ROTTEN TOMATOES: Carolyn Arends

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3/4	"Kit Kittredge has many of the classic ingredients of a successful family tale, but it's most notable success is in the unusual themes it brings to the forefront." Posted Jul 10, 2008	Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008)	80%
3/4	"A good-natured, entertaining romp and, in my experience, not a bad kid discussion-starter. You can't ask much more from an animated panda kung fu movie than that." Posted Jun 6, 2008	Kung Fu Panda (2008)	88%
2.5/4	"Although much of the film is exaggerated for satirical purposes, somehow, in the eye of the farcical storm, a compelling story gets told." Posted Feb 22, 2008	Charlie Bartlett (2007)	55%
3.5/4	"A truly entertaining film that invites viewers to contemplate the rather big idea that we're all "chosen" to be in relationship with--and obedient to--our Creator." Posted Jun 22, 2007	Evan Almighty (2007)	23%
3/4	"The suits are sleek, the dialogue snappy, the tone wry, the jazz hip. Even Las Vegas--bastion of neon kitsch that it is--looks opulently graceful." Posted Jun 20, 2007	Ocean's Thirteen (2007)	70%
3/4	"Its most compelling message is about the importance and power of community." Posted May 11, 2007	The Hip Hop Project (2007)	60%
2.5/4	"*Like sensible woolen socks in a ribbon-wrapped package, The Ultimate Gift* may be good for you, but it's a little hard to get excited about.*" Posted Mar 9, 2007*	The Ultimate Gift (2007)	32%
2/4	"*The premise will likely remind you of City Slickers. The bad news: Wild Hogs* is no City Slickers.*" Posted Mar 2, 2007*	Wild Hogs (2007)	15%
2.5/4	"Grant and Barrymore are completely believable as a creative team, but the romantic development seems arbitrary -- or, more accurately, obligatory." Posted Feb 14, 2007	Music and Lyrics (2007)	63%
2.5/4	"A big-hearted light-headed story that isn't as deep as it wants to be, but still manages to entertain." Posted Jan 26, 2007	Catch and Release (2007)	22%
3.5/4	"Witherspoon delivers a full-bodied, note-perfect performance as sassy, no-nonsense June, and proves herself an able singer in the process." Posted Nov 17, 2006	Walk the Line (2005)	83%
3.5/4	"An Unfinished Life takes us on the journey from the stifling prison of resentment to the freedom and healing of reconciliation. It's a trip worth taking." Posted Nov 10, 2006	An Unfinished Life (2005)	53%
3/4	"For the jaded moviegoer, here's a little film that just might restore your faith -- in movies and a whole lot more." Posted Oct 2, 2006	Saint Ralph (2005)	62%
2.5/4	"*Despite its overly familiar plot elements and the excessive time it takes getting to its real story, Open Season* has a lot going for it.*" Posted Sep 29, 2006*	Open Season (2006)	47%
2/4	"The Perfect Man, starring Hilary Duff, isn't very good. The problem is how to critique it without taking the obvious cheap shots at its likable but over-exposed young star." Posted Sep 27, 2006	The Perfect Man (2005)	5%
3/4	"*The film's messages -- pro-family, pro-ecology, anti-consumerism -- sometimes feel forced. But Hedge* is genuinely and consistently funny, for both children and parents.*" Posted Sep 27, 2006*	Over the Hedge (2006)	73%
3/4	"Nine Lives had me tense, engaged, sometimes disgusted, sometimes moved, and always interested. Garcia is an ingenious and eloquent storyteller." Posted Sep 27, 2006	Nine Lives (2005)	76%
3.5/4	"In all its unscripted glory, it shows us pre-adolescence with an astonishing authenticity that should be the envy of a hundred coming-of-age movies." Posted Sep 27, 2006	Mad Hot Ballroom (2005)	83%
3/4	"Those who like their humor wry and dry will be rewarded by a nuanced study of the way self-absorption can keep people disconnected, be they comedians, governments, or you and me." Posted Sep 27, 2006	Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World (2006)	41%
3.5/4	"One of the best times I've had at the movies in a while. It's not perfect. It's not very deep. But it's a whole lot of fun and even a little moving." Posted Sep 25, 2006	Just Like Heaven (2005)	57%
2.5/4	"Dreamer is loaded with enough clich�s and formulas to choke a horse. But truly, it works." Posted Sep 22, 2006	Dreamer (2005)	62%
2.5/4	"It lacks a good, old-fashioned story -- the fourth dimension every 3-D feature needs to be a classic." Posted Sep 22, 2006	Chicken Little (2005)	37%
3/4	"*Five days after screening Everyone's Hero, I'm still cringing a little, in my grown-up, jaded way, at the cute, corny, earnestness of the film." Posted Sep 15, 2006*	Everyone's Hero (2006)	40%
2/4	"Its heart is in the right place, but a reliance on gimmicks and sentiment undermines the story. In the end, both the laughs and the tears here come just a little too cheap. " Posted Sep 11, 2006	Cheaper By the Dozen 2 (2005)	6%
3/4	"In a way, this film talks out of both sides of its mouth -- lampooning and loving its targets at the same time. But most viewers, I suspect, won't mind." Posted Sep 8, 2006	American Dreamz (2006)	41%
3/4	"A good-natured, sometimes silly family fun that will play especially well with the under-13 set. " Posted Sep 1, 2006	The Shaggy Dog (2006)	28%
3/4	"*Fans of Altman's naturalistic style and admirers of Keillor's wit will find plenty to love in A Prairie Home Companion." Posted Aug 25, 2006*	A Prairie Home Companion (2006)	81%

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