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David DeWitt
David DeWitt's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at the following Tomatometer-approved publication(s):
New York Times
Movies reviews only
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Isn't It Delicious (2013) |
"Isn't It Delicious" has so little nuance that it's sad in unintentional ways. - New York Times
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| Posted Dec 11, 2014
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Skating to New York (2013) |
In all, something of a squandered opportunity. - New York Times
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| Posted Dec 11, 2014
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The film recording it all has only a little more appeal than a pleasantly narrated DVD to train employees of assisted-living facilities. At least it's a peek inside life in such places. - New York Times
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| Posted Dec 11, 2014
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Comet (2014) |
These occasionally obnoxious, certainly neurotic young lovers have beating, sometimes broken hearts, and that, as the apostle Paul once noted, tends to trump all. - New York Times
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| Posted Dec 04, 2014
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Copenhagen (2014) |
[Raso's] absorbing film has a delicate nuance that will linger after the popcorn's gone. - New York Times
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| Posted Oct 02, 2014
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Precious Caterpillar (2014) |
Well meaning though it is, "Precious Caterpillar" is sometimes hard to follow, and only the rare audience member will find it absorbing. But it has a Zen appeal. - New York Times
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| Posted Aug 21, 2014
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I Am Happiness on Earth (2014) |
At one point my notes included the gut reaction "This is awful." - New York Times
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| Posted Aug 14, 2014
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Underwater Dreams (2014) |
Modest yet meaningful, "Underwater Dreams" has a political point of view, shining light on underground Americans who deserve recognition. - New York Times
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| Posted Jul 10, 2014
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Still I Strive (2012) |
"Still I Strive," by the filmmakers Adam Pfleghaar and A. Todd Smith, is a remarkable find, a tale of uplift in a too-little-seen environment. - New York Times
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| Posted May 08, 2014
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NOW: In the Wings on a World Stage (2014) |
"NOW," in the end, celebrates a warm and particular type of family values. - New York Times
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| Posted May 01, 2014
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Finding Mr. Right (2013) |
"Finding Mr. Right" has the standard odd-couple pairing you've seen on the menu before, but there are moments of substance in this macaroon of a movie. - New York Times
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| Posted Nov 07, 2013
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The Ghosts in Our Machine (2013) |
"The Ghosts in Our Machine" is a compelling movie, but its argument expands without deepening. - New York Times
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| Posted Nov 07, 2013
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The Human Scale (2012) |
If the result sometimes feels like a sedate lecture, the global journey strongly enlivens the lesson; it's fascinating how alike and how different cities can be, and more fascinating to imagine what they may become. - New York Times
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| Posted Oct 17, 2013
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Blood Brother (2013) |
"Love is making someone who is sad feel happy," one girl says, answering an interviewer's question. "Blood Brother" showed me that love. I doubt I'll be the only one. - New York Times
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| Posted Oct 17, 2013
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Forgetting the Girl (2012) |
The frequent use of direct-address narration feels too much like a fiction writer's device, however much it wants to be a hook. - New York Times
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| Posted Oct 10, 2013
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Five Dances (2013) |
There's an interesting vibe there, but it's not enough to save what seems like a failed experiment. - New York Times
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| Posted Oct 03, 2013
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Bridegroom (2012) |
[A] simply told but exceptionally moving documentary. - New York Times
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| Posted Oct 03, 2013
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Arise (2012) |
There's a sense of watching an overearnest public service message scored by the softest world-music sounds from Lilith Fair. Still, "Arise" always feels unified, a genuinely felt and executed womanist letter to the world. - New York Times
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| Posted Sep 19, 2013
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Jewtopia (2012) |
You feel sorry for everyone who's working so hard to prop up the farce - especially Mr. Fogel, the director, whose work seems alternately desperate and lost. - New York Times
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| Posted Sep 19, 2013
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Stephen Hawking Biography (2013) |
The movie has the typical mix of interviews and archival pictures, serving mostly linear storytelling, with hardly a frame of surprising or pretty filmmaking. Maybe creativity can take a rest when you're letting an oddly charismatic genius have his say. - New York Times
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| Posted Sep 12, 2013
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Tio Papi (2013) |
[A] well-photographed, lively and lightly comic film. - New York Times
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| Posted Sep 06, 2013
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My Father and the Man in Black (2012) |
Here these men are but ciphers; we want understanding, but we get only suggestion. - New York Times
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| Posted Sep 06, 2013
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Wampler's Ascent (2012) |
At ... moments, the tension and pressure are palpable. It's then, as nature documentary and inspirational device, that "Wampler's Ascent" finds its power. - New York Times
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| Posted Aug 29, 2013
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The United States of Autism (2012) |
Yes, the animated opening sequence has a professional polish that the rest of the film lacks, but the documentary's chosen angle is meaningful: The world of autism is as diverse as the nation. - New York Times
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| Posted Aug 08, 2013
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Rising From Ashes (2012) |
A film that lacks complex human dimension to fill out this likable if promotional tale of good will and achievement. - New York Times
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| Posted Aug 01, 2013
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Postales (2010) |
While the film is let down by its plot, it is much too smart for reductive visions of "the other." - New York Times
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| Posted Jul 25, 2013
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Colossus (2013) |
"Colossus" will leave you reeling in the best of ways, dizzy from a rock 'n' roll Tilt-A-Whirl that swirls with duplicity and hilarity. - New York Times
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| Posted Jul 18, 2013
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The Romeows (Retired Older Men Eating Out Wednesdays) (2009) |
History should record their weekly - but rare - achievement more often. Thank goodness this gentle, affectionate documentary does it. - New York Times
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| Posted Jul 18, 2013
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Killing Season (2013) |
It's not worthless, but it's not good. As a genre film, it's too ambitious; as an art film, it's too obvious. - New York Times
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| Posted Jul 11, 2013
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The Secret Disco Revolution (2012) |
Faddish taste may be interesting for some, but for others it will devolve into the banal, as cultural history as well as entertainment. - New York Times
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| Posted Jun 28, 2013
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Free China: The Courage to Believe (2011) |
[The] stories, unobstructed by any attempt at balance, build in narrative power ... - New York Times
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| Posted Jun 07, 2013
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Fame High (2012) |
A not-so-eager-to-please effort that understands Alan Parker's original vision - of rejection, hard work and self-discovery - and depicts it with clear eyes. - New York Times
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| Posted Jun 07, 2013
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A Green Story (2012) |
This stately film lays out the good, the bad, the sad and the proud in stark patterns, to mostly soporific effect. - New York Times
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| Posted May 23, 2013
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One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das (2012) |
A fine enough documentary, a nice enough introduction to a charismatic figure with a fascinating life, an unusual art and worldwide fans. - New York Times
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| Posted May 07, 2013
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Turtle Hill, Brooklyn (2011) |
"Turtle Hill" is inconclusive from start to finish, and while that appears purposeful, it's also pretty dull. - New York Times
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| Posted May 03, 2013
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Married and Counting (2011) |
Simple, worthy and sweet ... - New York Times
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| Posted Apr 25, 2013
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Hidden Beauty: A Love Story That Feeds the Earth (2011) |
Thank Heaven for Disneynature; someone (besides National Geographic and such) needs to have the skill and desire to make documentaries of this sort. - New York Times
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| Posted Apr 05, 2013
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Mariachi gringo (2012) |
As the moving concluding scenes cement, "Mariachi Gringo" is right on pitch - and, happily, not simply as you'd expect. - New York Times
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| Posted Mar 14, 2013
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Murder 3 (2013) |
Despite slick cinematography, "Murder 3" induces more lethargy than thrills. - New York Times
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| Posted Feb 15, 2013
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Drivers Wanted + Into The Middle Of Nowhere (2012) |
There's an authenticity to "Drivers Wanted" that seems so true and tough that it overwhelms any standard immigrants-up-from-their-bootstraps theme. - New York Times
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| Posted Dec 29, 2012
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Sahkanaga (2011) |
A thoughtful, atmospherically heavy study of reactions to an inexplicably inhumane act. - New York Times
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| Posted Dec 06, 2012
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Love, Marilyn (2012) |
The intelligence and dynamism of Ms. Garbus's approach could hardly fail to make you appreciate Monroe's growth as an actor. - New York Times
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| Posted Nov 29, 2012
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Just 45 Minutes From Broadway (2012) |
The boldness is welcome, the execution awkward. - New York Times
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| Posted Oct 16, 2012
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The Iran Job (2012) |
This observant documentary avoids pedagogy; it's not always artful, but it has a relaxed, light touch that never topples into pretension. - New York Times
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| Posted Oct 11, 2012
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Simon and the Oaks (2011) |
With its exhilarating World War II narrative and performances that touch notes intimate and grand, "Simon and the Oaks" has an exquisite, and epic, ache. - New York Times
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| Posted Oct 11, 2012
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Electoral Dysfunction (2012) |
"Electoral Dysfunction" pulls off an admirable trick: It's pleasant. It treats Democrats and Republicans respectfully, and its humor, with the comic Mo Rocca as guide, is closer to Garrison Keillor than to Michael Moore. - New York Times
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| Posted Sep 20, 2012
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Step Up to the Plate (2012) |
"Step Up to the Plate" asserts how family, in multifarious ways, can be the most deeply affecting of ensembles. - New York Times
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| Posted Sep 13, 2012
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The Manzanar Fishing Club (2012) |
All this is welcome; all this is too little. The Zen appeal of a river running through it is at best postcard-pretty, and not much deeper. - New York Times
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| Posted Sep 13, 2012
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That's My Boy (2012) |
Mr. Sandler manages a frame or so of genuine sentiment, and the caricature is so ugly it's cute. He's a performer, and there are moments when audiences will surrender to his shtick. Moments. - New York Times
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| Posted Jun 14, 2012
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Sexual Chronicles of a French Family (2012) |
Most of the camera time goes to airy, awkward sex (no genitalia, though plenty of breasts and backsides), and while it's never titillating, it's also never involving. - New York Times
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| Posted May 31, 2012
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