Judith Martin

Judith Martin's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at the following Tomatometer-approved publication(s):
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Publications:
Washington Post
Movie Reviews Only
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No Score Yet | The Bell Jar (1979) |
Even the crazy pressures now obvious to feminists are made to seem petty. - Washington Post
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| Posted Apr 27, 2020
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89% | Norma Rae (1979) |
It's a dear and corny story, played with lovable grubbiness by Sally Field and Ron Leibman, but it's not about what you think. - Washington Post
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| Posted Feb 6, 2018
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8% | The Blue Lagoon (1980) |
There have come to be certain conventions of the genre, and it's an annoyance that The Blue Lagoon keeps violating them. - Washington Post
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| Posted Feb 6, 2018
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73% | Urban Cowboy (1980) |
It's too diluted. - Washington Post
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| Posted Feb 6, 2018
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71% | Pretty Baby (1978) |
It takes a robust and humorous approach to life in a brothel, where the work done is less important than the community spirit; and "naughty" would be a far better word to describe the sex scenes, while the rest is decidedly nice. - Washington Post
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| Posted Feb 1, 2018
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40% | Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) |
There are only so many ways to photograph black starry space and the under-bellies of spaceships, and the films that got there first used them all up. - Washington Post
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| Posted May 9, 2017
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89% | Reds (1981) |
It is occasionally rambling and repetitious, but nearly always intelligent and engrossing. - Washington Post
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| Posted May 9, 2017
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76% | The Great Muppet Caper (1981) |
Like its predecessor, this film is its own best fan. - Washington Post
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| Posted May 9, 2017
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90% | Martin (1977) |
"Martin" is pretentious in a way that pornography is when it is dressed up for people who don't want to admit to their taste. - Washington Post
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| Posted May 9, 2017
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88% | Napoléon (1929) |
Inspires that wonderfully satisfying theatrical experience of whole-heartedly cheering a hero and hissing villains, while also providing the uplift that comes from a real work of art. - Washington Post
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| Posted May 9, 2017
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71% | A Little Romance (1979) |
The intentional comedy in the film always seems on the verge of working, but then is quickly bludgeoned to death. - Washington Post
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| Posted May 9, 2017
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82% | The Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978) |
What fun it would be to see all those involved - including perhaps the durable Clouseau character - try something from scratch. - Washington Post
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| Posted May 9, 2017
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71% | Czlowiek z Marmuru (Man of Marble) (1981) |
Audiences less anxious to help the film say things they want said will find this point obscured by the clumsy celebrity-fan approach employed as a dramatic device. - Washington Post
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| Posted May 9, 2017
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67% | Rich Kids (1979) |
Heart warming is not really the term ... "Insufferable" would be more like it. - Washington Post
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| Posted May 9, 2017
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100% | Don Giovanni (1979) |
If you had a choice between hearing the opera live and seeing the film, you should insist on doing both. - Washington Post
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| Posted May 9, 2017
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75% | Grease (1978) |
Couldn't the makers of "Grease" have unearthed one person who was alive in that time, perhaps even one who attended an American high school then, and checked their information? - Washington Post
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| Posted May 7, 2017
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88% | Heaven Can Wait (1978) |
This is a very sweet movie to watch, the pleasant cinematic equivalent of light summer reading. - Washington Post
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| Posted Aug 30, 2016
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94% | Superman (1978) |
It's the simple, earth-bound quality of the film that makes this comic-book fantasy soar. - Washington Post
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| Posted Jul 14, 2010
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75% | The Fog (1980) |
The dead men spend a good deal of the movie persecuting a newcomer in town, which raises serious questions about their revenge competence. - Washington Post
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| Posted Feb 9, 2004
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94% | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) |
The total effect is fast and attractive and occasionally amusing. Like a good hot dog, that's something of an achievement in a field where unpalatable junk is the rule. - Washington Post
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| Posted Jan 22, 2002
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