ROTTEN TOMATOES: Ruthe Stein

LISTING OF ALL REVIEWS & ARTICLES

A SAMPLING OF THIS CRITIC'S CINEMATIC TASTE

BEST TO WORST SAMPLING
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4/4	51 Birch Street
3.5/4	The Astronaut Farmer
3/4	A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
2.5/4	Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
2/4	Running with Scissors
2/5	Sleuth
1.5/4	Diggers
1/4	Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
0/4	Tideland

BEST REVIEWED
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4/4	Elegy
4/4	The Visitor
4/4	Nim's Island
4/4	Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
4/4	Death at a Funeral
4/4	Away From Her
4/4	The Wind That Shakes the Barley
4/4	Pan's Labyrinth
4/4	Notes on a Scandal
4/4	Charlotte's Web
	more...

WORST REVIEWED
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0/4	Wild Hogs
0/4	Tideland
0/4	Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector
0/4	Dear Wendy
0/4	Paparazzi
0.5/4	Ask the Dust
0.5/4	The Deal
1/4	Good Dick
1/4	Filth and Wisdom
1/4	A Four Letter Word
	more...

This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 76% of the time.

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3/4	" Although it doesn't reach the heights of Finding Nemo or The Incredibles, it's a masterpiece compared with Disney's 2002 Treasure Island." Posted Nov 21, 2008	Bolt (2008)	84%
1/4	" Surely some of the young woman's porn videos would make better viewing." Posted Nov 14, 2008	Good Dick (2008)	47%
1/4	" Nothing in this cynical bit of claptrap feels remotely real." Posted Oct 24, 2008	Filth and Wisdom (2008)	27%
No Rating	Click here to read article Posted Oct 18, 2008	Trumbo (2008)	77%
1/4	Click here to read article Posted Oct 18, 2008	A Four Letter Word (2008)	53%
3/4	" As Alfred Hitchcock demonstrated three times, trains make a nifty setting for a thriller." Posted Oct 18, 2008	Transsiberian (2008)	90%
3/4	" Prince-Bythewood makes you care about the characters and hope they live happily ever after." Posted Oct 17, 2008	The Secret Life of Bees (2008)	58%
3/4	" The key to enjoying the film, a minor effort by Leigh, is warming up to Poppy. Her bubbly personality may be too much for some. She's like a walking, talking smiley face." Posted Oct 10, 2008	Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)	94%
3/4	" Save Me doesn't poke fun at anyone's beliefs. It takes a more nuanced humanistic approach." Posted Oct 3, 2008	Save Me (2007)	71%
3/4	" A sharp-witted satire of celebrity journalism and has much to recommend it once you get past its unwieldy title, which sounds like something that would get slapped on a self-help book." Posted Oct 3, 2008	How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)	38%
3/4	" Beguiling." Posted Sep 26, 2008	The Duchess (2008)	61%
1/4	" An annoying little film that attempts to be lascivious but is merely ludicrous." Posted Sep 26, 2008	Choke (2008)	55%
1/4	" It is so disturbing it makes you uncomfortable watching it. For the price of admission, you become an unwilling voyeur." Posted Sep 19, 2008	Towelhead (2008)	48%
3/4	" *Is there more to be said about this national catastrophe? Yes, definitely, as the engrossing documentary Trouble the Water* shows in just about every frame.*" Posted Sep 5, 2008*	Trouble the Water (2008)	98%
3/4	" You are swept away by the beauty of individual moments and by Barnev's extraordinary performance, which beautifully serves I Served the King of England." Posted Aug 29, 2008	I Served the King of England (2008)	80%
3/4	" It has an edge and degree of sophistication not seen in most summer comedies." Posted Aug 22, 2008	Hamlet 2 (2008)	62%
2/4	" *Anyone familiar with other inspirational sports movies knows that they lead up to a crucial game. The Longshots* is no exception.*" Posted Aug 22, 2008*	The Longshots (2008)	38%
3.5/4	" *In tandem, the director and screenwriter build up a palpable suspense. Boy A* will rivet you while raising issues about forgiveness and just who deserves it.*" Posted Aug 8, 2008*	Boy A (2008)	89%
1/4	" The script, written by Bishop, barely makes sense. It lacks anything resembling wit, unless you think it amusing that these aging cyclists brag about needing their three B's -- bikes, beer and booty." Posted Aug 8, 2008	Hell Ride (2008)	11%
4/4	" Spanish director Isabel Coixet displays what is almost reverence for the material. You can imagine her whispering on the set. She brings out the absolute best in her top-notch cast." Posted Aug 8, 2008	Elegy (2008)	74%
3/4	" Chandler's multilayered script, unusually thoughtful for a teen flick, returns again and again to the notion that friends are there to offer support." Posted Aug 6, 2008	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008)	63%
3/4	" *The best way to take My Winnipeg* is with a box of popcorn and a grain of salt.*" Posted Jul 25, 2008*	My Winnipeg (2008)	94%
3/4	" A sensitive love story from Thailand set against the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami." Posted Jul 25, 2008	Wonderful Town (2008)	92%
1/4	" Riedel reveals herself to be a novice filmmaker, especially in the pacing of most scenes." Posted Jul 24, 2008	How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer (2008)	81%
3/4	" Elsa & Fred is worth seeing just to admire how Argentine writer-director Marcos Carnevale avoids so much as a whiff of condescension." Posted Jul 18, 2008	Elsa & Fred (2008)	54%
2/4	" Director Brian Robbins keeps going for easy laughs." Posted Jul 11, 2008	Meet Dave (2008)	19%
3/4	" Kit Kittredge is proof of how far you can get with the right screenwriter -- in this instance one versed in Children's Adventures 101 -- and director." Posted Jul 2, 2008	Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008)	78%
2/4	" *You can be 100 percent in favor of rescuing adorable orphans from war-torn zones and still find The Children of Huang Shi* a tough haul.*" Posted May 30, 2008*	The Children of Huang Shi (2008)	28%
3/4	" Reprise has a smart and knowing script and will compel audiences to reflect on themselves at that age." Posted May 23, 2008	Reprise (2008)	86%
3/4	Click here to read article Posted May 20, 2008	Night of the Living Dead (1990)	70%
3.5/4	" Mamet's love for the sport comes through in every frame." Posted May 9, 2008	Redbelt (2008)	69%
3/4	" There's one image you're likely to take away from this mind-boggling documentary. It's of rows and rows of men dressed completely in white and seated cross-legged on royal blue mats." Posted May 2, 2008	The Dhamma Brothers (2008)	82%
3/4	" Where it really matters -- working with actors -- veteran filmmakers could learn from Hunt." Posted May 2, 2008	Then She Found Me (2008)	51%
3/4	" The film is carried by its charismatic stars, John Cho as Harold and Kal Penn as Kumar. Kumar plays Laurel to Harold's Hardy, continually getting the pair into messes. Cho is a marvel at displaying exasperation, his face contorting into a frown." Posted Apr 25, 2008	Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008)	54%
4/4	" McCarthy puts a mark on each film, identifying it as distinctly his own. A couple more like them, and he'll be knighted an auteur." Posted Apr 18, 2008	The Visitor (2008)	93%
3/4	" [Director] Bialis may have been too diligent in tracking down sources." Posted Apr 11, 2008	Refusenik (2008)	94%
3/4	" Although Faithfull only sporadically makes movies anymore, it's hard to imagine anyone who could have done this role better." Posted Apr 11, 2008	Irina Palm (2008)	73%
3/4	Click here to read article Posted Apr 11, 2008	The Apartment (1960)	90%
3/4	" Sometimes, Hollywood producers are too myopic to recognize a winner even when they made it." Posted Apr 11, 2008	Chaos Theory (2008)	31%
4/4	" Nim's aquatic adventures and those on land provide the majority of thrills in this exhilarating and enchanting family picture. It's the best I've seen this year and highly recommended for girls and for boys, too." Posted Apr 4, 2008	Nim's Island (2008)	48%
3/4	" There's nothing wrong with being difficult if there's a payoff at the end. Screenwriter-director Nacer Khemir provides that with a visually stunning final scene that makes sense of everything that came before." Posted Apr 4, 2008	Bab'Aziz - The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul (2008)	57%
3/4	" This is a romantic comedy light on romance but heavy on comedy, and it's well cast to skew in that direction." Posted Mar 28, 2008	Run, Fat Boy, Run (2008)	48%
3/4	" David Gordon Green, among the most gifted of the young independent filmmakers, creates a mood that engulfs you in the lives of his characters." Posted Mar 21, 2008	Snow Angels (2008)	67%
3/4	" It has the feel of truth and is a vivid reminder of the hell Mexicans put themselves through to live in the United States, even illegally." Posted Mar 21, 2008	Under the Same Moon (2008)	72%
1/4	" Sleepwalking is a slow-moving family drama guaranteed to induce a nap if not somnambulism." Posted Mar 14, 2008	Sleepwalking (2008)	19%
2/4	" The fights are parceled out at intervals during the last half, all leading to a climactic battle. But it's hard to build suspense when you know it is coming and you know who will win." Posted Mar 14, 2008	Never Back Down (2008)	23%
2/4	" *Jay Jonroy, who wrote and directed David & Layla,* has come up with some potentially funny material that doesn't quite work.*" Posted Mar 7, 2008*	David & Layla (2008)	53%
4/4	" Frothy and exuberantly entertaining -- in part because of the sexual innuendoes -- it's the best romantic comedy so far this year." Posted Mar 7, 2008	Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)	77%
3/4	" A compelling and visually arresting drama from Brazil." Posted Feb 29, 2008	City of Men (2008)	76%
2/4	" A finale has the young people all dancing in the rain. Like almost everything else about the movie, it has been done before. But it's still foot-stomping fun." Posted Feb 13, 2008	Step Up 2 the Streets (2008)	24%

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