ROTTEN TOMATOES: Jeffrey Overstreet

LISTING OF ALL REVIEWS & ARTICLES

A SAMPLING OF THIS CRITIC'S CINEMATIC TASTE

BEST TO WORST SAMPLING
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A	Songs from the Second Floor
4/4	A History of Violence
A+	The Apostle
A-	Memento
3.5/4	Millions
B+	In the Bedroom
3/4	Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
B	Titanic
2.5/4	The Reckoning
B-	City by the Sea
C+	Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2/4	Constantine
C	Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
1.5/4	Assault on Precinct 13
C-	Brokeback Mountain
1/4	Evening
D	Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
0.5/4	The Reaping
D-	Entropy

BEST REVIEWED
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4/4	The Flight of the Red Balloon
A+	Cafe Lumiere
A+	There Will Be Blood
A	Italian for Beginners
A+	Born Into Brothels
A+	Blue
A	The Age of Innocence
A+	No End in Sight
A+	Fast, Cheap, & Out of Control
A	Junebug
	more...

WORST REVIEWED
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F	The Life of David Gale
0/4	Catwoman
D-	Entropy
D-	Dreamcatcher
0.5/4	The Reaping
D	Hangman's Curse
D	The Island
D	Sin City
D	Arlington Road
D	Anger Management
	more...

This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 82% of the time.

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3/4	" *Like Blade Runner, the film reminds us of the corrupting nature of power, and how those who look down on others often fail to understand the consequences of their actions." -- Christianity Today* Posted Oct 10, 2008	Body of Lies (2008)	53%
1.5/4	" Woody Allen's work should be taking him deeper into complex and revealing stories about the heart. Instead, he's becoming more preoccupied with the lurid and the lewd." -- Christianity Today Posted Aug 15, 2008	Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)	80%
2.5/4	" *The chill of Frozen River* is so unpleasantly relentless that it's likely to leave viewers dispirited, numb, and wondering what to make of it all.*" -- Christianity Today* Posted Aug 1, 2008	Frozen River (2008)	86%
2.5/4	" If anything, this production should have been televised. There's nothing here deserving the big screen--except for the radiant Gillian Anderson, the beating heart of the film." -- Christianity Today Posted Jul 25, 2008	The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)	32%
3/4	" Dispelling all fears about age and ability, Harrison Ford puts on that legendary fedora and becomes Indiana Jones again, exactly as we remember him." -- Christianity Today Posted May 20, 2008	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)	77%
4/4	" Some critics complain that 'nothing happens' in this film. To borrow a line from James Cameron's The Abyss -- they 'need to look with better eyes than that.' It's meant to be observed the way you might study art in a museum." -- Christianity Today Posted Apr 4, 2008	The Flight of the Red Balloon (2008)	79%
A+	" You don't take this journey for the bends in the road, but the fleeting sights along the way make it memorably rewarding." -- Looking Closer Posted Dec 30, 2007	Cafe Lumiere (2004)	94%
A+	" *It's dedicated to Altman, and yet Blood* feels more like a collaborative effort from Kubrick, Malick, Weir, and Coppola. And the bizarre finale is 100 percent Anderson.*" -- Looking Closer* Posted Dec 26, 2007	There Will Be Blood (2007)	92%
B+	" Juno's personality dominates the movie, which is both its strength and its weakness." -- Looking Closer Posted Dec 5, 2007	Juno (2007)	93%
C	" There's no sense of wonder in this frantic tour of wonderland, and Lyra escapes trouble so easily, there's little suspense." -- Looking Closer Posted Dec 5, 2007	The Golden Compass (2007)	41%
B+	" There's a 90-minute masterpiece in this film, waiting for an editor to find it." -- Christianity Today Posted Nov 27, 2007	I'm Not There (2007)	78%
1.5/4	" Margot at the Wedding is a story told from a perspective that's as viciously condescending and critical as Margot's own worldview." -- Christianity Today Posted Nov 21, 2007	Margot at the Wedding (2007)	52%
3.5/4	" It's almost too good to be true that the Coen Brothers have adapted McCarthy's novel and brought it to the screen, though it is their bleakest work to date." -- Christianity Today Posted Nov 9, 2007	No Country for Old Men (2007)	94%
A-	" ... it's the performances that make this picture compelling in spite of its snail's-pace narrative." -- Looking Closer Posted Oct 18, 2007	The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)	75%
B+	" It avoids gratuitous gore and the shocks that provide the backbone of most horror films. [Derrickson's] more interested in the spiritual questions at hand." -- Looking Closer Posted Sep 21, 2007	The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)	45%
D-	" Since the main character makes foolish decisions, and then makes worse decisions, his pleas for our sympathy are annoying and unsuccessful." -- Looking Closer Posted Sep 21, 2007	Entropy (1999)	29%
A	" A rare delight ... a joyous comedy that is at the same time grounded in real life with characters whose company is a pleasure." -- Looking Closer Posted Sep 21, 2007	Italian for Beginners (2002)	88%
C	" Unfortunately, Ron Howard is the Grinch who stole Christmas from Jim Carrey." -- Looking Closer Posted Sep 21, 2007	How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)	53%
A-	" ... a fantastically entertaining crime thriller, crackling with energy from beginning to end. ... But Nicholson's outrageous over-acting becomes a distraction." -- Looking Closer Posted Sep 21, 2007	The Departed (2006)	92%
C+	" Chunhyang is a gorgeous, elaborate film that feels like a fairy tale with a fresh coat of paint. Unfortunately, the paint is the most interesting part." -- Looking Closer Posted Sep 20, 2007	Chunhyang (2000)	85%
B	" The material plays to [Burton's] strengths ... he's more interesting as a stylist than a storyteller." -- Looking Closer Posted Sep 20, 2007	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)	84%
A-	" ... a lasting testament to the power of love and the damage done by prejudice and hate." -- Looking Closer Posted Sep 20, 2007	The Boxer (1997)	75%
A+	" As bright as a box of new crayons, and just as full of creative potential, these children give us vibrant pictures of hope in the midst of oppression." -- Looking Closer Posted Sep 20, 2007	Born Into Brothels (2004)	96%
A+	" Blue -- Kieslowski's masterpiece -- is a story about the journey from grief and brokenness to rebirth, written on a woman's face." -- Looking Closer Posted Sep 20, 2007	Blue (1993)	100%
A-	" ... it is a hyperviolent movie against violence; a graphic portrayal of infidelity in the name of marriage; a tale of murderous sibling rivalry in the name of family." -- Looking Closer Posted Sep 20, 2007	Amores Perros (2001)	92%
A	" It shows that while conformity can stifle honesty and love, acting in mere self-interest can be even more destructive." -- Looking Closer Posted Sep 20, 2007	The Age of Innocence (1993)	81%
A+	" Ferguson consults not the administration's political opponents, but the very experts that the U.S. government selected and sent into the Baghdad fray ..." -- Looking Closer Posted Sep 20, 2007	No End in Sight (2007)	94%
A-	" Finding Neverland is about hanging on to that belief in something that transcends the empirical world. It's a small, gentle, graceful motion picture." -- Looking Closer Posted Sep 19, 2007	Finding Neverland (2004)	83%
B-	" For his success in adhering to higher standards of art, for his restraint and honesty, I applaud Cristsbal Krusen. His first film is a promising work." -- Looking Closer Posted Sep 19, 2007	Final Solution (2002)	n/a
A+	" ... an enthralling exploration of creativity, science, and imagination. Don't we all wish we could find as much fulfillment in our work as these guys do?" -- Looking Closer Posted Sep 19, 2007	Fast, Cheap, & Out of Control (1997)	93%
B+	" The action is fast and furious, and so are the punchlines." -- Looking Closer Posted Sep 19, 2007	Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)	77%
D	" ... [these] are Christian filmmakers stooping to use the same manipulative storytelling tactics that anti-Christian filmmakers often use to express their own bias." -- Christianity Today Posted Sep 19, 2007	Hangman's Curse (2003)	0%
C+	" In his severity, Cronenberg disrupts the audience's immersion in a story that might have become a landmark tale of corruption and conscience..." -- Christianity Today Posted Sep 19, 2007	Eastern Promises (2007)	88%
D	" It seems to assume that its audience is made of idiots, constantly reminding us of the simple plot details and having characters define things for each other." -- Looking Closer Posted Sep 12, 2007	The Island (2005)	40%
A	" From dinner-table silences, to nuances of Baptist vocabulary, to 'colorful' displays of Southern imagination, these people are three-dimensional and compelling." -- Looking Closer Posted Sep 12, 2007	Junebug (2005)	87%
A-	" *... The Lives of Others* illustrates, with only a dash of sentimentality, the truth that integrity leads to vulnerability and sacrifice.*" -- Looking Closer* Posted Sep 12, 2007	The Lives of Others (2006)	93%
B-	" The most troubling element of the film is its conclusion ... which comes to rather alarming conclusions about how to deal with a resentful social outcast." -- Christianity Today Posted Sep 12, 2007	Monster House (2006)	74%
B+	" *... retools the resolution of Crimes and Misdemeanors* so its hero, instead of losing his grasp on morality, never even had a hold on morality in the first place.*" -- Looking Closer* Posted Sep 12, 2007	Match Point (2005)	77%
C	" [It] raises interesting questions about what can happen in a democracy when its people are deeply corrupt. ... But likely to be more disheartened than enlightened." -- Looking Closer Posted Sep 12, 2007	Manderlay (2006)	50%
C	" While his hero is conscience-stricken about killing, Emmerich sure enjoys serving it up in generous helpings." -- Looking Closer Posted Sep 12, 2007	The Patriot (2000)	62%
C	" The storm looks perfect, but the real danger here is the tidal wave of mediocrity and cliches." -- Looking Closer Posted Sep 12, 2007	The Perfect Storm (2000)	47%
A	" The Rookie is one of those rare, wonderful 'formula' films that ... favors understatement over exaggeration, subtlety over sentimentality." -- Looking Closer Posted Sep 9, 2007	The Rookie (2002)	82%
A	" *Like each episode of Kieslowski's Decalogue, The Return* is a small but potent story. It leads us to ask: Is it ever enough to just 'trust and obey'?*" -- Looking Closer* Posted Sep 9, 2007	The Return (2004)	96%
B	" Rampling and Ozon clearly enjoy working together. Rampling relishes psychologically complex roles. Ozon respects his leading ladies enough to give them challenges." -- Looking Closer Posted Sep 7, 2007	Swimming Pool (2003)	85%
B+	" *While it lacks the quality of Empire's script and performances, Clones* is the most visually enthralling of the series so far.*" -- Looking Closer* Posted Sep 7, 2007	Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002)	66%
D	" Eager to blaze trails for desktop moviemaking, what did these artists do? Throw fuel on the fires of viewers' basest appetites." -- Looking Closer Posted Sep 7, 2007	Sin City (2005)	77%
B+	" Sideways is the first of Payne's films in which we have the chance to really care for the characters; he reins in his harsh satire better than before." -- Looking Closer Posted Sep 7, 2007	Sideways (2004)	96%
C	" *Despite the fine efforts of Harris and Gooding, Jr., Radio* nearly drowns in James Horner's overbearingly sentimental music.*" -- Christianity Today* Posted Sep 6, 2007	Radio (2003)	34%
A-	" *... one of the best films about a great artist to be made since Milos Forman's Amadeus. Cotillard deserves an Oscar." -- Looking Closer* Posted Sep 6, 2007	La Vie En Rose (2007)	75%
A	" The Lost Boys' gratitude for simple things will humble those of us accustomed to comfort and opportunity. Their endurance, ambition, and compassion should inspire us." -- Looking Closer Posted Aug 22, 2007	God Grew Tired of Us (2007)	91%

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