ROTTEN TOMATOES: Daniel M. Kimmel

DANIEL M. KIMMEL

Agrees with the Tomatometer 68% of the time.

Biography: Proud dad; active in Boston area science fiction conventions; author of THE FOURTH NETWORK: How Fox Broke the Rules and Reinvented Television (Ivan R. Dee, Publisher, 2004) -- which won the Cable Center Book Award, and THE DREAM TEAM: The Rise and Fall of DreamWorks (Ivan R. Dee, Publisher, 2006). Forthcoming: Essay in "Batman Unauthorized" (BenBella Books, March 2008); "I'll Have What She's Having: Behind the Scenes of the Great Romantic Comedies" (Ivan R. Dee, Publisher, Fall 2008).

Favorites: Annie Hall, The Producers, North by Northwest, Holiday, The Fly (1986), Lilo and Stitch, Dr. Strangelove, Sunset Boulevard, High Noon, The Stunt Man.

Publications: Christian Science Monitor, New England Movies Weekly, The Jewish Advocate, Variety, Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Critics' Group: Boston Society of Film Critics

Total Reviews: 909
Total QuickRatings: 1123

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Rotten 1/5	Rotten 30%	The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)	" *If you loved the books and the first movie, ignore this review. If you didn't -- and don't get what the fuss is all about -- New Moon* is unlikely to change your mind.*" — New England Movies Weekly* Posted Nov 20, 2009
Fresh 3/5	Fresh 73%	The Blind Side (2009)	" ...it reminds us that initial impressions can be deceiving." — New England Movies Weekly Posted Nov 20, 2009
Fresh 3.5/5	Rotten 16%	Planet 51 (2009)	" It's fun for the kids, and adults should have a good time too." — New England Movies Weekly Posted Nov 20, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 59%	Pirate Radio (2009)	" ... [it] will have you humming along and leave you with a big smile, something that can be said of few movies this year." — New England Movies Weekly Posted Nov 19, 2009
Fresh 3/5	Rotten 38%	2012 (2009)	" 2012 is a fun ride, so long as you don't think about how silly it all is." — New England Movies Weekly Posted Nov 14, 2009
Fresh 3.5/5	Rotten 47%	The Box (2009)	" A sequence shot in the Boston Public Library (even though the film is set in Virginia) is creepier than anything in the splatterporn movies that pass for horror these days." — New England Movies Weekly Posted Nov 6, 2009
Rotten 2/5	Rotten 54%	The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)	" For a movie about people learning to focus their minds, [it] proves to be strangely and disappointingly unfocused." — New England Movies Weekly Posted Nov 6, 2009
Rotten 2/5	Rotten 55%	Disney's A Christmas Carol (2009)	" *Zemeckis seems unable to admit that the motion capture animation he's been using on The Polar Express* and Beowulf is an artistic dead end.*" — New England Movies Weekly* Posted Nov 6, 2009
Fresh 3.5/5	Rotten 20%	Amelia (2009)	" Director Mira Nair stays within the safe parameters [of the biopic]in bringing the life of Amelia Earhart to the screen." — New England Movies Weekly Posted Oct 29, 2009
Fresh 3.5/5	Rotten 38%	Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009)	" ...an entertaining and engaging entry in the vampire sweepstakes. If it's not A positive, it's certainly worth a B." — New England Movies Weekly Posted Oct 29, 2009
Rotten 2.5/5	Rotten 48%	Astro Boy (2009)	" *It looks good, but if this Astro Boy* is going to launch a new series, one can only hope the writing the next time out is not as, well... robotic.*" — New England Movies Weekly* Posted Oct 29, 2009
Rotten 2/5	Rotten 12%	Couples Retreat (2009)	" Couples Retreat comes across as a movie that was made... because it was felt that if the right buttons were pushed, this might make money." — New England Movies Weekly Posted Oct 16, 2009
Rotten 2.5/5	Rotten 23%	Law Abiding Citizen (2009)	" *Take the Death Wish* movies, cross them with Dexter, add just a soup�on of the depraved Saw series, and you've got Law Abiding Citizen.*" — New England Movies Weekly* Posted Oct 16, 2009
Rotten 2/5	Fresh 70%	Where the Wild Things Are (2009)	" *While not quite the horror show that the movie of The Cat In The Hat* turned out to be, this is a far cry from feel-good family entertainment*" — New England Movies Weekly* Posted Oct 16, 2009
Rotten	Fresh 86%	A Serious Man (2009)	" It's fair to ask - even beyond the gargoyles and caricatures who pass for Jewish people in the film - what the point of it all was." — The Jewish Advocate Posted Oct 9, 2009
Fresh 3.5/5	Rotten 56%	The Invention of Lying (2009)	" Honesty is the best policy, but as Gervais's film makes clear, sometimes we need something more than just the facts." — New England Movies Weekly Posted Oct 3, 2009
Fresh 3.5/5	Fresh 75%	Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)	" Those [attacking Moore] are doing worse than namecalling. By refusing to engage the substance of the film, they're conceding that he may be right." — New England Movies Weekly Posted Oct 3, 2009
Fresh 3/5	Fresh 82%	Whip It (2009)	" As a director, Barrymore shows some heart..." — New England Movies Weekly Posted Oct 3, 2009
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 89%	Zombieland (2009)	" ...a must for horror fans, but also for those who want to laugh and don't mind a few body parts being flung around in the process." — New England Movies Weekly Posted Oct 3, 2009
Fresh 3/5	Rotten 28%	Fame (2009)	" ...an engaging remake that doesn't eclipse the original but neither does it turn it into a travesty." — New England Movies Weekly Posted Sep 28, 2009
Rotten 2/5	Fresh 85%	Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (2009)	" ...parents are advised to flip a coin, with the loser having to take the youngsters to go see it" — New England Movies Weekly Posted Sep 24, 2009
Fresh 3/5	Rotten 45%	Jennifer's Body (2009)	" *The sexual politics are not quite at the level of the indie horror film Teeth, but it's there." — New England Movies Weekly* Posted Sep 24, 2009
Fresh 2.5/5	Rotten 18%	Love Happens (2009)	" It's not a must-see, but with some nice performances and some scenic views of Seattle, if you wait until it comes to cable, it's pleasant enough." — New England Movies Weekly Posted Sep 18, 2009
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 76%	The Informant! (2009)	" ...a bravura performance from Damon" — New England Movies Weekly Posted Sep 18, 2009
Fresh 3/5	Rotten 6%	Whiteout (2009)	" ...an easy enough way to pass time if you're not too demanding or if the cast or unusual setting piques your interest." — New England Movies Weekly Posted Sep 11, 2009
Rotten 2.5/5	Rotten 56%	9 (2009)	" You may already get a sense of what the problem is here: the characters are literally ciphers." — New England Movies Weekly Posted Sep 10, 2009
Rotten 1/5	Rotten 6%	All About Steve (2009)	" ...this is, without a doubt, one of the biggest wastes of celluloid this year." — New England Movies Weekly Posted Sep 4, 2009
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 88%	Inglourious Basterds (2009)	" This is a revenge fantasy where the non-Jewish Tarantino wants us to cheer on the violent Jews because - as we see - their victims more than deserve their fates." — New England Movies Weekly Posted Aug 29, 2009
Fresh 3/5	Rotten 49%	Taking Woodstock (2009)	" *If you want to experience the concert you can watch the 1970 Woodstock* movie. This one is about what it all meant.*" — New England Movies Weekly* Posted Aug 29, 2009
Rotten 2/5	Rotten 9%	Post Grad (2009)	" Post Grad is like mashed potatoes without gravy, vanilla ice cream without syrup, seltzer without flavor." — New England Movies Weekly Posted Aug 21, 2009
Fresh 4.5/5	Fresh 90%	District 9 (2009)	" *While District 9* delivers thrills and chills to spare... what lingers is the casualness with which we are willing to reduce others to sub-human conditions.*" — New England Movies Weekly* Posted Aug 15, 2009
Fresh 4/5	Rotten 38%	The Time Traveler's Wife (2009)	" If you can willingly suspend your disbelief at its premise, you will find yourself moved at this love story for the ages" — New England Movies Weekly Posted Aug 14, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 67%	Blessed Is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh (2009)	" It is impossible not to be moved and inspired by this story, and saddened by a life cut short." — The Jewish Advocate Posted Aug 11, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 69%	Arranged (2007)	" Maybe real life isn't as neat as portrayed here. In that case, the drawback is with reality, not the movie." — The Jewish Advocate Posted Aug 11, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 100%	The Quarrel (1991)	" [T]wo characters [who] care deeply about finding meaning and goodness in a world where a Holocaust could take place." — The Jewish Advocate Posted Aug 11, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 93%	Yoo-hoo, Mrs. Goldberg (2009)	" Although not forgotten in the broadcast history books, Berg's immense impact on mid-twentieth century American popular culture needs a fresh examination." — The Jewish Advocate Posted Aug 11, 2009
Fresh 4/5	Rotten 47%	My Sister's Keeper (2009)	" [I]ntelligent, moving and even occasionally funny, although you might want to bring along a few tissues just in case." — New England Movies Weekly Posted Aug 11, 2009
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 75%	Julie & Julia (2009)	" *This is yet another movie that will leave Meryl Streep's legion of fans convinced she can do anything (except sing, as Mamma Mia* proved).*" — New England Movies Weekly* Posted Aug 11, 2009
Rotten 1/5	Fresh 68%	Funny People (2009)	" Rule number one for a comedy: If you need a character to say 'That's funny' after a lot of your jokes, they're probably not all that funny." — New England Movies Weekly Posted Aug 11, 2009
Rotten 2/5	Rotten 15%	The Ugly Truth (2009)	" It's hard to believe the script is attributed to three women, because this could send the Women's Movement back sixty years." — New England Movies Weekly Posted Aug 11, 2009
Fresh 3/5	Rotten 55%	Orphan (2009)	" *Much credit goes to director Jaume Collet-Serra who shows off his skills to much better affect than in his... ridiculous 2005 remake of House Of Wax." — New England Movies Weekly* Posted Aug 11, 2009
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 83%	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)	" ...an epic length fantasy where we continue to care for these characters, and are glad to know that the finale won't be rushed" — New England Movies Weekly Posted Aug 11, 2009
Fresh 3.5/5	Fresh 67%	Bruno (2009)	" *As with Borat, there are plenty of outrageous moments that will make you simultaneously laugh and squirm..." — New England Movies Weekly* Posted Aug 11, 2009
Fresh 3/5	Fresh 67%	Public Enemies (2009)	" ...a thinking man's gangster movie. While there's plenty of action for those looking for a shoot-'em-up, it's a decidedly cold-blooded affair" — New England Movies Weekly Posted Aug 11, 2009
Rotten 2.5/5	Rotten 45%	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)	" Those who complain about the feeble jokes and contrived situations should be forced to watch the first two films and defend them." — New England Movies Weekly Posted Aug 11, 2009
Rotten 1.5/5	Rotten 15%	Year One (2009)	" *If there is any justice in the world, there will never be a Year Two." — New England Movies Weekly* Posted Aug 11, 2009
Fresh 3/5	Rotten 52%	The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009)	" [It's]a popcorn movie, nothing more and nothing less." — New England Movies Weekly Posted Aug 11, 2009
Fresh 3/4	Fresh 64%	The Brothers Bloom (2009)	" ...it will baffle and infuriate some, and enchant and entertain others." — Worcester Telegram & Gazette Posted Jun 14, 2009
Fresh 3/4	Rotten 44%	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)	" Best of all are Azaria, a brilliant comic character actor... and Adams as the feisty Earhart, thrilled to be off on a new adventure." — Worcester Telegram & Gazette Posted Jun 1, 2009
Fresh 3/4	Rotten 59%	Paris 36 (2008)	" It is a musical comedy/drama set in another time and place that asks you to give yourself over... If you're willing to play along the result is magnifique." — Worcester Telegram & Gazette Posted Jun 1, 2009

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3/4	WantedOffsite
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