ROTTEN TOMATOES: Rod Armstrong

LISTING OF ALL REVIEWS & ARTICLES

A SAMPLING OF THIS CRITIC'S CINEMATIC TASTE

BEST TO WORST SAMPLING
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4/4	The Vertical Ray of the Sun
3.5/4	The House of Mirth
3/4	Before Night Falls
2.5/4	The Invisible Circus
2/4	Hannibal
1.5/4	Finding Forrester
1/4	Pavilion of Women
0.5/4	Beautiful Creatures
0/4	Chocolat

BEST REVIEWED
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4/4	City of God
4/4	The Piano Teacher
4/4	The Vertical Ray of the Sun
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WORST REVIEWED
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0/4	Kingdom Come
0/4	Valentine
0/4	Chocolat
0.5/4	The Majestic
0.5/4	Evolution
0.5/4	Beautiful Creatures
0.5/4	Lost Souls
0.5/4	Center Stage
1/4	8 Women
1/4	I Am Sam
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This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 69% of the time.

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3.5/4	" Anchor Bay has packaged two of his (Herzog's) works in the non-fiction genre (though the director prefers the term windows into another world over documentary), and the result will delight his fans and others interested in adventurous movie making." Posted Sep 4, 2004	Lessons of Darkness/Fata Morgana (1971/1992)	100%
3/4	" An entertaining film in its own right." Posted Jan 31, 2003	Lost in La Mancha (2003)	94%
3/4	" What is most shocking about director David R. Ellis' clever and extremely gory film is that it's one of few horror sequels to outdo the original." Posted Jan 31, 2003	Final Destination 2 (2003)	47%
1.5/4	" *There's a lot that's familiar in Darkness Falls, and not much that's good." Posted Jan 23, 2003*	Darkness Falls (2003)	8%
3.5/4	" A must for cinephiles." Posted Jan 8, 2003	Band of Outsiders (1964)	95%
3/4	" Though the controversial Korean filmmaker's latest effort is not for all tastes, it offers gorgeous imagery, effective performances, and an increasingly unsettling sense of foreboding." Posted Dec 27, 2002	The Isle (2002)	75%
3/4	" *There are many pleasures to be found in Douglas McGrath's Nicholas Nickleby." Posted Dec 27, 2002*	Nicholas Nickleby (2002)	78%
4/4	" City of God may offer few solutions and little hope, but its remarkable artistry and heartrending content make it a movie for the ages." Posted Dec 27, 2002	City of God (2003)	93%
3.5/4	" That the real Antwone Fisher was able to overcome his personal obstacles and become a good man is a wonderful thing; that he has been able to share his story so compellingly with us is a minor miracle." Posted Dec 18, 2002	Antwone Fisher (2002)	79%
2.5/4	" Intriguing premises do not always make for interesting movies." Posted Dec 13, 2002	Intacto (2002)	72%
3.5/4	" A film easy to admire, but difficult to like." Posted Dec 13, 2002	Morvern Callar (2002)	84%
3/4	" Even though the film doesn't manage to hit all of its marks, it's still entertaining to watch the target practice." Posted Dec 5, 2002	Adaptation (2002)	90%
3/4	" It's a well-crafted, unsettling, and nicely performed fright flick about the terrors that strike in the dark." Posted Nov 29, 2002	They (2002)	37%
1.5/4	" Let's issue a moratorium, effective immediately, on treacly films about inspirational prep-school professors and the children they so heartwarmingly motivate." Posted Nov 21, 2002	The Emperor's Club (2002)	51%
3.5/4	" Though some liberties were presumably taken in order to set the action in the present, there is nonetheless the disturbing suggestion that where the Catholic church is concerned, little has changed where much needs changing." Posted Nov 14, 2002	The Crime of Padre Amaro (2002)	62%
3/4	" [Miller] knows that good suspense films don't always need to keep viewers on the edges of their seats; sometimes they can just be concerned with what interesting characters will do next." Posted Nov 8, 2002	Alias Betty (2002)	92%
2.5/4	" Though there are entertaining and audacious moments, the movie's wildly careening tone and an extremely flat lead performance do little to salvage this filmmaker's flailing reputation." Posted Nov 6, 2002	Femme Fatale (2002)	48%
2.5/4	" One of those so-so films that could have been much better." Posted Nov 2, 2002	Food of Love (2002)	46%
1.5/4	" Gaghan never manages to create any significant suspense nor give any of the plot's red herrings enough color to make them worth considering." Posted Oct 18, 2002	Abandon (2002)	17%
3/4	" Though slow-paced and a bit too impenetrable, this film offers a number of pleasures, the best being another fascinating performance by Isabelle Huppert, one of the world's finest actresses." Posted Oct 17, 2002	Merci Pour le Chocolat (2002)	85%
2.5/4	" *Though Avary has done his best to make something out of Ellis' nothing novel, in the end, his Rules* is barely worth following.*" Posted Oct 11, 2002*	The Rules of Attraction (2002)	44%
3/4	" As the two leads, Lathan and Diggs are charming and have chemistry both as friends and lovers." Posted Oct 10, 2002	Brown Sugar (2002)	64%
2/4	" An odd, haphazard, and inconsequential romantic comedy." Posted Oct 10, 2002	Punch-Drunk Love (2002)	79%
1.5/4	" *This remake of Lina Wertmuller's 1975 eroti-comedy might just be the biggest husband-and-wife disaster since John and Bo Derek made the ridiculous Bolero." Posted Oct 10, 2002*	Swept Away (2002)	5%
2.5/4	" Ratner's film will likely entertain those unfamiliar with Mann's version while not overly displeasing those who are." Posted Oct 3, 2002	Red Dragon (2002)	68%
2/4	Click here to read article Posted Sep 27, 2002	Skins (2002)	60%
2.5/4	" *Whether Kiss* is a future cult classic or destined to be completely forgotten is open to question, but the risk-takers in the crowd should check it out and form their own opinion.*" Posted Sep 27, 2002*	Just a Kiss (2002)	19%
3.5/4	" *What is unique about His Secret Life* is that an assumption of intelligence, tolerance, and acceptance is already made, and thus the movie can focus on telling a compelling story.*" Posted Sep 20, 2002*	His Secret Life (2002)	74%
1/4	" The result is shrill and charmless." Posted Sep 20, 2002	8 Women (2002)	78%
3/4	" *What makes How I Killed My Father* compelling, besides its terrific performances, is Fontaine's willingness to wander into the dark areas of parent-child relationships without flinching.*" Posted Sep 19, 2002*	My Father and I (2002)	89%
3/4	" Though it sometimes suffers from TV-movie trappings and gets almost unbearably (and unbelievably) sappy at the end, for the most part, the film offers a compelling story." Posted Sep 19, 2002	Moonlight Mile (2002)	64%
3.5/4	" One of the most significant moviegoing pleasures of the year." Posted Sep 19, 2002	Secretary (2002)	74%
2/4	" Shame on writer/director Vicente Aranda for making a florid biopic about mad queens, obsessive relationships, and rampant adultery so dull." Posted Aug 30, 2002	Mad Love (2001)	47%
3/4	" One Hour Photo is an intriguing snapshot of one man and his delusions; it's just too bad it doesn't have more flashes of insight." Posted Aug 21, 2002	One Hour Photo (2002)	81%
3/4	" Mostly Martha could have used a little trimming -- 10 or 15 minutes could be cut and no one would notice -- but it's a pleasurable trifle. The only pain you'll feel as the credits roll is your stomach grumbling for some tasty grub." Posted Aug 15, 2002	Mostly Martha (2002)	91%
3.5/4	" If Byatt's novel is a savory read for litterateurs, LaBute's film is an equivalent gift to summer moviegoers starved for elegant entertainment." Posted Aug 15, 2002	Possession (2002)	64%
2/4	" The movie fails to portray its literarily talented and notorious subject as anything much more than a dirty old man." Posted Aug 8, 2002	Sade (2002)	67%
2.5/4	" There's some good material in their story about a retail clerk wanting more out of life, but the movie too often spins its wheels with familiar situations and repetitive scenes." Posted Aug 7, 2002	The Good Girl (2002)	81%
3.5/4	" Cantet perfectly captures the hotel lobbies, two-lane highways, and roadside cafes that permeate Vincent's days" Posted Aug 2, 2002	Time Out (2002)	96%
2/4	" *Instead of being truly erotic, like Y Tu Mama Tambien, or provocative, as with some of Catherine Breillat's work, Sex and Lucia* is, quite simply, flaccid.*" Posted Jul 26, 2002*	Sex and Lucia (2002)	71%
3/4	" A heartwarming and bittersweet story." Posted Jul 26, 2002	Happy Times (2002)	72%
3/4	" It's a pleasure to watch the two leads act out their psychodrama -- be it 'faux' or genuine -- for the big screen." Posted Jul 12, 2002	My Wife is an Actress (2002)	65%
3/4	" The movie makes for watchable and interesting fare about the darkest side of human nature." Posted Jul 12, 2002	Dahmer (2002)	69%
2/4	" Though her fans will assuredly have their funny bones tickled, others will find their humor-seeking dollars best spent elsewhere." Posted Jun 28, 2002	Notorious C.H.O. The Movie (2002)	84%
1.5/4	" The film is too timid to offend or amuse." Posted Jun 28, 2002	Pumpkin (2002)	38%
3/4	" An edifying glimpse into the wit and revolutionary spirit of these performers and their era." Posted Jun 15, 2002	The Cockettes (2002)	89%
4/4	" A raw and unforgettable portrait of need and sexual repression." Posted Jun 15, 2002	The Piano Teacher (2002)	73%
3/4	" Though Jeffs' material is slightly stale, the fact remains that Hollywood regularly recycles material of a much lower caliber." Posted Jun 15, 2002	Rain (2002)	84%
3/4	" *Those who savor well-drawn characters and exotic locales will find the touch of The Mystic Masseur* to be most pleasurable indeed.*" Posted May 3, 2002*	Mystic Masseur (2001)	52%
2/4	" A clich�d and shallow cautionary tale about the hard-partying lives of gay men." Posted Apr 26, 2002	Circuit (2002)	20%

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