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CRITICS / AUTHORS REVIEWS AND ARTICLES
SHANNON J. HARVEY
PUBLICATION(S)
• Courier Mail (Australia)
• Sunday Mail (Australia)
• Sunday Times (Australia)
• Urban Cinefile

BIOGRAPHY
30 year old profession film critic writing for a major metropolitan newspaper.
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STATS
Total Reviews: 78
Total QuickRatings: 193

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• Location: Perth, West Australia


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LISTING OF ALL REVIEWS & ARTICLES
A SAMPLING OF THIS CRITIC'S CINEMATIC TASTE
 
BEST TO WORST SAMPLING
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5/5 The Conversation
4.5/5 Chicago
4/5 One Hour Photo
3.5/5 Roger Dodger
3/5 Star Trek: Nemesis
2.5/5 The Recruit
2/5 Dog Soldiers
1.5/5 Wrong Turn
1/5 Maid in Manhattan
2 The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
 
 
BEST REVIEWED
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5/5 The Pianist
5/5 The Conversation
4.5/5 The Hours
4.5/5 Chicago
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WORST REVIEWED
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1/5 Bad Boys II
1/5 Darkness Falls
1/5 Maid in Manhattan
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This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 83% of the time.

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"At the finish line Speed Racer comes across as an indulgent fantasy project for the Wachowskis." -- Sunday Times (Australia)
Posted Jun 13, 2008
 
Speed Racer (2008)36%
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3.5/5
 
"The Orphanage is all about atmosphere and giving audiences the heebie-jeebies. And on that level, it really works." -- Sunday Mail (Australia)
Posted Jun 7, 2008
 
The Orphanage (2007)86%
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3.5/5
 
". French director Francois Ozon is a real tease, playing his audience before revealing the final knockout. ." -- Sunday Times (Australia)
Posted Oct 12, 2003
 
Swimming Pool (2003)85%
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3.5/5
 
". Matchstick Men might be a lesser Catch Me If You Can or Ocean's Eleven, but it's got a jazzy, understated style all of its own. It's one ride on which you will enjoy being taken." -- Sunday Times (Australia)
Posted Oct 12, 2003
 
Matchstick Men (2003)82%
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". As a more popular 19th-century author, Robert Frost, said: "Poetry is what is lost in translation." They've certainly lost it here. ." -- Sunday Times (Australia)
Posted Oct 12, 2003
 
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)16%
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2.5/5
 
". Plays like one long blonde joke we've already heard." -- Sunday Times (Australia)
Posted Sep 26, 2003
 
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde (2003)37%
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4/5
 
". A giddily goofy bit of old-fashioned nonsense that literally puts the curse back on the pirates themselves. You'll have a barrel of fun. ." -- Sunday Times (Australia)
Posted Sep 25, 2003
 
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)79%
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2/5
 
". Proves again that Jolie makes a better magazine cover than actor and Lara Croft a better game than rousing archeological adventure. ." -- Sunday Times (Australia)
Posted Sep 22, 2003
 
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003)23%
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1/5
 
". The most visually and aurally offensive film since Mariah Carey's Glitter ." -- Sunday Times (Australia)
Posted Sep 22, 2003
 
Bad Boys II (2003)24%
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3.5/5
 
"Japanese Story is a good film -- a memorable, provocative and emotional one." -- Sunday Times (Australia)
Posted Sep 22, 2003
 
Japanese Story (2004)67%
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3/5
 
". As far as zombie movies go, its $14-million budget must make it the most sophisticated flesh-muncher movie ever put to screen. ." -- Sunday Times (Australia)
Posted Sep 15, 2003
 
28 Days Later (2003)88%
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3/5
 
". Meadows keeps things simple, adding a few flashes of music or cinematography to recall the B-western. ." -- Sunday Times (Australia)
Posted Sep 15, 2003
 
Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (2003)51%
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4/5
 
"Is this kid's stuff? That's a complicated question but the answer is a thing of beauty that will have children enchanted hook, line and sinker." -- Sunday Times (Australia)
Posted Sep 1, 2003
 
Finding Nemo (2003)98%
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1/5
 
"You will find more frights in Finding Nemo. And you might just have more fun playing with your lollie wrappers, performing shadow puppets on the screen – or even picking your nose – than enduring this dimly lit horror movie." -- Sunday Times (Australia)
Posted Sep 1, 2003
 
Darkness Falls (2003)8%
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2/5
 
"Julia Stiles provides the one shining light in an otherwise dull, unfunny, cringe-inducing comedy caper." -- Sunday Times (Australia)
Posted Sep 1, 2003
 
A Guy Thing (2003)25%
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2.5/5
 
"It's good to see Douglas, who's so good at those nasty Gordon Gekko types, take on a comic role but he has little chemistry with Brooks" -- Sunday Times (Australia)
Posted Sep 1, 2003
 
The In-Laws (2003)36%
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3/5
 
"It's not often sequels are better than the original but after a disappointing second instalment, writer Adam Herz has saved the best until last." -- Sunday Times (Australia)
Posted Aug 17, 2003
 
American Wedding (2003)57%
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3/5
 
"Beneath the wingtips, pointy shoes and '50s sexual politics...Down with Love is light, airy and fun – almost to the level of cheap laughs. It's all surface spit and polish." -- Sunday Times (Australia)
Posted Aug 17, 2003
 
Down With Love (2003)60%
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"Natali has crafted a clever, futuristic mind-bender that's both beautiful to look at...and cerebrally challenging with its questions about reality and identity. Not bad for a film made for the cost of The Matrix's opening credits." -- Sunday Times (Australia)
Posted Aug 17, 2003
 
Cypher (2002)56%
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3/5
 
"The issues it raises are both noble, topical and worth exploring, which makes this an interesting, if flawed, military exercise." -- Sunday Times (Australia)
Posted Aug 17, 2003
 
Tears of the Sun (2003)34%
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1.5/5
 
"Was Wrong Turn directed by the kind of in-bred mountain men depicted in the film? The opening credits is the only device that drive the plot -- the rest is simply a squeal-inducing hunt movie." -- Sunday Times (Australia)
Posted Aug 3, 2003
 
Wrong Turn (2003)40%
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2.5/5
 
"It's a pity...that such a first-class cast is forced to fly economy in this aimless exercise that never knows its destination." -- Sunday Times (Australia)
Posted Aug 3, 2003
 
View from the Top (2003)14%
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4/5
 
"Here is a movie that's so good – so juicy in the dark secrets it keeps – that all I really want to say is to see it right now knowing as little about it as possible." -- Sunday Times (Australia)
Posted Aug 3, 2003
 
Identity (2003)63%
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3/5
 
"It's a slick, smooth and indeed explosive instalment, but it has neither the spit and polish of T2 nor the grittiness of the cult hit T1." -- Sunday Times (Australia)
Posted Jul 29, 2003
 
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)70%
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4/5
 
"..interesting for the way it reveals what the advent of the videotape in the '70s has done to all of us. Like the Internet in the '90s, it has helped make what's private public – for better or worse." -- Sunday Times (Australia)
Posted Jul 29, 2003
 
Auto Focus (2002)72%
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2/5
 
"Never has the word "real" been used in a more liberal way, because this reality movie seems to have a tighter script than American Pie – or at least one cloned from it." -- Sunday Times (Australia)
Posted Jul 29, 2003
 
The Real Cancun (2003)34%
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3.5/5
 
"The Good Thief has a shambling grace to it, both jazzy and gritty at the same time." -- Sunday Times (Australia)
Posted Jul 29, 2003
 
The Good Thief (2003)78%
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3/5
 
"Cassandra's flowery narration may prove a tad irritating for those not in the mood for such soapy operatics but this glibly engaging melodrama...at least plays to mature audiences wanting an alternative to the latest Hollywood blockbusters filling up our" -- Sunday Times (Australia)
Posted Jul 29, 2003
 
I Capture the Castle (2003)80%
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3/5
 
"Miller has made a provocative, intimate triptych of short stories." -- Sunday Times (Australia)
Posted Jul 29, 2003
 
Personal Velocity (2002)70%
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3.5/5
 
"After his previous windows on the absurd ... A Mighty Wind proves that Guest has turned parody into an art form." -- Sunday Times (Australia)
Posted Jul 29, 2003
 
A Mighty Wind (2003)88%
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4/5
 
"Clooney has made a stylish debut, wisely making his movie resemble the wacky game shows Barris dreamt up." -- Sunday Times (Australia)
Posted Jul 29, 2003
 
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)78%
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3/5
 
"Confident performances from confident performers, indeed, all chewing the kind of post-Tarantino dialogue that's dotted the genre's recent landscape." -- Sunday Times (Australia)
Posted Jul 29, 2003
 
Confidence (2003)71%
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3/5
 
"Almost turns human misfortune into a costume parade." -- Sunday Times (Australia)
Posted Jun 29, 2003
 
White Oleander (2002)70%
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3.5/5
 
"One of the most truly wondrous films you could imagine." -- Sunday Times (Australia)
Posted Jun 29, 2003
 
Winged Migration (2003)97%
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3.5/5
 
"Bold ambitions make Hulk the most profound popcorn blockbuster ever made and one that plays more to smart young adults than geeky teens." -- Sunday Times (Australia)
Posted Jun 29, 2003
 
Hulk (2003)61%
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2.5/5
 
"Sinbad is harmlessly inoffensive enough to be enjoyed by the kind of pre-teen kids who love a good swashbuckling adventure full of all those cartoon cliches, but anyone hoping for more will have to set sail on another adventure." -- Sunday Times (Australia)
Posted Jun 23, 2003
 
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)46%
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4/5
 
"Secretary might be too hot to handle for prudes and fuddy-duddies. But then again, it's the kind of film they might enjoy the most." -- Sunday Times (Australia)
Posted Jun 8, 2003
 
Secretary (2002)74%
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3.5/5
 
"The nearest thing we've got to a big-screen Catcher in the Rye...with Kieran Culkin giving a very Holden Caufield-esque performance." -- Sunday Times (Australia)
Posted Jun 8, 2003
 
Igby Goes Down (2002)76%
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4/5
 
"A moving tribute to resilience in the face of ruination." -- Sunday Times (Australia)
Posted Jun 8, 2003
 
25th Hour (2002)78%
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2.5/5
 
"A cheery, unapologetically goofy comedy about mid-life regression, minus the gross-out gags. And for that, at least, we can all be thankful." -- Sunday Times (Australia)
Posted Jun 8, 2003
 
Old School (2003)59%
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2/5
 
"In the end, it's all just lost in the dust." -- Sunday Times (Australia)
Posted Jun 8, 2003
 
The Four Feathers (2002)42%
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2.5/5
 
"I have two pet hates when it comes to sequels; most aren't necessary, and most stars don't return from the original. Welcome to 2 Fast 2 Furious." -- Sunday Times (Australia)
Posted Jun 8, 2003
 
2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)36%
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3/5
 
"Switch off, space out, and go where no self-respecting film lover has gone before." -- Sunday Times (Australia)
Posted Jun 8, 2003
 
The Core (2003)42%
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3/5
 
". More than a story of a girl rejected because she wasn't born a boy, Whale Rider challenges traditional gender roles in a circle of life drama that begins with a birth and ends with a re-birth. ." -- Sunday Times (Australia)
Posted May 18, 2003
 
Whale Rider (2003)90%
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3/5
 
". When all is said and done, The Life of David Gale is thus only worth about $8.50 on a cheap Tuesday. ." -- Sunday Times (Australia)
Posted May 18, 2003
 
The Life of David Gale (2003)20%
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3.5/5
 
". To use phone language, it doesn't put you on hold for one second. ." -- Sunday Times (Australia)
Posted May 18, 2003
 
Phone Booth (2003)71%
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3.5/5
 
". I watched The Matrix to freshen up on all that coolness the night before seeing Reloaded. I would still watch it again over this. ." -- Sunday Times (Australia)
Posted May 18, 2003
 
The Matrix Reloaded (2003)73%
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3.5/5
 
"A bleak, beautifully crafted, intelligent tale of paranoia – a typical subject for Cronenberg. It's a pity most audiences will, ironically, go mad trying to decipher it." -- Sunday Times (Australia)
Posted May 9, 2003
 
Spider (2003)85%
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4/5
 
"An edgy little Aussie thriller that will have husbands shaking in their shoes, Alexandra's Project is a film like no other." -- Sunday Times (Australia)
Posted May 9, 2003
 
Alexandra's Project (2005)50%
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2.5/5
 
". I hate to label this lightweight romp a "chick flick", but when the title actually issues a challenge to the fairer sex, well, the writing is on the wall." -- Sunday Times (Australia)
Posted Apr 27, 2003
 
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)42%

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