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BETSY BOZDECH
PUBLICATION(S)
• Common Sense
• DVDJournal.com
• Hollywood.com
• Reel.com

BIOGRAPHY
I'm a lifelong movie lover who's been fortunate enough to be able to make writing about cinema part of my professional life.
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STATS
Total Reviews: 422

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• Location: Alameda, CA


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A SAMPLING OF THIS CRITIC'S CINEMATIC TASTE
 
BEST TO WORST SAMPLING
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3.5/4  The Powerpuff Girls Movie
4/5  Little Miss Sunshine
3/4  Half Nelson
2.5/4  Riding in Cars with Boys
3/5  Sydney White
2/4  High Heels and Low Lifes
1.5/4  Dragonfly
1/4  Haven
 
 
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WORST REVIEWED
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1/4  Haven
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This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 70% of the time.

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3/5
 
" Fast-paced fantasy has lots of tense moments." -- Common Sense
Posted Oct 8, 2008
 
City of Ember (2008)47%
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4/5
 
" Gavin Hood's Oscar-nominated tale about a young South African gangster who gets an unexpected chance at redemption is literally a world apart from anything produced by Hollywood." -- Hollywood.com
Posted Sep 27, 2008
 
Tsotsi (2006)81%
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3/4
 
" Candid, intimate, and often heart-wrenching, Nanette Burstein's documentary captures the confusion and agony of living through high school." -- Hollywood.com
Posted Jul 25, 2008
 
American Teen (2008)69%
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" Look Who's Talking Common Sense: Abigail Breslin" -- Common Sense
Posted Jul 18, 2008
 
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008)79%
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" Look Who's Talking Common Sense: Ashley Tisdale" -- Common Sense
Posted Jul 18, 2008
 
Picture This (2008)n/a
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3/5
 
" Disney turns out a fun, clean, surefire tween hit." -- Common Sense
Posted Jun 19, 2008
 
Camp Rock (2008)n/a
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" Look Who's Talking Common Sense: Susan Sarandon" -- Common Sense
Posted May 8, 2008
 
Speed Racer (2008)37%
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" Look Who's Talking Common Sense: Jodie Foster" -- Common Sense
Posted May 8, 2008
 
Nim's Island (2008)48%
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4/5
 
" Book-based tropical adventure is good family fun." -- Common Sense
Posted Apr 4, 2008
 
Nim's Island (2008)48%
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2.5/4
 
" Wong Kar Wai's dreamy film boasts strong performances but ultimately feels more like a wistful character study than a heartfelt romance." -- Hollywood.com
Posted Apr 4, 2008
 
My Blueberry Nights (2008)47%
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2.5/4
 
" For a movie about a diamond heist, Michael Radford's talky, 1960s-set Flawless lacks sparkle--despite strong period detail, earnest messages, and committed performances." -- Hollywood.com
Posted Mar 28, 2008
 
Flawless (2007)59%
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2/4
 
" Stuck somewhere between a dark comedy and a thriller, director Ira Sachs' Married Life doesn't really work as either, leaving its strong cast adrift." -- Hollywood.com
Posted Mar 7, 2008
 
Married Life (2008)58%
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3/5
 
" A charming mix of screwball comedy and poignant romance, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day is lighthearted period fun." -- Hollywood.com
Posted Mar 7, 2008
 
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)77%
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3/5
 
" Teen-friendly romcom about love's ups and downs." -- Common Sense
Posted Feb 14, 2008
 
Definitely, Maybe (2008)71%
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3/4
 
" Starkly, brutally honest, Cristian Mungiu's well-acted abortion drama paints a bleak picture of Romanian life in the late '80s." -- Hollywood.com
Posted Jan 25, 2008
 
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2008)97%
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2.5/4
 
" Thanks to earnest performances and flat-out amazing dancing, the fairly predictable inner-city drama of How She Move feels surprisingly fresh." -- Hollywood.com
Posted Jan 25, 2008
 
How She Move (2008)66%
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3/4
 
" Faithful to the bestselling novel on which it's based, The Kite Runner is a thoughtful, often heart-wrenching story about betrayal and redemption." -- Hollywood.com
Posted Dec 14, 2007
 
The Kite Runner (2007)66%
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2.5/4
 
" John Cusack takes it down several notches in James C. Strouse's somber, well-acted family mourning tale." -- Hollywood.com
Posted Dec 9, 2007
 
Grace is Gone (2007)58%
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2.5/4
 
" Simultaneously head-scratching and thought-provoking, Todd Haynes' metaphorical Bob Dylan drama feels more like poetry (or music) than a biopic." -- Hollywood.com
Posted Nov 21, 2007
 
I'm Not There (2007)78%
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2.5/4
 
" Dustin Hoffman charms in [this] colorful fairy tale, but despite plenty of magical moments, it's missing the extra sparkle that could make it a classic." -- Hollywood.com
Posted Nov 16, 2007
 
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (2007)36%
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3/4
 
" Thanks to grounded performances from its top-notch cast, Lars overcomes an ultra-quirky premise and develops into a thoughtful, albeit unusual, romance." -- Hollywood.com
Posted Oct 13, 2007
 
Lars And The Real Girl (2007)81%
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2.5/4
 
" If Dharma and Greg went to therapy--a lot--you might end up with something like Robert Cary's appealing but uneven romantic comedy." -- Hollywood.com
Posted Oct 5, 2007
 
Ira & Abby (2007)66%
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4/5
 
" Ride along to dysfunction in quirky indie comedy." -- Common Sense
Posted Oct 1, 2007
 
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)92%
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3/5
 
" Tween star hits college; drinking, hazing ensue." -- Common Sense
Posted Oct 1, 2007
 
Sydney White (2007)37%
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3.5/4
 
" Sean Penn's gorgeous, tragic film is both an advertisement for wanderlust and a sobering cautionary tale." -- Hollywood.com
Posted Sep 28, 2007
 
Into the Wild (2007)83%
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1.5/4
 
" Sure, global warming is scary, but chances are even Al Gore would be baffled by Larry Fessenden's moody, Arctic-set 'eco-thriller.'" -- Hollywood.com
Posted Sep 28, 2007
 
The Last Winter (2007)78%
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1.5/4
 
" The movie looks gorgeous ... but the story never really builds momentum; you keep waiting for the 'real' action to start, but it never does." -- Hollywood.com
Posted Sep 14, 2007
 
Silk (2007)8%
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2.5/4
 
" Rowan Atkinson's second feature-length outing as the bumbling Brit has moments of genuine humor and charm, but overall, [it's] more of a mini-break than a full vacation" -- Hollywood.com
Posted Aug 24, 2007
 
Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007)50%
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2.5/4
 
" Despite strong performances from its excellent cast, Lajos Koltai's wistful adaptation of Susan Minot's novel doesn't quite connect." -- Hollywood.com
Posted Jun 29, 2007
 
Evening (2007)27%
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3/4
 
" As always, the most impressive thing about Reno is the cast's stellar improvisational skills. All of them are completely committed to their characters." -- DVDJournal.com
Posted Jun 17, 2007
 
Reno 911!: Miami (2007)34%
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2/4
 
" Vivid and emotional--but also disjointed and melodramatic--Olivier Dahan's Edith Piaf biopic ... is all about Marion Cotillard's passionate performance." -- Hollywood.com
Posted Jun 16, 2007
 
La Vie En Rose (2007)75%
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3/4
 
" Dan Klores' documentary proves that truth really is stranger than fiction as it spins the tale of an infamous crime of passion--and its unbelievable result." -- Hollywood.com
Posted Jun 8, 2007
 
Crazy Love (2007)78%
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1/4
 
" More a string of already-past-their-expiration-date gags based on big popcorn flicks than an actual film." -- DVDJournal.com
Posted May 21, 2007
 
Epic Movie (2007)2%
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3.5/4
 
" Spare and poignantly bittersweet, Sarah Polley's wrenching romantic drama ... delves into the painful effects of Alzheimer's disease." -- Hollywood.com
Posted May 18, 2007
 
Away From Her (2007)95%
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2/4
 
" Paul Verhoeven's well-acted but overblown (and overly long) WWII thriller ... is like The Diary of Anne Frank by way of Basic Instinct." -- Hollywood.com
Posted May 11, 2007
 
Black Book (2007)76%
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4/4
 
" Hanks has since aced plenty of other parts ... but he's rarely been as beguilingly charming -- and utterly convincing -- as he was playing a 12-year-old trapped in a grown man's body." -- DVDJournal.com
Posted May 6, 2007
 
Big (1988)96%
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2.5/4
 
" Kids who don't care about the finer points of cinematic storytelling (in other words, most of them) will certainly enjoy the film, as will older viewers with a taste for the fantastic." -- DVDJournal.com
Posted Apr 22, 2007
 
Night at the Museum (2006)44%
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2/4
 
" Wistful and uneven, Jonathan Kasdan's [drama] is like Garden State by way of a John Hughes movie -- but less engaging than either." -- Hollywood.com
Posted Apr 20, 2007
 
In the Land of Women (2007)43%
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3.5/4
 
" An absorbing character study that successfully deals with the shades of gray that are part and parcel of real, messy, everyday life." -- DVDJournal.com
Posted Apr 15, 2007
 
Notes on a Scandal (2006)87%
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2.5/4
 
" Fate plays havoc with a salesman's existence in [this] bleak psychological thriller about life and death in the New Mexico desert." -- Hollywood.com
Posted Apr 13, 2007
 
First Snow (2007)56%
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3/4
 
" Unlike so many of the characters Cruz has played [in Hollywood], Volver's Raimunda -- earthy, sensuous, confident, and capable -- feels like a real, lived-in woman." -- DVDJournal.com
Posted Apr 8, 2007
 
Volver (2006)91%
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2/4
 
" Happy Feet is a perfect example of a good concept that never quite figured out where it was going -- the story is uneven at best and virtually falls apart near the end." -- DVDJournal.com
Posted Mar 25, 2007
 
Happy Feet (2006)74%
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3/4
 
" Plenty of charming moments and iconic characters ... but the story isn't anchored firmly enough in the land of fairy tale to avoid feeling dated a few decades down the line." -- DVDJournal.com
Posted Mar 18, 2007
 
Peter Pan (1953)79%
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2.5/4
 
" The plot twists aren't exactly hard to ferret out, and the characters aren't particularly deep, but the actors give the movie enough charm to coast by on." -- DVDJournal.com
Posted Feb 26, 2007
 
Keeping Mum (2006)55%
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1.5/4
 
" Heather Graham's nonstop perky chattering is more annoying than cute in [this] uneven, unrealistic romantic comedy about a rather bizarre love triangle." -- Hollywood.com
Posted Feb 25, 2007
 
Gray Matters (2007)10%
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2.5/4
 
" Blending period drama with message-driven political wrangling, Amazing Grace is as earnest and well-intentioned as it is unsurprising." -- Hollywood.com
Posted Feb 25, 2007
 
Amazing Grace (2007)70%
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2/4
 
" Heavy-handed soundtrack cues, vintage costumes, and rooms overflowing with props can't disguise the fact that the characters, for all their bizarre quirks, don't have much depth." -- DVDJournal.com
Posted Feb 11, 2007
 
Running with Scissors (2006)29%
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3/4
 
" Human nature trumps all in [this] thoughtful, engrossing tale of intrigue and instinct in 1980s East Germany." -- Hollywood.com
Posted Feb 9, 2007
 
The Lives of Others (2006)93%
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2.5/4
 
" Picks up enough once Boog and Elliot are actually in the wild that folks who are just looking for a little light entertainment will probably be amused enough." -- DVDJournal.com
Posted Feb 4, 2007
 
Open Season (2006)47%

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