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FRED TOPEL
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Total Reviews: 826
Total QuickRatings: 362

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A SAMPLING OF THIS CRITIC'S CINEMATIC TASTE
 
FRESH SAMPLE
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Fresh  JCVD
Fresh  Role Models
Fresh  Soul Men
Fresh  Quantum of Solace
Fresh  Max Payne
Fresh  High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Fresh  Body of Lies
Fresh  Happy-Go-Lucky
Fresh  Kill Switch
Fresh  Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
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ROTTEN SAMPLE
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Rotten  Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Rotten  Slumdog Millionaire
Rotten  Pride and Glory
Rotten  Zack and Miri Make a Porno
Rotten  RocknRolla
Rotten  The Express
Rotten  Rachel Getting Married
Rotten  How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Rotten  Hounddog
Rotten  The Women
 more...
This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 58% of the time.

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" I think this may be the first ever documented case of triple Van Dammage." -- Crave Online
Posted Nov 14, 2008
 
JCVD (2008)84%
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" These guys know it's high concept, but they play it. The idea of Scott and Rudd as Big Brother type mentors to special needs children is awesome." -- Can Magazine
Posted Nov 14, 2008
 
Role Models (2008)75%
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" Bernie Mac can say MF too." -- Can Magazine
Posted Nov 14, 2008
 
Soul Men (2008)44%
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" They did another one, and probably better than the original, but I'm simply tolerant." -- Can Magazine
Posted Nov 14, 2008
 
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)59%
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" I get why Slumdog Millionaire is getting all the raves. It's well done and it's the kind of movie that gets people's attention. Just not mine." -- Can Magazine
Posted Nov 14, 2008
 
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)90%
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" There's a bit of a sense of Bourne style action except you can follow it." -- Can Magazine
Posted Nov 14, 2008
 
Quantum of Solace (2008)66%
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" What are you going to do? It's cool to be the first game to put players in control of a John Woo gunfight, but to be yet another movie waving double guns in slow motion, not so much." -- Can Magazine
Posted Nov 2, 2008
 
Max Payne (2008)18%
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" Loud..." -- Can Magazine
Posted Nov 2, 2008
 
Pride and Glory (2008)34%
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" No Disney movie has made me re-evaluate my life like this since D2: The Mighty Ducks. Perhaps HSM 3 is the perfect bookend to my teenage teamwork movie. At least this time I can look back and realize I have made the right choices." -- Can Magazine
Posted Nov 2, 2008
 
High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008)67%
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" This was bound to happen... I have so far loved every single one of [Kevin Smith's] films, especially Jersey Girl. But at some point I was going to have to give something he made a negative review."" -- Can Magazine
Posted Nov 2, 2008
 
Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008)64%
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" That Ridley Scott guy, he directs things pretty good." -- Can Magazine
Posted Oct 11, 2008
 
Body of Lies (2008)50%
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" It was a film The Secret would want me to see." -- Can Magazine
Posted Oct 11, 2008
 
Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)94%
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" Even the rock music just seems immature. It's clearly a crutch, because none of these scenes would be cool without a pounding score... This is all the kind of abrasive rock that kids like to annoy their parents." -- Can Magazine
Posted Oct 11, 2008
 
RocknRolla (2008)58%
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" Is [the significance] for Davis to set a precedent as the first African-American Heissman Trophy winner? I mean, honestly, are they going to make a biopic about Halle Berry and Denzel Washington's Oscar wins?" -- Can Magazine
Posted Oct 11, 2008
 
The Express (2008)62%
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" It's actually kind of funny how they put a quick insert of Seagal's face in a shot where some dude shot from the back is wailing on a guy in front of him, completely obstructing the action. The kicker is when they have him dub one liners over it." -- Can Magazine
Posted Oct 3, 2008
 
Kill Switch ()n/a
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" If Rachel Getting Married were a real movie, it would be one of the worst of the year. Luckily, it's not a real movie, so Snow Angels, Mad Money and Fool's Gold need not worry about the competition." -- Can Magazine
Posted Oct 3, 2008
 
Rachel Getting Married (2008)87%
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" This movie is so cute. They're not pushing anything. It's just sweet behavior. There's nothing outrageous. It's all just mellow moving through situations, and every minor act has such a heartfelt motivation." -- Can Magazine
Posted Oct 3, 2008
 
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008)72%
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" the film is excessively proud to chastise the celebrity journalism industry but it has no basis. One, all but one of the celebrities is made up. Two, nobody seems to do any journalism. Three, they never establish the joy of Hollywood." -- Can Magazine
Posted Oct 3, 2008
 
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)37%
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" We're seeing Fanning in soaking wet white underwear playing in the river, gyrating like Elvis. That's worse that an exploitative rape scene. This is just the filmmakers deciding to depict salacious behavior." -- Can Magazine
Posted Sep 26, 2008
 
Hounddog (2008)17%
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" I feel bad for women that The Women is the kind of movie Hollywood makes for you." -- Can Magazine
Posted Sep 26, 2008
 
The Women (2008)13%
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" Well, here's another animated movie." -- Can Magazine
Posted Sep 26, 2008
 
Igor (2008)32%
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" The best western since 3:10 to Yuma, which is to say it's a western." -- Crave Online
Posted Sep 26, 2008
 
Appaloosa (2008)75%
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" Hitch has nothing on My Best Friend's Girl... the best romance since The Notebook." -- Can Magazine
Posted Sep 26, 2008
 
My Best Friend's Girl (2008)17%
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" The overall tone I like the filmmakers saying, 'Yeah, we did that. That just happened. You saw it. It's stupid but we don't care.' They just keep letting it roll from being innocently dirty at times to farcical and referential." -- Can Magazine
Posted Sep 26, 2008
 
Burn After Reading (2008)78%
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" Samuel L. Jackson at his mother******* best!" -- Can Magazine
Posted Sep 26, 2008
 
Lakeview Terrace (2008)44%
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" Rachel McAdams keeps reminding me how good she is in every role she takes. In this movie, she just glows energy. Acting is one thing. How do you project energy? Through joy, anger and curiosity, she projects this vibe and she is the backbone of the film." -- Can Magazine
Posted Sep 26, 2008
 
The Lucky Ones (2008)33%
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" Any movie that opens with the story of the woman, her dog and a jar of peanut butter is okay by me." -- Can Magazine
Posted Sep 26, 2008
 
Choke (2008)56%
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" I was pretty well braced for everything to come, but man, that scene with the daughter at the end still got me. Damn you, Nicholas Sparks, and your magical tear jerking super powers!" -- Can Magazine
Posted Sep 26, 2008
 
Nights in Rodanthe (2008)31%
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" Eagle Eye wants to be a modern day North by Northwest. Instead it has to settle for being a slightly higher tech Die Hard with a Vengeance." -- Can Magazine
Posted Sep 26, 2008
 
Eagle Eye (2008)27%
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" It's oddly satisfying, even though it does everything wrong." -- Can Magazine
Posted Aug 22, 2008
 
Death Race (2008)42%
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" Their makeovers are not superficial. It's just basic interaction. It's not bad to dress like human beings. And making over that brace is a real triumph over adversity." -- Can Magazine
Posted Aug 22, 2008
 
The House Bunny (2008)40%
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" Well, at least the underdog formula has gotten so tight that we can wrap these things up in under 90 minutes." -- Can Magazine
Posted Aug 22, 2008
 
The Longshots (2008)37%
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" The answer to every stupid inspirational teacher movie there ever was... It's about what crap all those inspirational teacher movies are." -- Can Magazine
Posted Aug 22, 2008
 
Hamlet 2 (2008)62%
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" Just the title suggests how profound the movie is. If he'd called it Vicky and Cristina Go to Barcelona, that's obvious and basic. Just using the key words says, 'Here's what we're dealing with, now you figure out the proper grammer.'" -- Can Magazine
Posted Aug 16, 2008
 
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)81%
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" By the time he pulls a gun on someone pivotal to the mystery, it's not that the movie is doing 24. It's just that the movie has no motivation for that character to be involved, so they force it, via his Jack Bauer moves." -- Can Magazine
Posted Aug 16, 2008
 
Mirrors (2008)14%
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" Makes me miss Uwe Boll." -- Can Magazine
Posted Aug 3, 2008
 
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)14%
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" More exciting than The Phantom Menace and makes more sense than Attack of the Clones." -- Can Magazine
Posted Jul 21, 2008
 
The Clone Wars (2008)19%
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" One of the better non-Pixar animated films out there." -- Can Magazine
Posted Jul 18, 2008
 
Space Chimps (2008)35%
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" Everything you would want to see in a movie... I wanted to applaud after every scene Heath Ledger performed... features Batman's most wonderful toys yet." -- Can Magazine
Posted Jul 18, 2008
 
The Dark Knight (2008)94%
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" It all works because it is heartfelt and fun. They are sincere about this, not condescending to the masses. They even have the most sensitive fat joke I've ever seen. Even a pee joke is funny because it's Steve Carell doing a pee joke." -- Can Magazine
Posted Jun 21, 2008
 
Get Smart (2008)53%
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" They are not putting any of the funny stuff from The Love Guru in the trailer. This is a rapid assault of comedy." -- Can Magazine
Posted Jun 21, 2008
 
The Love Guru (2008)14%
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" I "wanted" to love Wanted but I only liked it. It's Alice in Wonderland for grown-ups and you've never seen action like this before, but the script really could have used a polish." -- Can Magazine
Posted Jun 21, 2008
 
Wanted (2008)73%
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" I didn't mind the Ang Lee one. I don't think this is any better or worse. It's just another Hulk movie." -- Can Magazine
Posted Jun 13, 2008
 
The Incredible Hulk (2008)67%
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" I'm always amused by the sort of backlashes that Shyamalan is in right now. Well, M. Night Shyamalan makes vague, subtle fantasy thrillers. If you've outgrown it, don't blame him." -- Can Magazine
Posted Jun 13, 2008
 
The Happening (2008)19%
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" Here's a weird little comedy... Kind of like Clerks in a bigger store, or at least a funny version of Employee of the Month." -- Can Magazine
Posted Jun 6, 2008
 
The Promotion (2008)51%
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" The best Mossad agent turned hair stylist movie ever made. Seriously, it's actually really good and fun." -- Can Magazine
Posted Jun 6, 2008
 
You Don't Mess With The Zohan (2008)34%
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" I like things with moving parts. There are plenty of ancient temples with moving contraptions in this one." -- Can Magazine
Posted May 22, 2008
 
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)76%
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" It's really a touching kids movie about youthful imagination and family values. That's not what I wanted!" -- Can Magazine
Posted May 9, 2008
 
Son of Rambow (2008)74%
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" It may be predictable but at least you see it's trying." -- Can Magazine
Posted May 9, 2008
 
Redbelt (2008)69%
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" The film just revels in gay jokes and marriage clichés. There's no actual awkwardness to Tom doing a traditionally female job, so they just call him gay over and over and over." -- Can Magazine
Posted May 9, 2008
 
Made of Honor (2008)12%

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