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ANDY KLEIN
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• Dallas Observer
• Los Angeles CityBeat
• New Times
• Pasadena Weekly
• Salon.com
• TNT's Rough Cut
• Variety

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Total Reviews: 853
Total QuickRatings: 521

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• Los Angeles Film Critics Association
• National Society of Film Critics


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Fresh Transsiberian
Fresh The Order of Myths
Fresh Man on Wire
Fresh Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Fresh Kenny
Fresh The Dark Knight
Fresh The Last Mistress
Fresh Hancock
Fresh Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
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Rotten Hell Ride
Rotten The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Rotten Mamma Mia!
Rotten Brideshead Revisited
Rotten Death Defying Acts
Rotten Wanted
Rotten The Happening
Rotten Meet Bill
Rotten Mother of Tears
Rotten Short Order
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This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 78% of the time.

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"... an absolute nail-biter, one of the most plausible and best constructed thrillers in years. " -- Los Angeles CityBeat
Posted Aug 8, 2008
 
Transsiberian (2008)90%
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"Brown presents a complex, provocative view ..." -- Los Angeles CityBeat
Posted Aug 8, 2008
 
The Order of Myths (2008)100%
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"Bishop ... seems to have thrown his prolonged-adolescence wet dream up on the screen, and I don't mean that in an entirely negative way. " -- Los Angeles CityBeat
Posted Aug 8, 2008
 
Hell Ride (2008)9%
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"Beautifully put together, it is every bit as suspenseful as even the best Hollywood heist films, which is even more remarkable when you consider that we know, from the first frame, that Petit will survive." -- Los Angeles CityBeat
Posted Aug 8, 2008
 
Man on Wire (2008)100%
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"But the script frankly sucks. It lifts from sources that were themselves tired liftings from other sources. The funniest lines don't appear to have been intended to be funny." -- Los Angeles CityBeat
Posted Aug 1, 2008
 
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)11%
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"Marina Zenovich's documentary is that it fills in a lot of crucial details (including a few new ones), primarily about the rape and its aftermath." -- Los Angeles CityBeat
Posted Aug 1, 2008
 
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008)86%
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"Nusicals traditionally rely rather heavily on things like singing and dancing; but what stage director Phyllida Lloyd throws onto the screen could better be described as "singing" and "dancing."" -- Los Angeles CityBeat
Posted Aug 1, 2008
 
Mamma Mia! (2008)54%
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"Boiled down to a manageable 2 1/4 hours, the story becomes uneven and the thematic development lopsided. " -- Los Angeles CityBeat
Posted Aug 1, 2008
 
Brideshead Revisited (2008)69%
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"It's like an Aussie equivalent of The Foot Fist Way, shot quick and dirty, but coasting efficiently on the affable personalities of the performers and their characters. Sweet and amusing." -- Los Angeles CityBeat
Posted Jul 18, 2008
 
Kenny (2008)100%
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"...a decidedly minor addition to the résumé of Australian director Gillian Armstrong...The film moves quickly enough, and it's a passably glossy entertainment, but, as Houdini, Pearce is too young... " -- Los Angeles CityBeat
Posted Jul 18, 2008
 
Death Defying Acts (2008)46%
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"It's another step in Nolan's attempt to make action blockbusters more "serious" without stripping them of the genre's benefits. " -- Los Angeles CityBeat
Posted Jul 18, 2008
 
The Dark Knight (2008)94%
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"Whether you find the whole thing thrilling or exhausting will depend in large part on the health of your adrenal glands. " -- Los Angeles CityBeat
Posted Jul 2, 2008
 
Wanted (2008)73%
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"[T]his may be the Breillat film for people who can't stand Breillat films. " -- Los Angeles CityBeat
Posted Jul 2, 2008
 
The Last Mistress (2008)78%
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"[A]bout three-fifths of the way in, things take a sudden turn....While this switcheroo has put off many critics, it is precisely what I found most interesting..." -- Los Angeles CityBeat
Posted Jul 2, 2008
 
Hancock (2008)38%
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"... runs two hours, but, thanks to Gibney and his contributors, it never feels overlong. " -- Los Angeles CityBeat
Posted Jul 2, 2008
 
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (2008)88%
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"At nearly two and a half hours, Radu Mihaileanu's film is unnecessarily long; a few incidents could have easily been cut. But it's still worth the time. It manages to be, at points, heartwarming, tragic, and funny." -- Los Angeles CityBeat
Posted Jun 26, 2008
 
Live and Become (2008)83%
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"... a top-drawer thriller ..." -- Los Angeles CityBeat
Posted Jun 26, 2008
 
Tell No One (2008)92%
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"A satisfying thrill ride. There are some witty bits, and the whole moves swiftly." -- Los Angeles CityBeat
Posted Jun 20, 2008
 
The Incredible Hulk (2008)67%
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"It might sound horribly arrogant to turn a "documentary" about a city into a history of your own emotional development, but the more one studies the body of Maddin's work, the more it makes sense." -- Los Angeles CityBeat
Posted Jun 20, 2008
 
My Winnipeg (2008)97%
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"Very deftly made, with some lovely cinematography and two quirky, engaging lead performances, it's a satisfying debut. " -- Los Angeles CityBeat
Posted Jun 20, 2008
 
Quid Pro Quo (2008)66%
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"[N]owhere near the level of The Sixth Sense, and not quite as good as the subsequent Unbreakable, Signs, and The Village, but at least it suggests that the awfulness of Lady in the Water may have been an aberration." -- Los Angeles CityBeat
Posted Jun 20, 2008
 
The Happening (2008)19%
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"Not awful or offensive, but pretty weak broth nonetheless. " -- Los Angeles CityBeat
Posted Jun 20, 2008
 
Meet Bill (2008)12%
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"... goofy fun, in its own way. But it's the same goofy fun we've seen in dozens of other films for years now, by Argento and others." -- Los Angeles CityBeat
Posted Jun 20, 2008
 
Mother of Tears (2008)49%
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"Although I had to cover my eyes at least a half-dozen times, the movie is altogether gripping, possibly Gordon's best since the '80s." -- Los Angeles CityBeat
Posted May 30, 2008
 
Stuck (2007)71%
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"...details the blend of glory and frustration that still dogs Chinese-American performers in Hollywood. " -- Los Angeles CityBeat
Posted May 30, 2008
 
Hollywood Chinese: The Chinese in American Feature Films (2008)100%
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"Pretty slickly done, given the budget, but more importantly pretty damned funny." -- Los Angeles CityBeat
Posted May 30, 2008
 
The Foot Fist Way (2008)57%
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"There is pleasure to be had in the visual style and some of the performances, suggesting that Byrne the director has been ill served by Byrne the writer." -- Los Angeles CityBeat
Posted May 30, 2008
 
Short Order (2008)0%
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"The movie's real strength lies in its insight into the timeless struggles between parents and the children who need to establish their own identities." -- Los Angeles CityBeat
Posted May 30, 2008
 
The Edge of Heaven (2008)89%
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"I have my problems with Saawariya's story, but the neon/candy production design and cinematography are dazzling, among the most gorgeous I've yet seen in hi-def ... Moulin Rouge times two." -- Los Angeles CityBeat
Posted May 21, 2008
 
Saawariya (2007)41%
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"The movie has that joyous, inescapable sense of a cinema artist discovering his true voice in one blinding flash of energy." -- Los Angeles CityBeat
Posted May 21, 2008
 
Come Drink With Me ()n/a
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"Chinese Outtake: Arthur Dong's fascinating 'Hollywood Chinese' " -- Los Angeles CityBeat
Posted May 21, 2008
 
Hollywood Chinese: The Chinese in American Feature Films (2008)100%
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"'Hit Everybody With a Hammer': Director Uwe Boll probably means it " -- Los Angeles CityBeat
Posted May 21, 2008
 
Postal (2008)9%
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"Cusack Talks" -- Los Angeles CityBeat
Posted May 21, 2008
 
War, Inc. (2008)31%
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"A wildly free-ranging satire [that] runs riot through a fistful of genre conventions." -- Los Angeles CityBeat
Posted May 21, 2008
 
War, Inc. (2008)31%
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"Let's get the thumb-orientation, star-quantity business out of the way first: thumbs up firmly but unenthusiastically; two and a half stars out of four. That is to say...pretty good." -- Los Angeles CityBeat
Posted May 21, 2008
 
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)77%
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"...both showy and precious.... On top of that, it feels like self-consciously warmed over Godard, with traces of Run, Lola, Run tossed in." -- Los Angeles CityBeat
Posted May 14, 2008
 
Reprise (2008)87%
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"...delightful and intriguing..." -- Los Angeles CityBeat
Posted May 14, 2008
 
Roman de Gare (2008)88%
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"... begins and ends with a wonderful, striking image -- Luna gliding by a red and white wall, riding a very low bike with a toy monkey suspended from the back -- but nothing in between is nearly as effective." -- Los Angeles CityBeat
Posted May 11, 2008
 
Mister Lonely (2008)44%
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"[Despite some narrative problems], the visuals hold us rapt, as does Untaru's amazingly natural performance." -- Los Angeles CityBeat
Posted May 11, 2008
 
The Fall (2008)54%
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"The first third is frankly plodding, though the story begins to engage us by the midpoint. While there is nothing wrong with Roache's or Das's work, Bose's performance gives it whatever power it has." -- Los Angeles CityBeat
Posted May 11, 2008
 
Before the Rains (2008)46%
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"[This] may just be the silliest movie I've ever seen, and I mean that in the best way: Frankly, they had me at the title. " -- Los Angeles CityBeat
Posted May 11, 2008
 
OSS 117: Cairo - Nest of Spies (2008)78%
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"Much more carefully shot and lit than most of the Factory output, [Williams's films] do suggest a talent and intelligence that might have led somewhere interesting." -- Los Angeles CityBeat
Posted May 1, 2008
 
A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory (2007)76%
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"Sure, it's better than 88 Minutes [what isn't?] but it's still pretty pointless, with unclear exposition and murky plot developments." -- Los Angeles CityBeat
Posted May 1, 2008
 
Anamorph (2008)26%
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"Morris doesn't let these low-echelon soldiers off the hook, but he's aware they were used to deflect attention from the system that allowed them -- in fact, encouraged or even ordered them -- to cross the line into that dark place that our leaders" -- Los Angeles CityBeat
Posted May 1, 2008
 
Standard Operating Procedure (2008)78%
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"[D]espite a fair amount of suspense and good performances from all three leads, this is one of those films where [the central] scheme ... depends on a million little unpredictable details breaking properly." -- Los Angeles CityBeat
Posted Apr 24, 2008
 
Deception (2008)11%
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"Director/co-writer Gil Cates Jr. gives us a by-the-numbers execution of a by-the-numbers story, which would barely be movie-of-the-week material but for [Burt] Reynolds's "star power."" -- Los Angeles CityBeat
Posted Apr 24, 2008
 
Deal (2008)0%
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"Is it as bad as everyone says? Why, yes! It is!" -- Los Angeles CityBeat
Posted Apr 24, 2008
 
88 Minutes (2008)6%
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"... [filled] with minor mysteries and compelling characters." -- Los Angeles CityBeat
Posted Apr 24, 2008
 
Four Minutes (2007)76%
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"Spurlock gooses things up with every kind of crowd-pleasing trick he can -- songs, animations, videogame representations of him fighting Osama -- and a lot of not-bad jokes." -- Los Angeles CityBeat
Posted Apr 16, 2008
 
Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? (2008)36%
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"[T]he No. 1 agenda [here] has much less to do with academic freedom than with political ideology." -- Los Angeles CityBeat
Posted Apr 16, 2008
 
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (2008)8%

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