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Joe Neumaier

Joe Neumaier's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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New York Daily News film critic.

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The Trials of Muhammad Ali (2013) 88% EDIT “For kids who need an Ali primer, the terrific "Trials" is required watching.” – New York Daily News Feb 28, 2021 Full Review Multiple Sarcasms (2010) 9% 3/4 EDIT “The cast is uniformly appealing in out-of-left-field ways, but writer-director Brooks Branch lets the story amble lazily.” – New York Daily News Apr 27, 2020 Full Review Happiness Runs (2010) 17% 2/4 EDIT “The kids' story gets out of control, but Andie MacDowell is a pleasantly earthy mess as Victor's out-of-it mother, and familiar New York faces (Ann Magnuson, Mark Boone Jr., Richard Edson) lend quirky support as the out-of-it elders.” – New York Daily News Apr 27, 2020 Full Review The Way Back (2010) 73% 4/4 EDIT “The man-versus-the-natural world story is in Weir's wheelhouse, and Harris and Farrell get into a scene-stealing duel. Worth the trek.” – New York Daily News Apr 12, 2016 Full Review The Woodmans (2010) 95% 3/4 EDIT “This intimate film is a fascinating glimpse into the emotions and art of a New York family whose bright star committed suicide 30 years ago at age 22.” – New York Daily News Apr 12, 2016 Full Review Applause (2009) 89% 2/4 EDIT “Though much of Applause... feels confining and self-aggrandizing, there's no denying that you can't take your eyes off star Paprika Steen.” – New York Daily News Apr 8, 2016 Full Review Concussion (2015) 58% EDIT “In the midst of an ongoing debate, Concussion takes a side, but it's not bullheaded, nor is it fearful. Like the best films of its genre, it knows veracity is the best defense.” – TIME Magazine Dec 24, 2015 Full Review Chi-Raq (2015) 82% 3/4 EDIT “It's got seriousness and a hotbed of styles, but most crucially, the disarming 'Chi-Raq' never loses its cool.” – New York Post Dec 3, 2015 Full Review Every Thing Will Be Fine (2015) 28% 1/4 EDIT “The first 3-D movie that makes you think nothing is there.” – New York Post Dec 3, 2015 Full Review By the Sea (2015) 35% EDIT “Jolie Pitt, directing herself for the first time, is as brave as ever, even when making a movie filled with opaque, Euro-style artiness.” – TIME Magazine Nov 12, 2015 Full Review Trumbo (2015) 74% EDIT “A sly, admirable but single-minded bio-pic.” – TIME Magazine Nov 5, 2015 Full Review Spectre (2015) 63% EDIT “Mendes, a cerebral director who balances action and erudition, lets us savor every conspiracy, chase and exotic locale.” – TIME Magazine Nov 5, 2015 Full Review Rock the Kasbah (2015) 7% EDIT “Its music-industry gags sit awkwardly next to war-zone jokes and cultural quips, landing all involved on a peace train to nowhere.” – TIME Magazine Oct 22, 2015 Full Review Bridge of Spies (2015) 91% EDIT “In his fourth pairing with Hanks, Spielberg again examines the furtive face of justice and issues another masterful ruling.” – TIME Magazine Oct 15, 2015 Full Review The Walk (2015) 83% EDIT “The Walk is a visionary high-wire act.” – TIME Magazine Oct 1, 2015 Full Review 99 Homes (2014) 92% 4/5 EDIT “Writer-director Ramin Bahrani has an ear for how everyday people react when their world is ripped out from under them.” – New York Daily News Sep 24, 2015 Full Review A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story (2015) 93% 4/5 EDIT “She's inexhaustible, seemingly everywhere at once and, throughout director Sara Hirsh Bordo's unblinking, well-directed film, she is absolutely and fearlessly herself. Which is exactly as it should be -- the world needs Lizzie Velasquez.” – New York Daily News Sep 24, 2015 Full Review Racing Extinction (2015) 82% 5/5 EDIT “If a documentary can be both alarming and oddly reassuring, it's the gripping splash of cold cinematic water "Racing Extinction."” – New York Daily News Sep 21, 2015 Full Review Pawn Sacrifice (2014) 73% 4/5 EDIT “The challenge of "Pawn Sacrifice" was to capture the colorful Cold War '70s, the inner strategies of one man's paranoid mind and make chess cinematic. Check, and mate.” – New York Daily News Sep 18, 2015 Full Review Black Mass (2015) 74% 3/5 EDIT “Black Mass isn't The Departed, and it's a bit too black and white. But movie mobster fans can relax, cause the movie doesn't need to have a hit taken out on it.” – New York Daily News Sep 17, 2015 Full Review Sicario (2015) 91% 4/5 EDIT “This dramatic thriller finds a spot somewhere between your brain and your stomach, and drills in.” – New York Daily News Sep 17, 2015 Full Review Breathe (2014) 93% 3/5 EDIT “Sarah's story doesn't track with reality, which is easy enough to predict. But what's overwhelming is how Laurent's film seems to understand the ache of tentative teenage friendship.” – New York Daily News Sep 10, 2015 Full Review X Plus Y (2014) 87% 3/5 EDIT “The sensitive young genius story has been done to death, but apparently there's still room for the gentle nuance presented in "A Brilliant Young Mind."” – New York Daily News Sep 10, 2015 Full Review Listening (2014) 17% 1/5 EDIT “Sullins' movie has its heart and brain in the right place, but its guts are a mess.” – New York Daily News Sep 9, 2015 Full Review Time Out of Mind (2014) 80% 5/5 EDIT “Never less than powerful. Without sentimentality or gloss, it illuminates a part of city life that far too often is lost in the shadows.” – New York Daily News Sep 8, 2015 Full Review
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