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BOB STRAUSS
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• Dallas Morning News
• Denver Post
• Los Angeles Daily News

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Total Reviews: 1171

CRITICS GROUP(S)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association


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A SAMPLING OF THIS CRITIC'S CINEMATIC TASTE
 
BEST TO WORST SAMPLING
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4/4  Pineapple Express
3.5/4  Ratatouille
3/4  Amu
2.5/4  Interview
2/4  Fido
1.5/4  Good Luck Chuck
1/4  Mr. Woodcock
0/4  Moving McAllister
 
 
BEST REVIEWED
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4/4  Trouble the Water
4/4  Pineapple Express
4/4  Offside
4/4  Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
4/4  Saraband
4/4  Tell Them Who You Are
4/4  Turtles Can Fly
4/4  Million Dollar Baby
4/4  The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi/Sonatine
4/4  Dogville
 more...
 
 
WORST REVIEWED
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0/4  Moving McAllister
0/4  Vulgar
.5/4  Night at the Museum
1/4  Over Her Dead Body
1/4  The Amateurs
1/4  Slipstream
1/4  Mr. Woodcock
1/4  Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theatres
1/4  Funny Money
1/4  Basic Instinct 2
 more...
 
This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 76% of the time.

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" Now that they've gone and made Batman all serious and good, the campy comics hero movie mantle has been taken up by The Spirit." -- Los Angeles Daily News
Posted Jan 5, 2009
 
The Spirit (2008)14%
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" I found its state-of-the-art technical aspects more engaging." -- Los Angeles Daily News
Posted Jan 5, 2009
 
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)72%
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3.5/4
 
" Gomorrah brings subtle artistry and character insight to the observational, plot-drive-phobic school of filmmaking that's so popular among serious auteurs at the moment." -- Los Angeles Daily News
Posted Dec 19, 2008
 
Gomorrah (2009)90%
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3/4
 
" The two lead actresses play superbly rounded characters, both smart, tough customers unused to being pushed around, yet wives and mothers whose domestic concerns are as important to them as professional ones." -- Los Angeles Daily News
Posted Dec 19, 2008
 
Nothing But the Truth (2008)77%
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2/4
 
" Yes Man is a nice movie about the benefits and limits of approaching life with an upbeat attitude, but a comedy that was actually hilarious would've had the same effect -- and been a lot more entertaining." -- Los Angeles Daily News
Posted Dec 19, 2008
 
Yes Man (2008)43%
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3/4
 
" Equal parts bizarre and conventional, Seven Pounds is -- if not good -- an intriguing film." -- Los Angeles Daily News
Posted Dec 19, 2008
 
Seven Pounds (2008)29%
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3/4
 
" Clint Eastwood collects and distills everything we know he is capable of doing on screen -- some of which we might wish he hadn't done, but most of which we love. Even if we might be a little ashamed to admit it." -- Los Angeles Daily News
Posted Dec 12, 2008
 
Gran Torino (2008)73%
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2.5/4
 
" If you're going to set a faith-vs.-uncertainty debate in the heart of a church milieu, shouldn't some of the characters at least mention the beliefs that they've not just dedicated their lives to, but built them around?" -- Los Angeles Daily News
Posted Dec 12, 2008
 
Doubt (2008)75%
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2.5/4
 
" The Reader isn't an act of moral imbecility like The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, but it's pretty questionable all the way through." -- Los Angeles Daily News
Posted Dec 12, 2008
 
The Reader (2008)61%
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2/4
 
" You couldn’t ask for a more committed and demanding performance than this one. But there is a richer one that eluded Del Toro. And boy, does that lack of character dimension make this thing an endurance test." -- Los Angeles Daily News
Posted Dec 12, 2008
 
Che (2008)56%
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3.5/4
 
" Wendy and Lucy renews the spirit of American independent film. Its minimalism has a purpose, its sentiment seeks honest feeling when it could have been used for easy manipulation." -- Los Angeles Daily News
Posted Dec 12, 2008
 
Wendy and Lucy (2008)84%
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3.5/4
 
" Frost/Nixon could be the best political film in a year that's had more than its share of good ones." -- Los Angeles Daily News
Posted Dec 5, 2008
 
Frost/Nixon (2008)91%
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2/4
 
" LaBruce's film is such a riot of conflicting information and signifying styles that inner logic never really gets a grip." -- Los Angeles Daily News
Posted Dec 5, 2008
 
Otto; Or, Up with Dead People (2008)43%
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3.5/4
 
" After many years and failed attempts, a very, very good biopic of Harvey Milk is finally here." -- Los Angeles Daily News
Posted Nov 26, 2008
 
Milk (2008)93%
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3/4
 
" Eden is a sad, nicely observed study of a decade-old marriage that, for the most part, is over." -- Los Angeles Daily News
Posted Nov 21, 2008
 
Eden (2008)68%
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2/4
 
" A lot of love was clearly poured into this project; too bad the results were only so-so." -- Los Angeles Daily News
Posted Nov 21, 2008
 
The Dukes (2008)58%
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" The story of the women's groups -- Christian and Muslim, uniting for the first time in the nation's history -- is unbelievably inspiring." -- Los Angeles Daily News
Posted Nov 14, 2008
 
Pray the Devil Back to Hell (2008)100%
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2.5/4
 
" Quantum's worst miscalculation is letting Bond's dark side cast shadows over everything else. For all of its fantastic stunts and exotic settings, it's a mostly joyless romp." -- Los Angeles Daily News
Posted Nov 14, 2008
 
Quantum of Solace (2008)65%
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3/4
 
" David Vyorst's comprehensive and celebratory documentary presents the stats in one easy-to-follow, nicely organized 86 minutes." -- Los Angeles Daily News
Posted Nov 14, 2008
 
First Basket (2008)67%
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3/4
 
" The movie maintains a nice balance between affection for its fame-seekers and sharp jokes at their expense." -- Los Angeles Daily News
Posted Nov 7, 2008
 
Loins of Punjab Presents (2008)56%
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3.5/4
 
" Kuenne uses ingenious montages and judicious pacing tactics to drive through reams of evidence, legal codes and other data that, in most documentaries, would leave viewers' eyes glazed over." -- Los Angeles Daily News
Posted Nov 7, 2008
 
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008)93%
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2.5/4
 
" Not for all tastes, Repo! The Genetic Opera can boast a lot of imagination and some evident talent." -- Los Angeles Daily News
Posted Nov 7, 2008
 
Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)30%
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" The direct, shimmering minimalism with which Hammer tells his story also gets to some fairly real, universal stuff." -- Los Angeles Daily News
Posted Nov 7, 2008
 
Ballast (2008)87%
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" It grieves me to report that Bernie Mac's posthumous movie release, Soul Men, hardly does the great comedian justice." -- Los Angeles Daily News
Posted Nov 7, 2008
 
Soul Men (2008)44%
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3/4
 
" This may not be everyone's idea of either scary or great animation, but it is a generally successful attempt to marry the two forms in a unique way." -- Los Angeles Daily News
Posted Oct 31, 2008
 
Fear(s) of the Dark (2008)71%
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" This slightly elevated generic effort is still essentially what they mean by disposable entertainment." -- Los Angeles Daily News
Posted Oct 31, 2008
 
Splinter (2008)72%
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2.5/4
 
" Evident passion and a tremendous amount of thought went into Synecdoche." -- Los Angeles Daily News
Posted Oct 24, 2008
 
Synecdoche, New York (2008)63%
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2/4
 
" Stranger things, no doubt, do happen. But ambitious, intelligent Eberl needed more mature storytelling skills to make Choose Connor seem plausible." -- Los Angeles Daily News
Posted Oct 17, 2008
 
Choose Connor (2008)43%
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2.5/4
 
" The film is generally well-staged and adequately acted (Seth Green stands out as a sarcastic buggy-driver)." -- Los Angeles Daily News
Posted Oct 17, 2008
 
Sex Drive (2008)41%
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2.5/4
 
" The psychological picture the movie paints is as yawningly incomplete as its historical one -- and can be yawningly tedious, too." -- Los Angeles Daily News
Posted Oct 17, 2008
 
W. (2008)58%
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2.5/4
 
" It comes across more as a connect-the-dots Southern literary concept than as a tale of real, damaged people bonding on a persuasively deep level." -- Los Angeles Daily News
Posted Oct 17, 2008
 
The Secret Life of Bees (2008)56%
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" deeply and seriously explores a key historical moment in the country's tortured political history." -- Los Angeles Daily News
Posted Oct 10, 2008
 
Fraude: Mexico 2006 (2008)80%
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" Gosh, it's pretty." -- Los Angeles Daily News
Posted Oct 10, 2008
 
Ashes of Time Redux (2008)80%
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" It's good the film exposes his methods, especially with the final stretch of our current election cycle upon us." -- Los Angeles Daily News
Posted Oct 3, 2008
 
Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story (2008)93%
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3/4
 
" Overall, it's a smart movie that even makes apt, respectful references to the greatest film on this subject, Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita." -- Los Angeles Daily News
Posted Oct 3, 2008
 
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)38%
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3/4
 
" The most gripping movie about engineering windshield wipers you will ever see. Take that any way you care to." -- Los Angeles Daily News
Posted Oct 3, 2008
 
Flash of Genius (2008)57%
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3/4
 
" Nothing great, but enough laughs and moments of genuine emotion to give it a pass." -- Los Angeles Daily News
Posted Oct 3, 2008
 
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008)72%
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2.5/4
 
" The film’s default position is to always fall back on anti-capitalist rhetoric whenever dialogue and drama grow too banal." -- Los Angeles Daily News
Posted Sep 26, 2008
 
Battle in Seattle (2008)52%
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3/4
 
" August Evening creates a complete world, with all of its practical limitations and emotional possibilities, for Jaime and Lupe to hunt for their place in." -- Los Angeles Daily News
Posted Sep 26, 2008
 
August Evening (2007)91%
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" A completely bizarre sex farce that’s heartfelt and stomach-turning in about equal measure, Choke also delivers a terrific climactic twist and the best dumb- blonde joke in years." -- Los Angeles Daily News
Posted Sep 26, 2008
 
Choke (2008)55%
/
2.5/4
 
" Unsuccessfully ambitious, the movie is nonetheless unique and creative enough to be worth sitting through -- or would be had it been about an hour shorter." -- Los Angeles Daily News
Posted Sep 26, 2008
 
Miracle at St. Anna (2008)33%
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" Considerable talent lifts this wallowing soap opera up to a more powerful and accomplished level." -- Los Angeles Daily News
Posted Sep 19, 2008
 
The Duchess (2008)60%
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" Lakeview Terrace is a lot of things you never expected it to be. And most of those things are smart, complicated and provocative in the best way." -- Los Angeles Daily News
Posted Sep 19, 2008
 
Lakeview Terrace (2008)49%
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" A Secret illuminates the most intimate personal histories against a perfectly detailed political and cultural background. It finds glorious forgiveness where it can, and accepts that when that can't be done, it just can't be done." -- Los Angeles Daily News
Posted Sep 12, 2008
 
Un Secret (2008)70%
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" Japanese spaghetti Western that's both faithful to its Italian antecedents and way out on its own wacky wavelength." -- Los Angeles Daily News
Posted Sep 12, 2008
 
Sukiyaki Western Django (2008)59%
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" Towelhead is tough stuff. It's also brilliant stuff. Proceed, with caution, accordingly." -- Los Angeles Daily News
Posted Sep 12, 2008
 
Towelhead (2008)47%
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" Sex and the City was smarter. Mamma Mia! was dopier. But both, unfortunately, were more entertaining than The Women." -- Los Angeles Daily News
Posted Sep 12, 2008
 
The Women (2008)13%
/
2.5/4
 
" A movie that's completely out of its tree." -- Los Angeles Daily News
Posted Aug 29, 2008
 
Red (2008)68%
/
3/4
 
" This is a pleasant enough visual romp with surprisingly few down notes." -- Los Angeles Daily News
Posted Aug 29, 2008
 
Beautiful Losers (2008)68%
/
3.5/4
 
" In Search of a Midnight Kiss gets L.A. like few films do. And writer-director Holdridge understands the aspiring, disappointed but still open-to-anything crowd on the fringes of show business quite persuasively." -- Los Angeles Daily News
Posted Aug 22, 2008
 
In Search of a Midnight Kiss (2008)84%

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