Nell Minow

Agrees with the Tomatometer 75% of the time.

Biography:
Nell Minow writes about movies, television, the Internet, and parenting as The Movie Mom for Beliefnet and other publications. Her articles have appeared in the Chicago Tribune, USA Today, Family Fun, Child, Daughters, Parents, Slate, and three editions of The Practical Guide to Practically Everything. Her book, The Movie Mom's Guide to Family Movies was published by Avon in 1999, with a second edition in 2004. She reviews movies every week on radio stations across the US and in Canada. Her reviews appear on Beliefnet at http://blog.beliefnet.com/moviemom and you can see her Movie Mom page on Facebook or follow her on twitter. Nell is a member of the Online Film Critics Society, the Broadcast Film Critics Association and the Washington Area Film Critics Association.
Favorites:
500 of my favorite movies are reviewed in my book, but as of this writing my top 10 would have to include "The Philadelphia Story," "To Have and Have Not," "His Girl Friday," "Ball of Fire," and "Duck Soup." Ask me tomorrow and you might get a different list!
Publications:
Beliefnet , Chicago Sun-Times , Common Sense Media , Denver Post , DVDJournal.com , Kansas City Star , Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Critics' Group:
Online Film Critics Society, Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association
Total Reviews:
4154
Total QuickRatings:
937
Location:
Just outside of Washington DC

Worst Reviewed Films

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F 21% That's My Boy (2012) " More offensive than the disgusting attempts at humor is the utter contempt for the audience in every lazy and incompetent frame and line of dialogue." — Beliefnet
Posted Jun 14, 2012
F 25% Law Abiding Citizen (2009) Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Posted Feb 18, 2012
F 14% The Love Guru (2008) Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Posted Feb 18, 2012
F 5% Miss March (2009) Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Posted Feb 18, 2012
F 21% Next Day Air (2009) Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Posted Feb 14, 2012
F 8% Furry Vengeance (2010) " Normally, I try to find something good to say about each movie I review. Dear readers, I am speechless." — Beliefnet
Posted Apr 29, 2010
F 25% Law Abiding Citizen (2009) " This is not just a bad film; it is a despicable one." — Beliefnet
Posted Oct 15, 2009
F 21% Next Day Air (2009) " To add insult to injury, the mindless comedy turns into a mindless shoot 'em up. Mark this package delivery refused." — Beliefnet
Posted May 7, 2009
F 5% Miss March (2009) " A smarmy premise becomes an unspeakably offensive movie in a mess that is not just disgusting but dull. I don't need a bath after seeing it; I need an exorcism." — Beliefnet
Posted Mar 12, 2009
F 14% The Love Guru (2008) " Non-stop naughty-body-part references with a level of humor more appropriate on a 4th grade bathroom wall than a Hollywood screenplay." — Beliefnet
Posted Jun 19, 2008
F 63% Jackass: Number Two (2006) " The Jackass crew uses their stunts to test their immunity -- to skull fractures, to deadly infections, to permanent damage, and, most importantly, to growing up." — Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Posted Sep 22, 2006
F 7% Basic Instinct 2 (2006) " Stone, whose portrayal of mature sexiness was breathtaking in last year's Broken Flowers, is so over-the-top here that Tramell appears to be channeling Cruella De Vil. Or maybe Carol Burnett vamping as "Nora Desmond."" — Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Posted Mar 30, 2006
F 30% Waiting (2005) " Endlessly, tediously, mind-meltingly worthless. " — Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Posted Oct 6, 2005
0/5 8% An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn (1998) Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Posted Jun 21, 2005
F 2% King's Ransom (2005) " I looked at the ceiling, not casting my eyes heavenward for assistance but trying to find something more interesting to look at than what was on the screen. The ceiling won." — Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Posted Apr 21, 2005
0/5 4% Meet the Deedles (1998) Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Posted Aug 20, 2004
0/5 19% The Nude Bomb (The Return of Maxwell Smart) (1980) Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Posted Jul 8, 2004
0/5 82% Pink Flamingos (1972) Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Posted Jun 25, 2004
0/5 24% RocketMan (Rocket Man) (1997) Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Posted Apr 8, 2004
F 4% The Whole Ten Yards (2003) " Could it BE any more atrocious?" — Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Posted Apr 8, 2004
0/5 —— Theodore Rex (1995) Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Posted Mar 20, 2004
F 46% Eurotrip (2003) " As dull as an offensive movie can be and as offensive as a dull movie can be. " — Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Posted Feb 19, 2004
F 9% My Boss's Daughter (2003) " Everyone associated with this movie should appear under a pseudonym, and that includes Carmen Electra." — Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Posted Aug 22, 2003
0/5 36% Revenge (1990) " Positively one of the worst movies ever made, though Stowe is, as always, luminously lovely." — Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Posted Jun 19, 2003
0/5 14% Almost Heroes (1998) Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Posted Apr 25, 2003
F 48% Jackass - The Movie (2002) Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Posted Mar 29, 2003
0/5 2% Baby Geniuses (1999) Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Posted Feb 7, 2003
0/5 6% Exit to Eden (1994) Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Posted Oct 3, 2002
D- 11% Catch That Kid (2004) " A child bank robber heartlessly manipulates her two best friends and risks the lives of her friends, her baby brother, and everyone else. What were they thinking?" — Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Posted Feb 6, 2004
D- 10% Darkness Falls (2003) " The terrible acting, the awful pacing, and laughable special effects make the horror of watching this movie all too unintentional." — Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Posted Jan 27, 2003
D 18% Parental Guidance (2012) " Shtick-y and utterly synthetic" — Beliefnet
Posted Dec 27, 2012
D 0% Last Ounce of Courage (2012) " This is bigotry masquerading as leadership, thuggery claiming the banner of freedom, braggadocio pretending to be strength. " — Beliefnet
Posted Sep 12, 2012
D 51% The Three Stooges (2012) " Is this funny? Soitenly not!" — Beliefnet
Posted Apr 12, 2012
D 59% Wanderlust (2012) " It wastes a situation filled with comic potential, forgoing sharp satire for lazy jokes even Beavis and Butthead would find beneath them. " — Beliefnet
Posted Feb 24, 2012
D 5% Old Dogs (2009) Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Posted Feb 18, 2012
D 11% Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (2008) Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Posted Feb 18, 2012
D 21% Gulliver's Travels (2010) Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Posted Feb 18, 2012
D 19% The Back-up Plan (2010) Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Posted Feb 18, 2012
D 6% The Last Airbender (2010) Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Posted Feb 18, 2012
D 13% Our Family Wedding (2010) Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Posted Feb 18, 2012
D 11% Red Riding Hood (2011) Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Posted Feb 18, 2012
D 42% Brooklyn's Finest (2010) Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Posted Feb 18, 2012
D 15% Over Her Dead Body (2008) Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Posted Feb 18, 2012
D 47% MacGruber (2010) Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Posted Feb 18, 2012
D 13% The Ugly Truth (2009) Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Posted Feb 18, 2012
D 9% Grown Ups (2010) Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Posted Feb 18, 2012
D 19% Just Go with It (2011) Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Posted Feb 18, 2012
D 14% I Love You Beth Cooper (2009) Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Posted Feb 18, 2012
D —— Dennis the Menace Strikes Again (1997) Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Posted Feb 14, 2012
D 52% The Next Three Days (2010) Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Posted Feb 14, 2012
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