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DAVID GERMAIN
PUBLICATION(S)
• Associated Press
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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• Dallas Morning News
• Denver Post
• Deseret News, Salt Lake City
• Houston Chronicle
• Journal News (Westchester, NY)
• Los Angeles Daily News
• Los Angeles Times
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• Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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Total Reviews: 204


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FRESH SAMPLE
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Fresh  RocknRolla
Fresh  The Clone Wars
Fresh  Journey to the Center of the Earth
Fresh  Barbershop
Fresh  Penelope
Fresh  The Spiderwick Chronicles
Fresh  Grace is Gone
Fresh  Nine Lives
Fresh  Transformers
Fresh  Die Hard 4: Live Free or Die Hard
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ROTTEN SAMPLE
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Rotten  Last Chance Harvey
Rotten  Yes Man
Rotten  The Day the Earth Stood Still
Rotten  Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Rotten  Changeling
Rotten  Rachel Getting Married
Rotten  The Lucky Ones
Rotten  Igor
Rotten  Fly Me To The Moon
Rotten  Hancock
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This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 73% of the time.

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" Almost inevitably, Hoffman and Thompson are charming. Even they can't turn Hopkins' thin story into a credible tale, though." -- Associated Press
Posted Dec 24, 2008
 
Last Chance Harvey (2008)74%
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" Deschanel and Carrey make for indifferent romantic partners. Both are pleasant enough, but no one's going to look at the two together and think, what a great couple they make." -- Associated Press
Posted Dec 18, 2008
 
Yes Man (2008)43%
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" While Robert Wise's science-fiction classic The Day the Earth Stood Still" was a simple story of deep ideas, the remake is an overblown, puny-minded tale featuring extraterrestrials too stupid or lazy to do a background check on the species they condemn." -- Associated Press
Posted Dec 10, 2008
 
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)19%
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" With so many characters to cram in and not much for many of them to do, Escape 2 Africa ends up a choppy, episodic affair." -- Associated Press
Posted Nov 7, 2008
 
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)63%
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" It all just seems like window-dressing for Jolie's best-actress clip at the Oscars." -- Associated Press
Posted Oct 24, 2008
 
Changeling (2008)59%
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" No doubt it was fun assembling so many close associates, but like Kym, Demme doesn't know when enough is enough for those who aren't part of the family circle." -- Associated Press
Posted Oct 18, 2008
 
Rachel Getting Married (2008)87%
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" [A] far-fetched take on Iraq War homecomings." -- Associated Press
Posted Sep 26, 2008
 
The Lucky Ones (2008)33%
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" A potentially original premise and an eager voice cast led by John Cusack and Molly Shannon are left to decay amid a clunky story vaguely reminiscent of Monsters, Inc. and images often resembling visuals rejected from Tim Burton's Corpse Bride." -- Associated Press
Posted Sep 17, 2008
 
Igor (2008)34%
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" While Ritchie stumbled with his last two flicks, RocknRolla has the kind of manic energy that made audiences fall for the rogues of his earlier films." -- Associated Press
Posted Sep 5, 2008
 
RocknRolla (2008)58%
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" Mildly educational and not all that entertaining." -- Associated Press
Posted Aug 15, 2008
 
Fly Me To The Moon (2008)18%
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" Reasonably fun if generally forgettable." -- Associated Press
Posted Aug 11, 2008
 
The Clone Wars (2008)18%
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2.5/4
 
" With crisp images and depth that makes you feel you could reach out and stick your hand into the middle of the action, the movie projected in digital 3-D form actually makes that theme-park ride kind of fun." -- Associated Press
Posted Jul 11, 2008
 
Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)61%
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" The filmmakers cannot resist embracing the conventions they were tweaking. Hancock turns from a moody, darkly funny character piece trimmed out with a bit of engaging action and veers into a poor impersonation of a standard superhero movie." -- Associated Press
Posted Jun 30, 2008
 
Hancock (2008)39%
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" Myers wants us all to love him, wants us all to be in on his jokes. But love and laughs are earned, not given just because you mug for the camera behind a wild wig and beard." -- Associated Press
Posted Jun 18, 2008
 
The Love Guru (2008)14%
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" The shock value wears off quickly and writer-director Shyamalan strands us in a boring cautionary tale with an infantile eco-message about humanity needing to live in harmony with nature -- or else." -- Associated Press
Posted Jun 13, 2008
 
The Happening (2008)19%
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" They're such lovable goofs that you can't help wishing their quest for White Castle fast food and their flight from Gitmo could live up to the sort of sharp satire these two bright boys deserve." -- Associated Press
Posted Apr 23, 2008
 
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008)54%
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" A stronger word than preposterous is needed to describe the, well, preposterous lengths director Jon Avnet and company go to engorge this movie with idiotic action, incomprehensible twists and loads of other nonsense." -- Associated Press
Posted Apr 16, 2008
 
88 Minutes (2008)5%
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" The film leaves you longing for a few Hail Mary end-zone passes, while the filmmakers stick to a story that tries to pound it out with a safe, tedious ground game." -- Associated Press
Posted Apr 3, 2008
 
Leatherheads (2008)53%
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" The film leaves you longing for a few Hail Mary end-zone passes, while the filmmakers stick to a story that tries to pound it out with a safe, tedious ground game." -- Associated Press
Posted Apr 2, 2008
 
Operation Inchon ()n/a
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" Lack of originality is where 21 really deals a losing hand." -- Associated Press
Posted Mar 27, 2008
 
21 (2008)35%
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" Barbershop is a cozy place to hang out for a while, even if you don't need a little off the sides." -- Associated Press
Posted Mar 18, 2008
 
Barbershop (2002)83%
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" Horton may hear a Who, but the rest of us may hear a lot of hoopla, and it's not all the charming sort you expect from a benign Seussian world." -- Associated Press
Posted Mar 12, 2008
 
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! (2008)78%
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" No offense intended, but a pig snout is very becoming on Christina Ricci." -- Associated Press
Posted Feb 27, 2008
 
Penelope (2008)50%
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" The assassination thriller Vantage Point might have been a triumph of form over content, technique over substance, if only there were anything worthy about its form or technique." -- Associated Press
Posted Feb 20, 2008
 
Vantage Point (2008)36%
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" The Spiderwick Chronicles may not be in the same fantasy league as the tales of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis and J.K. Rowling. Yet the family flick based on the books of Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black is an all-around class act." -- Associated Press
Posted Feb 13, 2008
 
The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)79%
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" Truth be told, everyone and everything about Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins is pretty unlikable." -- Associated Press
Posted Feb 8, 2008
 
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008)24%
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" Everything about the movie is as clunky and unimaginative as the title." -- Associated Press
Posted Jan 29, 2008
 
Over Her Dead Body (2008)15%
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" The movie might satisfy bloodthirsty action fans, but for most people, this is one Stallone do-over we could have done without." -- Associated Press
Posted Jan 24, 2008
 
Rambo (2008)37%
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" Nicholson and Freeman are so lovably companionable, they almost make you forget the glaring contrivances screenwriter Justin Zackham concocts." -- Associated Press
Posted Jan 9, 2008
 
The Bucket List (2007)41%
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" As with the first movie, Book of Secrets leaps around like a choppy travel documentary." -- Associated Press
Posted Dec 21, 2007
 
National Treasure 2 : Book of Secrets (2007)31%
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" It's stirring, even gut-wrenching, on the strength of John Cusack's terrifically restrained performance as a husband in denial over the death of his wife in Iraq." -- Associated Press
Posted Dec 5, 2007
 
Grace is Gone (2007)59%
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" With boundless ambition far exceeding his ability to tell a coherent story, Kelly manages only an artistic apocalypse." -- Associated Press
Posted Nov 14, 2007
 
Southland Tales (2007)36%
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" Much of the movie plays like a civics lesson." -- Associated Press
Posted Nov 7, 2007
 
Lions for Lambs (2007)27%
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" Cusack and Coleman are on screen together most of the movie, and the fact that they don’t completely overstay their welcome amid the maudlin action says a lot for the restraint they bring to the characters." -- Associated Press
Posted Oct 31, 2007
 
Martian Child (2007)30%
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C
 
" A surprisingly plain, sappy, even insipid comedy, considering the filmmaker behind it." -- Associated Press
Posted Oct 26, 2007
 
Dan in Real Life (2007)66%
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" You can only see so many snarling hissy fits by vampires with perpetually bloody chins before they start looking less like monsters and more like ill-tempered circus clowns whose makeup is running." -- Associated Press
Posted Oct 17, 2007
 
30 Days of Night (2007)50%
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" Like The Yards, We Own the Night is broody to the point of anesthesia and operatic to the verge of bombast. And like its predecessor, the new film takes itself far too seriously." -- Associated Press
Posted Oct 9, 2007
 
We Own The Night (2007)55%
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" Peter and Bobby Farrelly's take on the 1972 Neil Simon-Elaine May original is not nearly as funny as you'd like for a movie that reunites them with There's Something About Mary star Ben Stiller in another gross-out romance." -- Associated Press
Posted Oct 4, 2007
 
The Heartbreak Kid (2007)30%
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" The stories are sketches, often without resolution, and while individual segments succeed admirably, taken together the portraits are a fitful match." -- Associated Press
Posted Oct 1, 2007
 
Nine Lives (2005)76%
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" It's certainly a goodhearted story, and the movie does offer a little plot twist that deviates from the usual formula. After that, though, The Game Plan quickly reverts to the established playbook for safe, sappy family fare." -- Associated Press
Posted Sep 26, 2007
 
The Game Plan (2007)27%
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" While Mr. Bean's Holiday is hardly a memorable vacation, Atkinson proves an agreeably silly tour guide." -- Associated Press
Posted Aug 20, 2007
 
Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007)50%
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" The early intensity of Sunshine wanes in the third act. The film becomes a ferocious jumble, and rather than a supernova finish, it winks out amid stale New Age notions of the continuity of life and connectedness of all things." -- Associated Press
Posted Jul 17, 2007
 
Sunshine (2007)76%
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" The action sequences are so turgid it's sometimes hard to tell which 'bot is doing what, but with Bay steadily hurling fireworks you won't really pause much to think about that, or about how truly inane the story is." -- Associated Press
Posted Jul 11, 2007
 
Transformers (2007)57%
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" Familiarity is not quite breeding contempt for Harry and his friends and enemies. But it's starting to breed indifference." -- Associated Press
Posted Jul 9, 2007
 
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)77%
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" For a pure summer power trip, it's a decent throwback to the pure-brawn heyday of Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger, an agreeable respite from today's cartoonlike ballets of computer-generated action." -- Associated Press
Posted Jun 25, 2007
 
Die Hard 4: Live Free or Die Hard (2007)81%
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" 1408 generally survives and thrives on the strength of John Cusack's passionate performance as a skeptic of the supernatural who learns that spooks may be real, plus a spirited supporting role by Samuel L. Jackson and some effective chills." -- Associated Press
Posted Jun 19, 2007
 
1408 (2007)78%
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" Amid all the vapid dialogue and visual fireworks, the performances seem like afterthoughts, particularly those of Gruffudd and Alba." -- Associated Press
Posted Jun 13, 2007
 
The Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)35%
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" Ocean's Thirteen still feels like one trip too many to the craps table, playing the same hunches, with the outcome unimaginatively clear from the start: Categorical victory for the rascally good guys, utter defeat and humiliation for the villain." -- Associated Press
Posted Jun 6, 2007
 
Ocean's Thirteen (2007)70%
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" When your best character is a serial killer‘s imaginary friend, you know your movie‘s in trouble." -- Associated Press
Posted May 30, 2007
 
Mr. Brooks (2007)56%
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2/4
 
" There are a couple of genuinely funny sight gags, but most of the roadside attractions of Wild Hogs are either boring or outright annoying." -- Los Angeles Daily News
Posted May 12, 2007
 
Wild Hogs (2007)14%

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