Stephanie Merry

Stephanie Merry

Agrees with the Tomatometer 81% of the time.

Publications:
Washington Post
Total Reviews:
102

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Rating T-Meter Title | Year Add Date
1.5/4 8% The Big Wedding (2013) " Sadly, superior talent can propel a movie only so far. Bad scripts beget bad movies, even when four Academy Award winners are involved." — Washington Post
Posted Apr 26, 2013
0/4 4% Scary Movie 5 (2013) " Scary Movie 5 must be some kind of psychological experiment. Perhaps the filmmakers sat in a lab, rubbing their temples while wondering aloud how awful they could make a movie and still score at the box office." — Washington Post
Posted Apr 12, 2013
3/4 100% The Revolutionary Optimists (2013) " Most people could learn a lot from these little activists." — Washington Post
Posted Apr 5, 2013
1.5/4 28% G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013) " People may flock to G.I. Joe: Retaliation despite its inert illogic. But don't say you weren't warned. As a wise man once said, "knowing is half the battle."" — Washington Post
Posted Mar 28, 2013
3/4 86% Harvest of Empire (2012) " The stories grow more eye-opening as filmmakers Peter Getzels and Eduardo Lopez paint a recurring picture." — Washington Post
Posted Mar 15, 2013
3/4 88% Yossi (2013) " "Yossi" has an air of lightness but never feels insignificant." — Washington Post
Posted Mar 8, 2013
1.5/4 14% Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013) " A rarely funny spoof that's heavy on bone-crushing and blood-gushing." — Washington Post
Posted Jan 25, 2013
2.5/4 30% Broken City (2013) " You may want to account for low expectations, but the crime drama "Broken City" turns out to be much better -- and funnier and more suspenseful -- than both trailer and release date portend." — Washington Post
Posted Jan 18, 2013
2/4 36% LUV (2013) " A sometimes taut and occasionally preposterous day in the life of an 11-year-old accompanying his uncle on business in Baltimore." — Washington Post
Posted Jan 18, 2013
1/4 59% The Last Stand (2013) " It persistently tries to drag the audience down to its mindless level." — Washington Post
Posted Jan 18, 2013
3/4 100% Burn (2012) " An emotional character study of a group of heroic, yet very human, individuals." — Washington Post
Posted Dec 7, 2012
3/4 98% Brooklyn Castle (2012) " Enlightening, inspiring and expertly crafted." — Washington Post
Posted Nov 1, 2012
2/4 79% The Other Son (2012) " Even though [Levy] executes with a light touch, it tends to feel a little simplistic given how deep-seated and persistent the Palestine-Israel conflict is." — Washington Post
Posted Oct 26, 2012
2.5/4 87% Somewhere Between (2012) " It's a testament to the human stories, not the filmmaking, that some moments unleash a deeply affecting drama with a high potential for tears." — Washington Post
Posted Oct 12, 2012
2/4 68% Wuthering Heights (2012) " With so much attention paid to mood and imagery, emotions seem to get lost in the wind." — Washington Post
Posted Oct 12, 2012
3/4 100% Flight of the Butterflies (2012) " It's easy to forget "Flight of the Butterflies" is just a movie, as the 3-D documentary about monarch migrations looks and sounds so much like nature." — Washington Post
Posted Oct 5, 2012
3/4 88% The Other Dream Team (2012) " The title may be less than creative and the bare-bones plot synopsis hardly feels compelling, yet the documentary offers a fascinating and heartfelt examination of history through the microcosm of one sport." — Washington Post
Posted Oct 5, 2012
3/4 94% Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel (2012) " The film, written and directed by Vreeland's granddaughter-in-law, mainly rests on the strength of its subject." — Washington Post
Posted Sep 28, 2012
1.5/4 28% Backwards (2012) " The biggest problem ... is the characters who populate the film. For the most part, they're one-dimensional caricatures." — Washington Post
Posted Sep 28, 2012
2.5/4 69% Liberal Arts (2012) " "Liberal Arts" has its bright moments and it's an enjoyable watch, but it probably won't serve up outbursts of laughter or moments of epiphany." — Washington Post
Posted Sep 21, 2012
2/4 42% Little White Lies (2012) " As the movie wears on ... the melodrama amps up to a final scene capable of draining any remaining pathos." — Washington Post
Posted Sep 7, 2012
2.5/4 76% Premium Rush (2012) " Breezy and entertaining, if imperfect ..." — Washington Post
Posted Aug 24, 2012
1.5/4 48% Hit & Run (2012) " It feels like writer, co-director and star Dax Shepard has unleashed some kind of freakish Franken-film on movie-goers." — Washington Post
Posted Aug 24, 2012
2/4 64% Cosmopolis (2012) " It feels like each and every moment bursts forth with urgent dialogue, and yet what does anyone actually say?" — Washington Post
Posted Aug 24, 2012
1.5/4 21% 360 (2012) " Though the cinematography looks sleek, with shots through windows and in mirrors, split screens and city lights that blur and sharpen, the stories equate to a tangled mess." — Washington Post
Posted Aug 10, 2012
3/4 86% Easy Money (2012) " The increasing action and double crosses create an ambient crescendo leading to a final anything-could-happen rendezvous." — Washington Post
Posted Aug 10, 2012
2.5/4 82% Nobody Else But You (2012) " It's an enjoyable way to spend 100 or so minutes, but once it ends, it might make a disappearing act from memory." — Washington Post
Posted Aug 3, 2012
3/4 94% Farewell, My Queen (2012) " The foreboding and chaos contrast neatly with the lavish costumes and sets." — Washington Post
Posted Jul 26, 2012
2.5/4 77% Katy Perry: Part of Me (2012) " Although there are moments when the filmmakers' fingerprints are nearly visible on the manipulated putty of an audience, the scenes aren't enough to break the fruit-flavored spell." — Washington Post
Posted Jul 6, 2012
2/4 13% Ultrasonic (2012) " While some of the dialogue and acting early on veer toward the stilted, the actors settle into a nice rhythm as the atmosphere turns more mysterious." — Washington Post
Posted Jun 1, 2012
2.5/4 82% Bill W. (2012) " This is a real portrait that demonstrates that even when alcoholics quit drinking, it doesn't cure them of their other flaws. But it also gives credit where it's due." — Washington Post
Posted Jun 1, 2012
2/4 22% What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012) " The movie turns out to be a little of everything yet succeeds only occasionally at anything." — Washington Post
Posted May 18, 2012
3/4 92% Headhunters (2012) " A cat-and-mouse game with the giddy excitement of a heist movie." — Washington Post
Posted May 11, 2012
2.5/4 54% Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story (2012) " This was a man who needed no help standing out from the crowd." — Washington Post
Posted May 4, 2012
2/4 82% The Salt of Life (2012) " At times, the sad sights are enough to make a person hope the put-upon guy finds success. The problem is, as affable as Giovanni is, there's not much more to him." — Washington Post
Posted Apr 27, 2012
1.5/4 28% We the Party (2012) " With the raunch of "American Pie" and the heart of an after-school special, the comedy turns out to be a lot less than the sum of its parts." — Washington Post
Posted Apr 6, 2012
3/4 79% Attenberg (2012) " Part of the film's success comes from Labed's performance as Marina, who infuses all that weirdness with a barely there vulnerability." — Washington Post
Posted Mar 30, 2012
3/4 99% Jiro Dreams of Sushi (2012) " Overall, this is a pleasant and often enlightening journey." — Washington Post
Posted Mar 23, 2012
3/4 90% Footnote (2012) " It's not easy to make Eliezer a sympathetic character, yet Bar-Aba's demonstration of fleeting vulnerability awakens inevitable, if equally brief, compassion." — Washington Post
Posted Mar 23, 2012
2/4 22% October Baby (2012) " Extended scenes are dominated by heavy dialogue, while the lighter moments are relegated to montages of prancing across a beach, for example, which simply aren't that effective at buoying the drama." — Washington Post
Posted Mar 23, 2012
2/4 88% The Turin Horse (2012) " An intentionally monotonous look at the lives of a farmer and his daughter. Strange events signal the end is nigh, but it approaches at the pace of a lethargic inchworm." — Washington Post
Posted Mar 16, 2012
3/4 89% The Pruitt-igoe Myth: An Urban History (2012) " Using archival footage and interviews with former residents, Freidrichs adds human dimension and historical context to what is often viewed in simple terms as a misguided blip." — Washington Post
Posted Mar 9, 2012
2.5/4 83% The Look (2011) " Early inertia gives way to a revealing and enthralling portrait of the actress." — Washington Post
Posted Mar 2, 2012
2/4 30% The Vow (2012) " It's a shame things are so black and white, because the movie has more promise - and more laughs - than trailers suggest." — Washington Post
Posted Feb 10, 2012
3.5/4 95% Pina (2011) " What might seem like a convenient bid for publicity - the first 3-D art-house film! - turns out to be the only logical way to showcase the action." — Washington Post
Posted Feb 3, 2012
2.5/4 74% Big Miracle (2012) " Cold War-era bonding over whales? It would sound utterly absurd if it weren't based on fact. And that's part of what makes this movie fun for adults." — Washington Post
Posted Feb 3, 2012
2/4 34% Joyful Noise (2012) " Despite some mawkish dialogue, there's something to be said for leaving the theater with a smile. Can I get an amen?" — Washington Post
Posted Jan 13, 2012
2.5/4 75% Norwegian Wood (2012) " "Norwegian Wood" is a restrained portrait of liminal moments, a coming-of-age tale that feels more like a moody ghost story than a neatly contained chronicle of beginnings." — Washington Post
Posted Jan 6, 2012
2.5/4 70% Elevate (2011) " Sports movies have a tendency to pull the old heart strings, but this is an especially emotional journey." — Washington Post
Posted Nov 11, 2011
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