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David Rooney

David Rooney

Agrees with the Tomatometer 77% of the time.

Publications:
St. Louis Post-Dispatch , Variety
Total Reviews:
631

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29% The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty (2013) " Audiences willing to tune in to its blend of surreal fantasy, droll comedy and poignancy will be rewarded." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Oct 6, 2013
8% Argento's Dracula 3D (2013) " Utterly lacking in imagination or suspense, this inane effort is strictly for hardcore Argento cultists." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 30, 2013
100% Le Week-End (2013) " A finely matched Jim Broadbent and Lindsay Duncan explore the wrinkles of marriage with humor and honesty." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 27, 2013
50% Thanks For Sharing (2013) " A compassionate and frequently funny look at sex addiction that rolls out too many pat developments to muster much depth." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 16, 2013
51% A Single Shot (2013) " Its protagonist hits an unplanned target, but this increasingly risible mishmash misses at almost every turn." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 16, 2013
86% Young & Beautiful (Jeune Et Jolie) () " A fascinating contemplation of adolescent sexuality that will be a star-making platform for its young lead, Marine Vacth." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 14, 2013
91% Stray Dogs () " The director's austere minimalism has always been suspended between the mesmerizing and the distancing, and in his latest feature, the concentration on elliptical observation, mood and texture signals an almost complete rejection of narrative." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 13, 2013
70% Tom à la ferme (Tom at the Farm) () " Ponderous, overwrought and more than a little pretentious, with a brooding self-seriousness that at times veers into camp." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 13, 2013
55% Child Of God () " There's a weird purity to the storytelling even at its untidiest, which enables Franco to remain true to the spirit of McCarthy's vernacular lyricism." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 13, 2013
76% Joe () " Where it really works is in Cage's bone-deep characterization of a man at war with himself, as tightly leashed as the badass bulldog that guards his house." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 13, 2013
79% Tracks () " A journey of arduous physical challenges and incalculable spiritual rewards is evocatively rendered in this superb adaptation." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 13, 2013
80% One Chance (2013) " An utterly formulaic but sweet movie that does what a crowd-pleaser is meant to do." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 13, 2013
—— Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon () " Supermensch is very much a celebration. But Gordon comes across as a refreshingly candid man who feels no compulsion to varnish the truth." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 12, 2013
— 58% The Sacrament () " A bone-chilling genre piece about religious fanaticism taken to deadly extremes." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 11, 2013
—— Lucky Them () " A minor-key film distinguished by fine performances from Toni Collette and Thomas Haden Church, and an unexpectedly poignant payoff." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 11, 2013
64% August: Osage County (2013) " An entertaining adaptation, delivering flavorful rewards in some sharp supporting turns that flank the central mother-daughter adversaries." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 10, 2013
—— You Are Here () " This sorry misfire will provide enjoyment only for rival television creatives invidiously rooting for Matthew Weiner to stumble." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 9, 2013
—— The Railway Man () " A former P.O.W.'s extraordinary story gets a plodding retelling in Jonathan Teplitzky's poorly-structured drama." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 9, 2013
89% Dallas Buyers Club (2013) " This is a full-bodied characterization that will take McConaughey's already impressive career regeneration several steps further." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 9, 2013
73% Can a Song Save Your Life? () " The film's quiet pleasures creep up on you." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 9, 2013
89% Locke () " A virtuoso narrative and technical experiment that doesn't stint on dramatic complexity or heart." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 8, 2013
34% Adore (2013) " Despite her accomplished cast, French director Anne Fontaine summons neither the dramatic heft nor the humor to put across this absurd forbidden-love scenario." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 3, 2013
78% Night Moves () " An engrossing reflection on radical violence and its fallout." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 3, 2013
23% A Teacher (2013) " A short, sharp burst of concentrated character-based storytelling that builds considerable emotional intensity." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Aug 26, 2013
75% Paradise: Faith (2013) " Austrian iconoclast Ulrich Seidl delivers one of his more challenging tracts in this screwy reflection on religious devotion." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Aug 19, 2013
88% La Vénus à la fourrure (Venus in Fur) () " Roman Polanski is in playfully perverse form with this nimble pas de deux adapted from David Ives' stage hit." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Aug 15, 2013
92% This Is Martin Bonner (2013) " Rigorously subdued in performance and tone, this low-key character portrait is distinguished by its empathetic honesty." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Jul 31, 2013
98% Blackfish (2013) " his gripping film presents a persuasive case against keeping the species -- and by extension any wild animal -- in captivity for the purposes of human entertainment." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Jul 16, 2013
60% Arcadia (2013) " The characters overall lack definition, and the writer-director is only moderately successful at accessing the pathos of a story that should be steeped in it." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Jul 8, 2013
50% White House Down (2013) " There's scant originality here, but witnessing America's hearth and home under siege still brings an emotional frisson to the silly thrills." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Jun 26, 2013
61% Byzantium (2013) " Neil Jordan interviews a whole new set of vampires but draws precious little blood." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Jun 24, 2013
71% Out in the Dark (2013) " The love between a well-heeled gay Israeli lawyer and a struggling Palestinian student serves to examine harsh realities in both communities in Michael Mayer's textured drama." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Jun 19, 2013
40% Only God Forgives (2013) " A menacingly atmospheric mood piece that will not disappoint devotees of the Nicolas Winding Refn church of fetishistic hyper-violence." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted May 23, 2013
— —— Un château en Italie (A Castle in Italy) () — Hollywood Reporter
Posted May 23, 2013
— —— The Last Days On Mars (2013) — Hollywood Reporter
Posted May 23, 2013
— 62% Les salauds (The Bastards) () — Hollywood Reporter
Posted May 23, 2013
44% Wara no tate (Shield of Straw) () " A diverting but generic dose of psychologically thin B-movie suspense from the normally more outré Takashi Miike." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted May 20, 2013
85% We Are What We Are (2013) " A refreshingly mature genre entry that plants queasy dread and unleashes a good dose of scares, tempering its gruesome bloodshed by wrapping it in serious-mindedness." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted May 20, 2013
— —— The Forgotten Bomb (2012) — Hollywood Reporter
Posted May 9, 2013
82% Something in the Air (2013) " Olivier Assayas has made a distinctive and nuanced film about the much-chronicled post-1968 years of radical European politics, as well as providing droll insight into his self-discovery as an artist." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Apr 29, 2013
50% At Any Price (2013) " Standout performances from Dennis Quaid and Zac Efron and an intelligent script distinguish this drama from writer-director Ramin Bahrani." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Apr 22, 2013
74% Love Is All You Need (2013) " It's neither unpredictable nor exactly fresh, but audiences willing to surrender to Susanne Bier's gently comic romance will find plenty of rewards." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Apr 22, 2013
67% Disconnect (2013) " The thematic points are made clearly, with well-sustained tension and no shortage of dramatic impact. It's just that it's all a bit obvious ..." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Apr 10, 2013
82% The Place Beyond The Pines (2013) " A somber and striking drama that takes some wrong turns but features a charismatic performance from Ryan Gosling in the leanest and best of its three sections." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Mar 25, 2013
30% Emperor (2013) " When it stops preaching, the film is on surer footing, even if for a drama in which peace hangs in the balance, the stakes never seem very high." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Mar 7, 2013
69% The Croods (2013) " Further back on the evolutionary chain than the Flintstones, and also lagging in the comedy stakes, this sweet Stone Age clan nonetheless will captivate the youngsters." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Feb 15, 2013
91% Caesar Must Die (2013) " Moving away from the literary costume dramas that have been their principal terrain for many years, the Taviani Brothers explore a fascinating encounter between theater and reality." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Feb 4, 2013
86% Blue Caprice (2013) " The filmmakers have made a smart, sobering movie that speculates with compelling detachment on how the abhorrent urge to take innocent lives might evolve." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Feb 1, 2013
100% Sound City (2013) " An exhilarating history of the studio that spawned countless rock classics, not to mention a welcome reminder to aspiring musicians to step away from the laptop once in a while." — Hollywood Reporter
Posted Jan 24, 2013
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