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Richard C. Walls

Richard C. Walls's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Pearl Harbor (2001) 24% 2/5 EDIT “Bay seems temperamentally incapable of holding a shot for much more than five seconds.” – Metro Times (Detroit, MI) May 27, 2014 Full Review In the Mood for Love (2000) 92% 3.5/5 EDIT “While one may be less than happy with the film's narrative turns, Wong Kai-wai remains one of those intrinsically visual directors whose work needs to be seen, not described.” – Metro Times (Detroit, MI) Apr 15, 2014 Full Review Shrek (2001) 88% 3.5/5 EDIT “The animation, with its dimensional verisimilitude, is beguiling and the whole package ends with a noncloying dash of uplift.” – Metro Times (Detroit, MI) Nov 25, 2013 Full Review The Blair Witch Project (1999) 86% EDIT “No doubt part of the reason that the film has affected some viewers so intensely is because it requires them to fill in a lot of blank spaces, to exercise a perceptive muscle which, especially among younger viewers, may have grown flabby from neglect.” – Metro Times (Detroit, MI) Oct 5, 2013 Full Review Battlefield Earth (2000) 3% EDIT “It's incessantly loud, underlit and badly directed -- actually not so much directed as ineptly assembled, with no action sequence going unbotched.” – Metro Times (Detroit, MI) May 28, 2013 Full Review Au Hasard Balthazar (1966) 100% 4/5 EDIT “With Bresson, patience is rewarding, and not just because Balthazar has an ending both strangely beautiful and profoundly sad. It's worth the effort to connect to this singular vision, one that's austere and humane in equal measure.” – Metro Times (Detroit, MI) Mar 5, 2013 Full Review The Little Chinese Seamstress (2002) 77% EDIT “[A] big, beautifully photographed and somewhat mushy film.” – Orlando Weekly Nov 11, 2005 Full Review Mondovino (2004) 72% 2/5 EDIT “It's informative but not very entertaining -- unless you stay up nights worrying about the globalization of the wine industry, that is.” – Orlando Weekly May 5, 2005 Full Review Born Into Brothels (2004) 95% 3/5 EDIT “A film that's ultimately more charmingly bittersweet than truly disturbing.” – Orlando Weekly Mar 17, 2005 Full Review Seducing Doctor Lewis (2003) 69% 2.5/5 EDIT “Too faithful to the well-worn formula of mixing homegrown eccentricity with a slathering of sentiment, and it never really takes off.” – Orlando Weekly Dec 9, 2004 Full Review Zelary (2003) 74% 3.5/5 EDIT “A detailed tale well told.” – Orlando Weekly Nov 18, 2004 Full Review Zhou Yu's Train (2002) 42% 2/5 EDIT “Zhou Yu's Train looks good, but there's no denying that there's very little lurking underneath its pretty surface.” – Orlando Weekly Sep 16, 2004 Full Review Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring (2003) 94% 4/5 EDIT “It's a harsh story told against a lush backdrop, sad without being sentimental and instructive without being preachy.” – Orlando Weekly Jun 4, 2004 Full Review Dracula: Pages From a Virgin's Diary (2002) 88% 4/5 EDIT “It's a throwback to the days when horror movies often had a certain visual grandeur. And while one may miss a modern frisson or two, there's still a great deal of dreadful beauty to relish.” – Orlando Weekly May 7, 2004 Full Review Sylvia (2003) 37% 3.5/5 EDIT “This could be very dreary stuff if it weren't for Gwyneth Paltrow, who is pitch perfect as Plath.” – Orlando Weekly Nov 14, 2003 Full Review Masked and Anonymous (2003) 26% 2.5/5 EDIT “The idea of a movie where Dylan essentially plays himself sounds kind of promising. Maybe someday that movie will get made. It's not this one.” – Orlando Weekly Oct 3, 2003 Full Review The Cuckoo (2002) 87% 2.5/5 EDIT “A pretty good film -- a dark comedy rigorously observed -- until Rogozhkin reveals himself to be just another New Age softie.” – Orlando Weekly Oct 3, 2003 Full Review The Eye (2002) 64% EDIT “Along with the smudgy visuals, the first part of the movie goes heavy on the shock cuts and sudden loud noises -- effective interruptions in a narrative that leans toward the quiet and introspective.” – Orlando Weekly Aug 1, 2003 Full Review Tadpole (2002) 77% 3/5 EDIT “Its direction, its script, and Weaver's performance as a vaguely discontented woman of substance make for a mildly entertaining 77 minutes, if that's what you're in the mood for.” – Orlando Weekly Aug 22, 2002 Full Review Under the Sun (1998) 73% 3.5/5 EDIT “Under the Sun succeeds in direct proportion to one's ability to fall in sync with its tentative pace and low-keyed mood.” – Orlando Weekly Mar 14, 2002 Full Review The Mystery of Picasso (1955) 87% 4/5 EDIT “It is, in a sense, the ultimate art film.” – Orlando Weekly Feb 14, 2002 Full Review L.I.E. (2001) 85% EDIT “It seems brave, in its restrained fashion, and when Cox is on-screen you feel it's getting close to some uncomfortable truth.” – Orlando Weekly Oct 19, 2001 Full Review
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