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Critics / Publications / Time Out Sydney

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    • Derek Adams
    • Geoff Andrew
    • Geoff Andrews
    • Dave Calhoun
    • Nick Dent
    • David Fear
    • Nigel Floyd
    • Angus Fontaine
    • Wally Hammond
    • Sophie Harris
    • Ruth Hessey
    • Tom Huddleston
    • David Jenkins
    • Ben Kenisberg
    • Michelle Lamont
    • Joshua Land
    • Gregory Moore
    • Dan Rookwood
    • Joshua Rothkopf
    • Hank Sartin
    • Millie Stein
    • Keith Uhlich
    • Jonathon Valenzuela
    • Lisa Varano

Time Out Sydney

  
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Rating Title Year Quote Author

Tomato
3/5

500 Days of Summer (2009)

"It offers us the kind of friendship that comes with a brilliant soundtrack, a story with a solid mixture of fantasy and truth, and the bolstering sort of hopefulness that we might, by accident, fall into a version of its world someday."

Millie Stein

Tomato
3/5

Adventureland (2009)

"Mottola hasn't concocted the funniest summer comedy ever, but he may have given us one of the wisest."

Ben Kenisberg

Tomato
5/6

American Teen (2008)

"The movie has a rare, geeky generosity -- a braces-laden, acne-scared adorableness -- that sets it apart from the current crop of glamorised gossip girls or reality-TV phonies."

Joshua Rothkopf

Tomato
3/5

Astro Boy (2009)

"Diehard fans should be warned that the movie will not deliver the nostalgic hit they are hoping for. This is not necessarily such a bad thing. At least a new generation is being exposed to Astro Boy."

Sarah Theeboom

Tomato
4/6

Australia (2008)

"A very loud, crazily colourful and delightfully strings-free romp -- fun while it lasted and fondly recalled, but not, alas, the big love we yearned for."

Angus Fontaine

Splat
2/5

Beautiful Kate (2009)

"Rachel Ward's directorial debut is well acted and handsomely shot by Andrew Commis, but it goes nowhere."

Nick Dent

Splat
3/6

Before the Rains (2008)

"Has the moral overtones of an EM Forster story, but is curiously lacking in emotional force."

Nick Dent

Splat
3/6

Big Stan (2007)

"Whether you love him or hate him, your opinion of Rob Schneider will remain unchanged by the end."

Jonathon Valenzuela

Tomato
4/6

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)

"This writer can't remember witnessing a harder-hitting kids' movie denouement than the one that closes this microcosm of middle-class German family life in WWII."

Derek Adams

Tomato
4/5

Bruno (2009)

"It's essential - but hardly comfortable - viewing. You'll watch most of it through splayed fingers, and at times you'll need a spare hand to pick your jaw up off the cinema floor."

Dan Rookwood

Splat

Burn After Reading (2008)

"Burn After Reading is a disposable lark, and it's treated by the filmmakers as such; Forget After Seeing would be a far more honest title."

David Fear

Tomato
3/5

Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)

"Capitalism: A Love Story is, like Moore's previous movies, manipulative and moving, funny and impassioned, uplifting and infuriating."

Michelle Lamont

Tomato
5/5

Che, Part One (2008)

"It's not a Hollywood-style movie - it demands patience and proper attention - but it's a great movie, and rewards magnificently."

Geoff Andrew

Tomato
3/5

Cheri (2009)

"Remember Boyle and MacDonald's names: you'll be hearing them a lot when awards season comes around."

Nick Dent

Tomato
4/6

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

"For a melodrama concerned with emotional pain, this fairy tale favours formal trickery over human connection to a fault."

David Fear

Tomato
5/6

The Dark Knight (2008)

"There is an exquisite order in the chaos, a fascist formality and video game surrealism that resists the forces of disintegration with a sort of superhuman determination."

Ruth Hessey

Tomato

District 9 (2009)

"Neill Blomkamp's career-making debut film District 9 mixes alien contact with apartheid politics, deftly creating one of the best sci-fi films in recent memory."

Jonathon Valenzuela

Tomato
5/6

Doubt (2008)

"Tense and teasingly ambiguous..."

David Jenkins

Tomato
4/5

Drag Me To Hell (2009)

"Drag Me to Hell isn't a classic by any means, but feels like a palate cleanser before the next big project – and anything that washes the taste of Spider-man 3 out of Raimi's mouth can only be a good thing."

Tomato
5/6

The Duchess (2008)

"A mature, restrained portrayal from Knightley, a masterclass in passive aggression from Fiennes and a performance of tender seduction from Atwell."

Tomato
5/6

Every Little Step (2009)

"We're left with a deep sense of admiration for those who are prepared to face rejection routinely in pursuit of a dream."

Nick Dent

Splat

Fired Up (2009)

"U-G-L-Y."

Joshua Rothkopf

Tomato
3/6

Frozen River (2008)

"The points Hunt wants to make may not be profound (desperate people do desperate things; morality takes a backseat, but not forever), but Leo makes them seem fresh."

Hank Sartin

Tomato
5/6

Fugitive Pieces (2008)

"Nuanced, scrupulous and powerful..."

Joshua Land

Tomato
5/6

Funny Games (2008)

"This new version adds nothing novel, but it lacks none of the original's bite."

Wally Hammond

Tomato
3/6

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)

"Quirky supporting characters enliven this by-the-numbers romcom."

Lisa Varano

Splat
2/5

The Girlfriend Experience (2009)

"It's ... hard not to wonder if a skilled actress would have been better equipped to play Christine instead of a famous porn star -- but reality seems to be the directive in Soderbergh's film, no matter how bland that reality might be."

Millie Stein

Tomato
3/5

Gomorrah (2009)

"The result, while admirable, is curiously flat and unengaging."

Nick Dent

Splat
2/5

The Hangover (2009)

"It doesn't help that the central cast is almost entirely forgettable, from the smug lounge lizardry of Bradley Cooper to the boisterous Jack Black-lite of Zach Galifianakis."

Tom Huddleston

Tomato
4/6

Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

"A thinking person's 'creature feature,' Hellboy II is also a heartfelt plea for bio- and cultural diversity."

Nigel Floyd

Tomato
3/5

I Love You, Man (2009)

"In less sure hands this parade of oddities could have become tiresome. Which only makes Rudd's central performance more impressive, holding the entire edifice together by sheer force of personality."

Tom Huddleston

Splat
2/5

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)

"It's unlikely Gilliam's own, undeniably brilliant career will be revitalised by this rambling, undisciplined and indulgent piece of work."

Tom Huddleston

Tomato
4/6

In Bruges (2008)

"McDonagh’s dialogue is often bruisingly funny -- particularly once hambone Ralph Fiennes makes his belated entrance -- and his sense of the absurd never falters."

Tomato
3/6

Inkheart (2009)

"It's a familiar tale, but one told with gusto, wit and visual flare..."

David Jenkins

Tomato
4/5

It Might Get Loud (2009)

"A must-see for axe players, the movie is not terribly concerned with history. Still, its design is smarter than you realise."

Splat
2/5

Jonas Brothers - The Concert Experience (2009)

"Call us cynical, but isn't there something just a tiny bit iffy about three sworn virgins performing a rock show in which the climax has them shooting gallons of white "party" foam over their adoring girl fans?"

Sophie Harris

Splat
3/6

Knowing (2009)

"The film's final third [is] a mélange of Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Christian eschatology that will make you wish the film had ended 15 minutes sooner."

Hank Sartin

Splat
1/5

Land of the Lost (2009)

"Lost is putting it mildly."

Joshua Rothkopf

Tomato
4/5

The Limits of Control (2009)

"While some will find Jarmusch's tale (if one can call the dialogue-poor film a tale) pretentious, others will adore its artistic sensibilities."

Millie Stein

Tomato
4/5

Mao's Last Dancer (2009)

"Bruce Beresford delivers one of his best films in the story of Chinese ballet star Li Cunxin."

Nick Dent

Tomato
3/5

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)

"The Toy Story-esque plot could be written on the femur of dormouse and some scenes still lean towards inanity. But, in the main, this is a funnier and more coherent slice of kids' entertainment."

Derek Adams

Tomato
4/6

Persepolis (2007)

"This is a delightful, curious film that indulges in both the personal and the political and provides a potted history of modern Iran through one woman's experience."

Tomato
3/5

Ponyo (2009)

"See this film if you're looking to immerse yourself in a sense of delight over the simple wonders of a child's world."

Gregory Moore

Tomato
4/5

Public Enemies (2009)

"Like Dillinger, Mann and his jangly camera live for the moment. If Public Enemies doesn't cut it as history or mythologising, it succeeds staggeringly well as a series of set pieces."

Ben Kenisberg

Splat
3/6

Quantum of Solace (2008)

"Strange for a supposedly 'humanising' franchise, Craig's Bond comes dangerously close to being a cipher himself: only a Bourne-again, action superhero could perform his physical feats."

Wally Hammond

Tomato
5/6

Rachel Getting Married (2008)

"Those who surrender to Demme's disarming, almost participatory technique will find themselves overwhelmed, exhilarated and inspired by the eternal possibilities of cinema."

Tom Huddleston

Tomato
4/6

The Reader (2008)

"Its issues are infinite and moveable. It's a bold and challenging work."

Dave Calhoun

Splat
3/6

Revolutionary Road (2008)

"While the theme of 'what are you doing with your life?' resonates, it's not much fun to watch, in spite of splendid performances from all concerned."

Nick Dent

Tomato
4/6

RocknRolla (2008)

"Allowing for its air of laddish self-congratulation and its sad whiff of homophobia, Ritchie's film is arguably his most entertaining to date."

Wally Hammond

Tomato
4/5

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008)

"While not apologising for his disgusting behaviour, the film puts Polanski's actions in the context of a turbulent life."

Nick Dent

  
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