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Jen Chaney

Agrees with the Tomatometer 85% of the time.

Biography:: Washington Post Contributor
Publications:: Washington Post

Total Reviews:: 47

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Rating	T-Meter	Title \| Year	Add Date
2/4	24%	Arthur Newman (2013)	" Well-acted but ultimately unmemorable ..." — Washington Post Posted Apr 26, 2013
0/4	16%	Temptation (2013)	" Look, we know what's going to happen. The movie's called Temptation, okay? Yet we still have to sit through more than an hour of flirty glances and repetitive conversations between Judith and Harley until anything vaguely adulterous occurs." — Washington Post Posted Apr 1, 2013
1/4	26%	Fun Size (2012)	" A 90-minute theatrical release from Nickelodeon Productions that, if anything, should have aired as a half-hour Nickelodeon special." — Washington Post Posted Oct 26, 2012
2.5/4	85%	The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)	" This somewhat disjointed but refreshingly earnest movie ultimately establishes itself as a charmer." — Washington Post Posted Sep 28, 2012
1.5/4	22%	The Words (2012)	" A well-acted but narratively limp indie that's undermined by a failure to connect emotionally with its audience." — Washington Post Posted Sep 7, 2012
2/4	31%	Total Recall (2012)	" While it may not be a fully realized take on Dick's forward-thinking work, it's still a far better film than the Verhoeven version." — Washington Post Posted Aug 3, 2012
—	85%	The Ides of March (2011)	— Washington Post Posted Feb 1, 2012
—	——	Community College (2009)	— Washington Post Posted Dec 10, 2011
—	——	Walking Dead ()	— Washington Post Posted Oct 18, 2011
—	66%	Be Kind Rewind (2008)	— Washington Post Posted Sep 24, 2011
—	78%	Outrage (2009)	— Washington Post Posted Sep 24, 2011
2/4	60%	Glee: The 3D Concert Movie (2011)	" [It] would have worked just as well as a heavily promoted special television event broadcast over Thanksgiving weekend." — Washington Post Posted Aug 12, 2011
2.5/4	75%	These Amazing Shadows (2011)	" "Shadows" is an 88-minute valentine to cinema, a reminder of why we continue returning to the multiplex, and an abiding faith in the power of film to transport us to faraway places." — Washington Post Posted May 27, 2011
3/4	68%	Joueuse (Queen to Play) (2011)	" There's something particularly enjoyable about settling into a film whose pleasures reside in quiet moments, understated performances and the reading of subtitles." — Washington Post Posted May 13, 2011
2.5/4	61%	The Beaver (2011)	" Despite some missteps, this film stands as a moving portrait of a husband and father who reclaims his will to live with the unlikely help of a hand puppet. And the main reason it's so moving? Mel Gibson." — Washington Post Posted May 6, 2011
—	61%	The Bank (2002)	— Washington Post Posted Apr 25, 2011
—	——	To Catch A Dollar: Muhammad Yunus Banks On America (2011)	— Washington Post Posted Apr 12, 2011
—	——	Max Headroom - The Original Story ()	— Washington Post Posted Apr 4, 2011
1.5/4	22%	Country Strong (2011)	" [A] disjointed drama filled with one-dimensional characters and melodrama so Lifetime movie-esque that it careens into unintentional comedy." — Washington Post Posted Jan 7, 2011
1/4	72%	Enter the Void (Soudain le vide) (2010)	" [It's] certainly an immersive experience that's decidedly difficult to shake. The problem is that it's also the most excruciating sit in recent cinematic memory." — Washington Post Posted Nov 12, 2010
2/4	82%	Mesrine: Killer Instinct (L'instinct de mort) (2010)	" Much of it plays like an unintentional mash-up of the numerous wrong-side-of-the-law sagas that preceded it." — Washington Post Posted Aug 27, 2010
0.5/4	4%	Vampires Suck (2010)	" Perhaps the filmmakers deserve credit for their one show of restraint: No jokes in this movie have been made at the expense of Justin Bieber." — Washington Post Posted Aug 18, 2010
	86%	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)	" An engrossing and classically suspenseful story" — Washington Post Posted Jul 9, 2010
1/4	8%	Furry Vengeance (2010)	" Even the obligatory blooper reel that runs during the closing credits is painful in its desperation to generate laughs." — Washington Post Posted Apr 30, 2010
0.5/4	15%	A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)	" All we can think of is how much we miss the Robert Englund Freddy. Man, that guy knew how to have a killer good time." — Washington Post Posted Apr 30, 2010
2/4	26%	Why Did I Get Married Too (2010)	" [It] plays like an empty but diverting beach read. Your brain recognizes that the dialogue, for example, doesn't come from any place that remotely resembles relationship reality." — Washington Post Posted Apr 2, 2010
1.5/4	34%	Formosa Betrayed (2010)	" A movie that shows us the desperation and danger of living under martial law in Taiwan during the early '80s, yet somehow never delivers the emotional gut punch the subject matter deserves." — Washington Post Posted Apr 2, 2010
1.5/4	18%	Valentine's Day (2010)	" This feels less like a movie and more like a strategically programmed effort to turn as many demographic groups as possible into mooshy, gooshy, candy-heart-munching morons." — Washington Post Posted Feb 12, 2010
	83%	Paranormal Activity (2009)	" It's the sleeper hit that makes audiences too petrified to ever sleep again." — Washington Post Posted Oct 16, 2009
	33%	Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)	" [Has] such obviously humble intentions that busting on it is a bit like harassing the junior high school outcast who just wants to eat his tater tots in peace." — Washington Post Posted Jan 15, 2009
	81%	Azur et Asmar (Azur and Asmar: The Princes' Quest) (2006)	" Combining cutouts with 3-D digital animation, Ocelot turns every frame of his film into a beautiful, dynamic page out of a picture book." — Washington Post Posted Dec 12, 2008
	84%	Rocket Science (2007)	" Writer-director Jeffrey Blitz brings wit and pathos to the story of a compulsive stutterer." — Washington Post Posted Feb 27, 2008
	68%	Snakes on a Plane (2006)	" Snakes on a Plane is pure escapist fun and absolutely nothing more." — Washington Post Posted Aug 18, 2006
	37%	The Skeleton Key (2005)	" The Skeleton Key delivers on all formulaic counts, except one: It never serves up any truly nightmare-inspiring scares." — Washington Post Posted Aug 12, 2005
	34%	Must Love Dogs (2005)	" Stands as yet another example of how easy it is for filmmakers to fail at romantic comedy." — Washington Post Posted Jul 29, 2005
	78%	Schizo (2004)	" As admirable as some of the film might be, it's ultimately too sluggish and dreary to be very memorable." — Washington Post Posted Mar 31, 2005
	15%	Miss Congeniality 2 - Armed and Fabulous (2005)	" A pretty laughless affair." — Washington Post Posted Mar 24, 2005
	79%	Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005)	" Makes a fine first moviegoing experience for tots." — Washington Post Posted Feb 11, 2005
	18%	After the Sunset (2004)	" After the Sunset fizzles so quickly that it's hard to care about the answers to any of the cliched mysteries it attempts to solve." — Washington Post Posted Nov 11, 2004
	46%	Shall We Dance (2004)	" Occasionally charming but ultimately forgettable bit of fox-trot fluff." — Washington Post Posted Oct 15, 2004
	0%	National Lampoon's Gold Diggers (2004)	" So stupefyingly hideous that after watching it, you'll need to bathe in 10 gallons of disinfectant, get a full-body scrub and shampoo with vinegar to remove the scummy residue that remains." — Washington Post Posted Sep 17, 2004
	26%	Anacondas - The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004)	" Once this movie's momentum gets going, watching it is like experiencing a schlocky monster movie, Lord of the Flies and Peter Gabriel's Shock the Monkey video all at once." — Washington Post Posted Aug 26, 2004
	36%	Touch of Pink (2004)	" MacLachlan's strong jaw line and his valiant attempt to act so very Cary aren't enough to save this film." — Washington Post Posted Aug 13, 2004
	13%	The Haunted Mansion (2003)	" The point of Haunted Mansion is for audiences to sit back and enjoy the ride, which is easy to do thanks to an engaging story, the striking, Gothic-inspired set by Oscar-winner John Myhre and some delightful special effects." — Washington Post Posted Nov 26, 2003
	14%	Beyond Borders (2003)	" Well-intentioned but astonishingly flat." — Washington Post Posted Oct 24, 2003
	44%	Luther (2003)	" It's just unfortunate that a movie about such a daring man ultimately takes few risks." — Washington Post Posted Sep 26, 2003

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