ROTTEN TOMATOES: Robert Roten

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ROBERT ROTEN

"Most editors are failed writers, but then, so are most writers -- Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888-1965)"

Agrees with the Tomatometer 73% of the time.

Biography: After graduating from the University of Oregon with a journalism degree, I wrote for several newspapers in Oregon, Michigan and Wyoming, writing news stories, columns, editorials and movie reviews. I started my movie review web page in 1996. I retired from newspapers in 2000, but continue to write reviews online. I was elected president of the Laramie Film Society in 2000 and continue to serve in that capacity. I am also the webmaster for the Laramie Astronomical Society and Space Observers (LASSO: www.lariat.org/LASSO/index.html).

Favorites: Favorite Movies: Lawrence of Arabia, Casablanca, Dr. Strangelove, Tootsie, Groundhod Day, Citizen Kane

Publications: Laramie Movie Scope

Critics' Group: Online Film Critics Society

Total Reviews: 2058
Total QuickRatings: 503

Location: Laramie, Wyoming

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Fresh B	Fresh 100%	Everybody's Fine (1990)	" This bittersweet family road film about a man trying to forge new connections to his children and grandchildren is powered by a strong Robert De Niro performance." Posted Dec 16, 2009
Fresh C+	Fresh 83%	The Princess and the Frog (2009)	" Brilliant artwork offset by weak characters and forgettable songs." Posted Dec 16, 2009
Fresh B	Fresh 77%	Invictus (2009)	" Standard inspirational sports movie given added weight by Mandela's wisdom and his political courage, and the historical significance of his presidency." Posted Dec 16, 2009
Fresh A	Fresh 95%	The Cove (2009)	" One of the year's best documentary films, a stirring call to action against the slaughter of dolphins in Japan." Posted Dec 16, 2009
Rotten D	Fresh 62%	Police, Adjective (2009)	" If you edited out all the parts where nothing happens, the running time of this film would be reduced from 114 minutes to 15 minutes." Posted Dec 16, 2009
Rotten B	Rotten 58%	9 (2009)	" The characters are sketchy and the story makes little sense." Posted Dec 16, 2009
Fresh B+	Rotten 57%	Brothers (2009)	" It contains one of the most dramatic, suspenseful, emotionally-charged scenes of the year." Posted Dec 9, 2009
Fresh B	Fresh 92%	Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)	" An animated film not aimed at children. It is as thought-provoking in its own way as is 'Animal Farm.'" Posted Dec 9, 2009
Fresh B	Rotten 48%	Astro Boy (2009)	" It has a lot of heart and a lot of action." Posted Dec 9, 2009
Fresh B	Fresh 87%	Big Fan (2009)	" Paul is a sad figure, but the edge is taken off this by his single-minded (some would say dim-witted) devotion to the Giants." Posted Dec 4, 2009
Fresh B	Fresh 100%	My Neighbor, My Killer (2009)	" There are no talking heads to explain away the genocide in dispassionate, academic terms. This film shows us the victims and the perpetrators straight on." Posted Dec 3, 2009
Rotten C	Rotten 54%	The Stoning of Soraya M. (2009)	" This movie is well acted, directed, edited and filmed, however, it is also depressing, uninspiring and sickening. Like a glacier, it moves slowly and inexorably towards its final conclusion." Posted Dec 3, 2009
Fresh A	Fresh 98%	Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2009)	" This is one of those movies that makes you want to find out what happens next, and those are the best kind." Posted Dec 3, 2009
Fresh B	Fresh 95%	Goodbye Solo (2009)	" The problem trying to deal with a self-destructive pessimist is you can never convince them that tomorrow might just be a better day." Posted Nov 29, 2009
Fresh B	Fresh 89%	Moon (2009)	" One of those rare, intelligent, thought-provoking science fiction films that come along less often than a blue moon, but there are some problems with the narrative and the science." Posted Nov 26, 2009
Fresh B	Fresh 92%	Yoo-hoo, Mrs. Goldberg (2009)	" A remarkable story, all the more remarkable for the era in which it happened, an era when most women had almost no opportunities to become famous, rich and powerful. Gertrude Berg not only triumphed during this time, she was the Oprah Winfrey of her time." Posted Nov 26, 2009
Fresh B+	N/A	Blood Equity (2009)	" Every player in the NFL should see this film. They need to start treating the former players with some respect and treat them right." Posted Nov 26, 2009
Fresh B+	Rotten 56%	Trucker (2009)	" The overall story serves as a metaphor for American life, where too many people spend a lot of time keeping busy without ever really enjoying the moment and without ever being truly alive." Posted Nov 24, 2009
Fresh B+	Fresh 94%	An Education (2009)	" This is sort of a modern costume drama. It is a lot like a Jane Austen story." Posted Nov 24, 2009
Rotten C	Fresh 63%	The Girlfriend Experience (2009)	" An interesting low-budget cinematic experiment, but I just couldn't work up much enthusiasm for it. The experiment may have been a success, but the subject is dead." Posted Nov 24, 2009
Fresh B	Fresh 96%	Food, Inc. (2009)	" One shocking segment of the film follows the story of Moe Parr, a man legally hounded out of his business of cleaning seeds. He is a victim of laws which allow seed patents which are leading to corporate seed monopolies." Posted Nov 24, 2009
Fresh C+	Rotten 24%	G-Force (2009)	" It is suitable for kids, and parents won't have to suffer much if they accompany the kids." Posted Nov 19, 2009
Fresh B	Rotten 54%	The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)	" This story is a myth, but it is pleasant, gentle and funny. Like all myths, it reveals certain truths." Posted Nov 13, 2009
Fresh B	Rotten 55%	Disney's A Christmas Carol (2009)	" This film is dark and scary enough that it just might scare some in the audience straight." Posted Nov 13, 2009
Fresh B	Fresh 76%	Outrage (2009)	" This is definitely a side of the news that gets very little play in the mainstream media. For that reason alone, this film is worth a look." Posted Nov 8, 2009
Rotten D	Fresh 79%	Humpday (2009)	" This film is not very believable, and it really doesn't seem to go anywhere." Posted Nov 8, 2009
Fresh B	Fresh 80%	Michael Jackson's This Is It (2009)	" It's got a story, it's got music, it even has a hero, but what it lacks is soul." Posted Nov 5, 2009
Fresh 3/4	Fresh 76%	Earth (1999)	Click here to read article Posted Nov 5, 2009
Fresh 4/4	Fresh 94%	Star Wars (1977)	Click here to read article Posted Nov 5, 2009
Fresh 4/4	Fresh 98%	The Hurt Locker (2009)	" This is not just a character study. This film has battle scenes of such immediacy, intensity and suspense it puts the battle scenes in most other war movies to shame." Posted Nov 5, 2009
Fresh 3/4	Fresh 96%	Gomorra (2008)	Click here to read article Posted Nov 5, 2009
Rotten 0/4	Rotten 15%	Almost Heroes (1998)	Click here to read article Posted Nov 5, 2009
Fresh B	Fresh 66%	Public Enemies (2009)	" Not to say this is not a well-crafted movie with excellent performances. It is. It is also curiously one-sided and shallow like many movies about famous outlaws tend to be." Posted Nov 5, 2009
Fresh B	Fresh 75%	Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)	" Both thought-provoking and entertaining." Posted Oct 30, 2009
Fresh B	Fresh 86%	500 Days of Summer (2009)	" This is a story that most people can probably relate to, unless you are one of those lucky people never to have been on the losing end of the game of love." Posted Oct 29, 2009
Fresh C+	Fresh 83%	Two Lovers (2009)	" This is supposed to be a romantic drama, but Woody Allen could have made a very funny film out of this exact same story." Posted Oct 24, 2009
Fresh B+	Rotten 32%	The Burning Plain (2009)	" The film isn't entirely believable in some places, but I did admire the skill of the storytelling and the neat way all the pieces come together." Posted Oct 23, 2009
Fresh B	Fresh 78%	Bronson (2009)	" Writer-director Nicolas Winding Refn uses some inventive theatrical interludes and soliloquies to diversify what might have otherwise been a rather one-note depiction of prison life." Posted Oct 23, 2009
Fresh B	Fresh 73%	Where the Wild Things Are (2009)	" Regardless of whether or not the film means anything at all, it is a triumph of visual imagination, production and set design and costuming." Posted Oct 21, 2009
Fresh A	Fresh 100%	Sullivan's Travels (1941)	" It is, quite simply, a dazzling piece of filmmaking." Posted Oct 19, 2009
Fresh C+	Rotten 45%	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)	" The quality of the stories has gradually declined in each succeeding sequel since the original film was released in 2002, but the technical quality of computer animation has improved during that same time." Posted Oct 19, 2009
Fresh B+	Fresh 89%	Zombieland (2009)	" It doesn't break any new ground or have any new ideas. It is just a perfectly cast, well-written, well-directed, well-acted film that is bloody funny." Posted Oct 4, 2009
Fresh B	Rotten 40%	Surrogates (2009)	" This movie does what science fiction is supposed to do, but seldom does anymore, it makes a comment about today's society by taking current trends and carrying them to a profound technological conclusion." Posted Oct 2, 2009
Fresh B+	Fresh 66%	Away We Go (2009)	" The result of this odd mix of elements is a film that is both genuinely funny and moving." Posted Oct 1, 2009
Fresh B	Fresh 77%	The Informant! (2009)	" Is Whitacre as smart as he seems to be, or is he as dumb as he seems to be? One thing's for sure, nobody knows what this guy is going to pull next." Posted Oct 1, 2009
Fresh B	Fresh 85%	Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (2009)	" This film is uneven, but it has enough effective humor, good characters and nice 3D animation to make an entertaining movie." Posted Oct 1, 2009
Fresh B	Fresh 94%	Munyurangabo (2009)	" If you can get past the mercurial changes in emotions and the slow pace you'll find a film that has a lot to say about war and peace, hatred and love, revenge and reconciliation" Posted Sep 25, 2009
Fresh C+	Fresh 63%	Extract (2009)	" The basic material is here for a good film, but it doesn't quite achieve that threshold. Fortunately, the film has some interesting characters." Posted Sep 18, 2009
Rotten C	Rotten 45%	Shorts (2009)	" That potential is not realized in "Shorts" primarily because of the chaotic structure of the story, which lurches back through a series of disjointed flashbacks." Posted Sep 2, 2009
Fresh C+	Fresh 88%	Inglourious Basterds (2009)	" Enough action and ghoulish humor to offset all the boring "my dinner with Fritz" pace-killing scenes, adolescent slasher gore, misogyny and Bush-Cheney-inspired anything-goes war rules." Posted Aug 28, 2009

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A	Synecdoche, New YorkOffsite
4/4	The Hurt LockerOffsite
B+	MilkOffsite
4/5	The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonOffsite
3/4	GomorraOffsite
B	The ReaderOffsite
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C+	High School Musical 3: Senior YearOffsite
2.5/5	The Day the Earth Stood StillOffsite
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F	Margot at the WeddingOffsite
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