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Chris Knight

Agrees with the Tomatometer 75% of the time.

Publications:: Montreal Gazette , National Post

Total Reviews:: 176

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Rating	T-Meter	Title \| Year	Add Date
3/4	87%	ParaNorman (2012)	" Is there such a thing as a gateway drug for horror films? If so, ParaNorman might be just the ticket." — National Post Posted Oct 6, 2013
2/4	8%	Runner Runner (2013)	" This is more the fault of the lacklustre script than the actors, who do what they can with a story that never quite gets out of first gear." — National Post Posted Oct 4, 2013
3/4	78%	The Dirties (2013)	" The result is a chilling examination of bullying, of a certain state of mind, and of what can happen when the two cross paths." — National Post Posted Oct 4, 2013
4/4	98%	Gravity (2013)	" Spring for the IMAX 3D if you can, for the most immersive experience and the most realistic approximation of spaceflight this side of the moon." — National Post Posted Oct 3, 2013
3/4	78%	Metallica Through the Never (2013)	" The result is what every concert movie strives for -- the sense of being there, but with a far better view than you could ever actually afford. And the roadie's tale, while not the most meaningful plot, makes an excellent counterpoint to the music." — National Post Posted Sep 27, 2013
3.5/4	83%	Don Jon (2013)	" Gordon-Levitt's roots in culture go deep; he chalked up his first TV credit at age seven, and he was already a seasoned performer when 3rd Rock from the Sun came along in 1996. With Don Jon, he proves just as adept behind the camera." — National Post Posted Sep 27, 2013
	59%	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)	" It's fantastic to look at, but it's all sizzle, no steak." — National Post Posted Sep 26, 2013
2/4	56%	My Lucky Star (2013)	" The result is the blandest of both worlds. My Lucky Star is neither a particularly thrilling spy movie nor a very original romance." — National Post Posted Sep 20, 2013
3/4	40%	The Art of the Steal ()	" The Art of the Steal is a con movie in many ways, not least in showing us that even getting conned can be fun." — National Post Posted Sep 19, 2013
3/4	34%	Salinger (2013)	" If you come to this film (as I did) with little knowledge of the man beyond his notorious reclusivity, Salinger provides much fascinating biographical detail." — National Post Posted Sep 19, 2013
4/4	80%	Prisoners (2013)	" Before you discount the movie as a metaphysical mediation on violence, know that it is also a superbly tense thriller, and one of the most nail-bitingly effective entertainments this year." — National Post Posted Sep 19, 2013
1.5/4	33%	The Family (2013)	" There's comedy in the notion of a character played by Robert DeNiro being asked to talk about GoodFellas at a small-town film society meeting in France. Unfortunately, there's not 110 minutes of comedy in it." — National Post Posted Sep 13, 2013
1.5/4	80%	Drinking Buddies (2013)	" For a film in which the main characters work at a brewery and imbibe the fruits of their labour in almost every scene, Drinking Buddies is an oddly flat concoction." — National Post Posted Sep 5, 2013
1.5/4	3%	Getaway (2013)	" Ethan Hawke can drive. He can also act. I'm just not sure he can do both at the same time." — National Post Posted Sep 5, 2013
2.5/4	74%	The Grandmaster (2013)	" Fans of Wong's esthetic will no doubt lap it up, as it marks a return to some of his favourite actors; Leung has appeared in all but three of his 10 features, while Chang Chen, cast here as a character called The Razor, makes his third appearance." — National Post Posted Aug 29, 2013
2.5/4	55%	I Give It a Year (2013)	" You might not want to stick by it in sickness and in health, 'til death do you part, but it's a reasonable enough companion for a night out at the cinema." — National Post Posted Aug 23, 2013
3/4	84%	Prince Avalanche (2013)	" Prince Avalanche is a quiet study in awkward male bonding, as Alvin and Lance try to find common ground in their worldviews." — National Post Posted Aug 23, 2013
1.5/4	4%	Paranoia (2013)	" A better title might have been Greed, Theft or Espionage. Or, to be brutally honest, Boredom." — National Post Posted Aug 22, 2013
2.5/4	75%	You're Next (2013)	" You're Next doesn't do much with the genre that hasn't been covered in the 1970s by Straw Dogs, The Last House on the Left or Black Christmas, or in the 2000's by Straw Dogs, The Last House on the Left or Black Christmas." — National Post Posted Aug 22, 2013
3.5/4	89%	The World's End (2013)	" There are times when I'd kill for a pint, but I don't think I've ever been ready to die for one. That, however, is the situation faced by Gary King (Simon Pegg) in the hilarious pub-crawl-meets-apocalypse that is The World's End." — National Post Posted Aug 22, 2013
3/4	97%	A Hijacking (2013)	" In A Hijacking, we watch as talks break down -- at one point, the two parties are communicating by fax -- and are never certain how it will play out." — National Post Posted Aug 16, 2013
2.5/4	30%	Kick-Ass 2 (2013)	" The overall effect is sporadically funny but also wildly uneven and ultimately something of a letdown from the first Kick-Ass." — National Post Posted Aug 15, 2013
3/4	63%	Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain (2013)	" The less said about the specifics of the act the better -- wouldn't want to spoil the punchlines -- but Let Me Explain is a notch above Hart's last concert film, 2011's Laugh at My Pain." — National Post Posted Aug 9, 2013
2.5/4	85%	Terms And Conditions May Apply (2013)	" Terms and Conditions May Apply takes an interesting turn when it delves into the subject of government eavesdropping on private citizens. Turns out Big Brother and big business are in bed together." — National Post Posted Aug 7, 2013
3/4	94%	Moonrise Kingdom (2012)	" All the grounding you need comes from the performances of Hayward and Gilman as the young runaways. They seem to have internalized Anderson's wonky worldview completely." — National Post Posted Aug 3, 2013
3/4	88%	Superbad (2007)	" Beneath the swearing and the tampon jokes lies a sweet-hearted tale of three chums celebrating the end of their carefree high-school days." — National Post Posted Aug 3, 2013
3/4	——	A People Uncounted ()	" As a call for remembrance, this is a powerful document." — National Post Posted Aug 1, 2013
3/4	63%	2 Guns (2013)	" 2 Guns won't do anything to endear itself to those who fear a rising tide of violence in Hollywood movies, but at least the caliber of writing matches that of the firearms. These characters know how to shoot off their mouths as well as their guns." — National Post Posted Aug 1, 2013
2.5/4	69%	The Wolverine (2013)	" In many ways, The Wolverine feels like a similarly long fall, albeit with a soft landing. " — National Post Posted Jul 25, 2013
2/4	81%	De jueves a domingo (Thursday Till Sunday) ()	" [It] feels as long as its name, with long, mostly silent stretches devoted to staring out the window at the stark, scrubby scenery." — National Post Posted Jul 25, 2013
3/4	52%	The To Do List (2013)	" Sweet-tempered even while telling the story of a teenage girl's quest to lose her virginity, its heart is definitely in the right place..." — National Post Posted Jul 25, 2013
3.5/4	98%	Blackfish (2013)	" I long ago made up my mind that keeping cetaceans in captivity is cruel by definition... Blackfish may well convince others who have not given as much thought to the plight of orcas, which have never killed a human in the wild." — National Post Posted Jul 19, 2013
2.5/4	14%	R.I.P.D. (2013)	" You won't see it popping up on any best-of lists, but it is an adequate 96-minute time-waster." — National Post Posted Jul 19, 2013
1.5/4	40%	Only God Forgives (2013)	" [Only God Forgives] somehow manages to use buckets of blood in the service of a plot with no pulse." — National Post Posted Jul 18, 2013
3/4	83%	The Conspiracy (2013)	" The Conspiracy walks like a doc and talks like a doc, but don't be fooled; it's actually a clever piece of fiction. At least, given the subject matter, I hope that's all it is." — National Post Posted Jul 18, 2013
3.5/4	42%	Red 2 (2013)	" The result feels like what the Bourne movies would have delivered if the screenwriters had opted for humour over spycraft." — National Post Posted Jul 18, 2013
2.5/4	65%	Turbo (2013)	" If you can suspend your disbelief long enough and high enough, the film works as a goofy tale about following your dreams, playing to your strengths and never letting anyone tell you you're out of your league or crazy." — National Post Posted Jul 18, 2013
2/4	40%	Diaz: Don't Clean Up This Blood ()	" The film might have done better to rely on fewer characters and a more traditional structure. There was enough anarchy in the streets without adding to it in the film." — National Post Posted Jul 11, 2013
	——	Fondi '91 ()	" Anil's inert character leaves us with a nice-looking film that doesn't go anywhere." — National Post Posted Jul 11, 2013
3/4	85%	The Way Way Back (2013)	" It doesn't exactly break any new ground, but Rash and his collaborator Nat Faxon have crafted a winning script and collected a stellar cast to make it sing." — National Post Posted Jul 11, 2013
2/4	47%	I'm So Excited! (2013)	" I'm So Excited is a throwback to the director's earlier, goofier films, but it doesn't work nearly as well as it should." — National Post Posted Jul 11, 2013
3/4	75%	Despicable Me 2 (2013)	" Despicable Me 2 does have the whiff of focus-group research about it -- more minions! -- but the story, by the same duo that wrote the original (and the same directors, too), also feels like a natural extension of the first film." — National Post Posted Jul 3, 2013
1.5/4	31%	The Lone Ranger (2013)	" It's a messy, unfocussed tale, even before Verbinski starts trying to create Fast and Furious-style chase scenes with nothing but steam locomotives." — National Post Posted Jul 2, 2013
3/4	64%	Unfinished Song (2013)	" If Mr. Holland's Opus and the senior singers documentary Young@Heart had a baby, this would be it." — National Post Posted Jun 28, 2013
2/4	65%	The Heat (2013)	" While Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy have fantastic presence and chemistry, there isn't much of what you'd call plot." — National Post Posted Jun 28, 2013
2.5/4	50%	White House Down (2013)	" If you thrill to the notion of a car chase on the White House grounds, and the commander-in-chief getting his hands dirty with a rocket launcher, you'll likely be willing to forgive a few of the film's lapses in lucidity." — National Post Posted Jun 28, 2013
2.5/4	78%	Monsters University (2013)	" It's still a cut above what most other animation studios are producing these days, but it feels that, like the college-aged Sully, it's trying to get by on its good name without putting in the requisite hours of work." — National Post Posted Jun 20, 2013
3/4	67%	World War Z (2013)	" World War Z knows how to eat its brains and use them too." — National Post Posted Jun 20, 2013
3/4	82%	Dirty Wars (2013)	" Like a lot of modern political documentaries, we've yet to see the final chapter, which is yet to be written. But it's instructive to have a little more light shed on such history in the making." — National Post Posted Jun 20, 2013

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