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JENNIE PUNTER
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• Globe and Mail
• Toronto Star

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Total Reviews: 112

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Toronto Film Critics Association


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3.5/4 Russian Ark
3/4 Enigma
2.5/4 Time of Favor
2/4 World Traveler
1.5/4 Halloween: Resurrection
1/4 Jackass: The Movie
0.5/4 Grind
.5/4 Madea's Family Reunion
0/4 Supercross: The Movie
 
 
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0/4 Supercross: The Movie
.5/4 The Comebacks
0.5/4 Let's Go to Prison
.5/4 Madea's Family Reunion
0.5/4 Grind
1/4 August Rush
1/4 Havana Nights
1/4 Pinocchio
1/4 Jackass: The Movie
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This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 79% of the time.

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3/4
 
"Family Motel uses fresh faces to show the domino effect of becoming homeless, revealing just how close many of us are to the edge." -- Globe and Mail
Posted Jun 20, 2008
 
Family Motel (2008)n/a
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3/4
 
"Chilling feature." -- Globe and Mail
Posted May 30, 2008
 
The Strangers (2008)41%
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3/4
 
"Both the beauty and the horror of The Forgotten Woman are that it looks and feels like time travel." -- Globe and Mail
Posted Apr 28, 2008
 
The Forgotten Woman (2008)n/a
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3.5/4
 
"From the near-hysteria of this compelling opening sequence, Paul Andrew Williams's taut, tough and thoroughly satisfying drama grips the viewer and never lets go until its brutal, surprising conclusion." -- Globe and Mail
Posted Apr 18, 2008
 
London to Brighton (2008)73%
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3/4
 
"Waste is a terrible thing to mind -- unless you are port-a-potty installer Kenny Smyth, the unlikely hero of a hilarious and fresh (figuratively speaking, of course) comedy from Down Under." -- Globe and Mail
Posted Apr 4, 2008
 
Kenny (2008)100%
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3/4
 
"The 'card flick' has usually been a standard western, drama or crime deal -- that is, until a pack of mostly veteran comic actors tried their hand at improvising, Christopher Guest-style, in the highly amusing The Grand." -- Globe and Mail
Posted Mar 21, 2008
 
The Grand ()39%
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2.5/4
 
"The final chapter of the trilogy that began with The Decline of the American Empire and continued with The Barbarian Invasions, Days of Darkness has neither that chatty brilliance of the former nor the elegiac emotion of the latter." -- Globe and Mail
Posted Mar 21, 2008
 
Days of Darkness (2007)n/a
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3/4
 
"Taxi to the Dark Side may not be your idea of a fun, relaxing night at the movies, but it is artful moviemaking and vital viewing for anyone interested in the issues." -- Globe and Mail
Posted Feb 22, 2008
 
Taxi to the Dark Side (2008)100%
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3/4
 
"This film offers a child's perspective on the ravages and complexity of war and is also a convincing testament to the healing power of creative expression." -- Globe and Mail
Posted Feb 22, 2008
 
War Dance (2007)86%
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2/4
 
"A predictable ride from the get-go." -- Globe and Mail
Posted Feb 8, 2008
 
Normal (2007)n/a
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3/4
 
"Darkly funny." -- Globe and Mail
Posted Jan 25, 2008
 
Waiter (2006)n/a
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2.5/4
 
"Ostensibly a documentary about a reclusive enigmatic outsider recording artist, Jandek on Corwood is actually a revealing portrait of outsider music nerds." -- Globe and Mail
Posted Nov 28, 2007
 
Jandek - Jandek on Corwood (2004)89%
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1/4
 
"It's hard to believe in the magical power of music to heal and connect lost souls when the tunes are lame." -- Globe and Mail
Posted Nov 21, 2007
 
August Rush (2007)38%
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3.5/4
 
"You wouldn't think a film about a group of British skinheads during the early 1980s could be a sweet, nostalgic coming-of-age period piece, but that's the surprise of the authentic, fresh and utterly relevant This Is England." -- Globe and Mail
Posted Nov 9, 2007
 
This Is England (2007)93%
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2.5/4
 
"10 Questions works extremely well as an introduction to the Dalai Lama and offers a tantalizing peek at the dynamic and even mischievous personality of this influential man." -- Globe and Mail
Posted Oct 26, 2007
 
10 Questions for the Dalai Lama (2007)77%
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.5/4
 
"The dialogue in The Comebacks is bereft of lines that trigger even a snicker." -- Globe and Mail
Posted Oct 22, 2007
 
The Comebacks (2007)10%
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3/4
 
"Dark and devilishly clever, director Allan Moyle's Weirdsville is a twisted caper comedy." -- Globe and Mail
Posted Oct 12, 2007
 
Weirdsville (2007)56%
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1.5/4
 
"A family comedy heavy on syrup and low on laughs." -- Globe and Mail
Posted Sep 28, 2007
 
The Game Plan (2007)27%
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3/4
 
"The lean, cerebral swagger of the 1957 western 3:10 to Yuma is stretched out and punched up with more characters, gun-shooting and horse-riding in an entertaining remake directed by James Mangold." -- Globe and Mail
Posted Sep 7, 2007
 
3:10 to Yuma (2007)89%
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3/4
 
"While Breakfast With Scot delivers the requisite humour -- not to mention some old-fashioned Christmas magic -- it stands apart for its hearty helping of food for thought." -- Globe and Mail
Posted Sep 6, 2007
 
Breakfast With Scot (2007)71%
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3.5/4
 
"A smart, funny, unpredictable film...a more accurate reflection of high-school life than is usually portrayed." -- Globe and Mail
Posted Aug 17, 2007
 
Rocket Science (2007)84%
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2.5/4
 
"Beautiful cinematography and a fine ensemble cast make A Stone's Throw well worth catching." -- Globe and Mail
Posted Aug 10, 2007
 
A Stone's Throw (2006)n/a
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2.5/4
 
"The film [has] a wonderfully natural, comfy feel. Delpy is worth watching both in front of and behind the camera." -- Globe and Mail
Posted Aug 10, 2007
 
2 Days In Paris (2007)87%
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2.5/4
 
"Nevertheless, Arctic Tale is a kid-friendly, non-preachy window on the north as a place of wonder and a harbinger of change -- and I'll take Queen Latifah's warm voice over Al Gore's drone any day." -- Globe and Mail
Posted Aug 3, 2007
 
Arctic Tale (2007)62%
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2.5/4
 
"A fascinating, if chilling, break from the season's usual summer movie thrills -- especially for parents-to-be." -- Globe and Mail
Posted Jul 13, 2007
 
Joshua (2007)62%
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3/4
 
"Everything's Gone Green is the second feature directed by Paul Fox, who maintains an energetic, lighthearted tone throughout the film, even when the story loses focus at its not-quite-satisfying ending." -- Globe and Mail
Posted Apr 27, 2007
 
Everything's Gone Green (2007)69%
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2.5/4
 
"An entertaining family comedy full of both tricks and trickery." -- Globe and Mail
Posted Apr 4, 2007
 
Firehouse Dog (2007)38%
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2/4
 
"Where the film stumbles is the script, overcrowded with bits of business and scenes that lean heavily on the symbolic." -- Globe and Mail
Posted Feb 2, 2007
 
Partition (2007)14%
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1.5/4
 
"The romantic dramedy Catch and Release is off the mark in so many respects one wonders if it would have been more humane to release this one directly into the DVD stream." -- Globe and Mail
Posted Jan 26, 2007
 
Catch and Release (2007)23%
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2/4
 
"Smokin' Aces may be packing a lot of heat but its unnecessarily convoluted story means it's mostly a lot of hot air." -- Globe and Mail
Posted Jan 26, 2007
 
Smokin' Aces (2007)27%
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3/4
 
"a head-spinning mystery, a brisk history of motion picture censorship in the U.S. and entertaining, often hilarious, visual proof of Hollywood's hypocrisy in his latest film." -- Globe and Mail
Posted Jan 19, 2007
 
This Film is Not Yet Rated (2006)84%
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2/4
 
"Perfume, a fast-paced allegorical tale about the pursuit of perfection, may fill the senses for its duration, but without a discernible psychological essence it does not linger for long." -- Globe and Mail
Posted Jan 5, 2007
 
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)56%
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3/4
 
"Leave It to Beaver and Lassie meet Night of the Living Dead." -- Globe and Mail
Posted Dec 6, 2006
 
Fido (2007)68%
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2/4
 
"But in the end, F*CK is at most a compendium of opinions and examples, and never feels like a story." -- Globe and Mail
Posted Dec 1, 2006
 
Fuck (2006)57%
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2.5/4
 
"Although it borrows ingredients from many familiar Christmas flicks, it's got a sly twinkle of its own." -- Globe and Mail
Posted Nov 22, 2006
 
Deck the Halls (2006)6%
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0.5/4
 
"The main crime in this movie is that the whole thing feels lazy -- it's as if they filmed the first draft of a script that still needed some trimming and sharpening." -- Globe and Mail
Posted Nov 20, 2006
 
Let's Go to Prison (2006)8%
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2/4
 
"The film drags in the middle and feels excruciatingly slow and repetitive in the final stretch." -- Globe and Mail
Posted Oct 20, 2006
 
Tideland (2006)28%
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2.5/4
 
"A compelling, though somewhat problematic, story set deep inside Idi Amin's brutal dictatorship in Uganda." -- Globe and Mail
Posted Oct 6, 2006
 
The Last King of Scotland (2006)87%
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2.5/4
 
"At two hours, After the Wedding stretches out family flux too thinly and waits too long to reveal the final, devastating secret that we already know." -- Globe and Mail
Posted Sep 23, 2006
 
After The Wedding (2007)87%
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3.5/4
 
"Del Toro's latest is a darkly enchanting adult fairy tale, flecked with gore and terrifying creatures, both human and fantastical." -- Globe and Mail
Posted Sep 23, 2006
 
Pan's Labyrinth (2006)96%
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1.5/4
 
"Watching endless scenes of sport drinking gets tiresome and by the time the film reaches the final competition, you might feel too bloated to laugh." -- Globe and Mail
Posted Aug 25, 2006
 
Beerfest (2006)39%
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2/4
 
"Invincible is as much a period piece as it is a sports movie, complete with a non-stop soundtrack of familiar hits that, unfortunately, makes one think of That '70s Show a little too often" -- Globe and Mail
Posted Aug 25, 2006
 
Invincible (2006)71%
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1.5/4
 
"Barnyard moves with a frenetic energy, especially in the numerous barn dance and chase scenes, that will probably keep family audiences moderately entertained. But it doesn't stand up to this summer's relative bonanza of animated family films. Moo." -- Globe and Mail
Posted Aug 4, 2006
 
Barnyard: The Original Party Animals (2006)23%
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3/4
 
"The main attraction is the performance of Carmen by the magnificent Pauline Malefane, who also translated the libretto into Xhosa." -- Globe and Mail
Posted Jul 28, 2006
 
U-Carmen (2007)95%
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3/4
 
"Funnier than Nacho Libre, more fashionable than The Devil Wears Prada, able to deliver more revengeful thrills than X-Men: The Last Stand in a single scene." -- Globe and Mail
Posted Jul 21, 2006
 
My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006)41%
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2.5/4
 
"Cynical bike riders may well snicker at scenes of car-lovers behaving like tree-huggers, but Paine effectively builds the viewer's affection for EV1, so the removal of the cars works as the film's climactic moment." -- Globe and Mail
Posted Jul 14, 2006
 
Who Killed The Electric Car? (2006)89%

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