Candice Russell
Candice Russell's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at the following Tomatometer-approved publication(s):
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Miami Herald
Movies reviews only
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The Color Purple (1985) |
The Color Purple is that rarity in American films -- a faithful adaptation of a stirring book. To watch it is to laugh and cry with characters that you'll not soon forget. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted May 25, 2023
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Girlfriends (1978) |
Bring no preconceived notions to Girlfriends, a riveting first feature from director Claudia Weill that is a comedy, a social drama and a dead-center portrait of the 1970s. - Miami Herald
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| Posted May 18, 2023
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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) |
This film reconfirms Spielberg's status as a master movie story teller. My only frustration in seeing this film is that I wish I were 10 years old again, though [Spielberg's] gift is to coax the child out of the moviegoer. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Apr 18, 2023
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Boys on the Side (1995) |
It's an able comedy despite the heavy topics touched on throughout. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Mar 14, 2023
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One Sings, the Other Doesn't (1977) |
Both engrossing and deeply flawed... Still, and perhaps because so few movies have been made about the subject of women on the brink of momentous decisions, we are captivated by Varda's observations. - Miami Herald
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| Posted Mar 07, 2023
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Terms of Endearment (1983) |
Brooks proves himself to be an actor's director. He understands the nuances of behavior between characters. It is these small moments that make Terms of Endearment worth seeing, in spite of its meanderings. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Jul 20, 2022
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The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) |
It is hard to imagine a more serious or heartfelt exploration of the inner conflicts faced by Jesus. Charges of blasphemy leveled against the film by some Christian leaders are hard to square with the filmmakers' obvious reverence. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted May 05, 2022
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Mississippi Masala (1991) |
Director Mira Nair has a felicitous touch when pinpointing with gentle humor the ironies of skin color and the silliness of cultural superiority. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Apr 13, 2022
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Mishima (1985) |
As a film that demonstrates how art transfuses life and how life shapes art, it is an admirable effort. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Apr 05, 2022
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The Silence of the Lambs (1991) |
A bone-chiller of superior intensity. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Mar 23, 2022
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Sidewalk Stories (1989) |
Few other first-time filmmakers would launch their careers with a feature devoid of dialogue for 95 of its 97 minutes. That Lane succeeds is a tribute to his understanding of the medium in its purest sense. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Jan 24, 2022
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Poltergeist II (1986) |
A spooky, gross, pointless movie that is all tease and no payoff. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Nov 03, 2021
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Critters (1986) |
Critters is a low-budget suspense film with fairly successful special effects and a story that keeps you on tenterhooks. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Oct 27, 2021
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Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) |
Director John Boorman, who fell from doing Deliverance to make the messy Zardoz and now this disaster, has said that the script was nearly impossible to film. He should have heeded his instinct. - Miami Herald
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| Posted Oct 26, 2021
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Bad Company (1972) |
Jeff Bridges' overweening pride in his position of power is the perfect foil to Barry Brown's quiet, well-mannered approach. - Miami Herald
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| Posted Sep 22, 2021
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El Mariachi (1992) |
Even making allowances for its budget and crude camera style, this is no mini-masterpiece, no trend-breaker. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Sep 08, 2021
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Nuts (1987) |
Nuts is a treat on so many levels that Streisand, who also produced the film, should be especially proud. When Academy Award nominations are announced in February, her excellent performance is bound to be recognized. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Aug 19, 2021
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Barfly (1987) |
Director Barbet Schroeder brilliantly creates a world unknown or invisible to most filmgoers. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Aug 19, 2021
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Date With an Angel (1987) |
Date With an Angel intends to soar high and with its magical elements intact, and it should have. But this film is grounded by derivative plotting. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Aug 19, 2021
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Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York (1975) |
The hard-hitting book has become a half-credible fantasy that panders to the romantic imagination of the masses... - Miami Herald
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| Posted Aug 17, 2021
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The Jigsaw Man (1984) |
[A] decidedly mediocre, frequently stupid spy thriller... - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Aug 17, 2021
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Frozen Assets (1992) |
Almost everything about Frozen Assets, a comedy set in a sperm bank, has the taint of a sub-mediocre TV movie. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Aug 13, 2021
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El Super (1979) |
In a compassionate voice it speaks to immigrants of every nationality trying to fit into this sometimes less-than-welcoming Land of Opportunity. - Miami Herald
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| Posted Aug 11, 2021
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Sidekicks (1993) |
It's soulful and funny and more than a few notches in quality above the films of those martial arts phenoms the Teen-age Mutant Ninja Turtles. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Jun 28, 2021
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The Hot Rock (1972) |
An exhilarating conclusion leaves us smiling... - Miami Herald
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| Posted Jun 23, 2021
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Charley Varrick (1973) |
Eschewing artiness subtlety and deep messages, Siegel packs a gut-level wallop in the name of entertainment, scoring almost every time. - Miami Herald
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| Posted Jun 11, 2021
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Heroes (1977) |
Capitalizing on other past hits, the feeble story also takes its cues from the romance and hitchhiking plot of It Happened One Night. - Miami Herald
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| Posted Jun 10, 2021
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Freebie and the Bean (1974) |
An offbeat cop flick and one of the year's funniest. - Miami Herald
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| Posted May 05, 2021
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The Bedroom Window (1987) |
Writer-director Curtis Hanson reworks elements we've seen many times before, but he does so skillfully. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Apr 14, 2021
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Daughters of the Dust (1991) |
Credit director of photography Arthur Jafa with the film's imposing visual style. Images and wordless sequences, as when a trio of women find an old parasol on the beach, convey a sense of time slowly passing. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Mar 23, 2021
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Wattstax (1973) |
Simply as a means of recording the fruition of hope among a centuries-maligned minority Wattstax can stand proud. - Miami Herald
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| Posted Dec 18, 2020
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The Bodyguard (1992) |
While this tepid thriller is a showcase for Houston in her film debut, it is the downfall of co-star Kevin Costner in the title role. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Sep 09, 2020
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Reversal of Fortune (1990) |
A window on the world of the very rich, an exploration of the legal process and a story of a most corrupt marriage -- Reversal of Fortune is juicy fare. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Jun 17, 2020
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The River (1984) |
The difficulty in seeing The River lies in part with its ill-timed release so soon after Places in the Heart and Country... Similarities aside, The River is the best of the three. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Apr 17, 2020
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The Journey of Natty Gann (1985) |
It's disheartening to contemplate what Disney Pictures deems necessary in order to woo an audience these days. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Mar 31, 2020
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A Love in Germany (1983) |
A Love in Germany is Wajda's penetrating commentary on the toll paid by individuals in any country that tries to dictate private morality. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Mar 24, 2020
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Matador (1986) |
Almodóvar celebrates the controversial potential of the medium more so than most other directors at work today. His movies get people talking and thinking. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Jan 30, 2020
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The Cutting Edge (1992) |
With interesting camera angles that show the speed and confusion of performance, the film makes a refreshing point about the merit of victory. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Jun 20, 2019
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Street Fighter (1994) |
Street Fighter overdoses quickly. Though 95 minutes long, it feels tired after one hour. And this is true despite second and third tiers of characters who have their own agendas. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Apr 25, 2019
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Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994) |
Director Tom Shadyac's film belongs to Carrey. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective proves he is more than a TV sketch artist. Carrey's a comic find. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Apr 02, 2019
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Road House (1989) |
Can Swayze sustain a lead role? Yes. Can he sustain Road House? No. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Mar 26, 2019
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Death Becomes Her (1992) |
Every scene that Streep and Hawn play together has a bold spark indicative of the symbiosis between females with the same goals and ambitions. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Mar 26, 2019
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Harlem Nights (1989) |
Scoring high marks alternatively for repellent dialogue, staging and characterizations as well as deadly boredom, Harlem Nights may well be the worst major movie of 1989. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Mar 26, 2019
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Young Guns (1988) |
Young Guns is an unexpectedly entertaining film. It puts new twists into the familiar terrain of the western. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Mar 12, 2019
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A Chorus Line (1985) |
A Chorus Line is a noble, at times highly entertaining attempt to bring a hopelessly stagebound show to film. Considering the limitations of the medium, it's almost as good as it could be. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Mar 07, 2019
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Baby Boom (1987) |
The instantly likeable comedy, Baby Boom, stars Diane Keaton in her most winning performance since Annie Hall and a baby so adorable that even that curmudgeon W.C. Fields would be smitten. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Jan 26, 2019
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994) |
Outrageous and giddy, the main characters in this movie make The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert a summer entertainment that won't soon be forgotten. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Aug 22, 2018
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Nothing but Trouble (1991) |
A perfectly dreadful film. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Jan 03, 2018
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Everybody's All-American (1988) |
Movies don`t come more superficial than Everybody`s All-American. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Aug 23, 2016
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Sid & Nancy (1986) |
Sid and Nancy is a brilliantly acted surprise from newcomers Gary Oldman and Chloe Webb. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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| Posted Aug 09, 2016
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