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Publications:: AboutFilm.com

Total Reviews:: 38

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Rating	T-Meter	Title \| Year	Add Date
F	39%	Hannibal (2001)	" If only the adorably sentimental Dr. Lecter could cut my skull open and remove the chunk of my brain that houses the memory of having seen this film." — AboutFilm.com Posted Aug 11, 2003
F	26%	Breakfast of Champions (1999)	" This movie is nothing but a freak show--a grating, unfunny, boring, empty-headed cartoon that never ceases to make you yearn to run away." — AboutFilm.com Posted Jan 1, 2000
D-	32%	Message in a Bottle (1999)	" Kevin Costner's...surly pouting and willful detachment are so unappealing that director Luis Mandoki is forced to resort to the dreadful falling in love by montage approach." — AboutFilm.com Posted Jan 1, 2000
D	11%	End of Days (1999)	" Why make an original movie when you can crib a bunch of scenes from other movies, change them slightly...then cut them together and pretend you're releasing something fresh?" — AboutFilm.com Posted Jan 1, 2000
D+	63%	Man on the Moon (1999)	" If the notion of watching Carrey pull off a complex physical imitation of Kaufman appeals to you, the absence of further enlightenment may not matter at all." — AboutFilm.com Posted Jan 1, 2000
D+	28%	The Story of Us (1999)	" THE STORY OF US sputters and dwindles and dies at the hand of its own bland indifference to what makes people interesting in the first place." — AboutFilm.com Posted Jan 1, 2000
C-	62%	Arlington Road (1999)	" It's impossible to reconcile the giggle-inducing style of Pellington's direction with the real issues the film addresses and come up with a coherent take on his intent." — AboutFilm.com Posted Jan 1, 2000
C+	22%	The General's Daughter (1999)	" A movie that practically screams "Hollywood," this murder-mystery/thriller is as slick as sheet-ice and just about as deep." — AboutFilm.com Posted Jan 1, 2000
C+	83%	Tumbleweeds (1999)	" As much as these characters look and feel authentic from frame to frame, something about the film itself rings false and feels just a bit hollow." — AboutFilm.com Posted Jan 1, 2000
C+	52%	Cleopatra's Second Husband (1998)	" It dares to take on a supremely annoying sort of human enigma: a man whose comfort zone precludes even the tiniest assertion of his own will." — AboutFilm.com Posted Jan 1, 2000
B-	62%	The Patriot (2000)	" If you go with it, it's fairly entertaining, if only because playing guess-the-next-cliché can be a heap of fun." — AboutFilm.com Posted Jan 1, 2000
B	67%	Sugar Town (1999)	" But this is a Altman-esque multi-character extravaganza...without the time or budget to go to half the places (narratively and thematically) that it could or should." — AboutFilm.com Posted Jan 1, 2000
B	79%	Shanghai Noon (2000)	" so light-hearted and ingratiatingly good-natured that it seems churlish to begrudge its wispiness" — AboutFilm.com Posted Jan 1, 2000
B	77%	Gladiator (2000)	" What Gladiator lacks in narrative resonance is almost successfully offset by what it provides visually." — AboutFilm.com Posted Jan 1, 2000
B	70%	Frequency (2000)	" Stephen Hawking himself couldn't hope to explain the dynamics of the climactic scene, but who cares? It's just a movie, and a more than adequately engaging one." — AboutFilm.com Posted Jan 1, 2000
B	71%	The Cider House Rules (1999)	" This film tells its intended tale about as well as it could be told, and with a sweetness and generosity of spirit that is undeniable and admirable." — AboutFilm.com Posted Jan 1, 2000
B	76%	Mansfield Park (1999)	" An agreeable and reasonably charming fusion of the titular novel and Ms. Austen's personal writings." — AboutFilm.com Posted Jan 1, 2000
B	68%	Titus (1999)	" a brutal, busy, messy, sometimes darkly funny epic about revenge as historical Mobius strip... a twisted plane from which there is no escape" — AboutFilm.com Posted Jan 1, 2000
B	83%	The Hurricane (1999)	" It's a testament to how good most of the film is--and to how great Washington is--that its omissions and its fizzling toward the end never threaten to kill the movie itself." — AboutFilm.com Posted Jan 1, 2000
B	54%	Girl, Interrupted (1999)	" Saddled with a dreadfully ugly wig that seems to be visual shorthand for "she's one very messed up girl," Jolie grabs center stage in every scene she's in." — AboutFilm.com Posted Jan 1, 2000
B+	84%	Erin Brockovich (2000)	" Though ERIN PROCKOVICH certainly treads on familiar fight-the-power turf...director Steven Soderbergh has wisely taken the scenic route." — AboutFilm.com Posted Jan 1, 2000
B+	56%	Mumford (1999)	" There are dozens of small throwaway lines that would be high-points in the script for any other movie." — AboutFilm.com Posted Jan 1, 2000
B+	74%	Sunshine (2000)	" A minimalist fable posing as sprawling historical epic" — AboutFilm.com Posted Jan 1, 2000
B+	67%	Sleepy Hollow (1999)	" A terrific ride, despite its remarkable hollowness as a narrative." — AboutFilm.com Posted Jan 1, 2000
B+	95%	You Can Count On Me (2000)	" Few things are more difficult than bringing the ordinary into focus with the sort of grace and quirky specificity that Lonergan achieves." — AboutFilm.com Posted Jan 1, 2000
A-	96%	The Insider (1999)	" THE INSIDER may not be groundbreaking in terms of its muckraking revelations or its cinematic achievements, but it is an exceptionally well-crafted, well-acted drama." — AboutFilm.com Posted Jun 18, 2002
A-	87%	The Blair Witch Project (1999)	" If it manages to burrow under your skin, you'll have a hell of a time leaving it behind you in the theater." — AboutFilm.com Posted Jan 1, 2000
A-	93%	Being John Malkovich (1999)	" It's a kick to have such tremendous fun at a movie and then discover that you've been given so much food for thought as a bonus." — AboutFilm.com Posted Jan 1, 2000
A-	83%	The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)	" Beautifully crafted from start to finish" — AboutFilm.com Posted Jan 1, 2000
A	93%	Shakespeare in Love (1998)	" An energetic, joyous celebration of love, art, language, and the creative process." — AboutFilm.com Posted Aug 11, 2003
A	88%	American Beauty (1999)	" Elegant and gorgeous in its careful progression from satire to poignant drama, AMERICAN BEAUTY celebrates the rewards of the journey instead of glorifying the destination or the prize." — AboutFilm.com Posted Aug 11, 2003
A+	96%	2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)	" 2001 is movie as monolith... a gateway to a new level of vision." — AboutFilm.com Posted Jan 1, 2000
A	85%	Happiness (1998)	" ...the best kind of personal filmmaking. I don't have to love Solondz, his characters, his story, or his point of view to be thankful that he wrestled them onto a screen." — AboutFilm.com Posted Jan 1, 2000
A+	83%	Magnolia (1999)	" the most audacious, courageous, and cinematically complex filmmaking of the year... a deeply collaborative tightrope walk of immense proportions." — AboutFilm.com Posted Jan 1, 2000
A	94%	Fargo (1996)	" Conjuring a universe that is at once singular and familiar, FARGO is that rarest of breeds: a film that genuinely merits the word unique." — AboutFilm.com Posted Jan 1, 2000
A	95%	The Straight Story (1999)	" This is every bit a David Lynch film, despite its apparent departure from the disturbing subject matter and edgy darkness." — AboutFilm.com Posted Jan 1, 2000
A	87%	Once Upon a Time in America (1984)	" The structure itself is worth the price of admission." — AboutFilm.com Posted Jan 1, 2000
A+	93%	Saving Private Ryan (1998)	" Meticulously staged and shot, SAVING PRIVATE RYAN captures the insanity of combat with bracing immediacy." — AboutFilm.com Posted Jan 1, 2000

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