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COLE SMITHEY
Cole Smithey

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Total Reviews: 387
Total QuickRatings: 1459

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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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"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%
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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%
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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%
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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%
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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
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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%
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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%
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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%
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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%
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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%
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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%
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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%
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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%
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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%
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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%
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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%
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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%
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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%
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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%
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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%
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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%
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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%
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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%
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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%
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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%
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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%
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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%
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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%
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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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