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

Movies

	T-Meter	Title \| Year	Review
1.5/4	18%	Trippin (1999)	A disjointed, lowbrow comedy about a teen coping with his uncertain future through daydreams. - New York Daily News EDIT Read More \| Posted Jul 28, 2014
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 EDIT Read More \| Posted Jul 14, 2014
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 EDIT Read More \| Posted Mar 21, 2014
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 EDIT Read More \| Posted Apr 13, 2007
1.5/4	11%	Blood and Chocolate (2007)	Somewhere, Lon Chaney Jr. must be howling mad. - New York Daily News EDIT Read More \| Posted Jan 30, 2007
2.5/4	22%	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 EDIT Read More \| Posted Apr 10, 2006
2.5/4	24%	Cry_Wolf (2005)	A cut above the rest. - New York Daily News EDIT Read More \| Posted Sep 19, 2005
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 EDIT Read More \| Posted Sep 16, 2005
1/4	11%	Venom (2005)	A witless, derivative slasher flick. - New York Daily News EDIT Read More \| Posted Sep 16, 2005
1/4	17%	Cursed (2005)	A fangless tale devoid of chills. - New York Daily News EDIT Read More \| Posted Feb 28, 2005
1/4	23%	Fat Albert (2004)	Somewhere in its quest to be educational, Fat Albert forgot to be entertaining. - New York Daily News EDIT Read More \| Posted Dec 24, 2004
3/4	56%	Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag (2004)	An IMAX film highlighted by exhilarating sequences of simulated aerial combat. - New York Daily News EDIT Read More \| Posted Dec 10, 2004
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 EDIT Read More \| Posted Dec 10, 2004
2.5/4	100%	The Deserted Station (2003)	A poignant parable about the role of women in Islamic society. - New York Daily News EDIT Read More \| Posted Dec 3, 2004
3/4	60%	After Midnight (2004)	A loving tribute to the moving image. - New York Daily News EDIT Read More \| Posted Dec 3, 2004
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 EDIT Read More \| Posted Nov 19, 2004
2.5/4	59%	Go Further (2004)	A one-sided soapbox for Harrelson's eco-friendly prattle. - New York Daily News EDIT Read More \| Posted Nov 19, 2004
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 EDIT Read More \| Posted Nov 12, 2004
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 EDIT Read More \| Posted Nov 12, 2004
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 EDIT Read More \| Posted Nov 5, 2004
2.5/4	77%	Brother to Brother (2004)	Mackie gives a moving performance as Perry. - New York Daily News EDIT Read More \| Posted Nov 5, 2004
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 EDIT Read More \| Posted Nov 5, 2004
2.5/4	45%	800 Balas (800 Bullets) (2002)	Bizarre, bawdy and totally enjoyable. - New York Daily News EDIT Read More \| Posted Oct 29, 2004
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 EDIT Read More \| Posted Oct 29, 2004
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 EDIT Read More \| Posted Oct 29, 2004
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 EDIT Read More \| Posted Oct 22, 2004
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 EDIT Read More \| Posted Oct 15, 2004
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 EDIT Read More \| Posted Oct 15, 2004
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 EDIT Read More \| Posted Oct 15, 2004
3/4	29%	Moog (2004)	An affectionate portrait of Robert Moog. - New York Daily News EDIT Read More \| Posted Oct 12, 2004
2.5/4	72%	Primer (2004)	An impressive, if muddled, first effort from writer-director-actor Shane Carruth. - New York Daily News EDIT Read More \| Posted Oct 8, 2004
2.5/4	93%	Vodka Lemon (2004)	Vodka moves about as fast as the distant ice caps melt. - New York Daily News EDIT Read More \| Posted Oct 8, 2004
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 EDIT Read More \| Posted Oct 8, 2004
3/4	81%	Friday Night Lights (2004)	Filled with plenty of bone-crushing, helmet-crashing action. - New York Daily News EDIT Read More \| Posted Oct 8, 2004
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 EDIT Read More \| Posted Oct 1, 2004
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 EDIT Read More \| Posted Oct 1, 2004
2.5/4	56%	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 EDIT Read More \| Posted Sep 24, 2004
3/4	71%	Incantato (Il Cuore Altrove) (The Heart Is Elsewhere) (2003)	Touching, if slow-moving, Italian import. - New York Daily News EDIT Read More \| Posted Sep 24, 2004
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 EDIT Read More \| Posted Sep 24, 2004
1/4	No Score Yet	National Lampoon's Gold Diggers (2004)	It all makes Nat Lamp's recent Van Wilder look like an instant classic. - New York Daily News EDIT Read More \| Posted Sep 17, 2004
2.5/4	No Score Yet	Merci Docteur Rey (2002)	Tries too hard to be madcap. - New York Daily News EDIT Read More \| Posted Sep 17, 2004
2.5/4	20%	Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)	Should please the target audience. - New York Daily News EDIT Read More \| Posted Sep 10, 2004
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 EDIT Read More \| Posted Sep 7, 2004
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 EDIT Read More \| Posted Aug 26, 2004
	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 EDIT Read More \| Posted Jan 1, 2000
	20%	Next Friday (2000)	Another plotless, pothead comedy. - New York Daily News EDIT Read More \| Posted Jan 1, 2000