ROTTEN TOMATOES: Melinda Ennis

MELINDA ENNIS

Agrees with the Tomatometer 79% of the time.

Publications: Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Total Reviews: 34

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Rating	T-Meter	Title \| Year	Add Date (default)

Fresh B-	Fresh 85%	Bridge to Terabithia (2007)	" While the filmmakers have beefed up fantasy elements from the book, this is a very human story." Posted Feb 15, 2007
Fresh B+	Fresh 91%	God Grew Tired of Us (2007)	" While it is emotionally and spiritually satisfying, its optimistic point of view avoids harder truths it might have explored." Posted Jan 18, 2007
Rotten C-	Rotten 18%	The Wild (2006)	" *What's truly wild, and sad, about The Wild* is that Disney, once the icon of animated originality, has been reduced to releasing this retread.**" Posted Apr 13, 2006
Rotten C	Rotten 52%	Aquamarine (2006)	" If you are now or ever have been a girl of 8 to 13, you'll be occasionally charmed by the giggly bonds of girlfriends and 'guppie love' the film portrays -- but also occasionally green at the gills." Posted Mar 2, 2006
Fresh B+	Rotten 48%	Rent (2005)	" The movie makes the story accessible to everyone, without diminishing the musical's revolutionary, youthful heart." Posted Nov 23, 2005
Fresh B-	Fresh 76%	Zathura (2005)	" Although it too predictably stays the course of its predecessor, it's enough of a blast to provide a thrill ride for the kids and be an entertaining (and inevitable) journey for parents." Posted Nov 10, 2005
Fresh B	Fresh 61%	Shopgirl (2005)	" A flawed but captivating gem." Posted Oct 30, 2005
Fresh A-	Fresh 95%	Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)	" As quintessentially English as fish 'n' chips and as sharp as a Wiltshire cheddar, the hysterically witty import Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit is absolutely fabulous for the whole family." Posted Oct 6, 2005
Fresh B-	Rotten 31%	November (2005)	" There is much promise here from the young director, Greg Harrison." Posted Sep 15, 2005
Rotten C	Rotten 45%	The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)	" *As horror it's not so horrifying, and as a courtroom drama we can see better any night on Law and Order.*" Posted Sep 8, 2005
Rotten C+	Rotten 32%	Pretty Persuasion (2005)	" The movie shifts tones as abruptly as a teenager's mood swings." Posted Sep 1, 2005
Fresh A-	Fresh 69%	Mystery of the Nile (2005)	" Provides a banquet of stunning scenery while making the most of the sweeping, panoramic capabilities of the Imax format." Posted Jul 31, 2005
Fresh B	Fresh 65%	Heights (2005)	" A refreshing, adult-themed departure from the summer's cartoons and alien frights." Posted Jul 7, 2005
Rotten D	Rotten 19%	Adventures of Sharkboy and Lava Girl in 3-D (2005)	" A half-baked world no kid would want to visit." Posted Jun 12, 2005
Fresh B-	Fresh 87%	Bugs! (2003)	" Does effectively showcase the life-and-death struggle waged constantly among creatures that, at least in numbers, dominate the planet." Posted Jun 2, 2005
Fresh B	Rotten 55%	Madagascar (2005)	" Like Looney Tunes, there's cartoon craziness for the kids and knowing, 'wink-wink' humor to keep the grown-ups giggling and guessing at the film allusions that fill the clever script." Posted May 26, 2005
Rotten C+	N/A	Come Away Home (2005)	" Predictable as a picturesque beach sunset." Posted Apr 28, 2005
Fresh A-	Fresh 90%	Turtles Can Fly (2005)	" Bahman Ghobadi's new drama about Iraq's children of war shows us the scenes lurking behind the headlines and sound bites." Posted Apr 7, 2005
Rotten C	Rotten 52%	Ice Princess (2005)	" Might have better served the young girls who will love it, and their pushy parents, if Casey had been a little less perfect." Posted Mar 17, 2005
Fresh C+	Rotten 21%	The Pacifier (2005)	" Vin Diesel's new movie may not pacify his extreme-action-addict fans looking for an adrenaline fix, but it is a nice little Disney film that is a surprisingly pleasant way to spend time with the family." Posted Mar 3, 2005
Rotten C	Fresh 71%	Paper Clips (2004)	" The story becomes more about the collection of the paper clips and less and less about what the paper clips represent." Posted Feb 17, 2005
Fresh B+	Fresh 90%	Mean Creek (2004)	" An unusually truthful depiction of the way kids today talk, think and act." Posted Sep 3, 2004
Fresh B+	Fresh 73%	Strayed (2004)	" Ulliel is brilliant as a lost boy who has grown mad in a world filled with madness. And Beart's portrayal is haunting." Posted Jul 1, 2004
Rotten C-	Rotten 33%	Klezmer on Fish Street (2004)	" Unfortunately, in this amateurish, muddled film, the issues are poured out in a jumble of unexplained puzzle pieces that are never put together." Posted Jun 3, 2004
Fresh A	Fresh 93%	Roar: Lions of the Kalahari ()	" Roar: Lions of the Kalahari has a plot worthy of a Shakespearean tragedy and the epic sweep of a David Lean film, but these lions are regally real." Posted May 19, 2004
Rotten D	Rotten 12%	New York Minute (2004)	" So strictly amateur-hour that it could end up as a camp classic." Posted May 6, 2004
Rotten C-	Rotten 11%	Catch That Kid (2004)	" Parents can catch a nap while the kids catch a dubious lesson that crime can be cool." Posted Feb 5, 2004
Rotten D+	Rotten 16%	The Perfect Score (2004)	" Despite the serious subject matter, director Brian Robbins can't decide whether this is a drama, a satire or an American Pie-style teen spoof, and the film dissolves into a shapeless, weightless mass." Posted Jan 29, 2004
Rotten C+	Rotten 52%	Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (2004)	" A fluffy, forgettable bit of froth that has little to do with reality as we know it." Posted Jan 22, 2004
Rotten C+	Rotten 26%	Along Came Polly (2004)	" Runs out of steam about the time the Stiller-Aniston romance is supposed to be creating some." Posted Jan 15, 2004
Rotten C	Rotten 19%	Chasing Liberty (2004)	" Though potentially drowse-inducing for grown-ups, this is a teen girl's dream romp through pretty postcard settings and pretty, passionate first love." Posted Jan 8, 2004
Fresh B+	Rotten 56%	Looney Tunes - Back in Action (2003)	" Although the plot is convoluted with moments that are too over-the-top, and not all the cameos score, you'll be glad the Looney Tunes gang is back with their acerbic wit and impeccable comic timing intact." Posted Nov 13, 2003
Rotten D-	Fresh 60%	Old School (2003)	" *Although a graduate of the Animal House* school of tasteless, sophomoric humor, Old School gets docked many points due to its sloppy script and lame direction.**" Posted Feb 20, 2003
Rotten C	Rotten 20%	Knockaround Guys (2002)	" Perhaps if co-directors David Levien and Brian Koppelman had spent more time devising a coherent vision for the film, we would not have felt as knocked around after watching it." Posted Oct 19, 2002

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