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Lesley M. Smith

Lesley M. Smith's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Path to War (2002) 100% EDIT “It captures the enduring inability of U.S. politicians and military leaders to understand that the projection of unassailable power and unmatched technology could not guarantee triumph or even avert defeat.” – PopMatters Jun 29, 2020 Full Review Let It Shine (2012) EDIT “Let It Shine sometimes zings, thanks to excellent acting by Tyler James Williams in the Cyrano role (here, Cyrus DeBarge) and a starry soundtrack melding hip-hop, gospel, and rap.” – PopMatters Sep 27, 2019 Full Review A Tale of Love and Darkness (2015) 72% 8/10 EDIT “Portman's solemn, accomplished film allows viewers to begin to imagine such lives, not simply in relation to Palestine in the '40s, but also whenever we are confronted with the faces of migrants and refugees in our streets and on our screens.” – PopMatters Aug 18, 2016 Full Review Chicago (2002) 87% EDIT “Perhaps someone should have reminded Rob Marshall that framing, camera angles, and edit points have meaning beyond the provision of eye candy to dissipate potential audience distraction.” – PopMatters Feb 25, 2015 Full Review Sex and the City 2 (2010) 16% EDIT “The spectacle of four supposedly high-achieving, professional NYC sophisticates "Ooohing" and "Aahing" at a tacky gilt and red-brick fantasy Middle East escaped from a Disney rejects storehouse is beyond risible.” – PopMatters Jun 11, 2010 Full Review The Last House on the Left (2009) 42% 3/10 EDIT “Neither a glimmer of satire nor gram of wit animates Dennis Illiadis' 109 minutes beside the lake.” – PopMatters Mar 15, 2009 Full Review Death Race (2008) 41% 6/10 EDIT “Anderson dilutes Roger Corman's satire by locating Death Race among society's transgressors, depicting their dysfunctions with gory relish, and confining the race safely behind the walls of an isolated prison.” – PopMatters Aug 22, 2008 Full Review Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) 18% 5/10 EDIT “In Clone Wars, one battle seems exactly like the last (and the next): the 'droids shoot like amateurs and the Republican troops always prevail, whatever the odds.” – PopMatters Aug 15, 2008 Full Review The Man on the Train (2002) 92% EDIT “Combine the elegiac Sam Peckinpah of The Wild Bunch and the fatalistic Jean-Pierre Melville of Le Samourai or Le Flic and the result might well be The Man on the Train, director Patrice Leconte's 20th film.” – PopMatters Aug 30, 2003 Full Review A Beautiful Mind (2001) 74% EDIT “For all his Capraesque aspirations, Howard's movies never really leave the ground because he never really takes any risks.” – PopMatters Dec 28, 2001 Full Review Tigerland (2000) 78% EDIT “Moments of beauty jostle bathetic scene-rigging, poignant historical verisimilitude crumples under anachronistic assonance, and skin-tingling acting runs up against wooden caricature.” – PopMatters Jun 26, 2001 Full Review Miss Congeniality (2000) 42% EDIT “Although the script grants its leading lady some snappy verbal and physical humor, the film flickers and dies under a surfeit of stereotypes and one critical piece of ill-judged casting.” – PopMatters Feb 7, 2001 Full Review Nurse Betty (2000) 83% EDIT “In many ways, the script is the genuine star of this movie.” – PopMatters Jan 1, 2000 Full Review
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