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Joseph McBride

Joseph McBride's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1992) 14% EDIT “Though slickly animated, this first full-length pic featuring the vintage cat and mouse characters is misconceived from start to finish, full of gooey sentimentality and relegating Tom and Jerry to supporting characters in a banal melodramatic plot.” – Variety Jul 6, 2010 Full Review 3 Ninjas (1992) 35% EDIT “Director Jon Turtletaub and editor David Rennie keep things zipping along.” – Variety Mar 27, 2009 Full Review Bebe's Kids (1992) 36% EDIT “Blended with broad sight gags is a pointed message about the resentment of latchkey kids who, echoing Aretha Franklin, proclaim that they don't get any "R-E-S-P-E-C-T."” – Variety Mar 27, 2009 Full Review Rapid Fire (1992) 45% EDIT “Director Dwight H. Little expertly handles implausible but entertaining action sequences that keep the pic lively despite a schlocky plot and cardboard characterizations.” – Variety Mar 26, 2009 Full Review Stay Tuned (1992) 44% EDIT “Not diabolical enough for true black comedy, too scary and violent for kids lured by its PG rating and witless in its sendup of obsessive TV viewing, Stay Tuned is a picture with nothing for everybody.” – Variety Mar 26, 2009 Full Review Pure Country (1992) 41% EDIT “Though this slick-looking paean to down-home values often undercuts its own message, Pure Country is an effective vehicle for amiable country star George Strait.” – Variety Mar 26, 2009 Full Review Honeymoon in Vegas (1992) 65% EDIT “Writer-director Andrew Bergman has a rare talent for intelligently conceived farce, and he has plenty of fun with the premise.” – Variety Mar 26, 2009 Full Review Patriot Games (1992) 72% EDIT “While Ford is a solid blend of thought and action in his James Bondish role, and his need to protect his family gives the film some gripping moments, the film's moral viewpoint is strictly neanderthal.” – Variety Oct 30, 2008 Full Review Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 84% EDIT “What was conceived as a child's dream of a Saturday matinee serial has evolved into a moving excursion into religious myth.” – Variety May 5, 2008 Full Review Annie Hall (1977) 97% EDIT “A touching and hilarious love story that is Allen's most three-dimensional film to date.” – Variety Feb 19, 2008 Full Review Driving Miss Daisy (1989) 85% EDIT “Bruce Beresford's sensitive direction complements Alfred Uhry's skillful adapation of his Pulitzer Prize-winning play.” – Variety Jan 28, 2008 Full Review Goodfellas (1990) 93% EDIT “Thelma Schoonmaker's always masterful editing is taut in the first half, but the film rambles seriously after that, wearing out its interest at least half an hour before it's over.” – Variety Jun 26, 2007 Full Review Raging Bull (1980) 92% EDIT “Schrader’s fascination with self-destructive characters, and his ability to make them compellingly real, give Scorsese and De Niro some scenes of high emotional voltage to work with.” – Variety Mar 14, 2007 Full Review Striptease (1996) 11% EDIT “Striptease doesn't even succeed in its own lowdown aspirations at raunchy comedy.” – Boxoffice Magazine Jun 5, 2002 Full Review The Boxer (1997) 80% EDIT “As up-to-the-minute as today's newspaper headlines, The Boxer is a thoughtful though emotionally rather dry film about the current attempts to bring peace to Northern Ireland.” – Boxoffice Magazine Jun 5, 2002 Full Review Michael Collins (1996) 78% 3.5/5 EDIT “Liam Neeson is perfectly cast as the man known to his comrades as "The Big Fellow," a charming ladies' man whose ruthless guerrilla tactics blended with altruism and a fervent love of country.” – Boxoffice Magazine Jun 5, 2002 Full Review The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) 57% 4/5 EDIT “Spielberg amply delivers the goods with...The Lost World: Jurassic Park, a beautifully crafted series of nightmarish set pieces with no other goal in mind than to scare and delight the audience.” – Boxoffice Magazine Jun 5, 2002 Full Review Kundun (1997) 76% 4/5 EDIT “Kundun is both a stunning visual feast and a moving meditation on the difficulty of sustaining the Buddhist principle of nonviolence in a brutal world.” – Boxoffice Magazine Jun 5, 2002 Full Review Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco (1996) 56% 2/5 EDIT “This sequel is serviceable family-market fodder, but even little children might expect something more sophisticated these days.” – Boxoffice Magazine Jun 5, 2002 Full Review Get on the Bus (1996) 89% 4/5 EDIT “Not only is this film a must-see for African Americans, it will enlighten and inspire any white moviegoers who open their minds enough to take the journey along with them.” – Boxoffice Magazine Jun 5, 2002 Full Review Manny & Lo (1996) 67% 1.5/5 EDIT “Krueger's characters aren't complex enough to sustain a feature film, and her direction is both visually and dramatically listless.” – Boxoffice Magazine Jun 5, 2002 Full Review Titanic (1997) 88% EDIT “Like a David Lean film, it is an intimate epic with a moving and resonant love story at its core.” – Boxoffice Magazine Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Nixon (1995) 76% EDIT “Anthony Hopkins's audaciously theatrical, profoundly moving portrait of Richard Nixon richly deserves the adjective 'Shakespearean.'” – Boxoffice Magazine Jan 1, 2000 Full Review
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