ROTTEN TOMATOES: Fred Topel

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: 946
Total QuickRatings: 361

Location: Los Angeles, CA

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Fresh	Fresh 78%	1408 (2007)	" Blair Witch in a hotel room, and way scarier than a bundle of sticks and a pile of rocks. It makes The Shining look like a cheap motel." — Can Magazine Posted Jun 26, 2007
Rotten	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
Fresh	Rotten 39%	2012 (2009)	" Primal, not tactful" — Can Magazine Posted Nov 14, 2009
Rotten	Rotten 35%	21 (2008)	" *This is a really stupid movie about such smart people... When they make references to Ferris Bueller* and Swingers, it just feels desperate.*" — Can Magazine* Posted Apr 4, 2008
Rotten	Fresh 82%	21 Grams (2003)	" Bounce meets Return to Me meets Traffic meets Memento.This is not about making you think.It's about begging to be considered above standard drama." — About.com Posted Dec 27, 2003
Fresh	Rotten 40%	27 Dresses (2008)	" If you can appreciate how they packed every romantic comedy clich� into one story, and did it with a full commitment of sincerity, that's how you should appreciate 27 Dresses." — Can Magazine Posted Jan 19, 2008
Fresh	Rotten 49%	30 Days of Night (2007)	" *It's the Bourne Ultimatum* of horror movies... It is Ghost House Pictures' first great film. Actually, it's their first good film but it's a great one.*" — Can Magazine* Posted Oct 18, 2007
Rotten	Fresh 60%	300 (2007)	" I'll be in the minority on this, but I just saw a film where 300 guys stood up to an army of thousands, so I'm feeling bold." — Can Magazine Posted Mar 8, 2007
Fresh	Fresh 88%	3:10 to Yuma (2007)	" James Mangold probably won't like me calling his latest film a solid formula movie, but that's what 3:10 to Yuma is." — Can Magazine Posted Sep 7, 2007
Rotten	Rotten 57%	9 (2009)	" It is really hard to connect with these things... They have arms and legs and heads, but they still feel like yarn balls fighting. WALL-E was a box, but he was a box you could have a beer with." — Can Magazine Posted Sep 9, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 87%	A History of Violence (2005)	" Don�t watch any trailers or read any reviews, including mine. You shouldn�t have even read this." — About.com Posted Sep 22, 2005
Rotten	Fresh 81%	A Prairie Home Companion (2006)	" Between Robert Altman, Garrison Keillor and all the award winning actors just waiting to use all their drama school techniques, there's no room for anyone looking for entertainment or insight." — Can Magazine Posted Jun 10, 2006
Fresh	Fresh 87%	A Serious Man (2009)	" It's really bold to set a movie in the world of Jewish tradition. The people who understand this world will love it, and The Coens can do whatever they want for as few people as they want." — Can Magazine Posted Oct 2, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 54%	Across the Universe (2007)	" A monumental achievement that somehow snuck through the hit machine system... There won't be a better film come Oscar time... I'm just grateful that it exists." — Can Magazine Posted Sep 14, 2007
Rotten	Fresh 65%	Adam (2009)	" The whole movie was at his expense, the usual Hollywood feeling good about itself by portraying the struggles of such a man." — Can Magazine Posted Jul 31, 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
Fresh	Rotten 19%	Adventures of Sharkboy and Lava Girl in 3-D (2005)	" Pure Robert Rodriguez creativity, bordering on insanity, but definitely something different. Give him credit. Robert Rodriguez sure knows how to switch gears." — About.com Posted Jun 8, 2005
Fresh	Rotten 13%	Against the Ropes (2003)	" The great thing about sports movies is it doesn�t really matter that they�re all the same." — About.com Posted Feb 19, 2004
Rotten 1/10	Rotten 11%	Alex and Emma (2003)	Click here to read article — Madblast.com Posted Jul 31, 2003
Fresh	Rotten 16%	Alexander (2004)	" *The epic Troy* [&] King Arthur wanted to be.The difference is that Oliver Stone has a clear vision.He knows you can�t do everything & he knows what he wants.*" — About.com* Posted Nov 24, 2004
Fresh 4.5/5	Rotten 49%	Alfie (2004)	Click here to read article — MovieWeb Posted Nov 7, 2004
Rotten	Rotten 6%	All About Steve (2009)	" *It gets into McConaughey territory, worse than The Ugly Truth." — Can Magazine* Posted Sep 9, 2009
Rotten	Rotten 1%	Alone in the Dark (2005)	" Actually has an entire group of adults call out to a lost comrade, 'Marco!' What does he expect the audience to do when they hear that? I mean, come on." — About.com Posted Jan 27, 2005
Rotten	Rotten 26%	Along Came Polly (2004)	" The tragic thing is [the film] make[s] you laugh.It�s the same as the cheap scare in a horror movie.It makes you jump, but you�re mad that the movie played such a cheap card." — Madblast.com Posted Jan 16, 2004
Fresh	Rotten 56%	Alpha Dog (2007)	" I actually found myself feeling a little jealous of all the sexuality around them. I had needs that were not being fulfilled at that age, but I don't want all the drugs required to get it." — Can Magazine Posted Jan 12, 2007
Rotten	Rotten 21%	Amelia (2009)	" Near the end though, when they talk about coming home, that almost feels like she's saying, 'Two days to retirement.'" — Can Magazine Posted Oct 23, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 79%	American Gangster (2007)	" Finally, after 12 years, a filmmaker was finally able to recapture the magic of Virtuosity." — Can Magazine Posted Nov 3, 2007
N/A	Fresh 94%	American Splendor (2003)	" *4-page intervie with Paul Giamatti covering the Harvey Pekar mannerisms, relating to Harvey, comments on Revenge of the Nerds, the Sundance experience, and of course, Private Parts." — About.com* Posted Aug 13, 2003
N/A	Rotten 55%	American Wedding (2003)	" *Seann William Scott previews American Wedding* and explains why he came back for a third one, when he'd originally hoped to end with two.*" — About.com* Posted Jul 14, 2003
Fresh	Rotten 55%	American Wedding (2003)	" People are quick to dismiss comedies, even the best ones, as fluff. The fact is, if a comedy works, there are complex and intricate factors at work." — Madblast.com Posted Aug 1, 2003
Fresh	Fresh 93%	An Inconvenient Truth (2006)	" Where he won me back was when he started talking about the population issues... Perhaps this should be a birth control film as well as an environmental one. " — Can Magazine Posted May 25, 2006
Fresh	Fresh 65%	Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)	" Captures the mood of a group of friends riffing, trying to make each other laugh with the most ridiculous nonsense they can think of" — About.com Posted Jul 8, 2004
Rotten	Rotten 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
Rotten	Rotten 10%	Annapolis (2006)	" The fact that it doesn't remotely resemble Annapolis is the least of its problems." — About.com Posted Jan 27, 2006
Fresh	Fresh 76%	Appaloosa (2008)	" *The best western since 3:10 to Yuma, which is to say it's a western." — Crave Online* Posted Sep 26, 2008
Fresh	Rotten 8%	Are We Done Yet? (2007)	" There's lots of falling down, sloppy food messes and animals taunting the heroes. Cube does a good job mugging it up in his pratfalls. He shows he doesn't have to take himself seriously but can commit to the ridiculous with joy." — Can Magazine Posted Apr 7, 2007
Fresh	Rotten 30%	Around the World in 80 Days (2004)	" The first American Jackie Chan movie that doesn�t make fun of him, that lets him be the cool guy." — About.com Posted Jun 15, 2004
Fresh 4.5/5	N/A	Arrested Development - Season 1 (2003)	Click here to read article — MovieWeb Posted May 16, 2005
Fresh	Rotten 21%	Arthur and the Invisibles (2007)	" They look like a cross between anime and Jim Henson puppets. Fortunately, they look nothing like Pixar, PDI, Sony Animation or any of the other talking animal companies." — Can Magazine Posted Jan 12, 2007
Fresh	Rotten 48%	Astro Boy (2009)	" *I don't know how parents are going to feel about taking their kids to see Astro Boy, but I kind of respect where it goes." — Can Magazine* Posted Oct 23, 2009
Rotten	Fresh 82%	Atonement (2007)	" Atonement has significant themes, tragic circumstances and profound lessons on life and personal responsibility. It's sooooooo booooooring." — Can Magazine Posted Jan 24, 2008
Rotten	Rotten 54%	Australia (2008)	" *It's City Slickers. I mean, come on." — Can Magazine* Posted Nov 30, 2008
Fresh	Fresh 82%	Avatar (2009)	" Some filmmakers have chosen to portray heightened images with technology, but some are just settling for it. James Cameron has stepped in to show them how it's really done." — Can Magazine Posted Dec 16, 2009
Rotten	Rotten 23%	Bad Boys II (2003)	" It would just be way too easy to hate Bad Boys 2. It would be too easy to say the excessive humor involving human cadavers is nauseating. It would be too easy to say that jokes at the expense of dead women are offensive." — About.com Posted Jul 18, 2003
Fresh	Rotten 46%	Bad News Bears (2005)	" Nobody learns about teamwork, or that winning isn't everything, or even that it is. They just misbehave and there is a great joy to a such an antisocial movie." — About.com Posted Jul 21, 2005
Fresh	Fresh 76%	Bad Santa (2003)	" If you've never seen Santa Claus wet himself before, here's your chance." — About.com Posted Nov 13, 2003
Fresh	Rotten 23%	Balls of Fury (2007)	" Thank god somebody remembers how to do comedy. It's really simple. If you're doing really silly things, you have to play them totally straight. That's the only way it works." — Can Magazine Posted Aug 31, 2007
Rotten	Rotten 7%	Basic Instinct 2 (2006)	" *Usually when you want a movie to be so bad it's funny, you can count on someone connected to the Basic Instinct* franchise. Alas, they have let even their extremely forgiving audience down.*" — About.com* Posted Mar 30, 2006
Fresh	Fresh 85%	Batman Begins (2005)	" Definitely a comic book movie for adults... Of course, I�d let my kids see it if I had any. I ain�t raising no sissies." — About.com Posted Jun 14, 2005
Fresh	Fresh 65%	Be Kind Rewind (2008)	" The greatest idea for a comedy ever... Please understand that this is a Michel Gondry, so even as commercial as it wants to be, it's still an art film." — Rotten Tomatoes Posted Feb 22, 2008

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