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Amber Wilkinson

Agrees with the Tomatometer 79% of the time.

Publications:: Eye for Film , iofilm.co.uk
Critics' Group:: Online Film Critics Society

Total Reviews:: 705
Total QuickRatings:: 1

Location:: Edinburgh

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Rating	T-Meter	Title \| Year	Add Date
5/5	98%	Mud (2013)	" By setting the action within a quasi-mythic framework Nichols is able to draw us into his big adventure and help us to rediscover the whispers of youth." — Eye for Film Posted May 7, 2013
4.5/5	——	Gore Vidal: The United States Of Amnesia ()	" Wrathall's considered, thorough and thoroughly entertaining film gives not just a sense of the man but also the importance to the world of iconoclasts like him." — Eye for Film Posted May 6, 2013
1.5/5	——	Frankenstein's Army (2013)	" Like the monster evoked by the film's title, everything feels tacked together." — Eye for Film Posted May 5, 2013
3.5/5	33%	Deadfall (2012)	" For all that Dean's exploration of dysfunctional families punches squarely on the nose, Ruzowitzky bobs and weaves around the cliches in ways that lift Deadfall above many of its genre contemporaries." — Eye for Film Posted May 5, 2013
3/5	——	Odayaka na nichijô (Odayaka) ()	" The film - whose cold palette drips with melancholy - is, ironically, given all those pent up emotions Uchida wants to outwardly express, best in its quieter moments." — Eye for Film Posted May 4, 2013
2.5/5	——	Oxyana ()	" While Dunne certainly succeeds in shining a sympathetic light on those who are in the grip of addiction, he seems happy to leave the root causes and possible solutions in the dark." — Eye for Film Posted May 4, 2013
2.5/5	——	Taboor ()	" The pace of the first part of Vahid Vakilifar's second feature is a problem - several early scenes feel extraneous or padded out to extend the runtime, while his obsession long takes of Escher-style staircases becomes laboured. " — Eye for Film Posted Apr 24, 2013
4/5	——	Almost Christmas ()	" Like the advent calendar Rene gives to Michi to count down the days to Christmas, the film holds a surprising number of sweet treats, despite its austere veneer. " — Eye for Film Posted Apr 24, 2013
3.5/5	——	Kiss the Water ()	" This is an impressionistic portrait, as multi-faceted and delicate as the flies which we see being created at points through the film. " — Eye for Film Posted Apr 24, 2013
4/5	100%	Blue Caprice ()	" When it comes to what ultimately drove these two men to kill, Porto and Moors are more interested in difficult questions than easy answers and their film hits its target hard." — Eye for Film Posted Mar 21, 2013
3.5/5	——	Mit Afghanistan: Livet i den forbudte zone (My Afghanistan: Life in the Forbidden Zone) ()	" Films like this are important because they reveal the real faces behind the barrage of news statistics. Faces belonging to people who have as much of a right to live out their lives in peace without fear as we do." — Eye for Film Posted Mar 19, 2013
4/5	——	In The Shadow Of The Sun ()	" Freeland captures the beauty of Tanzania and uses the landscape as a way of illustrating the isolation and loneliness suffered by those with albinism. " — Eye for Film Posted Mar 15, 2013
3.5/5	——	El Mundo Es Nuestro ()	" The pace - and subtitling - may be frantic and the comedy occasionally too broad, but there is also subtle satire underpinning the surface." — Eye for Film Posted Mar 10, 2013
4/5	87%	Arbitrage (2012)	" Financial crime can be difficult to follow and dull to relate ... But Nicholas Jarecki keeps the paper stuff straightforward and the action interesting by bolting it on to a more conventional thriller plot." — Eye for Film Posted Feb 27, 2013
4/5	100%	The Invisible War (2012)	" That the Pentagon has, since the making of this documentary, revamped its rules to try to improve things - in particular, offering immediate transfers for those who allege abuse - is testimony to the power of Dick's work. " — Eye for Film Posted Feb 24, 2013
4.5/5	92%	The Gatekeepers (2013)	" As Moreh probes the men, we, whether we agree with them or not, find ourselves drawn into their moral maze in all of its complexity." — Eye for Film Posted Feb 23, 2013
4.5/5	100%	Fire In The Blood ()	" Showing a remarkably firm hand for a first-time director, Gray skilfully guides us through a sea of statistics concerning those dying from the disease and archive footage and recollections of the time, while building a cast-iron case against Big Pharma." — Eye for Film Posted Feb 20, 2013
3.5/5	75%	Prince Avalanche (2013)	" A kind of funny/kind of sad character study that asks questions about our relationships with others and our environment. " — Eye for Film Posted Feb 18, 2013
2.5/5	67%	Stoker (2013)	" The reference to the push-me, pull-you state of adolescence - with twin forces drawing you back towards childhood and on into adulthood - is the most interesting idea in the movie but it is otherwise swamped by cliche. " — Eye for Film Posted Feb 16, 2013
3.5	88%	The Way, Way Back (2013)	" Nat Faxton and Jim Rash's directorial debut may not be breaking any new ground but this is a warm and funny tale, helped enormously by good performances and a snappy script." — Eye for Film Posted Feb 12, 2013
3/5	——	Cesar et Rosalie (1972)	" Sautet's film offers an interesting snapshot of shifting sands in the Seventies sexual revolution." — Eye for Film Posted Feb 11, 2013
4.5/5	93%	Creature Comforts (1989)	" This series is, by turns, moving and hilarious, poignant and frivolous." — Eye for Film Posted Feb 11, 2013
4/5	100%	Con Artist (2010)	" At the film's heart lies the paradox: how can a con artist be conning people if he is freely admitting that is what he is doing?" — Eye for Film Posted Feb 10, 2013
4/5	100%	Convento (2012)	" Alterman's camera languidly soaks up the landscape, lingering long enough so that we can appreciate both the beauty of the setting and the surprising dialogue created between it and Christiaan's artwork." — Eye for Film Posted Feb 10, 2013
3.5/5	——	Die Wolke (The Cloud) (2006)	" The sort of movie that would be a great jumping off point for class discussions in senior schools." — Eye for Film Posted Feb 10, 2013
3.5/5	——	Chance in a Million (2000)	" Andrew Norriss and Richard Fegen give their characters a real sense of warmth." — Eye for Film Posted Feb 10, 2013
3.5/5	——	Pactar amb el gat (2007)	" Always a cat's whisker away from cliché." — Eye for Film Posted Feb 10, 2013
4/5	91%	Caterpillar (2011)	" This Caterpillar creeps under your skin and stays there." — Eye for Film Posted Feb 9, 2013
4/5	——	The Caretaker (The Guest) (1963)	" This is a masterclass in tension and character exploration. " — Eye for Film Posted Feb 9, 2013
3.5/5	——	Camping (2006)	" While Camping isn't breaking any new ground, it ploughs the old furrows with finesse - steering clear of Carry On crassness - and never takes itself too seriously. " — Eye for Film Posted Feb 9, 2013
4/5	96%	Cameraman: The Life And Work Of Jack Cardiff (2011)	" McCall draws on Cardiff's life-long love of painting to adopt a similarly impressionistic style, brushing broad sweeps of anecdote and recollection about the cameraman on to his canvas to create a complex and emotionally engaging picture." — Eye for Film Posted Feb 9, 2013
3.5/5	——	The Bushman's Secrets (2006)	" Offers a worthwhile and troubling insight into a culture forced into decline." — Eye for Film Posted Feb 9, 2013
1.5/5	——	Buenas Noches, España ()	" Screenings of Buenas Noches Espana should come with a free dose of ibruprofen because there's a good chance you'll leave with a headache." — Eye for Film Posted Feb 9, 2013
3.5/5	83%	Ddongpari (Breathless) (2009)	" Although Yang's directorial debut is overlong and unecessarily laboured in the early section, he is genuinely bringing something fresh to the table in terms of the atmosphere he creates." — Eye for Film Posted Feb 9, 2013
3/5	——	In Fear ()	" Lovering has crafted an old-fashioned thriller for those who like to be gripped without gore and which offers enough surprise and inventiveness to suggest that he has a career beckoning beyond the confines of television." — Eye for Film Posted Feb 8, 2013
3/5	——	Blood Brother ()	" An affecting, unusual and intensely personal film, although it works more effectively on an emotional level than a fact-disseminating one." — Eye for Film Posted Feb 8, 2013
4.5/5	——	Blackfish (2013)	" Tilikum, whose last victim Dawn Brancheau died in 2010, is still performing at SeaWorld - after watching this documentary, you'll think long and hard about taking your family to see him." — Eye for Film Posted Feb 8, 2013
5/5	88%	Boy (2012)	" This is an upbeat, often hilarious, but never mawkish, celebration of love." — Eye for Film Posted Feb 7, 2013
3.5/5	——	Bonne Annee ()	" The idea of a single-take shot may suggest something static, but Berberich's camera glides through scenes, helping the viewer to not only concentrate on what is being said, but also allowing us time to consider these thoughts at a normal pace. " — Eye for Film Posted Feb 7, 2013
4/5	96%	Blancanieves (2013)	" Although much of the action is played for dark comedy, Berger undercuts his pastiche with unexpected poignancy at key moments." — Eye for Film Posted Feb 7, 2013
3.5/5	46%	Beyond The Black Rainbow (2012)	" The rich and strange debut of Panos Cosmatos throbs with style and portent, which proves a winning combination even if it is somewhat light in the narrative department. " — Eye for Film Posted Feb 6, 2013
1/5	——	Between (2008)	" Horrendously executed in every regard." — Eye for Film Posted Feb 6, 2013
3.5/5	——	Tres Días (Before the Fall) (2008)	" There is plenty of imminent danger to provide a gripping narrative." — Eye for Film Posted Feb 6, 2013
4.5/5	——	Bastardy (2008)	" Courtin-Wilson's approach is graceful, impressionistic and with the heart of a poet." — Eye for Film Posted Feb 6, 2013
3.5/5	86%	Ballroom Dancer ()	" Bonke and Keofoed have crafted a compelling portrait that asks questions about the nature and inherent dangers of competition, ambition, sacrifice and commitment both on and off the dance floor." — Eye for Film Posted Feb 6, 2013
4/5	——	Domani torno a casa (Back Home Tomorrow) (2008)	" An observational and utterly uncompromising document of the lives of two children touched by war." — Eye for Film Posted Feb 5, 2013
4.5/5	——	Badgered ()	" The more I thought about the cuddly critter after I'd watched this funny and heart warming short, the more I liked him." — Eye for Film Posted Feb 5, 2013
3/5	29%	Atletu (The Athlete) ()	" This is an ambitious and brave project which, if it doesn't quite reach the heights it might, is still a worthwhile watch and bodes well for both filmmakers in future." — Eye for Film Posted Feb 4, 2013
5/5	95%	The Arbor (2011)	" This is a fiercely intellectual piece of cinema that still manages to grab your heart and punch you in the gut." — Eye for Film Posted Feb 4, 2013

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