ROTTEN TOMATOES: Peter Rainer

LISTING OF ALL REVIEWS & ARTICLES

A SAMPLING OF THIS CRITIC'S CINEMATIC TASTE

BEST TO WORST SAMPLING
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A	Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea
A-	I Have Never Forgotten You
B+	28 Weeks Later
B	ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
B-	Fay Grim
C+	Mr. Brooks
C	Shrek the Third
C-	Georgia Rule
D+	The Hunting Party
F	License To Wed

BEST REVIEWED
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A	4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
A	Persepolis
A	No Country for Old Men
A	My Kid Could Paint That
A	In the Shadow of the Moon
A	No End in Sight
A	Hairspray
A	A Mighty Heart
A	Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea
A	Killer of Sheep
	more...

WORST REVIEWED
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F	I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry
F	License To Wed
F	Wild Hogs
F	The Number 23
F	Final Destination 3
D	Gray Matters
D	Black Snake Moan
D	The Astronaut Farmer
D	Because I Said So
D	Tideland
	more...

This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 73% of the time.

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B	"*The black comedy Noise* may be a one-joke movie but it's a resonant one.*" -- Christian Science Monitor* Posted May 16, 2008	Noise (2008)	52%
B-	"Janssen, who reportedly did her own pool shooting, is [best] served in the scenes with Gulley, which are wrenching in a coolly understated way." -- Christian Science Monitor Posted May 16, 2008	Turn the River (2008)	75%
B	"*This is a bigger and darker Narnia* movie and although it didn't leave me famished for the inevitable sequel, it delivers the family-entertainment goods.*" -- Christian Science Monitor* Posted May 16, 2008	The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)	69%
B	"A Norwegian movie that often looks and feels like a resurrected specimen of the French New Wave." -- Christian Science Monitor Posted May 16, 2008	Reprise (2008)	95%
B-	"Some of the set pieces are ravishing, more often they're ravishingly clunky." -- Christian Science Monitor Posted May 9, 2008	The Fall (2008)	57%
C-	"This angsty Canadian movie directed by Bruce McDonald takes its title all too literally: Every sequence is splintered into multiple split screens, which means that you can follow the dreary, semi-incomprehensible action from many viewpoints at once." -- Christian Science Monitor Posted May 9, 2008	The Tracey Fragments (2008)	38%
C-	"Speed Racer is so hyperfrenetic that, in the end, you wonder if the Wachowskis aren't trying to pull off an elaborate hoax -- a deranged techno fantasia posing as retro-ish family fare." -- Christian Science Monitor Posted May 9, 2008	Speed Racer (2008)	34%
D+	"*It was inevitable that an annoying catchphrase would one day become the title for an annoying movie. What Happens in Vegas* is not only annoying, it's also incompetent -- a bad mix.*" -- Christian Science Monitor* Posted May 9, 2008	What Happens in Vegas (2008)	29%
	"Mamet toys with this existential dilemma but his heart -- or fist -- isn't in it." -- Christian Science Monitor Posted May 2, 2008	Redbelt (2008)	71%
	"It never makes the mistake of condescending to its audience by turning its tykes into overgrown adults. The childhood experience feels emotionally accurate." -- Christian Science Monitor Posted May 2, 2008	Son of Rambow (2008)	77%
	"*Patrick Dempsey goes into charm overload in Made of Honor, to no avail." -- Christian Science Monitor* Posted May 2, 2008	Made of Honor (2008)	12%
	"When Iron Man is zooming above bejewelled southern California, I expected a thundering lyricism but instead settled for some routine CGI stunts. I suppose it's asking too much for a great actor to be matched up with a great director." -- Christian Science Monitor Posted May 2, 2008	Iron Man (2008)	93%
	"[Director Lelouch] doesn't really move much beyond his usual glib panache here, but the plot is intriguing and so are the actors." -- Christian Science Monitor Posted Apr 25, 2008	Roman de Gare (2008)	84%
	"At this late date there is little that is factually revelatory about his film, but as a human document of what people are capable of in wartime, it's indispensable." -- Christian Science Monitor Posted Apr 25, 2008	Standard Operating Procedure (2008)	78%
	"*The pregnancy-movie craze shows no signs of abating, but not all bellies are created equal. Baby Mama* is a disservice to Tina Fey, who is at her best playing characters who are whip-smart.*" -- Christian Science Monitor* Posted Apr 25, 2008	Baby Mama (2008)	60%
	"As is so often the case with sequels, this one feels like a retread, albeit on a bigger scale." -- Christian Science Monitor Posted Apr 25, 2008	Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008)	56%
	"Director Vadim Perelman is big on slo-mo lyrical effects and confusing time shifts, making the movie unnecessarily arty and detracting from what could have been a searing psychological study." -- Christian Science Monitor Posted Apr 18, 2008	The Life Before Her Eyes (2008)	22%
	"Morgan Spurlock is a jokester politico in the Michael Moore vein, and his latest documentary is a low concept posing as a high concept." -- Christian Science Monitor Posted Apr 18, 2008	Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? (2008)	36%
	"Here's the thing about Pacino: He's often at his most entertaining when he's chewing the scenery.... Watching a great actor raise the roof is often more enjoyable than watching an OK actor deliver the goods." -- Christian Science Monitor Posted Apr 18, 2008	88 Minutes (2008)	6%
	"Forgetting Sarah Marshall is, ultimately, forgettable, but for most of the way it's a pleasant little vacation of a movie." -- Christian Science Monitor Posted Apr 18, 2008	Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)	84%
	"Don't be fooled by the presence of Meryl Streep in the cast. This glum, inert psychological drama features little of her presence � and could have used much more." -- Christian Science Monitor Posted Apr 11, 2008	Dark Matter (2008)	34%
	"Makes you want to go out and join a chorus -- whatever your age may be." -- Christian Science Monitor Posted Apr 11, 2008	Young@Heart (2008)	87%
C+	"McCarthy is so careful not to take a political stand that his film seems neutered by good intentions. In the spirit of squishy humanism, he soft-pedals a hard-hitting topic." -- Christian Science Monitor Posted Apr 11, 2008	The Visitor (2008)	92%
	"Quaid and Church are funny, but too much of this film is not half as smart as it thinks it is." -- Christian Science Monitor Posted Apr 11, 2008	Smart People (2008)	49%
B+	"Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien knows how to cast a spell of loneliness." -- Christian Science Monitor Posted Apr 4, 2008	The Flight of the Red Balloon (2008)	80%
B+	"The disappointment is that, unlike The Last Waltz, which got inside the skins of The Band and was clearly a deeply personal work, Shine A Light is essentially just an expertly made concert film. But what a concert!" -- Christian Science Monitor Posted Apr 4, 2008	Shine a Light (2008)	86%
C	"The Hong Kong director Wong Kar Wai has an undeservedly high reputation as a master stylist. He's more like a master window dresser." -- Christian Science Monitor Posted Apr 4, 2008	My Blueberry Nights (2008)	49%
B	"Even in a middling comedy such as this one, which he also directed, he's alarmingly ardent. Clooney is relying on the tremendous audience rapport he's built up over the years, and he's right to do so." -- Christian Science Monitor Posted Apr 4, 2008	Leatherheads (2008)	53%
B-	"Does anybody seriously believe that mother and son will not reunite in the end? It's only a question of how, not if." -- Christian Science Monitor Posted Mar 21, 2008	Under the Same Moon (2008)	74%
C+	"The sentimentality quotient for this film is set too high." -- Christian Science Monitor Posted Mar 21, 2008	Drillbit Taylor (2008)	26%
B	"Despite its deficiencies, and the inadequate screen time allotted to Theron (who's quite good), Sleepwalking has a core of feeling. It's about a do-gooder who, lacking all skills for it, does good anyway. His emotional odyssey has real poignancy." -- Christian Science Monitor Posted Mar 14, 2008	Sleepwalking (2008)	16%
A-	"It's so funny and good-natured that I can't imagine anybody not smiling through it. Not even a Grinch." -- Christian Science Monitor Posted Mar 14, 2008	Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! (2008)	78%
b-	"The cast is first-rate but nothing goes very far in this film." -- Christian Science Monitor Posted Mar 7, 2008	Married Life (2008)	55%
B+	"*It's fortunate that Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day* stars Frances McDormand and Amy Adams. Actors' showcases are only worthwhile if the actors are worth watching.*" -- Christian Science Monitor* Posted Mar 7, 2008	Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)	76%
B	"The Bank Job is nothing more than an efficient time-killer with the added bonus of being based on a real misadventure. But, unlike its benighted cast of characters, it gets the job done without a hitch." -- Christian Science Monitor Posted Mar 7, 2008	The Bank Job (2008)	77%
C	"*It made me yearn to see Caveman* again. At least that was intentionally funny.*" -- Christian Science Monitor* Posted Mar 7, 2008	10,000 B.C. (2008)	9%
B	"Worth seeing for the expert archival selections, but a decidedly mixed bag for anyone familiar, or unfamiliar, with the times." -- Christian Science Monitor Posted Feb 29, 2008	Chicago 10 (2008)	77%
B-	"This half-baked fairy tale always seems to be on the verge of becoming charming but despite a good cast it never quite succeeds." -- Christian Science Monitor Posted Feb 29, 2008	Penelope (2008)	53%
B	"A richly appointed period piece, it features kingly tantrums, mistresses, bodices, roaring fireplaces, incest, and mutton. It also features sharply enunciated, period-perfect dialogue in which nary a contraction can be heard." -- Christian Science Monitor Posted Feb 29, 2008	The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)	41%
B	"Ferrell is pretty much the whole show." -- Christian Science Monitor Posted Feb 29, 2008	Semi-Pro (2008)	21%
a-	"The moral dilemmas posed by this operation are dramatically rendered, and without once resorting to cant." -- Christian Science Monitor Posted Feb 22, 2008	The Counterfeiters (2008)	94%
B-	"Yelchin gives Charlie a fresh-faced naivet� that raises the question: Is he a do-gooder or a villain? And do you care?" -- Christian Science Monitor Posted Feb 22, 2008	Charlie Bartlett (2007)	53%
b-	"Writer-director Cao Hamburger works well with child actors and has a spare, unforced style." -- Christian Science Monitor Posted Feb 15, 2008	The Year My Parents Went on Vacation (2008)	84%
C	"Definitely, Maybe isn't terrible exactly, but it's bland, and in some ways that's worse. It's a romance posing as a detective story in which the solution is obvious and not worth the fuss." -- Christian Science Monitor Posted Feb 15, 2008	Definitely, Maybe (2008)	72%
C+	"Jumper has so many loose ends that it almost cries out for a sequel. This, of course, is intentional. I would say the filmmakers are being a tad optimistic." -- Christian Science Monitor Posted Feb 15, 2008	Jumper (2008)	16%
A-	"Director Mark Waters does a fine job meshing the fantastical with the quotidian." -- Christian Science Monitor Posted Feb 15, 2008	The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)	79%
C+	"[Director McDonagh's] seesawing between slapstick and horror comes across as opportunistic because ultimately he cannot place the lives of these men in a credible moral context." -- Christian Science Monitor Posted Feb 8, 2008	In Bruges (2008)	78%
	"Several good actors turn up to no particular effect -- including Ray Winstone as Finn's surly mentor, and Donald Sutherland as a mega-yacht-owning billionaire." -- Christian Science Monitor Posted Feb 8, 2008	Fool's Gold (2008)	10%
A	"It may seem perverse to contend that a movie with such a harrowing subject is nevertheless revivifying. But the New Wave of Romanian cinema is the most exciting in the world right now. 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days is its latest masterpiece." -- Christian Science Monitor Posted Feb 1, 2008	4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2008)	96%
B	"Everything that happens in this movie is predictable, and yet that's part of its modest charm." -- Christian Science Monitor Posted Feb 1, 2008	Caramel (2008)	91%

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