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Joe Leydon

Agrees with the Tomatometer 66% of the time.

Publications:: Film Scouts , Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com , Houston Chronicle , MSNBC , San Francisco Examiner , Variety
Critics' Group:: Houston Film Critics Society

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Rating	T-Meter	Title \| Year	Add Date
	38%	The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013)	" Carell is at the top of his form as the self-absorbed Burt struggles to maintain his haughty sangfroid while trying to convince himself, and everyone else, that's he's still a superstar." — Variety Posted Mar 11, 2013
	62%	Evil Dead (2013)	" The rare remake that likely will be enjoyed most by diehard fans of its predecessor." — Variety Posted Mar 11, 2013
	94%	The Bitter Buddha (2013)	" By turns robustly amusing and wistfully melancholy." — Variety Posted Feb 22, 2013
	27%	Escape From Planet Earth 3D (2013)	" A lightweight, warp-speed, brightly colored trifle that should delight small children and sporadically amuse their parents." — Variety Posted Feb 19, 2013
	23%	The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia (2013)	" This sequel in name only is a superior pic in almost every possible way, and deserves better than the half-hearted dump -- limited theatrical exposure day-and-date with VOD release -- it's been given by Lionsgate." — Variety Posted Feb 4, 2013
	4%	Movie 43 (2013)	" Some movies should be reviewed; others should simply be warned about. Movie 43 is now showing at theaters and drive-ins everywhere. Beware." — Variety Posted Jan 25, 2013
—	——	Asylum Blackout (2012)	— Variety Posted Jan 22, 2013
—	——	Capital ()	— Variety Posted Jan 22, 2013
—	14%	Soldiers of Fortune (2012)	— Variety Posted Jan 22, 2013
—	——	Deadly Outbreak (Deadly Takeover) (1996)	— Variety Posted Jan 22, 2013
	6%	A Haunted House (2013)	" A frenetic and freewheeling satirical comedy that only sporadically scores a bull's-eye while aiming at easy targets." — Variety Posted Jan 11, 2013
	56%	Fairhaven (2013)	" While there's something undeniably fascinating about the way "Fairhaven" repeatedly avoids predictable payoffs for portentous dramatic setups, narrative momentum is conspicuous by its absence." — Variety Posted Jan 10, 2013
	19%	The Baytown Outlaws (2013)	" A boisterously Tarantinoesque mash-up of cliches, archetypes and bodacious craziness in the tradition of Southern-fried '60s and '70s drive-in fodder." — Variety Posted Jan 10, 2013
	19%	Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013)	" A better-than-average horror-thriller that relies more on potent suspense than graphic savagery or stereoscopic tricks." — Variety Posted Jan 4, 2013
	44%	Bad Kids Go to Hell (2012)	" A slickly produced and brazenly clever piece of work that could attract a cult by sheer dint of its ingenious nastiness and self-aware snark." — Variety Posted Dec 17, 2012
	——	The Man Who Shook The Hand of Vincente Fernandez (2012)	" [A] slight but affecting indie drama." — Variety Posted Dec 6, 2012
	17%	Delhi Safari (2012)	" Blandly unremarkable." — Variety Posted Dec 6, 2012
	64%	Silent Night (2012)	" Apart from some modestly inventive carnage and an undeniably humorous hambone turn by Malcolm McDowell, there's really nothing here to make genre fans dash through the snow (or maneuver through traffic) to megaplexes." — Variety Posted Dec 3, 2012
	64%	The Fitzgerald Family Christmas (2012)	" An unpretentiously ingratiating dramedy about members of an Irish-American clan drawn together, whether they want to be or not, for a yuletide celebration." — Variety Posted Dec 3, 2012
	50%	Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning (2012)	" The grand finale is a series of what appear to be single-take sequences of bone-breaking, bullet-blasting violence, almost all of it presented with a practical-effects, minimal-CGI approach bound to impress genre devotees." — Variety Posted Nov 26, 2012
	97%	Beware Of Mr. Baker (2012)	" When a documentary begins with its subject using his crutch to deliver a vicious blow to the director's nose, it's reasonably safe to expect less-than-smooth sailing ahead." — Variety Posted Nov 26, 2012
	——	Hating Breitbart (2012)	" Overall, Hating Breitbart is conspicuously parsimonious when it comes to providing biographical info about its subject." — Variety Posted Nov 1, 2012
	98%	Brooklyn Castle (2012)	" An irresistibly uplifting doc." — Variety Posted Nov 1, 2012
	28%	Backwards (2012)	" Passably pleasant but thoroughly predictable." — Variety Posted Oct 19, 2012
	13%	Red Dawn (2012)	" Battle scenes are infused with a propulsive sense of urgency, as Bradley (a vet stunt coordinator and second unit director) often achieves an effective semi-documentary look." — Variety Posted Oct 1, 2012
	67%	Unconditional (2012)	" A faith-based drama about redemption and renewal that is blessed with the saving graces of persuasive performances, handsome production values and some undeniably affecting moments of spiritual uplift." — Variety Posted Sep 24, 2012
	30%	Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)	" Some sequels suggest that no one involved with a franchise really cares anymore." — Variety Posted Sep 17, 2012
	——	Iceberg Slim: Portrait Of A Pimp ()	" A labor of love biodoc that nonetheless offers a warts-and-all evaluation of its subject, Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp intrigues and illuminates." — Variety Posted Sep 11, 2012
	4%	The Apparition (2012)	" If you listen closely enough while things go bump in the night during The Apparition, you might also hear the scraping of barrel bottoms." — Variety Posted Aug 24, 2012
	64%	Girlfriend Boyfriend (2012)	" While attempting to chart the evolving parameters of a romantic triangle over two decades of Taiwan's tumultuous societal upheavals, Yang fails to adequately explore either the personal or the political aspects of his drama." — Variety Posted Aug 6, 2012
	26%	2016: Obama's America (2012)	" While it's highly unlikely that anyone predisposed to championing Obama would be won over by the sound and fury here, there's no gainsaying the value of 2016 as a sort of Cliffs Notes precis of the conservative case against [Obama]." — Variety Posted Aug 3, 2012
	8%	The Babymakers (2012)	" Yet another attempt to mix raunchy excess and romantic-comedy sweetness in an anything-goes raucous farce, The Babymakers offers a few big laughs between ho-hum stretches of frenetic vamping." — Variety Posted Aug 2, 2012
	21%	Madea's Witness Protection (2012)	" The interaction among opposites inspires an abundance of predictable race-based jokes, many of which have the saving grace of actually being funny." — Variety Posted Jun 29, 2012
	44%	The Last Ride (2012)	" Bearing all the hallmarks of a small-budget labor of love, The Last Ride is a leisurely paced but modestly engaging road trip that gets considerable mileage from the byplay between its two lead characters." — Variety Posted Jun 22, 2012
	90%	Gayby (2012)	" [Balances] broad comedy and warm-and-fuzzy sentiment." — Variety Posted Jun 20, 2012
—	——	Hardflip (2012)	— Variety Posted Jun 18, 2012
	——	William Shatner's Gonzo Ballet ()	" A surprisingly revealing doc that suggests the full depths of his self-awareness and -- no kidding -- artistic aspirations." — Variety Posted Jun 8, 2012
—	——	The Corridor (2012)	— Variety Posted Jun 8, 2012
	8%	Battlefield America (2012)	" A pic so thoroughly generic as to suggest a contraption assembled from spare parts with the aid of a how-to manual." — Variety Posted Jun 8, 2012
	18%	For Greater Glory (2012)	" Despite enough good intentions to pave a four-lane highway, the ardently sincere but dramatically unfocused For Greater Glory plays like a multipart miniseries that has been hacked down to feature length." — Variety Posted Jun 1, 2012
	20%	Chernobyl Diaries (2012)	" Scattered stretches of suspense and a few undeniably potent shocks are not enough to dissipate the sense of deja vu that prevails throughout Chernobyl Diaries." — Variety Posted May 25, 2012
	97%	Paul Williams Still Alive (2012)	" An engrossing and satisfying pic, one that can be enjoyed even by people who have never before heard of its subject." — Variety Posted May 23, 2012
	60%	Otter 501 (2012)	" This ponderously paced mashup of painfully sincere drama and beautifully lensed documentary won't survive very long in the theatrical wilderness." — Variety Posted May 14, 2012
—	——	Christmas Cupid (2010)	— Variety Posted May 11, 2012
	26%	The Cup (2012)	" Although it canters down a well-trod path toward a predictable finish line, The Cup sustains interest through the smooth efficiency of its storytelling and the engaging performances of its lead players." — Variety Posted May 10, 2012
	17%	LOL (2012)	" LOL is DOA, a shapeless and charmless teen-skewing trifle stocked with trendy slanguage and social-network gimcracks that make it seem like something four years past its expiration date." — Variety Posted May 7, 2012
	13%	Meeting Evil (2012)	" Writer-director Chris Fisher flirts with over-the-top exaggeration so often during Meeting Evil that auds might wish he'd gone all the way and dialed everything up to 11." — Variety Posted May 4, 2012
	38%	Touchback (2012)	" A lightweight and overlong feel-good drama that plays like a mashup of It's a Wonderful Life and Friday Night Lights." — Variety Posted Apr 16, 2012
	56%	How to Grow a Band (2012)	" How to Grow a Band is most fascinating as it tactfully charts the sort of artistic and philosophical differences that can eventually undermine any group endeavor, even among seemingly like-minded collaborators." — Variety Posted Apr 12, 2012

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