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Jason Di Rosso

Agrees with the Tomatometer 66% of the time.

Publications:: MovieTime, ABC Radio National , The Age (Australia)

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Rating	T-Meter	Title \| Year	Add Date
	89%	Let Me In (2010)	" At best it's on a par with -- not better than -- its predecessor. Given how good Tomas Alfredson's film was, that's not a bad achievement." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Oct 15, 2010
	86%	Buried (2010)	" Set in Iraq, Buried takes aim at the American industrial military complex and manages to be both a cerebral experience and a perverse, visceral delight." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Oct 8, 2010
	43%	Dinner for Schmucks (2010)	" The film fails to hold together as the portrait of an unlikely friendship, and the individual moments of brilliance feel like skits in a disjointed whole." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Oct 1, 2010
	55%	Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)	" This is not a great film, but if you can accept Stone's submission to the dictates of the popcorn movie romance, I think there's a lot to like." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Sep 24, 2010
	85%	Easy A (2010)	" Easy A falls short of the greatness of cult High School classics like Heathers. If there were doubters, however, it does at least provide further proof that Emma Stone is a talent to watch." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Sep 17, 2010
—	52%	I'm Still Here (2010)	" Ultimately the film seems like a stale idea and its celebrity filmmakers too close to -- and forgiving of -- celebrities to really deliver a hard critique." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Sep 17, 2010
	6%	The Last Airbender (2010)	" The mythology of the series doesn't translate well to the demands of concise big screen storytelling." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Sep 17, 2010
	81%	The Disappearance of Alice Creed (2010)	" Sure, it's a parlour trick movie, with no great idea at its core, but props should go to Blakeson -- he's packed a remarkable amount of thrills into a one-bedroom flat location." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Sep 10, 2010
	87%	Please Give (2010)	" Its conclusions are thoughtful and non-judgmental; satisfying even if it pulls a few punches." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Sep 10, 2010
	52%	Going the Distance (2010)	" All the bases seem to be covered, but none of them are particularly funny. At best you'll smile out loud." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Sep 3, 2010
	50%	The Tumbler ()	" The Tumbler will divert genre fans who don't mind the absence of gloss." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Sep 3, 2010
	8%	Furry Vengeance (2010)	" If there's an award for taking a great idea and strangling it to death with mediocre execution, this should get it." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Sep 3, 2010
	4%	Vampires Suck (2010)	" Vampires Suck has its heart in the right place, but it could've done with sharper fangs." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Aug 27, 2010
	55%	The Killer Inside Me (2010)	" It's a credit to the British director that he's captured so much regional and class detail, but disappointing that his film's conclusions are almost banal, with a contrived finale that ties too many threads together." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Aug 27, 2010
	81%	Cairo Time (2010)	" Nadda's camera captures it wonderfully; the simple placement of her lens is how we'd see it: looking through a crowd at eye level, looking down on a city intersection from a train window." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Aug 20, 2010
	69%	Matching Jack ()	" Lynne Renew and David Parker's script is based on a wonderful premise, but the resulting film is uneven, straddling adult drama and family-friendly tear-jerker without doing either well." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Aug 20, 2010
	81%	Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)	" For those out of the loop, or too far removed from these characters' headspace, the inventiveness of the film's execution alone is not enough." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Aug 20, 2010
	63%	The Nothing Men (2008)	" It's a story that may have worked better on stage, or in a short film. On the big screen it feels thin." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Aug 12, 2010
	91%	Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick (Everlasting Moments) (Maria Larsson's Everlasting Moment) (2009)	" While it never reaches great heights, Everlasting Moments offers subtle, satisfying rewards with well drawn characters." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Aug 12, 2010
	41%	The Expendables (2010)	" Among the explosions and the blood, a forceful melancholy infects the characters and puts a dark tinge to even the most jocular banter." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Aug 12, 2010
	46%	Step Up 3-D (2010)	" Step Up 3D reaches, on occasion, the heights of the classic Hollywood musical. It's a pity about the script." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Aug 6, 2010
	59%	Centurion (2010)	" There's a flat prettiness to the film, and [Marshall's] attempt to explore group tensions comes asunder, despite the talents of Michael Fassbender and Domenic West, with some awfully clichéd dialogue." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Jul 30, 2010
	45%	Second Hand Wedding (2008)	" Never anything but clichéd, this film tugs at all the emotional levers but struggles to elicit a single tear or giggle." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Jul 30, 2010
	74%	Greenberg (2010)	" Baumbach avoids the tedious or the overstated, always finding a way to raise the stakes, whether it's through an unexpected plot development or a performance." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Jul 22, 2010
	68%	Leaving (Partir) (2010)	" Though the characters might be slightly underdrawn, writer-director Catherine Corsini delivers a bold critique of the marriage contract that's worth the ticket." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Jul 22, 2010
	69%	The Runaways (2010)	" [Sigismondi's] film nails a key paradox about the rock industry: a business that's all about capitalism at its most conservative and rampant, peddling a product that's all about rebellion." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Jul 16, 2010
	45%	Creation (2010)	" Director Jon Amiel has delivered on the promise of a good script, with a film that has a pleasing sense of forward motion, characters who suffer deeply, but are attractive because of it, morally, for the way they struggle through with love and belief." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Jul 16, 2010
	73%	The Waiting City (2011)	" Too often in The waiting City, there are moments that jar, misjudgments and bad calls in performance and structure that distract from the important process going on here." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Jul 16, 2010
	52%	Knight & Day (2010)	" If Diaz and Cruise had shared some chemistry on screen I may have forgiven all of its sins. Alas, they don't." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Jul 16, 2010
	63%	Predators (2010)	" There is a point where I thought this was a misguided Apocalypse Now homage. There was another point where I thought: Adrien Brody is no Arnold Schwarzenegger. But in the end what really disappointed me were the underdeveloped character tensions." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Jul 9, 2010
	61%	The Horseman (2008)	" For all the rough edges, and perhaps because of them, The Horseman is compelling voyeurism, and the two leads are near on perfect." — The Age (Australia) Posted Jul 9, 2010
	88%	The Hedgehog (2011)	" It's a slow drip-feed of rich detail and comments made that carry more weight than at first we realise." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Jul 9, 2010
	33%	Jusqu'à toi ()	" At times you want to whack this pair of self-indulgent, angst-ridden misfits over the back of the head with a plastic carry-cup, but mostly, they're a couple of charmers." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Jul 2, 2010
	85%	Farewell (L'affaire Farewell) (2010)	" Its emotional impact lies in its exploration of how, sometimes, these very different bonds can become tragically incompatible." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Jul 2, 2010
	66%	The Karate Kid (2010)	" Perhaps it lacks the simplicity that made the original such a compelling popcorn movie, but there's an ambition to the updated cross-cultural story that delivers some fascinating texture." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Jul 2, 2010
	49%	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010)	" Fans will be pleased with what Slade and co have come up with, everyone else will continue to wonder what all the fuss is about." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Jul 2, 2010
	99%	Toy Story 3 (2010)	" Perhaps it's more likely to give parents nightmares than children!" — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Jun 26, 2010
	9%	Grown Ups (2010)	" Everyone turns up for their shift, but no one seems convinced by the task at hand -- namely making the audience laugh with a script that looks like it was banged out in an afternoon." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Jun 26, 2010
	81%	I Am Love (2010)	" Like its central character, it moves with its heart better than with its head. How much you enjoy it, will depend on which you choose to follow." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Jun 26, 2010
	79%	Mother and Child (2010)	" This isn't one of those lo-fi indie movies that sells out in the third act for a big bang. By the end, it's what's resolved as much as what's not resolved that makes this story worth telling." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Jun 18, 2010
	72%	Get Him to the Greek (2010)	" Get Him To The Greek is not a masterpiece, but it's very entertaining for audiences who like their comedy raw." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Jun 18, 2010
	47%	The A-Team (2010)	" It doesn't work. The best renegade action heroes, whether to the right or the left, should always be, fundamentally, disbelievers." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Jun 11, 2010
	81%	City Island (2010)	" The film has a likable, warm-hearted compassion for its characters. This generosity of spirit won my affection." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted May 28, 2010
	49%	The Losers (2010)	" Watching this series of adrenalin charged set pieces and plot twists feels like hurtling down a series of narrow one-way streets with tyre -screeching corners in between." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted May 28, 2010
	35%	Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)	" It's never anything more than adolescent fluff, but the film's testosterone-fuelled charms do prove effective." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted May 28, 2010
	30%	The Kings of Mykonos ()	" The film's timing is off and with jokes this old, you can't afford to miss a beat." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted May 21, 2010
	78%	The End of the Line (2009)	" As the final credits roll you feel like you've been on an emotional rollercoaster -- the same as you might if you'd just watched a moderately successful Hollywood disaster movie." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted May 14, 2010
	40%	Letters to Juliet (2010)	" Apart from a handful of nicely crafted, brittle exchanges between the two young leads as the antipathy between them transforms into sexual tension, the film is full of shameless Italian stereotypes and poorly executed screwball comedy." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted May 14, 2010
	41%	44 Inch Chest (2010)	" I can't help thinking it's a waste of talent." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Apr 30, 2010
	82%	Triangle (2009)	" The film would have been better served by a stronger sense of the metaphor it was trying to construct, but as it is, the unravelling of the puzzle is underwhelming." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Apr 30, 2010
	16%	When in Rome (2010)	" Josh Duhamel as the romantic lead is an underdeveloped cardboard cut-out and, more generally, the film's simplistic emotional foundations never let it really connect." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Apr 23, 2010
	63%	Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)	" Youth is wasted on the young, or so the saying goes, and Hot Tub Time Machine is a comedy that concurs, with a twist." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Apr 23, 2010
	48%	The Book of Eli (2010)	" In its limpid simplicity and stock portrayals of good and evil characters, it has a forward momentum that's compelling." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Apr 15, 2010
	76%	The Eclipse (2010)	" A beguiling Irish film that utilises the backdrop of a provincial book festival and flashes of graphic horror to deliver an original take on a middle-aged bereavement story." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Apr 15, 2010
	76%	Kick-Ass (2010)	" The film's misjudged moments and uneven tone make it incapable of sweeping the audience away with the absurd, innocent exhilaration of the 'what if' premise." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Apr 8, 2010
	87%	Welcome (2010)	" Writer-director Philippe Lioret has made a film about what happens to an ordinary man touched by a stranger in extraordinary circumstances." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Apr 1, 2010
	20%	The Last Song (2010)	" Cyrus, with her gruff voice and slightly awkward overbite, dressed like a typical rock chick outsider, plays one ballsy young woman. The film convinced me less." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Apr 1, 2010
	58%	She's Out of My League (2010)	" She's Out of My League is perhaps the funniest film since There's Something About Mary." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Apr 1, 2010
	74%	Micmacs (Micmacs à tire-larigot) (2010)	" On balance it kind of works, though I did find myself becoming annoyed with the flourishes and feeling more and more unsatisfied with the broad emotional brushstrokes. Jeunet's hardcore fans may be more forgiving." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Apr 1, 2010
	98%	How to Train Your Dragon (2010)	" Adults and children alike will fall in love." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Mar 26, 2010
	83%	Avatar (2009)	" Yes, the wonderful CGI effects and sophisticated editing rhythms in these moments represent all that's good about contemporary blockbuster cinema. But the film is compromised by a rather juvenile story exposition. A pity." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Dec 17, 2009
	73%	Where the Wild Things Are (2009)	" Jonze evokes the amplified emotions of childhood, from jubilation to despair, with such a well crafted sense of timing that he carries us along for the ride." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Dec 3, 2009
	78%	The Informant! (2009)	" The Informant!'s capacity to acknowledge both the malign and the good natured sides of this tragic individual makes it an absorbing tale." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Dec 3, 2009
	58%	The Invention of Lying (2009)	" The fatal flaw of The Invention of Lying is that the film conspires with the hero -- not against him -- in a way that's ideologically driven and humourless." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Nov 26, 2009
	89%	A Serious Man (2009)	" It's cinema at its best, leaving your mind in motion long after the final credits have rolled." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Nov 19, 2009
	39%	2012 (2009)	" 2012 is a sideshow ride, a rollickingly good thrill until it loses momentum in the last act, but even so, at 158 minutes, there's plenty of bang for your buck." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Nov 12, 2009
	66%	The Brothers Bloom (2009)	" It's the kind of wry, picturesque fable that recalls the work of Hal Ashby, with the difference that the late, great master had the red blood of political conviction running through his veins. This is a bloodless corpse by comparison." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Nov 12, 2009
	55%	Prime Mover ()	" Were it not for Thomas's convoluted personal story, and a rather unlikable performance from Dorman who struggles to channel the idealistic, hard-as-steel spirit of his character, I might have liked it more." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Nov 5, 2009
	64%	The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)	" The melding together of the streamlined urbanscapes of modern London with the old-time production design of the Parnassus carriage, not to mention the CGI wonderlands beyond the mirror, is a spectacle that's worth the price of admission alone." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Oct 29, 2009
	81%	Michael Jackson's This Is It (2009)	" What's missing in the electricity of a live crowd is more than made up for with behind-the-scenes insights into Michael Jackson's extraordinary talent." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Oct 29, 2009
	81%	Okuribito (Departures) (2009)	" It's an affecting experience (you'll need to bring some tissues) but rest assured it's a joyous one too." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Oct 15, 2009
	84%	Whip It (2009)	" It's like a raucous slumber party: laughter; tears; drinking; a food fight... and some big purple bruises in the morning. Go see it. You'll glide out of the cinema." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Oct 8, 2009
	11%	Couples Retreat (2009)	" This is what passes for middle of the road comedy these days, safe without being prudish, never too disturbing, never too funny." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Oct 8, 2009
	55%	Mao's Last Dancer (2010)	" This is a film that seems afraid to show its claws, and for me, it's a real pity." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Oct 1, 2009
	80%	Van Diemen's Land (2009)	" There's no doubting the premise held great high-concept horror possibilities, but the end result is surprisingly bloodless despite some close-range gore." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Sep 24, 2009
	89%	Séraphine (2009)	" If you're in the mood for a gentle, unsentimental film, where the director has made choices that are intelligent and thoughtful, seek this out." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Sep 24, 2009
	84%	Looking for Eric (2010)	" Loach looks like he's having fun here (and it's contagious), weaving a comic thread of magic realism into an otherwise familiar study of working-class characters struggling to pull together." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Sep 24, 2009
	87%	500 Days of Summer (2009)	" 500 Days of Summer never quite convinces, despite the charm of the leads. This is wannabe indie, and these two Hollywood names are too 'big' to play beautiful nobodies navigating a heart-wrenching misunderstanding." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Sep 17, 2009
	75%	$9.99 (2008)	" The film is more than picturesque whimsy, though: at times it reaches for some really quite weird imagery - and some raw honesty." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Sep 17, 2009
	77%	Valentino: The Last Emperor (2009)	" The film successfully paints a picture of how this relationship worked so well as a business; it's less capable of penetrating the emotional story." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Sep 17, 2009
	68%	Funny People (2009)	" It's interesting stuff, I feel myself wanting to like it more than I did. Judd Apatow has a lot to say, he just hasn't mastered the tools to say it well." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Sep 11, 2009
	98%	Up (2009)	" Overall it is up there (pardon the pun) with the best of the big studio CGI animations for kids and adults." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Sep 3, 2009
	56%	The Soloist (2009)	" There's something about The Soloist's aura of religiosity that seems simplistic. An unsatisfying, jarring note, in this otherwise hopeful, triumphant story." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Sep 3, 2009
	48%	Taking Woodstock (2009)	" Don't expect too much from Taking Woodstock and you might just enjoy its kind-hearted, sunny spirit. It is not, however, an experience that will linger long." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Aug 27, 2009
	51%	The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009)	" If you're not feeling too cerebral Tony Scott's action movie set pieces are pretty good -- also silly sometimes -- but they're more than enough to fill in time between the lines of clichéd dialogue." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Aug 27, 2009
	88%	Inglourious Basterds (2009)	" It's a lurid, wide-screen fantasy of how things might have gone if Sergio Leone or Sam Fuller had called the shots." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Aug 23, 2009
	100%	Eden à l'Ouest (Eden Is West) (2009)	" The tone of the film, despite some pretty hard living, remains warm with flashes of magic realism. This works against our expectations for this kind of road movie, and may seem too saccharine for some. I enjoyed the journey." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Aug 21, 2009
	55%	Orphan (2009)	" Isabelle Fuhrman as Esther does her best with the material, but frankly the story lacks a strong central thesis about the nature of evil." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Aug 14, 2009
	91%	District 9 (2009)	" This is vibrant, original and marks the arrival of a talent to watch." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Aug 14, 2009
	34%	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)	" The tongue-in-cheek action film they've inspired aims for 'so bad it's good' cheesiness, but just ends up being -- well, bad." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Aug 7, 2009
	13%	The Ugly Truth (2009)	" The big shame ... is that Heigl must wade through a string of second-rate gags. Her comedic talent deserves much more." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Aug 7, 2009
	84%	Tyson (2009)	" In the end this is an unflinching portrait of a man, honest and beguiling. It puts Tyson's sins into context, but never excuses him. In a way, it's also a very American story about success from nothing and the double-edged sword of money and fame." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Aug 7, 2009
	48%	My Sister's Keeper (2009)	" Cassavetes...shows great skill in weaving bright moments -- even an adolescent romance -- into the gloom. It's still bittersweet, but like mass-produced crème caramel, never too bitter." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Jul 31, 2009
	92%	Drag Me to Hell (2009)	" It's like watching a slide down a slippery slope with big, sharp spikes at the bottom. For horror fans -- irresistible." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Jul 24, 2009
	89%	Red Cliff (Chi Bi) (2009)	" [Woo] pulls out all the stops to recreate extensive battle scenes with high spectacle impact, but fails to capture the nuance and personal touch of his early action films." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Jul 24, 2009
	43%	The Proposal (2009)	" It simply doesn't give this screwball premise the workout it deserves." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Jun 21, 2009
	14%	Year One (2009)	" I expected more from veteran comic filmmaker Harold Ramis (Groundhog Day, Analyze That), who does little with the loss of innocence idea, and doesn't really find the laughs to make the premise go the distance." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Jun 21, 2009
	26%	Land of the Lost (2009)	" Land of the Lost probably looked hilarious in pre-production, but on the big screen, it only induces the odd chuckle." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Jun 11, 2009
	79%	The Hangover (2009)	" The revelations of the night before won't shock you (strippers, wedding chapel, drugs), but there's so much vomiting, car crashing and tasering of genitals that you don't have time to ponder how uninteresting the story really is." — MovieTime, ABC Radio National Posted Jun 11, 2009

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