Robert Levin

Robert Levin

Agrees with the Tomatometer 73% of the time.

Publications:
amNewYork , Critic's Notebook , Film School Rejects , The Atlantic
Critics' Group:
New York Film Critics Online
Total Reviews:
601
Total QuickRatings:
15

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Rating T-Meter Title | Year Add Date
3/4 50% All Is Bright (2013) " The story is low-key and quiet, performed by big-time actors acting for the sake of their craft, not a major paycheck or a higher profile." — amNewYork
Posted Oct 4, 2013
2.5/4 53% A.C.O.D. (2013) " The screenplay simply doesn't provide enough reasons to feel bad for Adam Scott's Carter amid his personal crisis." — amNewYork
Posted Oct 4, 2013
4/4 98% Gravity (2013) " Here is a movie that is everything a movie should be: relentlessly suspenseful and packed with cutting-edge effects while it's simultaneously filled with emotional gravity." — amNewYork
Posted Oct 4, 2013
3.5/4 94% Muscle Shoals (2013) " It's about music at its most primal and mystical essence, exploring the way the soul of a place seeps into and informs the sounds that come out of it." — amNewYork
Posted Sep 26, 2013
2.5/4 85% We Are What We Are (2013) " If, in the end, it doesn't really work, there's still plenty to admire in the gothic exploration of the timeless conflict between family tradition and modernity." — amNewYork
Posted Sep 26, 2013
2.5/4 83% Don Jon (2013) " It's never boring, but the film plays like a thesis on the modern condition more than a genuine depiction of a romantic relationship. " — amNewYork
Posted Sep 26, 2013
2.5/4 51% A Single Shot (2013) " The movie's general weariness - nothing happy happens here - transitions from tasteful to overbearing." — amNewYork
Posted Sep 26, 2013
2/4 67% Haute Cuisine (2013) " A feature-length cooking show with some biographical details thrown in for good measure." — amNewYork
Posted Sep 26, 2013
3.5/4 89% After Tiller (2013) " It's an in-the-trenches exploration of bravery." — amNewYork
Posted Sep 26, 2013
3/4 67% Newlyweeds (2013) " Newlyweeds is a rare movie about stoners that treats pot addiction seriously, carving out a space of its own in a naturalistic middle ground between the familiar standards of surreal comedy and moralistic drama." — amNewYork
Posted Sep 23, 2013
3/4 96% Mother Of George (2013) " The film forgoes the usual neo-realistic approach toward this sort of material for a painterly, meticulously composed technique. The result is transfixing. " — amNewYork
Posted Sep 12, 2013
1.5/4 33% The Family (2013) " The movie repeats the same basic humorous conceit ad nauseam: The "Blakes" violently overreact to things, setting fire to grocery stores and more. " — amNewYork
Posted Sep 12, 2013
3/4 86% Blue Caprice (2013) " If we look to cinema as a conduit for the entire range of the human experience, from its highest highs to its lowest lows, there's no denying that this movie is essential." — amNewYork
Posted Sep 12, 2013
3/4 34% Hell Baby (2013) " This is just about the one-billionth movie to lampoon the horror genre, but so what? It's hilarious." — amNewYork
Posted Sep 12, 2013
2.5/4 23% A Teacher (2013) " Rather cold, the movie could have used some more humanity or, at the very least, dramatic excitement." — amNewYork
Posted Sep 12, 2013
3/4 46% Closed Circuit (2013) " Pretty solid in an old-fashioned sense, a movie committed to refined, quality storytelling without a whole lot of extra heft." — amNewYork
Posted Sep 3, 2013
2/4 34% Passion (2013) " Passion is a Brian De Palma greatest hits package, the filmmaker showing off, more than anything else." — amNewYork
Posted Sep 3, 2013
3.5/4 91% Our Nixon (2013) " A riveting portrait of a man in full. " — amNewYork
Posted Sep 3, 2013
3/4 59% Afternoon Delight (2013) " The ensuing seriocomic havoc is predictable, but carried by Hahn's fascinating performance, which unpacks complex depths of feeling beneath Rachel's hyper exterior." — amNewYork
Posted Aug 30, 2013
3/4 80% Drinking Buddies (2013) " The movie grabs you once you've become attuned to the way Joe Swanberg works and grown familiar with these characters. " — amNewYork
Posted Aug 23, 2013
4/4 99% Short Term 12 (2013) " We go to the movies for discoveries like this, an authentic masterpiece that stands out because of old-fashioned tenets such as terrific directing and acting. " — amNewYork
Posted Aug 23, 2013
3/4 89% The World's End (2013) " The movie stands out for two reasons: Simon Pegg is hilarious and Edgar Wright directs with flair." — amNewYork
Posted Aug 23, 2013
2/4 74% The Grandmaster (2013) " Blending the markings of a kung fu epic with scenes of stark emotional longing, Wong Kar-wai's latest movie offers a hybrid that's hard to decipher." — amNewYork
Posted Aug 23, 2013
3/4 31% Austenland (2013) " This is a pretty promising high-concept idea and the movie derived from it is filled with charm." — amNewYork
Posted Aug 23, 2013
3.5/4 81% Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013) " Rooney Mara's excellent work, which transitions from wide-eyed naïveté to forceful intelligence, is the heart of this movie. " — amNewYork
Posted Aug 23, 2013
3.5/4 96% Cutie And The Boxer (2013) " The portrait of a marriage in full, rife with compromises, misunderstandings, angry moments and tender scenes filled with the affection amassed over four decades." — amNewYork
Posted Aug 15, 2013
3/4 73% Lee Daniels' The Butler (2013) " Whatever the film lacks in refinements it more than makes up for with its genuine emotional currents and fine lead performances." — amNewYork
Posted Aug 15, 2013
2.5/4 26% Jobs (2013) " Obsessed with boardroom politics when it should be centered on the thrill of innovation. " — amNewYork
Posted Aug 15, 2013
3/4 55% I Give It a Year (2013) " Turns the romantic comedy on its head by utilizing a simple and effective formula that blends parody and affecting relationship dramatics." — amNewYork
Posted Aug 8, 2013
3/4 84% Prince Avalanche (2013) " A quiet, affecting meditation on the human inclination to flee difficulties, to escape into the woods and live free of pain and heartbreak." — amNewYork
Posted Aug 8, 2013
3/4 54% Lovelace (2013) " The movie sharply evokes the era and exudes a lurid fascination by unpacking this sensational story. But it really works because the performances drive things." — amNewYork
Posted Aug 8, 2013
1.5/4 22% The Canyons (2013) " There's no feeling, no energy, no sense of the internal lives behind these zombies. It's nihilism, personified." — amNewYork
Posted Aug 1, 2013
2.5/4 91% The Spectacular Now (2013) " The sojourn into John Hughes territory distracts from the film's real story, which centers on a young alcoholic hurtling toward the abyss." — amNewYork
Posted Aug 1, 2013
2/4 78% Europa Report (2013) " Realism doesn't necessarily equal entertainment, and Sebastián Cordero's movie collapses in an avalanche of jargon." — amNewYork
Posted Aug 1, 2013
1.5/4 15% The Time Being (2013) " A more apt title might have been Wes Bentley Stares at Stuff." — amNewYork
Posted Jul 29, 2013
3/4 91% Blue Jasmine (2013) " The genius of Cate Blanchett's performance lies in the way she sells us on the urgency of Jasmine's concerns and the depth of her plight, mastering sincere obliviousness." — amNewYork
Posted Jul 29, 2013
3.5/4 98% Blackfish (2013) " Ostensibly the story of Tilikum, it's really a movie about us, an exploration of the inherent human need to reduce nature's mysteries to modes we can easily process." — amNewYork
Posted Jul 19, 2013
4/4 97% The Act Of Killing (2013) " The magnitude of this achievement, this depiction of a diseased and corrupt society that is in so many ways similar to our own, cannot be understated." — amNewYork
Posted Jul 19, 2013
1.5/4 20% Girl Most Likely (2013) " The screenplay is the biggest problem here, riddled with unconvincing details and widely vacillating between disparate tones." — amNewYork
Posted Jul 19, 2013
3/4 42% Red 2 (2013) " In the hands of these award-winning actors, a lightweight action-comedy sequel with a nonsensical narrative becomes substantial summer entertainment." — amNewYork
Posted Jul 19, 2013
4/4 94% Fruitvale Station (2013) " There's great soul to the work, which gives a complete picture of a young man's life in microcosmic form." — amNewYork
Posted Jul 15, 2013
2.5/4 81% Crystal Fairy (2013) " Terrific acting, especially from Gaby Hoffman, but this is a slim movie that drifts toward its conclusion without much urgency." — amNewYork
Posted Jul 15, 2013
2/4 72% Pacific Rim (2013) " A whole lot happens in Pacific Rim, Guillermo Del Toro's hybrid of just about every major cinematic genre. And none of it means much." — amNewYork
Posted Jul 15, 2013
3/4 56% The Look of Love (2013) " A character study that offers some of Steve Coogan's most interesting work and another testament to Michael Winterbottom's knack for period naturalism." — Film School Rejects
Posted Jul 8, 2013
2/4 58% Stuck in Love (2013) " Set in a world of resplendent beach homes and scrubbed-clean towns, populated by genetically blessed people who wouldn't know a real concern if it smacked them in the face." — amNewYork
Posted Jul 2, 2013
2/4 31% The Lone Ranger (2013) " Not a disaster, but it has the feel of a production victimized by overthinking, tinkered with in an attempt to maximize its appeal to every possible audience." — amNewYork
Posted Jul 2, 2013
3.5/4 92% Museum Hours (2013) " The genius of Museum Hours lies in the way Jem Cohen ties the minimalist story at the movie's center with the extraordinary art that fills his frame." — amNewYork
Posted Jun 30, 2013
1.5/4 61% Byzantium (2013) " This is a stale vampire soap opera that goes over-the-top early and stays there, with waterfalls literally running red with blood." — amNewYork
Posted Jun 30, 2013
2.5/4 65% The Heat (2013) " You've seen a lot of this before. These actors deserve better." — amNewYork
Posted Jun 30, 2013
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