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NELL MINOW
PUBLICATION(S)
• Beliefnet
• Chicago Sun-Times
• Denver Post
• Kansas City Star
• Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

BIOGRAPHY
Nell Minow writes about movies, television, the Internet, and parenting. She writes the Media Mom column in the Chicago Tribune and her articles have appeared in USA Today, Family Fun, Child, Daughters, Parents, Slate, and three editions of The Practical Guide to Practically Everything.
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Total Reviews: 1459
Total QuickRatings: 944

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• Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association

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A SAMPLING OF THIS CRITIC'S CINEMATIC TASTE
 
BEST TO WORST SAMPLING
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A Quiz Show
A- Sicko
3.5/4 Beaufort
B+ Die Hard 4: Live Free or Die Hard
3/4 Reservation Road
B Evan Almighty
B- The Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
C License To Wed
C- Resurrecting the Champ
D Daddy Day Camp
 
 
BEST REVIEWED
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A Quiz Show
A The Queen
A Munich
A Cinderella
A Good Night, And Good Luck
A I Heart Huckabees
A The Fog of War
A Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
A Shrek 2
A Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
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WORST REVIEWED
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F Jackass: Number Two
F Basic Instinct 2
F Waiting...
F King's Ransom
F The Whole Ten Yards
F Eurotrip
F My Boss's Daughter
F Jackass: The Movie
D- Catch That Kid
D- Darkness Falls
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This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 71% of the time.

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"Will Ferrell and director Adam McKay founded the acclaimed "Funny or Die" website. On this movie, I vote "die."" -- Beliefnet
Posted Jul 26, 2008
 
Step Brothers (2008)52%
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B-
 
"It can coast on the affection of its devoted fans, but won't make believers out of anyone." -- Beliefnet
Posted Jul 24, 2008
 
The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)32%
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B
 
"These astro-chimps have the right stuff." -- Beliefnet
Posted Jul 18, 2008
 
Space Chimps (2008)37%
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B+
 
"The movie version of the musical has been released or rather unleashed, powerful enough to make the most hard-hearted indie rock absolutist clap along." -- Beliefnet
Posted Jul 18, 2008
 
Mamma Mia! (2008)53%
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B+
 
"It has chases and crashes and fight scenes, including a somersaulting truck, but when it is over it is the wrenching choices, the internal confrontations, that reverberate." -- Beliefnet
Posted Jul 18, 2008
 
The Dark Knight (2008)95%
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C-
 
"Murphy's best moments here only remind us of "Coming to America," another fish-out-of-water story. These days, Murphy seems like a fish out of water as an actor on screen." -- Beliefnet
Posted Jul 10, 2008
 
Meet Dave (2008)21%
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B+
 
"Part thrill ride, part video game, part virtual reality, it is a lively and satisfying update of a good old-fashioned Saturday afternoon serial adventure saga." -- Beliefnet
Posted Jul 10, 2008
 
Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)60%
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B+
 
"Wonderfully imagined and intricately constructed, it often reflects the sensibility of a steampunk cracked version of "Lord of the Rings."" -- Beliefnet
Posted Jul 10, 2008
 
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)87%
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B-
 
"A promising idea about a superhero with an existential crisis wobbles through wildly misjudged moments and then has something of an existential crisis of its own." -- Beliefnet
Posted Jul 1, 2008
 
Hancock (2008)38%
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B+
 
"Three cheers for Kit and for producer Julia Roberts for making this movie everything the devoted fans of the American Girls series hope for." -- Beliefnet
Posted Jul 1, 2008
 
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008)80%
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A-
 
"Like the humble little hero of this film, Pixar holds onto its dreams. If that makes the films more challenging, less easily accessible, good for them and good for us, too." -- Beliefnet
Posted Jun 30, 2008
 
WALL-E (2008)96%
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B
 
"Nasty, twisted, pulpy, and brutally violent." -- Beliefnet
Posted Jun 26, 2008
 
Wanted (2008)72%
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C-
 
"Non-stop naughty-body-part references with a level of humor more appropriate on a 4th grade bathroom wall than a Hollywood screenplay." -- Beliefnet
Posted Jun 19, 2008
 
The Love Guru (2008)15%
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B+
 
"It shrewdly tweaks the original, making Smart smarter and more capable and ramping up the action, and the result is a refreshingly entertaining summer popcorn movie." -- Beliefnet
Posted Jun 19, 2008
 
Get Smart (2008)53%
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B-
 
"M. Night Shyamalan is one of the most talented film-makers working today. But he seems to be running out of ideas." -- Beliefnet
Posted Jun 12, 2008
 
The Happening (2008)19%
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B
 
"There are some terrific action sequences. I particularly liked it when the Hulk used a car broken in two as boxing gloves." -- Beliefnet
Posted Jun 12, 2008
 
The Incredible Hulk (2008)67%
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B
 
"Unpretentious sweetness, striking visuals, fresh settings, and strong voice characterizations by Black, Hoffman, Rogen, and Cross make this satisfying family entertainment." -- Beliefnet
Posted Jun 5, 2008
 
Kung Fu Panda (2008)88%
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B-
 
"Somewhere inside this Adam Sandler slacker silliness there is a fierce and provocative little satire trying to get out." -- Beliefnet
Posted Jun 5, 2008
 
You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)34%
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B+
 
"It's like playing Barbies for grown-ups." -- Beliefnet
Posted May 29, 2008
 
Sex and the City: The Movie (2008)51%
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B+
 
"Ford is vitally and vibrantly present every moment on screen." -- Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Posted May 21, 2008
 
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)76%
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B+
 
"A grand and visually stunning epic with thrilling battle scenes and powerful themes." -- Beliefnet
Posted May 15, 2008
 
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)66%
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C
 
"What should have stayed in Vegas is this movie." -- Beliefnet
Posted May 11, 2008
 
What Happens in Vegas (2008)27%
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B+
 
"The Wachowskis have taken the iconic but decidedly low-tech 1960's Japanese cartoon character and put the pedal to the metal with dazzling effects and electrifying action." -- Beliefnet
Posted May 9, 2008
 
Speed Racer (2008)36%
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B-
 
"Cheerfully offensive, cheekily raunchy, happily outrageous, and often just plain disgusting, the movie avoids the usual sophomore slump by ramping up the political jabs while keeping it all unpretentious and moving quickly." -- Beliefnet
Posted Apr 24, 2008
 
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008)54%
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B+
 
""Baby Mama" is not just smart, warm, funny, and romantic, it is an especially welcome dose of XX chromosome humor in an Apatow-flooded XY era." -- Beliefnet
Posted Apr 24, 2008
 
Baby Mama (2008)61%
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B+
 
"It shows that no one has more reason to stick it to The Man with rock music than people who are most defiantly not going gently into that good night." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Apr 18, 2008
 
Young@Heart (2008)88%
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D
 
"The movie itself is an example of design by faith and emotion rather than intelligence, defined as rationality grounded in proof." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Apr 18, 2008
 
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (2008)8%
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B-
 
"It does not take itself too seriously but it does take the action scenes seriously." -- Beliefnet
Posted Apr 18, 2008
 
The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)63%
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B-
 
"Segal writes some hilarious lines, and there is a deliriously random detour into vampire musical theater puppetry. But the film's happiest surprise is Russell Brand." -- Beliefnet
Posted Apr 18, 2008
 
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)85%
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B-
 
"The characters might be too smart for their own good, but the movie could use a few more IQ points." -- Beliefnet
Posted Apr 10, 2008
 
Smart People (2008)49%
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C
 
""Street Kings" is a like a Cliff's Notes version of Training Day not that Training Day was any special challenge to the mental muscle. Corruption is bad, we get it." -- Beliefnet
Posted Apr 10, 2008
 
Street Kings (2008)36%
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B
 
"Like the 1925 ragtag professional football team it follows, this movie has more high spirits than ability to deliver." -- Beliefnet
Posted Apr 3, 2008
 
Leatherheads (2008)53%
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B+
 
"An eye-filling and heart-warming story" -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Apr 3, 2008
 
Nim's Island (2008)49%
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3.5/4
 
"[Director Joseph] Cedar gives a surreal, dreamlike quality to many scenes, underscoring the soldiers' isolation." -- Denver Post
Posted Mar 28, 2008
 
Beaufort (2008)88%
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A-
 
"a profound exploration of identity, meaning and human struggles in all times and places." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Mar 28, 2008
 
Beaufort (2008)88%
 N/A  
"Bending parameters of gender and genre: How Stephen Chow and 'CJ7' tweak film conventions" -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Mar 28, 2008
 
CJ7 (2008)45%
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C
 
"An overlong over-conventional under-funny romantic comedy. To put it in its own terms, it might make it as a 100-yard-dash, but does not have the stamina for a marathon." -- Beliefnet
Posted Mar 28, 2008
 
Run, Fat Boy, Run (2008)48%
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B-
 
"Despite the sincerity of its aspirations, it's hampered by awkward construction...and Hollywood gloss that cannot come close to the real-life soldiers telling their stories." -- Beliefnet
Posted Mar 27, 2008
 
Stop-Loss (2008)65%
 N/A  
"Interview with Jim Sturgess and Jeff Ma of "21"" -- Beliefnet
Posted Mar 26, 2008
 
21 (2008)35%
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C
 
"The two leads here are not nearly as desperate for Drillbit to come through as the script is, but it never happens." -- Beliefnet
Posted Mar 21, 2008
 
Drillbit Taylor (2008)26%
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B
 
"The magical glow makes it easier to address some heart-rending themes that might be too disturbing if told in a more straightforward manner." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Mar 19, 2008
 
Under the Same Moon (2008)73%
 N/A  
"Interview with Ira Sachs, writer/director of "Married Life"" -- Beliefnet
Posted Mar 17, 2008
 
Married Life (2008)57%
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C
 
"Fetishised footage of taut, muscular young men grappling with and pounding on each other. All I could think was, "Oh, go ahead. Back down. We'll all be happier."" -- Beliefnet
Posted Mar 14, 2008
 
Never Back Down (2008)25%
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A-
 
"They finally got Dr. Seuss right in this warm-hearted and heart-warming story of the elephant who is "faithful 100 percent" and the world on a little speck of dust that he rescues." -- Beliefnet
Posted Mar 14, 2008
 
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! (2008)78%
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D
 
Click here to read article -- Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Posted Mar 14, 2008
 
Boogeyman (2005)14%
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C
 
"If you are ten years old fan of video games with a short attention span and no knowledge of history, you will love this movie. The further you stray from these core qualifications, the less you will love it." -- Beliefnet
Posted Mar 7, 2008
 
10,000 B.C. (2008)9%
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D
 
"[The] plot would make even the lightweight storylines of "That's So Raven" seem literary. It would make the lightweight storylines of a Bazooka Joe comic strip seem literary." -- Beliefnet
Posted Mar 6, 2008
 
College Road Trip (2008)14%
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B+
 
"It may be traditional, but it is not the slightest bit musty." -- Beliefnet
Posted Mar 6, 2008
 
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)78%
 N/A  
"Tenberken discusses conflicts about how to define "success" for the expedition and Weihenmeyer talks about what inspired him about the teenagers." -- Beliefnet
Posted Mar 6, 2008
 
Blindsight (2008)97%
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B+
 
"Stylish direction from Roger Donaldson and British understatement balance the tension with sly and often-outrageous humor." -- Beliefnet
Posted Mar 6, 2008
 
The Bank Job (2008)78%

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