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Approved Tomatometer critics rate and provide brief quotes to movies seldomly reviewed in our database - mainly older films and obscure limited releases. Full-length reviews are not necessary, and thus, will not be available. QuickRatings are counted towards The Tomatometer.


Rating	Movie	Review	Critic

Rotten 2/5	The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3	" It's not that it isn't the superb original, but that it's completely mechanical minus wit and genuine suspense." Posted Nov 9, 2009 01:53 PM PST	Jack Sommersby, eFilmCritic.com
Fresh	The Messenger	" Grief is universal, and watching soldiers deal with complex emotions seems to me universal too." Posted Nov 9, 2009 12:33 AM PST	Luke Y. Thompson, LYTRules.com
Fresh	Looking for Eric	" It's not a total 180 -- there is still working-class despair, and a fair share of violence, some of it related to football and guns. But it leaves you with a smile on your face, for the right reasons." Posted Nov 9, 2009 12:30 AM PST	Luke Y. Thompson, LYTRules.com
Rotten 0/5	Mortuary Academy	" There's not a laugh in sight in this abysmally inefficient comedic crock that's as entertaining as a tax audit." Posted Nov 7, 2009 08:59 AM PST	Jack Sommersby, eFilmCritic.com
Fresh 3.5/5	Jesse Stone: Sea Change	" The best of this mostly-middling series, it's got a decent story and halfway-involving characterizations." Posted Nov 6, 2009 10:14 AM PST	Jack Sommersby, eFilmCritic.com
Rotten 1.5/5	Cheaper to Keep Her	" Despite Mac Davis's immensely appealing performance the film is shoddy in both the writing and directing departments and offers up only a smidgen of genuine laughs." Posted Nov 6, 2009 08:00 AM PST	Jack Sommersby, eFilmCritic.com
Rotten 1/5	Snow Angels	" Another David Gordon Green failure with smugness, dramatic squareness, and failed eccentricity at each and every turn." Posted Nov 5, 2009 12:50 PM PST	Jack Sommersby, eFilmCritic.com
Rotten 2/5	Relentless 2 - Dead On	" Some interesting plotting and fine performances can't make up for a lack of immediacy and rather lackluster execution." Posted Nov 5, 2009 08:26 AM PST	Jack Sommersby, eFilmCritic.com
Rotten 1/5	The Imagemaker	" Stale and overcomplicated, its entertainment value is low what with the who-cares plotting and totally uninteresting characters." Posted Nov 4, 2009 06:39 AM PST	Jack Sommersby, eFilmCritic.com
Rotten 1/5	Someone to Watch Over Me	" Nonsensical scripting, leaden directing, pallid characters, and absolutely zero in the dramatic and erotic departments." Posted Nov 2, 2009 07:42 AM PST	Jack Sommersby, eFilmCritic.com
Fresh 3.5/5	Taking Care of Business	" Overlong and stretches its central premise a bit thin, it's still bouncy and amusing enough with both Belushi and Grodin outstanding." Posted Nov 1, 2009 03:01 PM PST	Jack Sommersby, eFilmCritic.com
Fresh	Fantastic Mr. Fox	" ...a rollicking, kid-friendly animated adventure, albeit one full of ironic dialogue and bizarre non-sequiturs that will fly over the young 'uns' heads." Posted Nov 1, 2009 02:42 PM PST	Luke Y. Thompson, LYTRules.com
Rotten 0/5	Ghosthouse	" Not a single scare to be found in this dull, inefficient piece of cinematic dreck that doesn't even semi-satisfy on the lowest undemanding level." Posted Oct 31, 2009 02:33 PM PDT	Jack Sommersby, eFilmCritic.com
Fresh 3/5	New Year's Evil	" Decent-enough slasher flick is ably fashioned and possessive of a pretty interesting villain." Posted Oct 31, 2009 11:10 AM PDT	Jack Sommersby, eFilmCritic.com
Fresh	Out of Sight	Click here to read review Posted Oct 30, 2009 06:36 PM PDT	Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine
Rotten 1/5	Jaws of Satan	" *Inept in just about every department, it's vastly inferior to the far-better Venom* and absent of both suspense and scares.*" Posted Oct 30, 2009 02:34 PM PDT*	Jack Sommersby, eFilmCritic.com
Rotten 1.5/5	Silent Scream	" Only Balding's beauty and spunk as the heroine gives this listless slasher flick any girth." Posted Oct 30, 2009 12:52 PM PDT	Jack Sommersby, eFilmCritic.com
Rotten 0.5/5	Alligator 2 - The Mutation	" Terrible acting, inefficient directing, and lame-o scripting make this needless sequel to a superb original a bona-fide DOA." Posted Oct 30, 2009 12:51 PM PDT	Jack Sommersby, eFilmCritic.com
Rotten 0.5/5	The Rookie	" Quite possibly Eastwood's worst, it's dull, slow, enervating and about as entertaining as a tax audit." Posted Oct 24, 2009 07:06 PM PDT	Jack Sommersby, eFilmCritic.com
Fresh 3.5/5	Evelyn	" Nothing special, just good-natured and affecting and blessed with rock-solid ensemble acting." Posted Oct 22, 2009 11:22 AM PDT	Jack Sommersby, eFilmCritic.com
Rotten 2/5	Lone Star	" Underwhelming and enervating, it's a classic example of scope over depth. Paper-thin plotting and mediocre characterizations sink it." Posted Oct 22, 2009 11:20 AM PDT	Jack Sommersby, eFilmCritic.com
Rotten	Amelia	" ...essentially anything interesting she did is handled via old newsreel footage and newspaper headlines flying at the screen. The 1976 NBC TV movie starring Susan Clark showed us all the action, yet a modern movie can't?" Posted Oct 22, 2009 02:22 AM PDT	Luke Y. Thompson, LYTRules.com
Rotten 0.5/5	Hider in the House	" Busey's game, nuanced performance is undermined by crushingly-flat writing and nondescript directing." Posted Oct 17, 2009 12:33 PM PDT	Jack Sommersby, eFilmCritic.com
Fresh 3/4	Pandorum	" An intensely effective sci-fi chiller, mainly thanks to its canny set and sound design, and its constant, relentless sense of dread and tension." Posted Oct 9, 2009 09:54 AM PDT	Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid
Rotten 2/5	My Own Private Idaho	" Spectacularly directed and acted by Phoenix, the end result is a disjointed, narratively-uneven artistic failure." Posted Oct 5, 2009 03:35 PM PDT	Jack Sommersby, eFilmCritic.com

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