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David DeWitt

Agrees with the Tomatometer 78% of the time.

Publications:: New York Times

Total Reviews:: 40

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Rating	T-Meter	Title \| Year	Add Date
3/5	67%	One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das (2013)	" A fine enough documentary, a nice enough introduction to a charismatic figure with a fascinating life, an unusual art and worldwide fans." — New York Times Posted May 7, 2013
2/5	——	Turtle Hill, Brooklyn (2013)	" "Turtle Hill" is inconclusive from start to finish, and while that appears purposeful, it's also pretty dull." — New York Times Posted May 3, 2013
3/5	——	Married And Counting (2013)	" Simple, worthy and sweet ..." — New York Times Posted Apr 25, 2013
3/5	——	Disneynature: Wings of Life (2013)	" Thank Heaven for Disneynature; someone (besides National Geographic and such) needs to have the skill and desire to make documentaries of this sort." — New York Times Posted Apr 5, 2013
3.5/5	——	Mariachi Gringo (2013)	" As the moving concluding scenes cement, "Mariachi Gringo" is right on pitch - and, happily, not simply as you'd expect." — New York Times Posted Mar 14, 2013
2/5	——	Murder 3 (2013)	" Despite slick cinematography, "Murder 3" induces more lethargy than thrills." — New York Times Posted Feb 15, 2013
4/5	——	Drivers Wanted + Into The Middle Of Nowhere ()	" There's an authenticity to "Drivers Wanted" that seems so true and tough that it overwhelms any standard immigrants-up-from-their-bootstraps theme." — New York Times Posted Dec 29, 2012
4/5	——	Sahkanaga (2012)	" A thoughtful, atmospherically heavy study of reactions to an inexplicably inhumane act." — New York Times Posted Dec 6, 2012
3/5	53%	Love, Marilyn (2012)	" The intelligence and dynamism of Ms. Garbus's approach could hardly fail to make you appreciate Monroe's growth as an actor." — New York Times Posted Nov 29, 2012
2.5/5	11%	Just 45 Minutes From Broadway (2012)	" The boldness is welcome, the execution awkward." — New York Times Posted Oct 16, 2012
3.5/5	86%	The Iran Job (2012)	" This observant documentary avoids pedagogy; it's not always artful, but it has a relaxed, light touch that never topples into pretension." — New York Times Posted Oct 11, 2012
5/5	53%	Simon and the Oaks (2012)	" With its exhilarating World War II narrative and performances that touch notes intimate and grand, "Simon and the Oaks" has an exquisite, and epic, ache." — New York Times Posted Oct 11, 2012
3/5	60%	Electoral Dysfunction (2012)	" "Electoral Dysfunction" pulls off an admirable trick: It's pleasant. It treats Democrats and Republicans respectfully, and its humor, with the comic Mo Rocca as guide, is closer to Garrison Keillor than to Michael Moore." — New York Times Posted Sep 20, 2012
4/5	68%	Step Up To The Plate (2012)	" "Step Up to the Plate" asserts how family, in multifarious ways, can be the most deeply affecting of ensembles." — New York Times Posted Sep 13, 2012
2.5/5	50%	The Manzanar Fishing Club (2012)	" All this is welcome; all this is too little. The Zen appeal of a river running through it is at best postcard-pretty, and not much deeper." — New York Times Posted Sep 13, 2012
2.5/5	21%	That's My Boy (2012)	" Mr. Sandler manages a frame or so of genuine sentiment, and the caricature is so ugly it's cute. He's a performer, and there are moments when audiences will surrender to his shtick. Moments." — New York Times Posted Jun 14, 2012
2/5	0%	Sexual Chronicles of a French Family (2012)	" Most of the camera time goes to airy, awkward sex (no genitalia, though plenty of breasts and backsides), and while it's never titillating, it's also never involving." — New York Times Posted May 31, 2012
3/5	——	Richard's Wedding (2012)	" The film's DIY ethos has a heart, which makes the script's small talk about humanity not so small after all." — New York Times Posted May 31, 2012
3/5	50%	Mahler on the Couch (2011)	" The scenes with Karl Markovics, as Freud, are the lingering appeal of this artfully composed film, framed with aesthetic care and scored with Mahler's music..." — New York Times Posted May 18, 2012
2.5/5	71%	Never Stand Still (2012)	" This film has the everyday vibe of a bunch of friends putting together a summer camp video. Gosh, the substance of Jacob's Pillow should be a little less sleepy." — New York Times Posted May 18, 2012
2.5/5	50%	Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance (2012)	" Dance films like Wim Wenders's innovative, kinetic "Pina" have now set a high barre, and by comparison the traditional talking-head style of this documentary seems primed for showings on public television." — New York Times Posted Apr 26, 2012
3/5	67%	To the Arctic (2012)	" Good on you, polar bears, and kudos to the cinematic expertise that captures them, especially underwater." — New York Times Posted Apr 19, 2012
2.5/5	26%	L!fe Happens (2012)	" Most appealing is Kate Bosworth, whose sharp humor as Deena has a bite that dares you to dismiss her. Even if you might dismiss her film." — New York Times Posted Apr 12, 2012
3/5	86%	Sound of Noise (2012)	" "Sound of Noise" is a dry treat - a solid, self-aware cult pleasure." — New York Times Posted Mar 8, 2012
3.5/5	——	Where Are You Taking Me? (2012)	" "Where Are You Taking Me?" is no survey of Uganda; it's too quiet, slow and personal for that. But the film is an unusual, visually rich visit to the nation." — New York Times Posted Mar 1, 2012
4/5	88%	Boy (2012)	" Joy juxtaposed with humiliation, silliness with sadness, fantasy with reality, and none of it formulaic. The editing feels fresh, as does the film." — New York Times Posted Mar 1, 2012
2/5	32%	Tyler Perry's Good Deeds (2012)	" Good Deeds honors goodness, which isn't at all a bad thing, and it's not without moments of genuine feeling. But by the film's end, after watching a seemingly infinite number of dour close-ups of sober self-evaluation, I felt bludgeoned." — New York Times Posted Feb 24, 2012
4/5	——	Grey Matter (2012)	" There are no emotional fireworks here, just smoldering, quiet, lonely agony." — New York Times Posted Jan 18, 2012
1.5/5	13%	Don't Go in the Woods (2012)	" "Don't Go in the Woods" would be ideal for a 3 a.m. slot on MTV. A couple of decades ago." — New York Times Posted Jan 12, 2012
2.5/5	26%	The Divide (2012)	" We wait, from one cringe-inducing, hide-your-face-from-the-screen act after another, to see how much worse the behavior will become." — New York Times Posted Jan 12, 2012
3.5/5	——	Don 2 (2011)	" If "Mission: Impossible" and "Ocean's Eleven" had a bombastic, funny and slick cousin, it might be "Don 2."" — New York Times Posted Dec 22, 2011
3/5	100%	Kinyarwanda (2011)	" It adds texture to the central facts: This happened, and this matters." — New York Times Posted Dec 1, 2011
4/5	85%	In Heaven Underground: The Weissensee Jewish Cemetery (2011)	" "In Heaven, Underground" captures the aura of the Weissensee in its many layers. The sense of place may be expected, but it's also poetic and exquisite." — New York Times Posted Nov 17, 2011
3/5	8%	The Reunion (2011)	" "The Reunion" has no pretensions of originality, and maybe that's just fine." — New York Times Posted Oct 20, 2011
3/5	88%	You All Are Captains (2011)	" I can't say I enjoyed it, but I acknowledge that "You All Are Captains" has something to express that can't be said except the way it's said, and that way there be art." — New York Times Posted Oct 18, 2011
2/5	——	The One (2011)	" Thought piece about identity? Soap opera romance? Light dramedy? Tragedy? "The One" doesn't find its footing in any of these genres; they just plod around one another uncomfortably." — New York Times Posted Oct 6, 2011
4/5	82%	Incendiary: The Willingham Case (2011)	" Mr. Martin is confident in his convictions. The filmmakers are confident about their science. Justice, this strong documentary asserts, is at risk in the division." — New York Times Posted Oct 6, 2011
2/5	60%	Surrogate Valentine (2011)	" The story never asserts itself in any dramatic or comedic or even home-movie fashion." — New York Times Posted Sep 29, 2011
4/5	93%	Benda Bilili! (2011)	" "Benda Bilili!" is brutally real, a document of willpower that shows not only the magic of transcendence - which may be fleeting - but also the transformation of aspiring to it, every struggling step of the way." — New York Times Posted Sep 29, 2011

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