ROTTEN TOMATOES: Tom Dawson

LISTING OF ALL REVIEWS & ARTICLES

A SAMPLING OF THIS CRITIC'S CINEMATIC TASTE

BEST TO WORST SAMPLING
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5/5	The Missouri Breaks
4/5	See How They Run
3.5/5	Retour en Normandie
3/5	Paris Belongs to Us
2/5	The Hard Word
1/5	Merci Docteur Rey!

BEST REVIEWED
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5/5	Casablanca
5/5	Los Olvidados
5/5	Los Olvidados
5/5	Bigger Than Life
5/5	The Passenger
5/5	Army of Shadows
5/5	The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
5/5	Nashville
5/5	Distant
5/5	To Be and To Have
	more...

WORST REVIEWED
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1/5	Merci Docteur Rey!
	more...

This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 86% of the time.

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3/5	"Ostensibly a black comedy, this Brit road movie engages most in its more reflective moments, focusing on characters� feelings of guilt, anger, sadness and regret." -- Total Film Posted Apr 21, 2008	Three and Out (2008)	20%
4/5	"Thanks to the acuity of their performances, the old adage �You always hurt the ones you love� rings new and true." -- Total Film Posted Apr 18, 2008	Private Property (2006)	69%
3/5	"The broader political questions aren�t addressed, but Cedar successfully conveys the boredom, fear and claustrophobia experienced by his conscript characters." -- Total Film Posted Mar 28, 2008	Beaufort (2008)	87%
4/5	"Vividly characterised and convincingly acted (not least by Spiridonov), it makes for a fascinating portrait of a post-Communist society beset by crime and despair." -- Total Film Posted Jan 24, 2008	The Italian (2007)	91%
3/5	"The precisely composed result urges us to ponder the origins of the foodstuffs we wolf down each day." -- Total Film Posted Jan 24, 2008	Our Daily Bread (2006)	94%
4/5	"Amid a crop of fine performances, Morace brings stand-out subtlety with his hurt and confusion at the betrayals of the adult world." -- Total Film Posted Jan 24, 2008	Libero (2005)	100%
4/5	"Vividly characterised and convincingly acted (not least by Spiridonov), it makes for a fascinating portrait of a post-Communist society beset by crime and despair." -- Total Film Posted Jan 24, 2008	The Italian (2007)	91%
3.5/5	"An unsentimental and vividly characterized film which successfully combines melodrama and social analysis and features an impressive central performance from Spiridonov." -- Channel 4 Film Posted Jan 24, 2008	The Italian (2007)	91%
3.5/5	"A leisurely and reflective film filled with warmth and respect for its subjects." -- Channel 4 Film Posted Jan 18, 2008	Retour en Normandie (2007)	90%
2/5	"A strong candidate for the year�s most overblown French romantic drama." -- Total Film Posted Jan 15, 2008	Chance or Coincidence (1998)	n/a
3/5	"The film�s strongest asset is octogenarian newcomer Tavira, who exudes stoic dignity." -- Total Film Posted Jan 4, 2008	The Violin (2007)	97%
3/5	"Balibar delivers a supremely arch portrayal of a woman whose every gesture and expression seem calculated for effect." -- Total Film Posted Dec 28, 2007	The Duchess of Langeais (2008)	68%
4/5	"An affecting, vibrantly-acted work." -- Total Film Posted Dec 13, 2007	Les Chansons d'Amour (2007)	33%
4/5	"Stylistically Honore favours a naturalistic approach to choreographing the composer Alex Baupain's thirteen songs, thus avoiding the pitfalls of kitsch and irony, whilst his young and beautiful cast, deliver appealingly vibrant performances." -- BBC Posted Dec 11, 2007	Les Chansons d'Amour (2007)	33%
4/5	"The madcap finale to a loose trilogy from Taiwanese director Tsi Ming-Liang, and whilst emphatically not to all tastes, fans of the obscene, the experimental and the outrageous should make every effort to get along." -- BBC Posted Nov 15, 2007	The Wayward Cloud (2007)	89%
3/5	"Beautifully shot yet distant." -- Channel 4 Film Posted Nov 9, 2007	In Memory of Me (2007)	78%
4/5	"In other hands this might have become a clumsy message movie, but the witty script, charming performances and playful direction make for pleasurable viewing." -- Channel 4 Film Posted Nov 9, 2007	The Band's Visit (2007)	98%
3/5	"The imposing setting of the seminary is integral to the power of In Memory Of Me." -- BBC Posted Nov 9, 2007	In Memory of Me (2007)	78%
3/5	"The Band�s Visit could easily have become a clunky message movie, but Kolirin maintains a sure-handed balance of humour and heartache." -- Total Film Posted Nov 9, 2007	The Band's Visit (2007)	98%
3/5	"Absorbs for most of its two hours, only losing conviction in an underwhelming sign-off." -- Total Film Posted Nov 9, 2007	In Memory of Me (2007)	78%
3/5	"An enigmatic fable of longing and loneliness in present-day Kuala Lumpur." -- BBC Posted Nov 6, 2007	I Don't Want To Sleep Alone (2007)	88%
	"From the stylised Saul Bass credit sequence to Preminger's assured direction, this is a thought provoking, superbly acted drama that simply oozes class." -- Channel 4 Film Posted Oct 23, 2007	Anatomy of a Murder (1959)	100%
	"The eightysomething Sembene delivers a powerfully acted and colourfully shot polemic. A perceptive observation of daily life in an African village that celebrates female bravery and solidarity." -- Channel 4 Film Posted Oct 22, 2007	Moolaade (2004)	99%
4/5	"Bristling with emotional intensity, this is far superior to earlier AIDS-related dramas." -- BBC Posted Oct 19, 2007	Witnesses (2003)	90%
4/5	"Cleaving to a child�s-eye-view of a time of significant social change, documentarist-turned-feature director Julie Gavras elicits excellence from Kervel as the stubborn schoolgirl struggling to deal with the lack of certainties in her new lifestyle." -- Total Film Posted Oct 19, 2007	Blame it on Fidel (2006)	93%
3/5	"This solidly acted film struggles to balance its portrait of life amongst the have-nots in contemporary Liege with the melodramatic aspects of a crime thriller." -- Channel 4 Film Posted Sep 28, 2007	The Right of the Weakest (2006)	67%
2/5	"All you need is love� but a coherent vision doesn�t hurt either." -- Total Film Posted Sep 28, 2007	Across the Universe (2007)	53%
3/5	"Belvaux�s sympathies for his marginalised subjects are beyond doubt; the film�s at its best when observing how the characters� lives are constrained by their environments (adroitly captured by the widescreen lensing)." -- Total Film Posted Sep 28, 2007	The Right of the Weakest (2006)	67%
3/5	"A mite overblown, but no less enjoyable for it � and guaranteed to get a Hollywood re-jig." -- Total Film Posted Sep 14, 2007	The Serpent (2006)	85%
3/5	"A spare yet affecting portrait of Polish �outsider artist� Nikifor Krynicki, bringing to light the winter years of his life." -- Total Film Posted Sep 14, 2007	My Nikifor (2004)	86%
4/5	"Entertaining and affecting, this takes its subjects out of their comfort zone and onto a journey of self-discovery. Stirring soccer skills are matched by absorbing action off the ball." -- Total Film Posted Sep 14, 2007	In the Hands of the Gods (2007)	85%
3/5	"Style is mirrored by content, Trier�s non-linear storytelling (unnamed narrator, imagined versions of events) credibly reflecting the characters� turbulent inner worlds." -- Total Film Posted Sep 7, 2007	Reprise (2008)	95%
4/5	"Impressively acted and compassionately observed, it hovers intriguingly between reality and dream-state." -- Total Film Posted Aug 24, 2007	Born and Bred (2006)	100%
3/5	"The narrative threads are tied a little too neatly, but it�s a promising debut." -- Total Film Posted Aug 17, 2007	Fissures (2007)	73%
3/5	"Perceptive and powerful." -- Total Film Posted Aug 3, 2007	I for India (2007)	100%
3/5	"More than just a storytelling stunt, it�s a fraught, revealing portrait of a brand-crazed and emotionally arrested society." -- Total Film Posted Jul 20, 2007	Partner (1968)	100%
4/5	"The theatrical, colour-coded sets, graceful camerawork and scene-bridging snowfall motif create a quasi-fairytale feel. But it�s the beautifully tuned ensemble acting that infuses this funny, sad treat with real humanist heft." -- Total Film Posted Jul 20, 2007	Private Fears in Public Places (2007)	79%
4/5	"Beautifully judged ensemble pieces." -- BBC Posted Jul 20, 2007	Private Fears in Public Places (2007)	79%
3/5	"A superb performance from veteran New Wave actress Bernadette Lafont anchors this absorbing road movie from debut French writer/director Olivier Peyon." -- Total Film Posted Jun 29, 2007	Stolen Holidays (2006)	78%
3/5	"Chopping back and forth in time, it�s dynamically shot but overreaches with a flurry of dramatic revelations." -- Total Film Posted Jun 15, 2007	Tell No One (2007)	93%
4/5	"Despite the film's playful humour, there's also a deadly seriousness to The Wild Blue Yonder, for it shows man's insignificance faced with the sheer vastness of nature." -- BBC Posted Jun 15, 2007	The Wild Blue Yonder: A Science Fiction Fantasy (2006)	67%
3/5	"Although the prevailing mood is melancholic, there's also a welcome vein of dry humour at work here" -- BBC Posted Jun 8, 2007	Not Here to be Loved ()	100%
4/5	"An affecting family drama in its own right, interspersing its melancholic mood with bursts of euphoria." -- Total Film Posted May 4, 2007	Dans Paris (2007)	58%
4/5	"Bujalski is a shrewd comic observer, and astute enough a director to get the most of his engaging actors." -- BBC Posted May 4, 2007	Mutual Appreciation (2006)	88%
4/5	"The deftly executed Dans Paris is simultaneously a love-letter to the titular city, an affectionate homage to the French New Wave, and a moving study of a middle-class family haunted by the suicide of a teenage daughter." -- BBC Posted May 4, 2007	Dans Paris (2007)	58%
3/5	"Some cherishable comic moments." -- BBC Posted Apr 27, 2007	The Puffy Chair (2006)	76%
4/5	"Meyrou�s suitably sombre film leaves you with a sense of enormous respect for a couple refusing to be consumed by hatred, prepared instead to offer their forgiveness." -- Total Film Posted Mar 27, 2007	Beyond Hatred (2005)	89%
4/5	"Fusing the personal and the political, Bouchareb�s stirring war drama comes with a modern-day resonance and plenty of punch. Recommended." -- Total Film Posted Mar 27, 2007	Days of Glory (2006)	82%
4/5	"Wrangling the characters in vividly coloured tableaux, he dazzles the viewer with an array of enigmatic images." -- Total Film Posted Mar 16, 2007	The Family Friend (2006)	82%
2/5	"The solid performances from Ostendorf and Roche can't disguise the awkward tonal shifts contained in the final stretches of this sentimental story." -- BBC Posted Mar 16, 2007	Eden (2006)	70%

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