ROTTEN TOMATOES: Valerie Kuklenski

VALERIE KUKLENSKI

Agrees with the Tomatometer 79% of the time.

Publications: Los Angeles Daily News

Total Reviews: 24

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

Fresh 3.5/4	Fresh 62%	Arctic Tale (2007)	" Arctic Tale conveys the [environmental] message to kids in an endearing story wrapped around some of the most compelling footage ever captured at the top of the world." Posted Jul 26, 2007
Fresh 3.5/4	Fresh 85%	Bridge to Terabithia (2007)	" [Director Csupo] succeeds in keeping his main characters well-rooted in their daily lives, and his restraint in creating Terabithia is commendable. With no gratuitous rainbows, elves or unicorns, it somehow is believable." Posted Feb 24, 2007
Fresh 3/4	Fresh 100%	Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers (2006)	" Iraq for Sale is one film with an agenda that maybe everybody can get behind." Posted Sep 8, 2006
Rotten 1.5/4	Rotten 5%	Yours, Mine, & Ours (2005)	" It's unlikely that anyone from that real family would see himself in the remake starring Rene Russo and Dennis Quaid. It's a story told in extremes, as if there weren't enough comedy potential in 18 kids under one roof." Posted Nov 23, 2005
Fresh 2.5/4	Fresh 92%	Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price (2005)	" The documentary compiles a wide array of corporate offenses." Posted Nov 4, 2005
Rotten 1.5/4	Rotten 5%	Christmas with the Kranks (2004)	" There are some funny moments... But they are too few." Posted Nov 24, 2004
Fresh 2.5/4	Rotten 19%	Thunderbirds (2004)	" An action adventure that satisfies appetites for simpler times, keeping the good-vs.-evil pure and unencumbered." Posted Jul 30, 2004
Rotten 2.5/4	Rotten 14%	Garfield the Movie (2004)	" The story by Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow is predictable, even for young moviegoers." Posted Jun 11, 2004
Rotten 1/4	Rotten 12%	Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004)	" They are evil and they must be stopped. They being studio production executives who gleefully greenlight a sequel to an OK kid-targeted adventure movie just because they are blinded by flashing dollar signs." Posted Mar 12, 2004
Rotten 2.5/4	Rotten 45%	Latter Days (2004)	" Sounds like the kind of movie that might appeal to, I dunno, maybe all seven openly gay Mormons and not many others." Posted Jan 30, 2004
Rotten 2/4	Rotten 13%	The Haunted Mansion (2003)	" *It's true that last summer's hit Pirates of the Caribbean* is one tough act to follow, but The Haunted Mansion falls short even without such comparisons.**" Posted Nov 26, 2003
Fresh 3/4	Fresh 88%	Freaky Friday (2003)	" Director Mark Waters and first-time screenwriter Heather Hach have given a fresh sensibility to an oft-told fable of walking in another's shoes." Posted Aug 6, 2003
Fresh 3/4	Fresh 78%	The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002)	" The greatest strength of The Wild Thornberrys Movie is its ability to relate basic truths -- poachers are bad, respecting wildlife and native peoples is good -- in a way that is fun, fast-paced and accessible without being patronizing." Posted Dec 20, 2002
Fresh 3/4	Rotten 27%	The Country Bears (2002)	" *Don't tell anybody, but I'm going to buy the soundtrack to The Country Bears.*" Posted Jul 26, 2002
Fresh 3/4	Rotten 30%	Hey Arnold! The Movie (2002)	" Craig Bartlett and director Tuck Tucker should be commended for illustrating the merits of fighting hard for something that really matters." Posted Jun 28, 2002
Fresh 3/4	Fresh 65%	Festival in Cannes (2002)	" Those outside show business will enjoy a close look at people they don't really want to know." Posted Mar 8, 2002
Rotten 1.5/4	Rotten 3%	Rollerball (2002)	" What do you get when you cross an MGM cult film with costumes from a World Wrestling Federation garage sale and an editor with a short attention span?" Posted Feb 8, 2002
Rotten	Rotten 26%	Max Keeble's Big Move (2001)	" Schoolyard bullying is a touchy issue these days, having been pinpointed as the root of many larger crises such as school shootings. Too bad Keeblesed the opportunity to teach kids something about it." Posted Oct 6, 2001
Fresh	Fresh 60%	Recess: School's Out (2001)	" Paul and Joe (they like to be on a first-name basis with their audience) have created a look that is as basic and down-to-earth as their characters." Posted Feb 16, 2001
Rotten	Rotten 38%	Bicentennial Man (1999)	Bicentennial Man misses the big picture. Posted Jan 1, 2000
Fresh	Rotten 27%	Diamonds (1999)	Douglas, still vigorous at 83, carries the film with one of the best performances of his long career, probably because many of his scenes are straight from the heart. Posted Jan 1, 2000
Fresh	Fresh 75%	Rugrats in Paris (2000)	" *There's something in Rugrats in Paris* for all ages.**" Posted Jan 1, 2000
Rotten	Fresh 82%	The Legend of Drunken Master (1994)	" Shortchanges character and plot in order to make time for fight scenes." Posted Jan 1, 2000
Rotten	Rotten 19%	Thomas and the Magic Railroad (2000)	" The complex story is too much to chew for the average preschooler." Posted Jan 1, 2000

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