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Radheyan Simonpillai

Radheyan Simonpillai

Agrees with the Tomatometer 81% of the time.

Publications:
AskMen.com , Fresh and Frowsy , Grolsch Film Works , NOW Toronto
Critics' Group:
Toronto Film Critics Association
Total Reviews:
231

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Rating T-Meter Title | Year Add Date
4/5 94% Muscle Shoals (2013) " Director Greg Camalier weaves the interviews together as if he were making music, composing a film with storytelling rhythms and emotional chords. Soul aficionados will savour every beat" — NOW Toronto
Posted Oct 3, 2013
2/5 16% Baggage Claim (2013) " Writer/director David E. Talbert relents to clichés but doesn't feel confined by them, like an undemanding airline passenger who can stretch out in economy class." — NOW Toronto
Posted Sep 26, 2013
1/5 5% Battle of the Year (2013) " The bar for urban-flavoured dance movies has already been set pretty low, but Battle Of The Year effortlessly leans back and limbos on below it." — NOW Toronto
Posted Sep 20, 2013
1/5 56% My Lucky Star (2013) " If this dreck is what the Chinese market thinks we like, you have to wonder what kind of impression our movies make on them." — NOW Toronto
Posted Sep 19, 2013
100% Tim's Vermeer (2014) " The resulting film is a comic delight that marvels at the intersections between art and science, painting and cinema, and illusionists and documentarians. " — NOW Toronto
Posted Sep 13, 2013
2/5 76% La pirogue (2013) " The storms, quarrels and casualties don't make any emotional waves since they are clinically checked off, as if the filmmakers themselves recognize the predictability of it all and would rather just hurry on to the gloomy finale we all see coming." — NOW Toronto
Posted Aug 16, 2013
2/5 63% Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain (2013) " Hart's impressive physicality and the background special effects, which become their own running joke, are a smokescreen disguising how poorly written his rambling gags actually are." — NOW Toronto
Posted Aug 8, 2013
2/5 54% Lovelace (2013) " Apparently the filmmakers think Lovelace's story is good enough to be exploited, again, but identifying with her would be too much to swallow." — NOW Toronto
Posted Aug 8, 2013
4/5 —— A People Uncounted () " Fares better when it focuses on Roma culture, the details of the Holocaust and the personal, devastating accounts of survivors, whose recollections will make you sick to your stomach." — NOW Toronto
Posted Aug 2, 2013
2/5 14% The Smurfs 2 (2013) " Smurfs 2 doesn't have to reach very high to meet our low expectations, but even then the strained, witless movie about thumb-sized, magical blue creatures proves to have a short grasp." — NOW Toronto
Posted Aug 2, 2013
3/5 81% De jueves a domingo (Thursday Till Sunday) () " Sotomayor's vivid compositions establish environments and spaces tellingly, hinting at the family's history and current state through minor details and gestures, suggesting the bigger picture without ever explaining it." — NOW Toronto
Posted Jul 25, 2013
4/5 91% Blue Jasmine (2013) " Jasmine is a layered, larger-than-life, showstopper who often breaks a poised calm to become an emotional wreck. This is a daunting role for a good actress but Blanchett is great. She navigates between the nimble shimmy and the quivering snaps with ease" — Grolsch Film Works
Posted Jul 23, 2013
4/5 95% The Hunt (2013) " Mikkelsen and a terrific ensemble navigate complex emotions and moral quandaries in a terrain where a satisfying resolution is as hard to come by as a child who never tells a lie." — NOW Toronto
Posted Jul 18, 2013
3/5 42% Red 2 (2013) " The entire movie, including the whimsical action scenes, is careless about logic and even suspense, instead coasting on its momentum past narrative holes and, most of all, relying on its giddiness-inducing cast." — NOW Toronto
Posted Jul 18, 2013
1/5 8% Grown Ups 2 (2013) " Sandler could very well have scribbled the script on the back of the cheque he and his co-writers were given in advance to produce a sequel, any sequel - just a movie with the number two in it - which happens to be the number of times you will laugh." — NOW Toronto
Posted Jul 13, 2013
4/5 94% Fruitvale Station (2013) " Michael B. Jordan wins you over completely before the devastating finale. Those pulse-quickening moments at Fruitvale Station capture the chaos, confusion, fear and hate that provoked the perfect storm for tragedy." — Grolsch Film Works
Posted Jul 8, 2013
4/5 61% Byzantium (2013) " With Twilight finally over, we're not exactly hungering for more vampire movies, but Neil Jordan gives us something to savour with Byzantium, his second bite at the genre." — NOW Toronto
Posted Jun 28, 2013
2/5 65% The Heat (2013) " With a screenplay so childish it might as well have been written in Crayola, The Heat is at its best when it simply gives the tremendously talented McCarthy room to improvise." — NOW Toronto
Posted Jun 27, 2013
3/5 90% Storm Surfers 3D (2013) " Just when you think you've seen enough, Mother Nature throws a few more breathtaking compositions your way." — NOW Toronto
Posted Jun 27, 2013
2/5 82% Dirty Wars (2013) " There are so many stagey shots of Scahill poring over clues in front of his MacBook, you can't help but assume he fancies himself a real-life Lisbeth Salander." — NOW Toronto
Posted Jun 13, 2013
4/5 84% This Is the End (2013) " Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are connoisseurs of bad taste and their directorial debut has a good deal of fun with free-flowing gags about urine, semen and all-around "rapey" vibes." — Grolsch Film Works
Posted Jun 10, 2013
3/5 95% Blancanieves (2013) " Like The Artist, Blancanieves is delightfully novel, but it also feels trapped by its innovative gimmickry." — NOW Toronto
Posted May 30, 2013
4/5 93% Lore (2013) " With an eye for images that are both lush and foreboding, Cate Shortland dives confidently into a moral minefield and doesn't care about defusing the situation. " — NOW Toronto
Posted May 30, 2013
3/5 69% Fast & Furious 6 (2013) " This time around the hand-to-hand combat boasts better moves than the Mitsubishis, especially with Haywire's Gina Carano enlisted to throw some bows." — NOW Toronto
Posted May 23, 2013
4/5 67% The We and the I (2013) " Gondry is like a DJ scratching a record. He puts his own touches to the sound of the Bronx while staying true to its beat." — NOW Toronto
Posted May 16, 2013
2/5 57% Blackbird (2013) " Though I appreciate Buxton's rookie attempt to present an alternative look at teen rage, I can't help seeing that this overreaching film goes nowhere with only clichés to guide it." — NOW Toronto
Posted May 9, 2013
3/5 69% I Declare War (2013) " This is deadpan humour that stretches out one good joke, where not so innocent kids pass the time between strategic kills discussing schoolyard politics - or maybe grabbing a juice." — NOW Toronto
Posted May 9, 2013
3/5 50% At Any Price (2013) " Dennis Quaid gives the kind of performance that deserves awards, but it's in a movie that won't likely get that kind of attention." — NOW Toronto
Posted May 9, 2013
80/100 79% Iron Man 3 (2013) " Iron Man 3 follows a psychologically tormented hero who has light-hearted fun while engaging in cartoonish mayhem and uncovering corruption that reflects on contemporary politics. If that sentence sounded like a mouthful, just imagine the movie." — NOW Toronto
Posted May 3, 2013
1/5 7% The Big Wedding (2013) " When Robert DeNiro says things like "poon job," it hurts our ears and probably leaves a bad taste in his mouth." — NOW Toronto
Posted Apr 26, 2013
69/100 49% Pain & Gain (2013) " For Michael Bay fans, Pain & Gain may be his masterpiece, where the director's collision of testosterone-fueled action and blunt wits is perfectly in keeping with the subject." — AskMen.com
Posted Apr 26, 2013
4/5 100% Flight of the Butterflies (2012) " The filmmakers turn classroom material into a dense procedural. Meanwhile, they capture phenomenal footage of the monarch in its various stages, from egg to chrysalis to the butterfly that hates winter as much as I do." — NOW Toronto
Posted Apr 18, 2013
4/5 —— Molly Maxwell () " The charming Lola Tash alternates with ease between adorable kid, awkward teen and dangerous seductress. Whatever flaws the film may have can be overlooked because Tash sells them so well." — NOW Toronto
Posted Apr 18, 2013
2/5 93% Jurassic Park (1993) " The 3D conversion ruins everything, like the comet that killed the dinosaurs, making Jurassic Park the rare amusement I'd prefer to revisit at home." — NOW Toronto
Posted Apr 5, 2013
3/5 16% Temptation (2013) " Perry accurately points out how, when a marriage gets dull, you don't actually need a rich, intense playboy (Robbie Jones) who reveals himself to be Lucifer incarnate to speed up the "till death do us part" process." — NOW Toronto
Posted Apr 1, 2013
3/5 80% About Sunny () " Ambrose delivers a powerful, heartfelt performance." — NOW Toronto
Posted Mar 29, 2013
4/5 69% The Croods (2013) " The best-looking animated film since Rango. The Croods has something for everybody." — NOW Toronto
Posted Mar 21, 2013
4/5 30% Reincarnated (2013) " With a legacy forever haunted by Death Row, Snoop is looking to reggae for something positive to leave behind. That's a worthwhile journey, even if it looks like it's sponsored by Adidas." — NOW Toronto
Posted Mar 15, 2013
3/5 38% Dead Man Down (2013) " A muscular action movie that almost buckles under the weight of its inconsequential tangents and convoluted plot." — NOW Toronto
Posted Mar 7, 2013
3/5 28% 21 And Over (2013) " Aspiring to be as crude and sophomoronic as the American Pie movies and their ilk, 21 And Over has frequent glimmers of wit and hilarity, along with a solid grasp of today's young adults." — NOW Toronto
Posted Mar 1, 2013
2/5 13% Safe Haven (2013) " The theatre will be so fertile with romance that it could pollinate a bouquet of roses." — NOW Toronto
Posted Feb 14, 2013
2/5 20% Identity Thief (2013) " If Identity Thief suffers from comedic recession, Melissa McCarthy is too small a stimulus package." — NOW Toronto
Posted Feb 9, 2013
1/5 4% Movie 43 (2013) " From the outtakes in the credits, it's obvious the stars are enjoying themselves. Too bad those laughs aren't contagious." — NOW Toronto
Posted Jan 25, 2013
3/5 98% Beware Of Mr. Baker (2012) " Although it hits many of the same notes as other recent musical docs, Beware of Mr. Baker nevertheless does a satisfactory job of capturing a restless personality." — NOW Toronto
Posted Jan 24, 2013
3/5 52% Where Do We Go Now? (2012) — NOW Toronto
Posted Jan 22, 2013
40/100 32% Gangster Squad (2013) " The redundant violence, no matter how loud and brutal it can be, lacks both tension and imagination. We get plenty of bangs without any of the requisite foreplay." — AskMen.com
Posted Jan 11, 2013
1/5 18% Parental Guidance (2012) " Parental Guidance feels like it's been thoughtlessly written in a boardroom strictly as a vehicle for Crystal to perform the same past-due routines he does at the Oscars, musical numbers and all." — NOW Toronto
Posted Dec 25, 2012
3/5 77% Bones Brigade: An Autobiography (2012) " The film may be shameless self-promotion and navel-gazing (it's sponsored by Vans), but the interviews are so candid and introspective that it's worthwhile." — NOW Toronto
Posted Dec 20, 2012
4/5 85% Bestiaire (2012) " Bestiaire isn't for everyone. It demands a patient audience willing to fill in the gaps between Côté's striking compositions and telling montage." — NOW Toronto
Posted Dec 20, 2012
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