Robert Dominguez
Robert Dominguez's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer when
published at the following Tomatometer-approved publication(s):
New York Daily News
| Publications: | New York Daily News |
Movie Reviews Only
| Rating | T-Meter | Title | Year | Review |
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| 1.5/4 | 18% | Trippin (1999) |
A disjointed, lowbrow comedy about a teen coping with his uncertain future through daydreams.‐ New York Daily News
Read More | Posted Jul 28, 2014
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| 2.5/4 | 25% | Fathers' Day (1997) |
Despite some laughs, there's not much of a story. But at least Williams and Crystal, old pals off the screen, seem to be enjoying themselves.‐ New York Daily News
Read More | Posted Jul 14, 2014
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| 2.5/4 | 57% | Blast From the Past (1999) |
Despite its original concept, the movie loses much of its socially satiric edge once Fraser emerges from his underground bunker and starts wooing Silverstone.‐ New York Daily News
Read More | Posted Mar 21, 2014
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| 2/4 | 10% | Pathfinder (2007) |
After the first 1,000 or so beheadings, impalements and severed limbs, Pathfinder's slash may just induce sleep.‐ New York Daily News
Read More | Posted Apr 13, 2007
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| 1.5/4 | 11% | Blood and Chocolate (2007) |
Somewhere, Lon Chaney Jr. must be howling mad.‐ New York Daily News
Read More | Posted Jan 30, 2007
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| 2.5/4 | 23% | Phat Girlz (2006) |
Beneath the movie's broad humor and meanspirited put-downs lies an uplifting story about learning to like yourself for who you are, not what you look like.‐ New York Daily News
Read More | Posted Apr 10, 2006
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| 2.5/4 | 24% | Cry_Wolf (2005) |
A cut above the rest.‐ New York Daily News
Read More | Posted Sep 19, 2005
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| 3/4 | 71% | Thumbsucker (2005) |
A quirky coming-of-age tale where just about every character is going through some sort of change.‐ New York Daily News
Read More | Posted Sep 16, 2005
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| 1/4 | 11% | Venom (2005) |
A witless, derivative slasher flick.‐ New York Daily News
Read More | Posted Sep 16, 2005
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| 1/4 | 16% | Cursed (2005) |
A fangless tale devoid of chills.‐ New York Daily News
Read More | Posted Feb 28, 2005
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| 1/4 | 24% | Fat Albert (2004) |
Somewhere in its quest to be educational, Fat Albert forgot to be entertaining.‐ New York Daily News
Read More | Posted Dec 24, 2004
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| 3/4 | 56% | Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag (2004) |
An IMAX film highlighted by exhilarating sequences of simulated aerial combat.‐ New York Daily News
Read More | Posted Dec 10, 2004
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| 2.5/4 | 74% | Dolls (2002) |
Rife with beautiful imagery and loads of symbolism, though none of the stories is particularly compelling on its own.‐ New York Daily News
Read More | Posted Dec 10, 2004
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| 2.5/4 | 100% | The Deserted Station (2003) |
A poignant parable about the role of women in Islamic society.‐ New York Daily News
Read More | Posted Dec 3, 2004
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| 3/4 | 60% | After Midnight (2004) |
A loving tribute to the moving image.‐ New York Daily News
Read More | Posted Dec 3, 2004
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| 2.5/4 | 33% | You I Love (Ya lyublyu tebya) (2004) |
Gay themes aside, it provides a revealing look at Russian society that U.S. audiences seldom see.‐ New York Daily News
Read More | Posted Nov 19, 2004
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| 2.5/4 | 59% | Go Further (2004) |
A one-sided soapbox for Harrelson's eco-friendly prattle.‐ New York Daily News
Read More | Posted Nov 19, 2004
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| 1.5/4 | 28% | Noel (2004) |
The mawkishness meter is turned up full blast by the time Williams, wearing the hangdog expression he saves for maudlin dramas, shows up out of nowhere as a former priest to save an unhappy Sarandon from jumping into the East River.‐ New York Daily News
Read More | Posted Nov 12, 2004
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| 2.5/4 | 71% | Bright Future (2004) |
Pretty to look at, but it's a slow-moving, meandering work that isn't as complex or mysterious as it appears.‐ New York Daily News
Read More | Posted Nov 12, 2004
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| 2.5/4 | 11% | Reagan: In the Face of Evil (2004) |
Makes good use of historical footage to show how a B-list Hollywood actor made the unlikely ascension to commander-in-chief.‐ New York Daily News
Read More | Posted Nov 5, 2004
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| 2.5/4 | 77% | Brother to Brother (2004) |
Mackie gives a moving performance as Perry.‐ New York Daily News
Read More | Posted Nov 5, 2004
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| 2.5/4 | 79% | American Experience (2004) |
Mostly comprises rousing, well-edited concert footage that shows off Jay-Z's talent as a dynamic live performer.‐ New York Daily News
Read More | Posted Nov 5, 2004
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| 2.5/4 | 45% | 800 Balas (800 Bullets) (2002) |
Bizarre, bawdy and totally enjoyable.‐ New York Daily News
Read More | Posted Oct 29, 2004
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| 2.5/4 | 94% | A Silent Love (2004) |
A gentle character study that puts a fresh spin on mother-in-law trouble.‐ New York Daily News
Read More | Posted Oct 29, 2004
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| 1.5/4 | 33% | Malevolence (2004) |
The acting and dialogue is as silly as the potato sack the killer wears on his head.‐ New York Daily News
Read More | Posted Oct 29, 2004
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| 2/4 | 10% | Fish Without a Bicycle (2004) |
Brian Austin Green makes his directorial debut with this uneven romantic comedy about a self-absorbed, twentysomething actress searching for Mr. Right -- and a purpose in life.‐ New York Daily News
Read More | Posted Oct 22, 2004
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| 3/4 | 87% | Untold Scandal (2004) |
Korean director Je-yong Lee puts a compelling cross-cultural spin on a familiar plot in this erotic, Eastern adaptation of the Chodelos de Laclos' 1782 French novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses.‐ New York Daily News
Read More | Posted Oct 15, 2004
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| 2/4 | 17% | Hair Show (2004) |
A predictable urban comedy set mostly in a chichi Beverly Hills beauty salon, Hair Show is a female-oriented Barber Shop -- minus the steady humor and pointed social commentary.‐ New York Daily News
Read More | Posted Oct 15, 2004
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| 3/4 | 66% | Saints and Soldiers (2004) |
In his feature film debut, Little uses washed-out color and a you-are-there immediacy to tell a powerful wartime tale of survival, morality and honor.‐ New York Daily News
Read More | Posted Oct 15, 2004
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| 3/4 | 29% | Moog (2004) |
An affectionate portrait of Robert Moog.‐ New York Daily News
Read More | Posted Oct 12, 2004
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| 2.5/4 | 72% | Primer (2004) |
An impressive, if muddled, first effort from writer-director-actor Shane Carruth.‐ New York Daily News
Read More | Posted Oct 8, 2004
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| 2.5/4 | 94% | Vodka Lemon (2004) |
Vodka moves about as fast as the distant ice caps melt.‐ New York Daily News
Read More | Posted Oct 8, 2004
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| 3/4 | 67% | Arna's Children (2004) |
What begins as a routine documentary about a children's theater group in a Palestinian refugee camp soon turns into a haunting chronicle on the tragic toll of war.‐ New York Daily News
Read More | Posted Oct 8, 2004
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| 3/4 | 81% | Friday Night Lights (2004) |
Filled with plenty of bone-crushing, helmet-crashing action.‐ New York Daily News
Read More | Posted Oct 8, 2004
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| 3.5/4 | 89% | Dig! (2004) |
What emerges is a fascinating portrait of an artist as a self-destructive young man - Brian Jonestown's resident "mad genius," Anton Newcombe, whose drug and drink-fueled antics on and offstage make Jim Morrison look like Jim Nabors.‐ New York Daily News
Read More | Posted Oct 1, 2004
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| 3/4 | 89% | Tying the Knot (2004) |
Whether one is pro or con on the issue of same-sex marriage, Jim de Seve's thought-provoking and timely documentary succeeds in putting the hot-button topic in human, and often heartbreaking, terms.‐ New York Daily News
Read More | Posted Oct 1, 2004
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| 2.5/4 | 59% | Mind the Gap (2005) |
Schaeffer, known for the quirky romantic comedies, goes a more serious route in this disappointing anthology of stories about love and forgiveness.‐ New York Daily News
Read More | Posted Sep 24, 2004
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| 3/4 | 71% | Incantato (Il Cuore Altrove) (The Heart Is Elsewhere) (2003) |
Touching, if slow-moving, Italian import.‐ New York Daily News
Read More | Posted Sep 24, 2004
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| 2/4 | 8% | First Daughter (2004) |
A wan and predictable comedy made watchable by the perky performance of fresh-scrubbed Katie Holmes.‐ New York Daily News
Read More | Posted Sep 24, 2004
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| 1/4 | 0% | National Lampoon's Gold Diggers (2004) |
It all makes Nat Lamp's recent Van Wilder look like an instant classic.‐ New York Daily News
Read More | Posted Sep 17, 2004
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| 2.5/4 | 0% | Merci Docteur Rey (2002) |
Tries too hard to be madcap.‐ New York Daily News
Read More | Posted Sep 17, 2004
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| 2.5/4 | 20% | Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) |
Should please the target audience.‐ New York Daily News
Read More | Posted Sep 10, 2004
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| 1/4 | 5% | The Cookout (2004) |
A lifeless comedy featuring a cast of familiar faces who must have needed the paycheck.‐ New York Daily News
Read More | Posted Sep 7, 2004
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| 1.5/4 | 25% | Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004) |
The snakes may be longer this time, but Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid comes up short on thrills.‐ New York Daily News
Read More | Posted Aug 26, 2004
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| 3% | Down to You (2000) |
Relies too much on gimmicky flashbacks and the quirkiness of the movie's supporting characters to compensate for the uninteresting leads.‐ New York Daily News
Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 20% | Next Friday (2000) |
Another plotless, pothead comedy.‐ New York Daily News
Read More | Posted Jan 1, 2000
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