ROTTEN TOMATOES: Rafer Guzman

LISTING OF ALL REVIEWS & ARTICLES

A SAMPLING OF THIS CRITIC'S CINEMATIC TASTE

BEST TO WORST SAMPLING
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4/4	Standard Operating Procedure
3.5/4	The Dark Knight
3/4	Speed Racer
2.5/4	Get Smart
2/4	Been Rich All My Life
1.5/4	The Love Guru
1/4	Pulse

BEST REVIEWED
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4/4	WALL-E
4/4	Standard Operating Procedure
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WORST REVIEWED
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1/4	Mamma Mia!
1/4	Mother of Tears
1/4	The Strangers
1/4	Redbelt
1/4	Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?
1/4	How She Move
1/4	The Perfect Holiday
1/4	Feel the Noise
1/4	Bamako
1/4	Pulse
	more...

This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 69% of the time.

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2/4	"As laudable as the idealism may be, the movie sometimes feels like a self-congratulatory victory lap." -- Newsday Posted Jul 24, 2008	CSNY D�j� Vu (2008)	66%
2.5/4	"It's entertaining, often funny and ultimately endearing, thanks mainly to its ensemble cast." -- Newsday Posted Jul 24, 2008	Baghead (2008)	87%
2.5/4	"*Nudie magazines, dog poop, words like 'mangina' -- if these are a few of your favorite things, Step Brothers* is the comedy for you.*" -- Newsday* Posted Jul 24, 2008	Step Brothers (2008)	54%
2.5/4	"For die-hard Reed fans, it's an invaluable document." -- Newsday Posted Jul 18, 2008	Lou Reed's Berlin (2008)	76%
1/4	"The ingredients seem perfect: a stellar cast, an unassailable soundtrack and source material from a proven hit. Somehow, though, this sugary mix turns into a sour hairball that will have you gagging to expel it for 108 minutes." -- Newsday Posted Jul 17, 2008	Mamma Mia! (2008)	53%
3.5/4	"It's a comic-book movie, but it's also a dark and highly complex drama." -- Newsday Posted Jul 16, 2008	The Dark Knight (2008)	95%
3/4	"Journey may be an utterly weightless movie, but in the end it floats rather nicely." -- Newsday Posted Jul 11, 2008	Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)	60%
3/4	"Hellboy II, like its 2004 predecessor, has a middling story line, but it's made memorable by the dark, freaky visions of director Guillermo del Toro. And this time, his imagination runs wilder than ever." -- Newsday Posted Jul 11, 2008	Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)	87%
3/4	"*Director Peter Berg knows the difference between cartoon violence and the real stuff, and Hancock* mixes both to good effect.*" -- Newsday* Posted Jul 1, 2008	Hancock (2008)	38%
4/4	"*Like Charlie Chaplin's best silents -- a clear influence -- WALL-E* is pure visual magic. As a bonus, it packs a wicked satirical punch.*" -- Newsday* Posted Jun 26, 2008	WALL-E (2008)	96%
2.5/4	"Wanted demands a high level of credulity, but in exchange it offers some rewards: improbable car-chases, gritty hand-to-hand combat and the sight of Angelina Jolie poured into her pants and packing a pistol." -- Newsday Posted Jun 26, 2008	Wanted (2008)	72%
2/4	"*Despite terrific efforts from its lead players, Expired* runs its meter out long before the end.*" -- Newsday* Posted Jun 19, 2008	Expired (2008)	60%
1.5/4	"The Love Guru scrapes bottom for laughs, resorting to pop-culture jokes (Lindsay, Britney), weak musical numbers (Dolly Parton's '9 to 5' on sitar) and, most abysmally, the sight of two elephants doing it." -- Newsday Posted Jun 19, 2008	The Love Guru (2008)	15%
2.5/4	"Get Smart does all it can to please; thanks mostly to Carell, it just barely succeeds." -- Newsday Posted Jun 19, 2008	Get Smart (2008)	53%
3/4	"*The overall glow remains golden, of course. But with a dash of realism and more than a little intelligence, Kit Kittredge* becomes a kiddie film that's worth an adult ticket, too.*" -- Newsday* Posted Jun 19, 2008	Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008)	80%
3/4	"A finely observed, compelling drama with the creepy tinge of a thriller." -- Newsday Posted Jun 12, 2008	Quid Pro Quo (2008)	64%
3/4	"Granted, this documentary (surely the weirdest ever funded by the Discovery Channel) could have used more editing. But it's the notebook of a genius, and well worth cracking open." -- Newsday Posted Jun 12, 2008	Encounters at the End of the World (2008)	95%
2/4	"The Happening wants to scare us without providing a cause -- a trick only Hitchcock has managed." -- Newsday Posted Jun 12, 2008	The Happening (2008)	19%
2/4	"The first film's main problem dogs this one as well: A dull story. The villain is big and loud, and Banner has a good heart, but neither makes for an interesting character." -- Newsday Posted Jun 12, 2008	The Incredible Hulk (2008)	67%
2/4	"By going easy on everyone, [director Conrad] turns what could have been a searing satire into a lukewarm comedy." -- Newsday Posted Jun 6, 2008	The Promotion (2008)	47%
3/4	"This is well-worn territory, from the cuddly slapstick to the Chinese wisdom, but the movie redeems itself with some surprisingly smart and tender moments." -- Newsday Posted Jun 5, 2008	Kung Fu Panda (2008)	88%
3/4	"Crude, idiotic, ridiculous -- in other words, flat-out hilarious, and Sandler's funniest film in years." -- Newsday Posted Jun 5, 2008	You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)	34%
1/4	"Dario Argento's ketchupy brand of horror hasn't aged well, nor have his sexual politics. Enjoyably campy at first, then offensive and ultimately just bad." -- Newsday Posted Jun 5, 2008	Mother of Tears (2008)	50%
1/4	"Writer and first-time director Bryan Bertino wastes his taut, tense premise -- two lovers, three villains, one house -- by depending on wearingly familiar tricks." -- Newsday Posted May 30, 2008	The Strangers (2008)	41%
3/4	"Howard Rodman's fine-tuned script and terrific acting across the board (Hugh Dancy is marvelous as a fashionable, well-manicured monster) makes Savage Grace a pleasure -- albeit a ghastly one -- to watch." -- Newsday Posted May 29, 2008	Savage Grace (2008)	42%
2/4	"*The film stops when the jokes do, making for an anti-climactic finale. But if The Foot Fist Way* is more about promise than delivery, its creators are off to an impressive start.*" -- Newsday* Posted May 29, 2008	The Foot Fist Way (2008)	58%
3/4	"All the necessary ingredients are here: ancient riddles, rumbling stone technology, a precious artifact with supernatural powers. And Harrison Ford, as Indiana Jones, still looks dashing in a leather bomber jacket or professorial tweed." -- Newsday Posted May 18, 2008	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)	76%
3/4	"A small-scale but thoroughly engrossing drama full of strong performances and sharp dialogue." -- Newsday Posted May 9, 2008	Turn the River (2008)	75%
3/4	"Against all odds it succeeds, making for a spectacular -- and spectacularly strange -- viewing experience." -- Newsday Posted May 8, 2008	Speed Racer (2008)	36%
1/4	"Redbelt fails on nearly every level, from its incoherent story line to its threadbare action sequences." -- Newsday Posted May 1, 2008	Redbelt (2008)	71%
2/4	"*Despite the superb acting and wonderfully sly dialogue, Roman de Gare* can't tie all its bows neatly enough to be truly satisfying.*" -- Newsday* Posted Apr 24, 2008	Roman de Gare (2008)	88%
4/4	"You probably won't find a more illuminating account of what happened within the walls of Abu Ghraib." -- Newsday Posted Apr 24, 2008	Standard Operating Procedure (2008)	78%
3/4	"*Thanks to the two stars' disparate styles - the laser-like focus of Li and the whirlwind whimsy of Chan - The Forbidden Kingdom* makes up for its flaws with plenty of eye-popping moments.*" -- Newsday* Posted Apr 18, 2008	The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)	63%
3/4	"Director Vadim Perelman blends two powerful performances into a seamless whole, giving equal time to the dreamy sensuality of adolescence and the crushing weight of adulthood." -- Newsday Posted Apr 17, 2008	The Life Before Her Eyes (2008)	26%
2/4	"Stein claims to denounce the tyranny of dogma, then browbeats us with his own." -- Newsday Posted Apr 17, 2008	Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (2008)	8%
1/4	"It won't spoil anything to reveal that Spurlock doesn't find his man, but his failure to do so -- even though it's played for laughs -- is a cowardly cop-out that unintentionally mocks the very real dangers of life in the Middle East." -- Newsday Posted Apr 17, 2008	Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? (2008)	35%
2/4	"If you lower your expectations and keep a sense of humor, even that large popcorn will seem worth the money." -- Newsday Posted Apr 17, 2008	88 Minutes (2008)	6%
3/4	"Quaid finds what is funny and endearing and worthy in the character, and his performance holds this fine, if somewhat fragile, film together." -- Newsday Posted Apr 10, 2008	Smart People (2008)	49%
2/4	"David Ayer, who wrote Training Day, directs with enough flash to keep the action crisp and nasty. But he can't swagger his way through Ellroy's swampy storyline, which traps its characters in cynicism and amorality." -- Newsday Posted Apr 10, 2008	Street Kings (2008)	36%
3/4	"*Both behind and before the camera, Clooney imbues Leatherheads* with an irresistible charm and intelligence, raising it far above the average period piece.*" -- Newsday* Posted Apr 3, 2008	Leatherheads (2008)	53%
2/4	"*At some point in Shutter* you will probably lose count, along with your patience, but the film will keep right on going.*" -- Newsday* Posted Mar 24, 2008	Shutter (2008)	7%
3/4	"*If you never twirled barefoot in the funky old club, Wetlands Preserved* may be of limited interest, but it's a loving and thorough document of a small slice of rock history.*" -- Newsday* Posted Mar 20, 2008	Wetlands Preserved: The Story of an Activist Nightclub (2008)	89%
3/4	"Ribas delivers a natural, earthy performance that has helped this film win numerous awards on the festival circuit." -- Newsday Posted Jan 24, 2008	Alice's House (2008)	90%
1/4	"*Somewhere between the acrobatic dance sequences and lead-footed script of How She Move* there exist fleeting glimpses of a serious film that could have been.*" -- Newsday* Posted Jan 24, 2008	How She Move (2008)	66%
3/4	"It's a lovely portrait of a fabled time and place, but wasn't there a bit of ugliness, too?" -- Newsday Posted Jan 2, 2008	Honeydripper (2007)	68%
1/4	"*Ostensibly a Christmastime comedy about romance, The Perfect Holiday* manages to be none of the above.*" -- Newsday* Posted Dec 11, 2007	The Perfect Holiday (2007)	17%
2/4	"Writer-director Guy Ritchie returns to his Brit-pulp roots, only this time he gets all intellectual, too. It's a deadly combination." -- Newsday Posted Dec 6, 2007	Revolver (2007)	16%
3/4	"[Director Temple's] documentary can be quite clear-eyed, especially when exploring Strummer's lesser-known years before and after The Clash. As Strummer attempts to define and redefine himself, he seems human but still heroic." -- Newsday Posted Nov 2, 2007	Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten (2007)	88%
3/4	"Pete Seeger: The Power of Song could have been called Pete Seeger: The First Punk. As the film traces the singer's long life, it also, inevitably, tracks the evolution of American countercultures through much of the 20th century." -- Newsday Posted Oct 25, 2007	Pete Seeger - The Power of Song (2007)	95%
2/4	"You don't have to be black to enjoy the film, but you do need a strong desire to watch people work out their issues using pop-psychology and self-help techniques." -- Newsday Posted Oct 15, 2007	Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married? (2007)	47%

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