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sometimes_a_great_notion | 1,834,679 | 2009-07-29 | Emanuel Levy | false | B- | fresh | EmanuelLevy.Com | Based on Ken Kesey's book, Newman's second film as helmer is not effective or cohesive as the first (Rachel Rachel), but Oregon locations and good acting by Henry Fonda and others compensate for uneasy fit between melodrama and action | POSITIVE | http://emanuellevy.com/search/details.cfm?id=13925 |
sometimes_a_great_notion | 1,791,785 | 2009-01-18 | Dennis Schwartz | false | B- | fresh | Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews | When the film cuts away from the family soap opera dramatics and shows the macho men at work wielding their chainsaws at the logging camp among the giant trees, it has a buzz. | POSITIVE | https://dennisschwartzreviews.com/sometimesagreatnotion/ |
sometimes_a_great_notion | 1,735,411 | 2008-06-17 | Variety Staff | true | null | fresh | Variety | The result is rather good -- a sort of contemporary 'western' in the timber territory. | POSITIVE | http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117795029 |
sometimes_a_great_notion | 1,616,187 | 2007-04-20 | Lori Hoffman | false | 4/5 | fresh | Atlantic City Weekly | Terrific family drama | POSITIVE | null |
sometimes_a_great_notion | 1,476,106 | 2006-01-26 | Time Out Staff | true | null | fresh | Time Out | Newman's handling of the outdoor scenes, especially those involving work, is -- like his own acting -- restrained but powerfully evocative. | POSITIVE | https://www.timeout.com/london/film/sometimes-a-great-notion |
sometimes_a_great_notion | 1,419,496 | 2005-07-27 | Jules Brenner | false | 4/5 | fresh | Cinema Signals | null | POSITIVE | null |
sometimes_a_great_notion | 1,389,190 | 2005-05-09 | Vincent Canby | true | 3/5 | fresh | New York Times | Surprisingly effective. | POSITIVE | http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9D0CE2DA143DEF34BC4A53DFB5668389669EDE&partner=Rotten Tomatoes |
sometimes_a_great_notion | 1,331,615 | 2004-10-23 | Roger Ebert | true | 3/4 | fresh | Chicago Sun-Times | Newman starts tunneling under the material, coming up with all sorts of things we didn't quite expect, and along the way he proves himself as a director of sympathy and a sort of lyrical restraint. | POSITIVE | https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/sometimes-a-great-notion-1971 |
sometimes_a_great_notion | 1,148,507 | 2003-05-24 | Film4 Staff | false | null | fresh | Film4 | Newman handles the emotional drama well and directs one outdoor scene with consummate brilliance. | POSITIVE | http://www.channel4.com/film/reviews/film.jsp?id=108512 |
berkeley_in_the_sixties | 2,009,171 | 2011-09-07 | Owen Gleiberman | true | A- | fresh | Entertainment Weekly | null | POSITIVE | http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,318754,00.html |
berkeley_in_the_sixties | 1,982,753 | 2011-04-30 | Emanuel Levy | false | B | fresh | EmanuelLevy.Com | A significant docu in which the director lets his rich material speak for itself | POSITIVE | http://www.emanuellevy.com/review/berkeley-in-the-sixties-5/ |
berkeley_in_the_sixties | 1,440,373 | 2005-09-29 | Ken Hanke | false | 4/5 | fresh | Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | It's as relevant today as ever. | POSITIVE | http://www.mountainx.com/movies/b/berkeleyinthesixties.php |
berkeley_in_the_sixties | 1,414,462 | 2005-07-16 | Emanuel Levy | false | 3/5 | fresh | EmanuelLevy.Com | null | POSITIVE | null |
berkeley_in_the_sixties | 835,337 | 2003-01-21 | Kurt Dahlke | false | 85/100 | fresh | Apollo Guide | null | POSITIVE | http://www.apolloguide.com/mov_fullrev.asp?CID=4691 |
berkeley_in_the_sixties | 282,067 | 2002-01-27 | John A. Nesbit | false | A- | fresh | Old School Reviews | ...as complete a picture as possible in less than two hours. And you don't even have to smell the tear gas. | POSITIVE | http://oldschoolreviews.com/rev_90/berkeley.htm |
daniel_defoes_robinson_crusoe | 1,419,396 | 2005-07-27 | Emanuel Levy | false | 2/5 | rotten | EmanuelLevy.Com | null | NEGATIVE | null |
daniel_defoes_robinson_crusoe | 1,337,756 | 2004-11-13 | Dan Lybarger | false | 5/5 | fresh | eFilmCritic.com | null | POSITIVE | http://efilmcritic.com/review.php?movie=11100&reviewer=382 |
daniel_defoes_robinson_crusoe | 283,980 | 2002-02-03 | Christopher Null | false | 2/5 | rotten | Filmcritic.com | Laughable | NEGATIVE | null |
une_belle_fille_comme_moi | 2,677,942 | 2020-03-18 | Richard Combs | true | null | rotten | Sight & Sound | In the comic context of A Gorgeous Bird Like Me, a good deal of the savour is lost simply because this femme comes over as much less fatale than may have been intended. | NEGATIVE | https://archive.org/details/Sight_and_Sound_1973_10_BFI_GB/page/n59/mode/2up |
une_belle_fille_comme_moi | 2,197,745 | 2014-04-14 | Richard Brody | true | null | fresh | New Yorker | Lafont's antic embodiment of feminine ferocity cuts cleverly against Truffaut's grim vision of a world that both represses and craves it, and the comedy masks the endless round of victimhood. | POSITIVE | http://www.newyorker.com/arts/reviews/film/such_a_gorgeous_kid_like_me_truffaut |
1111945-1111945-smokers | 1,426,220 | 2005-08-13 | Emanuel Levy | false | 2/5 | rotten | EmanuelLevy.Com | null | NEGATIVE | null |
1111945-1111945-smokers | 1,256,360 | 2004-03-04 | Oz | false | 1/5 | rotten | eFilmCritic.com | Decrepit filmmaking, the likes of which should see at least the director, if not the producers, never hold a similar position again. | NEGATIVE | http://efilmcritic.com/review.php?movie=8564&reviewer=1 |
1111945-1111945-smokers | 283,982 | 2002-02-03 | Bill Chambers | false | 1.5/4 | fresh | Film Freak Central | Aimless, feckless, and finally bad, an indie made with an absence not only of cash but also vision... | POSITIVE | http://filmfreakcentral.net/dvdreviews/smokers.htm |
1111945-1111945-smokers | 277,211 | 2002-01-06 | Christopher Null | false | 2/5 | rotten | Filmcritic.com | Of little substance. | NEGATIVE | null |
hidden_blade_2023 | 102,783,667 | 2023-02-28 | Aja Romano | true | null | fresh | Vox | As much as Tony Leung was made for subtle but heady roles like this, Hidden Blade belongs to Wang Yibo, and so does this review. | POSITIVE | https://www.vox.com/culture/23617140/hidden-blade-wuming-review-wang-yibo-tony-leung-cheng-er |
hidden_blade_2023 | 102,783,209 | 2023-02-25 | Kate Sánchez | false | 7/10 | fresh | But Why Tho? A Geek Community | Hidden Blade is a film that attempts to shock its audience, drilling home how terrifying and heartbreaking war is. That said...Hidden Blade twists the story too many times that it begins to buckle under itself. | POSITIVE | https://butwhytho.net/2023/02/hidden-blade-review/ |
hidden_blade_2023 | 102,781,365 | 2023-02-20 | Jacob Oller | false | 7.7/10 | fresh | Paste Magazine | The handsome noir skillfully makes its ideological crash (and inevitably propagandistic bent) part of the confounding atmosphere, shrouding it in smoke, food, mirrors and sake. | POSITIVE | https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/hidden-blade-review/ |
hidden_blade_2023 | 102,781,119 | 2023-02-18 | Simon Abrams | true | 2/4 | rotten | RogerEbert.com | Gorgeous and empty. | NEGATIVE | https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/hidden-blade-movie-review-2023 |
hidden_blade_2023 | 102,780,958 | 2023-02-17 | Cary Darling | true | 3.5/5 | fresh | Houston Chronicle | "Hidden Blade," a stylish, nonlinear exercise in Chinese film noir, is one of those movies where, at first, you're not exactly sure where it's going or what anyone's doing. But, boy, do they look great doing it. | POSITIVE | https://preview.houstonchronicle.com/movies-tv/hidden-blade-review-17785040 |
hidden_blade_2023 | 102,780,904 | 2023-02-17 | Christopher Cross | false | 2.5/5 | rotten | Tilt Magazine | An otherwise atmospheric and moody period piece, Hidden Blade always seems to undercut its strengths and delivers a middling spy film that never quite scratches below the surface. | NEGATIVE | https://tilt.goombastomp.com/film/hidden-blade-review/ |
hidden_blade_2023 | 102,780,647 | 2023-02-17 | Allen Almachar | false | B | fresh | The MacGuffin | On a purely aesthetic basis, this is a slick and handsomely made production. | POSITIVE | https://macguff.in/film-reviews/hidden-blade/ |
hidden_blade_2023 | 102,780,338 | 2023-02-16 | Mark Dujsik | false | 1.5/4 | rotten | Mark Reviews Movies | To attempt to follow the plot of Hidden Blade is difficult and, essentially, a fool's errand. | NEGATIVE | http://www.markreviewsmovies.com/reviews/H/hiddenblade-2023.htm |
hidden_blade_2023 | 102,780,314 | 2023-02-16 | Roger Moore | false | 2.5/4 | fresh | Movie Nation | I found the whole "Hidden Blade" rather less satisfying than its component parts. The many characters, myriad plot points and points of view and added complications with the timeline just clutter things up. | POSITIVE | https://rogersmovienation.com/2023/02/16/movie-review-chinas-wwii-intrigues-and-treachery-fighting-japan-with-a-hidden-blade/ |
hidden_blade_2023 | 102,780,297 | 2023-02-16 | Austin Considine | true | null | rotten | New York Times | However crisp and stylishly executed, the parts don’t quite add up to a satisfying whole. | NEGATIVE | https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/movies/hidden-blade-review.html |
hidden_blade_2023 | 102,780,285 | 2023-02-16 | G. Allen Johnson | true | 2.5/4 | fresh | San Francisco Chronicle | While it is eminently watchable, it’s a movie that consists of mostly people sitting at tables with fantastic period clothing plotting and scheming, but sometimes barely moving at all. | POSITIVE | https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/movies-tv/hidden-blade-review-china-tony-leung-17784890 |
hidden_blade_2023 | 102,780,261 | 2023-02-16 | Avi Offer | false | null | fresh | NYC Movie Guru | Visually stylish, well-edited and intelligent spy thriller, but also somewhat dry, tedious and exhausting. | POSITIVE | http://nycmovieguru.com/feb17th23.html#hiddenblade |
hidden_blade_2023 | 102,780,093 | 2023-02-15 | Keith Garlington | false | 4/5 | fresh | Keith & the Movies | It’s absorbing cinema. And even with its not-so-hidden nationalistic bend, its a beguiling spy thriller with a stylishly sumptuous genre veneer. | POSITIVE | https://keithandthemovies.com/2023/02/15/review-hidden-blade-2023/ |
hidden_blade_2023 | 102,780,077 | 2023-02-15 | Nathaniel Muir | false | null | fresh | AIPT | Hidden Blade walks the line between art film and commercial extravaganza. The end result is a spectacle movie with a focus on story. Though director Er Cheng gets the tone right, there are some awkward moments. | POSITIVE | https://aiptcomics.com/2023/02/15/hidden-blade-review-beautifully-shot-world-war-ii-espionage-thriller/ |
hidden_blade_2023 | 102,779,033 | 2023-02-11 | Panos Kotzathanasis | false | 7.5 | fresh | Asian Movie Pulse | Cheng Er seems to have studied Tarantino, Hong Kong and Korean cinema quite thoroughly and the result is a truly exceptional spy thriller that thrives equally on visuals, acting and overall atmosphere. | POSITIVE | https://asianmoviepulse.com/2023/02/film-review-hidden-blade-2023-by-cheng-er/ |
pimp_2010 | 1,885,526 | 2010-05-21 | Allan Hunter | false | 1/5 | rotten | Daily Express (UK) | Tight close-ups and direct-to- camera confessionals are the order of the day in a film so peppered with sleazy sex, casual violence and endless swearing that it comes perilously close to caricature. Nobody's finest hour. | NEGATIVE | http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/view/176396/Pimp-Film-review-and-trailer |
pimp_2010 | 1,885,523 | 2010-05-21 | Anthony Quinn | true | 1/5 | rotten | Independent (UK) | The plot, concerning the identity of a snuff-movie killer, is a gruesome mixture of sexual sadism and sentimentality, made even less palatable by dialogue of quarter-witted aggression. | NEGATIVE | http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/pimp-18-1978582.html |
pimp_2010 | 1,885,521 | 2010-05-21 | Antonia Quirke | true | 2/5 | rotten | Financial Times | Awful -- bad acting, the worst kind of cockney clichés. | NEGATIVE | http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/c28e02cc-6355-11df-a844-00144feab49a.html |
pimp_2010 | 1,885,519 | 2010-05-21 | Trevor Johnston | false | 1/5 | rotten | Radio Times | The sight of Dyer operating under the delusion he's channelling Al Pacino is grim enough, but the real blame must be laid at the door of director/star/co-writer Cavanah, who seriously underperforms in all three roles. | NEGATIVE | http://www.radiotimes.com/servlet_film/com.icl.beeb.rtfilms.client.simpleSearchServlet?searchTypeSelect=5&frn=49910 |
pimp_2010 | 1,885,517 | 2010-05-21 | Ellen E Jones | false | 1/5 | rotten | Total Film | You wouldn't think a film could actually be both very boring and very offensive. Pimp is that paradox made flesh | NEGATIVE | http://www.totalfilm.com/reviews/cinema/pimp-1 |
pimp_2010 | 1,885,514 | 2010-05-21 | Tim Evans | false | null | rotten | Sky Cinema | For a film that limply purports to lift the lid on the sordid world of Soho sex trafficking this dismal offering is chock full of rank misogyny. | NEGATIVE | http://movies.sky.com/review/pimp |
pimp_2010 | 1,885,513 | 2010-05-21 | Paul Fairclough | true | null | rotten | Little White Lies | Both breathtakingly crass and unintentionally funny without ever being engaging or entertaining. | NEGATIVE | null |
pimp_2010 | 1,885,512 | 2010-05-21 | Cath Clarke | true | 1/5 | rotten | Guardian | With nil insight - into the sex industry or anything else - you might conclude Pimp is a film for men who get their kicks watching Dyer strut around leering at topless women who -- in the parlance of the film -- look like "the basic pleasure model". | NEGATIVE | http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/may/20/pimp-film-review |
pimp_2010 | 1,885,509 | 2010-05-21 | David Hayles | true | 1/5 | rotten | Times (UK) | It does, however, make you pity the desperate men and women who allow themselves to be degraded on camera for a few quid (the actors in Pimp). | NEGATIVE | http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/film_reviews/article7131204.ece |
pimp_2010 | 1,885,507 | 2010-05-21 | David Jenkins | true | 1/5 | rotten | Time Out | With its excessive levels of casual racism, sexism and homophobia, the film feels like nothing more than a rejected 'Derek and Clive' sketch that's been stripped of eloquence and irony and calibrated instead for cheap, leery laughs. | NEGATIVE | http://www.timeout.com/film/reviews/88558/pimp.html |
pimp_2010 | 1,899,906 | 1800-01-01 | Matthew Turner | false | 2/5 | rotten | ViewLondon | null | NEGATIVE | http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/films/pimp-film-review-34049.html |
singh_is_bliing | 2,615,826 | 2019-08-15 | Udita Jhunjhunwala | true | null | rotten | Livemint | With its lame script and tiresome gags, you'll forget Singh Is Bliing within seconds of leaving the cinema. | NEGATIVE | https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/VMDJ77u93enP38TvfVg21I/Film-review-Singh-Is-Bliing.html |
singh_is_bliing | 2,487,264 | 2018-06-27 | Sukanya Verma | false | 2/5 | rotten | Rediff.com | When they announced Singh is Bliing, I was most curious about its peculiar title and kitschy poster. I don't know why they called it that. What I do know is all that glitters is not gold. | NEGATIVE | http://www.rediff.com/movies/review/review-akshay-kumar-dazzles-singh-is-bliing-does-not/20151002.htm |
singh_is_bliing | 2,487,263 | 2018-06-27 | Mike McCahill | true | 1/5 | rotten | Guardian | Kumar gave a laudably serious, committed performance in August's prominent flop Brothers, but his follow-up looks very much like a reversion to give-'em-what-they-want type. | NEGATIVE | https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/oct/04/singh-is-bliing-review-akshay-kumar-comedy-fails-to-shiine |
singh_is_bliing | 2,487,262 | 2018-06-27 | Lisa Tsering | true | null | rotten | Hollywood Reporter | The alarming number of scenes objectifying, or downright insulting, female characters mark Prabhudheva as a prolific misogynist. | NEGATIVE | https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/singh-is-bliing-film-review-829584 |
singh_is_bliing | 2,487,261 | 2018-06-27 | Rohit Vats | false | 1/5 | rotten | Hindustan Times | Akshay Kumar's Singh Is Bliing could well be the last word on puerile humour Bollywood tries so hard to excel in often. | NEGATIVE | https://www.hindustantimes.com/movie-reviews/singh-is-bliing-review-nothing-is-shining-here/story-IZzAVR7Gq3mVXbCCWYfrXI.html |
singh_is_bliing | 2,487,259 | 2018-06-27 | Renuka Vyavahare | false | 3/5 | fresh | The Times of India | This Singh is silly but cute and endearing. Do not miss his starry entry on the beats of a foot-tapping bhangra number, Tung Tung Baje. | POSITIVE | https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/Singh-Is-Bliing/movie-review/49192445.cms |
singh_is_bliing | 2,431,610 | 2017-10-30 | Devesh Sharma | false | null | fresh | Filmfare | Lara [Dutta] is a hoot as she deadpans her lines, showing flair for campy comedy. | POSITIVE | https://www.filmfare.com/reviews/movie-review-singh-is-bliing-10711.html |
singh_is_bliing | 2,402,030 | 2017-06-27 | Shilpa Jamkhandikar | false | null | fresh | Reuters | Where Singh is Bliing differs from the tried and tested is that the leading lady is not reduced to a simpering mess waiting for her knight in shining armour to rescue her. Prabhudheva's heroine is the one doing the rescuing for much of the film. | POSITIVE | http://blogs.reuters.com/india/2015/10/02/movie-review-singh-is-bliing/ |
singh_is_bliing | 2,398,315 | 2017-06-07 | Nandini Ramnath | false | null | fresh | Scroll.in | At 141 minutes, Singh is Bliing is as overstretched as most Bollywood extravaganzas, but it coasts along on its often wacky humour, its minor characters (Lara Dutta is a hoot) and the chemistry between Jackon and Kumar. | POSITIVE | http://scroll.in/article/759358/film-review-amy-jackson-outshines-the-rest-of-the-turbanator-tribe-in-singh-is-bliing |
singh_is_bliing | 2,289,805 | 2015-10-19 | Namrata Joshi | true | 1.5/4 | rotten | Outlook | Laughless and boring. | NEGATIVE | http://www.outlookindia.com/article/singh-is-bliing/295518 |
super_duper_alice_cooper | 2,798,267 | 2021-06-15 | Rhian Daly | false | 4/5 | fresh | NME | The film's real masterstroke, however, is to cut in clips from the 1920 film Dr. Jekyll And Mr Hyde. This fits not only Cooper's love of vintage horror, but also the film's over-arching narrative... | POSITIVE | https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews-alice-cooper-15341-309415 |
super_duper_alice_cooper | 2,762,444 | 2021-02-01 | Richard Crouse | false | 3/5 | fresh | Richard Crouse | A fan friendly pastiche of images, sounds and info on one of the most outrageous rock 'n' roll acts ever. | POSITIVE | http://www.richardcrouse.ca/super-duper-alice-cooper-3-stars/ |
super_duper_alice_cooper | 2,506,258 | 2018-08-31 | Pat Padua | false | 2.75 | rotten | Spectrum Culture | The familiar arc is fueled by a potent theme that drove the persona that made him a millionaire: Good vs. Evil. If only the movie were as potent as that theme. | NEGATIVE | https://spectrumculture.com/2014/04/29/super-duper-alice-cooper/ |
super_duper_alice_cooper | 2,227,381 | 2014-10-10 | Jeff Baker | false | B | fresh | Oregonian | The story is a familiar one, the vintage clips are great, and if you like Alice Cooper, you'll love it. | POSITIVE | http://www.oregonlive.com/movies/index.ssf/2014/10/reel_music_2014_super_duper_al.html |
super_duper_alice_cooper | 2,201,696 | 2014-05-08 | Dennis Harvey | true | null | fresh | Variety | This enjoyable ride should appeal to Alice Cooper's original fans, as well as those who came to him via the performers he influenced. | POSITIVE | http://variety.com/2014/film/reviews/film-review-super-duper-alice-cooper-1201171460/ |
super_duper_alice_cooper | 2,199,913 | 2014-04-25 | Kevin Jagernauth | false | C | rotten | The Playlist | Something like a cinematic Wikipedia entry, Super Duper Alice Cooper re-establishes the already familiar story of the rocker, but never stops long enough at any moment to get any real meaning out of it. | NEGATIVE | http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/tribeca-review-super-duper-alice-cooper-a-pedestrian-look-at-the-outrageous-rock-n-roll-icon-20140423 |
super_duper_alice_cooper | 2,198,987 | 2014-04-21 | Siobhan Synnot | false | 3/5 | fresh | Scotsman | Cooper proves a genial, voluble rock idol, even if he does admit to swapping sex and drugs for golf. | POSITIVE | http://www.scotsman.com/what-s-on/film/film-reviews-transcendence-the-other-woman-1-3382377 |
super_duper_alice_cooper | 2,198,372 | 2014-04-17 | Leslie Felperin | true | 2/5 | rotten | Guardian | This competent but underwhelming portrait of the 70s/80s rock star sticks to the usual wave-graph structure of a thousand other rock bio-docs ... | NEGATIVE | http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/apr/18/super-duper-alice-cooper-review |
open_road | 1,859,989 | 2009-12-11 | Mike Scott | false | 2/4 | rotten | Times-Picayune | An earnestly acted film with a movie-of-the-week vibe, it's watchable but too slow-moving -- and far too predictable -- to be entirely engaging. | NEGATIVE | http://www.nola.com/movies/index.ssf/2009/11/justin_timberlakes_the_open_ro.html |
open_road | 1,856,082 | 2009-11-19 | Brian Orndorf | false | C- | rotten | DVDTalk.com | The picture contains a few inspired moments of antagonism and redemption, but it's hard to get energized about a feature film that positions Timberlake in a leading role. The movie practically begs for more Bridges. | NEGATIVE | http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/39890/open-road-the/ |
open_road | 1,855,823 | 2009-11-17 | Norm Schrager | false | 2/5 | rotten | Filmcritic.com | plays like a familiar checklist | NEGATIVE | http://www.filmcritic.com/misc/emporium.nsf/reviews/The-Open-Road |
open_road | 1,842,233 | 2009-09-03 | Amy Nicholson | true | C | rotten | Boxoffice Magazine | A screenplay that feels written by numbers, but excellent performances make it deserve more attention than this late summer dump | NEGATIVE | http://boxoffice.com/reviews/2009/08/the-open-road.php |
open_road | 1,842,217 | 2009-09-03 | Michael Ordoña | true | 3/5 | fresh | Los Angeles Times | The Open Road is no Grand Prix winner, but it's no six-car pileup either. It's a low-key road movie that doesn't stray far from the very, very beaten path. | POSITIVE | http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-open-road31-2009aug31,0,7762084.story |
open_road | 1,841,938 | 2009-09-01 | Michael Rechtshaffen | true | null | rotten | Hollywood Reporter | Despite its dependable cast, this ponderous road movie remains stuck in the slow lane. | NEGATIVE | null |
open_road | 1,841,784 | 2009-09-01 | Joe Leydon | true | null | fresh | Variety | Entirely predictable but surprisingly involving. | POSITIVE | null |
almost_friends | 2,438,257 | 2017-11-23 | Daniel M. Kimmel | false | 3/5 | fresh | North Shore Movies | You can see where this is going from a mile away. What makes it a pleasant film to watch (and it's out now "On Demand") are the leads. | POSITIVE | https://northshoremovies.wordpress.com/2017/11/22/review-almost-friends/ |
almost_friends | 2,437,755 | 2017-11-21 | Marjorie Baumgarten | true | null | fresh | Austin Chronicle | [The film] has an easygoing charm that should earn it a solid place among the subset of movies about young people who emerge from their small-town cocoons and screw up their courage to take flight for the bright lights of New York City. | POSITIVE | https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/screens/2016-10-16/austin-film-festival-review-holding-patterns/ |
almost_friends | 2,437,013 | 2017-11-18 | Todd Jorgenson | false | null | rotten | Cinemalogue | The two stars develop an offbeat chemistry, although the screenplay pushes an abundance of cutesy contrivances to muddle the emotional payoff. | NEGATIVE | http://cinemalogue.com/2017/11/15/capsule-reviews-nov-17 |
almost_friends | 2,437,003 | 2017-11-18 | Sheri Linden | true | null | rotten | Hollywood Reporter | A comic drama that's sometimes appealingly gentle but more often frustratingly amorphous. | NEGATIVE | https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/almost-friends-1057894 |
almost_friends | 2,436,803 | 2017-11-17 | David Noh | false | null | rotten | Film Journal International | Just what we need right now: a comedy about a stalker! Thank you, Jake Goldberger, an auteur for our times. | NEGATIVE | http://fj.webedia.us/reviews/film-review-almost-friends |
almost_friends | 2,435,961 | 2017-11-15 | Brian Orndorf | false | C | rotten | Blu-ray.com | There's gentleness to the effort that's appealing, but it doesn't last long enough. | NEGATIVE | http://www.blu-ray.com/Almost-Friends/816967/#Review |
almost_friends | 2,433,187 | 2017-11-04 | Roger Moore | false | 2/4 | rotten | Movie Nation | A romance that almost comes off | NEGATIVE | https://rogersmovienation.com/2017/11/04/movie-review-almost-friends-is-an-also-ran-of-a-romance/ |
where_i_belong_2012 | 2,747,305 | 2020-12-02 | Roger Moore | false | 2/4 | rotten | Movie Nation | The drab interiors and exteriors mirror the dramatically flat odyssey that our heroine embarks on. | NEGATIVE | https://rogersmovienation.com/2020/12/02/movie-review-austrian-ex-pat-grows-up-stateless-in-britain-where-i-belong/ |
deluge_1933 | 2,470,967 | 2018-04-12 | Guy Maddin | true | null | fresh | Film Comment Magazine | You can only dizzyingly conclude that measuring performances is pointless in this wondrous world of artifice, and this revelation comes just in time. | POSITIVE | https://www.filmcomment.com/article/guy-maddins-jolly-corner-deluge/ |
deluge_1933 | 2,384,460 | 2017-03-16 | Sean Axmaker | false | null | fresh | Seanax.com | Deluge is pre-code and made outside the studio system (distributed by RKO), which gives the creators a little more freedom to imagine life after the fall in terms a studio would resist. | POSITIVE | http://streamondemandathome.com/blu-ray-deluge-1933-dvd/ |
housos_vs_authority | 2,132,738 | 2013-03-13 | Luke Buckmaster | false | null | fresh | In Film Australia | Paul Fenech has been lobbing comedy grenades for eons. Whether he intended it or not, his latest movie is one of Australia's most brutal satires of lower class suburbia. | POSITIVE | http://blogs.crikey.com.au/cinetology/2013/03/13/ya-done-good-shazza-housos-vs-authority-an-unflinching-aussie-satire/ |
housos_vs_authority | 2,113,698 | 2012-11-07 | Simon Foster | false | null | rotten | Screen-Space | Dawes is the film's rough diamond; underneath her vulgar facade, she takes Shazza on a (comparatively) strong emotional arc and, to her credit, somehow manages to engender audience empathy. | NEGATIVE | http://screen-space.squarespace.com/reviews/2012/11/8/housos-vs-authority.html |
housos_vs_authority | 2,113,294 | 2012-11-03 | Matthew Toomey | false | C- | rotten | ABC Radio (Australia) | The tiresome nature of the comedy wears thin very quickly. It's just the same easy jokes over and over again. | NEGATIVE | http://www.thefilmpie.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2623:review-housos-vs-authority&catid=36:reviews |
housos_vs_authority | 2,113,191 | 2012-11-02 | Jim Schembri | false | 3/5 | fresh | 3AW | Very faithful, very funny, very crass big-screen version of [the] brilliantly low-brow TV series...as far as a film doing justice to the TV show on which it is based, Housos vs Authority leaves the abomination of Kath & Kimderella for dead. | POSITIVE | http://tinyurl.com/ce3og62 |
housos_vs_authority | 2,112,910 | 2012-11-01 | Philippa Hawker | true | 2.5/5 | fresh | The Age (Australia) | It's a paean to the virtues of the versatile thong -- ubiquitous footwear, and a handy offensive weapon. | POSITIVE | http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/movies/whine-women-and-thong-20121031-28k4c.html |
charlie_chan_in_city_in_darkness | 1,198,183 | 2003-09-16 | Dennis Schwartz | false | C- | rotten | Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews | This was one of the poorer Charlie Chan episodes. | NEGATIVE | https://dennisschwartzreviews.com/charliechanincityofdarkness/ |
ara_malikian_a_life_among_strings | 2,638,140 | 2019-10-22 | Sergio F. Pinilla | false | 3/5 | fresh | Cinemanía (Spain) | [Has] recordings as valuable as the young prodigy's first television appearance. [Full review in Spanish] | POSITIVE | https://cinemania.20minutos.es/peliculas/ara-malikian-una-vida-entre-las-cuerdas/critica/ |
1053155-lassie | 102,673,436 | 2022-03-28 | Mal Vincent | false | 3/4 | fresh | The Virginian-Pilot | The formula is unbeatable. | POSITIVE | https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1994/vp940727/07270025.htm |
1053155-lassie | 2,411,005 | 2017-08-16 | Gene Siskel | true | 3/4 | fresh | Chicago Tribune | A fine film for city kids to see. | POSITIVE | http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1994-07-22/entertainment/9407220073_1_star-water-tower-earnest |
1053155-lassie | 2,130,536 | 2013-02-28 | Steven Gaydos | true | null | fresh | Variety | What makes "Lassie" work is the craftsmanship and thoughtfulness that director Petrie and his creative team bring to the task. | POSITIVE | http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117902927/ |
1053155-lassie | 1,535,630 | 2006-08-31 | Scott Tobias | true | B | fresh | AV Club | Writer-director Charles Sturridge doesn't mess with the Lassie formula%u2014he provides plenty of dog-porn shots of the collie bounding through scenery in slow motion%u2014but the overqualified cast puts the film over the top. | POSITIVE | null |
1053155-lassie | 1,415,410 | 2005-07-19 | Emanuel Levy | false | 3/5 | fresh | EmanuelLevy.Com | null | POSITIVE | null |
1053155-lassie | 1,386,537 | 2005-05-06 | Caffeinated Clint | false | 3/5 | fresh | Film Threat | One of the finest incarnations of the series.....a warm and fuzzy experience | POSITIVE | null |
1053155-lassie | 1,143,047 | 2003-05-20 | Janet Maslin | true | 3/5 | fresh | New York Times | A stubbornly sweet, picturesque children's film ... | POSITIVE | null |
1053155-lassie | 787,731 | 2002-09-26 | Tony Toscano | false | 4/5 | fresh | Talking Pictures (U.S.) | null | POSITIVE | null |
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