGN Movies
Posted Jun 14, 2005
4.5/5 46% Constantine (2005) " An achievement of both story and technique, Constantine is one of the finest comic-based films ever made." — IGN Movies
Posted Feb 15, 2005
4.5/5 90% Hotel Rwanda (2004) " There are not enough words to describe how fantastic Don Cheadle's performance is in this film." — IGN Movies
Posted Dec 21, 2004
4.5/5 92% Million Dollar Baby (2004) " A haunting and beautiful story of the human spirit." — IGN Movies
Posted Dec 14, 2004
4.5/5 48% Saw (2004) " A brilliant thriller – terrifying and relentless." — IGN Movies
Posted Nov 7, 2004
4.5/5 53% A Dirty Shame (2004) " A positively brilliant comedy." — IGN Movies
Posted Sep 24, 2004
4.5/5 91% Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut (2004) " Not necessarily better, but just a different and equally impressive take on a great film." — IGN Movies
Posted Jul 29, 2004
4.5/5 88% Metallica - Some Kind of Monster (2004) " Head-bangers and novice metalheads alike should find this bare-bones, honest, often brutal rock movie an intriguing and compelling look into the lives of rock n' roll legends." — cinemaobsession.com
Posted Jul 6, 2004
4.5/5 70% Dodgeball - A True Underdog Story (2004) " In the tradition of the greatest sports comedies of all time, Dodgeball is a blast and an instant classic." — IGN Movies
Posted Jun 17, 2004
4.5/5 60% The Terminal (2004) " Hanks' Navorsky character is compelling, we care about him, and we become interested in a situation most of us would stop at nothing to avoid." — IGN Movies
Posted Jun 17, 2004
4.5/5 93% Super Size Me (2004) " At once both hysterical and stomach turning, Morgan Spurlock's documentary about living on fast food is a poignant achievement." — IGN Movies
Posted May 7, 2004
4.5/5 80% Miracle (2004) " Director Gavin O'Connor has given us one of the greatest sports movies of all time and the best hockey movie this side of the comedic hockey masterpiece Slap Shot." — IGN Movies
Posted Apr 7, 2004
4.5/5 95% The Station Agent (2003) " Go see The Station Agent. It's one the year's best films and I sincerely hope that it is not overlooked." — IGN Movies
Posted Apr 7, 2004
4.5/5 55% American Wedding (2003) " From one funny scene to another, Wedding throws so many laughs at the audience you can barely keep up." — IGN Movies
Posted Apr 7, 2004
4.5/5 74% Dawn of the Dead (2004) " A rare remake that improves upon the original. The best horror films in years." — cinemaobsession.com
Posted Mar 29, 2004
4.5/5 93% Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004) " Charlie Kaufman and Michel Gondry's second collaboration is a mind-melting, dramatic masterpiece." — IGN Movies
Posted Mar 24, 2004
4.5/5 77% The Cooler (2003) " William H. Macy is the ultimate loser and Alec Baldwin is an old school casino boss in director Wayne Kramer's near-perfect feature debut." — IGN Movies
Posted Mar 17, 2004
4.5/5 75% House of Sand and Fog (2003) " An expertly crafted film with several of the year's top performances." — IGN Movies
Posted Jan 19, 2004
8/10 61% Bug (2006) ReelzChannel.com
Posted Feb 9, 2011
8/10 82% Into the Wild (2007) " It's a bit heavy-handed, but ultimately a rewarding watch." — ReelzChannel.com
Posted Feb 9, 2011
8/10 80% Little Children (2006) " It's not necessarily a cautionary tale, but more a look within a surface utopia that doesn't really exist." — ReelzChannel.com
Posted Feb 9, 2011
8/10 94% My Kid Could Paint That (2007) ReelzChannel.com
Posted Feb 9, 2011
8/10 16% Alexander (2004) " For the lucky few that see this without ever having viewed the first cut, they may wonder what all the criticism was about in the first place." — ReelzChannel.com
Posted Feb 9, 2011
8/10 64% Hot Tub Time Machine (2010) " Like the comedies of the decade it returns to, Hot Tub is a balls-to-the-wall Hard-R comedy complete with tasteless humor, nudity and foul language. And thank God. It's about time we put those p***ified, lame PG-13 teen comedies to bed once and for all." — cinemaobsession.com
Posted Mar 22, 2010
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