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Aaron Mesh

Aaron Mesh's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) 77% EDIT “Crystal Skull is packed with this kind of Thrilling Wonder Stories boys' pulp, true to the series' zany serial roots and the gee-whiz mood of the '50s... A pity, then, that the third reel is such a washout.” – Willamette Week Apr 12, 2023 Full Review Up (2009) 98% EDIT “Whatever brainstorming session came up with Up allowed Docter and co-director Bob Peterson to grapple not only with old age, but with the kind of maturity rarely broached by cartoons.” – Willamette Week Jun 14, 2016 Full Review Spotlight (2015) 97% A- EDIT “The highest compliment I can pay Spotlight: I would watch this on TV.” – Willamette Week Nov 18, 2015 Full Review Quantum of Solace (2008) 63% EDIT “Quantum is still a very good Bond movie (if not quite a match for Casino, which was a great one).” – Willamette Week Nov 2, 2015 Full Review The Simpsons Movie (2007) 87% EDIT “All of which makes it harder to see The Simpsons Movie for what it is: A mediocre film based on an obsolete television show.” – Willamette Week Aug 2, 2015 Full Review Inception (2010) 87% EDIT “Inception is as exhilarating as any movie we'll see this summer -- and twice as exhausting.” – Willamette Week Jul 20, 2015 Full Review Bridesmaids (2011) 89% EDIT “All that straining for ribaldry feels a little sad, like Feig and his actors know they're sacrificing honesty for coarse bumptiousness.” – Willamette Week Jun 30, 2015 Full Review No Country for Old Men (2007) 93% EDIT “Death always gets the last laugh -- and what makes the Coens so remarkable is how they dare to cackle at the punch lines.” – Willamette Week Feb 22, 2015 Full Review The Artist (2011) 95% EDIT “Days after seeing The Artist, I find it hard to place any individual moments that resonated (aside from the doggie heroism) and I suspect that, title aside, the movie feels a complacent cynicism toward art.” – Willamette Week Feb 17, 2015 Full Review The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) 92% B+ EDIT “With apologies to Willy Wonka and his wallpaper-licking visitors, the titular Alpine resort is the most edible-looking lodge in cinema: a multitiered, pink-frosted castle designed to endure as an ambrosial memory.” – Willamette Week Jan 2, 2015 Full Review Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) 96% EDIT “It unspools like gangbusters.” – Willamette Week Nov 18, 2014 Full Review Pan's Labyrinth (2006) 95% EDIT “We are left with the unsettling knowledge that, in the universe crafted by Guillermo del Toro as well as in our own, we are always surrounded by monsters.” – Willamette Week Nov 12, 2014 Full Review The Girlfriend Experience (2008) 67% EDIT “The Girlfriend Experienceis a damning portrait of overindulgence, but it also manages to inspire sympathy for Sasha Grey: not by punishing her, but by gently, persistently reminding her that she became a commodity to achieve a lifestyle.” – Willamette Week Oct 1, 2014 Full Review Knocked Up (2007) 90% EDIT “[Apatow] makes responsibility and commitment funny; no mean feat.” – Willamette Week Jul 8, 2014 Full Review The Hurt Locker (2008) 96% EDIT “The Hurt Locker is horrifying. It's hopeless. I want to go see it again.” – Willamette Week Jan 13, 2014 Full Review Sicko (2007) 91% EDIT “In trying to decipher how Michael Moore has achieved his widespread popularity in the face of a somewhat cavalier attitude toward factual precision, there's no underestimating his savvy choice of targets.” – Willamette Week Aug 5, 2013 Full Review Iron Man (2008) 94% EDIT “Iron Man is better when Robert Downey Jr. is alone on the screen than when he's sharing it. It's when those inconvenient other people show up that the movie loses its way.” – Willamette Week Aug 4, 2013 Full Review Toy Story 3 (2010) 98% EDIT “Sit back, put on your glasses, and enjoy: It's summer, and Pixar has made you a treat.” – Willamette Week Aug 4, 2013 Full Review Inglourious Basterds (2009) 89% EDIT “The experience is like savoring a box of imported French chocolates, only the last one is filled with the wrath of God.” – Willamette Week Aug 4, 2013 Full Review
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