ROTTEN TOMATOES: Robert Payne

ROBERT PAYNE

Agrees with the Tomatometer 73% of the time.

Publications: Reel.com

Total Reviews: 29

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Rating	T-Meter	Title \| Year	Add Date (default)

Fresh 3.5/4	Fresh 74%	Swimming (2002)	" Building slowly and subtly, the film, sporting a breezy spontaneity and realistically drawn characterizations, develops into a significant character study that is both moving and wise." Posted Jul 26, 2002
Rotten 2/4	Rotten 30%	28 Days (2000)	" *Betty Thomas' amiable little rehab romantic dramedy 28 Days* may aspire to be more, but it's clearly another member of this disingenuous movie family.**" Posted Jan 1, 2000
Fresh 3.5/4	Fresh 88%	Almost Famous (2000)	" *The ... probably most important factor behind Almost Famous' genius is the wealth of magical movie moments with which Cameron dots his labor of love.*" Posted Jan 1, 2000
Rotten 2.5/4	Fresh 89%	American Beauty (1999)	" Though the film is outrageously entertaining, its relentless struggle to find social relevance becomes so heavy-handed that it leaves you feeling sucker-punched." Posted Jan 1, 2000
Rotten .5/4	Rotten 21%	Autumn in New York (2000)	" I couldn't help rooting for Charlotte's tumor." Posted Jan 1, 2000
Fresh 2.5/4	Rotten 30%	Big Momma's House (2000)	" An infectious, good-hearted bag of fun." Posted Jan 1, 2000
Rotten 1.5/4	Rotten 12%	Boys and Girls (2000)	" Boys and Girls is a nondescript nothing of a film." Posted Jan 1, 2000
Fresh 4/4	Fresh 90%	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)	" Overall the commentary is breezy and informative, if not incredibly interesting." Posted Jan 1, 2000
Fresh 4/4	Fresh 91%	Charade (1963)	" *The talented folk at Criterion have done it again. In a long line of class-act DVD presentations over the last two years, their release of Charade* may be the most satisfying yet.**" Posted Jan 1, 2000
Fresh 3/4	Fresh 67%	Charlie's Angels (2000)	" *This Angels* clearly rocks.**" Posted Jan 1, 2000
Rotten 2/4	Rotten 21%	Coyote Ugly (2000)	" A homogenized and humdrum cinematic." Posted Jan 1, 2000
Rotten 2.5/4	Fresh 70%	Dick (1999)	" *The thing Dick* resembles most is a wildly uneven Saturday Night Live skit.**" Posted Jan 1, 2000
Fresh 3/4	Fresh 78%	Eyes Wide Shut (1999)	" *Kubrick fans would do wisely to sit back, take a deep breath, and just appreciate Eyes Wide Shut* for what the film is -- a departed master's final gift. We will never see the likes of it again.**" Posted Jan 1, 2000
Rotten 2.5/4	Rotten 28%	Gossip (2000)	" Gossip is truly brainless, over-the-top Hollywood fun." Posted Jan 1, 2000
Rotten 2/4	Rotten 54%	How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)	" *The problems with Grinch* stem from the lackluster script.**" Posted Jan 1, 2000
Rotten 2/4	Rotten 19%	Julien Donkey-Boy (1999)	" Donkey-Boy exists in an uneasy space between documentary, improvisation, and fictional narrative, and often makes one suspect that Korine may be exploiting his oddball cast." Posted Jan 1, 2000
Rotten 1.5/4	Rotten 25%	Loser (2000)	" The flick is hollow." Posted Jan 1, 2000
Fresh 3/4	Fresh 84%	Meet the Parents (2000)	" The real comic bite comes from the combustible energy between the two lead actors." Posted Jan 1, 2000
Rotten 2/4	Rotten 56%	Never Been Kissed (1999)	" This is a film that doesn't worry about being bad, doesn't even try for passable. Why bother?" Posted Jan 1, 2000
Rotten 2/4	Rotten 26%	Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000)	" *It's depressing that films like The Klumps* pass for seasoned comedy in the beginning of the 21st century.**" Posted Jan 1, 2000
Fresh 2.5/4	Rotten 52%	Scary Movie (2000)	" When it comes to pushing the envelope in comedy, the Farrelly brothers have nothing on those badass Wayans." Posted Jan 1, 2000
Fresh 3/4	Fresh 90%	Show Me Love (1998)	" Successfully captures the frenzied angst and boredom of youth, as well as the powerful, unbridled emotions of first love." Posted Jan 1, 2000
Fresh 3/4	Fresh 89%	The American President (1995)	" A gooey but still refreshingly Capra-esque offering in the very jaded 1990s." Posted Jan 1, 2000
Fresh 2.5/4	Rotten 19%	The Crew (2000)	" *In a summer filled with crappy gross-out comedies, The Crew* is a pleasant and amusing alternative.**" Posted Jan 1, 2000
Rotten 2/4	Fresh 86%	The Original Kings of Comedy (2000)	" Little of the material feels distinctive, fresh, or insightful -- let alone edgy." Posted Jan 1, 2000
Fresh 3.5/4	Fresh 62%	The Patriot (2000)	" A walloping entertainment." Posted Jan 1, 2000
Fresh 4/4	Fresh 81%	The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)	" A quietly disturbing, visually dazzling anomaly." Posted Jan 1, 2000
Fresh 2.5/4	Rotten 42%	What Planet Are You From? (2000)	" This loony battle of the sexes flick offers a generous supply of laughs for fans of broad humor and actor/screenwriter Garry Shandling." Posted Jan 1, 2000
Rotten 1/4	Rotten 13%	Whipped (2000)	" *A 90-minute blab session between a bunch of horny dudes that could easily have been called In the Company of Idiots.*" Posted Jan 1, 2000

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