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Dann Gire

Dann Gire

Agrees with the Tomatometer 79% of the time.

Publications:
Daily Herald (IL)
Critics' Group:
Chicago Film Critics Association
Total Reviews:
88

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Rating T-Meter Title | Year Add Date
1.5/4 68% Bad Milo! (2013) " Except for the premise of human anxiety creating organic instruments of wrath and revenge (should Cronenberg sue?), Bad Milo is just a pain from the posterior." — Daily Herald (IL)
Posted Oct 3, 2013
2/4 46% Parkland (2013) " The results come close to those cheesy re-enactments we see during "true crime" documentaries on Oxygen and other cable channels." — Daily Herald (IL)
Posted Oct 3, 2013
4/4 98% Gravity (2013) " Its nimble, acrobatic camera movements are amazing constructions, effortlessly swinging from the vastness of being lost in a black universe to the intimacy of being inside an astronaut's helmet." — Daily Herald (IL)
Posted Oct 3, 2013
2/4 —— The Spy () " It's like Quentin Tarantino, Blake Edwards and Guy Hamilton tried to direct a movie at the same time and this is the mess they created." — Daily Herald (IL)
Posted Sep 26, 2013
3.5/4 90% Inequality For All (2013) " In effect, Inequality For All combines an intro-level college lecture (including animation and PowerPoint!) with a financial horror story designed to frighten all the nation's union-busters." — Daily Herald (IL)
Posted Sep 26, 2013
1/4 16% Baggage Claim (2013) " This is one disappointing rom-com bomb, with a talented supporting cast -- Djimon Hounsou, Taye Diggs, Trey Songz, Boris Kodjoe and Tia Mowry-Hardrict among others -- counted among the collateral damage." — Daily Herald (IL)
Posted Sep 26, 2013
3.5/4 83% Don Jon (2013) " Gordon-Levitt is no slouch when it comes to taking risks as a filmmaker. I can't wait to see what he does next." — Daily Herald (IL)
Posted Sep 26, 2013
3/4 88% Rush (2013) " Its two stars -- Chris "Thor" Hemsworth and Daniel Bruhl -- elevate this quick-start feature with clearly drawn characterizations possessing such conflicting contrasts that they act as dramatic additive fueling this story." — Daily Herald (IL)
Posted Sep 26, 2013
3.5/4 95% Enough Said (2013) " After a long career playing gangsters, thugs and heavies, the late James Gandolfini finally gets to play his most endearing character: a regular guy named Albert, a slightly overweight, self-admitted slob with no pretenses or hidden agendas." — Daily Herald (IL)
Posted Sep 26, 2013
3/4 50% Thanks For Sharing (2013) " A soap-operatic symphony of sincere drama and tension-releasing humor." — Daily Herald (IL)
Posted Sep 19, 2013
3/4 81% The Short Game (2013) " Fortunately, the kids' personalities rescue The Short Game from a cinematic bogey." — Daily Herald (IL)
Posted Sep 19, 2013
1.5/4 56% My Lucky Star (2013) " Zhang's character is so idiotically naive and her adventures so flairlessly executed that it's the thing to escape from." — Daily Herald (IL)
Posted Sep 19, 2013
1.5/4 14% The Colony (2013) " Nothing in The Colony feels real. Not the emotions, the settings, the characters or even the cannibals." — Daily Herald (IL)
Posted Sep 19, 2013
4/4 80% Prisoners (2013) " Every actor in Prisoners blossoms with realistic restraint under Villeneuve's refined direction." — Daily Herald (IL)
Posted Sep 19, 2013
2/4 5% Battle of the Year (2013) " Battle of the Year crams so many clichés into its 109 minutes that you just know it will end with a sports movie freeze-frame. And it does!" — Daily Herald (IL)
Posted Sep 19, 2013
75% Populaire (2013) " This first-time feature from director Regis Roinsard explodes with color and fun as it resurrects the spirit and fashions of those Rock Hudson/Doris Day movies from the 1950s." — Daily Herald (IL)
Posted Sep 12, 2013
4/4 99% Short Term 12 (2013) " An indie production that puts most mainstream Hollywood teen dramas to shame." — Daily Herald (IL)
Posted Sep 12, 2013
2.5/4 35% Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013) " Wilson and Byrne turn in far better performances than their terrorized parent characters required." — Daily Herald (IL)
Posted Sep 12, 2013
3/4 59% Afternoon Delight (2013) " Afternoon Delight captures a snapshot of young, affluent white women with remarkable accuracy and decisive detail." — Daily Herald (IL)
Posted Sep 6, 2013
2.5/4 60% Riddick (2013) " Riddick chugs along on Diesel's raw charisma. It's a popcorn movie that seldom takes itself seriously and never minds being Riddick-ulous." — Daily Herald (IL)
Posted Sep 5, 2013
44% Bounty Killer (2013) " Henry Saine's direction commits totally to the roots of low-budget exploitation flicks. That turns out to be the movie's greatest asset -- and its chief liability." — Daily Herald (IL)
Posted Sep 5, 2013
2/4 15% Winnie Mandela (2013) " Disappointingly linear and superficial." — Daily Herald (IL)
Posted Sep 5, 2013
1.5/4 —— Saturday Morning Mystery (2013) " Parson clearly has affection for the ridiculous artifice of the "Scooby-Doo" TV show, but none of that translates into this meandering, uninspired riff on haunted silliness." — Daily Herald (IL)
Posted Aug 29, 2013
0.5/4 3% Getaway (2013) " The dumbest action movie of the millennium so far." — Daily Herald (IL)
Posted Aug 29, 2013
2/4 55% I Give It a Year (2013) " Mazer, a Sacha Baron Cohen collaborator, directs this comedy without much snap, crackle or pop." — Daily Herald (IL)
Posted Aug 22, 2013
3/4 80% Drinking Buddies (2013) " It simply nails the reality of late twentysomethings and early thirtysomethings struggling with relationships - friends and lovers." — Daily Herald (IL)
Posted Aug 22, 2013
0.5/4 12% The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013) " Here's a familiar story so badly executed that not even the characters pay attention to what's going on in it." — Daily Herald (IL)
Posted Aug 22, 2013
3.5/4 89% The World's End (2013) " If you haven't succumbed to movie TMI about World's End, stop reading now, go see this smart and hilarious comedy about the double-edged sword called nostalgia, and read my review later." — Daily Herald (IL)
Posted Aug 22, 2013
3/4 84% Prince Avalanche (2013) " This is a soft-sell postcard to people reaching true understanding through the messy and inefficient process of everyday conversation. It's a little bit funny, a little bit scary. And all very human." — Daily Herald (IL)
Posted Aug 16, 2013
2.5/4 73% Lee Daniels' The Butler (2013) " The Butler would have been better served by lesser-known cast members carting less baggage into these iconic historical figures." — Daily Herald (IL)
Posted Aug 16, 2013
1.5/4 4% Paranoia (2013) " It's more like "Parannoying."" — Daily Herald (IL)
Posted Aug 16, 2013
2/4 26% Jobs (2013) " The founder of Apple Computers and the revolutionary inventor of everything i deserves better than this." — Daily Herald (IL)
Posted Aug 16, 2013
2/4 51% Blood (2013) " Bettany excels at portraying internal conflict in a movie that proves even well-acted suffering can reach a point of diminishing returns." — Daily Herald (IL)
Posted Aug 8, 2013
2.5/4 54% Lovelace (2013) " Stripped of its salacious subject matter, Lovelace is standard Lifetime cable channel boilerplate stuff." — Daily Herald (IL)
Posted Aug 8, 2013
2/4 27% Planes (2013) " An innocuously silly movie." — Daily Herald (IL)
Posted Aug 8, 2013
1.5/4 68% Elysium (2013) " Damon's credibility and dedication to his character give Elysium a solid but squandered foundation." — Daily Herald (IL)
Posted Aug 8, 2013
3/4 47% We're The Millers (2013) " The cast of We're the Millers is having so much fun, it's infectious." — Daily Herald (IL)
Posted Aug 7, 2013
92% Drag Me to Hell (2009) " The aptly titled Drag Me to Hell celebrates Sam Raimi's triumphant return to frightful and cheesy horror films that elicit as many nervous laughs as cringing shudders." — Daily Herald (IL)
Posted Aug 4, 2013
93% Midnight in Paris (2011) " It's charming and smart, and riddled with little joys." — Daily Herald (IL)
Posted Aug 3, 2013
— 87% X-Men: First Class (2011) " A smart, first-class superhero tale that blends action with character and expands a comic book subject to the epic proportions of a Shakespearean tragedy." — Daily Herald (IL)
Posted Aug 3, 2013
3.5/4 96% Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 (2011) " Radcliffe's interpretation of Harry has been exemplary, truly amazing when you think about it." — Daily Herald (IL)
Posted Aug 3, 2013
3/4 88% The Dark Knight Rises (2012) " No villain could come close to matching Ledger's inspired Joker, but give Hardy credit for supplying Bane with plenty of conviction and gravitas in a movie that, frankly, is less about actors than knockout set pieces captured in eyeball-popping spectacles." — Daily Herald (IL)
Posted Aug 3, 2013
98% Up (2009) " The first 10 minutes of Pixar's fantastical 3-D animated adventure Up are a sublime testimonial to the purity and magic of the cinema. I know because I was a sobbing basket case by Minute 11." — Daily Herald (IL)
Posted Aug 3, 2013
4/4 92% Marvel's The Avengers (2012) " Smart, witty, funny, action-packed and surprisingly cathartic." — Daily Herald (IL)
Posted Aug 2, 2013
3.5/4 91% Blue Jasmine (2013) " Blanchett conjures up a crackling caldron of colliding conflicts with one of the most memorable female protagonists Allen has ever written." — Daily Herald (IL)
Posted Aug 1, 2013
3.5/4 95% The Hunt (2013) " The Hunt is far scarier than the most frightening zombie film." — Daily Herald (IL)
Posted Aug 1, 2013
3/4 63% 2 Guns (2013) " The biggest surprise might be the explosive chemistry between stars Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg, who exchange witty jibes and zesty zingers like gunfire between marksmen." — Daily Herald (IL)
Posted Aug 1, 2013
2/4 42% Red 2 (2013) " None of the characters in Red 2 really connect." — Daily Herald (IL)
Posted Jul 25, 2013
2/4 69% V/H/S/2 (2013) " This sequel includes five storylines, each one vying for the most ridiculous excuse for people to be recording on a video camera." — Daily Herald (IL)
Posted Jul 25, 2013
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