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Norm Schrager

Norm Schrager's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).

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Tommy's Honour (2016) 68% 7/10 EDIT “The film does put a welcome emphasis on character development, but the approach also makes Tommy's Honour feel longer than it needs to be.” – Paste Magazine Apr 13, 2017 Full Review Joshy (2016) 84% 8.1/10 EDIT “With five main characters, a host of cameos and a precipitous balance between comedy and darkness, Joshy gets a lot done, and does it very well.” – Paste Magazine Aug 10, 2016 Full Review The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (2013) 68% 3 / 5 EDIT “The mix of reality and absurdity gives Felix Herngren's film a pleasant patter, but the energy feels too loose and strangely artificial.” – Meet In The Lobby Apr 21, 2016 Full Review The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2 (2015) 70% 3.5 / 5 EDIT “The cast is an enormous plus, filling the movie with seriously seasoned pros who bring real weight to the film.” – Meet In The Lobby Apr 21, 2016 Full Review Minions (2015) 55% 5.6/10 EDIT “Struggling to come up with a reason for its sidekick characters to have their own adventure, Minions proves far too much of a little thing.” – Paste Magazine Jul 9, 2015 Full Review A Most Violent Year (2014) 89% 6.9/10 EDIT “We're watching a career in progress here, the missteps of a very talented director who's trying to make a true mark on American filmmaking. J.C. Chandor's attempt is admirable, even as he remains at the brink of cinematic mastery.” – Paste Magazine Jan 2, 2015 Full Review The Battered Bastards of Baseball (2014) 100% 3.5/5 EDIT “... just about holds up as a documentary, usually great fun and relatively dramatic as the baseball bureaucracy starts firing arrows at Russell's class-A kingdom.” – Meet In The Lobby Nov 8, 2014 Full Review Bears (2014) 88% 3/5 EDIT “...the landscape and photography are regularly astounding, and that should be enough to hold most adults' attention for the film's 75 minutes.” – Meet In The Lobby Nov 8, 2014 Full Review Blue Ruin (2013) 96% 4.5/5 EDIT “Two films come to mind while watching Blue Ruin: Carl Franklin's One False Move and The Coens' No Country for Old Men. That's some damned impressive company, and it's appropriate.” – Meet In The Lobby Nov 4, 2014 Full Review Obvious Child (2014) 90% 4/5 EDIT “Jenny Slate is the reason to see Obvious Child. And she holds the promise of better comedies to come.” – Meet In The Lobby Nov 4, 2014 Full Review Interstellar (2014) 73% 3.5/5 EDIT “... a physically overwhelming space mega-movie that often fires on all cylinders, but sputters toward the journey's end.” – Meet In The Lobby Nov 4, 2014 Full Review The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (2014) 93% 7.4/10 EDIT “A distinctively human tale in a world of software development, Own Boy succeeds on many levels.” – Paste Magazine Jun 27, 2014 Full Review The Wind Rises (2013) 88% 9.1/10 EDIT “If The Wind Rises is indeed the final film from Hayao Miyazaki -- the animation master has both announced and rescinded his retirement -- he leaves us with a moving, meaningful farewell.” – Paste Magazine Feb 20, 2014 Full Review Upside Down (2012) 29% 2/5 EDIT “Solanas takes on the genre with the swoony rush and sloppiness of a lovesick preteen.” – Meet In The Lobby Jan 11, 2014 Full Review Lone Survivor (2013) 75% 4/5 EDIT “the screen ideal of a steely-eyed military maneuver: well-mapped out but terrifying, with unrelenting focus and attitude.” – Meet In The Lobby Jan 11, 2014 Full Review Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) 92% 5/5 EDIT “... an unexpected gem, a movie that seems completely familiar while turning narrative convention on its ear again and again.” – Meet In The Lobby Dec 6, 2013 Full Review The Great Beauty (2013) 91% 4/5 EDIT “... the endless charm, the boundless creativity and Luca Bigazzi's cinematography are inarguably wondrous.” – Meet In The Lobby Nov 30, 2013 Full Review The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013) 90% 3.5/5 EDIT “... this sequel is better cast, well-wound and powerfully paced.” – Meet In The Lobby Nov 22, 2013 Full Review Gravity (2013) 96% 4.5/5 EDIT “Space, land, sea. Life, death, evolution. Technology, humanity, destruction. All within a conventional structure that lacks conceit, and is constantly riveting.” – Meet In The Lobby Nov 9, 2013 Full Review Paradise (2013) 20% 6.2/10 EDIT “Cody's fresh coming-of-age story keeps pulling back from blossoming into something a bit magical.” – Paste Magazine Oct 24, 2013 Full Review Jayne Mansfield's Car (2012) 33% 6/10 EDIT “It's obvious that Billy Bob Thornton is attempting something meaningful with Jayne Mansfield's Car. It's just tough to figure out what it is.” – Paste Magazine Sep 26, 2013 Full Review Prisoners (2013) 81% 2.5 / 5 EDIT “The makers of Prisoners think they're validating the film's vicious actions with provocative reactions, but it's a hollow effort.” – Meet In The Lobby Sep 19, 2013 Full Review A Band Called Death (2012) 94% 4.5/5 EDIT “... the total package is simply joyous, a lovingly told celebration of big dreams and second chances.” – Meet In The Lobby Sep 7, 2013 Full Review Computer Chess (2013) 86% 3.5/5 EDIT “Despite its creative smarts and originality, Computer Chess can really be summed up as an artistic curiosity.” – Meet In The Lobby Sep 7, 2013 Full Review The Act of Killing (2012) 96% 4/5 EDIT “Oppenheimer's conceit is a daring one, maybe even exploitative to a point, but man, does it work.” – Meet In The Lobby Sep 7, 2013 Full Review
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