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Rob Boylan

Rob Boylan's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Holy Motors (2012) 91% 5/5 EDIT “It takes a lot to put yourself completely in a director's hands during a movie like this, but doing so makes Holy Motors deeply rewarding if you hang in with it and let Carax guide you.” – Orlando Weekly Apr 29, 2020 Full Review Tokarev (2014) 13% 2/5 EDIT “Somewhat conspicuously lacks both the ham and the cheese that we've come to expect in the landmark cinema of Nic Cage.” – Orlando Weekly Jul 9, 2014 Full Review Devil's Knot (2013) 26% 1/5 EDIT “It's unclear what the director, Atom Egoyan, intended to do here. The film has no personality or authorship. There is no arc or drama, only scenes lined up one after another.” – Orlando Weekly May 6, 2014 Full Review Fading Gigolo (2013) 54% 2/5 EDIT “Each half of the plot is strange and funny in an entirely different way, but the two never mesh as a whole like they might in a novel, so the wildness of this storyline grab bag leaves the stitching far too visible.” – Orlando Weekly May 6, 2014 Full Review Knuckleball! (2012) 94% 4/5 EDIT “A microcosm of baseball itself, the knuckleball is a cruel, unpredictable thing.” – Orlando Weekly May 6, 2014 Full Review Dom Hemingway (2013) 58% 3/5 EDIT “I've always been on the fence about Law. For every Gattaca or Closer, there are a handful of The Holidays and Cold Mountains to contend with. But if Dom isn't his best performance, it's certainly his funniest.” – Orlando Weekly Apr 30, 2014 Full Review Winter in the Blood (2013) 67% 3/5 EDIT “There are worthwhile scenes, and the mood is occasionally affecting, but it doesn't come together as a singular piece overall, and that's too much to overlook.” – Orlando Weekly Apr 2, 2014 Full Review Copenhagen (2014) 82% 2/5 EDIT “Hansen is the film's only redeemable quality; it's a shame that she is wasted on this pointless search.” – Orlando Weekly Apr 2, 2014 Full Review Ernest & Celestine (2012) 98% 4/5 EDIT “Despite the rumors of its demise, 2D hand-drawn animation isn't dead. In fact it's becoming vital again in Europe, and this is a brilliant example of what it could be again.” – Orlando Weekly Apr 2, 2014 Full Review Short Term 12 (2013) 98% 4/5 EDIT “There are so many pitfalls, and it seems like every TV movie version of the story falls into all of them at the same time. But in Short Term 12, writer-director Destin Cretton manages to skillfully step over all of them.” – Orlando Weekly Dec 10, 2013 Full Review Pacific Rim (2013) 72% EDIT “Bro, it comes down to this: if you can't turn the brain meat off and sit back and enjoy Charlie Hunnam, Rinko Kikuchi and Idris Elba beating the crap out of some monsters then, dude, you're the monster.” – Orlando Weekly Dec 10, 2013 Full Review Moonrise Kingdom (2012) 93% 5/5 EDIT “Anderson's woodsy thought process... elicits a thorough batch of the rainy summer daydreams where most grand childhood adventures and romances are so often had: in heads and hearts, if not in flesh.” – Orlando Weekly Aug 3, 2013 Full Review Arbitrage (2012) 87% 2/5 EDIT “He simply evades and bargains. It's tough to say what audiences are supposed to do with that.” – Orlando Weekly Oct 9, 2012 Full Review Side by Side (2012) 92% 3/5 EDIT “I appreciate [Reeves'] interest and passion on the subject, and his interview style is fine -- the conversations he finds himself engaged in with the Wachowski's especially is worth watching it for alone.” – Orlando Weekly Sep 7, 2012 Full Review Red Lights (2012) 30% 2/5 EDIT “Filmed in Spain and Canada, Red Lights is limply staged and even more uninspiringly shot - everywhere looks like nowhere. The effect of all this is a total lack of emotional connection to these characters right from the start.” – Orlando Weekly Aug 1, 2012 Full Review Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012) 87% 5/5 EDIT “If I didn't see it with my own eyes, I never would have thought it possible to make a fairy tale out of Hurricane Katrina, but that's exactly what first-time director Benh Zeitlin has done in Beasts of the Southern Wild.” – Orlando Weekly Aug 1, 2012 Full Review The Whistleblower (2010) 75% 3/5 EDIT “Don't let the impressive cast list, which includes Vanessa Redgrave, Monica Bellucci and David Strathairn, fool you: This is the Rachel Weisz show.” – Orlando Weekly Oct 12, 2011 Full Review YellowBrickRoad (2010) 44% 2/5 EDIT “Not only are the movie's key questions left unanswered, they are left almost entirely unexplored once the cast begins their journey on the trail.” – Orlando Weekly Jun 1, 2011 Full Review Daydream Nation (2010) 67% EDIT “The goodwill that the charming Dennings has built up in earlier films, such as 40-Year-Old Virgin and Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, doesn't excuse this role.” – Orlando Weekly May 26, 2011 Full Review Four Lions (2009) 84% 3/5 EDIT “The film left me with a slightly empty feeling that all Morris has accomplished is getting me to split my sides in the face of something wholly terrifying, and that's OK - even necessary - for now.” – Orlando Weekly Dec 30, 2010 Full Review Howl (2010) 64% 4/5 EDIT “This film is not exactly a defining moment of anything, past or present, but it offers a compelling peek at an important point in time.” – Orlando Weekly Dec 2, 2010 Full Review The Hurt Locker (2008) 96% 4/5 EDIT “Bigelow's camera is impartial and dispassionate, but explosively powerful and unflinching. There is no commentary or judgment, just war and fatigue.” – Orlando Weekly Jul 23, 2009 Full Review Departures (2008) 80% 4/5 EDIT “There is nothing so sparkling to this film at first glance. It's a film about man's mortality and how he handles it, but death is not cleverly hidden inside a bigger story. It's a wake-up slap in the face about the gritty part of dying: the bodies.” – Orlando Weekly Jul 9, 2009 Full Review Whatever Works (2009) 50% 3/5 EDIT “Whatever Works won't set the world on fire but it has more than its share of riotously hysterical moments and delicious absurdities.” – Orlando Weekly Jul 3, 2009 Full Review The Limits of Control (2009) 43% 2/5 EDIT “Every time something seems to be happening, Jarmusch tips us gently back into sleep mode. It's enough to make you long for a sip of one of the countless espressos the nameless man enjoys.” – Orlando Weekly Jun 4, 2009 Full Review
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