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ERIC D. SNIDER
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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: 2384
Total QuickRatings: 15

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"It is almost indescribably painful, yet just as powerfully inspiring, a mix of good and evil and victories and setbacks that are sure to move even jaded viewers." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted Jul 21, 2008
 
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008)n/a
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D
 
"Many lighthearted musicals have frilly plots, but the story cobbled together for Mamma Mia! is particularly superficial and imbecilic." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted Jul 17, 2008
 
Mamma Mia! (2008)53%
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B
 
"The film is no classic, certainly, but it's not one of those throwaway puff pieces, either." -- Film.com
Posted Jul 17, 2008
 
Space Chimps (2008)38%
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A-
 
"Nolan has shot The Dark Knight with the utmost confidence, and with a gleefully morbid sense of fun that prevents it from becoming oppressively bleak." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted Jul 16, 2008
 
The Dark Knight (2008)95%
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B-
 
"It's a movie that wants to be your pal, and hey, doggone it, what's not to like?" -- EricDSnider.com
Posted Jul 15, 2008
 
Happy Birthday, Harris Malden (2008)n/a
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C
 
"A film with loopy logic and a patience-trying devotion to its own weirdness." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted Jul 15, 2008
 
Your Name Here (2008)n/a
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D
 
"Let's be honest: The shocker here would have been if it were any good." -- Film.com
Posted Jul 11, 2008
 
Meet Dave (2008)21%
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B-
 
"A perfectly good way for a family to spend a Saturday afternoon, particularly if that family has a lot of 8-to-12-year-old boys." -- Cinematical
Posted Jul 11, 2008
 
Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)60%
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B-
 
"Moderately enjoyable, occasionally wonderful, and often overblown." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted Jul 10, 2008
 
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)87%
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B
 
"The movie gets by largely on its guileless, upbeat charm, and on those same qualities as found in Abigail Breslin." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted Jul 10, 2008
 
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008)80%
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C
 
"The characters aren't interesting, and the stories toggle between tawdry and ridiculous." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted Jul 10, 2008
 
Garden Party (2008)12%
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B
 
"Most of the film is zippy, funny, and fascinatingly strange -- all qualities that are often lacking in some of the more bloated action blockbusters." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted Jul 1, 2008
 
Hancock (2008)38%
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A-
 
"Easily one of the freshest, funniest comedies of the year." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted Jul 1, 2008
 
The Promotion (2008)47%
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B
 
"The stylized violence and unapologetically ludicrous action sequences are the selling point, and Wanted delivers those by the blood-soaked truckload." -- Cinematical
Posted Jun 27, 2008
 
Wanted (2008)72%
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B-
 
"Gordon's fantastic finale is immensely satisfying, more than compensating for the prior weaknesses." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted Jun 26, 2008
 
Stuck (2008)71%
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A
 
"Here I am, surprised and delighted all over again at just how well these people can tell a story." -- Film.com
Posted Jun 26, 2008
 
WALL-E (2008)96%
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B+
 
"It's a high-concept comedy, but it's down-to-earth and accessible, even a little touching." -- Cinematical
Posted Jun 20, 2008
 
Visioneers ()n/a
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B-
 
"Believe me, I'm as surprised as you are that I wound up sort of enjoying it." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted Jun 19, 2008
 
The Love Guru (2008)15%
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B-
 
"It's modestly entertaining, occasionally funny, and generally agreeable. I just don't think Wilson should quit his day job yet." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted Jun 17, 2008
 
The Rocker (2008)40%
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B+
 
"One of the better TV adaptations to come along in recent years." -- Cinematical
Posted Jun 17, 2008
 
Get Smart (2008)53%
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D
 
"There's never an ounce of suspense, mystery, or surprise." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted Jun 15, 2008
 
The Happening (2008)19%
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B
 
"A raucous and often very funny examination of a man who is a loser in every possible respect." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted Jun 13, 2008
 
The Foot Fist Way (2008)58%
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B
 
"Offers the quantity of action that many people felt was lacking in Ang Lee's more contemplative 2003 treatment." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted Jun 13, 2008
 
The Incredible Hulk (2008)67%
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B
 
"It's slick, energetic, and entertaining enough to separate it from most of the in-it-for-the-cash animated products that the studios have been cranking out the last few years." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted Jun 5, 2008
 
Kung Fu Panda (2008)88%
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C
 
"Just when you think they're on to something, the film reverts to the usual Sandler and Co. laziness" -- Film.com
Posted Jun 5, 2008
 
You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)34%
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B+
 
"It's such an exotic, fanciful story, so loony and imaginative and outre ... that the crazier it gets, the more intrigued I am." -- Cinematical
Posted Jun 4, 2008
 
The Fall (2008)53%
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B
 
"What it does is deliver more than an hour of sustained, almost unrelenting terror." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted May 31, 2008
 
The Strangers (2008)41%
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C
 
"I know this was made for the fans, but geez, was there no attempt to make it a good film?" -- EricDSnider.com
Posted May 29, 2008
 
Sex and the City: The Movie (2008)51%
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A-
 
"A more genuinely sweet and uplifting documentary I have not seen in quite a while." -- Film.com
Posted May 26, 2008
 
Young@Heart (2008)88%
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B+
 
"A gently moving film that can warm your heart as easily as break it." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted May 25, 2008
 
The Visitor (2008)92%
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B+
 
"It has the feel of a classic French farce, and it's as cute and upbeat as a comedy set on the French Riviera ought to be." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted May 25, 2008
 
Priceless (2008)83%
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B+
 
"There is oddness and whimsy and ingenuity -- exactly what it takes to get an indie film noticed." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted May 25, 2008
 
Kabluey (2008)89%
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B+
 
"It feels as lively and buoyant, as effortlessly entertaining, as you could realistically want in an Indiana Jones flick." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted May 21, 2008
 
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)76%
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B
 
"It's a modestly effective story, even a little moving in a weird way, and worth watching for Bell's intriguing and sympathetic performance." -- EricDSnider.com
Posted May 20, 2008
 
Mister Foe (2008)81%
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B-
 
"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)66%
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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)47%
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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)75%
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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)36%
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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)27%
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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)67%
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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)61%
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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)26%
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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)8%
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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)66%
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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)63%

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