ROTTEN TOMATOES: Shawn Bowers

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SHAWN BOWERS

Agrees with the Tomatometer 73% of the time.

Biography: I'm a freelance teen critic for the Kansas City Star Teen Star, where I've been writing for about three years and am a member of the Kansas City Film Critics Circle. I'm an avid movie lover with a special love for modern cinema (which basically means I can tell you about every new release coming out in the next 3 years).

Favorites: The Good Stuff This Year So Far: -Anchorman -Spider-Man 2 -Dawn of the Dead -Mean Girls -Kill Bill Vol. 2 Other stuff...

Publications: Kansas City Star

Critics' Group: Kansas City Film Critics Circle

Total Reviews: 22
Total QuickRatings: 21

Location: Overland Park, KS

LISTING OF ALL REVIEWS & ARTICLES

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

Fresh A-	Fresh 63%	Starsky & Hutch (2004)	" The tag line says it all: 'They�re the man.'" Posted Mar 16, 2004
Rotten D+	Rotten 23%	Taking Lives (2004)	" *Use the title as a warning- Taking Lives* takes hours of your life you can�t get back.**" Posted Mar 16, 2004
Fresh B+	Fresh 71%	The Rundown (2003)	" Worth the chase, the Rundown is simple entertainment at it�s best." Posted Nov 25, 2003
Rotten C-	Fresh 94%	Alien: The Director's Cut (2003)	" Going back to the beginning and seeing where it all began, this film had a lot to live up to in my eyes. In the end, I was just left wondering what all the fuss was about." Posted Nov 25, 2003
Rotten C	Rotten 59%	The Missing (2003)	" Missing a little something." Posted Nov 25, 2003
Fresh A-	Fresh 83%	Elf (2003)	" *Big laughs in an Elf-sized package.*" Posted Nov 25, 2003
Fresh B-	Fresh 82%	Thirteen (2003)	" Despite the flaws, it is worthy of recommendation for people interested in film, if for no other reason than Wood's performance." Posted Sep 27, 2003
Fresh B+	Fresh 83%	Matchstick Men (2003)	" The story's a bit on the traditional side (it could be pitched as "Catch Me If You Can" meets "Ocean's 11"), but the three leads make it an enticing and tense caper flick." Posted Sep 14, 2003
Fresh A-	Fresh 68%	Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)	" Depp steals the movie with a swagger and a smile in his second great part of the year." Posted Sep 14, 2003
Rotten C+	Rotten 23%	Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003)	" The film relies more on jump moments than gratuitous blood and guts for its scares, which is a welcome choice after such blood-drenched dreck as Freddy Vs. Jason." Posted Sep 5, 2003
Rotten C	Rotten 22%	Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003)	" Your appreciation of the movie will hinge on your tolerance for the "quirky" antics of Spade." Posted Sep 4, 2003
Rotten C+	Fresh 74%	8 Mile (2002)	" This Eminem melts in your hand and not in your mouth." Posted Aug 30, 2003
Fresh B+	Fresh 96%	Bowling for Columbine (2002)	" Try and find this film, watch it and talk about it. The issues that it covers are ones that beg to be discussed, and this piece has only scratched the surface." Posted Aug 30, 2003
Fresh A-	Rotten 59%	Die Another Day (2002)	" With its contemporary feel and set pieces galore, this Bond will leave you both shaken and stirred." Posted Aug 30, 2003
Fresh B-	Rotten 34%	What a Girl Wants (2003)	" Despite her obnoxious Nickelodeon pedigree, Bynes proves that, given the right project, she isn't half bad." Posted Aug 29, 2003
Fresh A	Fresh 98%	Finding Nemo (2003)	" There are so many subtle jokes, or little bits of insight into these fish's minds, it proves yet again that Pixar strives to make a complete experience instead of just 'some cool-looking graphics.'" Posted Aug 21, 2003
Rotten C	Rotten 36%	2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)	" Just because you give an old car a new paint job doesn't mean it runs better." Posted Aug 21, 2003
Fresh A-	Rotten 48%	S.W.A.T. (2003)	" It gives S.W.A.T. that kind of feeling where it should be corny, but everyone is just too cool to care. Or maybe I�m just a sucker for a movie in uniform." Posted Aug 20, 2003
Fresh B+	Rotten 13%	Uptown Girls (2003)	" Worth going Uptown for." Posted Aug 20, 2003
Rotten F	Rotten 41%	Freddy vs. Jason (2003)	" Horror-ifically bad." Posted Aug 20, 2003
Rotten D	Rotten 18%	The Medallion (2003)	" Speaking of cartoons, the whole movie is awfully similar to Chan's self-titled cartoon series, except with one major difference: the series is decent." Posted Aug 20, 2003
Rotten D+	Rotten 9%	Grind (2003)	" *Akin to a real skateboarding show, Grind* lands a few tricks but ends up falling on its face the rest of the time.**" Posted Aug 20, 2003

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