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Rating Title | Year Quote Author
69%

Last Stop for Paul (2006)

"This is a most daffy, snazzy, kooky movie which will absorb you every moment it's on the screen. Take the trip with Paul to the last stop.....it's worth it!"

Joseph Feinstein

6%

Strength and Honor (2007)

"Strength and Honor is a most apt title for this movie truly has both."

Joseph Feinstein

86%

Starting Out in the Evening (2007)

"I predict Academy Award nominations all-around for acting, script and direction. Yes, it's that good. Start out your evening and see this one!"

Joseph Feinstein

75%

Arven (The Inheritance) (2004)

"A solid, involving Danish drama that proves discord, struggle and variance need not necessarily be lost in translation."

Brent Simon

42%

Naked in New York (1994)

"A movie of somewhat indulgent introspection, a confection of twentysomething ambivalence."

Brent Simon

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National Lampoon Presents - Lost Reality 1 (2004)

"The movie's core idea is a relatively good one... but its execution is hormone-addled titillation, as devoid of aspiration as it is inspiration."

Brent Simon

90%

THX 1138 (1971)

"A scrupulously crafted vision of benevolent oppressiveness, THX 1138 exudes a creamy hypnotism and resonates strongly."

Brent Simon

88%

Tying the Knot (2004)

"Activist filmmaking... but neither strident nor plaintive."

Brent Simon

36%

Shark Tale (2004)

"A colorful, vibrant and charismatic treat that plays to both kids and adults..."

Brent Simon

53%

A Dirty Shame (2004)

"Shrill and clamorous claptrap, a movie whose harried declamations and colorful, frenetic staging give the impression of plot in the absence of any real narrative conviction."

Brent Simon

91%

Shaun of the Dead (2004)

"A colorful British genre mash-up that crossbreeds the zombified existence of late twentysomething interpersonal ennui with a literal attack of the undead."

Brent Simon

26%

Anatomy of Hell (2004)

"Issues of sexual commitment, fidelity and self-worth are graphically explored with the torpid detachment of a psych major's filmic send-up of a Calvin Klein commercial..."

Brent Simon

85%

The Yes Men (2004)

"Subversive and thought-provoking, though also a little too slack and unassuming for its own good; more 'why' and not just 'how' would have been a welcome addition."

Brent Simon

55%

Ricordati di me, (Remember Me, My Love) (2004)

"A lively if overlong movie that allows for the full spectrum of human emotion and behavior."

Brent Simon

61%

Wimbledon (2004)

"Ably, consistently directed and featuring attractive, likeable leads, yet also still so formulaic and quirk-free as to lull you into a stupor."

Brent Simon

57%

Cowboys & Angels (2003)

"There are no truly great lessons imparted in Cowboys and Angels, but its charm, sociability and highly watchable performances make it a smooth, friendly cinematic pint."

Brent Simon

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Swimming Upstream (2005)

"Management of tone is everything in tales this sentimental, and Swimming Upstream is ploddingly obvious and mawkish -- all desultory domestic scenes and bad monologues."

Brent Simon

62%

Incident at Loch Ness (2004)

"Somewhere between The Blair Witch Project, Lost in La Mancha, Anaconda and the kookiest film school art project ever dreamed up..."

Brent Simon

76%

Reconstruction (2004)

"Emblematic of a new sort of filmic collage in which artificial construction is as much a featured part of the point as a means to an end."

Brent Simon

44%

Evergreen (2004)

"The dialogue is on-the-nose and its lessons are pedestrian, but the film remains a "working poor-trait" of poignancy and grace due to Addie Land's unself-conscious turn."

Brent Simon

70%

Criminal (2004)

"A jazzy, offhandedly brilliant exercise in colorful mendacity and shell game shenanigans that benefits from the cool, authoritative occupational swagger of John C. Reilly."

Brent Simon

32%

When Will I Be Loved (2004)

"Careening and indulgent... a triple-loose oration on gender, power, wealth and age that asserts its points without ever owning them."

Brent Simon

63%

Bush's Brain (2004)

"An engrossing, disturbing portrait of the perversion of our political process -- a victim of our collective disdain and disinterest that we let it get dragged down this far."

Brent Simon

43%

The Brown Bunny (2004)

"Punishingly, defiantly slow... but also an artful film of uncommon tenderness with modest, at-arm's-length rewards."

Brent Simon

77%

Uncovered: The War on Iraq (2004)

"Clearheaded, practical and plenteous in evidence but smart and confident enough not to berate you."

Brent Simon

86%

Duel (1972)

"A sort of minimalist telepic precursor to John Dahl's Joyride that packs the unadulterated genre punch of pure grain alcohol..."

Brent Simon

72%

High Art (1998)

"A solid if diffident, strongly character-focused drama worth the time of those who appreciate shoegazing introspection for the High Art that it is."

Brent Simon

100%

Superstar in a Housedress (2004)

"A vibrant, skin-deep flirt, both refined and tawdry, fabulous and skin deep -- probably a comparison Curtis himself would appreciate."

Brent Simon

90%

Mean Creek (2004)

"Reach exceeds grasp in this small ensemble character drama in the vein of Stand By Me that succeeds far more in theory than in practice."

Brent Simon

89%

After Hours (1985)

"Darkly comedic and delightfully manic, After Hours is a fresh, funny look at one man's downward mental and emotional slide into an evening of unmitigated SoHo hell."

Brent Simon

71%

Gozu (Gokudô kyôfu dai-gekijô: Gozu) (2003)

"Gozu has an occasional fever dream lucidity scene to scene, but the film's willfully weird parts also never coalesce into something grander."

Brent Simon

55%

Danny Deckchair (2003)

"A charming if shaggy, paint-by-numbers Aussie trifle in which one small, spontaneous step toward change sparks a radical reinvention of self."

Brent Simon

64%

We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004)

"Well acted and designed of a piece [but] too diffident and emotionally murky to elicit a sustained reaction. The movie could have benefited from a more proactive script."

Brent Simon

86%

Collateral (2004)

"An engrossing, low-key, character thriller about the collision of ruthless amorality, conflicted decency and masculinity in crisis. Jamie Foxx has arrived as a movie star."

Brent Simon

72%

Open Water (2004)

"An undercooked minimalist film exercise. The end result: you're stranded in Open Water, bereft of hope or care for the movie's characters."

Brent Simon

73%

Stander (2004)

"Like its protagonist, the film feels slightly off its rocker, a weird grab bag of disparate emotions, yet you don't ever really stop enjoying its company."

Brent Simon

43%

The Village (2004)

"Shyamalan can stretch out a moment like a master guitarist... yet here his skills are put to service in the form of a laborious rather than meticulous charlatan end-around."

Brent Simon

79%

Orwell Rolls in His Grave (2003)

"A vivid and distressing documentary examination of the state of the fourth estate... a deeply fascinating must-see for anyone interested in the news, politics and civic life."

Brent Simon

58%

Ju-on: The Grudge 2 (Ju-on 2) (2003)

"A masterfully creepy little import, a deeply unsettling daisy chain of expanding terror."

Brent Simon

74%

This Old Cub (2004)

"Genial but wandering and woefully edited... one simply wishes This Old Cub asked a few more actual questions of its old diehard Cub subject."

Brent Simon

41%

Zhou Yu's Train (2004)

"A reticent but luminous meditation on love and desire."

Brent Simon

74%

The Hunting of the President (2004)

"Engages but rarely fixes illuminating revelation in its crosshairs. Still, for political wonks, that's enough of a seduction to merit consideration."

Brent Simon

52%

The Notebook (2004)

"Its first 15-20 minutes are awful, but the film eventually emerges as a credible and even genuinely heartrending tearjerker."

Brent Simon

36%

Touch of Pink (2004)

"Middling screwball comic fantasia... a passable indie film calling card perhaps suited more for casting directors and potentially adventurous directors than general audiences."

Brent Simon

90%

The Corporation (2004)

"Vivid, informative, depressing and galvanizing all at the same time, The Corporation is a bombshell documentary... that leaves your mind a crazy jumble after viewing."

Brent Simon

66%

Anchorman - The Legend Of Ron Burgundy (2004)

"I could have used more smarm and crisply delineated battle-of-sexes confrontation, but Ferrell's overwrought mania and wholesale comedic devotion again sell the laffs."

Brent Simon

93%

Riding Giants (2004)

"An entertaining niche subculture document... a vicarious thrill for all those who never graduated beyond bright yellow boogie boards."

Brent Simon

95%

Before Sunset (2004)

"A verbose, invigorating gem. There hasn't been a brighter, better, more spry and alive relationship picture in years."

Brent Simon

43%

The Clearing (2004)

"Well acted, with an accumulative sense of novelistic detail, but it doesn't quite fully connect."

Brent Simon

70%

Father and Son (2004)

"It's hard to imagine a more jointly artful and mind-numbingly off-putting cinematic experience... Father and Son is the virtual definition of tedium."

Brent Simon

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