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Critics / Fred Topel
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    FRED TOPEL

    Agrees with the Tomatometer 58% of the time.

    Favorites: Labyrinth, Toy Story 2, The Rock, Face/Off, True Lies, The Big Hit, The Big One (Michael Moore), Casablanca

    Publications: About.com, Can Magazine, Crave Online, E! Online, FilmStew.com, Hollywood.com, IGN Movies, Madblast.com, MovieWeb, Rotten Tomatoes, Sci Fi Wire, Suite101.com

    Total Reviews: 943
    Total QuickRatings: 361

    Location: Los Angeles, CA

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    78%

    The Hangover (2009)

    " It’s the funniest movie of the year." — Can Magazine

    Posted Jun 5, 2009

    Fresh

    Rotten
    44%

    Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)

    " They fixed everything I found wrong with its predecessor, so I can only assume the filmmakers read my review and addressed my concerns point by point." — Can Magazine

    Posted May 23, 2009

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    Rotten
    18%

    Dance Flick (2009)

    " The best Wayans movie since the first Scary Movie. The Wayans' are in top form taking the benchmarks of dance movies to an extreme degree. They can't keep it up, but it remains a solid satire with more to say than many quickie knock-offs." — Can Magazine

    Posted May 23, 2009

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    36%

    Angels & Demons (2009)

    " I did not like The Da Vinci Code, but only because it was completely faithful to the book which I didn't like. As such, I never read Angels & Demons, but I can tell it's faithful too because it's exactly the same thing." — Can Magazine

    Posted May 22, 2009

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    92%

    Drag Me To Hell (2009)

    " He's not reinventing the genre, but he doesn't have to. He already did that once, and now he's just doing what he's good at. His era of in your face outrageousness didn't last long enough as far as I'm concerned." — Can Magazine

    Posted May 22, 2009

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    32%

    Terminator Salvation (2009)

    " Everyone wanted to see the future, but I knew that would just be big robot fights. Cool maybe, but that's a war movie, not a character investment suspenseful action movie. So here, this is what you wanted. Happy now?" — Can Magazine

    Posted May 22, 2009

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    95%

    Star Trek (2009)

    " You can feel the legacy in every scene. It just rocks." — Can Magazine

    Posted Apr 30, 2009

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    86%

    Earth (2009)

    " I didn't learn anything but it's fun, which I didn't expect. Animals do stuff. I don't see how it's an overall ecosystem but whatever." — Can Magazine

    Posted Apr 25, 2009

    Fresh

    Fresh
    86%

    Tyson (2009)

    " The stories are great, really demonstrative of how Tyson became the figure he is. It's amazing how real life has a beginning, middle and end." — Can Magazine

    Posted Apr 25, 2009

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    Rotten
    55%

    The Soloist (2009)

    " I liked The Soloist more than most disease/triumph over adversity movies. It's more believable, more sincere and just more interesting than most. I just can't get over the feeling of filmmakers patting themselves on the back..."" — Can Magazine

    Posted Apr 25, 2009

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    41%

    Fighting (2009)

    " It's like in all this drama, they forgot to have a scene." — Can Magazine

    Posted Apr 25, 2009

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    84%

    State of Play (2009)

    " It would be funny if the surprise ending was that the newspaper just folded so the reporters had to abandon the case. I mean, someone still has to pay for their efforts. Exposing conspiracy and defending the public interest isn't free." — Can Magazine

    Posted Apr 17, 2009

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    Rotten
    58%

    17 Again (2009)

    " Yeah, if only he hadn't taken care of the high school girl he knocked up, everything would have worked out better for him. That's so wrong I can't believe it got through script development." — Can Magazine

    Posted Apr 17, 2009

    Rotten

    Fresh
    88%

    Adventureland (2009)

    " I had really hoped we'd moved beyond the era of movies about boredom. Once people realized that mundane lives aren't actually entertaining, I thought they'd stopped making them." — Can Magazine

    Posted Apr 9, 2009

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    Rotten
    28%

    Fast & Furious (2009)

    " The fastest, most furious movie ever. It is so fast, you'll be furious with excitement. I'm going to try to write my review fast, but that might make my editor furious." — Can Magazine

    Posted Apr 9, 2009

    Rotten

    Rotten
    44%

    Hannah Montana The Movie (2009)

    " I don't buy Billy Ray Cyrus as Miley's dad." — Can Magazine

    Posted Apr 9, 2009

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    Rotten
    13%

    Dragonball: Evolution (2009)

    " It's this generation's Surf Ninjas, and if you remember that at all then you know what I mean." — Can Magazine

    Posted Apr 9, 2009

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    Rotten
    50%

    Observe and Report (2009)

    " I just think it could have gone further, which is to say I'm so desensitized to violence that beating up children and vandalizing public spaces feels too tame to me." — Can Magazine

    Posted Apr 9, 2009

    Rotten

    Fresh
    72%

    Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)

    " It does take a long time to explain the story for a movie that's totally summed up in its title." — Can Magazine

    Posted Mar 26, 2009

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    Rotten
    4%

    Miss March (2009)

    " The whole movie feels like these guys watched some other movie 100 times and thought they could do the same thing. So in their head, this is ... hilarious, but not to anyone else." — Can Magazine

    Posted Mar 13, 2009

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    Rotten
    43%

    Race to Witch Mountain (2009)

    " It's not just bad like some kids movies are bad because they're dumbed down. It is wow bad." — Can Magazine

    Posted Mar 13, 2009

    Fresh

    Rotten
    41%

    The Last House on the Left (2009)

    " There are so many elements, you really don't know what's coming next, even though you know exactly what's going to happen." — Can Magazine

    Posted Mar 12, 2009

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    59%

    Phoebe In Wonderland (2009)

    " Abstract portrayals of kids with OCD and Tourette's do not, it turns out, make great entertainment." — Can Magazine

    Posted Mar 5, 2009

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    4%

    Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009)

    " I suppose the real question again is: why is there a story at all?" — Can Magazine

    Posted Feb 27, 2009

    Fresh

    Fresh
    64%

    Watchmen (2009)

    " Redefines the word epic. I don't know what the new definition is, but it's definitely different... It's 300 times 10!" — Can Magazine

    Posted Feb 26, 2009

    Rotten

    Rotten
    23%

    Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009)

    " Why wouldn't you want to see Isla Fisher stumble on a tray of fish? Why wouldn't you want to see Isla Fisher bumble through a fan dance? Why wouldn't you want to see Isla Fisher fumble through Finnish?" — Can Magazine

    Posted Feb 13, 2009

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    Rotten
    25%

    Friday the 13th (2009)

    " The remake of Friday the 13th makes the remake of Halloween look like the remake of Psycho." — Can Magazine

    Posted Feb 13, 2009

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    Rotten
    39%

    Inkheart (2009)

    " Last Action Hero for books. By proxy, it's also kind of The Purple Rose of Cairo for books, but it's not as good as either... It would really amuse me if it ended with the family deciding, after all this trouble, let's never read again." — Can Magazine

    Posted Feb 6, 2009

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    Rotten
    32%

    Fanboys (2009)

    " Makes me appreciate how the jokes in Family Guy are really accessible to anyone. These are not. This is really just for fanboys, and that's fine. Have a celebration of love of Star Wars and write a love letter to the fans." — Can Magazine

    Posted Feb 6, 2009

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    Rotten
    13%

    The Pink Panther 2 (2009)

    " It's all about Martin's commitment. He knows the rules, the limits and he's an expert at performing it. Even the stunt doubles do some awesome work." — Can Magazine

    Posted Feb 6, 2009

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    Rotten
    23%

    Push (2009)

    " It's not great, but it's a perfectly fine version of psychics on the run versus the bad guys." — Can Magazine

    Posted Feb 6, 2009

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    44%

    He's Just Not That Into You (2009)

    " It's about social responsibility. Everyone's so afraid of hurt feelings. People need to stop making excuses. Hey, it's not all okay. Get over it. And also, stop asking your friends to make you feel better. They give the worst advice. Just go out and have" — Can Magazine

    Posted Feb 6, 2009

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    89%

    Coraline (2009)

    " Just the kind of kids' movie I like... It'll scare the crap out of them as well it should. Something's gotta toughen them up." — Can Magazine

    Posted Feb 6, 2009

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    98%

    The Wrestler (2008)

    " The best wrestling movie ever made. I'm sorry, No Holds Barred, you've been topped." — Can Magazine

    Posted Dec 18, 2008

    Fresh

    Rotten
    27%

    Seven Pounds (2008)

    " The most spiritual movie of the year." — Can Magazine

    Posted Dec 18, 2008

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    Rotten
    43%

    Yes Man (2008)

    " The gimmick creates sets for Jim Carrey to be crazy. He's still at it, finding new ways to contort his body and twist his face. That's really the difference that makes any generic gimmick more entertaining than someone else's." — Can Magazine

    Posted Dec 18, 2008

    Rotten

    Rotten
    55%

    The Tale of Despereaux (2008)

    " So a queen dies by rat tainted soup? I guess that's what the kids are into these days." — Can Magazine

    Posted Dec 18, 2008

    Fresh

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    80%

    Nothing But the Truth (2008)

    " Most importantly, the film takes the issue beyond just journalistic integrity and the government's intrusion. It looks at real life." — Can Magazine

    Posted Dec 16, 2008

    Rotten

    Rotten
    25%

    Nobel Son (2008)

    " You want to see how it plays out, but it's just frustrating to wade through all the "style" to get there." — Can Magazine

    Posted Dec 12, 2008

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    Fresh
    91%

    Frost/Nixon (2008)

    " It's a fascinating study in conversation in an age of texting and abbreviation." — Can Magazine

    Posted Dec 12, 2008

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    Fresh
    68%

    Cadillac Records (2008)

    " The actors do a wonderful job capturing the unique qualities of the artists they portray. Then they get coked up and sleep with minors." — Can Magazine

    Posted Dec 12, 2008

    Rotten

    Fresh
    66%

    What Doesn't Kill You (2008)

    " I guess I should just be happy it didn't end up worse and hope these guys don't come hurt me for saying all this." — Can Magazine

    Posted Dec 12, 2008

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    Fresh
    78%

    Doubt (2008)

    " Objectively good, but that doesn't mean I enjoy it. I mean, woo hoo, debating suspicions of pedophilia in the Catholic church!" — Can Magazine

    Posted Dec 12, 2008

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    Rotten
    21%

    The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)

    " t's really true to the tone of the 1951 original, that two people running around talking about philosophical concepts with a stranger. They are doing the talky drama." — Can Magazine

    Posted Dec 12, 2008

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    Rotten
    51%

    Nothing Like the Holidays (2008)

    " Yeah, people really behave this way, but they shouldn't. You want to complain about violence and sex in movies influencing kids. How about making movies that teach people to find a better way, so that the next round of grownups doesn't have so many psycho" — Can Magazine

    Posted Dec 12, 2008

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    54%

    Australia (2008)

    " It's City Slickers. I mean, come on." — Can Magazine

    Posted Nov 30, 2008

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    Rotten
    25%

    Four Christmases (2008)

    " I hope I meet a girl who can keep up with me like Reese Witherspoon. Not a blonde though. Sorry, not my type." — Can Magazine

    Posted Nov 30, 2008

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    Rotten
    49%

    Twilight (2008)

    " I think Edward Cullen has Asperger's syndrome... Bella should totally go for Jacob instead, but then he could do way better with any of the townies... Edward looks lame ripping trees out of the ground and jumping around the forest like Tom Cruise on Oprah" — Can Magazine

    Posted Nov 21, 2008

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    3/5

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    76%

    Catch a Fire (2006)

    Click here to read article — Hollywood.com

    Posted Nov 20, 2008

    Fresh
    3/5

    Rotten
    57%

    Interview (2007)

    Click here to read article — Hollywood.com

    Posted Nov 20, 2008
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