ROTTEN TOMATOES: Liz Beardsworth

LIZ BEARDSWORTH

Agrees with the Tomatometer 76% of the time.

Total Reviews: 30

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

Fresh 4/5	Fresh 83%	Bright Star (2009)	" Campion has created another resonant paean to love’s pain and joy, and gives new life to John Keats, too often now associated with dusty school books." Posted Nov 6, 2009
Rotten 2/5	Rotten 10%	My Life in Ruins (2009)	" Nia Vardalos is as charming and watchable as ever but this is cliche ridden fluff." Posted Oct 4, 2009
Fresh 3/5	Rotten 38%	The Time Traveler's Wife (2009)	" Competent and well-cast, but it crams too much into the runtime and loses the elegance of the novel." Posted Aug 14, 2009
Fresh 3/5	Fresh 65%	Coco Before Chanel (2009)	" More a snapshot of a moment than conventional biography, and while less complex than it might want to be, still a quietly thoughtful look at one of the 20th century’s most influential characters." Posted Jul 31, 2009
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 67%	The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009)	" Miller, who also scripted, takes a familiar premise but gives it life and originality, repeatedly thwarting expectations with quirky diversions and smart twists." Posted Jul 10, 2009
Rotten 2/5	Rotten 58%	The Secret Life of Bees (2008)	" The source material remains affecting and the cast work hard to add dimension to a lacklustre screenplay. But sadly, it adds up to less than the sum of its parts." Posted Dec 5, 2008
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 67%	Paris (2009)	" As Klapisch wanders through vignettes of dreams and disappointments, he offers a captivating and never prescriptive paeon to humanity's will to survive." Posted Jul 4, 2008
Fresh 3/5	Rotten 52%	Margot at the Wedding (2007)	" A sharply observed but bleak examination of family dysfunction, anchored by solid performances." Posted Feb 28, 2008
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 89%	Starter For 10 (2007)	" This is a true winner, and the smartest comedy you will see this year." Posted Sep 22, 2007
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 85%	2 Days In Paris (2007)	" Quirky, fresh and sharply intelligent. A promising debut for director Delpy, both thought-provoking and painfully funny." Posted Aug 31, 2007
Fresh 3/5	Fresh 78%	Stolen Holidays (2006)	" Visually and atmospherically moving with some very decent performacnes." Posted Jun 29, 2007
Rotten 2/5	Rotten 9%	The Reaping (2007)	" The impressive cast do their best to bring a sense of conviction to the piece, but it had to have been blind faith that brought them into such an unholy mess." Posted Apr 28, 2007
Fresh 4/5	Rotten 58%	Becoming Jane (2007)	" A charming, intriguing biopic, given extra depth and sparkle by attractive performances from its superior cast." Posted Mar 8, 2007
Rotten 2/5	Fresh 69%	Freedom Writers (2007)	" Despite solid work from the engaging cast, there’s nothing new here to distinguish Freedom Writers as anything beyond a C+." Posted Feb 27, 2007
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 87%	The Last King of Scotland (2006)	" Both an enthralling examination of a horrific time and an adrenalin-filled thriller full of wry humour." Posted Jan 4, 2007
Fresh 3/5	Rotten 28%	Trust the Man (2006)	" Freundlich’s intelligent, very funny take on male-female relationships manages the not inconsiderable feat of being both jaded and appealingly fresh." Posted Sep 22, 2006
Rotten 2/5	Rotten 14%	Soul Man (1986)	" The comedy was out of date before they even made this, no matter how much they try and twist the ending." Posted Jun 7, 2006
Rotten 2/5	Rotten 32%	Imagine Me & You (2006)	" Parker has a sensitive approach to the crise d’amour, but his lacklustre leading ladies contribute to an uneven tone." Posted Apr 1, 2006
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 81%	Tsotsi (2006)	" With lively pacing, superb performances and a candid yet forgiving heart, Hood has created an inverse fairy tale that is never less than absorbing." Posted Apr 1, 2006
Fresh 3/5	Rotten 44%	Goal! (2006)	" *No points for originality, but Goal!* scores three valuable stars for its warmth and wit.**" Posted Apr 1, 2006
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 83%	Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005)	" July’s tender, original movie is a wonderfully uplifting experience." Posted Aug 19, 2005
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 92%	My Summer of Love (2005)	" Pawlikowski brilliantly captures the obsessiveness of adolescent girls, his film suffused in a dream-like headiness." Posted Jun 8, 2005
Rotten 2/5	Rotten 22%	Raising Helen (2004)	" *The latest urban fairy tale from Pretty Woman's Marshall sees the director continue his descent into underwritten schmaltz at the expense of genuine wit and warmth.*" Posted Aug 28, 2004
Fresh 3/5	Fresh 94%	Before Sunset (2004)	" An intelligent, engagingly honest study of love lost and, just maybe, regained." Posted Jul 23, 2004
Fresh 3/5	Rotten 20%	The Life of David Gale (2003)	Click here to read article Posted Jan 7, 2004
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 80%	Bridget Jones' Diary (2001)	" One of the most genuinely funny romances for some time." Posted Apr 13, 2001
Rotten	Rotten 58%	Born Romantic (2001)	" Isn't quite as funny or endearing as it would like to be." Posted Apr 10, 2001
Fresh	Fresh 94%	It's a Wonderful Life (1946)	" It’s a gem for any time of the year and, as such, a vital part of any film fan’s collection." Posted Jan 1, 2000
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 77%	The Virgin Suicides (1999)	" A haunting tale and a stunning directoral debut from Sophia Coppola." Posted Jan 1, 2000
Rotten 2/5	Rotten 35%	Where the Heart Is (2000)	" Perfunctory and strangely soulless." Posted Jan 1, 2000

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