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CRITICS / AUTHORS REVIEWS AND ARTICLES
CHRISTY LEMIRE
Christy Lemire

PUBLICATION(S)
• Arizona Republic
• Associated Press
• Canadian Press
• Denver Post
• Denver Rocky Mountain News
• Deseret News, Salt Lake City
• Journal News (Westchester, NY)
• Newsweek
• San Francisco Examiner
• Seattle Post-Intelligencer
• Toronto Star

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Total Reviews: 394


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BEST TO WORST SAMPLING
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A Garden State
A- Spider-Man 2
B+ Bad Education
4/5 Rocket Science
3/4 Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
B Aliens of the Deep
3.5/5 My Best Friend
2.5/4 Find Me Guilty
B- Riding Giants
3/5 The Ant Bully
C+ 2 Fast 2 Furious
2/4 She's The Man
2.5/5 The Messengers
C Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
1.5/4 Madea's Family Reunion
C- Scary Movie 4
D+ Bewitched
D Sleepover
.5/5 I Know Who Killed Me
 
 
BEST REVIEWED
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A The Phantom of the Opera
A Sideways
A Team America: World Police
A Garden State
A- No End in Sight
A- Spider-Man 2
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WORST REVIEWED
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.5/5 I Know Who Killed Me
D The Covenant
D See No Evil
D Darkness
D Sleepover
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This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 83% of the time.

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"It's simultaneously darker and funnier, more substantive and more engaging, more violent and more technically accomplished." -- Associated Press
Posted May 14, 2008
 
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)69%
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"This whacked-out fairy tale for grown-ups is as stunning in its beauty as it is in its lack of logic." -- Associated Press
Posted May 9, 2008
 
The Fall (2008)57%
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"What happens in Vegas is exactly what you would expect: It's formulaic, slapsticky, silly and loud, until it goes all gooey in the end." -- Associated Press
Posted May 9, 2008
 
What Happens in Vegas (2008)29%
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"The Wachowski brothers have tumbled into a matrix of their own with Speed Racer, one which has rendered them completely out of touch with the outside world." -- Associated Press
Posted May 7, 2008
 
Speed Racer (2008)35%
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"Son of Rambow maintains just the right tone throughout with its guileless, makeshift charm." -- Associated Press
Posted May 1, 2008
 
Son of Rambow (2008)76%
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"The final moment, which was probably intended to be poignant, instead feels laughable." -- Associated Press
Posted Apr 30, 2008
 
Redbelt (2008)71%
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"Nothing is ever funny or cute or clever -- or romantic, the supposed point. It all feels recycled and trite." -- Associated Press
Posted Apr 30, 2008
 
Made of Honor (2008)12%
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"Beneath the requisite spectacle is an issue-laden storyline with heart to go along with its brains." -- Associated Press
Posted Apr 30, 2008
 
Iron Man (2008)93%
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"Deception collapses into such a ridiculous pile of plot twists and double crosses, that there's nothing pleasurable about it -- guilty or otherwise. It tries to deceive us into thinking it makes sense." -- Associated Press
Posted Apr 24, 2008
 
Deception (2008)12%
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"Mommy culture, with its capacity for smugness and solipsism, seems like a ripe topic for parody, but Baby Mama approaches it with kid gloves." -- Associated Press
Posted Apr 23, 2008
 
Baby Mama (2008)60%
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"As Spc. Jeremy Sivitz puts it with great understatement, 'When you're in war, things change.' Morris forces us to ask ourselves what we would have done in their position, whether or not we like the answer." -- Associated Press
Posted Apr 23, 2008
 
Standard Operating Procedure (2008)78%
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"So curious, and such a disappointment." -- Associated Press
Posted Apr 22, 2008
 
Elizabethtown (2005)28%
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"For all its implied weightiness and melancholy, My Blueberry Nights is a confection that leaves you feeling empty." -- Associated Press
Posted Apr 18, 2008
 
My Blueberry Nights (2008)49%
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"A sufficiently entertaining diversion." -- Associated Press
Posted Apr 18, 2008
 
The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)62%
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"As he jets from place to place, he provides glib, oversimplified tidbits about Mideast history along the way." -- Associated Press
Posted Apr 16, 2008
 
Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? (2008)36%
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"It has just the right balance of the salty and the sweet. It also signals an introduction of sorts to a couple of engaging talents." -- Associated Press
Posted Apr 16, 2008
 
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)84%
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"Novelist-turned-screenwriter Mark Poirier gives the capable, eclectic cast some real zingers to play with, but he also loads his script with some plot contrivances that are simply too hard to accept." -- Associated Press
Posted Apr 9, 2008
 
Smart People (2008)49%
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"The cliches and laughably hammy dialogue are scattered about just as liberally as the spent bullet casings in Street Kings." -- Associated Press
Posted Apr 9, 2008
 
Street Kings (2008)33%
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"Nim's Island is a movie for kids who like to think and read and use their imagination, and for parents who may be tired of family fare that's nothing but a litany of cutesy pop-culture references." -- Associated Press
Posted Apr 3, 2008
 
Nim's Island (2008)48%
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"There is no such thing as a blank slate with such cultural icons -- too much informs our viewing experience -- and that's both one of the film's biggest strengths and weaknesses." -- Associated Press
Posted Apr 2, 2008
 
Shine a Light (2008)86%
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"Peirce (with co-writer Mark Richard) also vacillates between earnestness and superficiality, making Stop-Loss too often feel like eye candy with a message." -- Associated Press
Posted Mar 27, 2008
 
Stop-Loss (2008)65%
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"Director John Schultz's movie is as lame and predictable as you'd imagine, and it's chock full of orphanage cliches." -- Associated Press
Posted Mar 25, 2008
 
Like Mike (2002)56%
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"Do you hear that? That shrill, shrieking sound coming from your local multiplex? That would be the Judd Apatow machine slowly, steadily winding down after humming along so brilliantly for so long." -- Associated Press
Posted Mar 19, 2008
 
Drillbit Taylor (2008)26%
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"After a slow and tiresome start, Miss Pettigrew forges ahead with true British fortitude and class, an endearing bond forming between McDormand and Adams, who are ably backed by a top-notch supporting cast led by Ciaran Hinds and Shirley Henderson." -- Associated Press
Posted Mar 7, 2008
 
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)76%
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"A mix of vast CGI spectacle and small, silly moments, the prehistoric saga 10,000 BC is an epic in name only." -- Associated Press
Posted Mar 6, 2008
 
10,000 B.C. (2008)9%
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"It’s all sufficiently brisk and engaging as it’s going on, and afterward you certainly won’t feel ripped off. But you won’t feel any differently, either." -- Associated Press
Posted Mar 4, 2008
 
The Bank Job (2008)77%
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"Your eyes will probably roll before anyone's head does." -- Associated Press
Posted Feb 27, 2008
 
The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)41%
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"Unlike Eternal Sunshine, in which Gondry achieved real poignancy about a different kind of erasing, Be Kind Rewind falls into the same category as his The Science of Sleep: It's too silly, and straining too hard to be weird." -- Associated Press
Posted Feb 20, 2008
 
Be Kind Rewind (2008)65%
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"[Sitting through] Charlie Bartlett makes you feel as if you've just watched three episodes of a new TV series you can't wait to see more of -- one that's so funny and smart and unpredictable, it would probably only survive one season on the air." -- Associated Press
Posted Feb 20, 2008
 
Charlie Bartlett (2007)52%
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"The message is muddled, but the zombie master still knows how to make a gripping, graphic, grossly funny horror flick." -- Associated Press
Posted Feb 15, 2008
 
George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead (2008)60%
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"Jumper had potential, though. It's got a clever premise. And at its best, in the beginning, it almost feels like the pilot for a prime-time series you'd like to see more of. But now we're jumping ahead of ourselves." -- Associated Press
Posted Feb 13, 2008
 
Jumper (2008)16%
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"A surprisingly clever romantic comedy that starts brightly but unfortunately loses its spark at the end." -- Associated Press
Posted Feb 13, 2008
 
Definitely, Maybe (2008)72%
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"Only sporadically wild, but it does indeed go through some Western states. It also ends up feeling about as long and draggy as the title itself." -- Associated Press
Posted Feb 7, 2008
 
Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland (2008)56%
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"The tone of Fool's Gold often feels as if Tennant & Co. were straining to create a live-action version of a Bugs Bunny cartoon, from the slapsticky physical humor to the constantly jaunty score." -- Associated Press
Posted Feb 5, 2008
 
Fool's Gold (2008)10%
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"Working from Heidi Ferrer’s wholly uninspired script, Putnam runs through all the gross-out gags you’d expect." -- Associated Press
Posted Feb 5, 2008
 
The Hottie & the Nottie (2008)5%
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"Persepolis is a true original in the eclectic world of animation, one that's full of fascinating contradictions." -- Associated Press
Posted Feb 1, 2008
 
Persepolis (2007)95%
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"Once the movie (and the ringing in your ears) stop, though, it's obvious why Cyrus has become such a phenomenon. She's pretty and stylish but never a mean girl, energetic and popular but not conceited." -- Associated Press
Posted Jan 31, 2008
 
Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert (2008)75%
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"Untraceable is one of those deplorably gratuitous movies that wants to have it both ways, but gets nothing right." -- Associated Press
Posted Jan 23, 2008
 
Untraceable (2008)15%
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"The technique works best when it makes you feel as if you're immersed in the audience." -- Associated Press
Posted Jan 22, 2008
 
U2 3D (2008)92%
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"Someday, we're probably going to look back at There Will Be Blood, Paul Thomas Anderson's epic about greed, lies, manipulation and insanity, and call it his masterpiece." -- Associated Press
Posted Jan 18, 2008
 
There Will Be Blood (2007)91%
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"Mad Money strains desperately for laughs." -- Associated Press
Posted Jan 17, 2008
 
Mad Money (2008)20%
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"This monster mash-up is a lot of fun, creating some intense gross-out moments and maintaining suspense throughout its speedy running time." -- Associated Press
Posted Jan 16, 2008
 
Cloverfield (2008)77%
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"27 Dresses is so chock full of romantic-comedy clichés, it almost plays like a parody." -- Associated Press
Posted Jan 15, 2008
 
27 Dresses (2008)39%
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"The Orphanage may take a couple of twists too many toward the end, but where it goes is effectively frightening." -- Associated Press
Posted Jan 9, 2008
 
The Orphanage (2007)85%
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"Patrice Leconte has taken a story about male friendship, in all its posturing and potential vulnerability, and turned it into a light, smart, crowd-pleasing comedy." -- Associated Press
Posted Jan 4, 2008
 
My Best Friend (2007)75%
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"After about an hour, though, it all becomes a mind-numbing barrage." -- Associated Press
Posted Jan 3, 2008
 
Shoot 'Em Up (2007)67%
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"Overwrought and overlong, Ang Lee's Lust, Caution nevertheless has some moments of exquisite beauty and a potentially star-making performance from newcomer Tang Wei." -- Associated Press
Posted Jan 3, 2008
 
Lust, Caution (2007)69%
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"It's hard to get over the implausibility of the premise in Micky Levy's script, even though the characters themselves acknowledge that they're in a ridiculous situation." -- Associated Press
Posted Jan 2, 2008
 
Rails & Ties (2007)32%
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"As in Antwone Fisher, which helped make a star of Derek Luke, Washington draws effortless performances from his young actors, which go a long way in making The Great Debaters more enjoyable than you might expect." -- Associated Press
Posted Dec 26, 2007
 
The Great Debaters (2007)79%
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"In an era when pop-culture onslaughts are more fashionable, family movies of this quality are hard to find." -- Associated Press
Posted Dec 25, 2007
 
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007)73%

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