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MAC VERSTANDIG

""Journalism is literature in a hurry." -Runaway Bride

"Family is just a dirty word for censorship." -Cecil B. Demented "

Agrees with the Tomatometer 67% of the time.

Biography: Recieved full press credentials as a film critic at the tender age of 14. Ran Moviereviews.org while working as a film critic for countless other websites, Connecticut's Stage Newspaper and Portland, Maine's WTPN-FM Radio. Gave up the gig in 2001, choosing to finish out high school quietly. Now a student of the University of Wisconsin and reviewing again, this time for the Badger Herald.

Favorites: For a good laugh, nothing beats "Animal House." When it comes to great filmmaking, "La Voyage Dans La Lune," "The Godfather," "Saving Private Ryan" and "Casablanca" can't be ignored.

Publications: Entertainment Insiders, Moviereviews.org, rec.arts.movies.reviews, Stage Newspaper, The Badger Herald

Total Reviews: 169
Total QuickRatings: 3

Location: Madison, Wisconsin by way of Bethesda, Maryland

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—	Fresh 88%	Almost Famous (2000)	Click here to read article — Entertainment Insiders Posted Oct 18, 2008
—	Rotten 38%	Black and White (1999)	Click here to read article — rec.arts.movies.reviews Posted Oct 18, 2008
—	Rotten 15%	Random Hearts (1999)	Click here to read article — rec.arts.movies.reviews Posted Oct 18, 2008
—	Fresh 64%	Rounders (1998)	Click here to read article — rec.arts.movies.reviews Posted Oct 18, 2008
Fresh	Fresh 62%	Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)	" The special effects are some of the most dazzling and amazing ever seen on the big screen. In addition, the acting is excellent." — rec.arts.movies.reviews Posted Oct 18, 2008
—	Rotten 56%	Never Been Kissed (1999)	Click here to read article — rec.arts.movies.reviews Posted Oct 18, 2008
—	Rotten 56%	10 Things I Hate About You (1999)	Click here to read article — rec.arts.movies.reviews Posted Oct 18, 2008
—	N/A	Instrument (1987)	Click here to read article — rec.arts.movies.reviews Posted Aug 21, 2007
Fresh A	Fresh 77%	Munich (2005)	" Despite being nearly three hours long, the movie is among the finest to grace the silver screen in some time and should be able to work over any intelligent audience not bothered by a level of blood, gore and even nudity traditionally reserved for either" — The Badger Herald Posted Dec 19, 2005
Rotten D	Fresh 73%	Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle (2004)	" Nearly every gut-wrenching turn is somehow derived from an ethnic slur, juvenile sight gag, or the glorification of an illegal substance and its side effects." — The Badger Herald Posted Sep 2, 2004
Rotten F	Fresh 84%	Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)	" ...the sort of vitriolic exercise in paranoia that would ordinarily land its creator in therapy." — The Badger Herald Posted Jun 29, 2004
Rotten	Rotten 50%	The Passion of the Christ (2004)	" Unrelentingly anti-Semitic, excessively grotesque and overly narrow in its scope" — The Badger Herald Posted Feb 27, 2004
Fresh B+	Rotten 35%	Radio (2003)	" ...a stellar work of poignant cinema." — The Badger Herald Posted Oct 27, 2003
Fresh B	Fresh 72%	Runaway Jury (2003)	" ...Far-fetched, poorly crafted, but very entertaining." — The Badger Herald Posted Oct 21, 2003
Fresh A-	Fresh 75%	Intolerable Cruelty (2003)	" ...an uproariously quirky story about romance in the very unromantic field of matrimonial law." — The Badger Herald Posted Oct 12, 2003
Fresh A-	Fresh 91%	School of Rock (2003)	" Jack Black... deftly guides the family film away from the genre's usual mawkishness and into a sort of Bad-Company-meets-Peter-Pan Rock 'n' Roll Never Never Land." — The Badger Herald Posted Oct 6, 2003
Rotten D	Rotten 37%	Duplex (2003)	" ...other than a few shining moments, 'Duplex' relies entirely upon juvenile sight gags to generate jokes that really aren't all that amusing." — The Badger Herald Posted Oct 4, 2003
Fresh B+	Rotten 40%	Anything Else (2003)	" Allen creates one of his finer films, with a delicately intricate plot, phenomenal acting and delightfully cynical humor." — The Badger Herald Posted Sep 22, 2003
Fresh A	Fresh 83%	Matchstick Men (2003)	" ...has so much sheer style and class that it more closely resembles an old Rat Pack project than a modern-day popcorn dud." — The Badger Herald Posted Sep 15, 2003
Rotten C	Rotten 22%	Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003)	" ...the sort of B-actor-driven comedic train wreck that David Spade used to dryly mock while doing his 'Hollywood Minute' on Saturday Night Live" — The Badger Herald Posted Sep 12, 2003
Fresh A-	Rotten 55%	American Wedding (2003)	" ...hopefully there will be more to come; it would be a shame if this really is 'Bye bye, Miss American Pie.'" — The Badger Herald Posted Sep 4, 2003
Fresh 3/4	Rotten 33%	Romeo Must Die (2000)	" Everyone can enjoy the main special effect in the movie: Jet Li." — Entertainment Insiders Posted Aug 27, 2003
—	Rotten 54%	Blow (2001)	Click here to read article — Entertainment Insiders Posted Aug 27, 2003
Fresh A-	Rotten 35%	The Real Cancun (2003)	" More closely resembling a "Girls Gone Wild" video than a work of traditional cinema, "The Real Cancun" delivers a unique brand of glossy sex appeal, thanks to a fairly developed array of variously sordid characters." — The Badger Herald Posted May 1, 2003
Rotten F	Rotten 22%	Bulletproof Monk (2003)	" Bulletproof Monk has a snide confidence that its petty jokes of culture shock will actually elicit laughs while altogether failing to realize that the punch lines weren't that funny the first time, let alone this time." — The Badger Herald Posted Apr 21, 2003
Rotten C	Rotten 43%	Anger Management (2003)	" [Nicholson and Sandler] put forth fine efforts in this entirely performance-driven film, but save for a few memorable scenes, the oil and vinegar simply don't mix." — The Badger Herald Posted Apr 14, 2003
Fresh A-	Fresh 71%	Phone Booth (2003)	" A riveting tale of morality in a city noted for its sinful characters, "Phone Booth" is that rare edge-of-your-seat movie that is as cerebral as it is thrilling." — The Badger Herald Posted Apr 6, 2003
Fresh B-	Rotten 30%	Head of State (2003)	" Delightfully hilarious yet awkwardly toothless" — The Badger Herald Posted Mar 31, 2003
Rotten D	Rotten 43%	How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)	" *It is exceedingly difficult to classify How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days* as a romantic comedy given that the film is about as romantic as a punch to the face -- literally.*" — The Badger Herald* Posted Mar 5, 2003
Rotten D	Rotten 8%	Gods and Generals (2003)	" A repulsive combination of dry textbook history and pandering melodrama." — The Badger Herald Posted Mar 5, 2003
—	Rotten 43%	The Siege (1998)	Click here to read article — rec.arts.movies.reviews Posted Oct 10, 2002
—	N/A	Gigantics (1999)	Click here to read article — Moviereviews.org Posted Jun 4, 2002
—	Fresh 94%	Last Resort (2001)	Click here to read article — Moviereviews.org Posted Feb 4, 2002
—	Rotten 11%	Joe Dirt (2001)	Click here to read article — Moviereviews.org Posted Feb 4, 2002
—	Rotten 30%	The Animal (2001)	Click here to read article — Moviereviews.org Posted Feb 4, 2002
—	Rotten 13%	Town and Country (2001)	Click here to read article — Moviereviews.org Posted Feb 4, 2002
—	Rotten 33%	One Night at McCool's (2001)	Click here to read article — Moviereviews.org Posted Feb 4, 2002
—	Rotten 11%	Freddy Got Fingered (2001)	Click here to read article — Moviereviews.org Posted Feb 4, 2002
—	N/A	WADD: The Life and Times of John C. Holmes (2001)	Click here to read article — Moviereviews.org Posted Nov 13, 2001
Fresh 9/10	Fresh 72%	Snatch (2001)	" Rare film that produces disgust-induced humor with some degree of frequency and yet never stoops to a juvenile level." — Entertainment Insiders Posted Jan 19, 2001
Fresh 8/10	Fresh 82%	Pollock (2000)	" The artwork that is shown on screen is so utterly fascinating and spectacular that one needn't be an art aficionado to appreciate the splattered canvases." — Entertainment Insiders Posted Jan 15, 2001
—	Rotten 30%	200 Cigarettes (1999)	Click here to read article — Moviereviews.org Posted Jan 1, 2000
Fresh 4/4	Fresh 60%	A Civil Action (1998)	" Worry not, Travolta fans, because he gives what is his second Oscar caliber performance of the year in this remarkable film." — rec.arts.movies.reviews Posted Jan 1, 2000
—	Fresh 73%	A Walk On the Moon (1998)	Click here to read article — Moviereviews.org Posted Jan 1, 2000
Fresh	Fresh 89%	American Beauty (1999)	" Kevin Spacey gives a performance, in what may be one of the great films of our time, that will surely garner him an Academy Award nomination." — Moviereviews.org Posted Jan 1, 2000
—	Fresh 100%	American Experience - Return With Honor (1999)	Click here to read article — Moviereviews.org Posted Jan 1, 2000
Fresh	Fresh 60%	American Pie (1999)	" American Pie is a guilty pleasure at its best!" — Moviereviews.org Posted Jan 1, 2000
Fresh 9/10	Fresh 66%	American Psycho (2000)	" *Rarely has a film so funny, chilling and revealing as American Psycho* graced the silver screen.*" — Moviereviews.org* Posted Jan 1, 2000
Rotten	Rotten 52%	Angela's Ashes (1999)	" The two and a half hour duration goes at the rate of a Leslie Nielson death scene." — Moviereviews.org Posted Jan 1, 2000
Rotten	Rotten 52%	Angela's Ashes (1999)	" The two and a half hour duration goes at the rate of a Leslie Nielson death scene." — Stage Newspaper Posted Jan 1, 2000

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10/10	Mission to MarsOffsite
4/4	A Civil ActionOffsite
A	Matchstick MenOffsite
9/10	My Dog SkipOffsite
A-	Phone BoothOffsite
8/10	Girl, InterruptedOffsite
B+	Anything ElseOffsite
3/4	Romeo Must DieOffsite
7/10	Rules of EngagementOffsite
B	Runaway JuryOffsite
6/10	Snow Falling on CedarsOffsite
B-	Head of StateOffsite
5/10	High FidelityOffsite
C	Anger ManagementOffsite
4/10	Titan A.E.Offsite
1.5/4	Shakespeare in LoveOffsite
3/10	The Flintstones in Viva Rock VegasOffsite
2/10	Ready to RumbleOffsite
D	Gods and GeneralsOffsite
F	Bulletproof MonkOffsite

A	MunichOffsite
A	Matchstick MenOffsite
10/10	Mission to MarsOffsite
10/10	Chicken RunOffsite
10/10	The Girl Next DoorOffsite
10/10	Mission to MarsOffsite
4/4	A Civil ActionOffsite
A-	Intolerable CrueltyOffsite
A-	School of RockOffsite
A-	American WeddingOffsite

F	Fahrenheit 9/11Offsite
F	Bulletproof MonkOffsite
D	Harold & Kumar Go To White CastleOffsite
D	DuplexOffsite
D	How to Lose a Guy in 10 DaysOffsite
D	Gods and GeneralsOffsite
2/10	Ready to RumbleOffsite
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