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Joe Leydon

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
Total Reviews:
1121

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—— Made in America () " Less than fully satisfying as a conventional performance cavalcade, but sustains considerable interest as a behind-the-scenes overview of a musically and culturally diverse event." — Variety
Posted Oct 7, 2013
—— Grace Unplugged (2013) " Tepid and predictable ..." — Variety
Posted Oct 5, 2013
63% Pulling Strings (2013) " This entertaining crossover vehicle for Mexican star Jaime Camil sets a familiar love story to a mariachi beat." — Variety
Posted Oct 4, 2013
43% Wedding Palace (2013) " Loud, frenetic action drowns out the charms of Christine Yoo's debut film." — Variety
Posted Sep 29, 2013
45% Morning (2013) " An initially intriguing but ultimately exhausting tale of grieving parents left quite literally dazed and confused in the wake of their young son's death." — Variety
Posted Sep 29, 2013
63% The Network (2013) " [An] illuminating documentary about the founding and influence of Tolo TV, the first independent television station to operate in Afghanistan." — Variety
Posted Sep 26, 2013
—— The Dark Matter of Love () " Offers an arresting and often compelling mix of intimate cinema verite and psycho-anthropological study ..." — Variety
Posted Sep 24, 2013
—— TV Man: The Search for the Last Independent Dealer (2013) " Evinces all the amiable enthusiasm and discursive rambling one might expect from a do-it-yourself labor of love." — Variety
Posted Sep 6, 2013
53% Instructions Not Included (2013) " This sporadically amusing but unduly protracted dramedy devolves into a shameless tearjerker in its third act." — Variety
Posted Sep 3, 2013
69% I Declare War (2013) " Co-directors Jason Lapeyre and Robert Wilson do little more than repeatedly echo the pic's theme after establishing the basic conceit of Lapeyre's script in the opening minutes." — Variety
Posted Sep 3, 2013
—— Herblock: The Black & the White (2013) " A warmly celebratory portrait of the Washington Post illustrator who sometimes drew blood while drawing 13 successive U.S. presidents." — Variety
Posted Aug 16, 2013
— 100% Flight of the Butterflies (2012) — Variety
Posted Jul 4, 2013
85% Terms And Conditions May Apply (2013) " Deftly balancing twin goals of informing and entertaining, the pic matter-of-factly details the various ways that marketers, multinational corporations, police departments and government-run intelligence-gathering organizations obtain and exploit info." — Variety
Posted Jul 1, 2013
54% Some Girl(s) (2013) " Adam Brody strikes a deft balance of purposeful sincerity and sociopathic self-justification in the lead role." — Variety
Posted Jun 24, 2013
52% Hatchet III (2013) " There's something curiously underwhelming about the blood-soaked mayhem on display in Hatchet III." — Variety
Posted Jun 14, 2013
36% 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 (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 (2013) — 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
10% 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 (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
98% 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
0% 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
12% 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
62% Iceberg Slim: Portrait Of A Pimp (2013) " 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
41% 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
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