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Critics / Jonathan R. Perry
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JONATHAN R. PERRY

Agrees with the Tomatometer 81% of the time.

Biography: Film critic and arts & entertainment editor for Tyler Morning Telegraph, 50,000-circulation daily in East Texas. Member, Online Film Critics Society (June 2002-present). Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer critic. Contributor, celebritywonder.com and allmovieportal.com.
Favorites: Top Ten of 2001: 1. Moulin Rouge 2. The Royal Tenenbaums 3. Ghost World 4. Memento 5. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings 6. Waking Life 7. Sexy Beast 8. Monsters, Inc. 9. Panic 10. Shrek Top 10 of 2002: 1. Gangs of New York 2. Punch-Drunk Love 3. Bowling for Columbine 4. Solaris 5. Far From Heaven 6. All or Nothing 7. Frailty 8. Storytelling 9. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 10. About a Boy All-time favorites: 1. 2001: A Space Odyssey 2. Apocalypse Now 3. Vertigo 4. Citizen Kane 5. Dr. Strangelove 6. Casablanca 7. The Seventh Seal 8. Taxi Driver 9. Bonnie & Clyde 10. The Graduate

Publications: Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)

Total Reviews: 347
Total QuickRatings: 283

Location: Tyler, Texas

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Rotten
2.5/4

Rotten
27%

Smokin' Aces (2007)

" It's instantly engrossing, stays great for about 45 minutes and good for another 20, then begins collapsing under the oppressive weight of taking itself very, very seriously."

Posted Apr 27, 2007

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
91%

Volver (2006)

" Hollywood, take notice: If you hand Penelope Cruz a role with more depth than the paper it's printed on, this is what you'll get."

Posted Apr 27, 2007

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
95%

Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

" I saw better films in 2006 -- but none more imaginative than Guillermo del Toro's communal masterpiece. Bring a friend, and you'll have plenty to talk about."

Posted Apr 27, 2007

Rotten
0.5/4

Rotten
16%

Primeval (2007)

" It's rough going when our heroes have us longing for the complexity of the riverboat crew from 'Anaconda.'"

Posted Apr 27, 2007

Fresh
3.5/4

Fresh
97%

The Queen (2006)

" The remarkable achievement is not just in Helen Mirren's performance -- but in the sly, often almost imperceptible observations of how violently worlds can collide with a fleeting word, a subtle gesture."

Posted Apr 27, 2007

Rotten
1.5/4

Rotten
6%

Thr3e (2007)

" I've seen films that said nothing in entertaining, even compelling ways. 'Thr3e' is not one of them. At least it's not wholesome too."

Posted Jan 5, 2007

Rotten
2.5/4

Rotten
44%

Night at the Museum (2006)

" An inquisitive mind's thirst for understanding runs counter to your enjoyment, when a film's heart is usually in the right place but its brain is on permanent vacation."

Posted Jan 5, 2007

Fresh
3.5/4

Fresh
78%

Charlotte's Web (2006)

" Don't be put off by the G rating. I know a lot of adults who could learn from a talking pig."

Posted Jan 5, 2007

Rotten
2/4

Fresh
62%

Blood Diamond (2006)

" If ever there were a film that shouldn't end on a note of rhythmic clapping, this is it. What a mess."

Posted Jan 5, 2007

Rotten
2/4

Rotten
15%

Turistas (2006)

" Don't stay home out of fear of imagined atrocities in another country. Stay home from this movie instead."

Posted Jan 5, 2007

Rotten
2.5/4

Rotten
57%

Deja Vu (2006)

" A stylish, engrossing popcorn thriller with a few unexpected rewards -- as long as you don't think about it too hard."

Posted Nov 24, 2006

Fresh
3.5/4

Fresh
94%

Casino Royale (2006)

" Is this the best Bond ever? No. But it is the most confident, expertly crafted and simply exhilarating since For Your Eyes Only. The reason for that is Daniel Craig."

Posted Nov 24, 2006

Rotten
2.5/4

Rotten
25%

A Good Year (2006)

" 'Look Homeward, Gladiator' hints at new dimensions of warmth and heart in Russell Crowe and Ridley Scott. They're not there yet, but they're headed in the right direction."

Posted Nov 24, 2006

Rotten
2/4

Rotten
13%

The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006)

" Cinema is far too powerful a medium to be graded on a curve-- even when Tim Allen is involved."

Posted Nov 24, 2006

Rotten
2/4

Rotten
54%

Marie Antoinette (2006)

" Films like 'Marie Antoinette' foster serious discussion about cinema for all the wrong reasons. Just what the hell is this supposed to be?"

Posted Nov 24, 2006

Rotten
2.5/4

Rotten
21%

Man of the Year (2006)

" Barry Levinson is a case study in narrative schizophrenia, with no idea what he wants his film to be."

Posted Oct 23, 2006

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
92%

The Departed (2006)

" Stacked up against Taxi Driver and Raging Bull, sure ... this is lesser Scorsese. And 'lesser' Scorsese is still better than almost anything else around."

Posted Oct 13, 2006

Rotten
.5/4

Fresh
61%

Jackass: Number Two (2006)

" The title tells all. To hell with it."

Posted Oct 13, 2006

Rotten
2/4

Rotten
11%

All The King's Men (2006)

" What's worse -- a bad remake of a classic film, or just a bad literary adaptation with delusions of grandeur?"

Posted Oct 13, 2006

Fresh
3/4

Rotten
34%

The Black Dahlia (2006)

" After two hours of meandering, convoluted indulgences and loose ends, 'The Black Dahlia' reveals a kinder, gentler Brian De Palma. He should be a good guy to have around."

Posted Oct 13, 2006

Fresh
3/4

Rotten
15%

The Wicker Man (2006)

" LaBute's remake could be an atonement, a perversely clever way of turning the gun on himself... or a conspiracy theorist's invective against a gender he fears and loathes."

Posted Oct 13, 2006

Rotten
2/4

Fresh
68%

Snakes on a Plane (2006)

" !@#&*! Sam Arkoff must be screaming 'I told you so' from a !@#&*!mountaintop -- because it took Hollywood 35 !@#&*! years to discover what he knew all along."

Posted Aug 20, 2006

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
67%

A Scanner Darkly (2006)

" Linklater has a determined method in making sense of the madness -- framing Dick's political paranoia as a plea for mankind to reverse the course of its self-destruction."

Posted Aug 15, 2006

Rotten
1.5/4

Rotten
4%

Zoom (2006)

" Dulled down into a mayo-and-bologna on white by a succession of dependably bland post-'Home Improvement' trifles, the light is gone from the eyes of Tim Allen."

Posted Aug 15, 2006

Rotten
2.5/4

Fresh
72%

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)

" There's the lovable, semi-literate stupidity of Will Ferrell's 'Anchorman' ... and then there's just plain stupid."

Posted Aug 10, 2006

Fresh
3/4

Fresh
84%

The Descent (2006)

" In a genre where misogyny runs as a matter of course, 'The Descent' is a true rarity: a feminist horror film. It's Ida Lupino kicking Brian De Palma right in the junk."

Posted Aug 10, 2006

Fresh
3.5/4

Fresh
70%

World Trade Center (2006)

" Truth is stranger than fiction -- even in Oliver Stone's hands. 'World Trade Center' is an honorable film."

Posted Aug 10, 2006

Fresh
3/4

Fresh
62%

Clerks II (2006)

" I can't say I've spent the last dozen years desperate to catch up with these guys. But it's nice to have them around again."

Posted Jul 26, 2006

Rotten
2/4

Rotten
21%

You, Me and Dupree (2006)

" This 'comedy' is so clumsily executed and wheezy it's a wonder anyone had the resolve to finish it."

Posted Jul 26, 2006

Fresh
3.5/4

Fresh
93%

An Inconvenient Truth (2006)

" ... For those within its reach, 'An Inconvenient Truth' is a film we can ignore only at our own peril."

Posted Jul 11, 2006

Rotten
2/4

Rotten
53%

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

" This time around, Captain Jack won't get you high tonight or take you to your special island."

Posted Jul 11, 2006

Fresh
3.5/4

Fresh
76%

Superman Returns (2006)

" With child's-eye exuberance, Bryan Singer brings an obvious respect, even reverence for the mythology of America's most enduring superhero and his cinematic legacy ..."

Posted Jun 29, 2006

Rotten
1.5/4

Rotten
32%

Click (2006)

" A few substantial laughs (with that patented Sandler undercurrent of cruelty) lead to one of the most depressing descents into mawkish sentiment I've ever seen in a 'comedy.'"

Posted Jun 27, 2006

Rotten
1.5/4

Rotten
36%

The Lake House (2006)

" 'The Lake House' is one of those romances that strives for unconventionality at the expense of clear storytelling and good sense."

Posted Jun 20, 2006

Fresh
3.5/4

Fresh
81%

A Prairie Home Companion (2006)

" No American filmmaker other than Robert Altman could have been a better choice for Garrison Keillor's relentlessly quirky corner of an Americana that doesn't exist anymore."

Posted Jun 13, 2006

Rotten
1.5/4

Rotten
26%

The Omen (2006)

" '10 Things I Hate About the Apocalypse.'"

Posted Jun 13, 2006

Rotten
2/4

Rotten
24%

The Da Vinci Code (2006)

" Fast food that doesn't taste fast."

Posted May 23, 2006

Rotten
1/4

Rotten
13%

Just My Luck (2006)

" Lohan can be good in characters endowed with a glimmer of intelligence. But too often she shoehorns herself into vehicles operating under the fallacy that stupidity is cute."

Posted May 17, 2006

Fresh
3/4

Fresh
69%

Mission: Impossible III (2006)

" The small-screen sensibility of 'Alias' creator J.J. Abrams proves to be the adrenaline shot needed to finally get this franchise on its feet."

Posted May 17, 2006

Fresh
3.5/4

Fresh
83%

Akeelah and the Bee (2006)

" There's never a moment when we're not certain everything will turn out OK. But to suggest a film bursting with such heart and good cheer should be any other way is a crime."

Posted May 2, 2006

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
90%

United 93 (2006)

" If this were a work of complete fiction, it would be an absolutely riveting thriller. That it's based on actual events makes it all the more horrific, and heartbreaking."

Posted May 2, 2006

Rotten
2/4

Rotten
33%

The Sentinel (2006)

" Recommend this one to a friend with a bum ticker. Not a single moment in the 108-minute running time is sufficient to even quicken the pulse."

Posted Apr 23, 2006

Rotten
1/4

Rotten
37%

Scary Movie 4 (2006)

" David Zucker, who once had one of the most supple comic touches in the business, has turned into the chowderhead who keeps elbowing you in the ribs asking, 'Get it? Get it?'"

Posted Apr 23, 2006

Rotten
2.5/4

Rotten
52%

Lucky # Slevin (2006)

" I have to say this for 'Lucky Number Slevin': It accomplishes nothing with extraordinary aplomb."

Posted Apr 11, 2006

Rotten
2/4

Rotten
57%

Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)

" The periodic fits of inspiration -- most of them courtesy of Scrat -- are just welcome breaks from an onslaught of witless pratfalling and white noise."

Posted Apr 4, 2006

Fresh
3/4

Fresh
86%

Inside Man (2006)

" Everyone is acting in a different film, and not one of them is in a Spike Lee Joint. But it's such a consistent oddity that it's never fighting to hold our attention."

Posted Apr 4, 2006

Fresh
3/4

Fresh
81%

The World's Fastest Indian (2005)

" Hopkins presides as such an engaging old coot, it seems criminal to point out flaws in the film -- which rarely tries to be more than a Kiwi version of 'The Straight Story.'"

Posted Apr 4, 2006

Fresh
3/4

Fresh
73%

V For Vendetta (2005)

" 'V' screams loudly and long, with visceral, kinetic fury and with style to burn. It's so brazen, it's kind of brilliant."

Posted Apr 4, 2006

Rotten
1.5/4

Rotten
49%

The Hills Have Eyes (2006)

" Alexandre Aja's take on Wes Craven's cult classic is lurid grindhouse trash, posturing as a satirical screed about American Cold War jingoism and irresponsible nuclear policy."

Posted Mar 14, 2006

Fresh
3.5/4

Rotten
40%

Running Scared (2006)

" The action movie is the cheese sandwich of film genres, but efforts like 'Running Scared' remind us all too rarely that they don't have to be Kraft Singles on Wonder Bread."

Posted Feb 25, 2006
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