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John Beifuss

Tomatometer-approved critic
Favorites:

The Bride of Frankenstein Citizen Kane Dead Man Safe It's a Gift to name just a few

Location:

Memphis, TN

Reviews

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Waiting for Guffman (1996) 91% 3.5/4 EDIT “Nevertheless, Guest and his talented cast, which includes Fred Willard, Catherine O'Hara and Parker Posey, make such reservations irrelevant by getting almost off the details right. ” – Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) Mar 10, 2026 Full Review Gladiator (2000) 80% 3/4 EDIT “No matter how much the film may seem to condemn the life-wasting brutality of the arena, there's no denying that these grisly onscreen struggles offer moviegoers an approximation of the thrill the ancient Romans must have felt.” – Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) Feb 18, 2026 Full Review Chocolat (2000) 63% 1.5/4 EDIT “Chocolat stacks the deck in favor of a heroine who doesn't really need anybody's help in the first place. It's all extremely pointless, and especially disappointing coming from director Lasse Hallström. ” – Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) Feb 17, 2026 Full Review Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) 96% 4/4 EDIT “This is a classically constructed, almost old-fashioned movie-movie that offers all the pleasures of any superbly contrived romantic adventure, from She Wore a Yellow Ribbon to Lawrence of Arabia to Star Wars. ” – Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) Feb 11, 2026 Full Review Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) 62% 2.5/4 EDIT “There is much to enjoy in Attack of the Clones... But there's much to regret too, in the way the Star Wars series seems to have ossified.” – Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) Feb 9, 2026 Full Review Mission: Impossible (1996) 67% 3/4 EDIT “At 108 minutes, the movie is brisk and never boring.” – Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) Feb 9, 2026 Full Review Final Destination (2000) 51% 3/4 EDIT “The film is able to milk the suspense unmercifully.” – Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) Feb 9, 2026 Full Review American Psycho (2000) 69% 3/4 EDIT “Harron deserves credit for figuring out how to make an American Psycho that retains its integrity while also standing a chance of earning a more-than-cult audience.” – Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) Feb 9, 2026 Full Review Ghosts of Mississippi (1996) 43% 1.5/4 EDIT “Director Rob Reiner may have gotten most of the facts right, but his film seems as phony as his actors' Southern accents.” – Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) Feb 9, 2026 Full Review John Carpenter's Escape From L.A. (1996) 57% 3/4 EDIT “It's a mix of goofy parody, poorly staged action, fun if unconvincing special effects and leftist, even subversive satire.” – Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) Feb 9, 2026 Full Review Mars Attacks! (1996) 56% 3.5/4 EDIT “Mars Attacks is a candy-colored comic book come to life.” – Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) Feb 9, 2026 Full Review Requiem for a Dream (2000) 80% 3.5/4 EDIT “Director Darren Aronofsky's relentless use of disorienting visual techniques and unnerving sonic effects is so successful at achieving the desired emotional impact that the film can be pretty much digested in one viewing...” – Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) Aug 20, 2025 Full Review Amélie (2001) 90% 3.5/4 EDIT “Admittedly there's something somewhat dubious about Amelie's self-congratulatory nature and self-conscious cuteness... But my advice is to accept Amelie gratefully for the cinematic bonbon it is. It may not be nutritious, but it sure is sweet.” – Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) Feb 13, 2024 Full Review Traffic (2000) 93% 3/4 EDIT “Epic in scope, intimate in detail, and as overpraised as it is engrossing.” – Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) Sep 6, 2023 Full Review Lone Star (1996) 91% 3.5/4 EDIT “Ultimately, Lone Star is an appreciation of the cultural mix that makes Texas -- and America -- unique. The film says violence and prejudice are no match for love respect and humanity.” – Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) Sep 6, 2023 Full Review Moulin Rouge (2001) 75% 2/4 EDIT “The story and script by Luhrmann and Craig Pearce... is intentionally bare-boned, in contrast to the excessive visuals. But did it have to be so unwitty and uninteresting?” – Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) Sep 5, 2023 Full Review Mulholland Dr. (2001) 83% 4/4 EDIT “It is part film noir homage, part failed-TV pilot salvage job, part Persona-style art film and altogether utterly unique except, of course, in comparison to the past movies of David Lynch.” – Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) Jul 11, 2023 Full Review Magnolia (1999) 82% 2.5/4 EDIT “Is Magnolia -- writer-director Paul Thomas sprawling, emotionally supercharged follow-up to Boogie Nights -- a flawed triumph or a bold failure? It's a bit of both -- or at three hours in length, a lot of both.” – Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) Jun 30, 2023 Full Review The Truman Show (1998) 94% 4/4 EDIT “It is so perfectly realized, it's hard to believe someone hasn't presented this concept on the big screen before. ” – Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) Feb 14, 2023 Full Review Eve's Bayou (1997) 84% 3/4 EDIT “Smollett gives a tough but endearing performance as the King girl who learns, tragically, that families are not inviolable and invincible.” – Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) Jan 9, 2023 Full Review Rapture (1979) 100% 4/4 EDIT “A masterwork of Bava-esque colors, Bergmanesque dislocation and Cronenbergian raptures.” – Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) Feb 3, 2022 Full Review The Souvenir Part II (2021) 90% 3.5/4 EDIT “In a decision that naysayers may find more ouroboros than onion (more self-cannibalizing than multi-layered), Hogg in her new film depicts the attempt to make a movie about her experiences (i.e., the first 'The Souvenir').” – Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) Feb 3, 2022 Full Review The Suicide Squad (2021) 90% 3.5/4 EDIT “Gunn's smart-aleck supervillain team adventure is a labor of twisted love bursting with genuinely funny sick jokes and sicker characters (Polka-Dot Man shoots out lethal polka dots). ” – Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) Feb 3, 2022 Full Review Cryptozoo (2021) 71% 4/4 EDIT “The filmmakers employ watercolor, pencil and other techniques to painstakingly craft a not-safe-for-kids cartoon about a sort of 'Jurassic Park' for 'cryptids.'” – Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) Feb 3, 2022 Full Review Candyman (2021) 84% 3.5/4 EDIT “Nia DaCosta's reboot/sequel retains the Chicago setting of its influential 1992 predecessor but relocates the shocks to a bougie-artsy 2021 milieu where talent and education ultimately provide no escape or defense from the racist past or present.” – Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) Feb 3, 2022 Full Review
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