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Critics / Bob Grimm
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: 201
Total QuickRatings: 202

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

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Rotten
2/5

Rotten
50%

It's Complicated (2009)

" Meryl Streep is surprisingly awful in this movie...one of her very worst performances." — Tucson Weekly

Posted Dec 31, 2009

Fresh
4.75/5

Fresh
89%

Up in the Air (2009)

" Clooney had a great year, and his stellar work here is the capper." — Reno News and Review

Posted Dec 24, 2009

Rotten
1.5/5

Rotten
28%

The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)

" Oh God...make it stop." — Tucson Weekly

Posted Dec 24, 2009

Fresh
5/5

Fresh
93%

Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

" Anderson brings all of his quirks into the animation world, and it works." — Tucson Weekly

Posted Dec 24, 2009

Fresh
3/5

Fresh
70%

Sherlock Holmes (2009)

" Downey Jr. and Law are so good, they make up for the weak mystery." — Tucson Weekly

Posted Dec 24, 2009

Rotten
2/5

Fresh
76%

Invictus (2009)

" Freeman is great as Mandela, but picture loses focus and becomes a pretty lousy rugby movie." — Tucson Weekly

Posted Dec 24, 2009

Rotten
2/5

Fresh
83%

Avatar (2009)

" And with this, the film decade comes to a disappointing conclusion." — Reno News and Review

Posted Dec 24, 2009

Rotten
2/5

Fresh
80%

Michael Jackson's This Is It (2009)

" Definitely not proof that Jackson was in good health and ready to go for a big show run. Quite the contrary." — Tucson Weekly

Posted Nov 4, 2009

Rotten
1/5

Rotten
45%

Saw VI (2009)

" For the next installment, I think Jigsaw should time travel into the past and mess with the ancestors of his enemies. That would be cool!" — Tucson Weekly

Posted Oct 28, 2009

Rotten
2.5/5

Fresh
83%

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)

" I fought to like it...a battle that I lost." — Tucson Weekly

Posted Jul 22, 2009

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
44%

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

" Stiller has a look on his face as if he knows he's participating in total garbage." — Tucson Weekly

Posted Jun 7, 2009

Fresh
5/5

Fresh
98%

Up (2009)

" A powerful, often hilarious film." — Tucson Weekly

Posted Jun 7, 2009

Rotten
2/5

Rotten
32%

Terminator Salvation (2009)

" Please let this be the only Terminator film McG directs." — Reno News and Review

Posted May 28, 2009

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
4.75/5

Fresh
94%

Star Trek (2009)

" I loved the second and fourth Trek films, but this cosmically entertaining movie is the best the franchise has ever produced. Can't wait to see what Abrams does next with his new crew." — Tucson Weekly

Posted May 7, 2009

Fresh
3/5

Rotten
36%

X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)

" I had a good time with this. Jackman makes it worthwhile. Not as good as the first two X-Men films, but better than the third. Sorry haters." — Reno News and Review

Posted May 7, 2009

Rotten
1/5

Rotten
23%

Jonas Brothers - The Concert Experience (2009)

" The Jonas Brothers suck and they can all go to Hell!!!" — Tucson Weekly

Posted Mar 4, 2009

Rotten
1/5

Rotten
50%

Twilight (2008)

" Dumbest vampire movie...ever." — Tucson Weekly

Posted Dec 27, 2008

Rotten
1.5/5

Rotten
20%

The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)

" It's time for the apocalypse...KEANU STYLE!!!" — Tucson Weekly

Posted Dec 27, 2008

Fresh
4.75/5

Fresh
71%

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

" The year's best looking movie." — Tucson Weekly

Posted Dec 27, 2008

Fresh
2.75/5

Fresh
61%

Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)

" If it's 3D, it's fun. Without the glasses, it sucks hard." — Reno News and Review

Posted Jul 17, 2008

Fresh
4.75/5

Fresh
96%

WALL-E (2008)

" Perhaps the most wonderfully twisted and bizarre G rated movie I've ever seen. It's sweet, too." — Tucson Weekly

Posted Jul 2, 2008

Fresh
3.5/5

Rotten
40%

Hancock (2008)

" Something big and different during that time of the year when something big and different is so rare." — Tucson Weekly

Posted Jul 2, 2008

Fresh
2.75/5

Rotten
53%

Get Smart (2008)

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

Posted Jun 28, 2008

Rotten
0.5/5

Rotten
14%

The Love Guru (2008)

" Incredibly unfunny." — Tucson Weekly

Posted Jun 28, 2008

Rotten
0/5

Rotten
18%

The Happening (2008)

" Holy Mother of God...this is awful." — Reno News and Review

Posted Jun 23, 2008

Fresh
2.75/5

Fresh
66%

The Incredible Hulk (2008)

" It's okay, but I preferred Ang Lee's deep, yearning Hulk. Call me a sissy!" — Reno News and Review

Posted Jun 23, 2008

Rotten
1.75/5

Rotten
36%

You Don't Mess With The Zohan (2008)

" Lame hair comedy riddled with greasy dandruff." — Tucson Weekly

Posted Jun 15, 2008

Fresh
2.89/5

Fresh
89%

Kung Fu Panda (2008)

" A panda learns Kung Fu. If that sounds good to you, then have at it." — Reno News and Review

Posted Jun 15, 2008

Fresh
2.75/5

Rotten
44%

The Strangers (2008)

" This movie is far from great, but it did scare the heck out of me quite a few times. I have to give it props for that." — Reno News and Review

Posted Jun 6, 2008

Rotten
2.25/5

Rotten
50%

Sex and the City - The Movie (2008)

" I love Sarah Jessica Parker...Carrie and Mr. Big are definitely the best things about this film. But, at 2.5 hours long, there's just not enough good stuff to put this one over the top. I hate the sound of Kim Cattrall speaking, so that didn't help." — Reno News and Review

Posted Jun 6, 2008

Rotten
1.75/5

Fresh
66%

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)

" Enough with the Jesus was a lion movies already!" — Reno News and Review

Posted May 25, 2008

Fresh
3.25/5

Fresh
77%

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

" It's stupid as all heck in places, but it's still a lot of fun. Ford actually seems excited to be in a movie." — Reno News and Review

Posted May 25, 2008

Fresh
3/5

Fresh
68%

Redbelt (2008)

" Mamet dialogue is so cool that it makes even his silly movies worth watching." — Reno News and Review

Posted May 15, 2008

Rotten
2/5

Fresh
63%

Baby Mama (2008)

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

Posted May 15, 2008

Rotten
1/5

Rotten
37%

Speed Racer (2008)

" A catastrophic experiment." — Tucson Weekly

Posted May 15, 2008

Fresh
4/5

Fresh
93%

Iron Man (2008)

" This is awful! I'm just kidding...it's really good, and Downey, Jr. is perfect for the part." — Reno News and Review

Posted May 12, 2008

Rotten
0.5/5

Rotten
13%

Made of Honor (2008)

" I hate Patrick Dempsey!!!" — Tucson Weekly

Posted May 12, 2008

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

Rotten
52%

Leatherheads (2008)

" Clooney's third movie as director is his weakest." — Tucson Weekly

Posted May 4, 2008

Rotten
0/5

Rotten
5%

88 Minutes (2008)

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

Posted May 4, 2008

Rotten
2/5

Rotten
54%

Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008)

" An unfortunate, sloppy sequel." — Tucson Weekly

Posted May 4, 2008

Rotten
2/5

Rotten
16%

Jumper (2008)

" For a movie about a guy jumping around a lot, this one is pretty flat." — Reno News and Review

Posted Feb 25, 2008

Rotten
2.25/5

Rotten
37%

Rambo (2008)

" I love Stallone, but this isn't any fun. I'm also concerned because he's starting to look like the Cloverfield monster. No more HGH!" — Tucson Weekly

Posted Feb 25, 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

Rotten
1/5

Rotten
42%

The Golden Compass (2007)

" No, I didn't read the novel before seeing the film, and nothing in this shimmering disaster made me want to read it, either. Made me hate polar bears, and I used to love the darned things, so that's saying something." — Reno News and Review

Posted Feb 25, 2008

Fresh
5/5

Fresh
85%

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

" Tim Burton delivers his best film yet." — Reno News and Review

Posted Feb 25, 2008

Rotten
2/5

Rotten
42%

The Bucket List (2007)

" Just die, already!" — Reno News and Review

Posted Feb 25, 2008

Fresh
5/5

Fresh
91%

There Will Be Blood (2007)

" Daniel Day Lewis' blistering, devilish performance is the greatest of his accomplished career, and director Paul Thomas Anderson has made a second masterpiece to go alongside Magnolia." — Reno News and Review

Posted Feb 25, 2008
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