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Alessandra Stanley
Alessandra Stanley's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at the following Tomatometer-approved publication(s):
New York Times
The New York Review of Books
Movies reviews only
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Iron Jawed Angels (2004) |
The film celebrates freethinkers who made huge personal sacrifices to wage a critical battle for human rights, yet it does so by bowing to commercial orthodoxies and the meekest modern notions of womanhood. - New York Times
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| Posted Nov 11, 2020
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The Special Relationship (2010) |
The film provides a captivating peek into the meshing of personality and power and how easily even the strongest bonds come unglued. - New York Times
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| Posted Sep 09, 2020
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The Girl (2012) |
Once his motives and psychological weaknesses are laid bare, the intrigue dries up, and the rest is just a depressing, true-life Hollywood ending. - New York Times
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| Posted Aug 05, 2020
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Temple Grandin (2010) |
This narrative is loyal to Ms. Grandin's credo: emotions are secondary to tangible results. And the result is a movie that is funny, instructive, and also intangibly charming. - New York Times
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| Posted Jul 25, 2020
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Cinema Verite (2011) |
A clever, beautifully made but somehow underwhelming re-enactment of the breakup of the Loud marriage, on camera and off. - New York Times
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| Posted Jun 04, 2020
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Grey Gardens (2009) |
Ms. Lange and Ms. Barrymore easily play eccentric beauties, but they are even better in the more complicated roles of crazy cat ladies. - New York Times
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| Posted Jul 25, 2018
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You Don't Know Jack (2010) |
You Don't Know Jack is a compelling, at times thrilling, tale that can absorb even those with little interest or feeling for the subject. This is one of the saddest, dreariest subjects imaginable, but You Don't Know Jack is anything but. - New York Times
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| Posted Jun 07, 2017
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Nightingale (2014) |
Mr. Oyelowo gives a riveting, disorienting and suspenseful tour of an unraveling mind. The music and cinematography are artful, but the props are mundane: a coffee maker, a mirror, a laptop. Everything is in Mr. Oyelowo's voice, face and body. - New York Times
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| Posted May 28, 2015
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(undefined) |
This spy parable is too preachy and heavy-handed. - New York Times
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| Posted Dec 08, 2014
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Peter Pan Live! (2014) |
Ms. Williams convincingly pulled off a British accent and was, all in all, a confident, lively and suitably impudent Peter Pan. - New York Times
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| Posted Dec 05, 2014
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Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown (2014) |
This is a smart, informative and compassionate look at the artist known as the Godfather of Soul, whose music changed America. - New York Times
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| Posted Oct 27, 2014
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Big Driver (2014) |
Big Driver is slimmer in content, as well as form, than Misery, but it is nonetheless gripping. - New York Times
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| Posted Oct 17, 2014
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Mitt (2014) |
Mitt is a remarkable political artifact, an intimate look at the man who was the 2012 Republican candidate for president and first major-party Mormon nominee. - New York Times
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| Posted Jan 24, 2014
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Burton and Taylor (2013) |
Burton and Taylor distills the special pleasure those aging movie stars could still take in each other's company long after their passion was spent. - New York Times
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| Posted Oct 17, 2013
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Scott Turow's Innocent (2011) |
Not all the films on Mystery Movie Night are equally good, but Innocent is one of the better choices. - New York Times
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| Posted Aug 14, 2013
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Ricochet (2011) |
It's a dead bore, weighed down by bad writing and a plodding performance by Mr. Corbett, who is to film noir what saltpeter is to sexual attraction. - New York Times
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| Posted Aug 14, 2013
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Clear History (2013) |
"Clear History," a memorable comedy about a man trying to be forgotten. - New York Times
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| Posted Aug 09, 2013
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Our Nixon (2013) |
After two hours, Nixon remains a riveting enigma. - New York Times
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| Posted Aug 01, 2013
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Phil Spector (2013) |
Even with a Mamet screenplay and actors like Mr. Pacino and Ms. Mirren there is not much anyone can do to make the audience care. - New York Times
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| Posted May 22, 2013
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The World According to Dick Cheney (2013) |
The World According to Dick Cheney has interesting insights and revealing moments, but for critics who long to confront Mr. Cheney it may prove dissatisfying, because it allows him to make astonishing assertions without direct contradiction. - New York Times
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| Posted Mar 15, 2013
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24: Redemption (2008) |
Redemption is at its best when it focuses on action, not the after-action reports, and its best is awfully good. - New York Times
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| Posted Feb 06, 2013
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The Loving Story (2011) |
The tone of the film is solemn and pious, which seems almost inevitable when the topic is segregation and racial intolerance. But there are other reasons to watch this film besides feel-good expediency. - New York Times
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| Posted Jan 25, 2013
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The trouble with The Girl is that it tries to psychoanalyze Hitchcock but fails by trying to know the man too much. - New York Times
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| Posted Oct 19, 2012
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Game Change (2012) |
This is a sharp-edged but not unsympathetic portrait of a flawed heroine. - New York Times
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| Posted Aug 03, 2012
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Page Eight (2011) |
It's the right cast in the right setting but with a wrongfully righteous script. - New York Times
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| Posted Aug 03, 2012
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Recount (2008) |
An astute and deliciously engrossing film. - New York Times
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| Posted May 27, 2008
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