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Yazmin Ghonaim

Yazmin Ghonaim

Agrees with the Tomatometer 65% of the time.

Publications:
Cinephiles
Critics' Group:
San Diego Film Critics Society
Total Reviews:
84

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7/10 88% American Beauty (1999) " It explores the endemic problems haunting many contemporary families: consumerism, unemployment, drugs, peer pressure, loneliness, discrimination and violence." — Cinephiles
Posted Jan 1, 2000
6/10 85% About Schmidt (2002) " Delivers bittersweet comedy and a heartening message about the ever present possibility of finding significance in the world." — Cinephiles
Posted Mar 31, 2003
6/10 82% Road to Perdition (2002) " The film presents its main characters in an overall simplified manner, where a character's personal dilemmas and inner conflicts are represented by plot much more so than by character." — Cinephiles
Posted Jul 22, 2002
6/10 76% Panic Room (2002) " Although Panic Room manages to deliver a visual story about a horrific home intrusion, the film lacks overall creative narrative options that would sustain and effectively develop the film's horror and suspense." — Cinephiles
Posted Apr 8, 2002
6/10 29% The Time Machine (2002) " Neglects the author's fundamental vision." — Cinephiles
Posted Mar 25, 2002
6/10 38% 40 Days and 40 Nights (2002) " Creates a rapport with its young viewers by first affronting them with its crude treatment of sex and then entertaining them with a silly plot." — Cinephiles
Posted Mar 4, 2002
6/10 55% Hamlet (2000) " Hamlet offers a valuable meta-comment on the role of the visual media with regards to the representation of the self." — Cinephiles
Posted Mar 8, 2001
6/10 68% Marius and Jeannette (2006) " Guédiguian succeeds by creating a simple story about a couple in love while remaining faithful to his ideal of setting an optimistic film against a realistic background." — Cinephiles
Posted Jan 1, 2000
6/10 57% Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) " Like a giant anchor in a sea of scattered Hollywood myths, Phantom Menace --the mere making of it -- promises viewers a point of reference of biblical proportions." — Cinephiles
Posted Jan 1, 2000
5/10 68% Laurel Canyon (2003) " While the plot successfully sets up the subsequent confrontation between the fragmented Sam and Alexis, both actors fail to elevate their performances to the dramatic level the climactic scene requires." — Cinephiles
Posted Mar 31, 2003
5/10 31% High Crimes (2002) " Conforms itself with creating a game of 'who's who' ... where the characters' moves are often more predictable than their consequences." — Cinephiles
Posted Apr 29, 2002
4/10 38% Full Frontal (2002) " A sometimes realistically and other times unrealistically portrayed group of mostly unlikeable men and women undergoing an identity or 'middle-age' crisis." — Cinephiles
Posted Jul 22, 2002
4/10 83% The Bourne Identity (2002) " The film fails to explore more intriguing narrative possibilities regarding the psychological effects of its character's identity crisis." — Cinephiles
Posted Jun 24, 2002
3/10 18% Collateral Damage (2002) " Reduces itself to a highly simplified story about an overly aggressive victim, who is conveniently empowered to carry out extraordinary tasks in unknown territories." — Cinephiles
Posted Feb 25, 2002
82% Ocean's Eleven (2001) " Deprives the viewer of the type of heightened suspense desirable for the heist genre, and rather, distracts him and her with its superficial treatment of character and plot." — Cinephiles
Posted Dec 3, 2001
41% K-PAX (2001) " The film conforms itself with suggesting its characters' intelligence, rather than exploring it." — Cinephiles
Posted Oct 29, 2001
21% The Glass House (2001) " Falls short of the suspense and drama it pretends to be built on." — Cinephiles
Posted Sep 24, 2001
31% America's Sweethearts (2001) " It is ironic that while the film tries to demystify its celebrities by showing their 'true' identities, it simultaneously creates a myth for the Julia Roberts character Kiki." — Cinephiles
Posted Jul 30, 2001
73% A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) " Mostly overburdened by the responsibility to stand as an adult fairy tale that integrates the visions of two very distinct filmmakers." — Cinephiles
Posted Jul 9, 2001
43% Someone Like You (2001) " Offers an ineffective climactic scene." — Cinephiles
Posted Mar 30, 2001
45% The Caveman's Valentine (2001) " A film with intriguing concepts and unclear representations of them." — Cinephiles
Posted Mar 8, 2001
68% Shaft (2000) " Shaft misses the opportunity of offering a clever story that would reach beyond the mere depictions of its characters' ability to escape and to chase the enemy." — Cinephiles
Posted Jan 1, 2000
61% Return to Me (2000) " Although quite realistic at first, all conflicts suffer from unrealistic resolutions and from the lack of subtlety." — Cinephiles
Posted Jan 1, 2000
9% Eye of the Beholder (2000) " In spite of the careful visualization of the mechanics of these characters' worlds, Eye of the Beholder does little to convincingly support the subjects' reasons for inhabiting them." — Cinephiles
Posted Jan 1, 2000
84% Erin Brockovich (2000) " The film exploits Julia Roberts' role as a 'pretty woman,' whose prettiness is toyed with by the awful --yet eye-catching-- clothes she wears, and which glamorizes the character's less exciting qualities that drive the story." — Cinephiles
Posted Jan 1, 2000
57% Mission: Impossible 2 (2000) " Mission: Impossible 2 suffers from the imbalance produced by excessive action and little drama." — Cinephiles
Posted Jan 1, 2000
25% Mission To Mars (2000) " Mission to Mars succeeds in luring the viewer into accepting the cinematic world it portrays. However, Mission to Mars ultimately fails to support this 'realism' because it lacks an equally 'realistic' denouement." — Cinephiles
Posted Jan 1, 2000
29% Drowning Mona (2000) " The film exploits the baseness of its family of characters and produces a form of entertainment that appeals more to the morbidly curious than to those seeking comic relief." — Cinephiles
Posted Jan 1, 2000
80% The Green Mile (1999) " Falls under the weight of the more solid portrayals of evil, misfortune and injustice." — Cinephiles
Posted Jan 1, 2000
51% Anna and the King (2000) " Anna and the King's most interesting aspect is the portrayal of the ritualistic world of the King and his royal family." — Cinephiles
Posted Jan 1, 2000
19% The Beach (2000) " Fails to convincingly represent the psychological link between the protagonist's fantasies and his need to redefine his concept of paradise." — Cinephiles
Posted Jan 1, 2000
37% Bicentennial Man (1999) " Relies too heavily on the inconsequential silliness that ensues from the robot's simplistic and transparent manner of communicating with the more complex and fallible humans." — Cinephiles
Posted Jan 1, 2000
47% The Perfect Storm (2000) " Not sufficient to create in the viewer a sense of sympathy for each character." — Cinephiles
Posted Jan 1, 2000
48% Me, Myself & Irene (2000) " Me, Myself & Irene suffers its own identity crisis, as it lacks purpose, restraint and overall self-respect." — Cinephiles
Posted Jan 1, 2000
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