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TODDY BURTON
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Austin Chronicle

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Austin Chronicle film critic.
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Total Reviews: 65


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BEST TO WORST SAMPLING
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4/5 The War Tapes
3/4 Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
3.5/5 Strangers With Candy
3/5 Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
2.5/5 Music From the Inside Out
2/5 Hoot
1.5/5 Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
1/5 Beerfest
0.5/5 Just My Luck
.5/5 The Final Season
0/5 Film Geek
 
 
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0/5 I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry
0/5 Code Name: The Cleaner
0/5 Film Geek
.5/5 The Final Season
0.5/5 Slow Burn
0.5/5 Zoom
0.5/5 The Oh in Ohio
0.5/5 The Benchwarmers
0.5/5 Just My Luck
1/5 Fred Claus
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This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 88% of the time.

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3/4
 
"The songs (written by a slew of artists, including Reilly, Apatow, and Kasdan) are genuine, ridiculous, and often very funny."
Posted Dec 21, 2007
 
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)75%
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"Interview with director Rob VanAlkemade and Reverend Billy"
Posted Nov 29, 2007
 
What Would Jesus Buy? (2007)63%
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3.5/5
 
"The jokes rarely miss and the result is a refreshingly sardonic fairy tale."
Posted Nov 21, 2007
 
Enchanted (2007)93%
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1.5/5
 
"It’s better to just read the book."
Posted Nov 16, 2007
 
Love in the Time of Cholera (2007)27%
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1/5
 
"How many laughs can one movie try to squeeze out of Vaughn being attacked by elves? Sadly, it’s an awful lot."
Posted Nov 8, 2007
 
Fred Claus (2007)22%
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2/5
 
"There are absolutely no surprises as the film disintegrates into its own cutesy display."
Posted Oct 31, 2007
 
Martian Child (2007)30%
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4/5
 
"The film evokes a visceral understanding of solitude at sea."
Posted Oct 26, 2007
 
Deep Water (2007)96%
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3/5
 
"The story is simple, sometimes to a fault, and ultimately Cahill doesn’t quite pull off all of the majesty that he attempts. But, I’m excited to see what he’ll come up with next."
Posted Oct 20, 2007
 
King of California (2007)63%
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1/5
 
"There's such an overriding sense of soap opera that I kept expecting a commercial break."
Posted Oct 19, 2007
 
Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married? (2007)47%
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.5/5
 
"Kind of Hoosiers: Part 2. But the storytelling is so backassward that it’s impossible to care about any of the characters or really engage in the movie whatsoever."
Posted Oct 12, 2007
 
The Final Season (2007)23%
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3.5/5
 
"While 12:08 East of Bucharest could take more than one viewing to truly appreciate, it’s worth the commitment."
Posted Oct 6, 2007
 
12:08 East of Bucharest (2007)95%
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1.5/5
 
"While the locations are stunning and the cinematography (by Alain Dostie) frequently pulls off compositions of breathtaking beauty, the flimsy emotional journey left me bored and frustrated -- never a good combination."
Posted Sep 22, 2007
 
Silk (2007)8%
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0.5/5
 
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Posted Sep 22, 2007
 
Slow Burn (2000)8%
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1.5/5
 
"From the contrived romance to the hazy lavender eye make-up that Sydney sports in every scene, there’s nothing real about this film."
Posted Sep 21, 2007
 
Sydney White (2007)37%
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2/5
 
"First-time feature director Atwell clearly displays skills he picked up directing videos for Eminem and 50 Cent."
Posted Aug 31, 2007
 
War (2007)14%
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3/5
 
"Just when you think things can’t quite get any crazier, they do."
Posted Aug 25, 2007
 
Death at a Funeral (2007)62%
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3.5/5
 
"Writer/director Blitz demonstrates just how intimately he absorbed the quirky teens and preteens of his prior film."
Posted Aug 24, 2007
 
Rocket Science (2007)84%
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3/5
 
"Maybe the movie is just reaching out for something that saw its heyday five (or even 10) years ago. But oh, what a heyday."
Posted Aug 11, 2007
 
The Simpsons Movie (2007)89%
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3/5
 
"Despite its earnest attempts at power drama, the joy of Talk to Me lies in the comedy and the wild performances."
Posted Aug 11, 2007
 
Talk to Me (2007)81%
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2/5
 
"Becoming Jane attempts to please the purists and the dreamers, but only results in disappointing both."
Posted Aug 10, 2007
 
Becoming Jane (2007)57%
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0/5
 
"Contrived to the point of painful."
Posted Jul 20, 2007
 
I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry (2007)13%
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3.5/5
 
"Ultimately, the film rests on [Cotillard's] performance. And there’s no better homage to a woman who lived for every time she stepped onto stage."
Posted Jun 22, 2007
 
La Vie En Rose (2007)75%
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1/5
 
"Perhaps in more experienced hands, this self-reflection could achieve insight, but as director Adler’s first feature and Fish’s first produced screenplay, this mess was better left inside the writer’s head."
Posted Jun 8, 2007
 
I'm Reed Fish (2007)58%
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4/5
 
"Once transcends even its own ambitions, becoming a complex meditation on relationships, Irish culture, and music."
Posted Jun 1, 2007
 
Once (2007)97%
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2/5
 
"Disintegrates into movie-of-the-week predictability."
Posted May 31, 2007
 
Gracie (2007)59%
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1.5/5
 
"Shot with the creative energy of a mediocre sitcom, the scenes play out predictable plot devices with minimal creativity and even less risk."
Posted May 22, 2007
 
The Valet (2007)68%
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3/5
 
"Yes, it’s funny because it’s true. But it’s also sad for just the same reason."
Posted May 4, 2007
 
The TV Set (2007)65%
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4/5
 
"Mike White knows awkward."
Posted Apr 27, 2007
 
Year of the Dog (2007)69%
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2/5
 
"The animation strives for 1950s sci-fi retro, but the result is that everyone looks like a plastic animé doll."
Posted Apr 14, 2007
 
Meet the Robinsons (2007)66%
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3.5/5
 
"The film is a lovingly hilarious portrait of a bizarre and endearing pastime."
Posted Apr 13, 2007
 
Air Guitar Nation (2007)83%
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2/5
 
"Neither stylistically innovative nor particularly entertaining."
Posted Mar 31, 2007
 
I Think I Love My Wife (2007)19%
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4/5
 
"The Namesake delivers such a tactile presence that it’s difficult not to leave feeling as if you’ve just struggled through a New York winter, attended an Indian wedding, and returned from a Calcutta holiday."
Posted Mar 30, 2007
 
The Namesake (2007)85%
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1/5
 
"The result is a deep desire for those Hollywood execs to remember that Christian doesn’t have to equal brain-dead."
Posted Mar 18, 2007
 
The Ultimate Gift (2007)32%
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2/5
 
"A note to screenwriters everywhere regarding characters over 50 whose inability to use the Internet results in being trapped on a porn site (see Wild Hogs and Because I Said So among others): It’s not funny; please stop doing it."
Posted Mar 1, 2007
 
Wild Hogs (2007)15%
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3/5
 
"I entered this moviegoing experience ready for a lot of wincing and eye-rolling. But dammit if this movie didn’t make me laugh and cry."
Posted Feb 25, 2007
 
Daddy's Little Girls (2007)25%
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2.5/5
 
"I mean, who doesn’t want some love and romance, especially if it’s indulgent and totally unbelievable?"
Posted Feb 13, 2007
 
Music and Lyrics (2007)63%
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1.5/5
 
"The plot is about as revelatory as a bad Hallmark card, and the lowest common denominator humor results in a moviegoing experience that’s almost as appealing as having a conversation with my mother about orgasms."
Posted Feb 8, 2007
 
Because I Said So (2007)5%
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1.5/5
 
"The loose plot is more of a frame on which to hang the series of sappy scenes and frankly offensive mother-daughter sexual banter."
Posted Feb 1, 2007
 
Because I Said So (2007)5%
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0/5
 
"The talented comedian mugs his way through an utterly deflated film."
Posted Jan 20, 2007
 
Code Name: The Cleaner (2007)4%
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3.5/5
 
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Posted Dec 30, 2006
 
The History Boys (2006)63%
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1.5/5
 
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Posted Dec 30, 2006
 
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006)30%
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2/5
 
"If you’ve seen the schlocky trailer for The Pursuit of Happyness, you’ve seen a better version of the actual film."
Posted Dec 14, 2006
 
The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)66%
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2/5
 
"The story is good, but the execution favors the safe over the challenging. Personally, I’d rather just read the Bible."
Posted Nov 30, 2006
 
The Nativity Story (2006)39%
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1/5
 
"Ultimately, the entire endeavor seems like an effort to cash in on a predictably bankable tale."
Posted Oct 30, 2006
 
Flicka (2006)54%
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1.5/5
 
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Posted Oct 30, 2006
 
Queens (aka Reinas) (2006)43%
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3.5/5
 
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Posted Oct 7, 2006
 
Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy (2006)67%
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4/5
 
"As raw and disturbing as it is wry and satirical, the resulting portrait is a powerfully unique film that goes beyond commenting on Operation Iraqi Freedom to become a provocative meditation on war itself."
Posted Sep 30, 2006
 
The War Tapes (2006)98%
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1.5/5
 
"While it’s not uncommon for Hollywood to completely defy the laws of probability, sometimes the absurdity of a misfire is so poignant as to demand attention."
Posted Sep 28, 2006
 
School for Scoundrels (2006)25%

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