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ERIC HARRISON
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• Houston Chronicle
• Los Angeles Times

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BEST TO WORST SAMPLING
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A Elephant
A+ 21 Grams
4/4 Hero
A- Big Fish
3.5/4 Atonement
B+ Jersey Girl
3/4 Garden State
B Bubba Ho-Tep
B- The Missing
C+ The Last Samurai
2/4 Bush's Brain
C Gothika
C- Honey
1/4 The Forgotten
D Zero Day
D- Godsend
F The Passion of the Christ
 
 
BEST REVIEWED
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A The Man Who Wasn't There
4/4 Batman Begins
4/4 Nina's Tragedies
4/4 Layer Cake
4/4 Off the Map
4/4 Head-On
4/4 William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice
4/4 The Woodsman
4/4 In Good Company
4/4 Hotel Rwanda
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WORST REVIEWED
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F Van Helsing
F The Passion of the Christ
D- Godsend
D Zero Day
D Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
D Trois 2: Pandora's Box
D Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
D Enough
1/5 Lost & Found
1/5 Eye of the Beholder
 more...
 
This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 73% of the time.

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3.5/4
 
"It is mindful art doubling as unapologetic entertainment, an ode to eros and errors assembled with vision and meticulous care." -- Houston Chronicle
Posted Dec 7, 2007
 
Atonement (2007)82%
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"Even more than Do the Right Thing, until now Lee's major achievement, When the Levees Broke is simultaneously his most searing and topical movie and the one most assured of enduring." -- Houston Chronicle
Posted Aug 22, 2006
 
When the Levees Broke (2006)96%
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A
 
"Despite the movie's humor and sense of irony, it takes on a sense of somberness as it progresses." -- Houston Chronicle
Posted Jul 21, 2005
 
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)80%
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"Apocalypse Now did help provide me, and many of my generation, with a vision of what film art could achieve, a vision so magnificent it doomed us to spend much of our subsequent moviegoing lives in a funk." -- Houston Chronicle
Posted Jul 21, 2005
 
Apocalypse Now (1979)98%
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A-
 
"It's possible to keep one's feet on the ground and still appreciate the film's quiet verbal and visual poetry." -- Houston Chronicle
Posted Jul 21, 2005
 
George Washington (2000)81%
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3/4
 
"An accomplished first film that manages to comment on the current situation in the Middle East while dealing movingly -- and in very human terms -- with the importance of heritage and history in contemporary life." -- Houston Chronicle
Posted Jun 24, 2005
 
The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam (2005)43%
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4/4
 
"Batman Begins is a remarkable movie. In making it, Nolan swept aside not only the other Batman films but the whole over-burdened shelf of previous super-hero flicks." -- Houston Chronicle
Posted Jun 15, 2005
 
Batman Begins (2005)84%
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4/4
 
"A gently quirky, touching comedy from Israel about a young boy's infatuation with his aunt." -- Houston Chronicle
Posted Jun 10, 2005
 
Nina's Tragedies (2005)61%
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2/4
 
"I can't say much, except that we've seen it too many times in the past, and each time half the audience feels cheated." -- Houston Chronicle
Posted Jun 10, 2005
 
High Tension (2005)40%
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2/4
 
"A cute little romantic comedy buried under enough overblown action, gaudy firepower and special effects to fill a Jerry Bruckheimer picture." -- Houston Chronicle
Posted Jun 10, 2005
 
Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005)59%
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4/4
 
"A gangster film, despite what its title suggests, that ranks with the best of the genre." -- Houston Chronicle
Posted May 27, 2005
 
Layer Cake (2005)80%
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3/4
 
"It's meandering and uneven, but much of it is powerfully effective and affecting." -- Houston Chronicle
Posted May 27, 2005
 
Chrystal (2004)80%
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3/4
 
"[Isild Le Besco] has an unusual look and the ability to appear unformed, hard, vulnerable and sexy all at once." -- Houston Chronicle
Posted May 20, 2005
 
A Tout de Suite (2005)70%
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3/4
 
"It has grand flourishes, bold strokes and a soundtrack that swells with emotional Italian and American rock, but it doesn't go over the edge of sentimentality. It's too hard-edged and its acting is too restrained and fine for that." -- Houston Chronicle
Posted May 20, 2005
 
Don't Move (2005)47%
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2/4
 
"You'd think these agents' training would kick in, that they'd analyze the situation, deduce who is behind the killings and put a plan in place to stop it. You'd be wrong. They panic like ants after their hill has been stepped on." -- Houston Chronicle
Posted May 13, 2005
 
Mindhunters (2005)26%
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3/4
 
"Here is where things get murky, intriguingly so." -- Houston Chronicle
Posted May 13, 2005
 
3-Iron (2005)87%
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3/4
 
"An ambitious and often wonderful movie, an expansive look at urban life -- the fractious, noisy whole of it -- filled with witty, biting and insightful writing." -- Houston Chronicle
Posted May 6, 2005
 
Crash (2005)75%
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3/4
 
"A $130 million epic with much to marvel at and great battle scenes, but it dazzles the senses while barely touching the heart." -- Houston Chronicle
Posted May 6, 2005
 
Kingdom of Heaven (2005)39%
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3/4
 
"An uncommonly well-crafted political thriller." -- Houston Chronicle
Posted Apr 22, 2005
 
The Interpreter (2005)59%
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3/4
 
"Alex Gibney's documentary based on the book is pretty much straight-ahead journalism" -- Houston Chronicle
Posted Apr 22, 2005
 
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)97%
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4/4
 
"[A] lovely film, which hardly ever makes a move that feels wrong." -- Houston Chronicle
Posted Apr 21, 2005
 
Off the Map (2005)70%
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2/4
 
"At first, these uncomfortably long shots create an air of ominousness, until we realize they don't signify anything." -- Houston Chronicle
Posted Apr 15, 2005
 
Intoxicating (2003)40%
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3/4
 
"It is an engrossing introduction to the artist and his work." -- Houston Chronicle
Posted Apr 15, 2005
 
In the Realms of the Unreal (2004)73%
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3/4
 
"The Shawn character says, 'Moments of humor do exist (in life). I exploit them, but in a tragic context.' Allen couldn't have said it better himself." -- Houston Chronicle
Posted Apr 8, 2005
 
Melinda and Melinda (2005)51%
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3/4
 
"At the movie's core is a question that all couples face: How much of one's identity must a person give up in order to make a relationship work? The filmmakers show good marketing sense in balancing the romantic elements with sports." -- Houston Chronicle
Posted Apr 8, 2005
 
Fever Pitch (2005)63%
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2/4
 
"Watching it is like drinking a glass of Alka-Seltzer before the tablet is dissolved. Afterward, you're glad you drank it -- it wasn't that hard to swallow -- but you would've preferred a nice chardonnay." -- Houston Chronicle
Posted Apr 1, 2005
 
In My Country (2005)23%
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3/4
 
"Even with such a powerhouse actor as Day-Lewis, this movie belongs to Rose, who is sensitively played by Camilla Belle, an accomplished young actress who should have a bright future." -- Houston Chronicle
Posted Apr 1, 2005
 
The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005)47%
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3/4
 
"Except for the striking images, it starts to fade even as you're watching it. It is such a bold and striking movie, however, that for the first time we can appreciate the full potential of what Rodriguez has wrought." -- Houston Chronicle
Posted Apr 1, 2005
 
Sin City (2005)77%
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1/4
 
"There's never a question how things will turn out. (If you don't know: Recent Hollywood movies about interracial romance usually turn out well if the guy is white and almost always end tragically if he's black.)" -- Houston Chronicle
Posted Mar 25, 2005
 
Guess Who (2005)43%
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2/4
 
"It's absurd and predictable, but fans of the first movie should like this at least as much." -- Houston Chronicle
Posted Mar 24, 2005
 
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005)14%
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2/4
 
"We don't get to know the soldiers as individuals well enough." -- Houston Chronicle
Posted Mar 11, 2005
 
Gunner Palace (2005)85%
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4/4
 
"Akin calls this his most personal movie. Every frame bristles with authenticity and honest emotion. He's the real thing. His movie is stunning." -- Houston Chronicle
Posted Mar 11, 2005
 
Head-On (2005)90%
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3/4
 
"Above all, the film is a lively, music-filled social history." -- Houston Chronicle
Posted Mar 4, 2005
 
Inside Deep Throat (2005)82%
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2/4
 
"At times it seems like a daring mindbender. At other times, it just seems unintentionally absurd." -- Houston Chronicle
Posted Mar 4, 2005
 
The Jacket (2005)43%
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2/4
 
"There's really no need to pay much attention to the plot." -- Houston Chronicle
Posted Mar 4, 2005
 
Be Cool (2005)28%
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2/4
 
"An uneven but provocative drama." -- Houston Chronicle
Posted Feb 18, 2005
 
Brother to Brother (2004)76%
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2/4
 
"Occasionally, Reeves forgets what movie he's in and strikes a Neo-like pose." -- Houston Chronicle
Posted Feb 18, 2005
 
Constantine (2005)45%
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2/4
 
"The film starts as an entertaining postmodern take on bedroom farce but quickly becomes the kind of sprawling, unpredictable and sexually charged tale associated with Pedro Almodóvar, but without the storytelling discipline." -- Houston Chronicle
Posted Feb 11, 2005
 
You I Love (2005)33%
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4/4
 
"Ranks as one of the most powerful recent adaptations of the bard's work." -- Houston Chronicle
Posted Feb 4, 2005
 
William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (2004)71%
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2/4
 
"First-time director Shainee Gabel generally does a good job of moving things along, though the story feels disjointed at times." -- Houston Chronicle
Posted Jan 28, 2005
 
A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004)42%
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3/4
 
"The film's portrait of the singer is indelible. The story as a whole, however, doesn't hold together, primarily because the imaginary characters and situations that surround her are so inadequately sketched." -- Houston Chronicle
Posted Jan 28, 2005
 
Callas Forever (2004)41%
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3/4
 
"For the first hour or so it builds inexorably to an excruciating level of dread. It does this so well, we're willing to forgive the small lapses of logic it takes to get us there." -- Houston Chronicle
Posted Jan 28, 2005
 
Hide and Seek (2005)12%
 No Rating  
"Features a bravura performance by Penn as a frustrated and deluded loser, but there isn't much else to recommend. The story is a one-note drag." -- Houston Chronicle
Posted Jan 21, 2005
 
The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)69%
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3/4
 
"Like all of Almodóvar's films, Bad Education takes the audience down unexpected roads and switchbacks." -- Houston Chronicle
Posted Jan 14, 2005
 
Bad Education (2004)88%
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4/4
 
"A compelling drama that pulls back the curtain on a problem of epidemic proportions." -- Houston Chronicle
Posted Jan 14, 2005
 
The Woodsman (2004)86%
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4/4
 
"It's more fun than Sideways and just as adult, but because it hews closer to genre formula (and therefore is somewhat more obvious), you'll find it on few if any Top 10 lists." -- Houston Chronicle
Posted Jan 14, 2005
 
In Good Company (2004)83%
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4/4
 
"Because of the subject matter, this feels like one of those films you see because it's good for you. But it also is an extraordinarily moving drama." -- Houston Chronicle
Posted Jan 7, 2005
 
Hotel Rwanda (2004)92%
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4/4
 
"When you think you know its moves, it throws in fancy footwork. Then it sucker-punches you when you're not looking." -- Houston Chronicle
Posted Jan 7, 2005
 
Million Dollar Baby (2004)92%
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2/4
 
"Offers little psychological insight into the man beyond his mantra -- 'I want it all. ... I want to surpass Sinatra in everything he does.'" -- Houston Chronicle
Posted Dec 30, 2004
 
Beyond the Sea (2004)42%
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3/4
 
"The overall assemblage is shaky, but grand." -- Houston Chronicle
Posted Dec 21, 2004
 
A Very Long Engagement (2004)77%

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