Jordan Hoffman

Jordan Hoffman

Agrees with the Tomatometer 73% of the time.

Publications:
About.com , Badass Digest , Film.com , IFC.com , LeisureSuit.net , New York Daily News , ScreenCrush , UGO
Total Reviews:
533
Location:
New York City

Listing Of All Reviews & Articles

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Rating T-Meter Title | Year Add Date
6.2/10 84% Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa () " There aren't many side-splitting jokes, but a goofy glee is smeared across the whole thing." — Film.com
Posted Sep 30, 2013
9/10 88% Captain Phillips (2013) " [Hanks'] performance in the third act might be a career best." — ScreenCrush
Posted Sep 27, 2013
4/5 59% Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013) " Loud, weird and chaotic - just as kids like it. " — New York Daily News
Posted Sep 26, 2013
3/5 85% We Are What We Are (2013) " A [horror] film where ambiance, glossy imagery and performance are more effective than the splatter. " — New York Daily News
Posted Sep 26, 2013
6.4/10 —— The Dog () " Makes for very entertaining viewing, though it hardly feels necessary." — Film.com
Posted Sep 25, 2013
5.0/10 62% About Time (2013) " There won't be a dry eye in the house, but the tears will be unearned." — Film.com
Posted Sep 23, 2013
2/5 53% The Muslims Are Coming (2013) " Viewers outside the tristate area may have their minds blown. The rest of us may be only mildly amused." — New York Daily News
Posted Sep 19, 2013
2/5 67% Haute Cuisine (2013) " When a movie's high-stakes moment is whether a cream cheese should be considered dessert, it's hard not to motion for the check." — New York Daily News
Posted Sep 19, 2013
1/5 14% The Colony (2013) " Even those trapped and bored in a bunker, surrounded by frozen waste, would tire of this unoriginal sci-fi/horror hybrid." — New York Daily News
Posted Sep 19, 2013
3/4 5% Battle of the Year (2013) " It's undeniable that the good-natured "Afterschool Special" vibe here plays to the film's corny strengths, and the dancing is impressive. So much so that it's almost impossible not to cheer during the final round." — New York Daily News
Posted Sep 19, 2013
7.9/10 100% Le Week-End (2013) " While the overall film is more mild, and ends with a somewhat silly deus-ex-Goldblumina, the good of seeing senior citizens treated maturely on film far outweighs the bad." — Film.com
Posted Sep 19, 2013
2/10 70% Fading Gigolo () " One of the most shameless vanity projects I've ever seen." — Film.com
Posted Sep 16, 2013
78% Night Moves () " Hippies, man. " — Badass Digest
Posted Sep 14, 2013
79% Tracks () " A hypnotic trip in a photogenic environment." — Badass Digest
Posted Sep 14, 2013
6.8/10 89% Bad Words (2014) " It gets a little repetitive, but it when it works, it works." — Film.com
Posted Sep 13, 2013
5/10 67% Labor Day (2013) " It's impossible to watch this film without thinking "aw, man, give me a break."" — ScreenCrush
Posted Sep 13, 2013
4/10 33% The Family (2013) " It is no easier for me to report this than it is for you to hear it, but we're all adults and let's get real: Robert De Niro's name on a film project is now more a red flag of warning than a sign of quality." — ScreenCrush
Posted Sep 12, 2013
8/10 93% The Double () " Whoever said nightmares couldn't also be funny?" — ScreenCrush
Posted Sep 12, 2013
1.5/10 58% The Sacrament () " It's not just bad, it's infuriating." — Film.com
Posted Sep 12, 2013
4/5 98% Wadjda (2013) " This resonant film, detailing struggles in a far-flung place, represents world cinema in the classic sense." — New York Daily News
Posted Sep 12, 2013
3/5 78% Good Ol' Freda (2013) " Don't look for scoops on Yoko or the band's breakup, but it's hard not to smile at the mop-top nostalgia." — New York Daily News
Posted Sep 12, 2013
3/5 86% Blue Caprice (2013) " Moors turns the project into something of an art film, requiring patience for repetitive editing and slow-burn scenes before the movie ultimately works itself under your skin." — New York Daily News
Posted Sep 12, 2013
8.0/10 76% Joe () " Ultimately comes together as a striking character meditation." — Film.com
Posted Sep 11, 2013
5.0 76% How I Live Now (2013) " Proof there can still be boring stories during extraordinary times." — Film.com
Posted Sep 11, 2013
7/10 64% August: Osage County (2013) " If disses were marble, Tracy Letts would be Michelangelo and 'August: Osage County' would be his David. " — ScreenCrush
Posted Sep 11, 2013
7/10 88% Under the Skin () " We don't get totally in her head, but it is still rewarding to stay in your own and watch." — ScreenCrush
Posted Sep 10, 2013
10/10 97% 12 Years a Slave (2013) " ...refuses to take the easy road." — ScreenCrush
Posted Sep 10, 2013
8.5/10 86% Dom Hemingway (2014) " A marvelous lead character, and Jude Law, a little puffier and hairier than usual, turns in a career best performance." — Film.com
Posted Sep 10, 2013
7.5/10 50% L'étrange couleur des larmes de ton corps (The Strange Colour of Your Body's Tears) () " A fantasia of death, sex, panic, confusion, nipples and razors." — Film.com
Posted Sep 9, 2013
6.0/10 95% Enough Said (2013) " You care, maybe even identify, but also wish they would shut up." — Film.com
Posted Sep 8, 2013
8.5/10 89% Dallas Buyers Club (2013) " The fireworks caused by pitting never-say-die Texas bravado against heartlessness is a powerful mix, and the film manages to be an inspiring tale amidst all this sadness." — Film.com
Posted Sep 7, 2013
—— Ida () " Glows on the screen, rich with history. " — Badass Digest
Posted Sep 7, 2013
100% Manakamana () " It takes a certain kind of alchemy to present an uninterrupted 8-and-a-half minute shot of a goat's anal canal and call it entertainment." — Badass Digest
Posted Sep 7, 2013
10/10 98% Gravity (2013) " Gravity is important, relentless and, let's not undersell this, completely entertaining." — ScreenCrush
Posted Sep 7, 2013
6/10 88% Rush (2013) " Despite the numerous eye-rolls ... one can't deny [the races] are marvelously shot" — ScreenCrush
Posted Sep 7, 2013
100% Blue Ruin () " It may be the finest cinematic plea for pacifism since Munich, or it may just be a great thrill ride." — Badass Digest
Posted Sep 6, 2013
5.8/10 35% The Fifth Estate (2013) " For a film that reminds use over and over that this is a whole new world, this movie feels awfully familiar." — Film.com
Posted Sep 6, 2013
3/5 100% Red Obsession (2013) " [a] probing, fascinating documentary" — New York Daily News
Posted Sep 6, 2013
3/5 91% Il Futuro (2013) " a curiously effective coming-of-age tale" — New York Daily News
Posted Sep 6, 2013
2/5 29% Tio Papi (2013) " [a] by-the-numbers feel good story" — New York Daily News
Posted Sep 6, 2013
2/5 73% 99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film (2013) " Some segments are mesmerizing, others not" — New York Daily News
Posted Sep 6, 2013
2/5 34% Salinger (2013) " The result is something of a literary-style "TMZ" - certainly interesting, but a little bit sleazy - and, in terms of glimpses into the man himself, ultimately disappointing." — New York Daily News
Posted Sep 5, 2013
7/10 80% Prisoners (2013) " 'Prisoners' is too nuanced to dismiss, but too silly to take seriously." — ScreenCrush
Posted Sep 5, 2013
3/5 91% Our Nixon (2013) " [S]hows the precise moment when new image technology would alter power." — New York Daily News
Posted Aug 30, 2013
4/5 69% I Declare War (2013) " [A] surreal, strangely effective look at childhood imagination." — New York Daily News
Posted Aug 30, 2013
2/5 40% American Made Movie (2013) " The approach is as subtle as a U.S.-made Louisville Slugger to the head." — New York Daily News
Posted Aug 30, 2013
3/5 59% Afternoon Delight (2013) " These are very much first-world problems, and the portrayal of Temple's happy hooker is a tad disingenuous. Nevertheless, the fleshed-out performances keep it sympathetic." — New York Daily News
Posted Aug 29, 2013
2/10 3% Getaway (2013) " 'Getaway' has accomplished one significant thing. It makes plain that Selena Gomez has no business passing herself off as an actress. " — ScreenCrush
Posted Aug 28, 2013
3/10 46% Closed Circuit (2013) " The whole picture is lifeless and without consequence and by the time everyone is chasing each other in the last scenes I guarantee your mind will be off somewhere." — Film.com
Posted Aug 25, 2013
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