ROTTEN TOMATOES: Louise Keller

LOUISE KELLER

Agrees with the Tomatometer 66% of the time.

Biography: Deputy Editor of Australia’s award-winning online movie magazine Urban Cinefile since its launch in 1997, Louise combines writing movie reviews with a wide range of publishing functions. Her movie reviews have been published on Urban Cinefile for the past 11 years as well as its various syndication clients over the period. She co-hosted a weekly prime time movie segment for Ovation and World Movies Pay TV Channels (2004 & 2005) with her publishing partner and husband Andrew Urban. With more than 20 years publishing experience, she and Andrew previously published print publications Encore Magazine, Event and Sydney Diary. Louise is a member of the Film Critics Circle of Australia. Born in India and educated in French-speaking Belgian Congo (Zaire) in Africa, she formerly ran her own Public Relations Company, was a professional singer for 14 years and a television hostess.

Publications: Urban Cinefile

Total Reviews: 323

Location: Sydney, Australia

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Rotten	Fresh 61%	Franklyn (2009)	" Ultimately it doesn't quite work, but along the way it is easy to be somewhat sucked in, especially by Eva Green's suicidal artist and Sam Riley's emotionally shattered dreamer" Posted Nov 7, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 63%	The Brothers Bloom (2009)	" The first hour especially grabs our attention before disintegrating into a swirl of confusion. We expect the lines between reality and fantasy to become blurred, but we do need to have a stake in the characters or at least believe in their reality" Posted Nov 6, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 48%	Dorian Gray (2010)	" There's an edge of psychological horror in director Oliver Parker's third Oscar Wilde story that tells how Ben Barnes' Dorian Gray sells his soul to the devil in return for his youth and beauty" Posted Nov 6, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 72%	The Boys Are Back (2009)	" It's about emotional chaos and who better to embody it than Clive Owen as the soulful widower trying to master being an everyday father. It feels like a work of love for Hicks, who injects serenity within the chaos as he conducts a mantle of melancholy" Posted Nov 5, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 60%	Prime Mover (2009)	" Big dreams, harsh reality and a quirky fantasy make up the engine of David Caesar's likeable new film, in which a prime mover is the prime motivation of his pie-in-the-sky protagonist" Posted Nov 5, 2009
Rotten	Rotten 17%	Amelia (2009)	" Romance edges ahead of adventure or characterisations and as a result, despite a soaring lead performance by Hilary Swank, the film suffers from a fatal dose of melodrama" Posted Nov 5, 2009
Rotten	N/A	Amelia (2003)	" It's a shame that director Mira Nair has opted to tell this wonderful, historic story about iconic aviator adventuress Amelia Earhart through rose-coloured glasses. Romance edges ahead of adventure or characterisations and as a result, despite a soaring l" Posted Nov 5, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 54%	Disney's A Christmas Carol (2009)	" Conceptually brilliant with mind-blowing special effects, but who is the intended audience of this visual extravaganza? Certainly not children: the content is far too dark with haunting imagery that could provoke nightmares for impressionable youngsters" Posted Nov 2, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 77%	Genova (2008)	" Life affirming and warm, Genova captures a great sense of place as we explore the intricate maze of cobbled streets, the historic buildings with peeling facades and well-worn green shutters, sunny beaches and dense forests" Posted Oct 31, 2009
Rotten	Fresh 75%	Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)	" There's both grit and entertainment value in the film, although if you have seen Moore's other films, you may, like me, feel as though you have seen it all before. It's long, too" Posted Oct 31, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 11%	Case 39 (2010)	" A deftly made horror thriller with plenty of scares, Case 39 may be predictable and somewhat heavy handed, but it ticks all the boxes for the genre." Posted Oct 31, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 38%	The Time Traveler's Wife (2009)	" It's a complex and often confusing story as the two key characters weave in and out of different time zones, but somehow it works; no doubt due to terrific performances by Rachel McAdams and Eric Bana" Posted Oct 31, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 80%	Michael Jackson's This Is It (2009)	" It is with a mix of voyeuristic fascination, amazement and poignancy, I watched and loved this unique, spectacular film that invites us for a back-stage peek at the creative process of an enigmatic, eccentric, influential and supremely talented artist" Posted Oct 28, 2009
Rotten	Rotten 6%	All About Steve (2009)	" Disaster is an eight letter word that aptly describes this grossly misjudged, overplayed, unfunny comedy about a hyper crossword constructor who stalks her blind date. Filled with low points worth of eye-rolling..." Posted Oct 19, 2009
Fresh	N/A	Tinker Bell And The Lost Treasure (2009)	" Imaginative ideas and exquisite execution are the key to the success of this second full length feature about the petite fairy born of laughter, and there is nothing as powerful as good storytelling and engaging characters" Posted Oct 17, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 82%	The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009)	" A road movie whose destinations are emotional pit stops... also the platform for an electric performance by Robin Wright Penn who dazzles in the title role" Posted Oct 17, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 69%	Coffin Rock (2009)	" It's a tense, edge-of-seat ride" Posted Oct 17, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 93%	An Education (2009)	" An irresistible tale of seduction in which innocence and intellect are the prize stakes." Posted Oct 17, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 47%	Whatever Works (2009)	" I really enjoyed the film. It's not Allen's best and there is a theatricality that keeps us at arm's length; despite the highly successful direct to camera confidences, which are surprisingly endearing. Allen has knitted together a sweater of angst" Posted Oct 8, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 48%	Astro Boy (2009)	" It may be the gleaming blue core power source that allows Astro Boy to function as a superhero robot, but it is the massive heart of the story that makes this updated animated spectacular a sure-fire winner" Posted Oct 8, 2009
Rotten	Fresh 82%	Whip It (2009)	" To date, as an actress and producer, Barrymore has made some excellent choices and has always seemed to have a gut instinct for what works. Until now. The saving grace of the film is the disarmingly appealing Ellen Page who escapes unscathed." Posted Oct 8, 2009
Rotten	Rotten 12%	Couples Retreat (2009)	" If you feel like a date movie with a little romance, big laughs, witty dialogue, appealing characters and a spectacular location, this is not it... [an] embarrassment and an insult to audiences who might be conned into thinking it's escapist fun." Posted Oct 5, 2009
Rotten	Fresh 89%	Moon (2009)	" An interesting idea goes astray in this unusual sci-fi thriller in which Sam Rockwell's astronaut Sam becomes captive in the recesses of his own mind." Posted Oct 2, 2009
Rotten	Fresh 63%	Louise-Michel (2009)	" I love good black comedy, but I really didn't get this one. Perhaps it whizzed over my head like some of those bullets." Posted Oct 2, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 75%	Julie & Julia (2009)	" Who cannot relate to Julia enrolling in the all-male Cordon Bleu Cooking School, crying buckets as she practises chopping mountains of onions?" Posted Oct 2, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 94%	In Search Of Beethoven (2009)	" Just as Beethoven's composing process is equated to that of a sculptor like Michelangelo, Grabsky has sculpted a mesmerising film ripe with crescendos and modulations that allow us an even greater appreciation of the man's music" Posted Oct 2, 2009
Rotten	Fresh 92%	The Damned United (2009)	" Soccer aficionados and anyone interested in this period of English soccer will be drawn to this character-driven story about sporting ambition... Somehow the film never quite hits its target, despite the elements and the team that delivers them" Posted Oct 2, 2009
Rotten	N/A	A Bunch of Amateurs (2008)	" Overcooked to the point of being burnt, this total misfire in which Burt Reynolds' ageing has-been Hollywood actor finds himself in an amateur production of King Lear in England, is a fish-out-of-water comedy gone badly wrong." Posted Oct 2, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 28%	Fame (2009)	" A terrific score coupled with exciting choreography, tight editing and a talented cast make Fame a joyous and upbeat experience." Posted Sep 26, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 73%	Mao's Last Dancer (2009)	" An engrossing and profoundly moving film that hits the emotional bullseye multiple times" Posted Sep 23, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 38%	Surrogates (2009)	" High concept and high budget, Surrogates adds astounding techno magic to ideas mooted in films like Multiplicity, Total Recall and I Robot, but fails to achieve the humanity the film champions" Posted Sep 23, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 72%	Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008)	" It's a pleasant enough interlude and the young band-crazy target market may get involved, but its appeal is limited and there is nothing especially fresh or novel about the content." Posted Sep 19, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 60%	Paper Heart (2009)	" Compelling when you least expect it, this feature-documentary hybrid juggles fact and fiction in dizzying fashion when actress/ comedienne Charlyne Yi embarks on a road trip whose destination is love" Posted Sep 19, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 88%	Looking for Eric (2009)	" A life-affirming film whose gritty exterior hides an undercoat of silky humour and an unexpected soft heart, Looking for Eric marries harsh reality with a sprinkling of fantasy in the down to earth way at which Ken Loach excels" Posted Sep 19, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 38%	Imagine That (2009)	" Eddie Murphy, in his hyperactive comedic guise, is in fine fettle in this family-friendly comedy, although he is largely upstaged by his enchanting 7 year old co-star Yara Shahidi, who steals scenes as quickly as Murphy talks." Posted Sep 15, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 78%	Valentino: the Last Emperor (2009)	" A wonderful documentary that allows us to peek at the excess but stays real by its candid fly on the wall approach. It's riveting, insightful, funny and enjoyable as we go on and behind the catwalks and glimpse the public and private Valentino Garavani" Posted Sep 10, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 46%	Shorts (2009)	" Good clean fun is what Robert Rodriguez delivers in this energetic and inventive film about wishes and being connected." Posted Sep 10, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 93%	Encounters At the End of the World (2007)	" The footage is breathtaking. We also are privileged to watch seals feeding their young, but the revelations about penguin 'prostitutes' are perhaps the film's most extraordinary. Gay penguins? Insane penguins?" Posted Sep 10, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 23%	G-Force (2009)	" Believe in yourself is the motto of this sweetly madcap and amusing family adventure in which talking guinea-pigs turn the world upside down in order to save it. The execution is inventive and the cast works well." Posted Sep 10, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 80%	$9.99 (2009)	" It's a challenging film with plenty of merit as a handful of unrelated stories criss-cross and involve us in a mountainous thought provoking journey in which we ponder the meaning of happiness" Posted Sep 10, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 87%	500 Days of Summer (2009)	" Charm effuses from this quirky love story in which fate, coincidence, dreams, expectations and reality are chaotically intertwined." Posted Sep 7, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 23%	Push (2009)	" Pushing ideas into other people's minds is what this sci-fi fantasy thriller is all about, and Paul McGuigan's film looks great. The cast is good too. But there's a problem. The story doesn't make sense" Posted Sep 4, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 98%	Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2009)	" Incongruous, funny, unexpected and moving, Sacha Gervasi's film about the 80s band whose long career is anything but what we expect, is much more than a doco about a band" Posted Sep 4, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 68%	Funny People (2009)	" A slice of life from a pie whose ingredients comprise the eccentricities, foibles, egos and motivations of jaded man who has forgotten why he does what he does. There are some great moments but plenty of self indulgence by Apatow as the film drags" Posted Sep 4, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 80%	Blessed (2009)	" Ana Kokkinos has made an exquisitely and brutally powerful film about the indestructible but fragile thread that connects mothers and children." Posted Sep 2, 2009
Rotten	Fresh 64%	Charlie & Boots (2009)	" The shrimp's not on the barbie but on the end of a fishing line ... the pairing of Hogan with Shane Jacobson is not as funny as that of Hogan and Michael Caton in Dean Murphy's earlier film" Posted Aug 29, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 62%	The Girlfriend Experience (2009)	" It's a bit like an unsatisfying sexual encounter %u2013full of anticipation but not complete. One thing that does deliver, however, is 21 year old porn star Sasha Grey, who tantalises at every turn as the hooker who offers The Girlfriend Experience." Posted Aug 28, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 55%	The Soloist (2009)	" As a film, even in the hands of Atonement director Joe Wright and with talents such as the amazing Downey Jnr, Foxx and Keener, our emotional experience is strangely muted" Posted Aug 28, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 98%	Up (2009)	" New beginnings and a spirit of adventure are the themes of this enchanting animation from Pixar in which a lonely old man and eager young boy fulfil their dreams in a helium propelled flying house. Ingenuity and humour are in abundant supply" Posted Aug 28, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 100%	Last Ride (2009)	" A beautifully drawn, moody film filled with poetry, as it describes the troubled relationship between a father and son. It is all at once a road movie and a coming of age story in which murder, curiosity and struggling to survive are key." Posted Aug 27, 2009

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