ROTTEN TOMATOES: Shannon J. Harvey

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SHANNON J. HARVEY

Agrees with the Tomatometer 82% of the time.

Biography: 30 year old profession film critic writing for a major metropolitan newspaper.

Favorites: Blade RunnerStar Wars series2001The TerminatorBarton FinkMiller's CrossingAmerican BeautyIndiana Jones seriesCasablancaThe Shawshank RedemptionThe Big LebowskiRear Window

Publications: Courier Mail (Australia), Sunday Mail (Australia), Sunday Times (Australia), Urban Cinefile

Total Reviews: 91
Total QuickRatings: 193

Location: Perth, West Australia

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Fresh 3.5/5	Fresh 76%	Igby Goes Down (2002)	" 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
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 78%	25th Hour (2002)	" A moving tribute to resilience in the face of ruination." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Jun 8, 2003
Rotten 2.5/5	Fresh 60%	Old School (2003)	" 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
Rotten 2/5	Rotten 41%	The Four Feathers (2002)	" In the end, it's all just lost in the dust." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Jun 8, 2003
Rotten 2.5/5	Rotten 36%	2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)	" *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
Fresh 3/5	Rotten 42%	The Core (2003)	" Switch off, space out, and go where no self-respecting film lover has gone before." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Jun 8, 2003
Fresh 3/5	Fresh 90%	Whale Rider (2003)	" *. 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
Fresh 3/5	Rotten 20%	The Life of David Gale (2003)	" *. 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
Fresh 3.5/5	Fresh 71%	Phone Booth (2003)	" . To use phone language, it doesn't put you on hold for one second. ." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted May 18, 2003
Fresh 3.5/5	Fresh 73%	The Matrix Reloaded (2003)	" *. 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
Fresh 3.5/5	Fresh 85%	Spider (2003)	" 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
Fresh 4/5	Rotten 50%	Alexandra's Project (2005)	" *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
Rotten 2.5/5	Rotten 43%	How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)	" . 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
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 82%	The Good Girl (2002)	" The Good Girl belongs to Aniston, who buries Rachel in style with a sweet, soulful, hangdog performance that you will be thinking of long after you leave the cinema. ." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Apr 27, 2003
Fresh 3/5	Fresh 88%	X2: X-Men United (2003)	" *While most movie-goers will love the film's sheer thrill ride, X-Men* fans might leave a little disappointed. The best, I guess, is yet to come. .*" — Sunday Times (Australia)* Posted Apr 24, 2003
Rotten 2.5/5	Rotten 33%	Johnny English (2003)	" *It's the same bawdy British humour as the Ali G* movie, and there's more inspiration in the gags from Jackass. .*" — Sunday Times (Australia)* Posted Apr 21, 2003
Rotten 2.5/5	Rotten 29%	Dreamcatcher (2003)	" It starts out as an intriguing story of telepathic friends and ends up a monster mash of Ed Wood awfulness." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Mar 31, 2003
Fresh 3.5/5	Fresh 79%	Punch-Drunk Love (2002)	" Sandler essentially plays the same socially retarded moron that made him rich, but Anderson strips him of his usual comic props ... He's buried the man-child within and brought all that emotionally stunted melancholy to the surface." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Mar 31, 2003
Fresh 3.5/5	Rotten 55%	Ned Kelly (2004)	" At last! A feature film about Australia's greatest outlaw and folk hero that, while not reaching five-star status, all Australians can be proud of." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Mar 31, 2003
Fresh 3/5	Fresh 78%	Antwone Fisher (2002)	" Washington is customarily solid as the naval shrink, but directs without imagination or flair, sticking to Hollywood conventions and skimming over the harsher aspects of Fisher's life." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Mar 23, 2003
N/A	Fresh 79%	Dog Soldiers (2002)	" Pretend it's a werewolf itself by avoiding eye contact and walking slowly away. It's fun, but it's a real howler." — Sunday Times (Australia) PREVIEW Posted Mar 23, 2003
Rotten 2/5	Fresh 79%	Dog Soldiers (2002)	" Pretend it's a werewolf itself by avoiding eye contact and walking slowly away. It's fun, but it's a real howler." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Mar 23, 2003
Fresh 3.5/5	Rotten 50%	The Emperor's Club (2002)	" *Welcome to The Emperor's Club, close affiliate to the Dead Poet's Society* and Mr Holland's Opus, where students arrive in limousines and wear ties to class.*" — Sunday Times (Australia)* Posted Mar 23, 2003
Fresh 3/5	Fresh 61%	Swimming Upstream (2005)	" *Like Fingleton himself, Swimming Upstream* is a hard-working, no-thrills drama � but it's still a winner.*" — Sunday Times (Australia)* Posted Mar 9, 2003
Rotten 2.5/5	Rotten 48%	Jackass: The Movie (2002)	" It has zero taste, zero intelligence, zero sophistication and zero redeeming social value. So it's a zero-star movie but as far as gutter-entertainment and gross-out humour goes, it's five-star laughs." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Mar 9, 2003
Fresh 3.5/5	Fresh 65%	Solaris (2002)	" *If you're the type to be stimulated by Solaris's* weighty philosophical issues, it's a mind-bending sci-fi trip into the unknown. For all others, it will be the perfect cure for insomnia. .*" — Sunday Times (Australia)* Posted Mar 9, 2003
Rotten 1/5	Rotten 40%	Maid in Manhattan (2002)	" It's a condescending, totally unbelievable film made worse by poor dialogue, acting and directing, all strung together by a laughably cliched Cinderella story. ." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Mar 9, 2003
Fresh 3/5	Fresh 64%	Moonlight Mile (2002)	" There's no hint of giant bunnies or falling airline engines; just good solid family drama. ." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Mar 9, 2003
Fresh 5/5	Fresh 95%	The Pianist (2002)	" *POWERFUL seems too small a word to describe The Pianist, a masterpiece from a master film-maker." — Sunday Times (Australia)* Posted Mar 9, 2003
Fresh 3.5/5	Fresh 88%	Roger Dodger (2002)	" Roger Dodger is an enjoyably bruising tale of the inflated male ego that takes a hammering thanks to a little ironic justice." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Mar 9, 2003
Rotten 2.5/5	Rotten 43%	The Recruit (2003)	" An enjoyably forgettable espionage thriller marked more by these two actors going toe-to-toe as if they're in an acting masterclass rather than a Hollywood movie." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Feb 24, 2003
Fresh 3/5	Rotten 20%	Just Married (2003)	" Move over Britney Spears and all other aspiring Britney wannabees. There's a new Britney in town and her name is Brittany Murphy. ." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Feb 24, 2003
Fresh 3/5	Rotten 44%	The Rules of Attraction (2002)	" James van der Beek not only buries his wussy Dawson's Creek character but spits on its grave." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Feb 24, 2003
Fresh 5/5	Fresh 98%	The Conversation (1974)	" Francis Ford Coppola's remastered masterpiece of modern-day paranoia is far more than a simple rehashing of a classic slice of cinema. It proves to be more prescient now than ever. . ." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Feb 17, 2003
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 76%	Gangs of New York (2002)	" If Scorsese ever puts out a director's cut, that will be the film to watch. . ." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Feb 17, 2003
Fresh 4.5/5	Fresh 81%	The Hours (2002)	" The Hours is a skilful, mature portrait of womanhood through the generations. In just two hours, viewers will be moved by an engrossing, interlinking story, its connections and how each woman presents a brave face to the world but is utterly alone," — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Feb 17, 2003
—	Fresh 85%	About Schmidt (2002)	" There's no sign of a grinning madman or a troubled genius in Nicholson's latest screen incarnation Warren Schmidt, a mild-mannered insurance salesman so plain and boring he would put you to sleep if he wasn't played with such wry, recessive aplomb by big" — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Feb 10, 2003
Fresh 3/5	Rotten 37%	Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)	" If this is The Next Generation's final voyage, then it goes somewhat gently into that good night rather than raging against the dying of the light. Should a final adventure give them the justice they deserve? Like Picard, I say 'Make it so!'" — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Feb 10, 2003
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 82%	One Hour Photo (2002)	" One Hour Photo is genuinely scary. Not because Sy takes his obsession to insane levels, but because we all know sane people like him." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Feb 4, 2003
Fresh 4.5/5	Fresh 87%	Chicago (2002)	" Gere steals the show." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Jan 28, 2003
Fresh	Rotten 49%	Jurassic Park III (2001)	" JP3 is not as intricate or as new as the original, nor as howlingly elaborate as the sequel, but in its own formulaic way, it�s a nice little thrill ride that achieves what it�s designed for." — Urban Cinefile Posted Aug 17, 2002

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5/5	The ConversationOffsite
4.5/5	ChicagoOffsite
4/5	One Hour PhotoOffsite
3.5/5	Roger DodgerOffsite
3/5	Star Trek: NemesisOffsite
2.5/5	The RecruitOffsite
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1.5/5	Wrong TurnOffsite
1/5	Maid in ManhattanOffsite
2	The League of Extraordinary GentlemenOffsite

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