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Merle Bertrand

Merle Bertrand's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Face (2002) 63% 3/5 EDIT “Face does a number of things well.” – Film Threat Mar 13, 2021 Full Review Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000) 88% EDIT “The attempted social commentary and the nervous titters it earns from a squirming audience simply aren't worth the cruelty it gleefully depicts.” – Film Threat Apr 8, 2020 Full Review The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair (2006) 83% 4/5 EDIT “Turns out that every country, every civilization, has its good eggs as well as its bad ones. What The Prisoner clearly shows us is that this Administration has no interest in learning the difference between the two.” – Film Threat Mar 27, 2007 Full Review Scott Walker: 30 Century Man (2006) 87% 3/5 EDIT “Considering the abstract nature of its subject, Scott Walker: 30 Century Man is a surprisingly straightforward look at a man who's been at the cutting edge of music's avant garde for decades.” – Film Threat Mar 27, 2007 Full Review Zen Noir (2004) 29% 3/5 EDIT “A fascinating, if somewhat pretentious little film that's not exactly the cut and dried crime drama that The Detective might have expected.” – Film Threat Sep 16, 2006 Full Review Fall to Grace (2013) 56% 3.5/5 EDIT “Marchbanks has crafted a genuine portrait of suburban Americana with Fall To Grace, especially with regard to our younger citizenry.” – Film Threat Jul 6, 2006 Full Review Three Days of Rain (2002) 40% 3.5/5 EDIT “It's simply a pleasure watching these seasoned pros, a collection of recognizable faces, if not exactly household names, massage these characters and bring them and their stories to life.” – Film Threat Jun 24, 2006 Full Review Hamlet (2000) 59% 2/5 EDIT “No, Ethan Hawke can't do Shakespeare.” – Film Threat Jun 3, 2006 Full Review Our Brand Is Crisis (2005) 93% 3.5/5 EDIT “If the fascinating, if disconcerting Our Brand Is Crisis teaches us one thing, it's that consultants, handlers, lawyers, and middlemen can always find a job.” – Film Threat Mar 1, 2006 Full Review The Big Lebowski (1998) 79% 4/5 EDIT “Joel and Ethan Cohen are in the midst of just such a golden streak right now.” – Film Threat Dec 6, 2005 Full Review High Fidelity (2000) 91% 4.5/5 EDIT “A finely tuned piece of work.” – Film Threat Dec 6, 2005 Full Review Habit (1996) 75% 3/5 EDIT “Do we really need yet another vampire movie? Sure, about as much as we needed another movie about that ship that ruined a perfectly good iceberg.” – Film Threat Dec 6, 2005 Full Review Girl Hood (2003) 94% 3.5/5 EDIT “Chilling, depressing, yet guardedly optimistic.” – Film Threat Dec 6, 2005 Full Review Stagedoor (2005) 63% 2.5/5 EDIT “... bears an unfortunate resemblance to one of the ambitious three-week productions the Stagedoor Manor campers strive to put on.” – Film Threat Dec 6, 2005 Full Review In America (2002) 90% 3/5 EDIT “A solid, if unspectacular family film.” – Film Threat Dec 6, 2005 Full Review The Dinner Game (1998) 73% 4/5 EDIT “An idiot is exactly what you'll be if you don't check out The Dinner Game.” – Film Threat Dec 6, 2005 Full Review 3/5 EDIT “... eye-opening documentary ...” – Film Threat Dec 6, 2005 Full Review The Butcher Boy (1997) 79% 4/5 EDIT “The film's horrific conclusion is as uncompromising as it is inevitable and, unfortunately, ever-more topical.” – Film Threat Dec 6, 2005 Full Review The Aggressives (2005) 92% 3/5 EDIT “Reminds us of the vast range of physical, mental and emotional attributes the human race can encompass.” – Film Threat Oct 8, 2005 Full Review Christmas in the Clouds (2001) 69% 3/5 EDIT “The kind of film in which you pretty much know that everything is going to turn out all right in the end. That doesn't mean, however, that one won't enjoy watching this warm and fuzzy exercise in escapism in the process.” – Film Threat Sep 24, 2005 Full Review Cape of Good Hope (2005) 68% 4/5 EDIT “A heartwarming, cleansing film that's simply good for the soul.” – Film Threat Jun 11, 2005 Full Review Drivers Wanted (2005) 3/5 EDIT “Simply goes on way too long, the good parts diluted by marginal material the same way anchovies'll ruin a perfectly good Meat Lover's Special.” – Film Threat May 21, 2005 Full Review Occupation: Dreamland (2005) 80% 3.5/5 EDIT “Succeeds in putting human faces on both the soldiers that we read about so clinically in our papers, as well as, to a lesser extent, the Iraqis who, not surprisingly, come across as both victims and aggressors.” – Film Threat Apr 23, 2005 Full Review Emmanuel's Gift (2005) 82% 4/5 EDIT “A touching and almost ridiculously inspirational story for all of us.” – Film Threat Mar 22, 2005 Full Review Bob, Verushka & The Pursuit of Happiness (2004) 43% 3/5 EDIT “Delightfully goofy.” – Film Threat Nov 16, 2004 Full Review
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