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Critics / Vincent Canby
Vincent Canby

    VINCENT CANBY

    Agrees with the Tomatometer 71% of the time.

    Publications: New York Times

    Total Reviews: 1839

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    Fresh
    3/5

    N/A

    Butterfly (1982)

    " A most entertainingly sleazy melodrama."

    Posted Nov 11, 2009

    —

    Fresh
    83%

    The Chess Players (1977)

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    Posted Oct 18, 2008

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    N/A

    La Luna (1979)

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    Posted Jul 16, 2008

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    N/A

    Night and Fog in Japan (1960)

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    Posted Jul 16, 2008

    Fresh
    3/5

    Fresh
    100%

    Taking Off (1971)

    " Mr. Forman's specialty is tender farce played out in what are, essentially, very bleak circumstances."

    Posted Jun 18, 2008

    —

    Fresh
    82%

    Black Rain (1989)

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    Posted Jun 3, 2008

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    N/A

    Bless Their Little Hearts (1984)

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    Posted May 6, 2008

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    Rotten
    30%

    Flight of the Intruder (1991)

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    Posted Apr 14, 2008

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    N/A

    How to Commit Marriage (1969)

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    Posted Apr 14, 2008

    Fresh
    3/5

    N/A

    Fast Break (1979)

    " As do some of our most popular standup comedians, Mr. Kaplan sort of floats over his material, always in charge of it, but never deeply involved. This is not a rebuke."

    Posted Mar 24, 2008

    Rotten
    2/5

    Fresh
    85%

    The Exorcist (1973)

    " The Exorcist is not an unintelligently put-together film, which makes one all the more impatient with it."

    Posted Mar 19, 2008

    Fresh
    4/5

    Fresh
    80%

    Semi-Tough (1977)

    " Semi-Tough pokes fun in rambling fashion, but it is vulgar in intelligent ways and almost always amusing in its perceptions of befuddled people who are perfectly healthy but often convinced they're not."

    Posted Jan 25, 2008

    Fresh
    3/5

    Rotten
    20%

    I Am Curious (Blue) (1968)

    " I'm not very fond of this sort of moviemaking, which tries to disarm conventional criticism by exploiting formlessness as meaningful itself, but I like Sjoman's sense of humor and sense of humanity, and his obvious affection for Lena."

    Posted Jan 22, 2008

    Rotten
    1/5

    N/A

    Edith and Marcel (1983)

    " All-awful."

    Posted Jan 15, 2008

    Rotten
    2/5

    Rotten
    20%

    La Bonne Anne (1973)

    " It bubbles occasionally, but like low-calorie club soda."

    Posted Jan 15, 2008

    Fresh
    4/5

    N/A

    Robert Et Robert (1979)

    " They are good company."

    Posted Jan 15, 2008

    Rotten
    2.5/5

    N/A

    Death Hunt (1981)

    " Nothing in Death Hunt makes a great deal of sense, though the scenery is rugged and the snowscapes beautiful."

    Posted Dec 26, 2007

    Rotten
    2/5

    Rotten
    0%

    Incredible Shrinking Woman (1980)

    " The film's major difficulty is the screenplay by Jane Wagner."

    Posted Dec 10, 2007

    Fresh
    4.5/5

    Fresh
    100%

    Trafic (1971)

    " Like Godard, Tati is also remarkably appreciative of the odd beauty that can be revealed in the shapes, patterns and colors created by the technology of planned obsolescence."

    Posted Nov 14, 2007

    Fresh
    3.5/5

    Rotten
    50%

    Green Room (1978)

    " It is a most demanding, original work and one must meet it on its own terms, without expectations of casual pleasures."

    Posted Nov 13, 2007

    Rotten
    2/5

    Rotten
    17%

    The Arrangement (1969)

    " Kazan seems to have turned his search for identity into a callous soap opera, unworthy of a man of Kazan's true talent."

    Posted Nov 1, 2007

    Rotten
    0.5/5

    N/A

    Best Defense (1984)

    " It really isn't easy to make a movie as mind-bendingly bad as Best Defense. It takes hard work, a very great deal of money and people so talented that it matters when they fail with such utter lack of distinction."

    Posted Oct 30, 2007

    Fresh
    4.5/5

    Fresh
    100%

    Pratidwandi (1972)

    " The Adversary moves so quietly, with such seeming politeness to jaded film senses, that it takes a while to realize that for all its somberness it's a particularly moving comedy."

    Posted Oct 24, 2007

    Fresh
    4/5

    Fresh
    83%

    Oedipus Rex (1967)

    " It's not always necessary to understand Pasolini to be riveted by what he does."

    Posted Oct 23, 2007

    Rotten
    2.5/5

    N/A

    Corruption (1968)

    " The contemporary setting works against the kind of tale that was even a bit silly in the pre-heart-transplant era."

    Posted Sep 29, 2007

    Rotten
    2.5/5

    Fresh
    67%

    200 Motels (1971)

    " 200 Motels has no particular focal point, being principally an anthology of poor jokes and spectacular audio-visual effects, a few of which might expand the mind, but all of which, taken together, are like an overdose of Novocain."

    Posted Sep 10, 2007

    Rotten
    2.5/5

    Fresh
    85%

    A Fistful of Dynamite (1971)

    " The idiosyncrasies are there, all right, but they have never seemed less interesting."

    Posted Sep 4, 2007

    Rotten
    2/5

    Fresh
    65%

    Prelude to a Kiss (1992)

    " This Prelude to a Kiss is not only without charm and wit, but it's also clumsily set forth: many people seeing it may wonder what, in heaven's name, is going on."

    Posted Aug 14, 2007

    Fresh
    5/5

    Fresh
    71%

    Face to Face (1976)

    " Mr. Bergman is more mysterious, more haunting, more contradictory than ever, though the style of the film has never been more precise, clear, levelheaded."

    Posted Jul 31, 2007

    Fresh
    3/5

    N/A

    Black Moon (1975)

    " There is an order to this film, but we must supply it, each according to his needs."

    Posted Jun 23, 2007

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    N/A

    Max Havelaar (1976)

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    Posted Jun 16, 2007

    Rotten
    2.5/5

    N/A

    Up the Academy (1980)

    " Cheerfully and rudely haphazard."

    Posted May 30, 2007

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    N/A

    Transes (1981)

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    Posted May 12, 2007

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    N/A

    Maidstone (1970)

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    Posted Apr 7, 2007

    Fresh
    3.5/5

    Fresh
    83%

    Slap Shot (1977)

    " Slap Shot has a kind of vitality to it that overwhelms most of the questions relating to consistency of character and point of view."

    Posted Mar 14, 2007

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    N/A

    Soft Beds, Hard Battles (1974)

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    Posted Feb 3, 2007

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    N/A

    The Outfit (1973)

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    Posted Oct 28, 2006

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    N/A

    Deadfall (1968)

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    Posted Oct 14, 2006

    Fresh
    4/5

    N/A

    The Family Game (1983)

    " The Family Game is not always easy to follow, but it's almost always funny and, from the opening shots until the last, it's a visual adventure."

    Posted Sep 30, 2006

    Rotten
    2/5

    Rotten
    20%

    I Love You, Alice B. Toklas (1968)

    " By the end of it I was feeling a certain amount of resentment at having been had, along with Alice B. Toklas, whose name, apparently, is to become an automatic laugh, like smog and girdle."

    Posted Sep 30, 2006

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    N/A

    Vidas Secas (1963)

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    Posted Sep 30, 2006

    Rotten
    2.5/5

    N/A

    Prix De Beaute (1930)

    " Miss Brooks is a lovely, unusually idiosyncratic screen presence but the film is something of an effort to sit through."

    Posted Sep 30, 2006

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    N/A

    The Children Are Watching Us (1943)

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    Posted Sep 30, 2006

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    Fresh
    100%

    The Puppetmaster (1993)

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    Posted Sep 28, 2006

    Rotten
    2/5

    Rotten
    40%

    Lili Marleen (1981)

    " What is new for a Fassbinder work is that the film is far more entertaining to watch than it is interesting to speculate about. That means it's a disappointment."

    Posted Sep 18, 2006

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    N/A

    The Quiet Duel (1949)

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    Posted Sep 16, 2006

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    N/A

    Japan Sinks (1973)

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    Posted Sep 2, 2006

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    N/A

    Le Couperet (2005)

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    Posted Aug 19, 2006

    Rotten
    2/5

    N/A

    Fish Hawk (1979)

    " It's not quite a nature film, but it's not strong enough to be classified as an adventure. It's a benign, almost restful movie whose end effect may well be deep sleep."

    Posted Aug 19, 2006

    Fresh
    3.5/5

    N/A

    Bugs Bunny Superstar (1975)

    " Children, brought up on TV, should be dazzled by the slam-bang wit and the excellence of the animation techniques."

    Posted Aug 12, 2006
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