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Dennis Harvey

Dennis Harvey

Agrees with the Tomatometer 73% of the time.

Biography:
Film Critic, San Francisco Bay Guardian and Variety
Publications:
Variety
Critics' Group:
San Francisco Film Critics Circle
Total Reviews:
1288

Best Reviewed Films

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79% Smash His Camera (2010) " [An] entertaining docu by When We Were Kings' Leon Gast." — Variety
Posted Jul 6, 2010
81% The Disappearance of Alice Creed (2010) " Crisp handling, some clever twists and a welcome streak of dry humor hold attention throughout this indie Brit thriller." — Variety
Posted Jul 6, 2010
91% Joan Rivers: A Piece Of Work (2010) " Co-directors Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg observe a year in the life of a woman who trailblazed for today's female comics and remains as driven, hard-working and career-focused as ever." — Variety
Posted Jun 7, 2010
92% 9500 Liberty (2010) " This engrossing documentary traces ugly repercussions in northern Virginia when a resolution is passed requiring cops to question anyone they have "probable cause" to suspect of being an illegal alien, a la Arizona's subsequent hot-button law." — Variety
Posted Jun 7, 2010
43% Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead (2010) " Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Undead is one sly slice of the ridiculous." — Variety
Posted Apr 22, 2010
—— Babnik () " Adams' fresh eye and ear, and his way with mostly non-pro thesps hold attention." — Variety
Posted Mar 19, 2010
71% The Crazies (2010) " Eisner and his scenarists (Scott Kosar, Ray Wright) make changes mostly for the better, ramping up the horror factor via tighter focus on the imperiled locals and the requisite hike in gory violence." — Variety
Posted Feb 25, 2010
68% Defendor (2009) " Modest but likable effort is packaged in a straightforward style." — Variety
Posted Feb 23, 2010
89% Breath Made Visible: Anna Halprin (2010) " Assembly is smooth, highlighted by a treasure trove of hitherto little-seen archival performance footage going back more than 50 years." — Variety
Posted Jan 28, 2010
93% The Tillman Story (2010) " The Tillman Story mixes talking heads and archival footage into a detective story of escalatingly scandalous proportions." — Variety
Posted Jan 26, 2010
69% The Runaways (2010) " A conventionally enjoyable making-and-breaking-of-the-band saga." — Variety
Posted Jan 25, 2010
60% A Perfect Getaway (2009) " A big-reveal thriller with surprises that really do surprise -- and are worth waiting for through an audaciously long buildup." — Variety
Posted Dec 18, 2009
95% Crude (2009) " An engrossing case for justice." — Variety
Posted Dec 3, 2009
87% Off And Running (2010) " What at first looks like a heartwarming portrait of a highly blended modern family turns into a no less engrossing illustration of that situation's possible pitfalls in Off and Running." — Variety
Posted Oct 29, 2009
—— Sorry, Thanks (2009) " Sorry, Thanks stays true to mumblecore form in charting some aimless hours between San Franciscan twentysomethings who probably aren't right for each other." — Variety
Posted Oct 21, 2009
100% Zombie Girl: The Movie () " While subject Emily Hagins' precocious pluck is admirable and endearing, what lends the docu its dramatic edge is the way in which her mother goes from supportive to meddlesome over the course of the no-budget horror pic's production." — Variety
Posted Oct 21, 2009
90% Zombieland (2009) " Harrelson's unexpected line readings and reactions sometimes elevate Zombieland to a level of inspired nonsense worthy of Shaun of the Dead." — Variety
Posted Sep 28, 2009
98% The Loved Ones (2012) " Transcends mere torture porn -- though there's plenty for the squeamish to squirm over here -- in its deftly controlled mix of empathy, grotesquerie and sardonic humor." — Variety
Posted Sep 18, 2009
45% Creation (2010) " Not much "happens," though the pic does its best to maintain energy in both physical presentation and mixed-chronology structure." — Variety
Posted Sep 11, 2009
67% You Might as Well Live (2009) " While it's seldom uproarious, there's steady amusement in the luckless protag's rise from universally proclaimed "biggest douchebag" to ... well, anything would be an improvement." — Variety
Posted Sep 11, 2009
100% Aruitemo Aruitemo (Still Walking) (2008) " Its modest surface belies the depths of a lovely seriocomedy that concisely lays bare all kinds of uncomfortable dynamics in seemingly casual, low-key fashion." — Variety
Posted Aug 25, 2009
74% I Sell the Dead (2008) " Droll perfs, diverting f/x and handsome B-pic atmospherics ensure a good time for horror fans with a memory past last weekend's slasher remake." — Variety
Posted Aug 7, 2009
57% Paper Heart (2009) " These people are touchingly, often humorously frank about their most profound interpersonal connections, offering a range of definitions of love -- although the pic stacks the deck by keeping Yi the only real skeptic on hand." — Variety
Posted Aug 5, 2009
8% Carlos Castaneda - Enigma of a Sorcerer (2004) " Though interviews here are primarily with former camp followers and pic was made by one, overall perspective is just critical enough to satisfy both New Age types and curious skeptics." — Variety
Posted Aug 3, 2009
38% The Art of Being Straight (2008) " A low-key comedy high on charm and credible twentysomething observation." — Variety
Posted Jun 4, 2009
100% Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation (2003) " The pic's real delight is its sheer resourcefulness, as stunts and FX are re-created on a shoestring in one of the most elaborate amateur features ever made." — Variety
Posted May 13, 2009
100% My Neighbor, My KIller (2009) " Valuable historical document." — Variety
Posted May 7, 2009
89% Ice People (2008) " In this painstaking, body-numbing work, finding one perfect leaf fossil is a palpable thrill." — Variety
Posted Apr 29, 2009
89% The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story (2009) " Engaging docu draws on plentiful archival footage and A-list interviewees, and should lure dedicated nostalgists." — Variety
Posted Apr 29, 2009
76% Five Minutes of Heaven (2009) " Powerhouse performances by Liam Neeson and James Nesbit make this an intense, ultimately moving tale." — Variety
Posted Apr 23, 2009
12% The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (2009) " A surefooted screen translation of Michael Chabon's beloved 1988 debut novel." — Variety
Posted Apr 6, 2009
79% Chasing a Dream (Miles from Nowhere) (2009) " An involving, sometimes painfully intimate piece that's as much about living with mental illness as it is about a rather remarkable artistic vision." — Variety
Posted Apr 1, 2009
80% Canary () " This second feature by Alejandro Adams (Around the Bay) confirms him as an arresting talent well worth perusal by fest and niche ancillary programmers." — Variety
Posted Mar 13, 2009
52% Shuttle (2009) " A decently twisty indie thriller about hostages lured aboard an airport minivan whose destination is nowhere pleasant." — Variety
Posted Feb 27, 2009
—— Garrison Keillor: The Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes (2008) " Portrait captures the charm of A Prairie Home Companion and its creator considerably more than Robert Altman's star-heavy 2006 feature of the same name." — Variety
Posted Feb 18, 2009
—— From Within (2009) " A competent if unremarkable low-budgeter." — Variety
Posted Jan 13, 2009
39% My Name Is Bruce (2007) " Cheerfully embracing his status as cult B-movie genre megastar even as he sends it up, Bruce Campbell's sophomore directorial excursion, My Name is Bruce, is a big in-joke of definite if limited appeal." — Variety
Posted Dec 18, 2008
21% Johnny Got His Gun (2008) " Ably filmed by veteran stage producer-director Rowan Joseph, Bradley Rand Smith's theatrical script provides a bravura thespian workout for Ben McKenzie." — Variety
Posted Dec 4, 2008
64% The House of Yes (1997) " [Waters] manages to open up the text while maintaining its perilous mix of arch wit, pathos and suspense." — Variety
Posted Nov 21, 2008
71% I Think We're Alone Now (2010) " The outer frontier of celebrity culture, where fandom meets mental illness, is home to I Think We're Alone Now." — Variety
Posted Nov 6, 2008
83% Eden Lake (2008) " An effectively harrowing Brit thriller-cum-horror pic whose yuppie protags' weekend getaway runs violently afoul of the local youth." — Variety
Posted Nov 3, 2008
82% Saving Marriage (2006) " A solid, engrossing mix of reportage and human-interest stories." — Variety
Posted Oct 24, 2008
77% Role Models (2008) " If the material has a formulaic feel and the dialogue often skews more rude than clever, Role Models nonetheless amuses throughout. That's in large part due to the stars, whose roles very much play to their familiar comic strengths." — Variety
Posted Oct 20, 2008
92% Refusenik (2008) " One credits their naivete as the best tool to change history, as, because of it, they refused to cave in to excuse-making politicians and initial indifference in the Jewish-American community." — Variety
Posted Oct 18, 2008
39% Tru Loved (2008) " An entertaining tolerance lesson targeted at teens." — Variety
Posted Oct 18, 2008
80% Un Secret (A Secret) (2008) " A fine drama that stands as Gallic vet Claude Miller's best in at least a decade." — Variety
Posted Oct 18, 2008
30% Chaos Theory (2008) " The lead performers, the brighter fillips in Daniel Taplitz's screenplay and Marcos Siega's assured direction make this a pleasing item overall." — Variety
Posted Oct 18, 2008
94% Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2008) " Aussie genre pics of the 1970s and '80s get a rip-roaring salute in Not Quite Hollywood." — Variety
Posted Oct 18, 2008
50% Down to the Dirt () " Many viewers will find time spent with this hapless screw-up two hours too many, but the pic does at least partly capture the source material's rambunctious gallows humor." — Variety
Posted Sep 15, 2008
45% Lakeview Terrace (2008) " Lakeview Terrace delivers fairly tense and engrossing drama before succumbing to thriller convention." — Variety
Posted Sep 8, 2008
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