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Bret McCabe

Bret McCabe's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (2009) 85% 4/5 EDIT “The movie takes its time entangling a reporter-turned-investigator and a hacking punkette into its multigenerational family mystery, but once it gets there it becomes a solid, old-fashioned slab of detective fiction.” – Orlando Weekly May 6, 2010 Full Review Séraphine (2008) 88% 4/4 EDIT “It ... works as an intimate story of one woman's mental instability; the film commendably does not demur from recognizing that whatever powered Séraphine's art was also responsible for her social awkwardness and institutionalization.” – Baltimore City Paper Oct 8, 2009 Full Review The Soloist (2009) 56% 4/5 EDIT “You could learn more about the story of mentally ill musical prodigy Nathaniel Ayers in a 12-minute segment of a March 60 Minutes broadcast than in the 109 minutes of The Soloist. But what a wonderful 109 minutes they are.” – Orlando Weekly Apr 23, 2009 Full Review The International (2009) 57% 3/5 EDIT “The International impressively uses architecture as tone sculpture, primarily setting its action in the clean affluence of polished steel, clear glass and poured concrete modernism. Rarely does a thriller convey such an effortless stench of untouchability” – Orlando Weekly Feb 12, 2009 Full Review Falling (2005) EDIT “Falling is a finely observed, idiosyncratic slice-of-life piece set to slow boil and captured in deadpan details.” – Baltimore City Paper Apr 3, 2008 Full Review Lust, Caution (2007) 73% 3/5 EDIT “A sumptuous and exceptional spy story.” – Orlando Weekly Oct 18, 2007 Full Review Live Free or Die Hard (2007) 82% 3/5 EDIT “Live Free or Die Hard is positively entertaining.” – Orlando Weekly Jun 28, 2007 Full Review Sicko (2007) 91% 4/5 EDIT “Moore wisely doesn't editorialize too much about what his camera captures. He knows that it doesn't matter to the audience whether they live in a blue or red state or if they're pro-gun control or not.” – Orlando Weekly Jun 28, 2007 Full Review Lords of Dogtown (2005) 55% EDIT “If you really want to know what's what, check out Peralta's own doc, Dogtown and Z-Boys, which dishes the real deal in adrenaline-pushing detail.” – Orlando Weekly Jun 9, 2005 Full Review Seed of Chucky (2004) 36% 2/5 EDIT “This 90-minute lobotomy scores a few giggles, but only enough to recommend it to friends you never want to speak to again.” – Orlando Weekly Nov 24, 2004 Full Review Festival Express (2003) 96% 3.5/5 EDIT “From the moment Joplin announces her arrival in the film she holds you rapt under her spell.” – Orlando Weekly Sep 23, 2004 Full Review Osama (2003) 96% 3.5/5 EDIT “Traps you in a quicksand pull, slowly sucking you into its world until it's too late to escape unscathed.” – Orlando Weekly Apr 24, 2004 Full Review Eddie Griffin: Dysfunktional Family (2003) 43% 2/5 EDIT “Griffin has displayed better timing and wit on talk shows and Howard Stern.” – Orlando Weekly Apr 4, 2003 Full Review Disney's The Kid (2000) 49% EDIT “A heaping helping of Willis' hijinks doesn't help this shovel-full of sugar go down.” – theMet.net Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000) 12% EDIT “It's nothing but a mess.” – theMet.net Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Scary Movie (2000) 51% EDIT “Its targets are obvious, the darts it throws at them puerile, and they rarely hit their mark.” – theMet.net Jan 1, 2000 Full Review
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