Stella Papamichael

Stella Papamichael

Agrees with the Tomatometer 76% of the time.

Publications:
BBC , Digital Spy , Film4 , Radio Times , Sky Movies
Total Reviews:
556

Worst Reviewed Films

Showing 51 - 100 of 552
Rating T-Meter Title | Year Add Date
2/5 32% How Do You Know (2010) " It's all a bit of a slog and, in the end, you don't know much more than you did at the start." — Digital Spy
Posted Jul 14, 2011
2/5 24% The Dilemma (2011) " Even for an experienced director like Howard, there are just too many problems to get around." — Digital Spy
Posted Jul 14, 2011
2/5 35% Larry Crowne (2011) " The megawatt pairing of Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts brings precious little sparkle to this romantic comedy." — Radio Times
Posted Jun 30, 2011
2/5 35% Larry Crowne (2011) " A romance featuring older characters shaped by bitter experience is rare, making it all the more frustrating that Hanks opts for juvenile gags about boobs and bums, and the occasional pratfall." — Digital Spy
Posted Jun 28, 2011
2/5 26% Green Lantern (2011) " Weakness is the Lantern's greatest strength. If anything, there should have been more chinks in his CG armour." — Digital Spy
Posted Jun 15, 2011
2/5 34% Hall Pass (2011) " Potentially funny insights are quickly drowned in a constant stream of bodily fluids, like the sweat of desperation as the Farrellys struggle to recapture their own glory days." — Radio Times
Posted Mar 10, 2011
2/5 34% Hall Pass (2011) " Apparently unable to extract humor from the situation they've set up, the Farrellys resort to doing what they feel they do best: staging schoolboy gags involving the untimely emission of various bodily fluids." — Digital Spy
Posted Mar 9, 2011
2/5 19% Just Go with It (2011) " Broad comic turns by Nicole Kidman and Nick Swardson only exacerbate the feeling that everyone is just trying too hard for their own good here." — Radio Times
Posted Feb 10, 2011
2/5 19% Just Go with It (2011) " You may root for Sandler and Aniston to just 'go with it', but only so you can be done with it." — Digital Spy
Posted Feb 9, 2011
2/5 4% A Little Bit Of Heaven (2012) " Hudson struggles to strike the balance between comedy and tragedy, and she and Bernal share little chemistry." — Radio Times
Posted Feb 3, 2011
2/5 4% A Little Bit Of Heaven (2012) " The emotional breakthroughs are clearly signposted, as if you can feel the filmmaker's hand while she slowly winds our heartstrings around her little finger." — Digital Spy
Posted Feb 2, 2011
2/5 32% How Do You Know (2010) " Nicholson is on autopilot, and Brooks doesn't give the characters the full three dimensions to complement the script's undeniably witty lines." — Radio Times
Posted Jan 27, 2011
2/5 24% The Dilemma (2011) " Even with veteran director Ron Howard behind the camera, proceedings too often veer off in the wrong direction." — Radio Times
Posted Jan 20, 2011
2/5 44% The Green Hornet (2011) " Rogen tests the limits of his likeability as the spoilt brat who inherits an empire while Gondry scrabbles for the right tone." — Digital Spy
Posted Jan 13, 2011
2/5 49% The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010) " The Voyage of the Dawn Treader should have been a great, seafaring adventure and instead it's a wishy-washy affair where all-aboard seem rather wet, for all the wrong reasons." — Digital Spy
Posted Dec 8, 2010
2/5 33% London Boulevard (2011) " Essentially, London Boulevard is a long but not very winding road." — Digital Spy
Posted Nov 29, 2010
2/5 33% London Boulevard (2011) " It's far from original and, crucially, the romance between Farrell and Knightley doesn't have enough pull." — Radio Times
Posted Nov 29, 2010
2/5 71% Never Let Me Go (2010) " It's all so lamely poetic." — Digital Spy
Posted Oct 13, 2010
2/5 65% Cherry Tree Lane (2013) " Williams is able to create an unsettling atmosphere with simple sound effects, but he fails to provide a convincing context for the extreme antisocial behaviour." — Radio Times
Posted Sep 2, 2010
2/5 51% The Switch (2010) " Co-helmers Josh Gordon and Will Speck don't just distort the original intention of Eugenides's story, they force it kicking and screaming into a romantic comedy mould." — Digital Spy
Posted Sep 1, 2010
2/5 65% Cherry Tree Lane (2013) " If Williams has something important to say about hoodie culture, it's sadly lost in the haze of pot smoke." — Digital Spy
Posted Sep 1, 2010
2/5 52% Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (2010) " Mouglalis cannot seem to find any redeeming features in Coco Chanel." — Digital Spy
Posted Aug 3, 2010
2/5 71% Tetro (2009) " Coppola is a shadow of the director he used to be. The use of black-and-white here only shows that more starkly." — Digital Spy
Posted Jun 24, 2010
2/5 32% Wild Target (2010) " Nighy and Blunt do bring a lot of warmth and charm to their roles, but thanks to a badly judged script and lazy direction, the final showdown leaves you feeling cold." — Digital Spy
Posted Jun 24, 2010
2/5 32% Wild Target (2010) " The action hits a dead end and the laughs dry up, but it's the budding romance between the young free spirit and the crotchety old triggerman that really kills it." — Radio Times
Posted Jun 18, 2010
2/5 15% Sex and the City 2 (2010) " It's all talk and no action." — Digital Spy
Posted Jun 3, 2010
2/5 55% The Killer Inside Me (2010) " British director Michael Winterbottom adapts the classic pulp fiction of American novelist Jim Thompson here, but something gets lost in translation." — Radio Times
Posted Jun 3, 2010
2/5 55% The Killer Inside Me (2010) " Ultimately, the images stay with you for all the wrong reasons." — Digital Spy
Posted May 27, 2010
2/5 88% Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009) " Herzog has unique flair, but it's out of synch with the genre. As for Cage, he is a flailing madman and the only polite thing to do is look away." — Digital Spy
Posted May 20, 2010
2/5 19% Cop Out (2010) " Like Willis, the formula just comes across as old and tired." — Radio Times
Posted May 20, 2010
2/5 59% Centurion (2010) " Soon, the action begins to feel monotonous and Marshall's answer is to pick off more victims..." — Digital Spy
Posted Apr 22, 2010
2/5 28% Remember Me (2010) " Best forgotten." — Radio Times
Posted Apr 1, 2010
2/5 22% Freestyle (2004) " otal fluff and nonsense - though director Kolton Lee does demonstrate visual flair on a low budget - this is also disingenuous and patronising." — Radio Times
Posted Feb 26, 2010
2/5 32% The Lovely Bones (2009) " The finale - though tense - lacks that visceral gut punch. Ultimately, Jackson spends too long in the clouds and loses touch with the real drama on ground level." — Radio Times
Posted Feb 19, 2010
2/5 35% The Wolfman (2010) " While the special effects and occasional chase scenes might be enough to pacify the younger crowd, grown-ups will find it curiously bloodless." — Digital Spy
Posted Feb 16, 2010
2/5 41% Armored (2009) " Despite an intriguing premise, it doesn't really go anywhere." — Digital Spy
Posted Jan 22, 2010
2/5 55% The Descent 2 (2009) " The fact that she looks like Carrie will only serve as a reminder that they just don't make 'em like they used to. This is what you call 'plumbing the depths...'" — Digital Spy
Posted Dec 4, 2009
2/5 27% The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009) " If the first instalment of The Twilight Saga was a celebration of teenage sulkiness, then this sequel positively drowns in it." — Digital Spy
Posted Nov 20, 2009
2/5 27% The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009) " Most of the movie is concerned with the glum, lonely Bella, who just doesn't know what to do with herself - and it looks as though the film-makers were similarly stumped." — Radio Times
Posted Nov 20, 2009
2/5 21% Amelia (2009) " An extraordinary life winds up feeling like a series of random blips on the radar screen." — Radio Times
Posted Nov 13, 2009
2/5 54% Disney's A Christmas Carol (2009) " This Hollywood adaptation is as glossy as Christmas wrapping paper and just as disposable." — Film4
Posted Nov 6, 2009
2/5 10% Dead Man Running (2009) " Without a steady build of tension, 90 minutes ends up feeling like two hours. More like Dead Man Plodding." — Digital Spy
Posted Oct 30, 2009
2/5 11% Couples Retreat (2009) " Entertainment on a par with sitting through your neighbours' holiday slideshow." — Digital Spy
Posted Oct 16, 2009
2/5 0% The Baker () " A hit and miss comedy." — BBC
Posted Oct 8, 2009
2/5 9% My Life in Ruins (2009) " As the end of the road finally draws near, you'll need to pull over and throw up." — Film4
Posted Oct 4, 2009
2/5 45% Creation (2010) " It's a boldly small approach to a big subject and, except for Bettany's performance, it feels miscalculated." — Digital Spy
Posted Sep 25, 2009
2/5 56% The Soloist (2009) " The Soloist isn't the cringe-worthy Rain Man rip-off it might have been, but that's the only surprise this film has to offer. If it were a piece of music, it would be the kind you hear in a lift when you're stuck between floors..." — Digital Spy
Posted Sep 25, 2009
2/5 37% The Time Traveler's Wife (2009) " As powerful as a time-machine made Blue Peter-style out of cardboard and empty bottles." — Digital Spy
Posted Aug 14, 2009
2/5 26% Land of the Lost (2009) " Like a valley of sedimentary rock, the film is comprised of layer upon crumbling layer of dumbness." — Digital Spy
Posted Jul 31, 2009
2/5 21% G-Force (2009) " Without a strong villain, a charismatic hero or a clear quest, it's all just a pointless frenzy, an exercise in going nowhere fast. A bit like a hamster on a wheel." — Digital Spy
Posted Jul 31, 2009
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