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Michael Tunison

Michael Tunison's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Mindhunters (2004) 25% 2/5 EDIT “A thoroughly silly exercise in cinematic excess that will nonetheless provide a certain breed of trash-movie lover with a few hoots.” – Boxoffice Magazine Apr 23, 2005 Full Review Undertow (2004) 56% 2.5/5 EDIT “A formulaic suspenser.” – Boxoffice Magazine Oct 31, 2004 Full Review Riding the Bullet (2004) 23% 2/5 EDIT “Yet another reason to think twice before thumbing a ride, kids.” – Boxoffice Magazine Oct 15, 2004 Full Review September Tapes (2004) 21% 1.5/5 EDIT “Painfully lacking in both emotional impact and insight into the country's tragic recent history.” – Boxoffice Magazine Sep 23, 2004 Full Review A Dirty Shame (2004) 55% 3/5 EDIT “Is it raunchy good fun or an imminent threat to society's moral fabric? As with the movie's gleefully perverted heroes, it all depends on what floats your boat, baby.” – Boxoffice Magazine Sep 23, 2004 Full Review Persons of Interest (2004) 90% 3/5 EDIT “Does an important service by humanizing the costs paid by innocent people caught up in the crackdown.” – Boxoffice Magazine Aug 27, 2004 Full Review Uncovered: The War on Iraq (2004) 77% 3/5 EDIT “Those willing to forgo style for substance will find it an educational primer on the deeper criticisms being raised by those who oppose the president's Iraq policy.” – Boxoffice Magazine Aug 13, 2004 Full Review King Arthur (2004) 30% 2/5 EDIT “The fresh historical setup is intriguing early on and a pivotal battle on a cracking frozen river generates some memorable suspense, but the film loses most of its momentum in its emotionally flat second half.” – Boxoffice Magazine Jul 11, 2004 Full Review The Clearing (2004) 44% 2.5/5 EDIT “Has trouble getting past its plain-Jane premise to make the emotional impact the filmmakers are clearly aiming for.” – Boxoffice Magazine Jul 1, 2004 Full Review Bukowski: Born Into This (2003) 84% 2.5/5 EDIT “Hefty two-hour running time and the rough quality of some of the archival clips ... means it's likely to have its strongest effect on viewers who bring an inherent interest in Bukowski and his work with them.” – Boxoffice Magazine Jun 5, 2004 Full Review The Day After Tomorrow (2004) 45% 2/5 EDIT “The script's hackneyed dialogue and predictable dramatic situations will be difficult to take seriously even by those who are most sympathetic to the earnestly delivered environmental theme.” – Boxoffice Magazine May 27, 2004 Full Review Twist (2003) 16% 3/5 EDIT “Twist is not so much an adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist as a wholesale repurposing of its characters and themes.” – Boxoffice Magazine May 21, 2004 Full Review Ned Kelly (2003) 54% 3/5 EDIT “Details such as the film's stark Victoria locations and the clunky suits of steel armor the Kellys fashion for the climactic showdown root things in a distinctive time and place, allowing viewers to experience the familiar storyline in a fresh way.” – Boxoffice Magazine Apr 3, 2004 Full Review Jersey Girl (2004) 42% 2.5/5 EDIT “While the mixed results aren't enough to clearly indicate whether there's a place in the world for the work of a maturing, more thoughtful Silent Bob, the film does have its strengths.” – Boxoffice Magazine Apr 3, 2004 Full Review Dawn of the Dead (2004) 77% 3/5 EDIT “The good news for fans of the mindless flesh-eaters is that the reworked Dawn, while a far more generic piece of entertainment in many ways, still delivers a pretty mean bite as a gross-out/action shockfest.” – Boxoffice Magazine Mar 18, 2004 Full Review Spartan (2004) 66% 3.5/5 EDIT “Those who figure the phrase 'smart action movie' is a contradiction in terms should be referred to celebrated playwright-turned- filmmaker David Mamet's Spartan.” – Boxoffice Magazine Mar 16, 2004 Full Review Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Greendale (2003) 36% 2.5/5 EDIT “The movie version is probably fated to be a curious tie-in to a far greater album, rather than the other way around.” – Boxoffice Magazine Mar 7, 2004 Full Review Twisted (2004) 2% 2.5/5 EDIT “Despite Judd's assured work as the flawed, deeply conflicted protagonist, the mystery at the core of Twisted is one that grows less interesting the closer we get to the truth.” – Boxoffice Magazine Feb 26, 2004 Full Review Welcome to Mooseport (2004) 13% 2/5 EDIT “Despite solid backup from the ever-formidable Gene Hackman and others, this routine hiatus schedule-filler proves to be a shaky platform from which to launch the likable Romano's candidacy as a big-screen leading man.” – Boxoffice Magazine Feb 19, 2004 Full Review 50 First Dates (2004) 45% 2/5 EDIT “While the comedy has its amusing elements the knuckleheaded tone of most scenes prevents the film from generating much real wit.” – Boxoffice Magazine Feb 12, 2004 Full Review Miracle (2004) 80% 3/5 EDIT “While not particularly ambitious as a human drama or character study, Disney's Miracle succeeds solidly at its main aim: stirringly recreating one of the great sports sagas of all time.” – Boxoffice Magazine Feb 9, 2004 Full Review The Perfect Score (2004) 15% 1.5/5 EDIT “Marked by jarring jumps in tone from broad comedy to drama, action-suspense and, most ridiculously, earnest 'message' material about the unfairness of standardized testing.” – Boxoffice Magazine Feb 1, 2004 Full Review Along Came Polly (2004) 27% 2.5/5 EDIT “The super-calculated nature of Reuben and Polly's 'opposites attract' relationship and Reuben's resulting character arc rarely leaves room for doubt as to where the artificial-feeling plot is going.” – Boxoffice Magazine Jan 16, 2004 Full Review Honey (2003) 19% 2/5 EDIT “Suffering from a painfully predictable narrative and characterization as deep as the average MTV spot, this lightweight bump-and-grinder owes star Jessica Alba and her megawatt smile for most of the minimal energy it's able to generate.” – Boxoffice Magazine Dec 4, 2003 Full Review Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat (2003) 10% 1.5/5 EDIT “While Myers is certainly one of the more creatively gifted comics on the scene today, his character-based spoofy style doesn't translate as well to the demands of a creature-suited performance.” – Boxoffice Magazine Nov 21, 2003 Full Review
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