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Andrew Howe

Andrew Howe

""If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing" - Anatole France"

Agrees with the Tomatometer 74% of the time.

Biography:
The sordid details - born 3/6/68, currently living in Sydney, Australia. I wrote film reviews for my friends for a number of years (which is probably why I have so few friends left …), until the rise of the Internet gave me the chance to inflict my ramblings on the world at large. I am the Assistant Editor and co-founder of Film Written, a labour of love which I embarked upon with my good friend Jaime Christley in October 1999.Everything else which needs to be said is contained in my mission statement for the site, so I think I'll just reproduce it below and leave you in peace. "Whenever someone asks me what I look for in a film review, several words spring to mind. There's flexibility, meaning simply that the reviewer doesn't think that the last great film was released in 1939, or that any film embraced by the public at large must, by definition, be mass market trash. Entertainment is high on the list, since I gave up reading dry, in-depth critical analyses the day I graduated from university. But most of all I want *passion*, to know that this person truly loves movies and writes about them because they want to share the fire with the world at large. I like to think that you will find all of these things on this site, and maybe a few more besides. I'm writing for everyone who ever felt a little of the magic, and if I break that promise I'm sure you'll let me know. But in closing I will say this - sometimes you'll be tapping your feet in time, and other times you may feel the need to put me in my place, but I'll be doing my damnedest to make sure you'll never be bored. Of all the things that'll kill you, that's definitely the slowest and most painful."
Favorites:
Braveheart The Shawshank Redemption The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Rushmore Glory
Publications:
eFilmCritic.com , Film Written Magazine
Total Reviews:
174
Location:
Sydney, Australia

Worst Reviewed Films

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1/4 18% Long Time Dead (2003) " Long Time Dead? Not nearly long enough." — eFilmCritic.com
Posted Apr 17, 2002
1/4 15% D-Tox (Eye See You) (2002) " A profoundly stupid affair, populating its hackneyed and meanspirited storyline with cardboard characters and performers who value cash above credibility." — eFilmCritic.com
Posted Jan 25, 2002
1/4 39% Hannibal (2001) " A loathsome, indefensible work." — eFilmCritic.com
Posted Apr 2, 2001
1.5/4 11% The Ladies Man (2000) " Reminds us why creative bankruptcy should be a capital offence." — eFilmCritic.com
Posted Jul 26, 2001
1.5/4 19% Lara Croft - Tomb Raider (2001) " An emaciated excuse for entertainment." — eFilmCritic.com
Posted Jun 23, 2001
1.5/4 14% Johnny Mnemonic (1995) " I say this without qualification - Johnny Mnemonic is a bad movie." — eFilmCritic.com
Posted Apr 2, 2001
1.5/4 52% The Lost World - Jurassic Park (1997) " A cheerless, heartless monstrosity." — Film Written Magazine
Posted Apr 2, 2001
1.5/4 21% Urban Legend (1998) " A deeply stupid film." — Film Written Magazine
Posted Apr 2, 2001
1.5/4 14% Red Planet (2000) " Nobody who hasn't spent time in an asylum could have believed that this film was ever going to amount to anything." — eFilmCritic.com
Posted Apr 2, 2001
1.5/4 25% Mission To Mars (2000) " Avoid at all costs." — Film Written Magazine
Posted Apr 2, 2001
1.5/4 27% Hollow Man (2000) " An effects-laden exercise in mediocrity." — eFilmCritic.com
Posted Apr 2, 2001
1.5/4 —— Mundo Grua (Crane World) (1999) " An excruciating exercise in monotony." — Film Written Magazine
Posted Apr 2, 2001
2/4 54% The Transporter (2002) " Serves up tiresome characters, a reheated narrative and emasculated action sequences." — eFilmCritic.com
Posted Oct 12, 2002
2/4 34% Mean Machine (2002) " The scriptwriters are no less a menace to society than the film's characters." — eFilmCritic.com
Posted Mar 29, 2002
2/4 71% Made (2001) " The script's mildly diverting excursions into low-level drama and sporadically amusing set pieces aren't enough to justify the price of a ticket." — eFilmCritic.com
Posted Mar 16, 2002
2/4 58% Serendipity (2001) " A sugary slab of wish-fulfilment that will have most viewers reaching for the insulin." — eFilmCritic.com
Posted Dec 23, 2001
2/4 37% Behind Enemy Lines (2001) " This tiresome, half-baked game of cat and mouse is another case of too much formula, too little talent." — eFilmCritic.com
Posted Dec 12, 2001
2/4 52% The Last Castle (2001) " A career-ending missive from two seriously disturbed individuals." — eFilmCritic.com
Posted Nov 20, 2001
2/4 54% Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) " If Dogma and Chasing Amy were incisive comedies that breathed life into a stagnating genre, then Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is Kevin Smith's suicide note." — eFilmCritic.com
Posted Nov 18, 2001
2/4 —— Let's Get Skase () " The pedestrian script never rises above its one-note concept." — eFilmCritic.com
Posted Oct 31, 2001
2/4 24% Don't Say a Word (2001) " Features inexplicable actions, dubious coincidences, and characters you'd happily murder yourself given half a chance." — eFilmCritic.com
Posted Oct 29, 2001
2/4 52% Rush Hour 2 (2001) " Gives mindless entertainment a bad name." — eFilmCritic.com
Posted Oct 15, 2001
2/4 49% Jurassic Park III (2001) " Every aspect of its production reeks of cynicism" — eFilmCritic.com
Posted Sep 17, 2001
2/4 —— He Died With A Felafel In His Hand (2001) " Lowenstein's misplaced faith in his own scriptwriting abilities results in an overblown, sprawling mess." — eFilmCritic.com
Posted Sep 6, 2001
2/4 29% Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001) " A major motion picture event trying to break free." — eFilmCritic.com
Posted Aug 26, 2001
2/4 45% Planet of the Apes (2001) " The kind of two-finger salute you expect from the creators of Tomb Raider, not Broyles Jr. and Burton." — eFilmCritic.com
Posted Aug 5, 2001
2/4 90% Divided We Fall (2001) " A film which has little to say, and even less idea of the most appropriate way to say it." — eFilmCritic.com
Posted Jun 23, 2001
2/4 47% Better Than Sex (2001) " Bland, tiresome and flat" — eFilmCritic.com
Posted Apr 26, 2001
2/4 87% Swingers (1996) " Promises more than it delivers." — Film Written Magazine
Posted Apr 17, 2001
2/4 53% The Faculty (1998) " A decidedly average film with flashes of inspiration." — Film Written Magazine
Posted Apr 17, 2001
2/4 72% Rob Roy (1995) " You know you're in whole mess of trouble when the villains turn out to be more interesting than the hero." — eFilmCritic.com
Posted Apr 2, 2001
2/4 73% Snatch (2001) " Snatch jettisons everything which was admirable about Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels." — eFilmCritic.com
Posted Apr 2, 2001
2/4 41% The 6th Day (2000) " Packed with enervating action sequences and inexplicable scripting decisions." — eFilmCritic.com
Posted Apr 2, 2001
2/4 84% Ratcatcher (1999) " Ramsay seems intent on jettisoning anything which might arouse the slightest interest." — Film Written Magazine
Posted Apr 2, 2001
2/4 57% Mission: Impossible 2 (2000) " How the mighty have fallen." — Film Written Magazine
Posted Apr 2, 2001
2/4 84% Meet the Parents (2000) " The sight-gags and verbal repartee hinge upon uninspired, lowest-common-denominator hijinks." — eFilmCritic.com
Posted Apr 2, 2001
2/4 51% The World Is Not Enough (1999) " Mind-numbing, formulaic twaddle." — eFilmCritic.com
Posted Apr 2, 2001
2/4 64% Train de Vie (Train of Life) (1999) " The marketers would have you believe that Train of Life is a touching, thought-provoking masterpiece. For sixty seconds it's exactly that." — eFilmCritic.com
Posted Apr 2, 2001
2/4 33% The 13th Warrior (1999) " Mediocrity should never be encouraged." — eFilmCritic.com
Posted Apr 2, 2001
2/4 83% The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) " A sub-Hitchcockian runaround." — Film Written Magazine
Posted Apr 2, 2001
2/4 67% Stir of Echoes (1999) " Another object lesson in ineptitude." — eFilmCritic.com
Posted Apr 2, 2001
2/4 67% Sleepy Hollow (1999) " As heroic failures go, it's up there with the best." — Film Written Magazine
Posted Apr 2, 2001
2/4 37% Ravenous (1999) " If you take it with a truckload of salt you may just find something of merit." — eFilmCritic.com
Posted Apr 2, 2001
2/4 11% End of Days (1999) " An effort which will join True Lies and Raw Deal in the dustbin of Schwarzenegger history." — Film Written Magazine
Posted Apr 1, 2001
2/4 87% The Blair Witch Project (1999) " See it, enjoy it, forget it." — Film Written Magazine
Posted Apr 1, 2001
2/4 68% Analyze This (1999) " An empty, soulless film." — eFilmCritic.com
Posted Apr 1, 2001
2/4 40% Proof of Life (2000) " A well-acted disappointment." — Film Written Magazine
Posted Mar 29, 2001
2.5/4 —— Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang) (2001) " An unusual concoction, washing down elements of Rain Man and The Mechanic with a healthy dose of independent-filmmaker swagger." — eFilmCritic.com
Posted Oct 30, 2002
2.5/4 —— Australian Rules () " A worthwhile addition to an area of Australian cinema that's long overdue for expansion." — eFilmCritic.com
Posted Aug 9, 2002
2.5/4 67% The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001) " Anyone who lasts the distance will be treated to some truly absurd sequences." — eFilmCritic.com
Posted Jul 31, 2002
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