ROTTEN TOMATOES: Cole Smithey

LISTING OF ALL REVIEWS & ARTICLES

A SAMPLING OF THIS CRITIC'S CINEMATIC TASTE

BEST TO WORST SAMPLING
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A	Control
4/4	Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea
A+	In the Valley of Elah
A-	Superbad
B+	The King Of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
B	Dedication
B-	Delirious
C+	The Kingdom
C	The Hunting Party
C-	The Invasion
D+	Feast of Love
D	Finishing the Game
D-	Postal
F	Southland Tales

BEST REVIEWED
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A	Speed Racer
A+	Shine a Light
A	Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
A	Funny Games
A+	Standard Operating Procedure
A	4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
A+	There Will Be Blood
A	Nanking
4/4	Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea
A	Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten
	more...

WORST REVIEWED
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F	The Signal
F	Southland Tales
F	The Hills Have Eyes II
F	The Devil's Rejects
D-	Postal
D-	The Reaping
D-	Wild Hogs
D-	The Number 23
D	Mister Lonely
D	88 Minutes
	more...

This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 71% of the time.

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C-	"From its silly exploitation treatment of prostitution and sexual bondage you'd never imagine that Giuseppe Tornatore, the same director who created the magnificent "Cinema Paradiso," made "The Unknown Woman." " -- ColeSmithey.com Posted May 10, 2008	The Unknown Woman (2008)	67%
B-	"For a low budget, independent comedy made in 19 days, "The Foot Fist Way" is a clever and surprisingly satisfying effort from first-time director and co-writer Jody Hill. " -- ColeSmithey.com Posted May 10, 2008	The Foot Fist Way (2008)	100%
C+	"No matter how dark your sense of humor, the Bush Administration�s joke has become a harsh reality. There�s no spark of humor when you�re staring into an abyss." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted May 9, 2008	War, Inc. (2008)	23%
B+	"Documentarian Doug Pray ("Scratch") connects the narrative dots between the Paskowitz's nine children that survived their unconventional upbringing with varying degrees of success. You have to see this unusual story to believe it." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted May 9, 2008	Surfwise (2008)	100%
B+	"Although not a perfect film, "Quid Pro Quo" is a highly crafted cinematic achievement that taps into its characters' subconscious with surgical precision and elegant assurance. " -- ColeSmithey.com Posted May 8, 2008	Quid Pro Quo (2008)	n/a
C	"Norwegian auteur Joachim Trier isn't a close relative of Lars von Trier, but his debut feature film bares the characteristics of an ambitious if overreaching young filmmaker taunting his elders to scold him for his audacity. " -- ColeSmithey.com Posted May 5, 2008	Reprise (2008)	95%
C-	"This tone-deaf flick from hack screenwriter Dana Fox, is an example of a Hollywood formula romantic comedy where the author never properly learned the recipe." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted May 4, 2008	What Happens in Vegas (2008)	29%
A	"The Wachowski Brothers achieve a divine vision of psychedelic visual ecstasy while digging deep into an campy comic/dramatic tone that works for audiences of all ages." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted May 4, 2008	Speed Racer (2008)	35%
B-	"For all of it's anti-corporate military themes, "Iron Man" spends too much time watching technology genius Tony Stark tinkering with his super-hero costume design to get around to developing much of a story. " -- ColeSmithey.com Posted May 4, 2008	Iron Man (2008)	93%
B	"Claude Lelouch's ode to the 'train station novel' is a perfectly balanced genre blend of romance and suspense thriller that shifts gears like an Aston Martin on Route One. " -- ColeSmithey.com Posted May 1, 2008	Roman de Gare (2008)	84%
B-	"It may be just another Mamet experiment in the limits of dramaturgy, but "Redbelt" keeps the audience guessing." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Apr 30, 2008	Redbelt (2008)	72%
B-	"Writer/director David Ross crosses a line into gratuitous exploitation by accentuating semi-pornographic settings to incite mixed emotions. The sensual side effect could work as a way of bringing an audience into the story's cruel discussion on human natu" -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Apr 29, 2008	The Babysitters (2008)	28%
D+	"The movie doesn't know if it wants to be a kid's movie (it's not), or just a prepubescent reverie. Either way "Son of Rambow" is a slapdash story told in a slapdash way. " -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Apr 23, 2008	Son of Rambow (2008)	77%
C-	"Dark humor, along the lines of "The Honeymoon Killers," gives way to fractured set pieces that gesture toward the film's gratuitous climax, one that's destined to bestow upon it a cult status. " -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Apr 22, 2008	Savage Grace (2008)	44%
D-	"Uwe Boll is the epitome of a hack director who thinks that putting an Osama impersonator and a George Bush lookalike together in a scene will automatically make some comic impression. It just made me sleepy. " -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Apr 20, 2008	Postal (2008)	29%
B+	"Surrogate motherhood is the comic topic of the day, and this is one funny chick flick that won't rankle male members of the audience." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Apr 19, 2008	Baby Mama (2008)	61%
B	"In spite of their dubiously short stay at the prison of the film's title this multi-culti screwball buddy comedy, about stoner goofballs Harold and Kumar, properly roasts post 9/11 America with an irreverent vengeance." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Apr 19, 2008	Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008)	56%
D	"Think of it as a cinema-of-the-infantile and you'll be better able to stomach the utter boredom that goes along with Korine's prepubescent logic. " -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Apr 17, 2008	Mister Lonely (2008)	48%
B-	"Although muddled at times from its cross-purpose agendas of trumpeting conservation and establishing a story arc that never quite congeals, "Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk" is a lush look at a journey that few people will ever experience except vic" -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Apr 15, 2008	Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk (2008)	86%
B-	"From a philosophical viewpoint it's fitting that the inaugural movie to unite martial arts legends Jackie Chan and Jet Li is a fantasy film for young teenagers. Forbidden Kingdom" may not be "Enter the Dragon," but it's not supposed to be." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Apr 13, 2008	The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)	62%
D	"Okay, so Al went slumming and all he got was a paycheck and movie for his fans to ignore. All is forgiven. Just don't do it again Al. Please don't do it again." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Apr 13, 2008	88 Minutes (2008)	6%
B-	"Forgetting Sarah Marshall is a romantic comedy for guys, but there�s plenty of material aimed at female audiences as well, not the least of which are the full-frontal male assaults. We�re all friends in Judd Apatow�s comedic vision." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Apr 9, 2008	Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)	84%
B	"Far from the exploitation movie that you'd expect from its subject matter, "Irina Palm" is a significant piece of cinematic satire that comes straight from the heart. " -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Apr 8, 2008	Irina Palm (2008)	75%
B+	""Bra Boys" exposes a specific slice of rebellious Australian surfing culture hardboiled from the senseless violence visited upon them by authorities and rival gangs alike. Maroubra means, "place of thunder." Upon seeing this gripping movie, you'll know wh" -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Apr 8, 2008	Bra Boys (2008)	77%
C+	"Somebody should have told screenwriter Mark Poirier that it's oxymoronic to trumpet a Republican character as a "smart" person in this well-acted but underwhelming comedy." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Apr 6, 2008	Smart People (2008)	49%
B-	"A combination of implausible plot-points, and the miscasting of television's Hugh Laurie as Internal Affairs chief Captain Biggs, hampers a convoluted crime thriller that is nonetheless entertaining for its grotesque action sequences." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Apr 6, 2008	Street Kings (2008)	33%
B	"Based on Wendy Orr's youthful feminized spin on Robinson Crusoe, "Nim's Island" is a low-key adventure comedy for preteens that will touch the hearts of their gooey-eyed parents. " -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Apr 5, 2008	Nim's Island (2008)	48%
C-	"Critical darling auteur Wong Kar Wai may have a knack for luscious cinematic compositions, but his limited narrative sensibilities hobble this scattershot romantic drama." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Apr 1, 2008	My Blueberry Nights (2008)	49%
A+	"Where Scorsese's focus for the "The Last Waltz" was on capturing a cultural zeitgeist that supported a generational shift of musical ideas, here he goes after the incredibly honed inner-workings of the Rolling Stones' performance style and musical deliver" -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Apr 1, 2008	Shine a Light (2008)	86%
C-	""21" relies too heavily on music video montages to connect its cardboard characters." -- Daily Radar Posted Mar 23, 2008	21 (2008)	31%
C+	""Run, Fat Boy, Run" is a cut-and-dried formula comedy slightly elevated by its more than competent cast. " -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Mar 23, 2008	Run, Fat Boy, Run (2008)	48%
B+	"Maddening, upsetting, and articulate, it's a film that dares to address a malicious tentacle of Government expediency connected to a much larger monster. " -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Mar 21, 2008	Stop-Loss (2008)	65%
N/A	"Michael Pitt Plays Haneke's Games" -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Mar 20, 2008	Funny Games (2008)	49%
C	"Call it a cinema of guilty pleasure, and don't worry if you fall asleep in your seat after the sex scene is over. You won't be alone." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Mar 20, 2008	Boarding Gate (2007)	26%
C	"Apart from a few mildly funny bits of slapstick, "Drillbit Taylor" doesn't come near the level of comedy that Judd Apatow and screenwriter Seth Rogen are known for." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Mar 20, 2008	Drillbit Taylor (2008)	26%
B	""Planet B-Boy" takes a step toward bringing together foreign communities by sharing a communal model of freedom of expression--the freedom of movement." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Mar 17, 2008	Planet B-Boy (2008)	90%
N/A	"Michael Haneke Gets the Last Laugh: The "Funny Games" Interview" -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Mar 16, 2008	Funny Games (2008)	49%
A	""Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who" is an inspired cinematic adaptation that improves on the book in a way that a movie of this magnitude should. " -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Mar 14, 2008	Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! (2008)	78%
C-	"Yesterday's Fight Club is today's "Combat Club" in this battle of teen six-pack abs. " -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Mar 9, 2008	Never Back Down (2008)	25%
A	"*Both versions of Funny Games* equally represent the most indigestible and unsettling fictional film I've ever seen.*" -- ColeSmithey.com* Posted Mar 8, 2008	Funny Games (2008)	49%
C	"Rhetoric far outweighs substance in this vaguely satisfying and preachy doc." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Mar 8, 2008	Girls Rock! (2008)	73%
A-	"Visually stunning and emotionally moving, "Blindsight" is real joy through and through. " -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Mar 8, 2008	Blindsight (2008)	100%
C	""CJ7" has some moments of sweetness and CGI inflected humor, but comes off as slight compared to the filmmaker's previous efforts." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Mar 8, 2008	CJ7 (2008)	45%
B-	"There's gentile satire here, to go along with suspense and sexual intrigue, but the tone of the piece stays too melodramatic to hit its potential to resonate. Every actor pours on his or her best, in a tempered showcase movie that's worth seeing." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Mar 8, 2008	Married Life (2008)	55%
B	"Director/co-writer Ramin Bahrani ("Man Push Cart") gives a candid window into America's impoverished underbelly via a Queens junkyard neighborhood called the "Iron Triangle," where 12-year-old Latino orphan Ale (Alejandro Polanco) plans for his future " -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Mar 5, 2008	Chop Shop (2007)	94%
B-	"Realistically filmed, but limited by narrative cuts that hopscotch through time, "It's a Free World" is a flawed film that overflows with ideas. You should never pass up a Ken Loach movie, and this is no exception to the rule. " -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Mar 4, 2008	It's a Free World (2007)	93%
N/A	"Dennis Quaid Shares His Vantage Point" -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Mar 2, 2008	Vantage Point (2008)	37%
B+	"Frances McDormand executive produced this deft and sophisticated screwball comedy that's more than just a perfect movie for grandmothers." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Mar 1, 2008	Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)	76%
B	"The Bank Job is good old-fashioned bank heist movie that's based on a 1971 London robbery in which a Lloyds Bank vault was emptied while the city slept." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Feb 29, 2008	The Bank Job (2008)	77%
B-	"Will Farrell loiters in the comfort of his signature punch-drunk delivery of outrageous lines and sight gags in a '70s era parody that extends the funk vibe of Judd Apatow's summer comedy "Superbad." " -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Feb 25, 2008	Semi-Pro (2008)	21%

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