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Jean Oppenheimer

Agrees with the Tomatometer 68% of the time.

Publications:: Anchorage Press , Boxoffice Magazine , Dallas Observer , Hollywood Reporter , L.A. Weekly , New Times , Village Voice
Critics' Group:: Los Angeles Film Critics Association

Total Reviews:: 93

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Rating	T-Meter	Title \| Year	Add Date
	21%	Arthur and the Invisibles (Arthur and the Minimoys) (2007)	" [Actor Freddie] Highmore is sweetly exuberant, but the voice talent is uneven, and the only really clever bits find the CGI characters navigating real live foliage." — L.A. Weekly Posted Dec 28, 2006
	11%	New York Minute (2004)	" Overly broad and silly at times." — Dallas Observer Posted May 8, 2004
	51%	Dopamine (2003)	" The ideas behind the story are intriguing and could prompt endless hours of lively discussion, but the film proves surprisingly drab." — Dallas Observer Posted Oct 10, 2003
	40%	Anything Else (2003)	" There is nothing to set this work apart from any number of mediocre Allen films." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Sep 21, 2003
	75%	Intolerable Cruelty (2003)	" A broad farce that is long on manic, cartoonish behavior and short on intelligence and wit." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Sep 5, 2003
	60%	The Dreamers (2004)	" Neither the story nor the characters capture the zeitgeist that Bertolucci theoretically set out to celebrate." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Sep 4, 2003
	40%	Anything Else (2003)	" There is nothing to set this work apart from any number of mediocre Allen films." — Dallas Observer Posted Sep 1, 2003
	46%	The Other Side of the Bed (El Otro Lado de la Cama) (2003)	" The musical numbers are not terribly exciting or professional (they don't seem intended to be)." — Dallas Observer Posted Aug 30, 2003
	77%	The Housekeeper (2003)	" It strains credulity that these two would get together, and even though the couple's incompatibility is a key point of the story, that fact makes it impossible to invest in the relationship or have any sympathy for the characters." — Dallas Observer Posted Aug 17, 2003
	11%	Alex & Emma (2003)	" Films like this seem to be a dime a dozen these days, as if directors, actors and writers are just going through the motions, figuring the audience won't notice." — Dallas Observer Posted Jun 20, 2003
	8%	Gods and Generals (2003)	" Filled with so much religious righteousness ... that the film feels more like a recruitment tool for Soldiers for Christ than a look at the bloody four-year conflict that tore this nation apart." — Dallas Observer Posted Feb 21, 2003
	70%	White Oleander (2002)	" No matter how restrained the direction or unsentimental the performances ... there is no escaping the semi-trashy but oh-so-life- affirming ring of the plot." — Dallas Observer Posted Jan 8, 2003
	89%	Far From Heaven (2003)	" When all is said and done, Far from Heaven proves an easier film to appreciate than to emotionally embrace." — Dallas Observer Posted Jan 8, 2003
	62%	Moonlight Mile (2002)	" To a really shocking degree, this film has absolutely no feel for its time period." — Dallas Observer Posted Sep 26, 2002
	53%	Invincible (2002)	" The predominantly amateur cast is painful to watch, so stilted and unconvincing are the performances." — New Times Posted Sep 19, 2002
	75%	Secretary (2002)	" The problem with Secretary isn't that it is offensive or unnerving -- although you get the idea the filmmakers hoped it might be at least one of those. The problem is that the story is slow-moving and dull." — Dallas Observer Posted Sep 19, 2002
	25%	Heartbreak Hospital (2002)	" The film's tone and pacing are off almost from the get-go." — New Times Posted Sep 12, 2002
	5%	Serving Sara (2002)	" The dialogue is witless, the situations are lame, the humor juvenile and the chemistry between the stars nonexistent." — New Times Posted Aug 29, 2002
	——	Drive-in Movie Memories (2006)	" The film would have been far more enjoyable had director-editor Kurt Kuenne lingered longer on the terrific images collected by producers Don and Susan Sanders." — New Times Posted Aug 29, 2002
	27%	Amy's O (Amy's Orgasm) (Why Love Doesn't Work) (2002)	" Davis ... is so enamored of her own creation that she can't see how insufferable the character is." — New Times Posted Aug 29, 2002
	66%	Me Without You (2002)	" The screenplay fails to generate any real sympathy for Holly or Marina once they have passed adolescence." — New Times Posted Jul 11, 2002
	72%	Enigma (2002)	" The technical explanations are impossibly difficult for a lay person to follow (screenwriter Tom Stoppard probably understood it all and forgot he had to write for the rest of us)." — New Times Posted Apr 18, 2002
	82%	La Baie des Anges (Bay of Angels) (2001)	" Demy's films are often described in terms of music; this one is more like a tango in which one person leads and refuses to forfeit the position." — New Times Posted Mar 28, 2002
	80%	Lola (2001)	" The film represents an idealized view of reality that will strike some viewers (including this one) as overly sentimental." — New Times Posted Mar 21, 2002
	32%	Charlotte Gray (2002)	" The movie is almost breathlessly girlish, the kind of chaste, fantasy romance-adventure that might be imagined by a girl of 11 still dreaming of her first kiss." — New Times Posted Dec 27, 2001
	64%	Le Battement d'Ailes du Papillon (Happenstance) (The Beating of the Butterfly's Wings) (2000)	" Firode comes up with some clever and amusing situations, but his characters are so glum and unlikable it just isn't a whole lot of fun to spend time with then." — New Times Posted Dec 20, 2001
	65%	ABCD (2001)	" Despite the compelling subject matter and storyline, the film's execution isn't so persuasive: The dialogue is weak, much of the acting poor and the pace sluggish." — New Times Posted Nov 29, 2001
	61%	When Brendan Met Trudy (Stolen Nights) (2001)	" Truth to tell, this film could have used a lot more of the old screwball sensibility." — New Times Posted Mar 8, 2001
	55%	Malena (2000)	" It is difficult to see any humor or lightness in the story of a woman who is subjected to such abuse." — New Times Posted Dec 21, 2000
	23%	Simpatico (1999)	" It proves only intermittently engaging as its twisted plot loses energy and becomes confusing in the latter half." — New Times Posted Jan 1, 2000
	9%	I Dreamed of Africa (2000)	" Falls prey to a feeble screenplay." — New Times Posted Jan 1, 2000
	54%	Girl, Interrupted (1999)	" Almost everything that happens on-screen lacks emotional impact." — New Times Posted Jan 1, 2000
	21%	Congo (1995)	" Suffers from a preposterous set-up and even more ludicrous plot developments." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jan 1, 2000
	12%	Hanging Up (2000)	" Surprisingly flat and predictable." — New Times Posted Jan 1, 2000
2.5/5	53%	Kicking and Screaming (1995)	" Baumbach makes an assured writing/directing debut, but this will probably do best in the video marketplace." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jan 1, 2000
3/5	64%	Selena (1997)	" Jennifer Lopez is sensational. She not only looks remarkably like the real star, but she radiates the same incredible energy, warmth, style and magnetism for which the young pop singer was known." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jun 5, 2002
3.5/5	68%	Jeffrey (1995)	" A warm and humorous -- as well as a sad and moving -- exploration of all-too-human relationships." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jun 5, 2002
	66%	The Escapist (2008)	" A taut thriller that ends on a note of unexpected grace, the British prison drama The Escapist marks the impressive feature debut for director/co-writer Rupert Wyatt." — Village Voice Posted Apr 1, 2009
	93%	Antonia (Ant�nia - O Filme) (2007)	" The music, rhythms and vibrant colors of the city are beautifully woven into cinematographer Jacob Sarmento Solitrenick's unobtrusive hand-held camerawork, while director/co-writer Tata Amaral reveals a deft hand with actors." — L.A. Weekly Posted Sep 20, 2007
	64%	Vitus (2007)	" Genius weighs heavily on a child prodigy who longs to be 'normal' in this charming Swiss import from veteran director Fredi M. Murer." — L.A. Weekly Posted Jul 5, 2007
	64%	Fever Pitch (The Perfect Catch) (2005)	" A sweet, ingratiating romantic comedy." — Dallas Observer Posted Apr 9, 2005
	72%	Walk on Water (2005)	" Will resonate with all sorts of viewers." — Dallas Observer Posted Mar 25, 2005
	72%	Paper Clips (2004)	" Low-key but inspirational." — Dallas Observer Posted Feb 18, 2005
	90%	Hotel Rwanda (2004)	" May be the most important film released in the past year. Among the class of 2004, it is certainly one of the best." — Dallas Observer Posted Jan 15, 2005
	90%	Mean Creek (2004)	" Not only the chemistry among the kids but also the tensions and complexities in their relationships feel extraordinarily real." — Dallas Observer Posted Aug 28, 2004
	97%	Maria Full of Grace (2004)	" Although a work of fiction, the film evinces the power and grit of a documentary." — Dallas Observer Posted Jul 30, 2004
	56%	Rosenstrasse (2004)	" All of the actors acquit themselves well, with a special nod to the warm and vital Schade, the loyal and radiant Riemann and Schrader." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Jan 20, 2004
	89%	In America (2003)	" Warm, funny and painful, it is beautifully written, acted, shot and directed." — Dallas Observer Posted Dec 11, 2003
	95%	The Station Agent (2003)	" A humorous and touching tale about unexpected friendship." — Dallas Observer Posted Oct 17, 2003
	51%	Code 46 (2004)	" [Winterbottom's] ability to place his audience right in the middle of, in this case, a particularly cold, sterile, claustrophobic environment is a big part of the film's effectiveness." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Sep 5, 2003

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