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Gabe Toro

Gabe Toro

Agrees with the Tomatometer 81% of the time.

Publications:
Natural Born Viewers , The Playlist
Total Reviews:
176
Total QuickRatings:
1

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Rating T-Meter Title | Year Add Date
B- 74% Concussion (2013) " Weigert's full range of emotion is quite staggering: she can be funny, maternal, and flirty all at once, and in a film that relies on her so greatly, she is endlessly watchable. " — The Playlist
Posted Oct 4, 2013
C+ 68% Bad Milo! (2013) " ...Bad Milo! is about a man who has a monster that grows out of his ass and kills people. If you're not willing to get onboard with that premise, this isn't a movie that's going to sway your initial feelings." — The Playlist
Posted Oct 4, 2013
D+ —— Je m'appelle Hmmm... (My Name Is Hmmm...) () " As an art installation, this could be an interesting film to watch, cock-eyed, intrigued by the visual techniques of an obvious first-timer. But it is not a film. " — The Playlist
Posted Oct 4, 2013
D- 8% Argento's Dracula 3D (2013) " With Dracula 3D, we finally know which of the great '70s genre filmmakers have fallen the hardest, and the answer is Dario Argento." — The Playlist
Posted Oct 4, 2013
B- 100% On The Job (2013) " The true story is inherently compelling, but director Matti can never seem to use the real-life case, or these cop tropes, to mine for any deeper truth. What's left is a particularly colorful procedural..." — The Playlist
Posted Sep 27, 2013
D 62% About Time (2013) " About Time, inadvertently, reveals itself to be About Men, and how they devise lies in order to create the illusion that all women supposedly want to see. " — The Playlist
Posted Sep 27, 2013
D 60% +1 (2013) " ...the film is so po-faced that you wonder what the point of all this is, let alone what we should be hoping is the outcome." — The Playlist
Posted Sep 27, 2013
F 10% Jewtopia (2013) " Under the direction of Bryan Fogel, Jewtopia is hopelessly cheap and stage-bound in a way that pushes the jokes to a higher and more intolerable pitch. " — The Playlist
Posted Sep 27, 2013
A- 100% Le Week-End (2013) " Michell's handling of the relationship between the two is touching in how little judgment he passes." — The Playlist
Posted Sep 27, 2013
B+ 67% Newlyweeds (2013) " ... a touching weed comedy-drama that finally captures just what it's like to put your lips to some sticky icky and breathe in a mental holiday no other experience can match." — The Playlist
Posted Sep 20, 2013
B+ 86% Blue Caprice (2013) " Washington's performance is one of the best of the year, a high-wire act that is careful not to dip into survivalist caricature, even if the film begins to blister off into a sense of foreboding doom. " — The Playlist
Posted Sep 13, 2013
D 33% The Family (2013) " The Family is ultimately a headache, nearly two hours of baseball bat beatings and dull witticisms, with zero inventiveness or energy from the man who previously helmed films like The Professional and The Fifth Element." — The Playlist
Posted Sep 13, 2013
B+ 45% And While We Were Here (2013) " Harkening back to Italian neo-realism, the romance of Naples is alive in And While We Were Here..." — The Playlist
Posted Sep 13, 2013
C- 44% Bounty Killer (2013) " It's a film that plays equally to both sides of the political spectrum, and it feels like pandering either way." — The Playlist
Posted Sep 13, 2013
C 76% Man of Tai Chi (2013) " Reeves, to his credit, is a riot: his line readings are like that of a mad anime villain, blocky and awkward...It wants to be awesome, but instead it's just "awesome."" — The Playlist
Posted Sep 9, 2013
B+ 91% Il Futuro (2013) " It seems like a statement that Il Futuro presents simple but intriguing conflicts that nonetheless resolve anti-climactically, denying us an organic end." — The Playlist
Posted Sep 6, 2013
C+ 34% Hell Baby (2013) " Hell Baby works as a joke factory first and foremost, a collection of tropes (some mocked) second, and a movie a distant third" — The Playlist
Posted Sep 5, 2013
A- 100% Blue Ruin () " Saulnier has made a film of almost unbearable tension, a no-frills pressure cooker that rattles the senses not just for what occurs...but for what's waiting just off screen at every turn. " — The Playlist
Posted Sep 5, 2013
B 23% A Teacher (2013) " The intensity of Burdge's excellent performance-and Fidell's intense, often claustrophobic filmmaking-carries the picture far, but when she turns away from the camera (and she does often), you can almost feel Fidell reaching for spare ideas." — The Playlist
Posted Sep 5, 2013
B+ 43% Abigail Harm (2013) " Plummer's depressingly ordinary loneliness provides the crux of the picture, one that looks at how anyone can seek, and find, a substitute for love." — The Playlist
Posted Sep 3, 2013
C- 69% I Declare War (2013) " If you have a point to make, try not to make it too succinctly in the first five minutes of your film." — The Playlist
Posted Aug 30, 2013
B+ —— The Battery () " The Battery [is] a film with genuine interest in not the humanity that's vanished from the world, but the smaller bits that remain." — The Playlist
Posted Aug 28, 2013
C 46% Closed Circuit (2013) " The sloppy reveals of the third act can be seen from miles away, turning this into a low-impact actioner where characters are turned into chess pieces, and the narrative's aim is to strategically assemble the parts like a play set. " — The Playlist
Posted Aug 28, 2013
A- 81% Una noche (One Night) (2013) " While the film may be the text, it's impossible to not watch Una Noche and feel those pangs of bittersweet emotions, knowing that these actors have found the happiness for which their characters fought. " — The Playlist
Posted Aug 23, 2013
C 62% Scenic Route (2013) " ...it doesn't seem to be the journey as much as the destination: seeing two sorta-friends wailing on each other feels like the shortcut a better movie never made." — The Playlist
Posted Aug 22, 2013
C 57% The Frozen Ground (2013) " Ultimately, the cumulative effect is deadening, just another chapter in an endless battle between overtasked and underpaid good guys, and cowardly baddies." — The Playlist
Posted Aug 21, 2013
D- —— Discopathe () " The dubbing is poor, the production values are worthy of porn, the performances are arch and ironic and the disco is pervasive." — The Playlist
Posted Aug 20, 2013
D+ —— Antisocial () " Antisocial inevitably damns all technology, a Luddite fantasy that can't get out of its own way to make superior points to the run of thrillers made at the start of the internet age." — The Playlist
Posted Aug 20, 2013
C —— Return to Nuke 'Em High () " By the usual standards of Troma films, this is typical in that it's barely a movie, and the non-stop vulgarity becomes an ordeal by the hour point. But the picture isn't plotted with story beats, only shock moments..." — The Playlist
Posted Aug 20, 2013
C 30% Kick-Ass 2 (2013) " It doesn't jibe with the contributions of the actors, none of whom seem willing to go to the dark places of the material: most seem to be taking direction from Colonel Stars And Stripes, who shrugs and tells the group to have fun." — The Playlist
Posted Aug 14, 2013
B+ 75% ZIPPER: Coney Island's Last Wild Ride (2013) " Zipper reminds us that we must fight, but remain strong, refusing to fear the reaper." — The Playlist
Posted Aug 7, 2013
C- 38% Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013) " Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters is most interesting because of what it can't help being: a too-late sequel years after the zeitgeist, clearly the product of a lowered budget and adjusted expectations following a not-well-received first picture." — The Playlist
Posted Aug 7, 2013
D 69% Cockneys vs Zombies (2013) " ...you get what you asked for: there are Cockney accents in this film, and there are zombies. Somebody had to ask for it, so here it is." — The Playlist
Posted Aug 2, 2013
C- 63% 2 Guns (2013) " There's nothing about 2 Guns that doesn't feel prefab, like someone poured a packet of Insta-Movie into a glass of water." — The Playlist
Posted Jul 31, 2013
A 83% Computer Chess (2013) " It's the first sign that "good" is no longer the template; Bujalski is now a great filmmaker. " — The Playlist
Posted Jul 19, 2013
F 14% R.I.P.D. (2013) " The 3D...[is] used for scatological effect, most prominently in scenes where characters drop food and vomit onto the screen, right into your 3D eyeline. It's an appropriate metaphor." — The Playlist
Posted Jul 19, 2013
B 86% The Conjuring (2013) " Rarely do you find contemporary horror films dedicated to genuinely scaring you instead of making you laugh ironically, recoil in disgust, or react with politically-fueled anger." — The Playlist
Posted Jul 16, 2013
C 85% Terms And Conditions May Apply (2013) " Even given the shapelessness of the picture, Hoback does the best he can in providing an imperfect timeline to a possibly worsening issue." — The Playlist
Posted Jul 12, 2013
C- 10% Killing Season (2013) " This barebones time-killer from the ruthlessly frugal folks at Millennium Films announces its intentions from the title on, and its two stars...seem glumly game to scowl their way through the proceedings with the professionalism of a mercenary..." — The Playlist
Posted Jul 12, 2013
F 8% Grown Ups 2 (2013) " Spoiler alert: the very last joke of Grown Ups 2 involves a character passing gas on Salma Hayek...This sequel is even more plot-less, even more conflict-less, even more, more, more, of less, less, less." — The Playlist
Posted Jul 12, 2013
D- 12% Pawn Shop Chronicles (2013) " There's an alternate reality somewhere, wherein Pawn Shop Chronicles is not released in theaters on July 12th, but instead is projected on the wall of a small, narrow hallway in Comic-Con, never to be heard from again. " — The Playlist
Posted Jul 12, 2013
B 65% The Heat (2013) " Feig...understands that whatever piffle of a story pales in comparison to allowing McCarthy a chance to utilize her brutish, foul-mouthed animalism." — The Playlist
Posted Jun 27, 2013
C 86% Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie (2013) " This was Morton Downey Jr., and Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie is probably the film he deserves." — The Playlist
Posted Jun 5, 2013
B- 72% The Wall (2013) " The Wall seems to be telling the story about assimilation, about a woman who accepts her lot and attempts to persevere through the cruelest of conditions, an unspoken martyr. Perhaps it would carry much more power had she not been so chatty." — The Playlist
Posted May 31, 2013
C- 57% American Mary (2013) " American Mary simply reveals itself as a film with little on its mind, content to scare rubberneckers into contemplating the backstory of the more outlandish body manipulation jobs they've seen in public. A documentary would have sufficed." — The Playlist
Posted May 30, 2013
C 11% After Earth (2013) " The film progresses to the point where it feels less like father and son, and more like a young boy listening to an inspirational audiobook..." — The Playlist
Posted May 30, 2013
A- 95% We Steal Secrets: The Story Of Wikileaks (2013) " Despite a lack of access to Manning and Assange, We Steal Secrets is a vital document of a pivotal moment in world history that we're still experiencing as we speak." — The Playlist
Posted May 23, 2013
A- 100% Nancy, Please (2013) " Despite the ocassional light tone, and the fact that Nancy, Please pivots on Paul's crumbling mental state, the film works almost as if a distaff version of Jaws, except Eleonore Hendricks' Nancy is almost scarier." — The Playlist
Posted May 23, 2013
C 10% And Now A Word From Our Sponsor (2013) " Two Sharp Performances Stranded By Limp Satire In And Now A Word From Our Sponsor" — The Playlist
Posted May 9, 2013
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