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JAY STONE
PUBLICATION(S)
• Canada.com
• National Post
• Ottawa Citizen
• Southam Newspapers

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Total Reviews: 125


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Fresh  Pieces of April
Fresh  Chicken Run
Fresh  Shrek
Fresh  The Deep End
Fresh  The Closet
Fresh  American Pie 2
Fresh  The Center of the World
Fresh  The Anniversary Party
Fresh  The Score
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Rotten  Meet the Spartans
Rotten  A Problem With Fear
Rotten  Dragonfly
Rotten  Black Knight
Rotten  Spy Game
Rotten  Thirteen Ghosts
Rotten  K-Pax
Rotten  John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars
Rotten  Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Rotten  Lost and Delirious
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This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 72% of the time.

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" It’s only about an hour and a quarter long, although a closing dance number stretches it out another few minutes. Brevity, it turns out, is also the soul of stupidity." -- Canada.com
Posted Jan 25, 2008
 
Meet the Spartans (2008)2%
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3/4
 
Click here to read article -- National Post
Posted Nov 14, 2003
 
Pieces of April (2003)84%
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2/4
 
Click here to read article -- National Post
Posted Nov 4, 2003
 
A Problem With Fear (2003)17%
 No Rating  
Click here to read article -- Ottawa Citizen
Posted Nov 16, 2002
 
I Spy (2002)16%
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2.5/5
 
" Becomes a bit of a mishmash: a tearjerker that doesn't and a thriller that won't." -- Ottawa Citizen
Posted Mar 9, 2002
 
Dragonfly (2002)7%
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" The humour is 90 minutes of the same joke." -- Ottawa Citizen
Posted Nov 24, 2001
 
Black Knight (2001)13%
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" It needs twice the tradecraft and half the music." -- Ottawa Citizen
Posted Nov 24, 2001
 
Spy Game (2001)65%
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" Beck ... is very good on volume but not much for tension, suspense or frightening anyone." -- Ottawa Citizen
Posted Nov 2, 2001
 
Thirteen Ghosts (2001)11%
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" Delightful Chicken Run pure poultry." -- Ottawa Citizen
Posted Nov 2, 2001
 
Chicken Run (2000)98%
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" Becomes sappier and more obvious as it works towards its solutions." -- Ottawa Citizen
Posted Nov 2, 2001
 
K-Pax (2001)41%
 No Rating  
Click here to read article -- Ottawa Citizen
Posted Nov 2, 2001
 
The Celebration (1998)91%
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" There is so much to enjoy all the way along that you'd have to be an ogre not to have a good time." -- Ottawa Citizen
Posted Oct 15, 2001
 
Shrek (2001)90%
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" An intensely focussed piece of work, told quietly and with great texture." -- Ottawa Citizen
Posted Aug 24, 2001
 
The Deep End (2001)81%
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" The whole planet looks like a WWF Halloween special. It's The Night of the Living Martians!" -- Ottawa Citizen
Posted Aug 24, 2001
 
John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars (2001)19%
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" Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is what happens when a smart filmmaker decides that it's all right to get really stupid." -- Ottawa Citizen
Posted Aug 24, 2001
 
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)53%
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" It never forgoes the human moments for the farce, and the speed of the storytelling ensures that it is believable enough to work." -- Ottawa Citizen
Posted Aug 17, 2001
 
The Closet (2001)87%
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" Has an ear for adolescent humiliation and clunkiness." -- Ottawa Citizen
Posted Aug 10, 2001
 
American Pie 2 (2001)52%
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" Bogged down in a wearying tone of longing, intense heartbreak and mad symbolic flights of Shakespeare." -- Ottawa Citizen
Posted Jul 27, 2001
 
Lost and Delirious (2001)50%
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" Parker ... enters the role with a naked abandon that fulfils the promise she showed in Kissed and Wonderland." -- Ottawa Citizen
Posted Jul 13, 2001
 
The Center of the World (2001)33%
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" Contains the undeniable fascination of the movie star world that is compelling even if you like to pretend that you couldn't care less." -- Ottawa Citizen
Posted Jul 13, 2001
 
The Anniversary Party (2001)61%
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" The film has a very long buildup for what turns out to be rather pedestrian robbery. It is the scenes among De Niro, Brando and Norton that are the most interesting." -- Ottawa Citizen
Posted Jul 13, 2001
 
The Score (2001)74%
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" A perfect little summer film, and it's exactly what is wrong with Hollywood." -- Ottawa Citizen
Posted Jul 13, 2001
 
Legally Blonde (2001)68%
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" The emotional possibilities pretty well freeze to death in the snowbound landscapes." -- Ottawa Citizen
Posted Jul 6, 2001
 
The Claim (2001)62%
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" [Jet's] great to watch as an action hero, but Kiss of the Dragon ties him up with its silly plot and its ridiculous ultraviolence." -- Ottawa Citizen
Posted Jul 6, 2001
 
Kiss of the Dragon (2001)51%
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" What exactly is being satirized when a priest has diarrhea?" -- Ottawa Citizen
Posted Jul 5, 2001
 
Scary Movie 2 (2001)13%
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" For the most part, though, Baby Boy tells a provocative and original story." -- Ottawa Citizen
Posted Jun 29, 2001
 
Baby Boy (2001)69%
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" A mixed bag of science-fiction contemplations." -- Ottawa Citizen
Posted Jun 29, 2001
 
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)72%
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" It's all pretty dopey, but there are some exciting races, a great sequence involving a truck hijacking gone wrong, and the opportunity to watch Vin Diesel." -- Ottawa Citizen
Posted Jun 22, 2001
 
The Fast and the Furious (2001)53%
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" Messy and listless." -- Ottawa Citizen
Posted Jun 22, 2001
 
Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001)41%
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" Always surprising and the performances are carefully calibrated." -- Ottawa Citizen
Posted Jun 20, 2001
 
Beautiful Creatures (2001)37%
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" Not all of the killings are related to sex: the movie is more a catalogue of heartless vengeance." -- Ottawa Citizen
Posted Jun 20, 2001
 
Baise Moi (2001)23%
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" Lara Croft: Tomb Raider is a movie in need of a joystick and an off button." -- Southam Newspapers
Posted Jun 15, 2001
 
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)19%
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" If this is Evolution, put me down for creationism." -- Ottawa Citizen
Posted Jun 8, 2001
 
Evolution (2001)41%
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" Computers that flash 'Access Denied' until the last possible second, then say 'Access Granted,' are not quite the hair-raising suspense vehicles that screenwriters seem to believe." -- Ottawa Citizen
Posted Jun 8, 2001
 
Swordfish (2001)25%
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" A quiet indictment and a quiet tribute as well." -- Ottawa Citizen
Posted Jun 1, 2001
 
The Circle (2001)93%
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" Mildly amusing, if unusually stuffy." -- Ottawa Citizen
Posted Jun 1, 2001
 
What's The Worst That Could Happen? (2001)11%
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" Its creativity is all used up in its idea and Schneider's various animal impressions are all pretty much the same." -- Ottawa Citizen
Posted Jun 1, 2001
 
The Animal (2001)31%
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" Helgeland wrote L.A. Confidential and directed Payback, but this is his first stab at full auteurism, and A Knight's Tale comes with a coherent vision." -- Ottawa Citizen
Posted May 11, 2001
 
A Knight's Tale (2001)59%
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" Good mindless summer fun." -- Ottawa Citizen
Posted May 4, 2001
 
The Mummy Returns (2001)47%
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" Under the gloss it's like the failed pilot for some overproduced TV sitcom." -- Ottawa Citizen
Posted Apr 27, 2001
 
Town and Country (2001)13%
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" This is the shadow of a dark farce just as Tyler doesn't really embody an irresistible sex object as much as stand for one." -- Ottawa Citizen
Posted Apr 27, 2001
 
One Night at McCool's (2001)33%
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" Plays like the world's first open-wheel racing music video: fast, noisy and flammable." -- Ottawa Citizen
Posted Apr 27, 2001
 
Driven (2001)13%
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" It is in the details that le Carré and Boorman weave this darkly funny story." -- Ottawa Citizen
Posted Apr 20, 2001
 
The Tailor of Panama (2001)79%
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" Most of it is pure tedium, interrupted by jaw-dropping immaturity and inept jokes." -- Ottawa Citizen
Posted Apr 20, 2001
 
Freddy Got Fingered (2001)10%
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" Achieves the rare feat of being both old-fashioned and post-modern and still finding a way toward a happy ending." -- Ottawa Citizen
Posted Apr 13, 2001
 
Bridget Jones' Diary (2001)80%
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" The edgiest commentary in memory on the fascism of adolescent fashion." -- Ottawa Citizen
Posted Apr 12, 2001
 
Josie and the Pussycats (2001)53%
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" Along Came A Spider weaves a somewhat ramshackle web, but it will probably keep you watching." -- Ottawa Citizen
Posted Apr 6, 2001
 
Along Came a Spider (2001)32%
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" A rather banal portrait of an insipid guy who got rich selling nose candy and lived to regret it." -- Ottawa Citizen
Posted Apr 6, 2001
 
Blow (2001)54%
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" It plays like a sop thrown down by a genius who imagines his every pensée is both precious and engagingly satirical." -- Ottawa Citizen
Posted Mar 30, 2001
 
The Million Dollar Hotel (2001)24%
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" Spy Kids may not be as cool as it wants to be, and it may not become the cult item it is aiming at, and the special effects may be even cheesier than the plot calls for, but it doesn't lack for imagination." -- Ottawa Citizen
Posted Mar 30, 2001
 
Spy Kids (2001)93%

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