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JEREMY MATHEWS
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4.5/5  Brick
3.5/4  The Secret Life of Words
4/5  Murderball
3.5/5  Heights
3/5  Shake Hands With the Devil
2.5/5  Pretty Persuasion
2/5  Forty Shades of Blue
1/5  Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman
 
 
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4.5/5  Snow Angels
4.5/5  Neil Young - Heart of Gold
4.5/5  Brick
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1/5  Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman
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This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 75% of the time.

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4/5
 
" Even when the film goes off the rails, however, it's still a fun ride."
Posted Jan 22, 2008
 
In Bruges (2008)81%
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3.5/5
 
" While at times the film begins to feel like a laundry list of bad deeds, the first-person accounts pack a wallop."
Posted Feb 3, 2007
 
Nanking (2007)98%
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2/5
 
" That anyone would allow this new guy into their lives is a complete stretch."
Posted Feb 3, 2007
 
Chapter 27 (2008)20%
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4.5/5
 
" With a deep understanding of his characters, Green has crafted a film that's devastating and uplifting without sounding a false note."
Posted Jan 30, 2007
 
Snow Angels (2008)67%
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1/5
 
" While it might have taken [director Jennifer Fox] several years to figure out what to do, any intelligent audience could do it in 90 minutes. But even if it were shorter, it wouldn't improve the lazy filmmaking."
Posted Jan 25, 2007
 
Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman (2007)74%
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2.5/5
 
" The film oddly attempts to combine the backstage production footage with history-lesson segments. While skillfully crafted, the two stories never quite mesh, and neither go deep enough to work on their own."
Posted Jan 25, 2007
 
Wonders Are Many: The Making of Doctor Atomic (2008)83%
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3/5
 
" Full of off-kilter characters who don't talk like anyone in real life, but sound a truthful chord."
Posted Jan 25, 2007
 
Waitress (2007)88%
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3.5/5
 
" A work that's deeper, funnier and more inventive than most indie films about young creative types lost in youthful exploits."
Posted Jan 25, 2007
 
Reprise (2008)86%
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4/5
 
" [Director Jessica] Yu structures the stories in a manner that is not instantly understandable, but inspires attention with its profound puzzle."
Posted Jan 25, 2007
 
Protagonist (2007)84%
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3.5/5
 
" John Carney's direction is unassuming and without a hint of pretension, and his short screenplay lets the music do a lot of the talking."
Posted Jan 25, 2007
 
Once (2007)97%
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4/5
 
" [Director] Boe and co-writer Knud Romer Jorgensen move what could have been a self-indulgent mess unpredictably as their star continues to lose his grasp on reality and find a way to make a satisfying story."
Posted Jan 25, 2007
 
Offscreen (2006)n/a
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3.5/5
 
" [Director] Temple succeeds in creating a portrait neither glowing nor damning, but representative of a remarkable man."
Posted Jan 25, 2007
 
Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten (2007)88%
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2/5
 
" The Island is an aimless and unconvincing parable masquerading as a Bergmanesque art film."
Posted Jan 25, 2007
 
The Island (2007)57%
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3/5
 
" There's a lot of powerful footage in the film, revealing the startling simplicity with which many of the prisoners view their actions."
Posted Jan 25, 2007
 
Hot House (2006)n/a
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3.5/5
 
" Grace is Gone is a film that depends entirely on whether you feel empathy for its characters. Luckily, John Cusack's brilliant performance as Stan captures the experience of a newly bereaved husband whose wife dies while serving in Iraq."
Posted Jan 25, 2007
 
Grace is Gone (2007)58%
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3.5/5
 
" An extremely sincere depiction of the immigrant experience. Its core story isn't particularly better or worse than those of most other films about the immigrant experience, but it captures certain moments with gripping clarity."
Posted Jan 25, 2007
 
Ghosts (2006)100%
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2.5/5
 
" The style never makes enough of an impression to justify the complete disconnect it creates between the story and the viewer."
Posted Jan 25, 2007
 
Fay Grim (2007)43%
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2/5
 
" A dissonant mess, as frustratingly bad as it is boldly ambitious."
Posted Jan 25, 2007
 
Drained (2007)n/a
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3.5/5
 
" The story's surprises range from clever to annoying, but [director] DiCillo manages to hold it all together with his consistently amusing cast members, who make you laugh at their characters' self-absorbed folly."
Posted Jan 25, 2007
 
Delirious (2007)85%
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3.5/5
 
" While the story does lightly touch on some of the questionable decisions of the Chicago Seven's leaders, it generates a compelling argument for free speech."
Posted Jan 25, 2007
 
Chicago 10 (2008)78%
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3/5
 
" Banished contains enough insights into race relations to be worth watching."
Posted Jan 25, 2007
 
Banished: How Whites Drove Blacks Out of Town in America (2007)85%
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4/5
 
" Polley manages it all nicely in her feature debut, confidently relying on the strength of her actors, but with a strong visual sense."
Posted Jan 25, 2007
 
Away From Her (2007)95%
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3.5/4
 
" A series of conversations that are sometimes clever and sometimes feel like screenwriting exercises about the details of life, but are always well acted."
Posted Dec 15, 2006
 
The Secret Life of Words (2006)69%
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4/5
 
" A stylish film that captures the bleak gloom of a desolate town and contrasts it with a satire of insurance commercials that concentrate on happy, sunny days -- not the ones that require insurance"
Posted Nov 4, 2006
 
A Little Trip to Heaven (2005)33%
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3/5
 
" With a little more sex and a little more comedy, this one could have really been something."
Posted Oct 7, 2006
 
Unconscious (2007)85%
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3/5
 
" The film is a harmless, somewhat clever sex comedy mystery set in 1913."
Posted Oct 3, 2006
 
Unconscious (2007)85%
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3.5/5
 
" Rogerson has crafted an emotionally satisfying exploration of the creative process through people who, before the program started, weren’t comfortable with expressing themselves at all."
Posted Apr 8, 2006
 
Shakespeare Behind Bars (2006)92%
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3/5
 
" Director Yan Ting Yuen has made an odd combination of the documentary and musical genres that is worth seeing simply for its bizarre feel."
Posted Apr 1, 2006
 
Yang Ban Xi - The Eight Model Works (2006)65%
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3/5
 
" Reveals a screenwriter who can write snappy one-liners and fill conversations with pop-culture references, but has yet to master story structure."
Posted Mar 11, 2006
 
Lucky # Slevin (2006)51%
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3/5
 
" Reitman is at his best when observing the state of debate in modern politics. He also gives the film a peppy, professional sheen. But he still has a lot to learn about storytelling."
Posted Feb 28, 2006
 
Thank You For Smoking (2006)86%
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4.5/5
 
" This immaculate filmmaking creates an engaging documentary that makes you forget that you're missing the energy of a live show because it's a completely cinematic experience with its own special energy."
Posted Feb 18, 2006
 
Neil Young - Heart of Gold (2006)90%
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2/5
 
" Game 6 fails to make use of its clever dialogue and concepts as it attempts to become something more profound."
Posted Feb 4, 2006
 
Game 6 (2006)59%
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3.5/5
 
" Thorough and fascinating."
Posted Jan 18, 2006
 
The Fall of Fujimori (2006)92%
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4/5
 
" This dark tale of societal comfort combines Allen’s witty writing with the confusion and distress of making major life decisions."
Posted Jan 9, 2006
 
Match Point (2005)77%
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4/5
 
" The film goes beyond a nature movie with excellent photography and the determination of the animals it documents."
Posted Dec 10, 2005
 
March of the Penguins (2005)94%
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2/5
 
" The movie makes the audience, like many of the other characters in the movie, simply want to get rid of her."
Posted Dec 6, 2005
 
The Forest for the Trees (2003)77%
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3/5
 
" The fascinating visuals and performances by Leung and the assortment of actresses like Gong, Zhang Ziyi and Maggie Cheung ensure that the film is still worth watching."
Posted Dec 6, 2005
 
2046 (2005)84%
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3.5/5
 
" The documentary studies the different children at the school, some lazy, some brilliant, some sensitive. Argott traces their development."
Posted Dec 6, 2005
 
Rock School (2005)82%
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3.5/5
 
" A rewarding experience."
Posted Sep 24, 2005
 
Dark Hours (2005)58%
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2/5
 
" Nobody in the film is going to steal the audience’s attention span."
Posted Aug 20, 2005
 
Steal Me (2007)44%
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2.5/5
 
" The art of the suburban-culture film has become paint-by-numbers filmmaking. Throw in some insane characters, medication and a little violence, and…voila, it’s a dark and profound satire on the absurdity of modern life."
Posted Aug 9, 2005
 
The Chumscrubber (2005)34%
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3/5
 
" Roos creates a slate of interesting characters who find themselves in unexpected situations that lead to realistic -- and in their own way, happy -- endings."
Posted Jul 28, 2005
 
Happy Endings (2005)57%
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2.5/5
 
" The film is challenging and consistently interesting, but also trite and overbearing to the extent that it damages its message on gun violence."
Posted Jul 21, 2005
 
Dear Wendy (2005)37%
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4/5
 
" Wagner achieves a certain intimacy that couldn’t be captured with a camera present in a standard documentary, and couldn’t be recreated by anyone other than a close relative."
Posted Jun 18, 2005
 
The Talent Given Us (2004)58%
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2.5/5
 
" Nothing is sadder than a child who has experienced tragedy, but no trap is easier to fall into than that of dwelling on a moping kid until the image loses its meaning."
Posted Jun 4, 2005
 
The 3 Rooms of Melancholia (2005)70%
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3/5
 
" Leguizamo and Alcazar are riveting together."
Posted May 14, 2005
 
Cronicas (2005)72%
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3/5
 
" A clever film with enough good elements that it feels like it should be a bit better than it is."
Posted Apr 30, 2005
 
Unconscious (2007)85%
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3.5/5
 
" James uses his thoughtful observation to create a portrait of a family that sort of adapted and sort of refused to adapt to a new way of life."
Posted Apr 30, 2005
 
Reel Paradise (2005)67%
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4/5
 
" A solid work of classical storytelling."
Posted Apr 9, 2005
 
Drum (2004)86%
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3.5/5
 
" A dirty good time, a hilarious tragedy that paints smiles on the sad human condition."
Posted Apr 9, 2005
 
Matando Cabos (2005)53%

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