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Tony Wong

Tony Wong's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Toronto Star entertainment writer

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The Lunchbox (2013) 97% 3/4 EDIT “A romantic comedy based on the most trifling and sentimental of conceits, while deftly avoiding a descent into schmaltz.” – Toronto Star Mar 20, 2014 Full Review Need for Speed (2014) 23% 0.5/4 EDIT “Need For Speed fails spectacularly on so many levels, it almost begs you to bring back the hyperactive, overacting Nicolas Cage for Drive Angry 2. Almost.” – Toronto Star Mar 14, 2014 Full Review Tabu (2012) 87% 3.5/4 EDIT “The reward is a stunning photographic narrative - a love story told as sweeping parable. But to get there takes an investment by the viewer.” – Toronto Star Sep 20, 2012 Full Review The Haunting of Molly Hartley (2008) 3% 2.5/4 EDIT “If you get past the retro Nancy Drew title, this is a worthwhile effort.” – Toronto Star Nov 3, 2008 Full Review Made in Jamaica (2006) 67% 3/4 EDIT “A worthy look at a music born though turmoil with a vision that still resonates globally.” – Toronto Star Oct 31, 2008 Full Review Quarantine (2008) 56% 2/4 EDIT “Quarantine is based on the 2007 Spanish thriller [REC]. Like any imitation, the quality's not as good, but this is about cheap thrills, of which there are not enough.” – Toronto Star Oct 13, 2008 Full Review Bangkok Dangerous (2008) 9% 1.5/4 EDIT “Awatchable, but dull action flick with not enough body count to satisfy the average mixed martial arts fanboy.” – Toronto Star Sep 8, 2008 Full Review Greg & Gentillon (2005) 3/4 EDIT “The triumph of the largely improvised film is that the characters, with all their naive optimism, are surprisingly nuanced.” – Toronto Star Aug 31, 2007 Full Review Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007) 50% 2/4 EDIT “Bean seems to lament how some filmmakers have forgotten that film is foremost a medium of mass entertainment. The great sadness is that without uttering much of anything, is a few jokes short of making a very good point.” – Toronto Star Aug 24, 2007 Full Review Hot Rod (2007) 39% 2.5/4 EDIT “Imagine a Stand by Me on wheels, with dialogue spoken by 20-something actors instead of 12-year-olds, and you have the essence of the script.” – Toronto Star Aug 3, 2007 Full Review Bratz (2007) 10% 1.5/4 EDIT “Bratz is a disappointment because the characters come off less as the girly superheroes they should be, and more as, well, brats.” – Toronto Star Aug 3, 2007 Full Review Captivity (2007) 9% 1/4 EDIT “The real horror here is how anyone, especially a two-time Oscar nominated director, could be this hard up for work.” – Toronto Star Jul 16, 2007 Full Review The Motel (2005) 88% 3/4 EDIT “Funny and real.” – Toronto Star May 6, 2006 Full Review Hoodwinked! (2005) 46% 2/4 EDIT “A warped, but mildly amusing twist on the childhood favourite.” – Toronto Star Jan 13, 2006 Full Review Hostel (2005) 60% 2.5/4 EDIT “Roth doesn't know when to leave well enough alone. Piling the gore on without benefit of artful tension, the film ends up approaching parody.” – Toronto Star Jan 6, 2006 Full Review Wolf Creek (2005) 55% 3.5/4 EDIT “Australian writer and director McLean produces what is likely the most riveting horror movie you will see this year.” – Toronto Star Dec 24, 2005 Full Review Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005) 8% 1.5/4 EDIT “Sequels tend to be stupider by the dozen, and part two is perhaps overshadowed only by the banality and pointlessness of say, Leprechaun 6.” – Toronto Star Dec 21, 2005 Full Review In the Mix (2005) 14% 2/4 EDIT “The failure is with a script as ungainly as it is and an oversimplified conception of American-Italian and black cultures.” – Toronto Star Dec 2, 2005 Full Review Cake (2004) 3/4 EDIT “Cake is under-baked and underwhelming.” – Toronto Star Dec 2, 2005 Full Review Just Friends (2005) 43% 2/4 EDIT “Just Friends is part Farrelly Brothers and part Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, all wrapped together to deliver gross-out gags in bizarrely random and rapid-fire fashion, with zero intent to develop sustainable plot or character.” – Toronto Star Nov 28, 2005 Full Review The Grace Lee Project (2005) 95% 3/4 EDIT “A clever look at the weight of cultural expectations and the crisis of identity, told with poignant wit.” – Toronto Star Nov 18, 2005 Full Review Dodging the Clock (2005) 2/4 EDIT “Trogi's binding theme that males are cavemen at heart is woven throughout the movie. But it's a tired and unoriginal symbol.” – Toronto Star Nov 18, 2005 Full Review
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