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AUSTIN O'CONNOR
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• Lowell Sun
• San Francisco Examiner

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Total Reviews: 96
Total QuickRatings: 52

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A SAMPLING OF THIS CRITIC'S CINEMATIC TASTE
 
FRESH SAMPLE
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Fresh  Slumdog Millionaire
Fresh  Hitch
Fresh  The Upside of Anger
Fresh  Guess Who
Fresh  Kung Fu Hustle
Fresh  Kingdom of Heaven
Fresh  The Interpreter
Fresh  Fever Pitch
Fresh  Sin City
Fresh  The Aviator
 more...
 
ROTTEN SAMPLE
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Rotten  Quantum of Solace
Rotten  Kicking and Screaming
Rotten  Constantine
Rotten  Be Cool
Rotten  XXX: State of the Union
Rotten  XXX: State of the Union
Rotten  White Noise
Rotten  The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou
Rotten  Meet the Fockers
Rotten  Shark Tale
 more...
This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 78% of the time.

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5/5
 
" It's a masterpiece, and that's my final answer." -- San Francisco Examiner
Posted Nov 18, 2008
 
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)90%
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2/5
 
" As an action movie, Quantum of Solace is passable ... As a Bond movie, it's a mess." -- San Francisco Examiner
Posted Nov 14, 2008
 
Quantum of Solace (2008)66%
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2/4
 
" As the coffee-fueled Phil lurches further and further over the edge of soccer coach impropriety, you can sense Ferrell struggling to break through the lame script" -- Lowell Sun
Posted May 12, 2005
 
Kicking and Screaming (2005)43%
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3/4
 
" James comes crashing nervously into the movie like a fat guy who went through the wrong door and ended up on the fashion show catwalk. He's perfect." -- Lowell Sun
Posted May 6, 2005
 
Hitch (2005)68%
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1/4
 
" It just so happens that I always had a theory on how to visit hell, too: Sit in a chair and watch a Keanu Reeves movie." -- Lowell Sun
Posted May 6, 2005
 
Constantine (2005)45%
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2/4
 
" There's some fun to be had here, but measured against Get Shorty, the movie doesn't fare so well." -- Lowell Sun
Posted May 6, 2005
 
Be Cool (2005)28%
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3/4
 
" though it's easy to poke fun at Costner, here is a movie that, for the first time in a long time, allows him to display his goofy affability." -- Lowell Sun
Posted May 6, 2005
 
The Upside of Anger (2005)74%
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3/4
 
" the movie is little more than an interracial riff on Meet the Parents, but it's consistently funny, and it's enough of a riff to make it feel fresh." -- Lowell Sun
Posted May 6, 2005
 
Guess Who (2005)43%
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4/4
 
" an overload of giddy action and physical comedy" -- Lowell Sun
Posted May 6, 2005
 
Kung Fu Hustle (2005)89%
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1.5/4
 
" As for female characters, in the xXx franchise, there are only two types of women: the ones with big breasts, and the ones with even bigger breasts." -- Lowell Sun
Posted May 6, 2005
 
XXX: State of the Union (2005)16%
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1.5/4
 
" As for female characters, in the xXx franchise, there are only two types of women: the ones with big breasts, and the ones with even bigger breasts." -- Lowell Sun
Posted May 6, 2005
 
XXX: State of the Union (2005)16%
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3.5/4
 
" The Crusades may seem like a strange source for such an entertaining summer blockbuster, but it's refreshing to see Scott going for something a bit more meaningful." -- Lowell Sun
Posted May 6, 2005
 
Kingdom of Heaven (2005)39%
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3/4
 
" No doubt there have been more intriguing tales played out in its halls than the passable whodunit the movie provides, but this one does have its moments" -- Lowell Sun
Posted Apr 21, 2005
 
The Interpreter (2005)58%
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3/4
 
" at its best when it offers brief, boisterous glimpses into the strange relationship between fan and team" -- Lowell Sun
Posted Apr 7, 2005
 
Fever Pitch (2005)63%
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4/4
 
" Strange, surreal, dazzling" -- Lowell Sun
Posted Mar 31, 2005
 
Sin City (2005)77%
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2/4
 
" For [Keaton], a forgettable flick like this one is like a rehab stint in A ball for a big league pitcher" -- Lowell Sun
Posted Jan 7, 2005
 
White Noise (2005)8%
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3.5/4
 
" [A]n empathetic, supremely entertaining portrait of a tortured man; DiCaprio’s is one of the best screen performances in many a moon." -- Lowell Sun
Posted Dec 21, 2004
 
The Aviator (2004)88%
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2.5/4
 
" [C]inematic flotsam that drifts quickly out of mind." -- Lowell Sun
Posted Dec 21, 2004
 
The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (2004)52%
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2/4
 
" Stiller — by starring in Meet the Fockers, one of the year’s final releases — pulls into a buzzer-beating tie with Jude Law as the most-overexposed actor of the movie year." -- Lowell Sun
Posted Dec 21, 2004
 
Meet the Fockers (2004)39%
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4/4
 
" There’s a simple word to describe Finding Neverland, but it’s one that too few movies can qualify for these caustic days: lovely." -- Lowell Sun
Posted Nov 17, 2004
 
Finding Neverland (2004)83%
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2/4
 
" Not even the eye candy animation is all that great. The film has a flat look that matches it comedic tone." -- Lowell Sun
Posted Sep 30, 2004
 
Shark Tale (2004)33%
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3/4
 
" [A]mazing to look at but not as much fun as it should be to watch." -- Lowell Sun
Posted Sep 16, 2004
 
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)73%
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2.5/4
 
" Bernie Mac is effortlessly funny and constantly likable, even when he’s acting like a jerk, and that’s what saves Mr. 3000 from the scrap heap of broken baseball movie dreams." -- Lowell Sun
Posted Sep 16, 2004
 
Mr. 3000 (2004)56%
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2/4
 
" It isn’t terrible, even if there are too many moments that rely on the central characters being either extremely stupid or unforgivably forgetful." -- Lowell Sun
Posted Sep 10, 2004
 
Cellular (2004)53%
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1.5/4
 
" wholly undignified." -- Lowell Sun
Posted Aug 26, 2004
 
Without A Paddle (2004)14%
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2.5/4
 
" [Mann] has unimpeachable visual flair ... spinning through camera angles to aptly demonstrate the disconnected, disjointed feel of L.A." -- Lowell Sun
Posted Aug 6, 2004
 
Collateral (2004)86%
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.5/4
 
" You gotta be kidding me." -- Lowell Sun
Posted Jul 23, 2004
 
Catwoman (2004)10%
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3.5/4
 
" [F]antastic, a whiz-bang follow-up that far surpasses the original as it breathlessly zigs and zags all over the globe." -- Lowell Sun
Posted Jul 22, 2004
 
The Bourne Supremacy (2004)81%
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3/4
 
" [E]nough breathtaking visuals to make you forgive the movie its plot holes and its tendency to lapse into product placement parody. " -- Lowell Sun
Posted Jul 16, 2004
 
I, Robot (2004)58%
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1.5/4
 
" just about the same exact movie as all those other trifles aimed at the tween girl demographic that have been unleashed upon the unsuspecting moviegoing masses this year" -- Lowell Sun
Posted Jul 16, 2004
 
A Cinderella Story (2004)10%
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2.5/4
 
" it seems like Ferrell can take just about any idea, however threadbare, and make it funny." -- Lowell Sun
Posted Jul 8, 2004
 
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)64%
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1/4
 
" Unless you’re an extremely undiscriminating 14-year-old girl, sleeping through Sleepover is the only way to escape unscathed." -- Lowell Sun
Posted Jul 8, 2004
 
Sleepover (2004)15%
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4/4
 
" Emotionally, it's a high-wire act as dazzling as any of the CGI effects that pack all those big budget blockbusters. " -- Lowell Sun
Posted Jun 30, 2004
 
Before Sunset (2004)94%
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3/4
 
" Director Irwin Winkler and screenwriter Jay Cocks know that Porter's songs are his story, and so they take care to weave his tunes seamlessly into their movie's structure." -- Lowell Sun
Posted Jun 30, 2004
 
De-Lovely (2004)49%
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4/4
 
" Might just be the most perfect summer popcorn flick since Raiders of the Lost Ark." -- Lowell Sun
Posted Jun 29, 2004
 
Spider-Man 2 (2004)93%
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3/4
 
" The movie believes that Alzheimer’s can take away everything but love. I don’t know if that’s true, but I don’t see any harm in believing it is." -- Lowell Sun
Posted Jun 24, 2004
 
The Notebook (2004)51%
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3/4
 
" What’s startling about the controversy that surrounds the movie’s release is how little of its information and how few of its allegations against Bush are new." -- Lowell Sun
Posted Jun 24, 2004
 
Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)83%
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2.5/4
 
" A few minutes in, we know all the punchlines." -- Lowell Sun
Posted Jun 21, 2004
 
Napoleon Dynamite (2004)70%
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3/4
 
" ...a pleasing mix of martial arts and madcap comedy, with a string of big-name cameos thrown in for good measure." -- Lowell Sun
Posted Jun 21, 2004
 
Around the World in 80 Days (2004)30%
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3/4
 
" There haven’t been so many shots of guys getting hit where-it-counts since the heyday of America’s Funniest Home Videos." -- Lowell Sun
Posted Jun 21, 2004
 
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)70%
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1.5/4
 
" Let’s just do everyone involved with The Stepford Wives a favor and wipe it from the slate." -- Lowell Sun
Posted Jun 11, 2004
 
The Stepford Wives (2004)27%
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3.5/4
 
" [Cuaron's] dark touch gives the latest chapter a fresh bolt of energy and - at last! - a rush of inspiration." -- Lowell Sun
Posted Jun 4, 2004
 
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)89%
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3/4
 
" [T]here’s something comforting about the predictability of Raising Helen: The movie’s only surprise is that it works so well." -- Lowell Sun
Posted May 27, 2004
 
Raising Helen (2004)22%
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1/4
 
" [A] study in ineptitude." -- Lowell Sun
Posted May 27, 2004
 
The Day After Tomorrow (2004)45%
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3.5/4
 
" This is joyous filmmaking, proof that not all fairy tales have to end." -- Lowell Sun
Posted May 18, 2004
 
Shrek 2 (2004)89%
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2.5/4
 
" Sure, it’s the Cliff’s Notes take on a classic, with movie stars and big battles. But didn’t most of us read the Cliff’s Notes anyway?" -- Lowell Sun
Posted May 12, 2004
 
Troy (2004)55%
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1.5/4
 
" It may take cattle prods ... to keep most people from walking out of this explosively awful monster mash." -- Lowell Sun
Posted May 7, 2004
 
Van Helsing (2004)22%
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1/4
 
" ...manages to suck the considerable charm completely out of both Brosnan and Moore." -- Lowell Sun
Posted Apr 30, 2004
 
Laws of Attraction (2004)19%
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2/4
 
" ...meanders and stumbles before arriving exactly where we expected." -- Lowell Sun
Posted Apr 30, 2004
 
Envy (2004)6%
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1.5/4
 
" [E]xacts its most painful retribution upon the keisters of those assembled to view it." -- Lowell Sun
Posted Apr 22, 2004
 
Man on Fire (2004)39%

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