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: 943
Total QuickRatings: 361

Location: Los Angeles, CA

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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 23%	Sorority Row (2009)	" It seems to be the most original slasher movie of the year, quite a fete considering it's a remake." — Can Magazine Posted Sep 12, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 95%	Star Trek (2009)	" You can feel the legacy in every scene. It just rocks." — Can Magazine Posted Apr 30, 2009
Fresh	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
Fresh	Fresh 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
Rotten	Rotten 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	Rotten 27%	Seven Pounds (2008)	" The most spiritual movie of the year." — Can Magazine Posted Dec 18, 2008
Fresh 3/5	Rotten 44%	Sleeping Dogs Lie (2006)	Click here to read article — Hollywood.com Posted Nov 20, 2008
Fresh 5/5	Fresh 90%	Shut Up & Sing (2006)	Click here to read article — Hollywood.com Posted Nov 20, 2008
Fresh	Rotten 45%	Soul Men (2008)	" Bernie Mac can say MF too." — Can Magazine Posted Nov 14, 2008
Rotten	Fresh 93%	Slumdog Millionaire (2008)	" *I get why Slumdog Millionaire* is getting all the raves. It's well done and it's the kind of movie that gets people's attention. Just not mine.*" — Can Magazine* Posted Nov 14, 2008
Fresh	Rotten 37%	Space Chimps (2008)	" One of the better non-Pixar animated films out there." — Can Magazine Posted Jul 18, 2008
Rotten	Fresh 74%	Son of Rambow (2008)	" It's really a touching kids movie about youthful imagination and family values. That's not what I wanted!" — Can Magazine Posted May 9, 2008
Fresh	Rotten 37%	Speed Racer (2008)	" The fastest, most furious movie of all time." — Can Magazine Posted May 9, 2008
Rotten	Rotten 37%	Street Kings (2008)	" The film makes the point that this is the only way to really save people from evil, so it can't very well expect us to spend the next 80 minutes watching him play by the rules." — Can Magazine Posted Apr 11, 2008
Fresh	Fresh 64%	Stop-Loss (2008)	" *Ranks with Full Metal Jacket* and Saving Private Ryan as one of the best wartime dramas.*" — Can Magazine* Posted Apr 4, 2008
Fresh	Fresh 86%	Shine a Light (2008)	" These so-called Rolling Stones are pretty good. I think they might have a future in this business." — Can Magazine Posted Apr 4, 2008
Rotten	Rotten 7%	Shutter (2008)	" Can no one think of a different reason for ghosts to haunt people?" — Can Magazine Posted Mar 21, 2008
Rotten	Rotten 18%	Sleepwalking (2008)	" *It's a story, which is more than Snow Angels* had. It's still miserable lowlifes who can't hold menial jobs languishing in feeling bad.*" — Can Magazine* Posted Mar 14, 2008
Fresh	Rotten 21%	Semi-Pro (2008)	" Classic Will Ferrell" — Can Magazine Posted Feb 28, 2008
Fresh	Rotten 26%	Step Up 2 the Streets (2008)	" *I'm not saying it's Stomp the Yard, but it's pretty good." — Can Magazine* Posted Feb 14, 2008
Rotten	Rotten 36%	Southland Tales (2007)	" It's not hard to understand. It's just who would care about what this is about?" — Can Magazine Posted Nov 17, 2007
Rotten	Rotten 36%	Sleuth (2007)	" Too updated and tries too hard." — Can Magazine Posted Oct 12, 2007
Fresh	Fresh 67%	Shoot 'Em Up (2007)	" The movie I've been waiting for my whole life. Michael Davis is my soul mate." — Can Magazine Posted Sep 7, 2007
Rotten 1.5/4	Rotten 13%	September Dawn (2007)	Click here to read article — Hollywood.com Posted Sep 1, 2007
Fresh	Fresh 87%	Superbad (2007)	" It's Booty Call for the Knocked Up generation." — Can Magazine Posted Aug 17, 2007
Fresh	Fresh 76%	Stardust (2007)	" Stardust has a sense of whimsy that keeps all the pretty pictures feeling magical, not like some CGI concoction." — Can Magazine Posted Aug 10, 2007
Rotten	Fresh 74%	Sunshine (2007)	" A fictional Apollo 13" — Can Magazine Posted Jul 20, 2007
Fresh	Fresh 78%	Surf's Up (2007)	" May be the best penguin movie yet." — Can Magazine Posted Jun 8, 2007
Fresh 3/4	Fresh 65%	Severance (2007)	Click here to read article — Hollywood.com Posted May 19, 2007
Fresh	Fresh 62%	Spider-Man 3 (2007)	" *Okay, I'm calling it. Best year for movies ever. Now don't let me down, Hollywood. Spider-Man 3* is better than Spider-Man 1 and 2 combined. It's The Outstanding Spider-Man.*" — Can Magazine* Posted May 5, 2007
Fresh	Rotten 47%	Shooter (2007)	" They don't make movies like this anymore. I mean, seriously, they don't make movies where someone gets wronged and then kicks the wrongdoers' asses." — Can Magazine Posted Mar 23, 2007
Fresh	Rotten 27%	Smokin' Aces (2007)	" If Smokin' Aces had come out one month earlier, it could have been the best movie of 2006. In 07, I imagine there won't be a more exciting work of art all year. It out Tarantinos Tarantino and you just don't want it to end." — Can Magazine Posted Jan 26, 2007
Rotten	Rotten 11%	Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror (2007)	" Take Hood of Horrors for what it is. Some will enjoy any excuse for gratuitous violence. It certainly doesn't take itself seriously. But most fans can find plenty of better horror movies to satisfy the same need." — Can Magazine Posted Nov 16, 2006
Rotten	Rotten 13%	The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006)	" Has some cool glimmers of what the series did best, showing a real guy reacting to the mythology of Santa Claus. Unfortunately, more than 2/3 of the film is made up of silly, cartoonish antics that are more embarrassing to watch than they seemed to perfor" — Can Magazine Posted Nov 3, 2006
Fresh	Rotten 25%	Saw III (2006)	" *If you don't see Saw III, you might as well saw your eyes out. See it three more times than you saw the last Saws." — Can Magazine* Posted Oct 28, 2006
Fresh	Rotten 24%	School for Scoundrels (2006)	" Jon Heder may rehash Napoleon Dynamite forever but at least he's starting to find the right vehicles for his persona. Paired with Billy Bob Thornton embracing his glorious A-hole from Bad Santa, he's pushed to confront his limitations and expand h" — Can Magazine Posted Sep 29, 2006
Fresh	Fresh 68%	Snakes on a Plane (2006)	" They've really thought of everything. All those moments make you cheer because a film did exactly what you wanted it to. " — Can Magazine Posted Aug 18, 2006
Fresh	Fresh 76%	Superman Returns (2006)	" Brings back all the nostalgia from the classic series with the modern joy of the digital box of toys." — Can Magazine Posted Jun 29, 2006
N/A	Fresh 76%	Superman Returns (2006)	" The connections to the original series are subtle and wonderful. It's full of great gags, like the film is saying, "Yeah, we're Superman."" — Suite101.com Posted Jun 11, 2006
Fresh	Fresh 85%	Slither (2006)	" *It may not be sickly brilliant or twistedly clever, but it's just plain fun. Slither* is a good old fashioned gooey, slimy monster movie with a sense of humor.*" — About.com* Posted Mar 28, 2006
Fresh	Rotten 35%	Saw II (2005)	" *The Saw* movies go to such great lengths to craft original stories, they should be appreciated as one of the great soldiers of creativity in cinema.*" — About.com* Posted Oct 27, 2005
Fresh	Fresh 81%	Serenity (2005)	" *Like watching the original Star Wars* for the first time, or better yet, watching The Empire Strikes Back... Mal is a guy who would shoot Greedo first.*" — About.com* Posted Sep 29, 2005
Rotten 2/5	Fresh 77%	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005)	" You may actually think it's going somewhere at the time. But ultimately, you realize it's only going through the motions." — IGN Movies Posted Sep 23, 2005
Fresh 3.5/5	Fresh 73%	Sky High (2005)	" *Even though Sky High* is aimed at kids, everyone else should see it.*" — IGN Movies* Posted Sep 23, 2005
Rotten	Rotten 6%	Supercross: The Movie (2005)	" When the first line of a movie is �My name is Trip Carlyle,� you know you�re in trouble. That sounds like a guy stuck in the �80s with a made up name." — About.com Posted Aug 25, 2005
Rotten	Rotten 38%	The Skeleton Key (2005)	" I will give the film credit for its ending... but a five minute capper is hardly worth 100 minutes of crapper." — About.com Posted Aug 12, 2005
Fresh	Fresh 73%	Sky High (2005)	" It is subversive enough for kids to enjoy and mild enough that parents won�t feel threatened." — About.com Posted Jul 31, 2005
Fresh	Fresh 80%	Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)	" *May be the fourth best film in the series. It�s still a tossup with Ewok Adventure, but I haven�t seen that in a while so it may not hold up as well." — About.com* Posted May 10, 2005
Fresh	Rotten 38%	Sahara (2005)	" This is what action movie should be... Dirk Pitt is a hero who would make James Bond buy him a drink and make XXX wet his pants." — About.com Posted Apr 7, 2005

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