Susan Granger

Susan Granger

Agrees with the Tomatometer 78% of the time.

Biography:
Susan Granger is a product of Hollywood. Her natural father, S. Sylvan Simon, headed production at Columbia Pictures; her adoptive father, Armand Deutsch, produced at MGM. As a child, she appeared in movies with Abbott & Costello, Red Skelton, Lucille Ball, Margaret O'Brien, and Lassie. She attended Mills College, studying journalism with Pierre Salinger, and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. For more than 25 years, Susan has been on radio and television either as an anchorwoman and internationally syndicated movie/drama critic. Her celebrity interviews and articles are published in newspapers and magazines around the world including Redbook, Family Circle, Ladies Home Journal, Playboy, Cosmopolitan, Working Woman, and The New York Times, as well as Paris Match, Cinema Magazine (France), Ici Paris, Tele Sept Jour, L'Officel Homme, Gala (Germany), Set (Brazil), Petra (Germany), Gente (Italy), Eve (Hong Kong), News Limited Newspapers (Australia) and other international publications.
Publications:
AWFJ Women on Film , Modamag.com , rec.arts.movies.reviews , SSG Syndicate , www.susangranger.com
Critics' Group:
Broadcast Film Critics Association, New York Film Critics Online, Online Film Critics Society
Total Reviews:
2747
Total QuickRatings:
258
Location:
USA

Listing Of All Reviews & Articles

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Rating T-Meter Title | Year Add Date
5/10 46% Parkland (2013) " Pretentious and unproductive, it's a stylized postscript revealing no new insights or relevant information, nothing that historians and conspiracy theorists have not already rehashed." — SSG Syndicate
Posted Oct 5, 2013
4/10 8% Runner Runner (2013) " This dicey melodrama stacks the deck, meaning that buying a ticket is a gamble that doesn't pay off. Rent 'Rounders' instead." — SSG Syndicate
Posted Oct 4, 2013
4/10 42% All Is Bright (2013) " This strangely dark comedy is a wistful, joyless, forgettable interlude." — SSG Syndicate
Posted Oct 3, 2013
9/10 98% Gravity (2013) " Not since Stanley Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey' has there been a sci-fi fantasy as thrilling and intensely gripping as this. Wonderfully innovative, it's an awesome spectacle not to be missed." — SSG Syndicate
Posted Oct 2, 2013
7/10 95% Enough Said (2013) " An insightful, wryly amusing social commentary about compatibility and contemporary suburban anxiety." — SSG Syndicate
Posted Oct 1, 2013
7/10 59% Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013) " Silly, imaginative and noisy - it's a tasty second helping that's filled with family-friendly fun." — SSG Syndicate
Posted Sep 28, 2013
7/10 83% Don Jon (2013) " From 'Pillow Talk' to pornography in three generations! Sleazy yet seductive, Joseph Gordon-Levitt cleverly distinguishes the different between lust and love." — SSG Syndicate
Posted Sep 27, 2013
4/10 5% Battle of the Year (2013) " Filled with fancy, if frenetic footwork but weighed down by all-too-familiar plot/characters/dialogue." — SSG Syndicate
Posted Sep 26, 2013
3/10 50% Thanks For Sharing (2013) " Predictably unsatisfying and so banal that it's a total turnoff." — SSG Syndicate
Posted Sep 25, 2013
5/10 34% Salinger (2013) " Fatuous and infuriating, it's a shallow, superficial examination of a multi-layered, enigmatic author." — SSG Syndicate
Posted Sep 25, 2013
4/10 14% The Colony (2013) " Dull and formulaic, it's yet another wannabe post-apocalyptic thriller." — SSG Syndicate
Posted Sep 24, 2013
3/10 35% Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013) " Tedious and repetitive, it concludes with yet another creepy cliffhanger." — SSG Syndicate
Posted Sep 19, 2013
9/10 80% Prisoners (2013) " Unflinching and intense, it's an intricate thriller evoking complex emotional conflict, moral ambiguity and sustained psychological suspense." — SSG Syndicate
Posted Sep 19, 2013
8/10 88% Rush (2013) " Exciting, exhilarating and enthralling, even for those who are not into automobile racing." — SSG Syndicate
Posted Sep 18, 2013
7/10 91% In a World... (2013) " Savvy, screwball, feminist comedy gem." — SSG Syndicate
Posted Sep 14, 2013
6/10 33% The Family (2013) " Facetious and amusingly amoral, it lacks cohesion and consistency - and the carnage is far from comedic." — SSG Syndicate
Posted Sep 14, 2013
5/10 60% Riddick (2013) " Viscerally ferocious, delivering brawny, low-octane Diesel." — SSG Syndicate
Posted Sep 11, 2013
5/10 31% Austenland (2013) " Amiable, yet flimsy - too bad it's not a saucier, snarkier satire." — SSG Syndicate
Posted Sep 10, 2013
3/10 3% Getaway (2013) " Tiresome wannabe thriller, incoherently spinning its wheels for 97 minutes with sheer stupidity." — SSG Syndicate
Posted Sep 6, 2013
7/10 46% Closed Circuit (2013) " Subdued yet suspenseful, a timely conspiracy thriller." — SSG Syndicate
Posted Sep 5, 2013
5/10 57% The Frozen Ground (2013) " Choppy and chilling, it's destined for a quick burial in the icy tundra." — SSG Syndicate
Posted Sep 2, 2013
6/10 64% One Direction: This Is Us (2013) " A glossy, promotional concept that's overly enhanced by unnecessary amplification." — SSG Syndicate
Posted Sep 2, 2013
5/10 75% You're Next (2013) " A mediocre, late-summer slasher, filled with pointless carnage." — SSG Syndicate
Posted Aug 26, 2013
8/10 100% Out of the Clear Blue Sky (2013) " Compelling - it's an insider's poignant view of the harrowing tragedy." — SSG Syndicate
Posted Aug 24, 2013
7/10 91% The Spectacular Now (2013) " Strikes a bittersweet note of unaffected authenticity..." — SSG Syndicate
Posted Aug 24, 2013
7/10 74% The Grandmaster (2013) " Somber, stylized and visually stunning" — SSG Syndicate
Posted Aug 24, 2013
2/10 38% Dark Tourist (2013) " Degenerate, depraved psycho-sexual drama revolving around a pathetic thrill-seeker who travels with intent to visit places of tragedy or disaster." — SSG Syndicate
Posted Aug 22, 2013
5/10 27% Planes (2013) " Flimsy - weighted down with an air of familiarity" — SSG Syndicate
Posted Aug 21, 2013
6/10 26% Jobs (2013) " Superficial and unsatisfying..." — SSG Syndicate
Posted Aug 17, 2013
5/10 4% Paranoia (2013) " So dumbed-down that it's totally lacking in suspense and common sense." — SSG Syndicate
Posted Aug 17, 2013
4/10 30% Kick-Ass 2 (2013) " Flimsy and floundering, one of the stupidest sequels ever." — SSG Syndicate
Posted Aug 17, 2013
6/10 89% The World's End (2013) " For Edgar Wright/Simon Pegg/Nick Frost fans, I suppose this silly, stylized, slapstick British romp is a ridiculously amusing, apocalyptic riff." — SSG Syndicate
Posted Aug 17, 2013
7/10 99% Short Term 12 (2013) " Acclaimed at film festivals - this is a sensitive, poignant and distressing drama about troubled adolescents." — SSG Syndicate
Posted Aug 15, 2013
7/10 83% The Patience Stone (2013) " Profoundly disturbing depiction of the grim realities and the oppression women endure under the Taliban regime - yet enthralling because of Golshifteh Farahani's performance." — SSG Syndicate
Posted Aug 12, 2013
9/10 73% Lee Daniels' The Butler (2013) " Ambitious and affecting, it's a challenging, haunting, historical epic, hoping to follow the success of the similar, late-summer 2011 release 'The Help.'" — SSG Syndicate
Posted Aug 10, 2013
6/10 47% We're The Millers (2013) " Distasteful & mediocre, concluding with obligatory outtakes that are funnier than the film itself." — SSG Syndicate
Posted Aug 9, 2013
5/10 38% Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013) " Without urgency or peril, it's flimsy, fantastical fun aimed at pre-teens familiar with pop-culture Greek mythology." — SSG Syndicate
Posted Aug 7, 2013
9/10 91% Blue Jasmine (2013) " Unsettling and insightful, it's Woody Allen's 48th film - and one of his best." — SSG Syndicate
Posted Aug 4, 2013
5/10 63% 2 Guns (2013) " Bang! Bang! Boring." — SSG Syndicate
Posted Aug 3, 2013
6/10 68% Elysium (2013) " Energetic, if sociologically simplistic - another violent, post-apocalyptic, sci-fi spectacle." — SSG Syndicate
Posted Aug 3, 2013
7/10 69% The Wolverine (2013) " Elevated above the ordinary comic-book adaptation by the charismatic ferocity of buffed-up Hugh Jackman." — SSG Syndicate
Posted Jul 28, 2013
7/10 42% Red 2 (2013) " Sly and savvy, it's a classy, globe-trotting action comedy for baby-boomers." — SSG Syndicate
Posted Jul 28, 2013
6/10 86% The Conjuring (2013) " A horror thriller that's silly yet scary enough to give you second thoughts if anyone suggests playing Hide 'n' Clap." — SSG Syndicate
Posted Jul 17, 2013
8/10 65% Turbo (2013) " It's a sweet, endearing 'Fast and Furious' animated comedy, a fun-filled adventure for adrenaline junkies of all ages." — SSG Syndicate
Posted Jul 16, 2013
5/10 72% Pacific Rim (2013) " Facile, fast-paced film-turned-video game...with a weak story and rather uninteresting heroes. " — SSG Syndicate
Posted Jul 16, 2013
7/10 94% Fruitvale Station (2013) " Compelling and exasperating..." — SSG Syndicate
Posted Jul 9, 2013
6/10 31% The Lone Ranger (2013) " It's 'Pirates of the Caribbean' in the Old West. Any resemblance between the old-time radio/TV Western and this theme-park-ride-ready-to-happen is exactly what Disney had in mind." — SSG Syndicate
Posted Jul 2, 2013
8/10 85% The Way Way Back (2013) " It's a bittersweet, heartwarming delight! " — SSG Syndicate
Posted Jul 1, 2013
7/10 75% Despicable Me 2 (2013) " This sweet 'n' sticky sequel is stolen by the mischievous Minions." — SSG Syndicate
Posted Jun 29, 2013
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