David Jenkins

David Jenkins

Agrees with the Tomatometer 79% of the time.

Biography:
Time Out film critic.
Publications:
Film4 , Little White Lies , thelondonpaper , Time Out , Time Out New York , Time Out Sydney , Total Film
Total Reviews:
515

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Rating T-Meter Title | Year Add Date
1/5 33% Deadfall (2012) " Low grade, unremarkable and - worst of all - unnecessarily violent." — Little White Lies
Posted May 9, 2013
3/5 50% All Stars () " A charming family entertainment with a clutch of seriously astonishing and visually ingenious dance numbers." — Little White Lies
Posted May 2, 2013
2/5 26% 21 And Over (2013) " Miles Teller certainly has a way with a wisecrack. But otherwise, file next to Broken Lizard's execrable Beerfest." — Little White Lies
Posted May 2, 2013
3/5 62% I'm So Excited! (2013) " An odd, gaudy comedy that's great fun, but certainly one to file under 'short haul'." — Little White Lies
Posted May 2, 2013
2/5 59% The Eye of the Storm (2012) " Some very game performances are let down by weak source material." — Little White Lies
Posted May 2, 2013
3/5 80% Scarecrow (1973) " This is no lost classic, but Pacino/Hackman superfans could do a lot, lot worse." — Little White Lies
Posted Apr 25, 2013
4/5 90% Bernie (2012) " Far more fine shades and ambiguities than expected." — Little White Lies
Posted Apr 25, 2013
3/5 77% Iron Man 3 (2013) " This new Iron Man movie is probably the strongest of the series. The emphasis is on flip fun all the way." — Little White Lies
Posted Apr 24, 2013
1/5 47% Bait (2012) " You've seen this movie without even seeing it." — Little White Lies
Posted Apr 18, 2013
3/5 74% Love Is All You Need (2013) " Manipulative and simplistic, but undoubtedly an enjoyable ride." — Little White Lies
Posted Apr 18, 2013
2/5 62% Me and You (Io e te) () " It's fine, but we expect more from this director." — Little White Lies
Posted Apr 18, 2013
2/5 62% Evil Dead (2013) " Anonymous, forgettable and doesn't hold a candle to the brilliant original." — Little White Lies
Posted Apr 18, 2013
4/5 48% Olympus Has Fallen (2013) " Butler hardly knocks it out of the park, but he steals the film. And what a film..." — Little White Lies
Posted Apr 18, 2013
3/5 74% Simon Killer (2013) " Brutal, nasty, unflinching. If you like that kind of thing." — Little White Lies
Posted Apr 11, 2013
4/5 92% The Gatekeepers (2013) " Makes for truly bracing viewing." — Little White Lies
Posted Apr 11, 2013
2/5 94% First Position (2012) " Settles for heartwarming "follow your dreams" platitudes rather than following the cold realities of being a dancer." — Little White Lies
Posted Apr 11, 2013
2/5 79% A Late Quartet (2012) " Wants to be Bergman, ends up more like a burgundy-hued Sunset Beach." — Little White Lies
Posted Apr 4, 2013
3/5 29% All Things To All Men () " Oh lord, that was a genuinely complex and gripping London-set noir." — Little White Lies
Posted Apr 4, 2013
2/5 35% Dark Skies (2013) " Zero points for originality, but interestingly messy at the same time." — Little White Lies
Posted Apr 4, 2013
2/5 34% The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012) " A gooey mess, but not an entirely dislikable one." — Little White Lies
Posted Apr 4, 2013
5/5 97% Point Blank (1967) " A movie to saviour again and again on the biggest screen you can get to." — Little White Lies
Posted Mar 28, 2013
2/5 87% In the House (2013) " Acrobatic wordplay only hides the vapidity so much." — Little White Lies
Posted Mar 28, 2013
3/5 100% We Went To War () " Moving, but never manipulative. And beautifully photographed." — Little White Lies
Posted Mar 28, 2013
2/5 28% G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013) " One great action sequence slap-bang in the middle. The rest is glossy bilge." — Little White Lies
Posted Mar 27, 2013
4/5 94% Neighbouring Sounds (2012) " This is a movie to get lost in. Kleber Mendonça Filho - you're on our list." — Little White Lies
Posted Mar 21, 2013
2/5 52% Jack the Giant Slayer (2013) " Some detailed design work doesn't save a lackluster whole." — Little White Lies
Posted Mar 21, 2013
2/5 30% Reincarnated (2013) " Lavish PR mission or genuine example of creative renewal? Beats us..." — Little White Lies
Posted Mar 21, 2013
1/5 20% Identity Thief (2013) " Cheap laughs, cheap stunts, cheap characters and with absolutely nothing important to say." — Little White Lies
Posted Mar 21, 2013
1/5 14% Small Apartments (2013) " When Johnny Knoxville is your MVP, it's maybe time to go back to the drawing board." — Little White Lies
Posted Mar 21, 2013
3/5 86% The Servant (1963) " Losey's use of off-kilter camera angles and an ornamental convex mirror helps to emphasise the stifling architecture of the building while offering eerie portents of things to come." — Little White Lies
Posted Mar 21, 2013
2/5 89% Shell () " A decent effort and director Scott Graham is one to watch, but this is far from a fully formed drama." — Little White Lies
Posted Mar 14, 2013
3/5 100% Michael H. Profession: Director () " Nothing revolutionary here, but a few spellbinding behind the scenes moments." — Little White Lies
Posted Mar 14, 2013
2/5 68% The Spirit of '45 () " Preaching to the choir." — Little White Lies
Posted Mar 14, 2013
3/5 85% Side Effects (2013) " Opts for raucous frivolity over genuine substance. But it's great fun while it lasts." — Little White Lies
Posted Mar 7, 2013
4/5 96% The Princess Bride (1987) " Shall we re-wind and give it another spin? As you wish..." — Little White Lies
Posted Mar 7, 2013
4/5 —— Acoustic Routes () " Charming, informative and drifts along at its own gratifyingly languorous pace." — Little White Lies
Posted Mar 6, 2013
4/5 —— Kebun binatang (Postcards from the Zoo) () " You'll never look at a zoo in the same way again." — Little White Lies
Posted Feb 28, 2013
1/5 14% Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013) " There's rarely a moment where you don't feel like there's at least one reel of footage missing." — Little White Lies
Posted Feb 27, 2013
2/5 83% The Road: A Story of Life & Death () " Much to admire here, but not Isaacs' finest hour." — Little White Lies
Posted Feb 21, 2013
5/5 42% To The Wonder (2013) " This is cinema sent from the heavens." — Little White Lies
Posted Feb 21, 2013
2/5 92% Lore (2013) " Certainly sounds good on paper, but a little shallow and overstated in reality." — Little White Lies
Posted Feb 21, 2013
2/5 76% Moulin Rouge! (2001) " It's still a one-of-a-kind, we'll give it that. But its sense of fun is so relentless and excessive, it all ends up being extremely tedious and shallow." — Little White Lies
Posted Feb 14, 2013
4/5 52% This is 40 (2012) " A real step up for Apatow. His masterpiece? Quite possibly." — Little White Lies
Posted Feb 14, 2013
4/5 94% I Wish (2012) " The spirit of Spielberg, transplanted to the east. Bliss." — Little White Lies
Posted Feb 7, 2013
1/5 0% The Fall Of The Essex Boys () " For hooliganalia apologists only." — Little White Lies
Posted Feb 7, 2013
2/5 64% Antiviral (2013) " If David Cronenberg's entire body of work didn't exist, Antiviral would be a revelation. As it stands..." — Little White Lies
Posted Jan 31, 2013
3/5 100% Kovasikajuttu (The Punk Syndrome) () " No masterpiece, but sensitive and extremely alive to life's amusing idiosyncrasies." — Little White Lies
Posted Jan 31, 2013
1/5 21% Hollow () " Nothing to see here." — Little White Lies
Posted Jan 24, 2013
4/5 79% Everyday () " Heartbreaking but never hysterical, sage but never stodgy, challenging but never confusing." — Little White Lies
Posted Jan 17, 2013
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