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Brad Laidman

Brad Laidman's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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It Happened One Night (1934) 98% 3.5/5 EDIT “Who can resist a movie where the girl's father provides his daughter with a getaway car from her own wedding?” – Film Threat Dec 6, 2005 Full Review The Philadelphia Story (1940) 100% 3/5 EDIT “I don't think anyone really cares about the fact that this was intended to be a cunning class satire with a capital C, but it's got big stars, they say cool things, they look good, it's funny, and the right guy gets the right girl in amusing fashion.” – Film Threat Dec 6, 2005 Full Review Help! (1965) 86% 4/5 EDIT “Lester's anarchic absurdity and quick cut camera gags make for a pretty good whole.” – Film Threat Dec 6, 2005 Full Review Rebel Without a Cause (1955) 91% 4/5 EDIT “People like to say that Dean was nothing but a Marlon Brando imitation, but Marlon never looked this young, this perfect.” – Film Threat Dec 6, 2005 Full Review Higher Learning (1995) 48% 4/5 EDIT “There's some nice ideas and realistically felt characters here.” – Film Threat Dec 6, 2005 Full Review The Princess Bride (1987) 93% 4.5/5 EDIT “An effective comedy, an interesting bedtime tale, and one of the greatest date rentals of all time.” – Film Threat Dec 6, 2005 Full Review The Breakfast Club (1985) 87% 4/5 EDIT “The Breakfast Club was teen-auteur John Hughes' attempt to take a step back and evaluate the large horde of teens our schools turn out and how they desperately search for identity.” – Film Threat Dec 6, 2005 Full Review Ishtar (1987) 40% 2/5 EDIT “The best parts of Ishtar are Paul Williams goofy, purposely moronic songs, but they really aren't anywhere near as clever as the goofy catalog of Spinal Tap and Rutles classics that people still put into their disk players from time to time.” – Film Threat Dec 6, 2005 Full Review Adam's Rib (1949) 96% 4/5 EDIT “Sex Wars mid-century style. Adam's Rib can't help but look a bit dated, but it sure is a perfect encapsulation of a certain type of couple at a certain time.” – Film Threat Dec 6, 2005 Full Review Mister Roberts (1955) 93% 4/5 EDIT “Mister Roberts is a movie dedicated to anyone with a boring dead end job who wants to be a hero and has to decide whether to live honorably anyway.” – Film Threat Dec 6, 2005 Full Review Bird (1988) 81% 3.5/5 EDIT “Eastwood shows a Parker that is haunted by his boyhood addiction, and shows off the innumerable people who loved his talent who were let down by him time and again.” – Film Threat Dec 6, 2005 Full Review Rollerball (1975) 56% EDIT “It seems pretty prescient about violence, corporations, and TV. My biggest problem with Rollerball isn’t it’s silly anti-utopianism, it’s in the ending.” – Film Threat Dec 6, 2005 Full Review Cool Hand Luke (1967) 100% 5/5 EDIT “An amazing accomplishment by Newman as the best fight man has left in him.” – Film Threat Dec 6, 2005 Full Review Brian's Song (1971) 86% 4/5 EDIT “It remains the best example of the most different of men competing fairly and getting along peacefully ever filmed.” – Film Threat Dec 6, 2005 Full Review High Plains Drifter (1973) 94% 4/5 EDIT “Clint Eastwood is the ultimate thinking man's cinematic killing machine.” – Film Threat Dec 6, 2005 Full Review American Graffiti (1973) 95% 4/5 EDIT “...the ultimate nostalgia movie of all time ...” – Film Threat Dec 6, 2005 Full Review The Blues Brothers (1980) 71% 5/5 EDIT “I am never not amused by the Blues Brothers.” – Film Threat Dec 6, 2005 Full Review Heathers (1989) 95% 5/5 EDIT “An amazing black satire filled with vicious biting words that snap like firecrackers.” – Film Threat Dec 6, 2005 Full Review The Sure Thing (1985) 84% 4/5 EDIT “A wonderful start for Cusack and Reiner.” – Film Threat Dec 6, 2005 Full Review East of Eden (1955) 86% 4.5/5 EDIT “What could be a better way to spend two hours?” – Film Threat Dec 6, 2005 Full Review The Enforcer (1976) 69% 4/5 EDIT “Throughout, this is Harry at his comic best. ” – Film Threat Dec 6, 2005 Full Review Sixteen Candles (1984) 81% 3/5 EDIT “The first effort by writer/director John Hughes on his way to becoming the William Shakespeare of teenage angst. One really has to be aware of the climate of the early '80s to truly understand the impact that this film had among teens.” – Film Threat Dec 6, 2005 Full Review Menace II Society (1993) 84% 5/5 EDIT “It makes the Hood seem worse than Vietnam.” – Film Threat Dec 6, 2005 Full Review Wall Street (1987) 78% 3.5/5 EDIT “Wall Street is Stone's snarling condemnation of the Go-Go junk bond king buy 'em, break 'em, and sell off the parts '80s.” – Film Threat Dec 6, 2005 Full Review Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) 78% 4/5 EDIT “[Penn] sets the tone of fun for the whole movie.” – Film Threat Dec 6, 2005 Full Review
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