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CRITICS / AUTHORS REVIEWS AND ARTICLES
NELL MINOW
PUBLICATION(S)
• Beliefnet
• Chicago Sun-Times
• Denver Post
• Kansas City Star
• Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

BIOGRAPHY
Nell Minow writes about movies, television, the Internet, and parenting. She writes the Media Mom column in the Chicago Tribune and her articles have appeared in USA Today, Family Fun, Child, Daughters, Parents, Slate, and three editions of The Practical Guide to Practically Everything.
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STATS
Total Reviews: 1439
Total QuickRatings: 944

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• Online Film Critics Society
• Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association

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A SAMPLING OF THIS CRITIC'S CINEMATIC TASTE
 
BEST TO WORST SAMPLING
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A Quiz Show
A- Sicko
3.5/4 Beaufort
B+ Grindhouse
3/4 Surf's Up
B Opal Dream
B- Spider-Man 3
C Next
C- Resurrecting the Champ
D Perfect Stranger
 
 
BEST REVIEWED
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A Quiz Show
A The Queen
A Munich
A Cinderella
A Good Night, And Good Luck
A I Heart Huckabees
A The Fog of War
A Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
A Shrek 2
A Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
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WORST REVIEWED
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F Jackass: Number Two
F Basic Instinct 2
F Waiting...
F King's Ransom
F The Whole Ten Yards
F Eurotrip
F My Boss's Daughter
F Jackass: The Movie
D- Catch That Kid
D- Darkness Falls
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This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 71% of the time.

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B+
 
"A grand and visually stunning epic with thrilling battle scenes and powerful themes." -- Beliefnet
Posted May 15, 2008
 
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)69%
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C
 
"What should have stayed in Vegas is this movie." -- Beliefnet
Posted May 11, 2008
 
What Happens in Vegas (2008)29%
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B+
 
"The Wachowskis have taken the iconic but decidedly low-tech 1960's Japanese cartoon character and put the pedal to the metal with dazzling effects and electrifying action." -- Beliefnet
Posted May 9, 2008
 
Speed Racer (2008)34%
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B-
 
"Cheerfully offensive, cheekily raunchy, happily outrageous, and often just plain disgusting, the movie avoids the usual sophomore slump by ramping up the political jabs while keeping it all unpretentious and moving quickly." -- Beliefnet
Posted Apr 24, 2008
 
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008)56%
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B+
 
""Baby Mama" is not just smart, warm, funny, and romantic, it is an especially welcome dose of XX chromosome humor in an Apatow-flooded XY era." -- Beliefnet
Posted Apr 24, 2008
 
Baby Mama (2008)60%
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B+
 
"It shows that no one has more reason to stick it to The Man with rock music than people who are most defiantly not going gently into that good night." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Apr 18, 2008
 
Young@Heart (2008)87%
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D
 
"The movie itself is an example of design by faith and emotion rather than intelligence, defined as rationality grounded in proof." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Apr 18, 2008
 
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (2008)9%
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B-
 
"It does not take itself too seriously but it does take the action scenes seriously." -- Beliefnet
Posted Apr 18, 2008
 
The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)62%
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B-
 
"Segal writes some hilarious lines, and there is a deliriously random detour into vampire musical theater puppetry. But the film's happiest surprise is Russell Brand." -- Beliefnet
Posted Apr 18, 2008
 
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)84%
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B-
 
"The characters might be too smart for their own good, but the movie could use a few more IQ points." -- Beliefnet
Posted Apr 10, 2008
 
Smart People (2008)49%
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C
 
""Street Kings" is a like a Cliff's Notes version of Training Day not that Training Day was any special challenge to the mental muscle. Corruption is bad, we get it." -- Beliefnet
Posted Apr 10, 2008
 
Street Kings (2008)33%
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B
 
"Like the 1925 ragtag professional football team it follows, this movie has more high spirits than ability to deliver." -- Beliefnet
Posted Apr 3, 2008
 
Leatherheads (2008)53%
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B+
 
"An eye-filling and heart-warming story" -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Apr 3, 2008
 
Nim's Island (2008)48%
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3.5/4
 
"[Director Joseph] Cedar gives a surreal, dreamlike quality to many scenes, underscoring the soldiers' isolation." -- Denver Post
Posted Mar 28, 2008
 
Beaufort (2008)87%
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A-
 
"a profound exploration of identity, meaning and human struggles in all times and places." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Mar 28, 2008
 
Beaufort (2008)87%
 N/A  
"Bending parameters of gender and genre: How Stephen Chow and 'CJ7' tweak film conventions" -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Mar 28, 2008
 
CJ7 (2008)45%
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C
 
"An overlong over-conventional under-funny romantic comedy. To put it in its own terms, it might make it as a 100-yard-dash, but does not have the stamina for a marathon." -- Beliefnet
Posted Mar 28, 2008
 
Run, Fat Boy, Run (2008)48%
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B-
 
"Despite the sincerity of its aspirations, it's hampered by awkward construction...and Hollywood gloss that cannot come close to the real-life soldiers telling their stories." -- Beliefnet
Posted Mar 27, 2008
 
Stop-Loss (2008)65%
 N/A  
"Interview with Jim Sturgess and Jeff Ma of "21"" -- Beliefnet
Posted Mar 26, 2008
 
21 (2008)31%
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C
 
"The two leads here are not nearly as desperate for Drillbit to come through as the script is, but it never happens." -- Beliefnet
Posted Mar 21, 2008
 
Drillbit Taylor (2008)26%
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B
 
"The magical glow makes it easier to address some heart-rending themes that might be too disturbing if told in a more straightforward manner." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Mar 19, 2008
 
Under the Same Moon (2008)74%
 N/A  
"Interview with Ira Sachs, writer/director of "Married Life"" -- Beliefnet
Posted Mar 17, 2008
 
Married Life (2008)55%
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C
 
"Fetishised footage of taut, muscular young men grappling with and pounding on each other. All I could think was, "Oh, go ahead. Back down. We'll all be happier."" -- Beliefnet
Posted Mar 14, 2008
 
Never Back Down (2008)25%
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A-
 
"They finally got Dr. Seuss right in this warm-hearted and heart-warming story of the elephant who is "faithful 100 percent" and the world on a little speck of dust that he rescues." -- Beliefnet
Posted Mar 14, 2008
 
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! (2008)78%
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D
 
Click here to read article -- Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Posted Mar 14, 2008
 
Boogeyman (2005)14%
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C
 
"If you are ten years old fan of video games with a short attention span and no knowledge of history, you will love this movie. The further you stray from these core qualifications, the less you will love it." -- Beliefnet
Posted Mar 7, 2008
 
10,000 B.C. (2008)9%
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D
 
"[The] plot would make even the lightweight storylines of "That's So Raven" seem literary. It would make the lightweight storylines of a Bazooka Joe comic strip seem literary." -- Beliefnet
Posted Mar 6, 2008
 
College Road Trip (2008)14%
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B+
 
"It may be traditional, but it is not the slightest bit musty." -- Beliefnet
Posted Mar 6, 2008
 
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)76%
 N/A  
"Tenberken discusses conflicts about how to define "success" for the expedition and Weihenmeyer talks about what inspired him about the teenagers." -- Beliefnet
Posted Mar 6, 2008
 
Blindsight (2008)100%
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B+
 
"Stylish direction from Roger Donaldson and British understatement balance the tension with sly and often-outrageous humor." -- Beliefnet
Posted Mar 6, 2008
 
The Bank Job (2008)77%
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B
 
"Like its hero and heroine, this movie is not for everyone, but it will be loved by those who know how to appreciate it." -- Beliefnet
Posted Feb 29, 2008
 
Penelope (2008)53%
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C-
 
""Semi-Pro" is not even semi-funny." -- Beliefnet
Posted Feb 28, 2008
 
Semi-Pro (2008)21%
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C
 
"Take away the sumptuous settings and Hollywood glamour and what you have here is like Henry VIII for Dummies enacted by the cast of the OC." -- Beliefnet
Posted Feb 28, 2008
 
The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)41%
 N/A  
"Q: It seemed to me that the title of the movie had many layers of meaning. Ruzowitsky: This...intrigued me: Will Sally be able to counterfeit reality himself?" -- Beliefnet
Posted Feb 22, 2008
 
The Counterfeiters (2008)94%
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B-
 
"The film's message about the way that listening and being listened to are essential and life-changing is honest and touching. But it runs out of ideas and the conclusion feels rushed. Like the main character, the film should have had more faith in itself." -- Beliefnet
Posted Feb 21, 2008
 
Charlie Bartlett (2007)53%
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C
 
"A gimmicky thriller without much of a gimmick or many thrills, "Vantage Point" suffers, too, from being out of synch with its time." -- Beliefnet
Posted Feb 21, 2008
 
Vantage Point (2008)37%
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B+
 
"This charming little fairy tale is more than a sweet and heart-warming story; it is a thoughtful exploration of the power of stories, why we are enthralled byhearing and watching them and why we are even more captivated by telling them." -- Beliefnet
Posted Feb 21, 2008
 
Be Kind Rewind (2008)65%
 N/A  
"Was there a true story that inspired this movie? No, not at all. It began with the image of the main character, dressed in a very strict police uniform singing an Arabic song." -- Beliefnet
Posted Feb 17, 2008
 
The Band's Visit (2007)98%
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B
 
"Gorgeous cinematography from Caleb Deschanel (The Black Stallion) and wonderfully intricate production design from James D. Bissell create a believably magical world of dusty tomes and toothy goblins." -- Beliefnet
Posted Feb 15, 2008
 
The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)79%
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B
 
""The Business of Being Born" is messy and amateurish but heartfelt and compelling." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Feb 15, 2008
 
The Business Of Being Born (2008)76%
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B-
 
"Halfway through Kevin Kline shows up in a performance of such vitality and honesty that it shows how two-dimensional the rest of the movie is." -- Beliefnet
Posted Feb 14, 2008
 
Definitely, Maybe (2008)72%
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C
 
"This movie is paced for an audience that grew up multi-tasking and its aesthetic sensibility and depth of story-telling is equivalent to a beer commercial." -- Beliefnet
Posted Feb 14, 2008
 
Jumper (2008)16%
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"The story may be old, but these kids act -- and dance -- as though they are telling it for the first time." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Feb 14, 2008
 
Step Up 2 the Streets (2008)27%
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D
 
"This pea-brained vanity production does not have the energy to remember from one scene to the next what it is about or why it is on screen. It is attention-deficit film-making." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Feb 7, 2008
 
The Hottie & the Nottie (2008)5%
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C
 
"There are a lot of outrageous, raunchy, and insulting comments from caricatured family members, but, surprisingly, considering that most of them are played by stand-up comics, very few actual jokes." -- Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Feb 7, 2008
 
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008)25%
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C
 
"Like its namesake, this one is all glitter." -- Beliefnet
Posted Feb 7, 2008
 
Fool's Gold (2008)10%
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D
 
"starts out badly, gets much worse, and then after it is just dull for a while, it veers off into a whole new category of awful." -- Beliefnet
Posted Jan 31, 2008
 
Over Her Dead Body (2008)13%
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C
 
"It loses all meaning and becomes a numbing barrage of blood. We end up wondering how the special effects were achieved instead of investing in the outcome." -- Beliefnet
Posted Jan 27, 2008
 
Rambo (2008)33%
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B-
 
"The thin and predictable plot benefits from likable performances by Wesley, Armstrong, and the rest of the cast, from some distinctive detail about the Caribbean immigrant population and their community, and from some smokin' dance moves." -- Beliefnet
Posted Jan 27, 2008
 
How She Move (2008)68%
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B+
 
""U2 in 3D" doesn't just give you the feeling of being at a rock concert. It gives you the feeling of being a rock star." -- Beliefnet
Posted Jan 24, 2008
 
U2 3D (2008)92%

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