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ERIC D. SNIDER
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• DVDTalk.com
• eFilmCritic.com
• EricDSnider.com
• Film.com

BIOGRAPHY
I was born and raised in Lake Elsinore, Calif. (it's boring; don't go there!). I graduated from Brigham Young University with a B.A. in journalism, and once killed a guy with my bare hands in a bar fight in Tijuana.
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Total Reviews: 2351
Total QuickRatings: 15

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A SAMPLING OF THIS CRITIC'S CINEMATIC TASTE
 
BEST TO WORST SAMPLING
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A Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
A- Michael Clayton
B+ 30 Days of Night
B The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
B- Rendition
C+ Reservation Road
C We Own The Night
C- Saw IV
D+ The Comebacks
D Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married?
D- First Sunday
F Meet the Spartans
 
 
BEST REVIEWED
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A Son of Rambow
A American Teen
A Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
A No Country for Old Men
A Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
A Waitress
A The Queen
A Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
5/5 Patriot Act: A Jeffrey Ross Home Movie
A United 93
 more...
 
 
WORST REVIEWED
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F College Road Trip
F Witless Protection
F Downloading Nancy
F Meet the Spartans
F Daddy Day Camp
F Bratz: The Movie
F License To Wed
F Delta Farce
F Are We Done Yet?
F Wild Hogs
 more...
 
This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 77% of the time.

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"It's the grown-ups who might feel slightly underwhelmed by it all, though they'll likely be moderately entertained by the action and adventure." -- Film.com
Posted May 15, 2008
 
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)69%
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B
 
"Addresses thinky topics like religious faith, motherhood, and adoption, always intelligently and maturely." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted May 15, 2008
 
Then She Found Me (2008)54%
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B
 
"It's sweet and mostly satisfying, like a silky dessert at the end of a relaxed meal." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted May 13, 2008
 
My Blueberry Nights (2008)49%
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A
 
"Son of Rambow is filled with small surprises and treasures, a veritable bounty of delight." -- Film.com
Posted May 13, 2008
 
Son of Rambow (2008)77%
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C-
 
"Who would have thought a movie this dazzling could also be so boring?" -- EricDSnider.com
Posted May 9, 2008
 
Speed Racer (2008)34%
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C
 
"I didn't laugh much, and I never felt even an inkling of 'aw, cute!' romance -- but I didn't want to claw my eyes out, either. If that counts as a success, then I guess it's a hit." -- Film.com
Posted May 8, 2008
 
What Happens in Vegas (2008)29%
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B
 
"Iron Man isn't the most well-known or beloved title in the Marvel comic book canon, yet the film adaptation proves to be as plucky, as confident, and as polished as if it were the keystone." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted May 1, 2008
 
Iron Man (2008)93%
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B+
 
"Twists and turns with the best of them, with a story line that comprises so many elements it's impossible to guess which direction it's going to head next." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted Apr 30, 2008
 
Redbelt (2008)71%
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A-
 
"There's a certain beauty in the bleakness, in the stark, snowy landscapes, and in the characters whose lives are just as barren." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted Apr 26, 2008
 
Snow Angels (2008)68%
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B
 
"It does peer deeper into the complicated moral quandaries experienced by Hitler's victims than most films on this topic do." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted Apr 26, 2008
 
The Counterfeiters (2008)94%
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B
 
"Baby Mama does not represent the best of either woman's talent, but it'll do for now." -- Film.com
Posted Apr 24, 2008
 
Baby Mama (2008)60%
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C
 
"Matters of taste aside, the film's platitude-heavy dialogue and pseudo-philosophical themes are ridiculous." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted Apr 24, 2008
 
The Life Before Her Eyes (2008)22%
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B+
 
"Errol Morris is the best documentary filmmaker currently working, maybe the best ever." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted Apr 22, 2008
 
Standard Operating Procedure (2008)78%
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D+
 
"I don't say the film is crap because I disagree with it. I say it's crap because it disagrees with itself. It teems with contradictions, false dichotomies, and specious reasoning." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted Apr 21, 2008
 
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (2008)9%
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C+
 
"A so-so comedy with some genuinely funny scenes, punctuated with too many trying-too-hard elements." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted Apr 18, 2008
 
The Wackness (2008)70%
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B-
 
"Part of the charm, yes, is the goofiness of it all -- but the film would have been better if it were more cohesive, streamlined, and focused." -- Film.com
Posted Apr 17, 2008
 
The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)62%
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C-
 
"Its U.S. release feels like an obligatory gesture before sending it to DVD -- where, truth be told, it should have gone to begin with." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted Apr 17, 2008
 
88 Minutes (2008)6%
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B+
 
"Sex and nudity are played for laughs, and they genuinely earn them -- not by shocking us, but by reminding us of the awkward hilarity of intimate relationships." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted Apr 15, 2008
 
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)84%
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D-
 
"The film manages to be entirely about Mark David Chapman without saying a single insightful thing about him." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted Apr 14, 2008
 
Chapter 27 (2008)21%
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D+
 
"The movie is bad in the usual ways and at approximately the usual level. I can't quite muster the energy to hate it." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted Apr 11, 2008
 
Prom Night (2008)9%
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C
 
"The film is undone by a story that manages to be both implausible and overly familiar. We've seen all of this before -- and we didn't buy it then, either." -- Film.com
Posted Apr 10, 2008
 
Street Kings (2008)33%
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B
 
"The theme is common in these rumpled-professor stories, but Smart People handles it with wit and charm and even a little poignance." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted Apr 10, 2008
 
Smart People (2008)49%
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C+
 
"I'm not going to quibble too much with a harmless adventure flick meant for tween girls. Then again, I'm not going to knock myself out recommending it, either." -- Film.com
Posted Apr 4, 2008
 
Nim's Island (2008)48%
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B-
 
"It may not be as fundamentally unsettling as the book was, but it's not a bad horror flick." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted Apr 4, 2008
 
The Ruins (2008)42%
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B
 
"A loopy Roaring Twenties screwball comedy, executed with confidence." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted Apr 3, 2008
 
Leatherheads (2008)53%
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B+
 
"The film earns our attention and respect the way fictional movies do: by crafting a well-told, entertaining story." -- Cinematical
Posted Mar 31, 2008
 
Mongol (2008)100%
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B-
 
"It may have some extra padding, but its bone structure -- the basic story and the way it's laid out -- is impeccable." -- Cinematical
Posted Mar 29, 2008
 
Klopka (2007)n/a
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B+
 
"A fine war picture, one that spotlights war's wastefulness and futility, and humanizes its soldier characters." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted Mar 29, 2008
 
Beaufort (2008)87%
/
A
 
"More entertaining, funny, and hopeful than almost any fictional film I've seen this year." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted Mar 29, 2008
 
American Teen (2008)71%
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B+
 
"If the film is effective (as it was for me), we are happy to enjoy the silences, to meditate on the striking visual images, and to share in the thoughts of the characters." -- Cinematical
Posted Mar 29, 2008
 
Stellet Licht (2007)70%
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C-
 
"Watching it is like being jabbed in the belly with a police baton, and not in a good way." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted Mar 29, 2008
 
Battle in Seattle (2008)67%
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B
 
"Up With Me is proof that you can make a good film out of old ideas." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted Mar 29, 2008
 
Up With Me (2008)n/a
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D
 
"Don't expect us to congratulate you for doing a great job of making something unbearable." -- Cinematical
Posted Mar 29, 2008
 
Yeast (2008)n/a
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B+
 
"[The directors'] touch is artistic but not pretentious, utilizing music and other cinematic effects sparingly -- just enough to elevate the film from public-television special to high art." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted Mar 29, 2008
 
At the Death House Door (2008)100%
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B-
 
"A niche doc.... Don't smoke this particular joint unless you're already familiar with the buzz." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted Mar 29, 2008
 
Super High Me (2008)57%
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B+
 
"A sharply produced, thought-provoking documentary that makes compelling arguments on both sides." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted Mar 29, 2008
 
Secrecy (2008)n/a
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C+
 
"Like most comedy sequels, it is not as funny as its predecessor -- but, like most comedy sequels, that won't matter too much if you get stoned before you watch it." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted Mar 29, 2008
 
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008)56%
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C
 
"It's rather benign, actually -- never very funny, and never amusing for more than a few moments at a time, but not grating or clownish, either." -- Film.com
Posted Mar 29, 2008
 
Superhero Movie! (2008)15%
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B-
 
"Could a better combination of collaborators have produced something greater? Definitely. But this cheerful mix of juvenility and grown-up-relationship angst goes down smoothly enough to be worth watching." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted Mar 27, 2008
 
Run, Fat Boy, Run (2008)48%
/
B-
 
"Well, it took five tries, but Tyler Perry has finally made a good movie." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted Mar 27, 2008
 
Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns (2008)30%
/
A-
 
"Succeeds where previous Dr. Seuss adaptations have fallen short, most notably by using animation -- fluid, elastic, genuinely Seussian animation -- to tell the story." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted Mar 23, 2008
 
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! (2008)78%
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D+
 
"It's just a wrong movie altogether, an elaborately nonsensical stew of crazy costumes, bizarre accessories, and funny voices." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted Mar 22, 2008
 
10,000 B.C. (2008)9%
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D
 
"The epitome of gutless, derivative hackwork." -- Film.com
Posted Mar 21, 2008
 
Shutter (2008)9%
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C-
 
"It very quickly loses whatever steam it had, to the point that the last half hour feels unbearably drawn out." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted Mar 21, 2008
 
Drillbit Taylor (2008)26%
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D
 
"If you combined The Karate Kid with Fight Club, then threw in a dash of The O.C. and You Got Served then beat it with a stick until it was really stupid, you'd have something twice as smart as Never Back Down." -- Film.com
Posted Mar 14, 2008
 
Never Back Down (2008)25%
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F
 
"I hated every minute of this train wreck." -- Film.com
Posted Mar 6, 2008
 
College Road Trip (2008)14%
/
B
 
"The story is filled with new dimensions that separate it from a run-of-the-mill heist flick." -- Film.com
Posted Mar 6, 2008
 
The Bank Job (2008)77%
/
B+
 
"As light and pleasant as a summer breeze and almost as weightless." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted Mar 6, 2008
 
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)76%
/
B
 
"A solid sophomore effort, and proof enough that Spurlock is not just a one-hit wonder." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted Mar 4, 2008
 
Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? (2008)36%
/
B+
 
"Morgen is an invigorating filmmaker, not content to go the well-traveled route when there's a new path to try. Chicago 10 benefits from that sense of adventure." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted Mar 4, 2008
 
Chicago 10 (2008)77%

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