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CHRISTOPHER CAMPBELL
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• CineScene.com
• SpoutBlog

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Total Reviews: 82

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A SAMPLING OF THIS CRITIC'S CINEMATIC TASTE
 
BEST TO WORST SAMPLING
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5/5  The Triplets of Belleville
4.5/5  Vanaja
4/5  On the Outs
3.5/5  Only Human
3/5  House of Sand and Fog
2.5/5  Who Killed The Electric Car?
2/5  The Real Dirt on Farmer John
1/5  Battle in Heaven
 
 
BEST REVIEWED
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5/5  Shaun of the Dead
5/5  Manderlay
5/5  The Triplets of Belleville
4.5/5  The Ground Truth
4.5/5  Blessed by Fire
4.5/5  Lunacy
4.5/5  Caché
4.5/5  The Road to Guantanamo
4.5/5  Vanaja
 more...
 
 
WORST REVIEWED
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1/5  Battle in Heaven
 more...
 
This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 64% of the time.

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2/5
 
" A slow, uninteresting depiction of a selfish fool who possibly too-late realizes that he's grown old before he's actually grown up." -- Cinematical
Posted Aug 8, 2008
 
Elegy (2008)74%
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2.5/5
 
" Even though the film is a narrative disappointment, it is possibly of interest for Garfield's performance." -- Cinematical
Posted Jul 23, 2008
 
Boy A (2008)88%
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3/5
 
" Once again a concert documentary allows those of us unable to have witnessed a monumental event to see it seemingly exactly as it took place." -- Cinematical
Posted Jul 18, 2008
 
Lou Reed's Berlin (2008)76%
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3.5/5
 
" I was full of constant wonder, as if I was a kid again." -- Cinematical
Posted Jul 11, 2008
 
Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)62%
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3/5
 
" On one level, Full Battle Rattle is enjoyable for the theatrics ... On a second level ... is appreciable for what it says about the U.S. military's involvement in Iraq." -- Cinematical
Posted Jul 11, 2008
 
Full Battle Rattle (2008)74%
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3.5/5
 
" An exhaustive and riveting narrative" -- Cinematical
Posted Jul 11, 2008
 
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008)87%
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2.5/5
 
" The problem with this film ... is that it features too many other sad sack characters who ... contribute to an excess of sad-sackness." -- Cinematical
Posted Jul 3, 2008
 
Diminished Capacity (2008)28%
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3/5
 
" Dumb and silly and a heck of a good time. Particularly if you're anything but sober. And if you're just looking for a grindhouse sort of guilty pleasure to pass the time." -- Cinematical
Posted Apr 16, 2008
 
Zombie Strippers (2008)41%
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2/5
 
" Would actually have worked, and been better off, in my opinion, if it didn't feature any of its 14 songs at all." -- Cinematical
Posted Mar 19, 2008
 
Love Songs (2008)67%
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4/5
 
" Such an insightfully hilarious and beautifully bittersweet movie about the American and human spirits that I wish Steven Conrad had always been directing his scripts." -- SpoutBlog
Posted Mar 14, 2008
 
The Promotion (2008)47%
 N/A  
" SXSW 2008: Playing the Harold & Kumar Race Card" -- SpoutBlog
Posted Mar 14, 2008
 
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008)54%
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4/5
 
" Then She Found Me is a smart, mature film that allows a certain freedom for the way its characters act, react, talk to each other and merely be." -- SpoutBlog
Posted Mar 14, 2008
 
Then She Found Me (2008)52%
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4/5
 
" Then She Found Me is a smart, mature film that allows a certain freedom for the way its characters act, react, talk to each other and merely be." -- SpoutBlog
Posted Mar 14, 2008
 
Then She Found Me (2008)52%
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2/5
 
" Comes off as an extremely interesting, though likely unintended concept: a gangster/crime film for nerds." -- SpoutBlog
Posted Mar 12, 2008
 
21 (2008)35%
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3.5/5
 
" It's mostly a one kind of joke movie, which is almost worse than a one-joke movie." -- SpoutBlog
Posted Mar 12, 2008
 
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008)54%
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3.5/5
 
" The true stand-out is lesser-known Dylan Moran, who supports as Pegg's character's best friend." -- SpoutBlog
Posted Mar 6, 2008
 
Run, Fat Boy, Run (2008)49%
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3.5/5
 
" Jumper never recognizes the philosophy it clearly supports. After all, it's simply a hollow piece of Hollywood entertainment." -- SpoutBlog
Posted Feb 29, 2008
 
Jumper (2008)16%
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4/5
 
" Similar to City of God, though on a slightly lesser scale, City of Men presents a plot that is equally tragic and exciting." -- Cinematical
Posted Feb 29, 2008
 
City of Men (2008)76%
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3.5/5
 
" A riveting work that's hilarious, accessible and, sure, timeless in some ways. But still maybe a bit useless, too." -- Cinematical
Posted Feb 28, 2008
 
Chicago 10 (2008)78%
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3/5
 
" The Counterfeiters is not quite a great film. It is, however, close enough to being great that it's appropriately flawed, like a near-perfect forgery." -- Cinematical
Posted Feb 21, 2008
 
The Counterfeiters (2008)94%
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2.5/5
 
" None of the four morality plays ... are necessarily original in plot, nor is the film itself particularly innovative in its structure ... it just seems flat and useless." -- Cinematical
Posted Jan 25, 2008
 
The Air I Breathe (2007)14%
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3.5/5
 
" U2 3D must be seen, not necessarily because it's a great film, but because it's an important film, and you can say you saw it when." -- Cinematical
Posted Jan 20, 2008
 
U2 3D (2008)92%
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4/5
 
" What's most tragic, in terms of this story being presented cinematically, is that Dilawar is very much like the traditional wrong-man film character." -- Cinematical
Posted Jan 18, 2008
 
Taxi to the Dark Side (2008)100%
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4.5/5
 
" "The success of The Ground Truth lies in the courageously open and honest interviewees, but it works because of Rob Hall's editing, which not only compiles for us a perfectly evidential collection of footage but does so at a pace that doesn't dilly-dally" -- Cinematical
Posted Jan 17, 2008
 
The Ground Truth (2006)87%
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2/5
 
" Suffers for the same reasons that a lot of 'issue' documentaries are problematic -- it is way too heavy-handed, only in style and concept rather than preachiness." -- Cinematical
Posted Nov 30, 2007
 
Protagonist (2007)84%
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3.5/5
 
" I love this movie.

I don't say those four words often, so I had to put them first. And isolate them ... a postmortem revelation as much as a perfect swansong.
" -- Cinematical
Posted Nov 17, 2007
 
Life of Reilly (2007)100%
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3/5
 
" Almost conclusively portrays the Darfur problem as no longer a problem. But even if so, Darfur Now is not really a film about the Darfur problem, anyway." -- Cinematical
Posted Nov 2, 2007
 
Darfur Now (2007)69%
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5/5
 
" I think the movie is one of the most hilarious I've ever seen ... But the symbolism and depth of the movie make me appreciate it as a masterpiece." -- Cinematical
Posted Oct 27, 2007
 
Shaun of the Dead (2004)91%
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4/5
 
" At least Control does right by the doting wife, typically given the shaft in these movies as simply victim and toss-away, here played as heartbreakingly courageous by two-time Oscar nominee Samantha Morton (third times the charm?)." -- Cinematical
Posted Oct 11, 2007
 
Control (2007)88%
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4/5
 
" It features a supernatural threat, but it doesn't need one, because the film works so brilliantly as simply a psychological mood piece." -- Cinematical
Posted Sep 20, 2007
 
The Last Winter (2007)78%
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3/5
 
" Anyone who loved L'Auberge Espagnole should at least like its sequel as something of a guilty fling." -- Cinematical
Posted Sep 18, 2007
 
Russian Dolls (2006)72%
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2.5/5
 
" Close to Home is no buddy-cop, action-comedy ... it leaves out the action and the comedy so all that is left is a predictable narrative with no entertainment appeal." -- Cinematical
Posted Sep 18, 2007
 
Close to Home (2007)67%
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4.5/5
 
" For an event rarely thought about outside of its involved countries, the film is a remarkable achievement." -- Cinematical
Posted Sep 18, 2007
 
Blessed by Fire (2007)90%
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4/5
 
" Jacobson examines the life and death of the western and its incompatibility with the youth of today ... a fascinating, yet slightly off-balance, mix of tribute and scrutiny." -- Cinematical
Posted Sep 18, 2007
 
Down in the Valley (2006)52%
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2.5/5
 
" On the plus-side, kids aren't going to care enough about the quality of effects to enjoy Mee-Shee any less." -- Cinematical
Posted Sep 18, 2007
 
Mee-Shee: The Water Giant (2005)n/a
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2.5/5
 
" They say that truth is stranger than fiction, but as we see in most autobiographical coming-of-age films, adolescent truth is just as boring as adolescent fiction." -- Cinematical
Posted Sep 18, 2007
 
Driving Lessons (2006)49%
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3/5
 
" The Gravedancers is good, stupid entertainment that knows its ghosts and has a lot of fun introducing them to you." -- Cinematical
Posted Sep 18, 2007
 
The Gravedancers (2006)100%
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4.5/5
 
" Wickedly funny and astonishingly conceived, the film is a nonstop cavalcade of shocks, surprises and enchantments. I loved every minute of it." -- Cinematical
Posted Sep 18, 2007
 
Lunacy (2006)67%
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4/5
 
" Although steeped in allegory, political or otherwise, the film is perfectly enjoyable, and quite hilarious, in its literal sense." -- Cinematical
Posted Sep 18, 2007
 
Men at Work (2006)100%
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2/5
 
" Garcia obviously has more ambition than skill." -- Cinematical
Posted Sep 18, 2007
 
The Lost City (2006)26%
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3.5/5
 
" The best thing ... is that, unlike the majority of sports films, the film doesn't suggest that spelling has some kind of transcendental importance." -- Cinematical
Posted Sep 18, 2007
 
Akeelah and the Bee (2006)83%
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4/5
 
" Maintains its intrigue amidst an existential style that normally results in slow and drearily dull cinema." -- Cinematical
Posted Sep 18, 2007
 
Day Break (2005)n/a
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4/5
 
" An extremely inspiring film that is also hilarious, exciting and heartwrenching." -- Cinematical
Posted Sep 18, 2007
 
Beyond the Call (2008)56%
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3/5
 
" The action is so consciously real that at one point when a bullet could be seen coming towards one side of the camera I flinched to the other side of my seat." -- Cinematical
Posted Sep 18, 2007
 
The Blood of My Brother: A Story of Death in Iraq (2006)71%
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4/5
 
" A humorous, but more importantly illustrative, documentary about the weight of the media -- especially the comedic media -- on the last presidential election." -- Cinematical
Posted Sep 18, 2007
 
Al Franken: God Spoke (2006)59%
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3.5/5
 
" There isn't the same labored yet quotable wit ... that you'll find in some of the scripted satires, but part of the fun of improvisation is its spontaneous lack of polish." -- Cinematical
Posted Sep 18, 2007
 
Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story (2006)53%
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3.5/5
 
" [A] powerful and, if we're lucky, influential documentary." -- Cinematical
Posted Sep 18, 2007
 
The Hip Hop Project (2007)60%
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3/5
 
" Regardless of all the times I've desired more fresh ideas in a movie, The Big Bad Swim reminded me that sometimes characters don't require novelty as long as they feel genuine." -- Cinematical
Posted Sep 18, 2007
 
The Big Bad Swim (2006)n/a
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2.5/5
 
" A tribute to and stroking of its subject ... And by canonizing Kane, displaying this hulking angel with such innocence, the film is soulless." -- Cinematical
Posted Sep 18, 2007
 
New York Doll (2005)89%
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2/5
 
" I feel that all its acclaim and awards are meant more for the cause than for the artistic or journalistic achievements of presenting the cause." -- Cinematical
Posted Sep 18, 2007
 
The Boys of Baraka (2005)73%

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