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Kamal Al-Solaylee

Kamal Al-Solaylee's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Globe and Mail writer

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Knowing (2009) 35% 2/4 EDIT “Its breathlessness and permanent state of confusion make you long for the assured touch of M. Night Shyamalan.” – Globe and Mail Mar 20, 2009 Full Review RiP! A Remix Manifesto (2009) 42% 3/4 EDIT “A forceful, vibrant and immensely entertaining call to action.” – Globe and Mail Mar 13, 2009 Full Review Fired Up (2009) 25% 2/4 EDIT “A teen comedy that views sex as an all-you-can-gorge buffet.” – Globe and Mail Feb 20, 2009 Full Review Examined Life (2008) 77% 3/4 EDIT “A hugely successful and provocative attempt at elevating the tone of public discussion, and inviting some great minds along to help smooth the bumpy ride ahead of us all in 2009.” – Globe and Mail Jan 23, 2009 Full Review Welcome to the Land of Ch'tis (2008) 67% 3/4 EDIT “There's nothing revolutionary or artistically groundbreaking here, but there's something reassuring in the fact that this is what the French have anointed as their biggest hit. Vive la (low-key) diffrence.” – Globe and Mail Jan 23, 2009 Full Review Inkheart (2008) 38% 2/4 EDIT “As an adventure flick, Inkheart is not all that adventurous. It goes to places and falls on tropes that many fantasy films -- most notably but not exclusively the Lord of the Rings trilogy -- have covered.” – Globe and Mail Jan 23, 2009 Full Review Saving Luna: The True Story of a Lone Orca (2007) 2/4 EDIT “The film about an animal that doesn't respect boundaries has set none for itself.” – Globe and Mail Dec 8, 2008 Full Review The World Unseen (2007) 30% 2/4 EDIT “It doesn't leave you cold, but it doesn't exactly make an impression, either.” – Globe and Mail Nov 7, 2008 Full Review College (2008) 5% 1/4 EDIT “In the battle for the hearts, minds and fat wallets of North American teens, College fights dirtier and sinks lower than most gross-out screen comedies.” – Globe and Mail Sep 2, 2008 Full Review Beaufort (2007) 86% 2.5/4 EDIT “Clearly something has gone MIA in moving from the small pictures into a cohesive big one.” – Globe and Mail Sep 1, 2008 Full Review Boy A (2007) 88% 3/4 EDIT “Even its structurally weaker moments give Garfield an opportunity to expand on Jack's physical and mental dislocation. Given Boy A's final floating reel, it's an anchoring performance in every sense of the word.” – Globe and Mail Aug 29, 2008 Full Review Tuya's Marriage (2006) 95% 3/4 EDIT “For those who are still reeling from the forced exuberance of Mamma Mia! but have room for one more film about a woman with multiple suitors, may I recommend Tuya's Marriage?” – Globe and Mail Aug 22, 2008 Full Review Man on Wire (2008) 100% 3.5/4 EDIT “[Director] Marsh creates a transfixing documentary feature that doubles as a celebration of one man and an elegy to two buildings that are no more.” – Globe and Mail Aug 8, 2008 Full Review The Last Continent (2007) 2.5/4 EDIT “You can't help wondering whether less telling and more showing would have served this film and its politics better.” – Globe and Mail Aug 4, 2008 Full Review Closing the Ring (2007) 32% 2/4 EDIT “Closing the Ring needed to find a context for its free-flowing emotions.” – Globe and Mail Aug 1, 2008 Full Review The Last Mistress (2007) 77% 3.5/4 EDIT “Despite an austere budget and some minor anachronisms, The Last Mistress proves that Breillat has found something in the luscious language of the 19th century that makes sense to us today.” – Globe and Mail Jul 25, 2008 Full Review A Jihad for Love (2007) 78% 2/4 EDIT “[An] important but rudderless documentary.” – Globe and Mail Jul 18, 2008 Full Review 4th Life (2008) 2/4 EDIT “There's a depth that is hinted at but constantly beyond Miron's reach.” – Globe and Mail Jul 11, 2008 Full Review The Unknown Woman (2007) 66% 2/4 EDIT “This is a case where style has not only trumped substance, but negated it as well.” – Globe and Mail May 9, 2008 Full Review The Babysitters (2007) 35% 3/4 EDIT “Despite the racy content and the alarmist 18A classification, The Babysitters is a remarkably restrained and decent film. It's polished, smoothly edited and shot with simple elegance.” – Globe and Mail May 9, 2008 Full Review It's a Free World (2007) 86% 3/4 EDIT “The film's bleak but powerful ending is a wake-up call to Britain and a measure of the pessimism of Loach, one of its most trenchant critics. I fear things must be really bad over there.” – Globe and Mail Apr 25, 2008 Full Review Young at Heart (2007) 90% 3/4 EDIT “The doc may indeed be too cute for some, but Walker knows when to step back and let life, with all its harshness and disappointments, into the picture.” – Globe and Mail Apr 18, 2008 Full Review Ben X (2007) 68% 3/4 EDIT “It's not the overarching naturalism of the performance that stands out but the conceptual breakdown of the portrayal into smaller, loosely connected segments.” – Globe and Mail Apr 18, 2008 Full Review Run Fat Boy Run (2007) 46% 2/4 EDIT “From storyline to characterization to style of comedy, everything about the directorial debut of former Friends star David Schwimmer is a nod to accommodation, compromise and consensus.” – Globe and Mail Mar 28, 2008 Full Review Married Life (2007) 56% 2.5/4 EDIT “A curious, provocative if unsatisfying little movie.” – Globe and Mail Mar 21, 2008 Full Review
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