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Agrees with the Tomatometer 73% of the time.

Publications:: Boston Globe , Boston Phoenix , Chicago Tribune
Critics' Group:: Boston Society of Film Critics

Total Reviews:: 173

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Rating	T-Meter	Title \| Year	Add Date
3/4	71%	Piglet's Big Movie (2003)	" Not only appropriate for preschoolers, but it also has enough sophistication for older kids." — Chicago Tribune Posted Mar 20, 2003
2.5/4	72%	Intacto (2002)	" A clever, original thriller that bows to no genre." — Chicago Tribune Posted Feb 20, 2003
3/4	44%	Deliver Us from Eva (2003)	" A welcome respite from verbal nastiness and sexual cynicism." — Chicago Tribune Posted Feb 6, 2003
1/4	47%	Final Destination 2 (2003)	" FD2, despite some imaginative fatalities, is less a movie than a slick video game." — Chicago Tribune Posted Jan 30, 2003
	8%	Kangaroo Jack (2003)	" The movie gives us frat-house-style sexual humor, flatulence jokes about camels, and a romantic subplot apparently intended to woo the female half of the audience." — Boston Phoenix Posted Jan 18, 2003
1.5/4	8%	Kangaroo Jack (2003)	" The film's crude humor and violence -- cartoonish, but still violent -- should offend parents of younger kids. Yet its ultra-broad, pratfall-filled comedy will satisfy only the most indiscriminate teens." — Chicago Tribune Posted Jan 16, 2003
3.5/4	80%	The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002)	" Move over Bond; this girl deserves a sequel." — Chicago Tribune Posted Dec 19, 2002
3/4	34%	The Weight of Water (2001)	" Bigelow directs this screen version of Anita Shreve's complex novel with polish and a flair for the melodramatic." — Chicago Tribune Posted Oct 31, 2002
2/4	72%	Das Experiment (The Experiment) (2001)	" An R-rated version of Survivor, Big Brother or any number of reality-TV shows that present voyeurism as entertainment and exploitation as insight." — Chicago Tribune Posted Oct 24, 2002
1.5/4	7%	All The Queen's Men (2001)	" It seems just a long, convoluted ploy to get men into drag -- period drag, no less." — Chicago Tribune Posted Oct 24, 2002
2/4	13%	Ghost Ship (2002)	" An adequate horror movie for the Halloween season, but it too easily sinks into haunted-house-film conventions, even if the haunted house is decked out as an Italian luxury liner." — Chicago Tribune Posted Oct 24, 2002
2/4	14%	Pokémon 4Ever (2002)	" The latest installment in the Pokemon canon, Pokemon 4ever is surprising less moldy and trite than the last two, likely because much of the Japanese anime is set in a scenic forest where Pokemon graze in peace." — Chicago Tribune Posted Oct 10, 2002
1.5/4	20%	Knockaround Guys (2002)	" It might hold some appeal to undiscriminating fans of the ultra-bland, tough-guys-in -black-doing -dumb-things genre." — Chicago Tribune Posted Oct 10, 2002
3/4	79%	8 Women (8 Femmes) (2002)	" An ebullient toast to grande dames: part homage, part camp, all artifice and a thoroughly entertaining, if light, confection." — Chicago Tribune Posted Sep 26, 2002
2.5/4	47%	Mad Love (2002)	" Equal parts bodice-ripper and plodding costume drama." — Chicago Tribune Posted Sep 19, 2002
3.5/4	74%	Swimming (2000)	" A well-crafted film that is all the more remarkable because it achieves its emotional power and moments of revelation with restraint and a delicate ambiguity." — Chicago Tribune Posted Sep 12, 2002
2.5/4	67%	Sade (2000)	" This Sade is hardly a perverse, dangerous libertine and agitator -- which would have made for better drama. He's just a sad aristocrat in tattered finery, and the film seems as deflated as he does." — Chicago Tribune Posted Aug 29, 2002
2/4	60%	Little Secrets (2002)	" One can hardly argue with the desire to make a wholesome movie for families that extols honesty and decency, but it all comes too easily, too superficially." — Chicago Tribune Posted Aug 22, 2002
3.5/4	89%	The Cockettes (2002)	" Manages to transcend the sex, drugs and show-tunes plot into something far richer." — Chicago Tribune Posted Aug 8, 2002
2.5/4	71%	Girls Can't Swim (2002)	" Despite its shortcomings, Girls Can't Swim represents an engaging and intimate first feature by a talented director to watch, and it's a worthy entry in the French coming-of-age genre." — Chicago Tribune Posted Aug 8, 2002
3/4	66%	My Wife Is an Actress (2002)	" My Wife offers the best and the worst of both Allen's ego-and- neuroses-based humor and Truffaut's romanticism about love and movies." — Chicago Tribune Posted Aug 1, 2002
3/4	77%	Tadpole (2002)	" Weaver and Neuwirth are the sparks in this film, as they project a maternal sexiness and sincerity that's entirely believable." — Chicago Tribune Posted Jul 25, 2002
3/4	69%	Spirit - Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)	" A welcome family film that extols noble values and offers first-class animation." — Chicago Tribune Posted Jul 20, 2002
4/4	96%	Promises (2002)	" Beautifully crafted and brutally honest, Promises offers an unexpected window into the complexities of prejudice." — Chicago Tribune Posted Jul 20, 2002
2/4	76%	My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)	" The reliability of the genre doesn't excuse predictable jokes, pat fiascoes and so many stereotypes that one is tempted to alert the Greek anti-defamation league." — Chicago Tribune Posted Jul 20, 2002
3/4	66%	CQ (2002)	" A film that is visually compelling and highly entertaining in an in-jokey sort of way." — Chicago Tribune Posted Jul 20, 2002
2/4	48%	Lucky Break (2002)	" The formulaic script, stocked with not one truly menacing inmate, echoes far too many sentimental post-Full Monty imports." — Chicago Tribune Posted Jul 20, 2002
3/4	43%	Piñero (2002)	" A vivid rendering of the complexities of the artist's soul, and a notable attempt to convey the trajectory of a volatile creative life." — Chicago Tribune Posted Jul 20, 2002
2/4	20%	Circuit (2001)	" It's too soap opera-ish to carry the heavy weight of the morality play Shafer has fashioned." — Chicago Tribune Posted Jul 20, 2002
3/4	49%	Harrison's Flowers (2002)	" A powerhouse of a film about modern journalism and war." — Chicago Tribune Posted Jul 20, 2002
2.5/4	48%	Cherish (2002)	" An uneven mix of genres that, even when it misses the mark, gets points for originality and a good beat." — Chicago Tribune Posted Jul 20, 2002
3/4	36%	Crush (2002)	" Mixes slapstick, poignancy, tragedy and sophisticated wit." — Chicago Tribune Posted Jul 20, 2002
	43%	Escaflowne - The Movie (2000)	" Its ambitiousness and artistry should satisfy discriminating fans of the anime genre." — Chicago Tribune Posted Jul 20, 2002
1.5/4	11%	Halloween - Resurrection (2002)	" Like its parade of predecessors, this Halloween is a gory slash-fest. It can't escape its past, and it doesn't want to." — Chicago Tribune Posted Jul 13, 2002
3/4	86%	Lovely & Amazing (2001)	" Delivers a surprising, moving portrait of contemporary womanhood." — Chicago Tribune Posted Jul 12, 2002
3/4	33%	Harvard Man (2002)	" Toback offers a complex, borderline campy, and oddly entertaining study of modern moral dilemmas." — Chicago Tribune Posted Jul 11, 2002
3.5/4	82%	13 Conversations About One Thing (2001)	" Each of these stories has the potential for Touched by an Angel simplicity and sappiness, but Thirteen Conversations About One Thing, for all its generosity and optimism, never resorts to easy feel-good sentiments." — Chicago Tribune Posted Jul 4, 2002
3.5/4	100%	Yellow Asphalt (2002)	" Powerful, lingering." — Boston Globe Posted Jul 3, 2002
3/4	57%	Like Mike (2002)	" Like Mike doesn't win any points for originality. It does succeed by following a feel-good formula with a winning style, and by offering its target audience of urban kids some welcome role models and optimism." — Chicago Tribune Posted Jul 2, 2002
3.5/4	73%	The Emperor's New Clothes (2002)	" A sumptuous showcase for Ian Holm, who delivers not one but two great performances." — Chicago Tribune Posted Jun 27, 2002
2/4	30%	Hey Arnold! The Movie (2002)	" An acceptable way to pass a little over an hour with moviegoers ages 8-10, but it's unlikely to inspire anything more than a visit to McDonald's, let alone some savvy street activism." — Chicago Tribune Posted Jun 27, 2002
3.5/4	75%	Arthur Dong: Family Fundamentals (2002)	" Without heavy-handedness, Dong provides perspective with his intelligent grasp of human foibles and contradictions." — Boston Globe Posted Jun 22, 2002
3.5/4	90%	Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2002)	" The film is filled with unquestionable grace and power." — Boston Globe Posted Jun 21, 2002
2.5/4	86%	Lilo & Stitch (2002)	" Despite its charms, and the refreshingly non-traditional characters, Lilo & Stitch seems diluted and too derivative to be as effective as one wants it to be." — Chicago Tribune Posted Jun 20, 2002
3.5/4	88%	Late Marriage (2002)	" An unforgettable look at morality, family, and social expectation through the prism of that omnibus tradition called marriage." — Boston Globe Posted Jun 7, 2002
4/4	85%	Rain (2001)	" An affecting, troubling, dazzling film." — Boston Globe Posted May 24, 2002
3/4	58%	The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)	" ...sharp performances and a literate script that never has to resort to cheap humor to be sidesplittingly funny." — Boston Globe Posted May 24, 2002
3/4	78%	Maryam (2002)	" Uncannily in tune with contemporary global events." — Chicago Tribune Posted Apr 19, 2002
1.5/4	5%	New Best Friend (2002)	" Represents the depths to which the girls-behaving-badly film has fallen." — Boston Globe Posted Apr 12, 2002
2.5/4	18%	National Lampoon's Van Wilder (Party Liaison) (2002)	" [Reynold's] boyish, sweet-natured comic appeal makes ''Van Wilder'' better than it has a right to be." — Boston Globe Posted Apr 5, 2002
2.5/4	65%	Festival In Cannes (2002)	" A rambling ensemble piece with loosely connected characters and plots that never quite gel." — Boston Globe Posted Mar 29, 2002
2/4	29%	Clockstoppers (2002)	" The film doesn't have enough innovation or pizazz to attract teenagers, and it lacks the novel charm that made Spy Kids a surprising winner with both adults and younger audiences." — Boston Globe Posted Mar 29, 2002
2/4	42%	Death to Smoochy (2002)	" The script boasts some tart TV-insider humor, but the film has not a trace of humanity or empathy." — Boston Globe Posted Mar 29, 2002
3.5/4	58%	Time of Favor (2000)	" An unflinching, complex portrait of a modern Israel that is rarely seen on-screen." — Boston Globe Posted Mar 22, 2002
1.5/4	13%	Sorority Boys (2002)	" The situations and jokes are as predictable and as lowbrow as the endless pratfalls the boys take in their high heels." — Chicago Tribune Posted Mar 21, 2002
3/4	85%	Kissing Jessica Stein (2002)	" More than anything else, Kissing Jessica Stein injects freshness and spirit into the romantic comedy genre, which has been held hostage by generic scripts that seek to remake Sleepless in Seattle again and again." — Boston Globe Posted Mar 15, 2002
4/4	96%	Promises (2002)	" Beautifully crafted and brutally honest, Promises offers an unexpected window into the complexities of the Middle East struggle and into the humanity of its people." — Boston Globe Posted Mar 15, 2002
1/4	34%	Resident Evil (2002)	" A video game cum movie that substitutes shrieking decibel levels for a coherent plot and any resemblance to originality." — Boston Globe Posted Mar 15, 2002
3/4	45%	Peter Pan in Return to Never Land (2002)	" Return to Never Land is reliable, standard Disney animated fare, with enough creative energy and wit to entertain all ages." — Boston Globe Posted Feb 15, 2002
3/4	53%	Storytelling (2002)	" One of recent memory's most thoughtful films about art, ethics, and the cost of moral compromise." — Boston Globe Posted Feb 8, 2002
3.5/4	85%	Donnie Darko (2001)	" Shows plenty of promise, but it's somewhat self-involved and won't appeal to audiences who like a straightforward -- even if fantastical -- narrative." — Boston Globe Posted Jan 25, 2002
	24%	Snow Dogs (2002)	" Cuba Gooding Jr. valiantly mugs his way through Snow Dogs, but even his boisterous energy fails to spark this leaden comedy." — Boston Globe Posted Jan 18, 2002
	89%	Kandahar (2001)	" Its many moments of poetic grace make this haunting and harrowing journey a rewarding one." — Boston Globe Posted Jan 11, 2002
	87%	Aberdeen (2001)	" An uncompromising family tale, one that's dark but lyrical and moving in its rendering of the ties that bind even the most dysfunctional families, despite valiant efforts to destroy them." — Boston Globe Posted Jan 11, 2002
3/4	75%	Jimmy Neutron - Boy Genius (2001)	" One of the pleasant surprises of the holiday season." — Boston Globe Posted Dec 21, 2001
3/4	89%	Trembling Before G-d (2001)	" DuBowski's subject is so compelling that the film doesn't suffer from his traditional approach, which relies on to-the-camera interviews and verite footage of his subjects." — Chicago Tribune Posted Dec 14, 2001
2/4	77%	Presque rien (Come Undone) (2000)	" Come Undone is the coming-of-age romance French-style, with emotions nuanced, effects subtle. But it's also achingly slow, at times bleak and, in the end, frustratingly and regrettably, rather pointless." — Boston Globe Posted Nov 30, 2001
4/4	95%	The Endurance (2001)	" The story to unfold elegantly, without embellishment, and it is more powerful for that restraint." — Boston Globe Posted Nov 16, 2001
3/4	14%	The One (2001)	" The pace and inventiveness -- the epilogue is surprisingly touching -- and the eye-popping moves of Jet Li make it easy to hang on and enjoy the ride." — Chicago Tribune Posted Nov 1, 2001
	90%	Life And Debt (2001)	" Sheds light on the effects of globalization, free trade and world economic policy by providing a straightforward, insightful analysis of complex, important issues." — Chicago Tribune Posted Oct 25, 2001
2/4	43%	The Monkey's Mask (2001)	" The sex scenes between the women do little to advance the story, but they blessedly distract both Jill and the viewer from the thin narrative." — Chicago Tribune Posted Oct 18, 2001
	80%	One Week (2001)	" Hits its target and does it the old-fashioned way, not with didacticism but with a solid story and, for the most part, well-crafted, authentic characters that deepen over the course of the film, giving genuine emotional power to the film's resolutions." — Chicago Tribune Posted Oct 18, 2001
3/4	53%	My First Mister (2002)	" Offers something rare for a modern movie: an uncynical depiction of the redemptive power of human relationships." — Chicago Tribune Posted Oct 11, 2001
2.5/4	29%	Max Keeble's Big Move (2001)	" A pleasant family film that will mildly amuse adults and please the kids who've outgrown Barney." — Chicago Tribune Posted Oct 4, 2001
	12%	The Girl (2001)	" Its ambition and beauty ultimately triumph over pretense." — Boston Globe Posted Sep 28, 2001
	62%	Vengo (2001)	" Vengo presents a darkly realistic yet seductive world, with music as the tie that binds." — Boston Globe Posted Sep 28, 2001
	72%	Vampire Hunter D - Bloodlust (2001)	" The animation, a combination of traditional and computer-generated, is beautifully detailed, dark and eerie." — Chicago Tribune Posted Sep 27, 2001
	54%	Bully (2001)	" The moral wasteland of suburban youth has been examined, earlier and better, in The River's Edge. Clark's leering leads nowhere: In Bully, he has nothing new to say, and, in the end, no real point to make." — Boston Globe Posted Sep 14, 2001
	90%	Together (Tillsammans) (2001)	" Transcends simple nostalgia to deliver a vivid, fully human portrait that is Robert Altman-esque in its depiction." — Chicago Tribune Posted Sep 13, 2001
	43%	Two Can Play That Game (2001)	" A listless, witless battle-of-the-sexes movie that's nothing more than a canned sitcom with more sex and 'ho' references." — Chicago Tribune Posted Sep 6, 2001
	45%	Jeepers Creepers (2001)	" Unlike the recent horror films Session 9 and The Others, there's nothing remotely ambitious or imaginative in Jeepers Creepers." — Boston Globe Posted Aug 31, 2001
	55%	An American Rhapsody (2001)	" A powerful account of the universal search for identity and the meaning of 'home.'" — Chicago Tribune Posted Aug 23, 2001
	43%	All Over The Guy (2001)	" It's light and fun, with some peppy dialogue, but it's also sentimental and predictable." — Chicago Tribune Posted Aug 23, 2001
	71%	Bread and Tulips (2001)	" A charming comedy with enough surprises to counter its lightness." — Boston Globe Posted Aug 17, 2001
	69%	The Adventures of Felix (Drôle de Félix) (2001)	" A thoroughly engaging road movie that's as affable and charming as its title character." — Boston Globe Posted Aug 3, 2001
	46%	Greenfingers (2001)	" Simply reheats a formula that relies on ordinary blokes who triumph." — Chicago Tribune Posted Aug 2, 2001
	47%	The Princess Diaries (2001)	" It's noteworthy that the family-friendly Disney film The Princess Diaries manages to wring some originality out of its fairy-tale plot." — Chicago Tribune Posted Aug 2, 2001
3.5/4	66%	Signs & Wonders (2000)	" Has extraordinary depth and insight about the limitations and follies of human beings." — Boston Globe Posted Jul 30, 2001
	47%	Brother (2001)	" For all its arty bloodshed, Brother is disappointingly hollow." — Chicago Tribune Posted Jul 26, 2001
	94%	Sous le sable (Under the Sand) (2001)	" As the film exposes the haunted frailty beneath bourgeois exteriors, Under the Sand marks the advance of Ozon from promising auteur to artful interpreter of the human condition." — Boston Globe Posted Jul 20, 2001
3/4	54%	Everybody's Famous! (2001)	" A likable satire on celebrity, Flemish-style, it is no less pointed than its American counterparts, just a lot less pompous." — Boston Globe Posted Jul 16, 2001
	54%	Everybody's Famous! (2001)	" A crowd-pleaser, content to serve a little meat along with the sweets." — Chicago Tribune Posted Jul 12, 2001
	50%	Lost and Delirious (2001)	" Weighty stuff for the Bring It On or Legally Blonde summer crowd. For the rest, Lost and Delirious is a welcome antidote." — Chicago Tribune Posted Jul 12, 2001
	63%	Simon Magus (2000)	" An odd but original, at times even poetic, film about a vanished world." — Boston Globe Posted Jul 6, 2001
	61%	Der Krieger und die Kaiserin (The Princess and the Warrior) (2000)	" The Princess and the Warrior is an unpredictable, mythic tale about haunted outcasts that is both dazzling and disquieting." — Chicago Tribune Posted Jul 5, 2001
	15%	Scary Movie 2 (2001)	" Just a bunch of spotty sketches slapped together that will satisfy no one except the diehards." — Boston Globe Posted Jul 5, 2001
	74%	Songcatcher (2001)	" An assured period piece and an entertaining exploration of the origins of folk music in America." — Chicago Tribune Posted Jun 28, 2001
	71%	Shadow Magic (2000)	" Gives us a glimpse of what it must have been like to be mesmerized and seduced by images that still convey magic and mystery." — Chicago Tribune Posted May 17, 2001
	15%	The Trumpet of the Swan (2001)	" A lame duck." — Chicago Tribune Posted May 10, 2001

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