ROTTEN TOMATOES: Derek Smith

LISTING OF ALL REVIEWS & ARTICLES

A SAMPLING OF THIS CRITIC'S CINEMATIC TASTE

BEST TO WORST SAMPLING
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4/4	Alphaville
95/100	2001: A Space Odyssey
93/100	Contempt
92/100	Belle de Jour
91/100	Once Upon a Time in America
90/100	The Conversation
89/100	Yi Yi
88/100	The Shop Around the Corner
3.5/4	Salesman
87/100	Russian Ark
86/100	The Atomic Cafe
85/100	Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
84/100	Waiting for Guffman
83/100	The Kid Stays in the Picture
82/100	Amarcord
81/100	The King of Comedy
80/100	School of Rock
79/100	The Moderns
78/100	Salton Sea
77/100	All I Desire
76/100	Go Tigers!
75/100	Fighter
3/4	The 13th Letter
74/100	Sexy Beast
73/100	1969
72/100	Murderous Maids
71/100	Remember the Titans
70/100	All the Pretty Horses
69/100	Iron Monkey
68/100	Donnie Darko
66/100	Le Divorce
65/100	The Diary of Anne Frank
64/100	Heartbreak Ridge
2.5/4	City of God
61/100	Gremlins 2 - The New Batch
60/100	Liberty Stands Still
59/100	The Photographer
58/100	One Night at McCool's
57/100	Houseboat
56/100	The Aviator
54/100	Extremities
52/100	Exit to Eden
2/4	Perfect Blue
50/100	Casper Meets Wendy
48/100	The Shipment
47/100	Forbidden Relations
46/100	What Girls Learn
40/100	The Fast and the Furious
38/100	Honeybee
1.5/4	Naqoyqatsi
32/100	Hwal
31/100	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 - The Secret of the Ooze
25/100	You Are Here*
15/100	Delirious
9/100	Wuthering Heights

BEST REVIEWED
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4/4	This Land is Mine
4/4	Bitter Victory
4/4	Down by Law
4/4	The Seventh Continent
4/4	Top Hat
4/4	The New World
4/4	Funny Ha Ha
4/4	The World
4/4	Grizzly Man
4/4	Nouvelle Vague
	more...

WORST REVIEWED
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9/100	Wuthering Heights
15/100	Delirious
25/100	You Are Here*
	more...

This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 84% of the time.

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3.5/4	"The only Ang Lee film where he shows even a modicum of originality in his direction or any real personality or interesting visual flair." -- Apollo Guide Posted Jan 16, 2008	Hulk (2003)	61%
3.5/4	"The only Ang Lee film where he shows even a modicum of originality in his direction or any real personality or interesting visual flair." -- Cinematic Reflections Posted Jan 16, 2008	The Bucket List (2007)	40%
4/4	"It moves along like a well-oiled machine until the devestating final act ties all of the smaller stories together, making it's point without being overbearing or obvious." -- Cinematic Reflections Posted Dec 30, 2006	This Land is Mine (1943)	71%
No Rating	Click here to read article -- Cinematic Reflections Posted Oct 30, 2006	Lessons of Darkness/Fata Morgana (1971/1992)	100%
1.5/4	"[Its] moralizing is dishonest and at times offensive. No matter how effectively a story is told, it's hard to buy into one that so often deceives its audience." -- Cinematic Reflections Posted Oct 30, 2006	How Green Was My Valley (1941)	88%
4/4	"There is a sense that while the men here are well-versed in the theories of war, they are clueless about the realities of combat." -- Cinematic Reflections Posted Oct 30, 2006	Bitter Victory (1957)	80%
4/4	"Its soul is the same as all Jarmusch films, but here he digs a bit deeper into the roots of his own methodology and that to which he is opposed." -- Cinematic Reflections Posted Sep 25, 2006	Down by Law (1986)	87%
No Rating	Click here to read article -- Cinematic Reflections Posted Aug 26, 2006	To Be or Not to Be (1983)	82%
2.5/4	"With A Prairie Home Companion, Robert Altman has once again showcased his talent for creating complex, insular worlds for his characters to inhabit." -- Cinematic Reflections Posted Aug 19, 2006	A Prairie Home Companion (2006)	80%
2/4	"[An] nime thriller [that] often plays as an examination of identity and celebrity, but ultimately gets so lost in its own complex structure that it doesn't end up saying much at all." -- Cinematic Reflections Posted Aug 19, 2006	Perfect Blue (1997)	60%
4/4	"A stunning examination of the effects of emotional isolation and the inability to communicate in the modern age." -- Cinematic Reflections Posted Aug 19, 2006	The Seventh Continent (1989)	60%
3/4	"Similar to The Seventh Continent, this film's objective is to analyze and deconstruct the effects rather than senselessly guess their causes" -- Cinematic Reflections Posted Aug 19, 2006	Benny's Video (1992)	40%
3/4	"Carpenter's ability to fuse the bawdy humor and action with an intelligent script make for a genre film that is both thoughtful and entertaining" -- Cinematic Reflections Posted Aug 19, 2006	They Live (1988)	89%
1.5/4	"It remains stuck in a limbo state that more and more indie films find themselves these days, because of its non-committal attitude." -- Cinematic Reflections Posted Aug 19, 2006	Little Miss Sunshine (2006)	91%
4/4	"Top Hat does not glorify wealth or upper class status - if anything it continually pokes fun at it." -- Cinematic Reflections Posted Jun 24, 2006	Top Hat (1935)	100%
32/100	"A painful experience that no amount of eye candy can make up for." -- Cinematic Reflections Posted Mar 28, 2006	Hwal (2005)	n/a
3.5/4	"One of the great films about the mysterious allure of the female form and the destructive power of the male gaze that's inflicted upon it." -- Cinematic Reflections Posted Mar 28, 2006	Pandora's Box (1928)	91%
4/4	"A melancholy revery of a time when nature provided a spiritual sustenance that could not be replaced by religious or social order." -- Cinematic Reflections Posted Mar 28, 2006	The New World (2005)	60%
70/100	"A jarring exploration of the male psyche and the devastating consequences of pride and uncontained machismo in a society where men's lives have lost meaning." -- Cinematic Reflections Posted Mar 28, 2006	The Firm (1988)	n/a
3.5/4	"Functions as both a tribute to their work ethic and a condemnation of the system that considers such a profession a healthy route to the American dream." -- Cinematic Reflections Posted Mar 28, 2006	Salesman (1968)	100%
4/4	"One of the most accurate portrayals of post-collegiate disillusionment" -- Cinematic Reflections Posted Mar 28, 2006	Funny Ha Ha (2005)	89%
4/4	"The World is less a condemnation of the current state of the world than an attempt to explain and come to terms with it." -- Cinematic Reflections Posted Mar 4, 2006	The World (2005)	68%
71/100	"its tongue-in-cheek humor effortlessly gives way to poignant drama and period musical pieces throughout." -- Cinematic Reflections Posted Dec 6, 2005	O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)	78%
59/100	"A delightfully seedy mystery who's joy lies only in the journey." -- Cinematic Reflections Posted Dec 6, 2005	Where The Truth Lies (2005)	39%
38/100	"shocks audiences with its blatant racism yet remains one of the defining films of the silent era." -- Cinematic Reflections Posted Sep 24, 2005	The Birth of a Nation (1915)	100%
4/4	"Offers the best that non-fiction films have to offer, where the filmmaker is able to interact with, rather than simply react to, his subject..." -- Cinematic Reflections Posted Sep 24, 2005	Grizzly Man (2005)	93%
65/100	"Downfall takes on the unenviable task of portraying [Hitler] as a man, rather than a caricature or parody as the norm has dictated." -- Cinematic Reflections Posted Jul 24, 2005	Downfall (2005)	91%
83/100	"Van Sant again sidesteps all of the typical narrative trappings and here his style clearly justifies itself." -- Cinematic Reflections Posted Jul 24, 2005	Last Days (2005)	60%
65/100	"Walks a thin line between sincerity and pretension, but ultimately deals with enough issues head-on to make the occassionally excessive quirkiness forgivable." -- Cinematic Reflections Posted Jul 5, 2005	Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005)	83%
40/100	"It's amazing how little we end up knowing about the specific schools and the environment where these kids come from and how much time we're left watching them look cute." -- Cinematic Reflections Posted Jul 1, 2005	Mad Hot Ballroom (2005)	83%
73/100	"The dancing, which at first may seem purely ridiculous, becomes an expression of their tortured souls" -- Cinematic Reflections Posted Jul 1, 2005	Rize (2005)	82%
90/100	"A vivid portrait of class barriers, overbearing social mores and the torrid, forbidden love affair that is effected by it." -- Cinematic Reflections Posted Jul 1, 2005	Miss Julie (1950)	n/a
82/100	"A vibrant discussion of the nature of the image and how they come to define our reality." -- Cinematic Reflections Posted Apr 23, 2005	Ici Et Ailleurs (1970)	n/a
73/100	"The great tragedy is that the hypocrisies that Newland and Olenska work to reveal are the very same ones that ultimately destroy everything passionate and human within them." -- Cinematic Reflections Posted Apr 23, 2005	The Age of Innocence (1993)	81%
93/100	"It is an arduous task, but the film achieves a transcendent and ethereal beauty that only the few truly great masterpieces attain." -- Cinematic Reflections Posted Apr 23, 2005	Werckmeister Harmonies (2001)	96%
66/100	"It isn't one of the director's most impressive outputs, but when a solid genre entry such as this is one of your "lesser" films, it says a lot about the quality of your work." -- Cinematic Reflections Posted Apr 23, 2005	Air Force (1943)	100%
4/4	"Nouvelle Vague may be Godard�s most complex and layered film, but attempting to unlock its secrets makes it one of his most rewarding." -- Cinematic Reflections Posted Apr 23, 2005	Nouvelle Vague (1990)	67%
4/4	"Love, in Godard�s case, is indistinguishable from cinema and thus he sees the growing capitalist machine as a threat to both." -- Cinematic Reflections Posted Apr 23, 2005	In Praise of Love (2001)	53%
4/4	"A bold film that defies logic and the rules of screenwriting" -- Cinematic Reflections Posted Apr 23, 2005	Trust (1990)	90%
72/100	"There is a distinct sense that Anderson is trying to re-invent himself with this film." -- Cinematic Reflections Posted Apr 23, 2005	The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (2004)	52%
77/100	"[It] may be the most ironic statement on the disturbing allure of 50s suburbia that Sirk ever made." -- Cinematic Reflections Posted Apr 23, 2005	All I Desire (1953)	n/a
3/4	"Linklater is testing the boundaries of what can be done with digital video, thematically as well as visually." -- Cinematic Reflections Posted Apr 23, 2005	Tape (2001)	76%
90/100	"It is a remarkably powerful, entertaining and invigorating piece of cinema that hits on more levels than seemingly possible." -- Cinematic Reflections Posted Apr 23, 2005	Heat (1995)	89%
	"'the biggest problems lie in the simplistic nature of the characters and the reliance on quirkiness, rather than genuine, realistic emotion, to connect with its audience.'" -- Cinematic Reflections Posted Feb 5, 2005	Garden State (2004)	87%
4/4	"'It is a new way of seeing the world around us, both life affirming in its vision and brilliant in its satire'" -- Cinematic Reflections Posted Jan 30, 2005	Playtime (1967)	100%
85/100	"The only extra on the disc is the movie trailer." -- Apollo Guide Posted Jan 20, 2005	We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004)	66%
85/100	"A modest film that is surprisingly effective in its directness and fascinating for its complex portrayals of marital distress in action." -- Apollo Guide Posted Jan 20, 2005	We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004)	66%
59/100	"There are no extras on the disc." -- Apollo Guide Posted Jan 20, 2005	The Photographer (2000)	n/a
59/100	"Disappoints because it�s an independent film that�s as predictable and clich�-ridden as a weak, formulaic studio picture." -- Apollo Guide Posted Jan 20, 2005	The Photographer (2000)	n/a
66/100	"No extras are included on the DVD." -- Apollo Guide Posted Jan 20, 2005	Le Divorce (2003)	38%

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