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Michael Posner

Michael Posner's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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The Good Lie (2012) 2.5/4 EDIT “The Good Lie demonstrates again the fatal flaw that affects too many Canadian films: it's the script, stupid.” – Globe and Mail Sep 7, 2014 Full Review Much Ado About Nothing (2012) 87% 3/4 EDIT “Whedon's Ado is a parlour version of the play, shot in black and white, with documentary intimacy.” – Globe and Mail Jun 14, 2013 Full Review The Expatriate (2012) 31% 1.5/4 EDIT “Arash Amel's plot is a hodgepodge of threadbare motifs, liberally cut and pasted from every thriller you've seen.” – Globe and Mail May 31, 2013 Full Review Quality Balls (2013) 2/4 EDIT “It's closer to ad copy than documentary - sweetness and light, all down the line. But the line doesn't go very far.” – Globe and Mail May 24, 2013 Full Review The Angels' Share (2012) 88% 2/4 EDIT “The result is a sometimes gritty, occasionally charming Highland hybrid, but the final balance feels slightly off-kilter.” – Globe and Mail May 17, 2013 Full Review Blackbird (2012) 57% 2.5/4 EDIT “Credit to Buxton here for extracting conviction from such young actors. The performances aren't wholly redemptive, but they are compelling.” – Globe and Mail May 10, 2013 Full Review To the Wonder (2012) 47% 2.5/4 EDIT “Chary of exposition, meagre of plot, derisory of dialogue, indifferent to comprehension, it's a project that veers perilously close to self-parody.” – Globe and Mail Apr 19, 2013 Full Review Like Someone in Love (2012) 83% 3/4 EDIT “Making only his second film outside of his native Iran, Kiarostami undercuts the rigid protocols of polite Japanese society with intimations of violence.” – Globe and Mail Apr 12, 2013 Full Review Revolution (2012) 67% 3/4 EDIT “It should be essential viewing, particularly in high schools and universities, whence the next generation of policy makers will one day emerge, hopefully more enlightened than we have been.” – Globe and Mail Apr 12, 2013 Full Review The Sapphires (2012) 91% 3/4 EDIT “You could drive an Abrams tank through the film's plot holes, but you'll likely be too busy enjoying yourself to bother.” – Globe and Mail Apr 5, 2013 Full Review Mad Ship (2012) 2/4 EDIT “Alas, not unlike the boat on which the tale is based, it's a jerry-built craft that never really gets launched.” – Globe and Mail Mar 29, 2013 Full Review The Resurrection of Tony Gitone (2012) 2/4 EDIT “There are too many story lines - most are painfully thin - and the editing jumps between them, at times jarringly.” – Globe and Mail Mar 29, 2013 Full Review Chasing Mavericks (2012) 32% 2/4 EDIT “When every frayed plot device you've predicted makes its inevitable appearance, at least you'll have the majestic waves off the California coastline to comfort you.” – Globe and Mail Oct 26, 2012 Full Review Max Manus (2008) 79% 3/4 EDIT “A fascinating, well-acted glimpse into a little known theatre of the war.” – Globe and Mail Sep 14, 2009 Full Review Idiots and Angels (2008) 93% 3/4 EDIT “A dystopian commentary on humankind.” – Globe and Mail Aug 14, 2009 Full Review The Cove (2009) 95% 3/4 EDIT “There are five minutes in this documentary that ought to be mandatory viewing. The entire 90 minutes is utterly compelling, but the five alone are worth the price of admission.” – Globe and Mail Aug 7, 2009 Full Review Burma VJ: Reporting From a Closed Country (2008) 97% 3/4 EDIT “Although directed by Denmark's Anders Ostergaard, the true heroes of Burma VJ are the cadres of guerrilla video journalists who secretly filmed the junta's brutal suppression of the popular revolt in the fall of 2007.” – Globe and Mail Aug 7, 2009 Full Review Shrink (2009) 27% 2/4 EDIT “No one knows why bad things happen to good people. But we do know why bad things happen to good film ideas. They get ruined by poor scripts and indifferent direction.” – Globe and Mail Jul 31, 2009 Full Review Funny People (2009) 69% 2/4 EDIT “It's at once dark and sentimental, and (at 146 minutes) hugely indulgent.” – Globe and Mail Jul 31, 2009 Full Review Dear Wendy (2005) 35% 2/4 EDIT “We get it, Lars. Actually, we got it some time ago. Guns are bad things. They kill people and Americans are obsessed with them. Can we move on now?” – Globe and Mail Feb 24, 2006 Full Review The Last Mogul (2005) 81% 2/4 EDIT “In covering so much acreage, Avrich has failed to dig deep for material that might have shed more light on Wasserman's ways.” – Globe and Mail Jul 29, 2005 Full Review
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