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Joe Neumaier

Agrees with the Tomatometer 73% of the time.

Biography:: New York Daily News film critic.
Publications:: New York Daily News

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1/5	16%	A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III (2013)	" From its puffed-up title to the way the cast playfully bows to us at the end, "Swan" is so eager to be a trippy comic lark that it ends up resembling a clown trying to fit through a pea-shooter." — New York Daily News Posted Feb 7, 2013
1/5	20%	Girls Against Boys (2013)	" Panabaker and LaLiberte give their all, but the movie is all moral compass and mainstream emotion, and never as edgy or transgressive as it thinks it is." — New York Daily News Posted Jan 31, 2013
2/5	46%	Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary (2013)	" The case of Mumia Abu-Jamal, the African-American journalist sentenced to die for a 1981 Philadelphia murder charge, gets a juicy, visual but inescapably tilted treatment here." — New York Daily News Posted Jan 31, 2013
3/5	40%	As Luck Would Have It (2013)	" This dark satire may be hard to watch at times, but its' queasy mix of satire and tough love should be seen for how black comedy can be done outside the U.S." — New York Daily News Posted Jan 31, 2013
3/5	89%	Koch (2013)	" It's hard to fault a documentary for being as slanted toward a subject as director Neil Barsky's "Koch" is when the movie chronicles as self-celebratory a figure as former Mayor Ed Koch." — New York Daily News Posted Jan 31, 2013
2/5	47%	Bullet to the Head (2013)	" Yup, it's Sylvester Stallone, back for another round as an aging action-movie star." — New York Daily News Posted Jan 31, 2013
2/5	65%	Mama (2013)	" If you're going to have a ghost in your movie, it might be a good thing to present a viable alternative to that ghost. "Mama," however, presents a battle between two not very good options before crumbling like a sheet on a string." — New York Daily News Posted Jan 17, 2013
1/5	19%	The Baytown Outlaws (2013)	" Director Barry Battles seems to believe his three grubby main characters are more charming than they are." — New York Daily News Posted Jan 10, 2013
	56%	Fairhaven (2013)	" It has a nuance and a rumpled comfort with itself, which turns "Fairhaven" into an inviting place to visit." — New York Daily News Posted Jan 10, 2013
4/5	93%	Zero Dark Thirty (2013)	" What the film says about getting information from terrorism suspects in an era of high-tech surveillance depends on your point of view. What is unquestionable is how powerful its full scope is." — New York Daily News Posted Jan 8, 2013
5/5	98%	56 Up (2013)	" It shows that life is what happens when you're busy making other plans. And how, in case we forget, every age can predict the next." — New York Daily News Posted Jan 3, 2013
1/5	19%	Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013)	" "Texas Chainsaw 3D" sees itself as over-the-top and knowing, but what we ultimately get is simply eyes without a face." — New York Daily News Posted Jan 3, 2013
4/5	51%	Promised Land (2013)	" There's a lightness of touch here that makes its level-headed advocacy go down smooth as lager, and allows some quiet room for thought." — New York Daily News Posted Dec 27, 2012
2/5	95%	West of Memphis (2012)	" Take this as ultimately more personal journal than investigation." — New York Daily News Posted Dec 25, 2012
3/5	52%	This is 40 (2012)	" There's a funny movie scratching at the edges of "This is 40."" — New York Daily News Posted Dec 20, 2012
2/5	69%	Not Fade Away (2012)	" Chase ... allows nostalgic feeling to be the sole reason for this, his first feature film." — New York Daily News Posted Dec 20, 2012
4/5	88%	Django Unchained (2012)	" Just when we thought Quentin Tarantino had shown us all the cojones he has, in rides "Django Unchained."" — New York Daily News Posted Dec 20, 2012
5/5	93%	Amour (2012)	" Growing old is a war, and movies rarely go there. Michael Haneke's amazing, dignified "Amour" is the exception." — New York Daily News Posted Dec 18, 2012
5/5	87%	Trashed (2012)	" Crucial viewing for realists and alarmists both." — New York Daily News Posted Dec 13, 2012
3/5	53%	The Girl (2013)	" Writer-director David Riker's film is tough going, but worth it." — New York Daily News Posted Dec 13, 2012
2/5	77%	Any Day Now (2012)	" Director Travis Fine gives his period details flourish and lets Cumming and Dillahunt create well-rounded characters, but "Any Day Now" winds up treacly." — New York Daily News Posted Dec 13, 2012
3/5	40%	Yelling to the Sky (2012)	" "Yelling" is a prosaic look at a hard life. Like Sweetness, the movie finds its way by instinct." — New York Daily News Posted Dec 13, 2012
3/5	43%	Waiting For Lightning (2012)	" Colorful folks and cool stunts abound, but casual viewers may still utter a big "Why?"" — New York Daily News Posted Dec 6, 2012
2/5	50%	In Our Nature (2012)	" This could be renamed "Mope-Faced Kingdom."" — New York Daily News Posted Dec 6, 2012
3/5	38%	Hyde Park on Hudson (2012)	" It's up to Murray to carry the film, which he does with stately calm." — New York Daily News Posted Dec 6, 2012
2/5	33%	Deadfall (2012)	" Watching this violent potboiler is like observing a thief knock off a convenience store, then seeing him lock his keys in the car." — New York Daily News Posted Dec 6, 2012
3/5	76%	Killing Them Softly (2012)	" Pitt, entering his third decade of fame, continues to show how there was always a deadly serious actor in him all along." — New York Daily News Posted Nov 29, 2012
2/5	84%	Dragon (2012)	" The large canvas and pseudo-superhero tactics work for a bit, but then the action gets sidetracked in place of myth-building." — New York Daily News Posted Nov 29, 2012
3/5	67%	Otelo Burning (2012)	" This crisp, involving South African drama comes at you in waves, changing course and tone expertly." — New York Daily News Posted Nov 29, 2012
3/5	92%	The Gatekeepers (2013)	" Their honest assessments shed light on issues that continue to reverberate." — New York Daily News Posted Nov 29, 2012
	53%	Love, Marilyn (2012)	" [A] well-intentioned but clumsy attempt to get into the head of one of the 20th century's most famous women ..." — New York Daily News Posted Nov 29, 2012
2/5	82%	Rust and Bone (2012)	" Its underwritten characters and hoary approach plunk it into mediocrity." — New York Daily News Posted Nov 22, 2012
2/5	74%	Rise of the Guardians (2012)	" [A] dour animated adventure that aspires to holiday joy, but is as enjoyable as a sock full of coal." — New York Daily News Posted Nov 21, 2012
4/5	88%	Life of Pi (2012)	" Though the film's setup trudges and its closing is too pat, that hour or so on the raft is something special, and few would dive into the story's soul as Lee does." — New York Daily News Posted Nov 21, 2012
1/5	67%	Price Check (2012)	" Disjointed, tonally numb and short of laughs, this indie comedy hasn't got a fresh ingredient in it." — New York Daily News Posted Nov 15, 2012
2/5	43%	28 Hotel Rooms (2012)	" While Messina and Ireland are fine company, writer-director Matt Ross' conceit tires you out." — New York Daily News Posted Nov 15, 2012
3/5	98%	Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence In The House Of God (2012)	" Fearless nonfiction filmmaker Alex Gibney details a history of horrific abuse by Catholic clergy in this tough-to-watch documentary." — New York Daily News Posted Nov 15, 2012
3/5	100%	16 Acres (2012)	" This interesting but undeniably bottom-line-minded chronicle of the rebuilding at Ground Zero provides a unique look at civic strife and a city's spirit." — New York Daily News Posted Nov 15, 2012
2/5	65%	Barrymore (2012)	" While Plummer acts his heart out, the script becomes one punchline after another." — New York Daily News Posted Nov 15, 2012
5/5	95%	Chasing Ice (2012)	" You won't want to look away - not only because of the gorgeous images, but also because of the reality it presents." — New York Daily News Posted Nov 8, 2012
2/5	47%	A Liar's Autobiography - The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman (2012)	" It's an odd little trip, but if it weren't, one would have to ask, "Well what's all this, then?"" — New York Daily News Posted Nov 8, 2012
4/5	89%	Lincoln (2012)	" It provides Daniel Day-Lewis with an opportunity for his latest extraordinary performance, one filled with kindness and strength in equal measure." — New York Daily News Posted Nov 8, 2012
2/5	68%	Cloud Atlas (2012)	" For all its strengths, the film is cursed by an ADD-style structure and a flashy but inevitably ineffective casting stunt." — New York Daily News Posted Oct 25, 2012
3/5	79%	The Other Son (2012)	" This beautifully photographed drama is well-played throughout with great conscience without becoming heavy-handed." — New York Daily News Posted Oct 25, 2012
3/5	80%	Orchestra Of Exiles (2012)	" It's amazing a Hollywood retelling hasn't happened already." — New York Daily News Posted Oct 25, 2012
3/5	70%	The Loneliest Planet (2012)	" The film delivers in unexpected ways, and then ponders what it means." — New York Daily News Posted Oct 25, 2012
4/5	92%	Skyfall (2012)	" Though a notch below "Royale," "Skyfall" follows that reboot's lead, making a now 50-year-old icon as cool as when he began. " — New York Daily News Posted Oct 24, 2012
3/5	94%	The Sessions (2012)	" It's strange to call a film with so much nudity and simulated sex "old-fashioned," but "The Sessions" nicely bridges that gulf." — New York Daily News Posted Oct 18, 2012
1/5	25%	Paranormal Activity 4 (2012)	" Of course, a promise of more activity to come. But unless moviegoers think it's worth watching another whole cast of characters sleep while their furniture moves around them, only diehard fans will stay awake for that next entry." — New York Daily News Posted Oct 18, 2012
1/5	14%	Excuse Me for Living (2012)	" Atrocious dreck that feels sitcomish, only without the polish or panache." — New York Daily News Posted Oct 11, 2012
3/5	84%	Smashed (2012)	" Winstead and director James Ponsoldt add something gripping and modern to the cinema of recovery, a well-mined genre that can still, it seems, yield thoughtful surprises." — New York Daily News Posted Oct 11, 2012
3/5	82%	Seven Psychopaths (2012)	" In writer-director Martin McDonagh's hazy but fun meditation on friendship, the art of storytelling and masculine morality gone off the rails. If it's hard to keep 'em all straight without a scorecard, just go with it." — New York Daily News Posted Oct 11, 2012
5/5	96%	Argo (2012)	" An entertaining, real-life, race-the-clock thriller that nabs you at the start and never makes a wrong move." — New York Daily News Posted Oct 11, 2012
2/5	39%	Here Comes the Boom (2012)	" "Here Comes the Boom" is all banality, though it delivers some goodwill even as it pulls a muscle trying to get its premise going." — New York Daily News Posted Oct 11, 2012
1/5	9%	Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You (2012)	" His pain may be useful to James someday, but to viewers, it's annoying right here and now." — New York Daily News Posted Oct 4, 2012
3/5	44%	Decoding Deepak (2012)	" Like its subject, the movie is not as calculating as it seems." — New York Daily News Posted Oct 4, 2012
2/5	82%	Fat Kid Rules the World (2012)	" Billy Campbell adds solid support as Troy's overprotective dad. Wanting so much to save his son from pain, this father becomes a jerk in the process." — New York Daily News Posted Oct 4, 2012
1/5	44%	The Paperboy (2012)	" *There is so much sweaty, gum-smackin', Southern-accented acting* going on, you'd applaud if you weren't appalled.*" — New York Daily News* Posted Oct 4, 2012
2/5	17%	Bringing Up Bobby (2012)	" Actress Famke Janssen wrote and directed this half-spiky, A-for-effort dramedy about a grifter mom struggling to raise her preteen son on the road." — New York Daily News Posted Sep 27, 2012
3/5	——	American Autumn: An Occudoc (2012)	" Though too much of this of-the-people, for-the-people chronicle is by necessity gummed up by clunky captions and explanations, it is an effective, and heartfelt, clarion call." — New York Daily News Posted Sep 27, 2012
3/5	43%	Hotel Transylvania (2012)	" There's enough silly slapstick here that it flies by harmlessly." — New York Daily News Posted Sep 27, 2012
4/5	93%	Looper (2012)	" Gordon-Levitt is flinty, and Willis, on his A-game, is fiery. Together, they take us on a helluva trip." — New York Daily News Posted Sep 27, 2012
1/5	78%	Dredd (2012)	" "Dredd" is a lot of murk and grunt with no inner engine. And the unnecessary 3-D only makes it look muddier." — New York Daily News Posted Sep 20, 2012
0/5	11%	About Cherry (2012)	" Everything here is done badly." — New York Daily News Posted Sep 20, 2012
5/5	100%	Radio Unnameable (2012)	" A treasure trove of both visual and aural footage makes this terrific doc a keeper. Its affectionate appreciation of one man's long, strange trip through history make it a helluva lot of fun." — New York Daily News Posted Sep 20, 2012
3/5	51%	Trouble with the Curve (2012)	" Eastwood, well, is Eastwood. In filmmaking, at least, he's sure of what he's doing. As a director, he remains challenging; merely acting in "Curve," he knows what the crowd wants, from threats to punks to soliloquies muttered through clenched teeth." — New York Daily News Posted Sep 20, 2012
4/5	93%	Knuckleball! (2012)	" With elements of "Moneyball" and a twist of the narrative arm, this look at how Tim Wakefield and R.A. Dickey became knuckleball experts is a real kick." — New York Daily News Posted Sep 20, 2012
1/5	30%	Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)	" Thuddingly awful." — New York Daily News Posted Sep 17, 2012
4/5	86%	The Master (2012)	" Phoenix gives the performance of his career." — New York Daily News Posted Sep 13, 2012
2/5	69%	Liberal Arts (2012)	" Like a too-ardent admirer who sends unwanted poems, the movie's squishy heart is too much." — New York Daily News Posted Sep 13, 2012
3/5	87%	Arbitrage (2012)	" Rather than seeming pat, Jarecki's straightforward cynicism is pointed and purposeful." — New York Daily News Posted Sep 13, 2012
3/5	66%	For Ellen (2012)	" Dano's moments of strangled silence are awkwardly moving." — New York Daily News Posted Sep 6, 2012
1/5	54%	The Inbetweeners (2012)	" The snicks and giggles of adolescence grow wearying yet again, despite a few witty bits, none of which are in McKenzie's intrusive narration." — New York Daily News Posted Sep 6, 2012
1/5	38%	[REC] 3 Genesis (2012)	" Like vampires, this genre is getting deadly." — New York Daily News Posted Sep 6, 2012
4/5	84%	Detropia (2012)	" What the movie captures overall looks like a scene from a sci-fi, postapocalyptic nightmare." — New York Daily News Posted Sep 6, 2012
2/5	50%	The Tall Man (2012)	" The movie itself draws on too long, and eventually goes past at least two potential endings and heads right into the ridiculous." — New York Daily News Posted Aug 30, 2012
2/5	70%	The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2012)	" At least it's all a feast for the eyes." — New York Daily News Posted Aug 30, 2012
3/5	17%	Until They Are Home (2012)	" Amazing archival footage, narrated by Kelsey Grammer, puts us right there. Memories shared by servicemen and families help us feel the importance of the subject." — New York Daily News Posted Aug 30, 2012
4/5	95%	Side by Side (2012)	" Film enthusiasts especially will appreciate this wonky but fascinating documentary about the process of making movies." — New York Daily News Posted Aug 30, 2012
0/5	35%	The Victim (2012)	" This is the kind of junky, hard-to-watch thriller that apologists claim is part of a long line of tough, grindhouse-style thrillers, but which is actually just amateurish gristle." — New York Daily News Posted Aug 23, 2012
3/5	87%	Somewhere Between (2012)	" All have their own stories, but the common narrative in these "trans-racial" kids' lives is the strength it takes to be who you are and to flourish when identity is becomes one more challenge." — New York Daily News Posted Aug 23, 2012
3/5	93%	Wild Horse, Wild Ride (2012)	" This gorgeous-looking documentary is crying out to be remade as a family film feature." — New York Daily News Posted Aug 23, 2012
3/5	42%	Little White Lies (2012)	" Can tout a gorgeous setting, a group of appealing actors and a mastery of the art of wine-fueled conversation." — New York Daily News Posted Aug 23, 2012
4/5	76%	Premium Rush (2012)	" Cruising the streets of Manhattan, clocking in at a tight 90 minutes and set on a bike without brakes, this loose-limbed action-drama is a swift, sweaty ode to the city's subcultures and a punky descendant of '70s B-movies." — New York Daily News Posted Aug 23, 2012
1/5	56%	The Revenant (2012)	" By the middle of the second hour, you'll be wishing a zombie would just chomp off your head to end the pain." — New York Daily News Posted Aug 23, 2012
1/5	25%	Why Stop Now (2012)	" This comic drama tries too hard to serve up a slice of manic life, but Eisenberg, along with Tracy Morgan and Isiah Whitlock Jr. as the affable druggies, provides some spark." — New York Daily News Posted Aug 16, 2012
3/5	89%	Compliance (2012)	" [It] has a sharp psychological point and a can't-look-away quality even as it turns horrifically dark." — New York Daily News Posted Aug 16, 2012
2/5	62%	The Awakening (2012)	" This stately chiller owes a lot to 1960s British flicks like "The Innocents" and "The Haunting," but unfortunately heads towards cliches with every step." — New York Daily News Posted Aug 16, 2012
3/5	87%	Robot & Frank (2012)	" Frank Langella gives a somber, bittersweet performance in director Jake Schreier's odd but ingratiating drama." — New York Daily News Posted Aug 16, 2012
3/5	65%	The Expendables 2 (2012)	" Stallone is once more an amiable host. He even pulls off heroics despite having an ill-advised 'stache laying over his mouth, which nowadays looks like a squished octopus." — New York Daily News Posted Aug 16, 2012
2/5	87%	ParaNorman (2012)	" It's as slow as a corpse, and half as interesting." — New York Daily News Posted Aug 16, 2012
2/5	17%	This Time (2012)	" This earnest, at times touching, reach-for-your-dreams doc about musical hopefuls in middle age gets sidetracked quickly." — New York Daily News Posted Aug 9, 2012
1/5	18%	$upercapitalist (2012)	" Filled with enough clichés (finance culture seems to have the same frat-boy DNA the world over, bro) to be broken up and sold in pieces as junk material." — New York Daily News Posted Aug 9, 2012
3/5	——	Out of the Clear Blue Sky (2012)	" Like every individual's story of Sept. 11, this one has hidden drama, heartbreak and renewal, adding yet another thread to the tapestry." — New York Daily News Posted Aug 9, 2012
0/5	20%	Goats (2012)	" "Goats" is just b-a-a-a-aad." — New York Daily News Posted Aug 9, 2012
3/5	65%	The Campaign (2012)	" A very funny satire that successfully calls out every moronic (and oxymoronic) part of our slogan-slinging, attack-ad-making election process." — New York Daily News Posted Aug 9, 2012
4/5	74%	Hope Springs (2012)	" A genuinely sweet, perfectly acted, remarkably brave little movie that should make audiences swoon for something they thought was gone - a smart dramedy for grown-ups." — New York Daily News Posted Aug 8, 2012
2/5	50%	Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (2012)	" Like a kid in a mid-day algebra class, "Diary of a Wimpy Kid; Dog Days" only wakes up for the louder, crasser jokes its pals crack." — New York Daily News Posted Aug 2, 2012
1/5	31%	Total Recall (2012)	" There's something sadly poetic about a movie dealing with disappearing memories that vanishes from your mind while you watch it." — New York Daily News Posted Aug 2, 2012

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