ROTTEN TOMATOES: Reyhan Harmanci

REYHAN HARMANCI

Agrees with the Tomatometer 76% of the time.

Publications: San Francisco Chronicle

Total Reviews: 37

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

Fresh 3/4	Rotten 56%	Lymelife (2009)	" Rory Culkin does more than hold his own in this high-powered cast. He shows the angst of a teenage boy, but also the resilience. There is a sweetness to this film that keeps the darkness at bay." Posted Apr 24, 2009
Fresh 4/4	Fresh 95%	Goodbye Solo (2009)	" The movie starts fast and the pace rarely relents. Goodbye Solo is almost frighteningly alive: Other filmmakers must wonder exactly how Ramin Bahrani packs so much personality in what could have been standard indie fare." Posted Apr 17, 2009
Fresh 4/4	Fresh 90%	Hunger (2008)	" *It's horrific. But Hunger* displays uncommon intelligence and visual panache, transcending the goal of making the situation seem real. It feels more than real. It's art.**" Posted Apr 3, 2009
Fresh 4/4	Fresh 92%	Tokyo Sonata (2009)	" Tokyo Sonata is a bit overwrought, especially in the final act, but it is beautifully shot, features moving performances by the well-chosen cast and has the unity of vision that is the hallmark of an auteur." Posted Mar 27, 2009
Fresh 3/4	Fresh 75%	Tokyo! (2009)	" The overall project succeeds at offering three tantalizing films for the price of one movie ticket." Posted Mar 20, 2009
Fresh 3/4	Fresh 86%	Throw Down Your Heart (2009)	" It's an entertaining journey, and director Sascha Paladino injects humor and pathos into the musical sequences." Posted Mar 13, 2009
Fresh 3/4	Fresh 89%	Absurdistan (2008)	" Makes for a lovely hour and a half of old-fashioned storytelling." Posted Feb 20, 2009
Rotten 1/4	Fresh 95%	Under the Sea 3D (2009)	" *Oceanic movies in actual science museums are far more interesting and nuanced than this documentary -- not to mention the wildly popular Planet Earth* series, which even in 2-D looks better.**" Posted Feb 13, 2009
Rotten 1/4	Rotten 23%	Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009)	" Could there be a worse time to revisit the indulgences of the '00s?" Posted Feb 13, 2009
Rotten 1/4	Rotten 32%	Fanboys (2009)	" Uninspired and only faintly funny." Posted Feb 6, 2009
Rotten 1/4	Rotten 55%	Yonkers Joe (2008)	" Yonkers Joe is incoherent, succeeding neither as an exciting gambling ride nor a touching family story." Posted Jan 16, 2009
Rotten 2/4	Rotten 12%	Bride Wars (2009)	" In these recessionary times, it's not just misogynistic to assume that intelligent women turn into feral dogs at the sight of a Tiffany gift box, but it's also beside the point." Posted Jan 9, 2009
Fresh 3/4	Rotten 45%	Antarctica (2008)	" It's fun to see attractive people get together and fall apart." Posted Jan 5, 2009
Rotten 1/4	Rotten 41%	My Name is Bruce (2008)	" Light as air, My Name Is Bruce is good for a mild chuckle, not a belly laugh. As any Campbell fan knows, managing expectations is key to getting the most from his work." Posted Dec 19, 2008
Fresh 3/4	Fresh 68%	Were the World Mine (2008)	" Were the World Mine follows the teen musical formula but renders its material with admirable lushness and intelligence." Posted Nov 21, 2008
Fresh 3/4	Fresh 98%	Let the Right One In (2008)	" Let the Right One In strikes a surprising array of notes: scary, sad and hopeful." Posted Nov 7, 2008
Rotten 1/4	Fresh 60%	Loins of Punjab Presents (2008)	" It's frightfully formulaic, with nary a twist or turn on the patented mockumentary form." Posted Nov 7, 2008
Rotten 2/4	Fresh 73%	Fear(s) of the Dark (2008)	" Fear(s) of the Dark is a feast for the eyes, even if it doesn't always get the pulse racing." Posted Oct 31, 2008
Fresh 4/4	Fresh 85%	Frontrunners (2008)	" The film sets just the right tone: with inventive music choices and wonderfully piquant moments plucked from what must have been hundreds of hours of footage, Frontrunners is consistently entertaining." Posted Oct 24, 2008
Rotten 1/4	Fresh 61%	Quid Pro Quo (2008)	" Its biggest mystery is how it was financed (by Texas trillionaire and Dallas Maverick owner Mark Cuban, no less) and selected for distribution." Posted Oct 18, 2008
Fresh 2.5/4	Rotten 38%	Henry Poole Is Here (2008)	" Although the ending is unsurprising, Henry Poole remains an interesting character." Posted Oct 18, 2008
Fresh 3/4	Fresh 78%	Ashes of Time Redux (1994)	" Elliptical, sweeping, lovely and thoroughly confusing, Ashes of Time Redux is not a film to rent. It's well worth paying to see it on the big screen." Posted Oct 17, 2008
Rotten 2/4	Rotten 45%	Sex Drive (2008)	" Some jokes work, some don't and, frankly, I can't remember either, but it leaves a sweet aftertaste. Slight, but sweet." Posted Oct 17, 2008
Fresh 3/4	Fresh 77%	A Thousand Years of Good Prayers (2007)	" This modest and lovely film is a welcome reprieve after the explosion-filled slate of summer movies." Posted Sep 26, 2008
Rotten 2/4	Rotten 31%	Nights in Rodanthe (2008)	" The film tastefully yet unenergetically chugs along." Posted Sep 26, 2008
Rotten 2/4	Rotten 50%	Battle in Seattle (2008)	" *The characters in Battle in Seattle* are often crudely drawn, and the able actors struggle with canned lines.**" Posted Sep 19, 2008
Rotten 2/4	Fresh 61%	Traitor (2008)	" Traitor delivers plot twists but few real surprises." Posted Aug 27, 2008
Fresh 4/4	Fresh 100%	Man On Wire (2008)	" Man on Wire, the delightful documentary about French tightrope walker Philippe Petit's incroyable early-morning trip between the World Trade Center towers in 1974, is an interesting film to watch from the front row." Posted Aug 8, 2008
Rotten 1/4	Rotten 47%	Bottle Shock (2008)	" It lacks the character and depth of a product whose value increases with age. In other words, it's no Chateau Montelena '73 Chardonnay." Posted Aug 6, 2008
Rotten 2/4	N/A	1000 Journals (2008)	" 1000 Journals has a catchy hook, and Kreuzhage showed tenacity in following many difficult trails, but the movie plods." Posted Aug 1, 2008
Rotten 2/4	Fresh 76%	Bustin' Down the Door (2008)	" The film tries to tell us that money hasn't spoiled the fun, but I was much more curious about the black shorts than the Quicksilver brand board shorts." Posted Aug 1, 2008
Rotten 2/4	Rotten 55%	Step Brothers (2008)	" Reilly jumps into his role with the zeal of a Method actor -- no fear about sporting tiny underroos for the bulk of his screen time -- but he sometimes comes off as more scary than funny." Posted Jul 23, 2008
Fresh 3/4	Fresh 93%	Tell No One (2008)	" It attempts no improvements on the basic suspense formula. It just does everything really well: perfect pacing, lovely camera work, spot-on acting and an ingenious plot." Posted Jul 11, 2008
Rotten 1/4	Rotten 29%	War, Inc. (2008)	" *Like the smart weapon technology it mocks, War, Inc.* aims at the right targets but misfires so severely that even the clever details get obliterated in the resulting mess.**" Posted Jun 13, 2008
Fresh 3/4	Fresh 96%	Bigger, Stronger, Faster* (2008)	" Bell posits that their disillusionment is a side effect of being American and he may well be right." Posted Jun 6, 2008
Rotten 1/4	Rotten 37%	Dark Matter (2008)	" *There is nothing wrong with taking inspiration from actual events, but it's a tricky business, and Dark Matter* does no one right by sticking to the shocking conclusion.**" Posted May 2, 2008

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