ROTTEN TOMATOES: Ted Murphy

LISTING OF ALL REVIEWS & ARTICLES

A SAMPLING OF THIS CRITIC'S CINEMATIC TASTE

BEST TO WORST SAMPLING
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A-	Affliction
B+	Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
B	Gloomy Sunday
B-	Venus
C+	The Science of Sleep
C	10 Items or Less
C-	Seraphim Falls
D+	Catch and Release
D	School for Scoundrels
D-	The Good German

BEST REVIEWED
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A	The Rules of the Game
5/5	Amelie
A-	Hairspray
A-	The Wind That Shakes the Barley
A-	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
A-	Dans Paris
A-	Civic Duty
A-	Once
A-	The Proposition
A-	United 93
	more...

WORST REVIEWED
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0/5	Tomcats
0/4	Snow Falling on Cedars
D-	The Good German
D	Premonition
D	The Number 23
D	Memory
D	Interview
D	Black Snake Moan
D	Turistas
D	School for Scoundrels
	more...

This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 74% of the time.

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B+	"... a superb and entertaining thriller." -- Murphy's Movie Reviews Posted Jun 28, 2008	Tell No One (2008)	92%
B	"CASHBACK is a likable film that is bolstered by Ellis' terrific eye for composition." -- Murphy's Movie Reviews Posted Jul 20, 2007	Cashback (2007)	46%
B	"In many ways, it is perhaps the most palatable of all of Waters' movies. There's a sweetness and naivet� to its essence, yet it also falls completely within Waters' oeuvre." -- Murphy's Movie Reviews Posted Jul 18, 2007	Hairspray (1988)	97%
A-	"One of the best movie musicals in recent times and it only gets better on repeated viewings." -- Murphy's Movie Reviews Posted Jul 18, 2007	Hairspray (2007)	91%
B-	"The film is quite disturbing and some scenes are difficult to watch." -- Murphy's Movie Reviews Posted Jul 16, 2007	The Girl Next Door (2007)	69%
B	"*... hopefully what I write might encourage someone to seek out a film. Such is the case with Road to Victory, the debut feature of writer-director-actor Mike Reilly." -- Murphy's Movie Reviews* Posted Jul 16, 2007	Road to Victory (2007)	88%
A-	"Laverty's screenplay is not a simple-minded exercise, although there is a schematic aspect to it. He and Loach want to be fair to both sides of the Irish debate ..." -- Murphy's Movie Reviews Posted Jul 14, 2007	The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2007)	89%
C	"just a shaggy dog story dressed up in cowboy boots and a cool belt." -- Murphy's Movie Reviews Posted Jul 14, 2007	The Wendell Baker Story (2007)	44%
B	"In addition to the rich classical music on its score (with piano solos played by Gheorgiu who is a real-life musical prodigy), the film boasts strong performances by Ganz as the understanding grandparent and Jenkins and Jucker as the boy's parents." -- Murphy's Movie Reviews Posted Jul 14, 2007	Vitus (2007)	64%
B+	"Except for a slightly misguided final scene, LA DOUBLURE (THE VALET) is a great dessert movie: a brisk and breezy romp that will leave audiences smiling." -- Murphy's Movie Reviews Posted Jul 14, 2007	The Valet (2007)	68%
C	"It's only in the last act that things begin to get a bit flaky but up till then VACANCY does what it sets out to do without any pretenses." -- Murphy's Movie Reviews Posted Jul 14, 2007	Vacancy (2007)	56%
C-	"TWO WEEKS offers some positive views on hospice care and tackles head-on a theme that few American features do, but it lacks the gravitas of something like the European drama THE DEATH OF MR. LAZARESCU." -- Murphy's Movie Reviews Posted Jul 14, 2007	Two Weeks (2007)	19%
B+	"tackles big ideas like the preservation of tradition and the overall reach of destiny, but also slyly suggests that the Triad of the 21st Century has evolved into something like a giant corporation." -- Murphy's Movie Reviews Posted Jul 14, 2007	Triad Election (2007)	96%
C+	"The three main performances are what carry the film" -- Murphy's Movie Reviews Posted Jul 14, 2007	The Treatment (2007)	68%
B	"If you allow the film to wash over you, it can be appreciated as an essay on the power of memory." -- Murphy's Movie Reviews Posted Jul 14, 2007	Syndromes and A Century (2007)	87%
B-	"not a great deal that is dramatic happens in the film, but it is that accrual of small details that fleshes out who these people are." -- Murphy's Movie Reviews Posted Jul 14, 2007	Stephanie Daley (2007)	89%
B-	"enjoyable if lightweight entertainment" -- Murphy's Movie Reviews Posted Jul 14, 2007	Starter For 10 (2007)	89%
C	"While I might want to applaud Fischer Christensen for attempting to say something pertinent about gender roles and stereotypes, there is something curiously lacking in the characters." -- Murphy's Movie Reviews Posted Jul 14, 2007	Soap (2006)	55%
C-	"in the end, it's as viable as its titular confection: pretty to look at but cold." -- Murphy's Movie Reviews Posted Jul 14, 2007	Snow Cake (2007)	65%
C	"The cast veers from overly theatrical (Rogers) to amusing (Molly Shannon as Ted's wife Shannon, a woman who speaks her mind without thinking about the consequences) to spot on (Harbour, DeWitt, Basche, and several others)." -- Murphy's Movie Reviews Posted Jul 14, 2007	Sing Now Or Forever Hold Your Peace (2007)	23%
C-	"a trippy movie that doesn't make it easy for the audience to follow. The story is complex and confusing and theanimation keeps the viewer from entering the tale emotionally or intellectually." -- Murphy's Movie Reviews Posted Jul 14, 2007	A Scanner Darkly (2006)	67%
B-	"Surprisingly, this is the first nonfiction film to tackle the subject and Miller manages to find the parallels to contemporary times without being too pedantic or heavy-handed." -- Murphy's Movie Reviews Posted Jul 14, 2007	Sacco & Vanzetti (2007)	88%
B	"... a frank look at the devastation that addiction can cause." -- Murphy's Movie Reviews Posted Jul 14, 2007	Rock Bottom (2006)	80%
B+	"Resnais and his superb cast have poured their hearts into this film adaptation and anyone seeking mature entertainment should search for this gem." -- Murphy's Movie Reviews Posted Jul 14, 2007	Private Fears in Public Places (2007)	79%
B-	"Howard anchors the film with a charismatic turn. He doesn't turn Ellis into a plaster saint but portrays a complex and complicated man." -- Murphy's Movie Reviews Posted Jul 14, 2007	Pride (2007)	46%
D	"This film wants to be a twisty thriller but ends up something of a misogynistic mess which leaves its leading lady stranded." -- Murphy's Movie Reviews Posted Jul 14, 2007	Premonition (2007)	8%
B	"There are some schematics at work in the screenplay, but the film proves to be an entertaining, if frustrating, experience." -- Murphy's Movie Reviews Posted Jul 14, 2007	Poison Friends (2007)	88%
B+	"PAPRIKA adds quite a dash of spice to the anime genre and offers a fun ride." -- Murphy's Movie Reviews Posted Jul 14, 2007	Paprika (2007)	82%
B	"I watched the film with very low expectations and was pleasantly surprised by its heart and its humor." -- Murphy's Movie Reviews Posted Jul 14, 2007	Over the Hedge (2006)	73%
B	"I found the film to be engrossing and fairly well done and would recommend it." -- Murphy's Movie Reviews Posted Jul 14, 2007	One to Another (2007)	47%
B+	"a gem that should not be missed." -- Murphy's Movie Reviews Posted Jul 14, 2007	Offside (2006)	95%
D	"THE NUMBER 23 starts off promisingly but quickly devolves into an uneven mess." -- Murphy's Movie Reviews Posted Jul 14, 2007	The Number 23 (2007)	8%
B-	"Part of the problem with the film, though, is that some of the scenes with the doctor and his family and the doctor and his patients have a staged feel to them -- as if, they were also putting on a "show."" -- Murphy's Movie Reviews Posted Jul 14, 2007	My Country, My Country (2006)	85%
B-	"There's nothing inherently wrong with MISS POTTER. It's just a throwback to the biopics of the 1930s and 40s and in some ways it may seem progressive to contemporary audiences." -- Murphy's Movie Reviews Posted Jul 14, 2007	Miss Potter (2006)	65%
B	"Undoubtedly some enterprising American film company will either undertake a remake or will pitch it as a new reality show ..." -- Murphy's Movie Reviews Posted Jul 14, 2007	The Method (2005)	71%
D	"There's an intriguing premise buried in MEMORY ... [but] he execution leaves something to be desired." -- Murphy's Movie Reviews Posted Jul 14, 2007	Memory (2007)	8%
B+	"Coppola successfully has made a period film that doesn't feel like a museum piece." -- Murphy's Movie Reviews Posted Jul 14, 2007	Marie Antoinette (2006)	54%
C+	"My interest waxed and waned. The set up for the film seemed to take eons. Frank overstuffed the script with exposition, multiple subplots and some seemingly unnecessary sequences. Just as I was ready to dismiss the movie, he switched gears." -- Murphy's Movie Reviews Posted Jul 14, 2007	The Lookout (2007)	87%
B-	"Watching the film, I had admiration for what Eastwood and his writers were attempting, but I remained at arm's length. I'm not entirely sure why I could not buy into the film." -- Murphy's Movie Reviews Posted Jul 14, 2007	Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)	91%
B+	"*Not unlike the sleeper hit Little Miss Sunshine, this breezy and engaging documentary has a great deal to say about the American fixation on winning and losing." -- Murphy's Movie Reviews* Posted Jul 14, 2007	The King Of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007)	97%
B+	"I'm reluctant to give away too much about this terrifically tidy thriller as I think an audience should be able to watch a film without knowing the twists and surprises that the filmmakers intend." -- Murphy's Movie Reviews Posted Jul 14, 2007	Joshua (2007)	62%
C	"If you want a blowsy, overprotective British mother, the choice would be Brenda Blethyn ... who gets to tear up the screen as [a] self-centered force of nature ..." -- Murphy's Movie Reviews Posted Jul 14, 2007	Introducing The Dwights (2007)	52%
C	"HARSH TIMES is a portrait of a male-dominated world and inChristian Bale's fierce performance, Ayer has found the perfect actor. It's just unfortunate that the screenplay feels like a left-over from an era that has passed." -- Murphy's Movie Reviews Posted Jul 14, 2007	Harsh Times (2006)	48%
D-	"The final verdict on this movie is that for all its attempts to replicate the great movies of the 1940s, it fails miserably." -- Murphy's Movie Reviews Posted Jul 14, 2007	The Good German (2006)	33%
B-	"There's a certain remoteness to the story that might keep some members of the audience at bay." -- Murphy's Movie Reviews Posted Jul 14, 2007	Golden Door (2007)	71%
C	"As the subject for a film biography, there would seem to be a great deal of material there, but screenwriter Ah Cheng and director Tian Zhuangzhuang make a botch of it." -- Murphy's Movie Reviews Posted Jul 14, 2007	The Go Master (2006)	69%
C+	"Is this film formulaic? Yes. Does it accomplish what it set out to do? Yes. ... It's certainly not a perfect movie but it does offer many pleasures." -- Murphy's Movie Reviews Posted Jul 14, 2007	Freedom Writers (2007)	69%
C	"FOUR LANE HIGHWAY is an okay first film, but not one that we haven't seen before. McCormick really doesn't offer any new insights into relationships or love affairs and the trite ending feels something of a cop out." -- Murphy's Movie Reviews Posted Jul 14, 2007	Four Lane Highway (2005)	14%
D+	"The problem with FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION is that it breaks the cardinal rule of comedy: it just isn't funny." -- Murphy's Movie Reviews Posted Jul 14, 2007	For Your Consideration (2006)	51%
C+	"What keeps the film interesting, though, is not Fox's "torn between two lovers" shtick, but her encounters with various other women." -- Murphy's Movie Reviews Posted Jul 14, 2007	Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman (2007)	74%

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