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Critics / Rita Kempley
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    RITA KEMPLEY

    Agrees with the Tomatometer 75% of the time.

    Publications: Washington Post

    Critics' Group: Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association

    Total Reviews: 1083
    Total QuickRatings: 1

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    Fresh

    Rotten
    42%

    Oliver and Company (1988)

    " Even as a cartoon poodle, Bette Midler stops the show."

    Posted Nov 13, 2009

    Rotten

    Rotten
    9%

    Eye for an Eye (1996)

    " This blatant button-pusher plays upon our most primal emotions as well as the increasing disdain for the criminal justice system."

    Posted Aug 4, 2009

    Rotten

    Rotten
    7%

    Mrs. Winterbourne (1996)

    " For a Cinderella story, it's sorely without magic."

    Posted Aug 3, 2009

    Rotten

    Fresh
    83%

    Hercules (1997)

    " Chock-full of celeb cameos, puns and contemporary camp, the movie is annoyingly hip."

    Posted Oct 18, 2008

    Rotten

    Rotten
    55%

    Pocahontas (1995)

    " All Disney has really done in its disappointing 33rd animated feature is revive the stereotype of the Noble Savage."

    Posted Sep 2, 2008

    Rotten

    Rotten
    24%

    A Thousand Acres (1997)

    " In many ways, it has less in common with Shakespeare's tragedy than with Stephen King's Iowa-set horror story, Children of the Corn."

    Posted Jul 3, 2008

    Rotten

    Fresh
    63%

    The X-Files: Fight the Future (1998)

    " The X-Files movie is really just a two-hour teaser for the series's sixth season. And little else."

    Posted May 19, 2008

    Fresh

    Fresh
    77%

    Dark City (1998)

    " [A] stylish hybrid of futuristic thriller and film noir."

    Posted Apr 28, 2008

    Rotten

    Fresh
    68%

    Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)

    " The originals were spoofs in their own way, too, unless you really believe that secret agents look more like Sean Connery than Aldrich Ames."

    Posted Apr 1, 2008

    Rotten

    Fresh
    64%

    Rounders (1998)

    " The wholesome pup's poker face alone, however, hardly accounts for the film's failure to thrill. Damon's character doesn't really have that much stake in the story's outcome."

    Posted Mar 25, 2008

    Rotten

    Rotten
    37%

    Space Jam (1996)

    " Sufferin' succotash!"

    Posted Mar 24, 2008

    Rotten

    Fresh
    61%

    Independence Day (1996)

    " Maybe the moviemakers' mission was to boldly go where everyone in Hollywood has gone before: the bank."

    Posted Mar 5, 2008

    Fresh

    Rotten
    52%

    Two Girls and a Guy (1997)

    " An edgy, gabby, salaciously subversive sex farce."

    Posted Feb 12, 2008

    Fresh

    Fresh
    94%

    The Last Seduction (1995)

    " What Sharon Stone did for the ice pick, Linda Fiorentino does for the ice princess."

    Posted Feb 12, 2008

    Rotten

    N/A

    Bandits (1986)

    " A lot goes on, but the movie remains uneventful. It sizzles with soul-searching."

    Posted Jan 15, 2008

    Rotten

    Fresh
    66%

    Contact (1997)

    " Contact takes forever to lift off."

    Posted Jun 8, 2007

    Fresh

    Fresh
    84%

    Jerry Maguire (1996)

    " Cruise seems to have grown as much as Jerry, for he brings gentleness, warmth and lightheartedness to this role, qualities that we haven't seen since he played air guitar in his underpants in Risky Business 13 years ago."

    Posted Mar 26, 2007

    Fresh

    Fresh
    98%

    When We Were Kings (1996)

    " No comedian was ever funnier, no fighter ever faster than Muhammad Ali, who is caught at the top of his game in Leon Gast's valentine, When We Were Kings."

    Posted Mar 26, 2007

    Fresh

    Fresh
    84%

    The English Patient (1996)

    " The result is completely intoxicating."

    Posted Feb 5, 2007

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    N/A

    The Killing Time (1987)

    Click here to read article

    Posted May 4, 2006

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    N/A

    Police Academy 5 - Assignment Miami Beach (1988)

    Click here to read article

    Posted Oct 27, 2003

    —

    N/A

    Ay, Carmela! (1991)

    Click here to read article

    Posted Oct 15, 2003

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    N/A

    Forbidden Love - The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives (1992)

    Click here to read article

    Posted May 28, 2003

    —

    Rotten
    25%

    K-9 (1989)

    Click here to read article

    Posted May 28, 2003

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    N/A

    How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired (1989)

    Click here to read article

    Posted May 21, 2003

    Fresh
    4/5

    Fresh
    84%

    Liar Liar (1997)

    " Like Robin Williams, Carrey has learned to do his side-splitting shtick in character. He's not only under control, but funnier than ever as the truth-impaired Fletcher Reede."

    Posted Apr 26, 2003

    Rotten

    Rotten
    28%

    It Runs in the Family (2003)

    " Has echoes of The Wonder Years to On Golden Pond, though with fewer laughs and less poignancy."

    Posted Apr 25, 2003

    Rotten

    Rotten
    36%

    Levity (2003)

    " So solemnly paced and deliberately performed that it seems to solidify before your very eyes."

    Posted Apr 25, 2003

    Rotten

    Rotten
    13%

    Chasing Papi (2003)

    " Mendoza alleges she took on the negligible project to demonstrate the diversity of Hispanic American womanhood. What she demonstrates is a clear grasp of stereotype."

    Posted Apr 16, 2003

    Fresh

    Fresh
    77%

    The Good Thief (2003)

    " Nolte is not only made for the role, he's also rehearsed it in real life."

    Posted Apr 11, 2003

    Fresh

    Fresh
    73%

    He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not (2003)

    " Wickedly clever French psycho-thriller about romantic obsession."

    Posted Apr 4, 2003

    Rotten

    Rotten
    30%

    Head of State (2003)

    " Though the comedy falls short of a debacle -- which is what such egocentric projects tend to be -- it isn't as sharp, fast or funny as Rock's stand-up routines."

    Posted Mar 28, 2003

    Fresh

    Fresh
    86%

    Nowhere in Africa (2003)

    " This consistently absorbing family saga is primarily a safari of the soul."

    Posted Mar 28, 2003

    Rotten

    Rotten
    42%

    The Core (2003)

    " Sloppily made, poky, extra cheesy adventure."

    Posted Mar 28, 2003

    Fresh

    Fresh
    85%

    Bend It Like Beckham (2003)

    " You seldom leave a theater walking on air, much less float all through a movie. But the joyous Bend It Like Beckham never lets you down."

    Posted Mar 28, 2003

    Rotten

    Rotten
    7%

    Boat Trip (2003)

    " A smutty, imbecilic farce."

    Posted Mar 21, 2003

    Fresh

    Fresh
    72%

    Piglet's Big Movie (2003)

    " Sure it's slight, but also as cute as the curly tail on its tender protagonist."

    Posted Mar 21, 2003

    Fresh

    Rotten
    31%

    The Hunted (2003)

    " A good ride, briskly paced, well played and vividly photographed."

    Posted Mar 14, 2003

    Rotten

    Rotten
    38%

    Agent Cody Banks (2003)

    " Sorely lacking in suspense, humor or originality, Agent Cody Banks aspires to the lowest rung of the peanut gallery."

    Posted Mar 14, 2003

    Rotten

    Rotten
    34%

    Bringing Down the House (2003)

    " An embarrassment for all concerned, this witless, odd-couple comedy slings separate but equal gibes at blacks and whites... and still manages to ridicule gays and Hispanics."

    Posted Mar 7, 2003

    Fresh

    Fresh
    96%

    Open Hearts (2003)

    " The cast seems to have burrowed into the material."

    Posted Mar 7, 2003

    Rotten

    Rotten
    26%

    Cradle 2 the Grave (2003)

    " It's saying something when Tom Arnold's performance is among the movie's highlights."

    Posted Feb 28, 2003

    Fresh

    Fresh
    67%

    The Ballad of Bering Strait (2002)

    " It isn't wildly imaginative, but its subjects are novel enough in their own right."

    Posted Feb 28, 2003

    Rotten

    Fresh
    60%

    Old School (2003)

    " This movie's enough to give you a big fat Greek dreading."

    Posted Feb 22, 2003

    Rotten

    Rotten
    20%

    The Life of David Gale (2003)

    " After two hours of bludgeoning by Parker's moralistic mallet, even those who came in sympathetic to his views may leave with second thoughts."

    Posted Feb 21, 2003

    Fresh

    Rotten
    57%

    The Guru (2003)

    " A joyous genre-blender guaranteed to crank up your karma."

    Posted Feb 14, 2003

    Rotten

    Fresh
    79%

    Private Parts (1997)

    " A choppy amalgram of Revenge of the Nerds, Father Knows Best and Network."

    Posted Nov 7, 2002

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    N/A

    Superstar (1987)

    Click here to read article

    Posted Nov 6, 2002

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    Rotten
    0%

    Double Dragon (1995)

    Click here to read article

    Posted Oct 22, 2002

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    Fresh
    67%

    The Living End (1992)

    Click here to read article

    Posted Oct 2, 2002
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