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Gabe Toro

Gabe Toro

Agrees with the Tomatometer 87% of the time.

Publications:
Natural Born Viewers , The Playlist
Total Reviews:
131
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131

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A- 88% 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
D- 14% Assault On Wall Street (2013) " ...the age of being offended by this sort of thing might also be long-gone: the only question on viewers' minds during the film's violent climax is how exactly Boll was able to get so much shoddy footage on location." — The Playlist
Posted May 8, 2013
C+ 36% Peeples (2013) " At times, Peeples says so much about communities and foundations built and enhanced by future generations that you wish it also didn't bend over backwards to present gags about nudist beaches and threesomes..." — The Playlist
Posted May 8, 2013
D+ 18% Aroused (2013) " By imagining that she's pulling back the curtain, Anderson is instead making porn even more inscrutable, even more difficult to understand...this doesn't seem to be a main concern, as these actresses roll lie in bed for a voyeuristic camera... " — The Playlist
Posted May 5, 2013
B+ 100% You Will Be My Son (2013) " You Will Be My Son traffics in a certain type of melodrama that involves a small drop of tragedy to advance the pieces of a chess board." — The Playlist
Posted May 3, 2013
B+ 88% What Maisie Knew (2013) " What Maisie Knew is an affecting movie right until the very end, but is it really worth breaking your heart?" — The Playlist
Posted May 3, 2013
B+ —— Taboor () " Iranian Oddity Taboor Is Hypnotic, Lynch-Like" — The Playlist
Posted May 3, 2013
A- 93% What Richard Did (2013) " What Richard Did paints an evocative portrait of guilt and mourning while also parsing the stickiest notions of guilt and innocence." — The Playlist
Posted May 3, 2013
C —— Richard Pryor: Omit The Logic () " ...you can forgive "Richard Pryor: Omit The Logic" from not delivering on several levels. Maybe ninety minutes just isn't enough time to cover the multi-faceted career of the legendary funnyman." — The Playlist
Posted May 3, 2013
C —— Raze () " Grisly Raze wastes the surprising presence of Zoe Bell" — The Playlist
Posted May 3, 2013
C+ —— The Machine () " It's a simple pleasure, but even in a simple movie, it's fairly unique, establishing a vision not often seen in small-scale sci-fi." — The Playlist
Posted May 3, 2013
B+ —— Lily () " Lily doesn't deal with cancer as much as it deals with the 'what now?' question that dogs those that escape death...A modest but genuinely affecting New York picture. " — The Playlist
Posted Apr 25, 2013
B- —— Deep Powder () " Without knowing the details of the true story, it very much seems a bit too David and Goliath. If you're too busy over-emphasizing that size-difference, the drama just gets lost. " — The Playlist
Posted Apr 24, 2013
A —— The Kill Team () " Parallels and sociological discussions could be prompted by The Kill Team, which is both thorough and more of a conversation starter than capper." — The Playlist
Posted Apr 24, 2013
A- —— Lenny Cooke () " Lenny Cooke is the Death Of A Salesman of sports documentaries." — The Playlist
Posted Apr 24, 2013
B —— Dark Touch () " ...the young Ms. Keating is almost supernaturally skilled in her ability to modulate between disturbed and confident. Tragically, you're never thinking this is a child actor, but rather that this is a genuinely broken kid. " — The Playlist
Posted Apr 24, 2013
D- 14% Oconomowoc (2013) " Oconomowoc leans on the tried-and-true formula of squeezed forced-perspective frames, flannel sweaters, bad mustaches and awful public access cable to provoke dismissive laughs." — The Playlist
Posted Apr 24, 2013
A- —— Shesh peamim (Six Acts) () " With its broad, ambiguous title, Six Acts reminds us, with heartbreaking power, that sometimes vigilance just isn't enough, and all it takes is an "act" or two to change a life forever." — The Playlist
Posted Apr 24, 2013
D+ —— Adult World () " Wanting to create a leading character worth rooting for, and experiencing the schadenfreude that comes from her failure, is a complex balancing act, one that Adult World simply cannot pull off. " — The Playlist
Posted Apr 24, 2013
C- —— Mr. Jones () " You can't really dip into dream logic if you have nary a single eye-popping visual, and in doing so, Mueller completely wastes a unique, potentially durable concept." — The Playlist
Posted Apr 24, 2013
C —— Möbius () " Möbius spins off into too many directions you won't want to follow." — The Playlist
Posted Apr 24, 2013
B 84% Graceland (2013) " Graceland mashes together suspense thriller with sobering child trafficking drama, with mixed results." — The Playlist
Posted Apr 24, 2013
B —— Run & Jump () " Despite the affecting drama and performances, Run and Jump just never feels more that perfunctory..." — The Playlist
Posted Apr 24, 2013
A —— Bending Steel () " Bending Steel climaxes in a way that would shake even the most hardened viewer: you'd never expect a film about the continual bending of steel to become quite so touching. " — The Playlist
Posted Apr 24, 2013
A- —— Some Velvet Morning () " LaBute has consistently made intriguing, often idiosyncratic films in his career, but he hasn't made anything this unsettling and unforgettable in a very long time." — The Playlist
Posted Apr 24, 2013
C —— Trust Me () " Hollywood satire Trust Me continues industry self-love designed as self-mockery." — The Playlist
Posted Apr 24, 2013
B —— Plynace wiezowce (Floating Skyscrapers) () " Tragedy is unavoidable in Floating Skyscrapers but Wasilewski at least manages to make it immensely appealing from a visual standpoint, suggesting he's only the right story away from making a truly transcendent piece of art." — The Playlist
Posted Apr 24, 2013
A- —— Mistaken for Strangers () " With its rock doc trappings, it's impossible to ignore that the film delivers on that front, with thrilling and candid on-stage footage that allows the band's music to come alive: if you weren't a fan before, you will be after the film. " — The Playlist
Posted Apr 22, 2013
C 8% Tomorrow You're Gone (2013) " A stylized neo-noir that goes nowhere slowly." — The Playlist
Posted Apr 10, 2013
B+ 77% 42 (2013) " 42 is excessively retro, neglecting the urge to pepper scenes with comic relief or oppressing, flashy conflict. But it's the sort of approach that keeps these characters from being 'rebels' with phony redemptive character arcs." — The Playlist
Posted Apr 10, 2013
C 55% Down the Shore (2013) " An actors' showcase melodrama that captures [small town New Jersey] as a prison where characters are doomed to serve penance for sins of the past. " — The Playlist
Posted Apr 3, 2013
B+ 96% Blancanieves (2013) " The silent trappings seem like a gimmick when employed in 2013, but the story's impact is never dulled." — The Playlist
Posted Mar 29, 2013
D- 15% Dorfman in Love (2013) " The latest in a long line of films to pretend that when a plucky young woman isn't engaged or married, it must be a personal and professional Hiroshima." — The Playlist
Posted Mar 25, 2013
D+ 43% Admission (2013) " It's as if Weitz knows he's got a corpse of a film on his hands -- never trust a movie when it feels as though you can see the director clasping the defibrillator." — The Playlist
Posted Mar 19, 2013
A- 91% Gimme The Loot (2013) " The streets of New York City are alive in the SXSW hit Gimme The Loot, the endearing and charmingly unpretentious first feature from director Adam Leon." — The Playlist
Posted Mar 15, 2013
D 46% The Sweeney (2013) " The Sweeney Is Cliché After Cliché To The Point Of Parody." — The Playlist
Posted Mar 9, 2013
B+ 87% The Silence (2013) " Directed with sharp precision and maturity, deftly balancing a large cast and refusing to give in to the station-to-station procedural aspects of the story." — The Playlist
Posted Mar 8, 2013
— 65% The Campaign (2012) — The Playlist
Posted Jan 22, 2013
— 67% Price Check (2012) — The Playlist
Posted Jan 22, 2013
— 63% Delicacy (2012) — The Playlist
Posted Jan 22, 2013
— 26% War of the Buttons (2012) — The Playlist
Posted Jan 22, 2013
— 56% The Revenant (2012) — The Playlist
Posted Jan 22, 2013
— 72% The Future (2011) — The Playlist
Posted Jan 22, 2013
— 79% Battle for Brooklyn (2011) — The Playlist
Posted Jan 22, 2013
— 44% Brake (2012) — The Playlist
Posted Jan 22, 2013
— 97% Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (2012) — The Playlist
Posted Jan 22, 2013
— 47% Bait (2012) — The Playlist
Posted Jan 22, 2013
— 75% Collaborator (2012) — The Playlist
Posted Jul 6, 2012
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