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Clifford Terry

Clifford Terry's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Arabesque (1966) 76% EDIT “The picture is admittedly handsome...but Director Stanley Donen ["Charade"] seems more concerned with camera than story angles, as he creates blurry and distorted montages by shooting thru mirrors, chandeliers, and even sunglasses.” – Chicago Tribune Feb 3, 2026 Full Review 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 90% EDIT “The first loss in Kubrick's fantastic winning streak. A decided disappointment in every respect except the visual, "Space Odyssey" perhaps will convince the extraordinarily-talented director to leave the future to Dr. Carlson, and come back down to earth.” – Chicago Tribune Apr 9, 2025 Full Review Barbarella (1968) 65% EDIT “A squadron of writers [eight including the director] has only created a corporate sloppiness... what Vadim intended as kooky Kubrick, instead is about as fascinating as that 10-year-old piece of unconscious camp: Zsa Zsa Gabor's Queen of Outer Space.” – Chicago Tribune Feb 12, 2025 Full Review Alien 3 (1992) 44% 3/4 EDIT “It still works relatively well, despite the fact that Alien 3 lags behind its predecessors in style and frightfulness. Credit Fincher with crisply bringing it together in an incredibly dark and, yes, despairing package.” – Chicago Tribune Aug 1, 2024 Full Review Planet of the Apes (1968) 86% EDIT “Taken as a fast-paced adventure fantasy, Planet of the Apes provides enjoyable entertainment, although the society switcheroo is laboriously handled by Michael Wilson and Rod Serling.” – Chicago Tribune May 2, 2024 Full Review Bedazzled (1967) 74% EDIT “ Overseen, rather than directed, by Stanley Donen, Bedazzled lacks consistency and cohesiveness, with some of the lines and situations seeming like Bob and Ray drop-outs via the Second City Improvisation Hour. ” – Chicago Tribune Sep 15, 2022 Full Review A Man for All Seasons (1966) 89% EDIT “Now Bolt has adapted A Man for All Seasons for the screen, and along with director Fred Zinnemann and fine technical and acting assistance, has created a true film masterpiece. ” – Chicago Tribune Sep 7, 2022 Full Review Up the Down Staircase (1967) 78% EDIT “An intelligent, honest story aided by a consistently strong cast and a sensible screenplay by Pulitzer Prize-winner Tad Mosel.” – Chicago Tribune Jul 1, 2022 Full Review Dont Look Back (1967) 92% EDIT “The questioners spend much of the 90 minutes trying to get Dylan to come up with some quotable philosophy-of-life statements in keeping with his lyrics, but the answers, my friend, are blowin' in the wind.” – Chicago Tribune May 9, 2022 Full Review Barefoot in the Park (1967) 81% EDIT “The real star of this fast-paced comedy is the Simon-pure script, which exaggerates newlywed nuances -- the false fights, the sarcastic oneupsman ships, the smoothings -- over to the point of hilarity but not absurdity.” – Chicago Tribune May 2, 2022 Full Review Midnight Cowboy (1969) 89% EDIT “Midnight Cowboy is at times invigoratingly funny, at others despairingly sad. It is tripped up by some glaring flaws in the script, but buoyed up by a great theme song and two tremendous performances.” – Chicago Tribune Mar 10, 2022 Full Review Oliver! (1968) 90% EDIT “Most film adaptations of stage musicals in the last decade have, for the most part, been mediocre at best... Only two have stood apart from the rest: West Side Story and My Fair Lady. Now add a third. ” – Chicago Tribune Mar 2, 2022 Full Review In the Heat of the Night (1967) 96% EDIT “Stirling Silliphant's screenplay is commendably unusual in that the relationship between the black and white protagonists is never conveniently defined.” – Chicago Tribune Feb 2, 2022 Full Review Nothing But a Man (1964) 98% EDIT “The dialog, reminiscent of Marty, proves again that everyday clichés can be made more appealing than Hollywood's contrived tennis-match conversations.” – Chicago Tribune Jan 31, 2022 Full Review Seconds (1966) 79% EDIT “[Seconds builds] toward an ending of such nightmarish intensity that any viewer who might have been wishfully toying with the idea of such a project for himself will certainly be jarred into second thoughts.” – Chicago Tribune Sep 23, 2021 Full Review Outrage! (1986) EDIT “With the actors tossing away their lines as if they're disposable razors -- Preston is particularly guilty -- the movie is so relentlessly awful, it seems like a send-up.” – Chicago Tribune Sep 22, 2021 Full Review Kwaidan (1964) 91% EDIT “[Kwaidan] combines the fantastic color of Fellini's Juliet of the Spirits with Poe-like burstings of Gothic horror.” – Chicago Tribune Sep 20, 2021 Full Review A Man Called Adam (1966) 38% EDIT “Davis skillfully agonizes over his role, bringing it possibly to its maximum potential, which unfortunately isn't much.” – Chicago Tribune Aug 10, 2021 Full Review The Dirty Dozen (1967) 82% EDIT “Director Aldrich manages to zero in on the griping and grime, the chaos and cohesiveness of Americans at war, and in so doing, makes The Dirty Dozen a clean hit that packs the highest-echelon example of wit and wallop.” – Chicago Tribune Jun 2, 2021 Full Review Bob Roberts (1992) 93% 2.5/4 EDIT “Like a relentlessly charismatic political candidate offering the moon, stars and a viable health-care plan, ''Bob Roberts'' promises much but ultimately fails to deliver.” – Chicago Tribune Sep 15, 2020 Full Review National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 (1993) 21% 2.5/4 EDIT “There is enough material to provide grins and, sometimes, guffaws.” – Chicago Tribune Aug 11, 2020 Full Review Needful Things (1993) 35% 1/4 EDIT “This is pulp moviemaking at its worst.” – Chicago Tribune Oct 4, 2019 Full Review Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel (Anne of Avonlea) (1987) EDIT “Although undeniably worthy, it doesn`t quite measure up to the original, perhaps because the lead character has undergone a metamorphosis in which mischievousness has been supplanted by maturity.” – Chicago Tribune Sep 30, 2019 Full Review Parent Trap III (1989) EDIT “''Parent Trap III'' is an inane, relentlessly perky continuation of the series that began with the 1961 feature film.” – Chicago Tribune Sep 26, 2019 Full Review Together Alone (1992) 75% 2/4 EDIT “[A] competent yet limiting film.” – Chicago Tribune May 8, 2019 Full Review
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