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Critics / Jay Boyar
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    JAY BOYAR

    Agrees with the Tomatometer 71% of the time.

    Publications: Houston Chronicle, Orlando Sentinel, South Florida Sun-Sentinel

    Critics' Group: Florida Film Critics Circle

    Total Reviews: 573

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    Fresh
    5/5

    Rotten
    56%

    The Polar Express (2004)

    " Climb on and you'll experience one of the great joys of moviegoing: seeing something that's like nothing you've ever seen before." — Orlando Sentinel

    Posted Nov 10, 2004

    Rotten
    1/5

    Rotten
    15%

    Head in the Clouds (2004)

    " The story becomes a long slog because Duigan doesn't define his characters and because he's determined to touch too many of the familiar '30s European bases." — Orlando Sentinel

    Posted Nov 5, 2004

    Fresh
    3/5

    Rotten
    49%

    Alfie (2004)

    " The supporting cast of females (and Epps) is fun to watch, and the film boasts three original songs by Mick Jagger and Dave Stewart." — Orlando Sentinel

    Posted Nov 5, 2004

    Fresh
    4/5

    Rotten
    47%

    Saw (2004)

    " Neither a deep, psychological thriller nor a mindless slasher flick, this is one skillfully made, if admittedly superficial, creepout." — Orlando Sentinel

    Posted Oct 29, 2004

    Fresh
    4/5

    Fresh
    82%

    Ray (2004)

    " Foxx helps us to truly understand how much Charles' blindness allows him to achieve, especially when combined with an innate wiliness." — Orlando Sentinel

    Posted Oct 29, 2004

    Rotten
    2/5

    Rotten
    39%

    Birth (2004)

    " Possibly, this idea would have worked as comedy. Say, if the kid had said something like, 'I am dead people.'" — Orlando Sentinel

    Posted Oct 29, 2004

    Rotten
    2/5

    Rotten
    38%

    The Final Cut (2004)

    " This premise sounds like the sort of a screwy, non-idea that a young film student might dream up while editing a documentary. And according to the press notes, that's just what happened." — Orlando Sentinel

    Posted Oct 15, 2004

    Fresh
    3/5

    Rotten
    48%

    Shall We Dance? (2004)

    " The central idea -- that losing yourself in a small, private world can help you to better engage the larger world -- isn't lost in translation." — Orlando Sentinel

    Posted Oct 15, 2004

    Rotten
    2/5

    Fresh
    86%

    Monster Road (2004)

    " A documentary that doesn't always seem to be sure what it's documenting." — Orlando Sentinel

    Posted Oct 12, 2004

    Rotten
    2/5

    Rotten
    33%

    Rockets Redglare! (2003)

    " The film goes on too long, repeats itself and has a reality-TV tendency to wallow in the tawdry." — Orlando Sentinel

    Posted Oct 8, 2004

    Rotten
    2/5

    Rotten
    52%

    Code 46 (2004)

    " Amid the white walls and slick surfaces of this film, the characters seem more like lab rats than human beings." — Orlando Sentinel

    Posted Oct 8, 2004

    Rotten
    2/5

    Rotten
    11%

    Taxi (2004)

    " Has there ever been less chemistry between the stars of a 'buddy' movie?" — Orlando Sentinel

    Posted Oct 6, 2004

    Rotten
    3/5

    Fresh
    65%

    We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004)

    " We Don't Live Here Anymore is, you might say, a movie for adults who are, perhaps, a smidge too impressed with being adults." — Orlando Sentinel

    Posted Oct 1, 2004

    Fresh
    3/5

    Rotten
    51%

    Woman, Thou Art Loosed (2004)

    " For victims of abuse, watching this film may be a cathartic experience. For most moviegoers, it is, at its best, a sober look at a problem that is at last getting some of the attention it has always deserved." — Orlando Sentinel

    Posted Oct 1, 2004

    Fresh
    4/5

    Rotten
    34%

    Shark Tale (2004)

    " A briny, buoyant offer that you can't refuse." — Orlando Sentinel

    Posted Oct 1, 2004

    Fresh
    4/5

    Fresh
    90%

    Mean Creek (2004)

    " A low-key, low-budget thriller that reminds us just how cruel young people can be." — Orlando Sentinel

    Posted Sep 24, 2004

    Rotten
    3/5

    Fresh
    66%

    Bright Young Things (2004)

    " If you yearn for a Brit fix, this is your flick. If not, think twice before checking it out." — Orlando Sentinel

    Posted Sep 24, 2004

    Rotten
    2/5

    Rotten
    9%

    First Daughter (2004)

    " Not even Holmes can elevate this pap." — Orlando Sentinel

    Posted Sep 24, 2004

    Fresh
    5/5

    Fresh
    91%

    Shaun of the Dead (2004)

    " Zombies or no zombies, this is the funniest film of the year." — Orlando Sentinel

    Posted Sep 24, 2004

    Fresh
    4/5

    Rotten
    31%

    The Forgotten (2004)

    " You could wind up with whiplash watching this film, and that's a compliment." — Orlando Sentinel

    Posted Sep 24, 2004

    Fresh
    3/5

    Rotten
    41%

    Zhou Yu's Train (2004)

    " Zhou Yu's Train has its strengths, but it's clearly no bullet train." — Orlando Sentinel

    Posted Sep 17, 2004

    Rotten
    2/5

    Rotten
    54%

    Danny Deckchair (2004)

    " Balsmeyer may remind you of the guy at the party who, after one too many shots, puts a lampshade on his head. It's funny for maybe a moment -- until you realize, to your horror, that he doesn't know when to stop." — Orlando Sentinel

    Posted Sep 17, 2004

    Fresh
    3/5

    Fresh
    72%

    Gozu (2004)

    " There is something compelling about the way this film sneakily taps into our collective psychosexual fantasies." — Orlando Sentinel

    Posted Sep 10, 2004

    Fresh
    5/5

    Rotten
    44%

    Evergreen (2004)

    " Observant, touching, funny and smart." — Orlando Sentinel

    Posted Sep 10, 2004

    Fresh
    3/5

    Fresh
    73%

    The Hunting of the President (2004)

    " What comes across most strongly is how utterly trivial so much of this story now seems. Can we really have spent all that time, money and energy chewing over a land deal and worrying about a presidential dalliance?" — Orlando Sentinel

    Posted Sep 3, 2004

    Rotten
    2/5

    Fresh
    63%

    The Blonds (2004)

    " After watching this chilly film, you won't cry for Argentina so much as you'll be scratching your head about it." — Orlando Sentinel

    Posted Sep 3, 2004

    Fresh
    5/5

    Rotten
    49%

    Vanity Fair (2004)

    " [Nair] clearly loves these characters, the kind and unkind alike. And the proof of this is that she makes them all so marvelously vivid." — Orlando Sentinel

    Posted Sep 1, 2004

    Fresh
    4/5

    Fresh
    87%

    Intimate Strangers (2004)

    " What's at stake in Intimate Strangers is something quite small: The relationship between two lonely people. We care because Leconte helps us to understand their isolation, and we end up sharing their thirst for human contact." — Orlando Sentinel

    Posted Aug 27, 2004

    Rotten
    1/5

    Rotten
    27%

    Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004)

    " After watching this film you feel that you've aged a thousand years." — Orlando Sentinel

    Posted Aug 27, 2004

    Rotten
    1/5

    Rotten
    11%

    Exorcist: The Beginning (2004)

    " Plenty violent. And bloody. And gory. What it isn't -- not really -- is scary." — Orlando Sentinel

    Posted Aug 23, 2004

    Fresh
    4/5

    Fresh
    86%

    Garden State (2004)

    " Cleverly written, sensitively directed and very well-acted." — Orlando Sentinel

    Posted Aug 20, 2004

    Rotten
    2/5

    Rotten
    15%

    Without A Paddle (2004)

    " This is the kind of comedy in which the aim is to make the audience cringe." — Orlando Sentinel

    Posted Aug 20, 2004

    Rotten
    2/5

    Rotten
    32%

    Benji Off the Leash (2004)

    " Parents ... are more likely to experience the film as a blend of clumsy slapstick and mind-numbing bathos." — Orlando Sentinel

    Posted Aug 20, 2004

    Rotten
    3/5

    Rotten
    49%

    A Home at the End of the World (2004)

    " Despite some very good acting in most roles, the people on the screen seem like types with labels." — Orlando Sentinel

    Posted Aug 13, 2004

    Fresh
    4/5

    Fresh
    91%

    Shaolin Soccer (2002)

    " May be the funniest out-and-out comedy of the summer." — Orlando Sentinel

    Posted Aug 13, 2004

    Fresh
    4/5

    Fresh
    68%

    Carandiru (2004)

    " We're served up meaty, often spicy, slices of sadly wasted lives." — Orlando Sentinel

    Posted Aug 13, 2004

    Rotten
    2/5

    Rotten
    26%

    Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004)

    " So lame." — Orlando Sentinel

    Posted Aug 11, 2004

    Rotten
    3/5

    Fresh
    86%

    Collateral (2004)

    " Yet another lackluster late-summer thriller." — Orlando Sentinel

    Posted Aug 6, 2004

    Rotten
    2/5

    Rotten
    22%

    Little Black Book (2004)

    " One of those annoyingly coy romantic comedies in which people try to improve their relationships by deceiving and investigating each other." — Orlando Sentinel

    Posted Aug 6, 2004

    Fresh
    5/5

    Fresh
    94%

    Before Sunset (2004)

    " A richer experience than the original." — Orlando Sentinel

    Posted Jul 30, 2004

    Rotten
    2/5

    Rotten
    19%

    Thunderbirds (2004)

    " Aside from possibly launching a Ben Kingsley line of cosmetics, Thunderbirds seems destined to leave no lasting mark." — Orlando Sentinel

    Posted Jul 30, 2004

    Fresh
    3/5

    Fresh
    73%

    Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle (2004)

    " Crude, tasteless, sophomoric and crass. It is also, sometimes, funny." — Orlando Sentinel

    Posted Jul 30, 2004

    Fresh
    3/5

    Fresh
    100%

    Superstar in a Housedress (2004)

    " An affectionate biographical documentary." — Orlando Sentinel

    Posted Jul 23, 2004

    Fresh
    5/5

    Fresh
    78%

    The Mother (2004)

    " It challenges you to figure out how you feel about the people on the screen -- emotionally, intellectually, morally." — Orlando Sentinel

    Posted Jul 23, 2004

    Rotten
    1/5

    Rotten
    10%

    Catwoman (2004)

    " Arguably the worst superhero film ever made." — Orlando Sentinel

    Posted Jul 23, 2004

    Fresh
    3/5

    Fresh
    96%

    The Return (2004)

    " A quiet film." — Orlando Sentinel

    Posted Jul 16, 2004

    Fresh
    3/5

    Fresh
    95%

    The Story of the Weeping Camel (2004)

    " While it isn't always easy to get used to the slower natural rhythms this film celebrates, its cumulative effect is undeniable." — Orlando Sentinel

    Posted Jul 16, 2004

    Fresh
    3/5

    Rotten
    49%

    De-Lovely (2004)

    " Porter's songs keep much the film afloat when, otherwise, it would have sunk. No matter how turgid or murky the movie becomes, when the music starts, you're flying." — Orlando Sentinel

    Posted Jul 16, 2004

    Rotten
    1/5

    Rotten
    10%

    A Cinderella Story (2004)

    " This witless little comedy takes the classic fairy tale and turns it into a Hilary Duff vehicle about popularity, e-mail and cell phones at a San Fernando Valley high school." — Orlando Sentinel

    Posted Jul 16, 2004

    Rotten
    2/5

    Rotten
    15%

    Sleepover (2004)

    " If the pre-adolescents in your life don't have anything better to do than watch this movie, maybe the time has come to teach them hopscotch." — Orlando Sentinel

    Posted Jul 9, 2004
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    Before SunsetOffsite

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