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Matt Noller

Matt Noller's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Robin Hood (2010) 43% EDIT “http://www.slantmagazine.com/house/2010/05/cannes-film-festival-2010-day-one/” – House Next Door May 17, 2010 Full Review The House of the Devil (2009) 86% EDIT “In today's ironic age, a movie like The House of the Devil that wears its homages proudly%u2014and wears them this well%u2014is something to be celebrated, and this Blu-ray release should attract it the fanbase it deserves.” – Slant Magazine Feb 1, 2010 Full Review Fight Club (1999) 81% 3.5/4 EDIT “A complex, confused look at life in late-'90s America, David Fincher's blood-black comedy Fight Club remains one of the most divisive pictures of the past 20 years.” – Slant Magazine Nov 24, 2009 Full Review Chasing Amy (1997) 86% 3/4 EDIT “Chasing Amy suggests that Smith could do so much better if only he would push himself.” – Slant Magazine Nov 16, 2009 Full Review Natural Born Killers (1994) 52% .5/4 EDIT “Natural Born Killers finds Stone throwing everything against the wall to see what sticks.” – Slant Magazine Oct 27, 2009 Full Review Requiem for a Dream (2000) 80% 2/4 EDIT “A gut-wrenching, formally adventurous masterpiece or an ugly, flashy piece of empty-headed propaganda?” – Slant Magazine Sep 8, 2009 Full Review Adam (2009) 64% 1.5/4 EDIT “Its maudlin, self-sabotaging audience-coddling is right out of the Zemeckis playbook.” – Slant Magazine Jul 28, 2009 Full Review The Ugly Truth (2009) 14% 2/4 EDIT “The Ugly Truth is proof that when dealing with such movies, oftentimes the only thing separating the complete trash from the sort-of-trash is the actors.” – Slant Magazine Jul 23, 2009 Full Review Death in Love (2008) 45% .5/4 EDIT “Say what you will about Boaz Yakin's epically awful Death in Love, but it wastes no time letting you know what you're in for.” – Slant Magazine Jul 23, 2009 Full Review I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009) 14% .5/4 EDIT “There's something almost pathetic about a movie this useless; you could feel sorry for it if it weren't such an unholy torture to sit through.” – Slant Magazine Jul 8, 2009 Full Review Fast Company (1979) 89% 2.5/4 EDIT “Fans of well-crafted B movies, on the other hand, will be right at home.” – Slant Magazine May 25, 2009 Full Review JFK (1991) 85% 3.5/4 EDIT “There's something almost quaint about JFK now.” – Slant Magazine Feb 2, 2009 Full Review El Norte (1983) 92% 2/4 EDIT “In El Norte's defense, it does not, unlike those contemporary films, filter its view of an ethnic subculture through the eyes of a white protagonist.” – Slant Magazine Jan 23, 2009 Full Review The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) 79% 3/4 EDIT “Among the most bizarre films in Nicolas Roeg's oeuvre.” – Slant Magazine Dec 27, 2008 Full Review Bottle Rocket (1996) 86% 2.5/4 EDIT “If Bottle Rocket is to be remembered for anything in Anderson's body of work, it should be as the film that gave the director the power and name recognition to continue making the films he wanted to make.” – Slant Magazine Dec 16, 2008 Full Review The Third Man (1949) 99% 4/4 EDIT “Directors like Reed and Wilder created an environment of spatial and moral confusion in which their pulpy narratives could take on the ethical weight of a Biblical proverb.” – Slant Magazine Dec 16, 2008 Full Review Where God Left His Shoes (2007) 67% 2/4 EDIT “If you could cut all the music from Where God Left His Shoes, you might actually have a solid family drama.” – Slant Magazine Dec 12, 2008 Full Review Chungking Express (1994) 89% 3.5/4 EDIT “Despite the liveliness of Chungking Express's first half, it's this second story that catapults it into the company of Wong's best films.” – Slant Magazine Nov 25, 2008 Full Review L.A. Confidential (1997) 99% 3/4 EDIT “L.A. Confidential understands that men don't always respond to evil with good and that the question of whom society regards as heroes isn't always a clear cut as it seems.” – Slant Magazine Oct 24, 2008 Full Review Bei yazi de nanhai (Taking Father Home) (2006) 89% 2/4 EDIT “There's little insight to be found in Ying's presentation of even seemingly helpful citizens as fundamentally cruel and animalistic.” – Slant Magazine Sep 23, 2008 Full Review Forgiveness (2006) 30% 2/4 EDIT “Isn't it time to accept that narrative film may not be the best way to deal with complicated socio-political issues like the Israel-Palestine conflict?” – Slant Magazine Sep 13, 2008 Full Review The Tree of Life (2008) 48% .5/4 EDIT “Yet another example of therapy masquerading as documentary.” – Slant Magazine Sep 11, 2008 Full Review Return to Gorée (2007) 100% 2.5/4 EDIT “Unlike Maria Bethania: Music Is Perfume, Youssou N'Dour: Return to Goree is a documentary that actually has something on its mind beyond pandering to a singer's fan base.” – Slant Magazine Aug 28, 2008 Full Review Maria Bethania: Music Is Perfume (2005) 89% 2/4 EDIT “A documentary of interest only to those already familiar with its subject.” – Slant Magazine Aug 28, 2008 Full Review Nixon (1995) 76% 3.5/4 EDIT “A staggering work of empathy for Stone.” – Slant Magazine Aug 19, 2008 Full Review
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