ROTTEN TOMATOES: Fred Topel

FRED TOPEL

Agrees with the Tomatometer 58% of the time.

Favorites: Labyrinth, Toy Story 2, The Rock, Face/Off, True Lies, The Big Hit, The Big One (Michael Moore), Casablanca

Publications: About.com, Can Magazine, Crave Online, E! Online, FilmStew.com, Hollywood.com, IGN Movies, Madblast.com, MovieWeb, Rotten Tomatoes, Suite101.com

Total Reviews: 936
Total QuickRatings: 361

Location: Los Angeles, CA

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Fresh	Rotten 59%	Pirate Radio (2009)	" *I liked this version so much, I really want to see the longer The Boat That Rocked* version. I guess on DVD.*" — Can Magazine* Posted Nov 14, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 39%	2012 (2009)	" Primal, not tactful" — Can Magazine Posted Nov 14, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 80%	Michael Jackson's This Is It (2009)	" Yes, this was worth doing... His practice is our awesome." — Can Magazine Posted Oct 28, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 37%	Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009)	" It has promise, but I certainly don't care if they never complete the series as movies." — Can Magazine Posted Oct 23, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 48%	Astro Boy (2009)	" *I don't know how parents are going to feel about taking their kids to see Astro Boy, but I kind of respect where it goes." — Can Magazine* Posted Oct 23, 2009
Rotten	Rotten 21%	Amelia (2009)	" Near the end though, when they talk about coming home, that almost feels like she's saying, 'Two days to retirement.'" — Can Magazine Posted Oct 23, 2009
Rotten	Rotten 43%	New York, I Love You (2009)	" There is only one segment out of the entire series of shorts that I even liked... Everything else is soooo actor-y." — Can Magazine Posted Oct 17, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 84%	Black Dynamite (2009)	" The climax is so outrageous I can't believe it. The ending outdoes Inglourious Basterds because it's not even about making a statement. It's just about being crazy, which is what awesome movies should be." — Can Magazine Posted Oct 17, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 23%	Law Abiding Citizen (2009)	" This is brilliant exploitation with A-listers. It's not an Oscar movie. It's way cooler because it's not looking for anyone's approval." — Can Magazine Posted Oct 17, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 70%	Where the Wild Things Are (2009)	" On a purely surface level, even the expanded story feels like the book." — Sci Fi Wire Posted Oct 16, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 85%	A Serious Man (2009)	" It's really bold to set a movie in the world of Jewish tradition. The people who understand this world will love it, and The Coens can do whatever they want for as few people as they want." — Can Magazine Posted Oct 2, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 89%	Zombieland (2009)	" What might happen if Sam Raimi did a zombie movie." — Can Magazine Posted Oct 2, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 75%	Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)	" Usually Michael Moore's movies make me appreciate how few real problems I actually have. I can't complain about my lifestyle when people's can't feed their kids or pay their hospital bills. This time, I feel like I'm right there with them." — Can Magazine Posted Sep 29, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 82%	Whip It (2009)	" Should we really be rooting for a spry teenager to defeat veteran players 20 years her senior? That doesn't seem like a fair contest, but I guess it was good enough for Rocky Balboa." — Can Magazine Posted Sep 29, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 18%	Love Happens (2009)	" I think this country really needs movies like this. People are so freaked out about death of natural causes that they protest against health care. Imagine if they ever had to deal with a tragic death." — Can Magazine Posted Sep 18, 2009
Rotten	Rotten 31%	The Burning Plain (2009)	" I'll give it one thing though. This may be serious Charlize, but at least she still shows her boobies." — Can Magazine Posted Sep 18, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 45%	Jennifer's Body (2009)	" I appreciate how [Megan Fox] uses her instrument to convey this character. She can be sexy, scary, evil or gross whenever she wants." — Can Magazine Posted Sep 17, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 23%	Sorority Row (2009)	" It seems to be the most original slasher movie of the year, quite a fete considering it's a remake." — Can Magazine Posted Sep 12, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 6%	Whiteout (2009)	" The most surprising thrill ride of the summer, in that it is adequately thrilling and I didn't expect that." — Can Magazine Posted Sep 11, 2009
Rotten	Rotten 9%	Post Grad (2009)	" I know this world of trying to find a job after college. I tried my hand at entertainment journalism, which is crazy. This movie does not represent the humor in the job search. It was laughable what's out there and what I didn't get." — Can Magazine Posted Sep 9, 2009
Rotten	Rotten 38%	The Time Traveler's Wife (2009)	" I think the time travel is a metaphor for relationship problems, so it explored that. I just would have rather seen a time travel movie." — Can Magazine Posted Sep 9, 2009
Rotten	Fresh 88%	Inglourious Basterds (2009)	" One basterd of a movie... Who wants to hear Quentin Tarantino dialogue in a foreign language, thus having to read it?" — Can Magazine Posted Sep 9, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 90%	District 9 (2009)	" *Peter Jackson let Neil Blomkamp make his Bad Taste* but with all of Jackson's expensive toys.*" — Can Magazine* Posted Sep 9, 2009
Rotten	Rotten 49%	Taking Woodstock (2009)	" The most expertly crafted, yet mostly uninvolving, historical music movie." — Can Magazine Posted Sep 9, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 63%	Extract (2009)	" People who don't know things try to do things and cause problems for the people who do know stuff. Other people analyze things they don't really know." — Can Magazine Posted Sep 9, 2009
Rotten	Rotten 6%	All About Steve (2009)	" *It gets into McConaughey territory, worse than The Ugly Truth." — Can Magazine* Posted Sep 9, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 29%	Gamer (2009)	" A profound assessment of society's dangerous potential, made by people who are part of the problem." — Can Magazine Posted Sep 9, 2009
Rotten	Rotten 56%	9 (2009)	" It is really hard to connect with these things... They have arms and legs and heads, but they still feel like yarn balls fighting. WALL-E was a box, but he was a box you could have a beer with." — Can Magazine Posted Sep 9, 2009
Rotten	Rotten 15%	The Ugly Truth (2009)	" *Exactly the kind of movie He's Just Not That Into You* was warning you about.*" — Can Magazine* Posted Jul 31, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 23%	G-Force (2009)	" The best original blockbuster of the summer. Just to clarify that demonstrative statement, Star Trek was a reboot/re-imagining/sequel. (500) Days of Summer isn't a blockbuster. It is still better than the other sequel blockbusters." — Can Magazine Posted Jul 31, 2009
Rotten	Fresh 65%	Adam (2009)	" The whole movie was at his expense, the usual Hollywood feeling good about itself by portraying the struggles of such a man." — Can Magazine Posted Jul 31, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 68%	Funny People (2009)	" It's really two stories, and the first one is better but both are good." — Can Magazine Posted Jul 31, 2009
Fresh	N/A	Kambakkht Ishq ()	" Awesome dance numbers [are] the solution to Matthew McConaughey's ouvre. Basically it's How to Lose Your Sister's Guy in Hollywood." — Can Magazine Posted Jul 15, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 15%	I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009)	" I know it's totally irresponsible and not even well constructed or performed, but it's so wrong I found it strangely compelling." — Can Magazine Posted Jul 15, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 20%	Blood: The Last Vampire (2009)	" As good as any Hollywood movie, which is to say it's got lousy visual effects and generic dialogue. Since we're already forgiving that anyway, there's enough engaging action to make it plenty fun and entertaining." — Can Magazine Posted Jul 15, 2009
Rotten	Fresh 83%	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)	" They should cast Will Smith as the Half-Fresh Prince. Then I'd be interested." — Can Magazine Posted Jul 15, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 98%	The Hurt Locker (2009)	" *Like a modern day Wages of Fear." — Can Magazine* Posted Jul 1, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 45%	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)	" *A return to form from the original Ice Age. That makes it a disappointment. The first one was okay. Ice Age: The Meltdown* was pretty good, and now we're back to the original mediocrity.*" — Can Magazine* Posted Jul 1, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 67%	Br�no (2009)	" The second hour of Bruno is a laugh out loud satire that will make the world a better place. That's what we want from Sacha Baron Cohen... Lots of people do funny. I'm glad he still transcended and took the bad people of the world down a peg."" — Can Magazine Posted Jul 1, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 67%	Public Enemies (2009)	" Good, but not great" — Can Magazine Posted Jul 1, 2009
Rotten	Rotten 19%	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)	" No longer better than sex." — Crave Online Posted Jun 24, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 98%	Up (2009)	" Up is a high stakes adventure like nothing else we�ve ever seen." — Can Magazine Posted Jun 5, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 26%	Land of the Lost (2009)	" It�s a little more than half and half, definitely fun to watch with some memorable parts." — Can Magazine Posted Jun 5, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 78%	The Hangover (2009)	" It�s the funniest movie of the year." — Can Magazine Posted Jun 5, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 44%	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)	" They fixed everything I found wrong with its predecessor, so I can only assume the filmmakers read my review and addressed my concerns point by point." — Can Magazine Posted May 23, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 18%	Dance Flick (2009)	" The best Wayans movie since the first Scary Movie. The Wayans' are in top form taking the benchmarks of dance movies to an extreme degree. They can't keep it up, but it remains a solid satire with more to say than many quickie knock-offs." — Can Magazine Posted May 23, 2009
Rotten	Rotten 36%	Angels & Demons (2009)	" I did not like The Da Vinci Code, but only because it was completely faithful to the book which I didn't like. As such, I never read Angels & Demons, but I can tell it's faithful too because it's exactly the same thing." — Can Magazine Posted May 22, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 92%	Drag Me To Hell (2009)	" He's not reinventing the genre, but he doesn't have to. He already did that once, and now he's just doing what he's good at. His era of in your face outrageousness didn't last long enough as far as I'm concerned." — Can Magazine Posted May 22, 2009
Rotten	Rotten 32%	Terminator Salvation (2009)	" Everyone wanted to see the future, but I knew that would just be big robot fights. Cool maybe, but that's a war movie, not a character investment suspenseful action movie. So here, this is what you wanted. Happy now?" — Can Magazine Posted May 22, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 95%	Star Trek (2009)	" You can feel the legacy in every scene. It just rocks." — Can Magazine Posted Apr 30, 2009

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