Julie Hinds

Tomatometer-approved critic

Publications: Detroit Free Press, San Jose Mercury News

movie Reviews Only

Movies
TV

	T-Meter	Title \| Year	Review
	100%	Too Funny To Fail (2017)	The documentary revels in the details of how the show confounded the network and infuriated many viewers during its seven-episode run. - Detroit Free Press EDIT Read More \| Posted Oct 25, 2017
	71%	Buster's Mal Heart (2017)	Smith's eye for arresting images is as strong as Malek's gift for being both present in the moment and lost in his character's anxieties. - Detroit Free Press EDIT Read More \| Posted Jun 5, 2017
	49%	War Machine (2017)	It's sort of fascinating to watch Pitt aim for something close to George C. Scott's hyper-confident Gen. Buck Turgidson from the Stanley Kubrick 1964 Cold War classic "Dr. Strangelove. - Detroit Free Press EDIT Read More \| Posted Jun 5, 2017
	100%	Robert Klein Still Can't Stop His Leg (2016)	He still can't stop living and breathing comedy. But finally, Klein has the visual autobiography he deserves. - Detroit Free Press EDIT Read More \| Posted May 10, 2017
	88%	Batman & Bill (2017)	The comics cognoscenti, who are aware of Finger's saga, should still find much to appreciate in the documentary. - Detroit Free Press EDIT Read More \| Posted May 4, 2017
	55%	Rules Don't Apply (2016)	If Rules Don't Apply is merely a nostalgic love letter to Beatty's early days as an actor in the years before 1961's Splendor in the Grass made him an international sex symbol, that's enough. Give it a whirl. You'll be time traveling with one of the best. - Detroit Free Press EDIT Read More \| Posted Dec 5, 2016
3/4	70%	The Giant Mechanical Man (2012)	It's a wistful charmer. - Detroit Free Press EDIT Read More \| Posted May 7, 2012
0/4	75%	Grease (1978)	An unembarrassed movie musical, something my generation experienced only in Sunday-afternoon movies on TV. - San Jose Mercury News EDIT Read More \| Posted Dec 30, 2006
2/4	12%	Little Man (2006)	The sizable laughs in Little Man make it better than just about anyone expected. - Detroit Free Press EDIT Read More \| Posted Jul 14, 2006
	61%	When Brendan Met Trudy (2001)	Flits along on its sheer love for movies, injecting a screwball playfulness that feels like a breath of fresh air. - Detroit Free Press EDIT Read More \| Posted Mar 9, 2001
	55%	The Mexican (2001)	Some of what follows is amusing and even touching, but none of it fully capitalizes on the cast's star wattage. - Detroit Free Press EDIT Read More \| Posted Mar 2, 2001
	16%	54 (1998)	This is so dull! - San Jose Mercury News EDIT Read More \| Posted Jan 1, 2000
	78%	Beloved (1998)	It's heartfelt, praiseworthy and amazingly faithful to Toni Morrison's complex Pulitzer Prize-winning novel! - San Jose Mercury News EDIT Read More \| Posted Jan 1, 2000
	40%	Big Daddy (1999)	It's got the same kind of warmth as The Wedding Singer. - San Jose Mercury News EDIT Read More \| Posted Jan 1, 2000
	79%	The Prince of Egypt (1998)	Surprisingly moving and compelling! - San Jose Mercury News EDIT Read More \| Posted Jan 1, 2000
	93%	Antz (1998)	The film breaks new ground in its dazzling re-creation of life from an ant's-eye view! - San Jose Mercury News EDIT Read More \| Posted Jan 1, 2000
	48%	Cruel Intentions (1999)	A 90210 rerun on Viagra! - San Jose Mercury News EDIT Read More \| Posted Jan 1, 2000
	33%	The Love Letter (1999)	Where it should soar with humor or longing, it merely skips along -- a stream of surprising and somewhat forced revelations. - San Jose Mercury News EDIT Read More \| Posted Jan 1, 2000
	83%	Notting Hill (1999)	Good hair, great chemistry, and a close-up of her at the finale that would make a dentist weep for joy! - San Jose Mercury News EDIT Read More \| Posted Jan 1, 2000
	80%	Office Space (1999)	Works more efficiently at its modest goal than any fax machine known to mankind. - San Jose Mercury News EDIT Read More \| Posted Jan 1, 2000
	22%	The General's Daughter (1999)	Tired, uninspired. - San Jose Mercury News EDIT Read More \| Posted Jan 1, 2000
	51%	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)	If anyone can give Star Wars a run for its money this summer, it's the horny hero of this very funny comedy. - San Jose Mercury News EDIT Read More \| Posted Jan 1, 2000
	19%	Jack Frost (1998)	Jack Frost oozes the kind of fake warmth that gives family films a bad name. - San Jose Mercury News EDIT Read More \| Posted Jan 1, 2000
	69%	Analyze This (1999)	Could use a lot of therapy! - San Jose Mercury News EDIT Read More \| Posted Jan 1, 2000
	80%	The Thin Red Line (1998)	Viewers will get lost in the wanderings of this dreamlike movie! - San Jose Mercury News EDIT Read More \| Posted Jan 1, 2000
	91%	Go (1999)	One of the inventive films of the new teen wave! - San Jose Mercury News EDIT Read More \| Posted Jan 1, 2000
	35%	The Waterboy (1998)	You can lead Adam Sandler fans to "The Waterboy," but you can't make them think. - San Jose Mercury News EDIT Read More \| Posted Jan 1, 2000
	68%	You've Got Mail (1998)	Nice! - San Jose Mercury News EDIT Read More \| Posted Jan 1, 2000
2.5/4	54%	Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)	This isn't a film that will change history the way the first Star Wars did 22 years ago. - San Jose Mercury News EDIT Read More \| Posted Jan 1, 2000
	54%	Payback (1999)	Rehashed Quentin Tarantino or a rusted-out Pinto. - San Jose Mercury News EDIT Read More \| Posted Jan 1, 2000
	81%	South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)	Irreverent, gross and childish! - San Jose Mercury News EDIT Read More \| Posted Jan 1, 2000
	20%	Practical Magic (1998)	A flat, unappealing potion! - San Jose Mercury News EDIT Read More \| Posted Jan 1, 2000
	65%	Rounders (1998)	Norton's acting and Dahl's gift for sustaining a tone save Rounders from completely floundering. - San Jose Mercury News EDIT Read More \| Posted Jan 1, 2000
	23%	Patch Adams (1998)	Somebody needs to come up with a remedy for the maudlin Robin Williams comedy. - San Jose Mercury News EDIT Read More \| Posted Jan 1, 2000
	62%	Arlington Road (1999)	A smart if slow-boiling suspense thriller! - San Jose Mercury News EDIT Read More \| Posted Jan 1, 2000
	27%	Instinct (1999)	The result is so artificial. - San Jose Mercury News EDIT Read More \| Posted Jan 1, 2000
	71%	Enemy of the State (1998)	Totally satisfying! - San Jose Mercury News EDIT Read More \| Posted Jan 1, 2000
	53%	Blade (1998)	A hyper smorgasbord of a horror film! - San Jose Mercury News EDIT Read More \| Posted Jan 1, 2000
	88%	Tarzan (1999)	Disney's animation is always dazzling to the eye, but Tarzan is especially kinetic. - San Jose Mercury News EDIT Read More \| Posted Jan 1, 2000
	55%	Never Been Kissed (1999)	Barrymore is bursting with comic flair! - San Jose Mercury News EDIT Read More \| Posted Jan 1, 2000
	63%	Babe: Pig in the City (1998)	Laden with more useless pork than a congressional bill. - San Jose Mercury News EDIT Read More \| Posted Jan 1, 2000
	44%	Stepmom (1998)	You won't be able to suspend your disbelief, but you will need extra tissues. - San Jose Mercury News EDIT Read More \| Posted Jan 1, 2000
	38%	Entrapment (1999)	A creaky star vehicle if there ever was one! - San Jose Mercury News EDIT Read More \| Posted Jan 1, 2000
	92%	Shakespeare in Love (1998)	Smart crowd-pleasers are rare. So are romantic comedies that soar with genuine passion. This movie succeeds as both. - San Jose Mercury News EDIT Read More \| Posted Jan 1, 2000