ROTTEN TOMATOES: Simon Braund

SIMON BRAUND

Agrees with the Tomatometer 76% of the time.

Total Reviews: 38

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

Rotten 2/5	Rotten 16%	Crossing Over (2009)	" Being over-stuffed and heavy-handed are not even Crossing Over’s biggest problems. That dubious honour goes to an absolute failure to address its nominal subject-matter in any meaningful way." Posted Jul 31, 2009
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 78%	The Hangover (2009)	" A furiously paced, inventive and flat-out hilarious take on a tried-and-tested formula. An exemplary bromantic comedy that doesn’t sacrifice heart in pursuit of laughs, maintaining plenty of the former and a superabundance of the latter." Posted Jun 12, 2009
Rotten 1/5	Rotten 10%	Fool's Gold (2008)	" Absolute tosh. A ridiculous, unerringly tedious plot is weighed down by listless performances from a cast who clearly wished they were somewhere else, despite the sumptuous locations." Posted Apr 18, 2008
Rotten 2/5	Rotten 52%	Leatherheads (2008)	" On paper it looks like a gem – roaring 20s setting, verbal fireworks and a silly sport in its rude infancy. In practice, it's way off the pace, far too slow for its screwball pretensions and the kind of film that confuses pastiche with period detail." Posted Apr 11, 2008
Fresh 5/5	Fresh 92%	The General (1927)	" The birth of slapstick." Posted Apr 2, 2008
Rotten 1/5	Rotten 2%	Meet the Spartans (2008)	" Obviously, it's rubbish." Posted Mar 20, 2008
Rotten 2/5	Rotten 27%	The Game Plan (2007)	" Even The Rock's immense charisma cannot save this predicatable fare." Posted Mar 7, 2008
Rotten 2/5	Rotten 19%	The Invasion (2007)	" If not a train-wreck, this is certainly more than a fender-bender. In a world overflowing with targets for a satirical pasting, we needed something a lot sharper than this." Posted Oct 10, 2007
Fresh 5/5	Fresh 100%	The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)	" Whale's erudite genius brings it all together. He sculpts every nuance of self-parody, social satire, horror, humour, wit and whimsy into a dazzling whole, keeping every one of his fantastical plates spinning until the tragic, inevitable finale." Posted Sep 24, 2007
Fresh 5/5	Fresh 94%	A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)	" What makes Freddy truly terrifying, and an inspired invention on Craven's part, is that he exists not in the real world but in the shadowy realm of dreams." Posted Sep 21, 2007
Rotten 2/5	Rotten 4%	Happily N'Ever After (2007)	" Shrek this ain't. A lacklustre effort hampered by limp dialogue and lazy plotting." Posted Aug 3, 2007
Rotten 2/5	Rotten 27%	Stomp The Yard (2007)	" Decidely average teen drama but with a few decent dance numbers." Posted Mar 13, 2007
Rotten 1/5	Rotten 6%	Gigli (2003)	" Torture. Impossible to imagine how it could've been worse." Posted Dec 30, 2006
Fresh 3/5	Rotten 22%	Barnyard: The Original Party Animals (2006)	" Good voice talent and some funny moments." Posted Oct 21, 2006
Rotten 2/5	Rotten 31%	Stick It (2006)	" The script fights well against the cliche-ridden plot but this is very average all round." Posted Oct 13, 2006
Fresh 4/5	Rotten 47%	Miami Vice (2006)	" Bearing all the Mann hallmarks, this is visually enthralling, relentlessly stylish crime drama. A little too languorous for its own good at times, but still vastly superior entertainment." Posted Aug 4, 2006
Fresh 3/5	Fresh 71%	Eight Below (2006)	" Walker and co. might get a healthy burst of screentime in the middle, but its the team of dogs who steal the show." Posted May 6, 2006
Fresh 3/5	Rotten 56%	16 Blocks (2006)	" A solid, bare-knuckle action-thriller from Richard Lethal Weapon Donner that avoids most of the genre’s clichés and boasts a commendably dishevelled performance from Willis, as a washed-up NYPD flatfoot dissolving in self-loathing." Posted May 6, 2006
Fresh 4/5	Rotten 44%	50 First Dates (2004)	" Gossamer thin, but lots of fun nevertheless." Posted Apr 1, 2006
Rotten 2/5	Rotten 5%	Yours, Mine, & Ours (2005)	" A movie that somehow manages to be both irritatingly familiar and instantly forgettable." Posted Apr 1, 2006
Fresh 3/5	Fresh 64%	Coach Carter (2005)	" On paper a routine sports yarn. On screen, thanks to Jackson refusing to phone it in, far more satisfying than you might expect." Posted Apr 1, 2006
Fresh 3/5	Rotten 29%	Fun with Dick and Jane (2005)	" A razor-sharp satire on class struggle and the evaporating America dream, which adroitly masquerades as a screwball star turn." Posted Apr 1, 2006
Fresh 4/5	Rotten 27%	Elizabethtown (2005)	" Crowe is still a master navigator of swampy territory, and any movie that can warm the heart and tickle the funny bone without selling its soul is to be cherished, warts and all." Posted Feb 1, 2006
Fresh 5/5	Fresh 98%	Mean Streets (1973)	" Terrific. Top shelf talent at the top of their game, working immediately before they would change Hollywood." Posted Nov 3, 2005
Rotten 2/5	Rotten 25%	Bewitched (2005)	" A disappointing treatment of fabulous source material." Posted Aug 19, 2005
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 75%	Crash (2005)	" A haunting, perceptive and uncompromising examination of controversial subject matter, expertly written and directed by Paul Haggis and characterised by excellent performances from its starry cast." Posted Aug 14, 2005
Fresh 4/5	Rotten 58%	Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005)	" A full-on action flick, subversive rom-com and weapons-grade star vehicle that’s drenched in Tinseltown glitz, from a director who knows how to put the money on the screen while his tongue’s firmly in his cheek." Posted Jun 6, 2005
Fresh 3/5	Rotten 16%	The Big Bounce (2004)	" It's sexy, offbeat fun for the most part, but it's way too laid-back for its own good and, in the end, obstinately refuses to be anything more than the sum of its highly promising parts." Posted May 14, 2004
Rotten 3/5	Rotten 18%	Laws of Attraction (2004)	" Despite a few flickers of charm, the film seldom raises itself above the level of pleasant. And pleasant ain't sophisticated, and it certainly ain't sexy." Posted May 14, 2004
Rotten 2/5	Rotten 2%	Half Past Dead (2002)	" It's quite slick, but Seagal's fans won't necessarily get what they paid for." Posted Aug 1, 2003
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 61%	Hulk (2003)	" Equal parts silly and dark, as all good comic book adaptations should be, and refreshing to see a super-antihero movie for a change." Posted Jun 24, 2003
Rotten 2/5	Rotten 22%	Biker Boyz (2003)	" A dull soap with a baffling paucity of thrills." Posted Apr 21, 2003
Fresh 5/5	Fresh 97%	His Girl Friday (1940)	" Howard Hawks' finest moment." Posted Mar 21, 2002
Fresh 3/5	Rotten 33%	Exit Wounds (2001)	" Via a combination of undeniably smart action moves and a hitherto absent sense of stoic self-deprecation, Seagal is once again back on form." Posted Apr 27, 2001
Rotten	Rotten 36%	Cotton Mary (2000)	" Patchy at best." Posted Jan 1, 2000
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 81%	Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)	" downbeat, stylish and strange film" Posted Jan 1, 2000
Fresh 5/5	Fresh 96%	This Is Spinal Tap (1984)	" Reiner’s brilliant “rockumentary” sends up its subject matter and the documentary form, with such deft perception that confusing it with the genuine article is an easy mistake to make." Posted Jan 1, 2000
Fresh 3/5	Fresh 96%	WarGames (1983)	" Badham directs the whole thing with economy and pace." Posted Jan 1, 2000

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