Anthony Del Valle

Tomatometer-approved critic

Publications: Las Vegas Mercury

Critics' Group: Las Vegas Film Critics Society

Official Websites: lasvegasmercury.com

Movie Reviews Only

Movies

	T-Meter	Title \| Year	Review
3.5/5	84%	The Sea Inside (Mar Adentro) (The Sea Within) (2004)	Bardem contributes layers of weariness and passion that gives us a visceral understanding of the life his character is mourning for. - Las Vegas Mercury EDIT Read More \| Posted Feb 28, 2005
0/5	11%	The Wedding Date (2005)	The film is made by women, which just goes to show female moviemakers are equally capable of insulting female audiences. - Las Vegas Mercury EDIT Read More \| Posted Feb 3, 2005
1.5/5	13%	Hide and Seek (2005)	It's no fun watching an innocent child suffer so much, just so we can be entertained by a 'Boo!' - Las Vegas Mercury EDIT Read More \| Posted Jan 27, 2005
1.5/5	10%	Elektra (2005)	It's surprising how spectacularly [this] take on the Marvel character fails. - Las Vegas Mercury EDIT Read More \| Posted Jan 20, 2005
1/5	11%	Are We There Yet? (2005)	[Ice Cube is] more convincing in a babershop than in a beautiful woman's bed. - Las Vegas Mercury EDIT Read More \| Posted Jan 20, 2005
3/5	67%	The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)	Penn's talent is that he makes the most ordinary among us look at him on the screen and think, 'He is me.' - Las Vegas Mercury EDIT Read More \| Posted Jan 20, 2005
1/5	64%	Coach Carter (2005)	When critics join in accepting this junk, is it any wonder few directors bother with fresh visions? - Las Vegas Mercury EDIT Read More \| Posted Jan 13, 2005
3.5/5	83%	In Good Company (2004)	If the film's final third didn't get all gooey on us ... then the movie might have been a total triumph. - Las Vegas Mercury EDIT Read More \| Posted Jan 13, 2005
1/5	7%	White Noise (2005)	It's likely a bad idea to try to figure out the logic of various plot points. - Las Vegas Mercury EDIT Read More \| Posted Jan 6, 2005
3/5	55%	Remember Me, My Love (2004)	The glimpses of human behavior feel genuine. - Las Vegas Mercury EDIT Read More \| Posted Jan 6, 2005
4/5	97%	The Incredibles (2004)	[It] goes beyond the pretty visuals and the slam-bam action to get us under the skin of a family trying hard to be something they're not. - Las Vegas Mercury EDIT Read More \| Posted Jan 4, 2005
4/5	93%	Spider-Man 2 (2004)	Raimi reminds us you can still make highly commercial films and keep your self-respect. - Las Vegas Mercury EDIT Read More \| Posted Jan 4, 2005
4.5/5	96%	Sideways (2004)	Quirky, perceptive and strangely moving ... - Las Vegas Mercury EDIT Read More \| Posted Jan 4, 2005
4/5	90%	Kinsey (2004)	Liam Neeson ... brings out the one-note determination in his character without ever losing sight of the self-doubt. - Las Vegas Mercury EDIT Read More \| Posted Jan 4, 2005
5/5	86%	The Aviator (2004)	[It's] maybe the first film in which [Scorsese] puts his talents solely in the service of his story. - Las Vegas Mercury EDIT Read More \| Posted Jan 4, 2005
4.5/5	78%	A Very Long Engagement (2004)	The first 20 minutes ... feel like a snuff film made with a James Ivory sensibility. - Las Vegas Mercury EDIT Read More \| Posted Dec 27, 2004
2/5	39%	Meet the Fockers (2004)	You'd think after an eight-year absence from the screen, [Streisand would] return with more self-respect. - Las Vegas Mercury EDIT Read More \| Posted Dec 27, 2004
3/5	32%	The Phantom of the Opera (2005)	Its lavish production numbers sometimes capture the broad wink of musical comedy in a manner we don't see much anymore. - Las Vegas Mercury EDIT Read More \| Posted Dec 27, 2004
3/5	30%	Flight of the Phoenix (2004)	If there's one thing you can be sure of, modern remakes of older movies always have better crashes. - Las Vegas Mercury EDIT Read More \| Posted Dec 23, 2004
2/5	23%	Fat Albert (2004)	'Fat Albert' preaches a false gospel. - Las Vegas Mercury EDIT Read More \| Posted Dec 22, 2004
4.5/5	83%	Red Lights (2004)	Kahn's amazing ability to sustain a mood of impending dread makes this film a boderline classic. - Las Vegas Mercury EDIT Read More \| Posted Dec 16, 2004
3/5	72%	Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)	[It's] not successful, but you can't quite dismiss it. It's full of imagery that stays with you. - Las Vegas Mercury EDIT Read More \| Posted Dec 16, 2004
3.5/5	55%	Ocean's Twelve (2004)	I went into this movie wanting enjoyable junk entertainment, and that's what I got. - Las Vegas Mercury EDIT Read More \| Posted Dec 9, 2004
2.5/5	87%	Lightning in a Bottle (2004)	The lack of history in this sometimes musically breathtaking film is disappointing and perplexing. - Las Vegas Mercury EDIT Read More \| Posted Dec 2, 2004
2.5/5	39%	I Am David (2004)	It's so under-dramatized that it's barely there. - Las Vegas Mercury EDIT Read More \| Posted Dec 2, 2004
2.5/5	68%	Closer (2004)	[The characters'] allegiances shift so relentlessly and drastically that we are unable to tune into who they are. - Las Vegas Mercury EDIT Read More \| Posted Dec 2, 2004
2.5/5	82%	Finding Neverland (2004)	... infuriatingly ambiguous ... - Las Vegas Mercury EDIT Read More \| Posted Nov 25, 2004
2/5	34%	What the Bleep Do We Know!? (2004)	Movies are a visual medium, and not even four dimensions of Ph.D.s are going to change that. Not in this lifetime, anyway. - Las Vegas Mercury EDIT Read More \| Posted Nov 17, 2004
3/5	32%	Seed of Chucky (2004)	The gore -- severed limbs, heads, testicles; you know, the usual stuff -- is kept in humorous overabundance. - Las Vegas Mercury EDIT Read More \| Posted Nov 17, 2004
3/5	45%	National Treasure (2004)	While it may be blasphemous to recommend 'National Treasure', it's probably not far off the mark to say [it will] keep fanatical fans of high-tech hesit movies content. - Las Vegas Mercury EDIT Read More \| Posted Nov 17, 2004
3/5	76%	Being Julia (2004)	Annette Bening is as complete a reason for going to a movie as Jane Fonda was, or Marlon Brando. - Las Vegas Mercury EDIT Read More \| Posted Nov 11, 2004
2.5/5	56%	The Polar Express (2004)	It takes major issues of belief and loneliness and (implied) child abuse and turns them into a Hallmark card. - Las Vegas Mercury EDIT Read More \| Posted Nov 11, 2004
0/5	27%	Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)	Are women really as shallow as [this film] would have us believe? - Las Vegas Mercury EDIT Read More \| Posted Nov 11, 2004
1/5	18%	After the Sunset (2004)	What [is] most intriguing is the film's pandering to homophobes. - Las Vegas Mercury EDIT Read More \| Posted Nov 11, 2004
3.5/5	75%	Dawn of the Dead (2004)	The first 10 minutes make up one of the most exciting beginnings in horror film history. - Las Vegas Mercury EDIT Read More \| Posted Nov 7, 2004
2.5/5	14%	Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004)	You may be surprised at how not torturous [the film is]. - Las Vegas Mercury EDIT Read More \| Posted Nov 7, 2004
1.5/5	37%	The Gospel of John (2003)	A slugglishly painful, uninteresting film that might be of value to New Testament students who don't like to read words unless they come with pictures. - Las Vegas Mercury EDIT Read More \| Posted Nov 7, 2004
2/5	11%	New York Minute (2004)	[The stars] never attempt to do anything outside their limited range; like, for example, act. - Las Vegas Mercury EDIT Read More \| Posted Nov 4, 2004
2.5/5	53%	Home on the Range (2004)	It's all very competent, but rarely inspired. - Las Vegas Mercury EDIT Read More \| Posted Nov 4, 2004
3/5	15%	White Chicks (2004)	Stupid, crude, inept, illogical, and, alas, very funny. - Las Vegas Mercury EDIT Read More \| Posted Nov 4, 2004
0/5	15%	Sleepover (2004)	There's not a scene that doesn't feel as if we've been there before. - Las Vegas Mercury EDIT Read More \| Posted Nov 4, 2004
2/5	11%	A Cinderella Story (2004)	'A Cinderella Story' makes so many good chocies, you wish you could like it more than you do. - Las Vegas Mercury EDIT Read More \| Posted Nov 4, 2004
4/5	73%	Zelary (2004)	In a gorgeous bit of irony, death is kept in the background until AFTER the war. - Las Vegas Mercury EDIT Read More \| Posted Nov 4, 2004
2.5/5	48%	Alfie (2004)	The movie is a sermon about the evils of bachelorhood, and it's probably best that men keep their girlfriends from seeing it. Things could get ugly. - Las Vegas Mercury EDIT Read More \| Posted Nov 4, 2004
2.5/5	19%	Thunderbirds (2004)	The script exploits what's probably the ultimate male child fantasy: proving to Daddy that son is worthy of hero-size respect. - Las Vegas Mercury EDIT Read More \| Posted Nov 2, 2004
0/5	5%	Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie (2004)	I suspect even children will be sophisticated enough to understand that a film should feel more alive than a trading card. - Las Vegas Mercury EDIT Read More \| Posted Nov 1, 2004
2/5	25%	Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004)	It's fun to see the characters get eaten up. It's the people who remain alive and talking that may disturb the viewer. - Las Vegas Mercury EDIT Read More \| Posted Nov 1, 2004
3/5	18%	Suspect Zero (2004)	A poor man's 'Silence of the Lambs' crossed with 'Insomnia.' And that makes it at least a decent popcorn movie. - Las Vegas Mercury EDIT Read More \| Posted Nov 1, 2004
2.5/5	19%	She Hate Me (2004)	[Spike Lee] is a genius who's never made a decent film. - Las Vegas Mercury EDIT Read More \| Posted Nov 1, 2004
0/5	5%	The Cookout (2004)	It's low comedy and it's crudely made. But that's no excuse for it being dull. - Las Vegas Mercury EDIT Read More \| Posted Oct 31, 2004