Tomato 3.5/5
Paranoid Park (2008)
"I embraced what Van Sant achieved with his earlier three films, I just can’t feel quite that same enthusiasm for this one, even though it’s an extremely well-made film."
Margaret Pomeranz
Splat 1.5/5
Paranormal Activity (2009)
"Extremely unthrilling, very obvious, very clichéd. We've seen it all before."
David Stratton
Paris 36 (2008)
"This is the sort of sentimental, nostalgic film that constitutes a pleasant night at the movies -- it’s churlish to protest that it could have been much more."
Tomato 4/5
Ponyo (2009)
"Miyazaki has come up with another memorable film in Ponyo, which is roughly inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid... it’s incredibly beautiful as Miyazaki explores an amazing world of sea creatures and human beings."
"It is a delight, this film. There is so much imagination at work here."
Prime Mover (2009)
"David Caesar has been wanting to make this for decades... and I think there's a maturity with this film that is really lovely."
Splat 2/5
The Proposal (2009)
"this is sort of an object lesson in what's wrong with comedy today. The first 15, maybe 20 minutes of this film was really promising... And then it all falls apart because they bring in all these silly, farcical things."
"Director Anne Fletcher knows where the comedy lies in an improbable but cute screenplay by Peter Chiarelli, it’s in her two stars and she lets them fly."
Public Enemies (2009)
"There’s a lot to admire, but it’s not up to the standard of Mann’s, or Depp’s, best work."
Tomato 3/5
"I actually found a complete lack of character development here."
Push (2009)
"I was at first intrigued, and then bemused and confused."
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