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Critics / Bob Grimm
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BOB GRIMM

Agrees with the Tomatometer 78% of the time.

Biography: Grew up in New York, moved to Reno in 1992, and can't believe I still live here. Been writing reviews since 1989.
Favorites: Some of my favorite movies are Jaws, Barton Fink, Taxi Driver, and Monty Python and the Holy Grail. My favorite 2006 film was The Fountain.

Publications: Big Island Weekly, Las Vegas CityLife, Las Vegas Mercury, Reno News and Review, Sacramento News & Review, Tucson Weekly

Critics' Group: Las Vegas Film Critics Society

Total Reviews: 194
Total QuickRatings: 202

Location: Reno, Nevada, home of the frightening pedestrian.

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Rotten
0/5

Rotten
9%

10,000 B.C. (2008)

" One of the worst movies I've ever seen." — Tucson Weekly

Posted May 4, 2008

Rotten
2/5

Fresh
84%

2046 (2005)

" More stunt than substance." — Sacramento News & Review

Posted Sep 8, 2005

Fresh
3.5/5

Fresh
60%

300 (2007)

" This graphic novel turned action thriller is definite empty-headed fun." — Reno News and Review

Posted Mar 24, 2007

Rotten
0/5

Rotten
5%

88 Minutes (2008)

" Lord in Heaven, how does stuff like this happen?" — Tucson Weekly

Posted May 4, 2008

Rotten
1/5

Rotten
7%

A Sound of Thunder (2005)

" A remarkably bad film." — Sacramento News & Review

Posted May 12, 2006

Rotten
1/5

Rotten
10%

Aeon Flux (2005)

" Bad special effects, bad action, bad costumes -- bad everything." — Sacramento News & Review

Posted Dec 8, 2005

Fresh
3/5

Rotten
32%

All the Pretty Horses (2000)

Click here to read article — Sacramento News & Review

Posted Aug 7, 2008

Fresh
5/5

Fresh
90%

Amelie (2001)

Click here to read article — Sacramento News & Review

Posted Aug 7, 2008

Fresh
3/5

Rotten
32%

America's Sweethearts (2001)

Click here to read article — Sacramento News & Review

Posted Aug 7, 2008

Rotten
2/5

Rotten
52%

American Pie 2 (2001)

Click here to read article — Sacramento News & Review

Posted Aug 7, 2008

Rotten
1.5/5

Rotten
27%

Analyze That (2002)

" With this installment, a joke that became old in the first film gets beaten to death, has its head cut off, is weighted down with rocks and tossed into the river." — Las Vegas Mercury

Posted Dec 7, 2002

Rotten
1.5/5

Rotten
36%

Angels & Demons (2009)

" Without a doubt, one of the worst movie franchises going right now. This is tedious Catholic torture porn!" — Tucson Weekly

Posted May 26, 2009

Fresh
5/5

Fresh
98%

Apocalypse Now (1979)

Click here to read article — Sacramento News & Review

Posted Aug 7, 2008

Rotten
2/5

Rotten
46%

Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)

Click here to read article — Sacramento News & Review

Posted Aug 7, 2008

Fresh
2.75/5

Rotten
24%

Awake (2007)

" Engages the viewer from start to finish and boasts a handful of decent performances. Crazy but fun." — Reno News and Review

Posted Dec 7, 2007

Rotten
2/5

Fresh
63%

Baby Mama (2008)

" A waste of talent." — Reno News and Review

Posted May 15, 2008

Fresh
3/5

Rotten
23%

Bad Boys II (2003)

" Bay throws everything that is wrong with this world into his film, and the result is often blissful debauchery. Quite terrible in spots, but Lawrence and Smith are very funny." — Las Vegas CityLife

Posted Jul 22, 2003

Rotten
2/5

Rotten
46%

Bad News Bears (2005)

Click here to read article — Sacramento News & Review

Posted May 12, 2006

Fresh
3/5

Rotten
47%

Bamboozled (2000)

" Spike Lee’s shotgun attack on the treatment of blacks in television and the blurring of image and identity is a brilliant rant that digresses into repetitive sermonizing." — Sacramento News & Review

Posted Aug 7, 2008

Fresh
5/5

Fresh
85%

Batman Begins (2005)

" There's a great actor around every corner in this film." — Sacramento News & Review

Posted Jun 16, 2005

Rotten
1/5

Rotten
2%

Battlefield Earth (2000)

" If you are looking for something to hate and despise, get thee to this movie." — Sacramento News & Review

Posted Aug 7, 2008

Rotten
1/5

Rotten
30%

Big Momma's House (2000)

Click here to read article — Sacramento News & Review

Posted Aug 7, 2008

Fresh
3/5

Rotten
38%

Black and White (1999)

" A daring film that has some sloppy flaws but is far better than Toback's previous effort, the dismal Two Girls and a Guy." — Sacramento News & Review

Posted Aug 7, 2008

Rotten
2/5

Fresh
67%

Boiler Room (2000)

" Almost liked this one about greedy, young stockbrokers working for an illegal firm, but hated the ending so much it derailed the movie." — Sacramento News & Review

Posted Aug 7, 2008

Fresh
5/5

Fresh
89%

Boys Don't Cry (1999)

Click here to read article — Sacramento News & Review

Posted Aug 7, 2008

Fresh
4/5

Fresh
87%

Broken Flowers (2005)

" There's so much going on behind Murray's sad eyes that words aren't necassary. A great performance." — Sacramento News & Review

Posted Aug 11, 2005

Fresh
4/5

Fresh
89%

Cast Away (2000)

" The beginning and ending of the film are a bit underdeveloped, but that’s just quibbling." — Sacramento News & Review

Posted Aug 7, 2008

Fresh
4/5

Fresh
83%

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)

" Soft-spoken, eccentric and just a little sadistic at times, Depp makes for an all-original Wonka, and not a rehash of Wilder’s infamous work." — Sacramento News & Review

Posted May 12, 2006

Fresh
4/5

Fresh
80%

Cinderella Man (2005)

" A serious, warmhearted and rousing diversion." — Sacramento News & Review

Posted Jun 2, 2005

Fresh
3.5/5

Fresh
62%

Clerks II (2006)

" While the film isn't nearly his best, it's undeniable fun to see the clerks ranting again and rattling off the kind of raunchy, spot-on observations only Smith could think up. " — Reno News and Review

Posted Jul 27, 2006

Fresh
5/5

Fresh
78%

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)

" A magnificent directorial debut...Sam Rockwell is one of the best actors on the planet. Original, bizarre, and consistently entertaining." — Las Vegas Mercury

Posted Jan 23, 2003

Rotten
1/5

Rotten
21%

Coyote Ugly (2000)

Click here to read article — Sacramento News & Review

Posted Aug 7, 2008

Fresh
4/5

Fresh
98%

Croupier (1998)

Click here to read article — Sacramento News & Review

Posted Aug 7, 2008

Fresh
3/5

N/A

Daria: Is It College Yet? (2002)

" A cute movie that should be required viewing for high school juniors." — Las Vegas Mercury

Posted Sep 4, 2002

Rotten
1/5

Rotten
17%

Dead Silence (2007)

" Wan certainly doesn't capitalize on his Saw fame." — Reno News and Review

Posted Mar 24, 2007

Rotten
2/5

Rotten
10%

Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005)

Click here to read article — Sacramento News & Review

Posted May 12, 2006

Rotten
1/5

Rotten
3%

Deuces Wild (2002)

" Some decent actors inflict big damage upon their reputations." — Las Vegas Mercury

Posted Jun 7, 2002

Fresh
3.5/5

Fresh
81%

Die Hard 4: Live Free or Die Hard (2007)

" Four films in the franchise, all of them good. McClane has plenty of life left in him." — Reno News and Review

Posted Jun 28, 2007

Fresh
3/5

Fresh
65%

Dinosaur (2000)

" The story doesn’t matter much when a movie looks this good, and it’s a breakthrough of technical achievement." — Sacramento News & Review

Posted Aug 7, 2008

Rotten
1/5

Rotten
49%

Disney's The Kid (2000)

Click here to read article — Sacramento News & Review

Posted Aug 7, 2008

Rotten
2/5

Rotten
20%

Doom (2005)

Click here to read article — Sacramento News & Review

Posted May 12, 2006

Fresh
3/5

Fresh
92%

Drag Me To Hell (2009)

" While it's fun to see Raimi goofing around with horror again, it's nothing to get overly excited about." — Reno News and Review

Posted Jun 7, 2009

Rotten
2/5

Rotten
58%

Enemy at the Gates (2001)

Click here to read article — Sacramento News & Review

Posted Aug 7, 2008

Fresh
2.75/5

Rotten
24%

Evan Almighty (2007)

" Oh come on now...this isn't that bad. It's actually a decent movie, and very cute." — Reno News and Review

Posted Jul 1, 2007

Rotten
1.5/5

Rotten
48%

Femme Fatale (2002)

" Hitchcock...I mean De Palma, blows it again with this tedious garbage. Romijn-Stamos has the makings of a decent actress, but she is all wrong for this role." — Las Vegas Mercury

Posted Nov 7, 2002

Fresh
3/5

Fresh
74%

Finding Forrester (2000)

Click here to read article — Sacramento News & Review

Posted Aug 7, 2008

Rotten
1.5/5

Rotten
10%

Fool's Gold (2008)

" This is garbage. It's pretty garbage inhabited by pretty people in pretty surroundings, but it's still garbage." — Tucson Weekly

Posted Feb 25, 2008

Fresh
3/5

Fresh
74%

George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (2005)

Click here to read article — Sacramento News & Review

Posted May 12, 2006

Rotten
2/5

Rotten
10%

Get Carter (2000)

Click here to read article — Sacramento News & Review

Posted Aug 7, 2008

Fresh
2.75/5

Rotten
53%

Get Smart (2008)

" I actually sort of liked this." — Tucson Weekly

Posted Jun 28, 2008
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