Claudia Puig

Claudia Puig

Agrees with the Tomatometer 78% of the time.

Publications:
USA Today
Critics' Group:
Los Angeles Film Critics Association
Total Reviews:
1658

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Rating T-Meter Title | Year Add Date
2.5/4 91% Shaun of the Dead (2004) " The movie bogs down and the humor seems to dry up, though the blood continues to well, spurt and spew." — USA Today
Posted Oct 6, 2013
4/4 98% Gravity (2013) " Gravity is the kind of enthralling, all-encompassing, giddy cinematic experience that surfaces once in a blue moon." — USA Today
Posted Oct 3, 2013
2.5/4 53% A.C.O.D. (2013) " A spotty comedy with a great cast and a catchy title that falls apart in the final third." — USA Today
Posted Oct 3, 2013
2.5/4 46% Parkland (2013) " The events of those days would have been better covered in greater depth in a miniseries, rather than a 90-minute movie." — USA Today
Posted Oct 3, 2013
2/4 8% Runner Runner (2013) " Even with its glossy Costa Rican setting, Runner Runner is a vacant excursion with plot holes the size of a small Caribbean island." — USA Today
Posted Oct 3, 2013
3/4 83% Don Jon (2013) " Writer/director/star Joseph Gordon-Levitt takes an intriguing subject - human attraction - and nimbly probes it with wit, insight and a disarming forthrightness." — USA Today
Posted Sep 26, 2013
2/4 16% Baggage Claim (2013) " It would have worked better if the silly premise had been played for farcical satire, rather than following the cookie-cutter rules of the romantic comedy playbook." — USA Today
Posted Sep 26, 2013
4/4 88% Rush (2013) " Brilliantly captures the exhilaration that comes from facing death head-on. It's also an ode to joyous rivalry." — USA Today
Posted Sep 19, 2013
3.5/4 80% Prisoners (2013) " The plot raises complicated moral questions about how far an anguished person will go for the love of a child. At the same time, it sets up an intricate, horrifying mystery with breathtaking skill." — USA Today
Posted Sep 19, 2013
3.5/4 99% The Wizard of Oz (1939) " The blend of old-fashioned, classic storytelling with cutting-edge technology is undeniably enthralling." — USA Today
Posted Sep 19, 2013
2.5/4 50% Thanks For Sharing (2013) " Though the film is tonally inconsistent, the overall empathy with which characters are presented, and some topnotch performances, help blunt the story's stumbling moments." — USA Today
Posted Sep 19, 2013
4/4 95% Enough Said (2013) " With its heartfelt performances, intelligent writing and subtle humor, this is easily one of the most perceptive and engaging movies of the year." — USA Today
Posted Sep 17, 2013
3.5/4 98% Wadjda (2013) " Wadjda is a winning and wonderfully moving tale of an endearing 10-year-old girl, living in a suburb of Riyadh, making her voice heard in a patriarchal society that seeks to silence her." — USA Today
Posted Sep 13, 2013
1/4 35% Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013) " Yes, of course it's the sequel to 2010's Insidious, but it seems cobbled together from outtakes." — USA Today
Posted Sep 12, 2013
3.5/4 99% Short Term 12 (2013) " Don't be put off by its forgettable title. Short Term 12 is a deeply memorable film." — USA Today
Posted Sep 12, 2013
2/4 33% Jayne Mansfield's Car (2013) " The scenes in which good ol' boy mentality clashes with stuffy British sensibility are a highlight. Still, both cultures are depicted through cliches." — USA Today
Posted Sep 12, 2013
2/4 33% The Family (2013) " The Family is a fish-out-of-water/buddy comedy/Mob flick. But most of all, it's a missed opportunity." — USA Today
Posted Sep 12, 2013
3/4 34% Salinger (2013) " Insightful gems are unearthed throughout the flawed but engrossing Salinger, a much-anticipated documentary about the author of The Catcher in the Rye." — USA Today
Posted Sep 5, 2013
2/4 15% Winnie Mandela (2013) " Winnie Mandela is a simplistic look at a complex figure." — USA Today
Posted Sep 5, 2013
1/4 60% Riddick (2013) " Move along, there's nothing to see and no one to root for in this murky franchise reboot." — USA Today
Posted Sep 5, 2013
3.5/4 91% In a World... (2013) " A clever, likable comedy that sends up sexism, satirizes Hollywood, examines family ties and features a surprisingly tender romance at its core" — USA Today
Posted Aug 29, 2013
3.5/4 80% Drinking Buddies (2013) " Director Joe Swanberg and a terrific ensemble cast imbue a simple story with authenticity and shambling charm." — USA Today
Posted Aug 29, 2013
2.5/4 64% One Direction: This Is Us (2013) " A reasonably intriguing, if rather sanitized, look at these seemingly likable young entertainers." — USA Today
Posted Aug 29, 2013
3/4 46% Closed Circuit (2013) " Not only an intelligent, well-told and deftly acted story, it provides refreshing counter-programming in a season filled with noisy, uninspired sequels and mindless action movies." — USA Today
Posted Aug 28, 2013
2.5/4 89% The World's End (2013) " The movie shifts midstream ... and never regains its footing." — USA Today
Posted Aug 22, 2013
84% Much Ado About Nothing (2013) " Much Ado About Nothing is a delightfully spirited romp, filled with visual splendor, strong performances and flashes of post-modern absurdity." — USA Today
Posted Aug 21, 2013
1.5/4 30% Kick-Ass 2 (2013) " It revels in carnage while lacking the visual style and gleeful humor of the original." — USA Today
Posted Aug 15, 2013
2/4 26% Jobs (2013) " A blandly superficial treatment of a deeply complex man." — USA Today
Posted Aug 15, 2013
2.5/4 31% Austenland (2013) " A humorous chick flick for well-read audiences, Austenland is a novel concept." — USA Today
Posted Aug 15, 2013
3/4 73% Lee Daniels' The Butler (2013) " Both deeply affecting and blatant Oscar bait." — USA Today
Posted Aug 15, 2013
2/4 27% Planes (2013) " It's engaging enough, driving home the familiar message of following one's dreams and the less hackneyed theme of facing one's fears. But it feels far too familiar" — USA Today
Posted Aug 8, 2013
1/4 22% The Canyons (2013) " An inept, misanthropic melodrama written by novelist Bret Easton Ellis and funded mostly through a Kickstarter campaign." — USA Today
Posted Aug 8, 2013
2.5/4 84% Prince Avalanche (2013) " Worth seeing for its offbeat character study." — USA Today
Posted Aug 8, 2013
2/4 54% Lovelace (2013) " Epstein and Friedman opt for the most broadly entertaining and salacious details about the 1972 porn film, giving short shrift to Lovelace's complicated contradictions." — USA Today
Posted Aug 8, 2013
3/4 68% Elysium (2013) " Elysium is a sporadically engaging tale, as well as a potent commentary on immigration and health care policies." — USA Today
Posted Aug 7, 2013
1.5/4 47% We're The Millers (2013) " Not only is it not funny, it's offensive." — USA Today
Posted Aug 7, 2013
2/4 38% Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013) " Percy is a lot like a certain bespectacled young wizard - sans the lightning-shaped scar. It's too bad his adventures don't have the same enchanting quality." — USA Today
Posted Aug 6, 2013
4/4 91% The Spectacular Now (2013) " A wryly funny, compassionate and wise portrait of teens on the cusp of adulthood." — USA Today
Posted Aug 1, 2013
2/4 63% 2 Guns (2013) " Thousands of rounds of ammo are spent in 2 Guns, a brutal, complicated and sporadically funny movie that still seems slight." — USA Today
Posted Aug 1, 2013
1.5/4 14% The Smurfs 2 (2013) " This insipid, and sometimes awkward, blend of animation, computer generation and live action wastes a ton of talent and lacks a true sense of whimsy." — USA Today
Posted Jul 31, 2013
3.5/4 91% Blue Jasmine (2013) " [Blanchett's] bravura performance is tinged with haughtiness, dry humor and madness. It's one of the year's finest, most complex portrayals, in one of Allen's best films in years." — USA Today
Posted Jul 25, 2013
2.5/4 52% The To Do List (2013) " Like the fumbling around of first-time sex, The To Do List has its enjoyable moments but doesn't exactly feel like a peak experience." — USA Today
Posted Jul 25, 2013
2.5/4 69% The Wolverine (2013) " Cliches seep into what could have been a fascinating glimpse into a multifaceted character. Still, this X-Men spinoff is a marked improvement over 2009's X-Men Origins: Wolverine." — USA Today
Posted Jul 24, 2013
1.5/4 14% R.I.P.D. (2013) " Perhaps there was a clever germ of an idea here, but the five credited writers didn't develop characters, scenarios or rules in this sci-fi world well enough to engage the audience. " — USA Today
Posted Jul 19, 2013
86% The Conjuring (2013) " One of the scarier haunted house/demon possession movies in recent years, it brings to mind '70s supernatural horror films such as The Exorcist with its stillness, steady build of suspense and handsome cinematography." — USA Today
Posted Jul 18, 2013
1.5/4 40% Only God Forgives (2013) " God may forgive you for seeing this needlessly brutal film. But you won't forgive yourself." — USA Today
Posted Jul 18, 2013
1.5/4 20% Girl Most Likely (2013) " A failure from start to finish." — USA Today
Posted Jul 18, 2013
2.5/4 65% Turbo (2013) " Has some appealing characters, a few laughs and then devolves into a predictable Tortoise and the Hare spinoff. " — USA Today
Posted Jul 16, 2013
1/4 8% Grown Ups 2 (2013) " [The] lazy, scattershot and anything-but-mature sequel to the leaden Grown-Ups." — USA Today
Posted Jul 11, 2013
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