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HARVEY S. KARTEN
Harvey S. Karten

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• Compuserve
• Film Journal International
• Modamag.com
• Rotten Tomatoes
• The Cinema Source

BIOGRAPHY
After teaching high school for quite a while, I took an M.A. in Film and Theater from Hunter College in New York and a Ph.D. in Theater from the City University Graduate Center, also in the Big Apple.
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Total Reviews: 2528

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New York Film Critics Online

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• Location: Brooklyn, New York


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A SAMPLING OF THIS CRITIC'S CINEMATIC TASTE
 
BEST TO WORST SAMPLING
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A- The Great Debaters
B+ Enchanted
B Arranged Marriages
B- I Am Legend
C+ P.S. I Love You
C Stephen King's The Mist
C- Cloverfield
D Semi-Pro
 
 
BEST REVIEWED
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A The Illusionist
A Thank You For Smoking
A The Polar Express
A Being Julia
A Dogville
4/4 Winged Migration
4/4 Chicago
4/4 Road to Perdition
4/4 Amadeus
4/4 E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial The 20th Anniversary
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WORST REVIEWED
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F Virgin
F The Whole Ten Yards
0.5/4 Teddy Bears' Picnic
0.5/4 Bubble Boy
D Semi-Pro
D Smokin' Aces
D Miami Vice
D Strangers With Candy
D The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
D Slither
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This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 67% of the time.

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B
 
"This lighter-than-air comedy couldn't be more different from director Jessica Yu's previous entry, 'Protagonist.'" -- Compuserve
Posted Jul 24, 2008
 
Ping Pong Playa (2008)n/a
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C+
 
"Has more the feeling of a TV serial than a well-structured movie." -- Compuserve
Posted Jul 22, 2008
 
Everybody Wants to be Italian (2008)n/a
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B-
 
"A passable comedy about two immature guys on the cusp of middle age, one which bears the marks of producer Judd Apatow." -- Compuserve
Posted Jul 21, 2008
 
Step Brothers (2008)52%
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B
 
"A reasonably humorous and even tender portrait of 21st century dating by a filmmaker who seems a Woody Allen/Judd Apatow wannabe." -- Compuserve
Posted Jul 17, 2008
 
In Search of a Midnight Kiss (2008)100%
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B
 
"Features a career-making performance by Andrew Garfield." -- Compuserve
Posted Jul 16, 2008
 
Boy A (2008)83%
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B+
 
"Smart, handsome film-making without the usual summer panoply of special effects and computer generative industry, a picture graced by solid acting and a rich empathy with people who find themselves through religion rather than wealth." -- Compuserve
Posted Jul 16, 2008
 
Brideshead Revisited (2008)71%
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B-
 
"Visually arresting, with an awards-worthy performance from the late Heath Ledger -- the story bogs down in subplots and subplots to subplots." -- Compuserve
Posted Jul 15, 2008
 
The Dark Knight (2008)95%
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B
 
"Seems as though it's made up as they go along, which is part of its charm." -- Compuserve
Posted Jul 14, 2008
 
Baghead (2008)87%
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B
 
"A heartfelt plea for penal reform." -- Compuserve
Posted Jul 13, 2008
 
Take (2008)44%
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B
 
"Animal lovers may or may not like the way that the principal character gets revenge on a young man who killed his dog." -- Compuserve
Posted Jul 10, 2008
 
Red (2008)67%
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B+
 
"Meryl Streep again shows that she is America's most diversified actress in this fun (albeit touristy) musical." -- Compuserve
Posted Jul 9, 2008
 
Mamma Mia! (2008)53%
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B
 
"1-D characters get the 3-D treatment in a reasonably funny and exciting update of Jules Verne's classic." -- Compuserve
Posted Jul 8, 2008
 
Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)60%
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B
 
"If anyone doubts that film is a visual medium par excellence, this will convince." -- Compuserve
Posted Jul 7, 2008
 
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)87%
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B+
 
"Acrophobics beware: just watching Philippe Petit walk across Twin Towers will make you dizzy." -- Compuserve
Posted Jul 2, 2008
 
Man on Wire (2008)100%
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A-
 
"Philip Roth should be overjoyed at this adaptation of his novella 'The Dying Animal' about a professor obsessed about old age and mortality." -- Compuserve
Posted Jul 1, 2008
 
Elegy (2008)60%
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B
 
"Dark humor abounds with Lisa Kudrow in a melancholy but humorous role of a woman whose husband has been recalled into Iraq leaving her with two bratty kids to take care of." -- Compuserve
Posted Jul 1, 2008
 
Kabluey (2008)86%
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B
 
"The low-budget high-school comedy is no 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' but should provide for not only laughs but some insight into the life of a smart, 13-year-old outsider." -- Compuserve
Posted Jun 28, 2008
 
Harold (2008)25%
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B
 
"Convincingly proves even to teens (not likely to be in the audience, unfortunately), that you're never too old for romance." -- Compuserve
Posted Jun 28, 2008
 
Elsa & Fred (2008)60%
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C
 
"Subtlety and nuance take a summer vacation." -- Compuserve
Posted Jun 26, 2008
 
Hancock (2008)38%
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B-
 
"A triumph of style over substance." -- Compuserve
Posted Jun 26, 2008
 
WALL-E (2008)96%
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B+
 
"A virtual Walter Mitty fantasy that explodes across the screen." -- Compuserve
Posted Jun 23, 2008
 
Wanted (2008)72%
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B+
 
"Plagued by an endless war, inflation, rising unemployment, a weak dollar and borderline recession, we are treated to a crowd-pleaser that does not require us to pick up our brains at the box office on the way out." -- Compuserve
Posted Jun 18, 2008
 
Bottle Shock (2008)60%
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B-
 
"Frantic action with about as much verbal wit as found in 'The Love Guru' (not a compliment)." -- Compuserve
Posted Jun 18, 2008
 
Get Smart (2008)53%
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C-
 
"Has the feel of a Mike Myers vanity production with bathroom jokes that most of us outgrew before we got to high school." -- Compuserve
Posted Jun 17, 2008
 
The Love Guru (2008)15%
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C
 
"Lacks scares, wit, humor and acting, and Zooey Deschanel, alas, has lost her cuteness." -- Compuserve
Posted Jun 14, 2008
 
The Happening (2008)19%
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B
 
"Epistolary dramas are often big bores, but this film is much better than it has the right to be given the variety of actors playing Trumbo." -- Compuserve
Posted Jun 12, 2008
 
Trumbo (2008)72%
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B+
 
"Considered by the director to be her favorite picture, we don't wonder why: it's accessible with chemistry between two lovers that could burn up the seats in the cineplex." -- Compuserve
Posted Jun 11, 2008
 
The Last Mistress (2008)76%
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B
 
"Spot-on casting of Brittany Snow in the title role makes the fun movie with a serious turn both entertaining and credible." -- Compuserve
Posted Jun 10, 2008
 
Finding Amanda (2008)38%
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B
 
"Should please the targeted audience in their teens and twenties who escape into the air-conditioned multiplex from a June heat wave." -- Compuserve
Posted Jun 9, 2008
 
The Incredible Hulk (2008)67%
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B
 
"Targeted to the super-hip, anchored by Josh Peck's magnetic performance as an angst-ridden teen." -- Compuserve
Posted Jun 5, 2008
 
The Wackness (2008)63%
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B
 
"An entertaining, no-budget tale of an illegal immigrant who delivers take-out Chinese food, illuminating the life of one of the big city's anonymous." -- Compuserve
Posted Jun 5, 2008
 
Take Out (2008)100%
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A-
 
"A stunning feature film that at base asks the question, "What should a woman choose: an unpredictable life with a sexual dynamo, or a stable relationships with a much older man?"" -- Compuserve
Posted Jun 4, 2008
 
Beauty in Trouble (2008)69%
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C
 
"Those of us in the movie audience may find little to cheer in a vehicle that falls short of entertainment." -- Compuserve
Posted Jun 4, 2008
 
The Doorman (2008)25%
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B
 
"You don't have to be a Sandler fan: if vulgarity mixed with a little sentiment is your thing, you've come to the right place." -- Compuserve
Posted Jun 2, 2008
 
You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)34%
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B
 
"Though graced with far more sitcom laughs than real wit, the glorified soap opera is entertaining enough to be worth your while." -- Compuserve
Posted Jun 1, 2008
 
Sex and the City: The Movie (2008)51%
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B+
 
"There's nothing barren about Werner Herzog's landscape." -- Compuserve
Posted May 29, 2008
 
Encounters at the End of the World (2008)95%
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B
 
"Some scenes of this docu-fantasy will try the viewers' patience. Others are small gems." -- Compuserve
Posted May 28, 2008
 
My Winnipeg (2008)97%
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"A measured portrait of a pastor who morphed from an advocate of the death penalty to an advocate for a maximum sentence of life without parole." -- Film Journal International
Posted May 28, 2008
 
At the Death House Door (2008)100%
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C
 
"Seriously underwritten, depending too much on Liv Tyler's abiity to pout, to shriek, to cry and to cry again." -- Compuserve
Posted May 27, 2008
 
The Strangers (2008)41%
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B+
 
"A seamless mixture of horror and low comedy." -- Compuserve
Posted May 21, 2008
 
Stuck (2008)71%
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B+
 
"If you're looking for a movie to convince you that money does not buy happiness, you've come to the right place." -- Compuserve
Posted May 20, 2008
 
Savage Grace (2008)42%
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C+
 
"One can only guess at whether director Argento meant the laughs for a campy production or whether the audience guffaws are unintentional." -- Compuserve
Posted May 19, 2008
 
Mother of Tears (2008)50%
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C+
 
"Awesome production design and death-defying stunts mask the movie's flaws: uninvolving relationships and narrative hodge-podge." -- Compuserve
Posted May 18, 2008
 
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)76%
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C+
 
"The original's novelty is lost in a movie that embraces too may battles." -- Compuserve
Posted May 14, 2008
 
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)66%
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B
 
"Isaac Bashevis Singer's spirit lives in the three, nicely interwoven stories." -- Film Journal International
Posted May 14, 2008
 
Love Comes Lately (2008)59%
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B+
 
"Takes on the theme of 'Where is home'--the place where you were born or the locale of your residence--with freshness and sparkling acting." -- Compuserve
Posted May 13, 2008
 
Brick Lane (2008)62%
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C
 
"Even the adorable Ellen Page is entitled to perform in a dud." -- Compuserve
Posted May 9, 2008
 
The Tracey Fragments (2008)40%
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B
 
"Good battle scenes across a Montana-like plains, impressive acting in the title role by a Japanese performer speaking Mongolian." -- Compuserve
Posted May 8, 2008
 
Mongol (2008)88%
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"The concept had potential, but the movie's broad approach (including a ridiculous turn by William Hurt as a mayor with a laughable dye job) drowns out its message." -- Film Journal International
Posted May 8, 2008
 
Noise (2008)52%
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C+
 
"Choppy editing ruins the climactic moment of this Hebrew-language film about the ultra-Orthodox community in Jerusalem." -- Compuserve
Posted May 7, 2008
 
My Father My Lord (2008)92%

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