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JOSHUA ROTHKOPF
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• Time Out
• Time Out New York

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Total Reviews: 242

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Chicago Film Critics Association

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BEST TO WORST SAMPLING
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6/6  Blade Runner - The Director's Cut
5/6  The Bourne Ultimatum
4/6  Rescue Dawn
3/6  The Ten
2/6  Descent
1/6  Fred Claus
 
 
BEST REVIEWED
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6/6  Contempt
6/6  Manhattan
6/6  Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
6/6  Blade Runner - The Director's Cut
6/6  Zodiac
 more...
 
 
WORST REVIEWED
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0/6  Epic Movie
1/6  The Love Guru
1/6  Postal
1/6  My Blueberry Nights
1/6  Fool's Gold
1/6  Captivity
1/6  Halloween
1/6  The Nines
1/6  Who's Your Caddy?
1/6  The Invasion
 more...
 
This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 70% of the time.

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3/6
 
" The confusing new movie, adapted way too faithfully from David Ignatius’s tricky 2007 novel, has more plot than necessary." -- Time Out New York
Posted Oct 8, 2008
 
Body of Lies (2008)53%
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4/6
 
" Lola Montès could never be confused for realism in any format: home video, theater or iPod. But its effectiveness as a tragedy relies on Ophüls setting out a luxurious spread for his hapless heroine." -- Time Out New York
Posted Oct 8, 2008
 
Lola Montes (1955)79%
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3/6
 
" Too competent as a Fargo-esque indie murder comedy to dismiss (yet too dull to fully embrace), the Canadian Just Buried yields serviceable results from material that’s got rigor mortis." -- Time Out New York
Posted Oct 1, 2008
 
Just Buried (2008)43%
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5/6
 
" The movie registers as a restoration of the richly humane, pre-indie ensemble drama that Demme and Woody Allen defined in the 1980s." -- Time Out New York
Posted Oct 1, 2008
 
Rachel Getting Married (2008)84%
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4/6
 
" Ballast has a potential that few Sundance movies even approach." -- Time Out New York
Posted Oct 1, 2008
 
Ballast (2008)76%
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2/6
 
" Lee’s war lacks a battle plan, not good intentions." -- Time Out New York
Posted Sep 25, 2008
 
Miracle at St. Anna (2008)31%
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3/6
 
" All of the emotional breakthroughs are safely telegraphed; fans of the film will be terrified if they dig any deeper between the book covers." -- Time Out New York
Posted Sep 25, 2008
 
Choke (2008)55%
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4/6
 
" Secrecy brings a serious commitment to its content, making it a valuable challenge to those who would place total openness above all." -- Time Out New York
Posted Sep 11, 2008
 
Secrecy (2008)100%
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4/6
 
" It’s hard to think of a more welcome piece of American filmmaking." -- Time Out New York
Posted Sep 4, 2008
 
The Pool (2008)96%
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5/6
 
" At 35, with more than a dozen features already under his belt, the director triumphed with this dazzling mixture of spycraft, banter, expository nonsense and manic chases along the Scottish Highlands." -- Time Out New York
Posted Sep 4, 2008
 
The 39 Steps (1935)97%
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5/6
 
Click here to read article -- Time Out New York
Posted Aug 28, 2008
 
Day of Wrath (2006)n/a
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2/6
 
" Even animation addicts might find their eyes glazing over at this digitally rotoscoped Cinderella story set in an oh-so-magical modern-day Chinatown." -- Time Out New York
Posted Aug 27, 2008
 
Year of the Fish (2008)55%
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3/6
 
" Anna Faris plays dizzy dolls as expertly as Lucille Ball and Marilyn Monroe. If Faris’s movies fail that total commitment, she can hardly be blamed for taking the work." -- Time Out New York
Posted Aug 27, 2008
 
The House Bunny (2008)39%
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5/6
 
" A lesser Dreyer work, but only in comparison with his own achievements." -- Time Out New York
Posted Aug 27, 2008
 
Day of Wrath (1943)100%
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3/6
 
" For some, the geek talk might be enough, but the artist himself remains fixedly behind his walls." -- Time Out New York
Posted Aug 21, 2008
 
Richard Serra: Thinking On Your Feet (2005)20%
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3/6
 
" But the actor too earnestly prolongs readings from the director's diaries and letters, turning the experience into more of an undisciplined airing of bitchy candor." -- Time Out New York
Posted Aug 14, 2008
 
Never Apologize: A Personal Visit with Lindsay Anderson (2008)64%
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2/6
 
" Like Grindhouse, it assumes that the mere sight of men with muscle vehicles accompanied by a retro-twangy soundtrack equals instant euphoria." -- Time Out New York
Posted Aug 6, 2008
 
Hell Ride (2008)11%
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3/6
 
" The opportunity to introduce newbies to a serious music-world icon -- and her significance -- feels squandered." -- Time Out New York
Posted Aug 6, 2008
 
Patti Smith: Dream of Life (2008)68%
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3/6
 
" Director Sanaa Hamri’s hand is heavier than that of original helmer Ken Kwapis, who knew how to let uncertain moments lie." -- Time Out New York
Posted Aug 4, 2008
 
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008)63%
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5/6
 
" It’s the first real film of the 1970s." -- Time Out New York
Posted Jul 31, 2008
 
M*A*S*H (1970)91%
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3/6
 
" Welcome to the first significant movie of Election 2008." -- Time Out New York
Posted Jul 31, 2008
 
Swing Vote (2008)38%
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5/6
 
" On the strength of its critical reception at festivals, this lovely, rigorous piece (made by a Boston professor) has secured what few experimental works do, a one-week theatrical run. It deserves it." -- Time Out New York
Posted Jul 31, 2008
 
Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind (2008)89%
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5/6
 
" Take American Teen for the moving snapshot it is: a picture of an uncertain generation finding its roots." -- Time Out New York
Posted Jul 24, 2008
 
American Teen (2008)69%
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3/6
 
" The Duplass brothers find themselves sucked into conventions that even their too-cool detachment can’t compensate for." -- Time Out New York
Posted Jul 24, 2008
 
Baghead (2008)78%
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4/6
 
" The shouty variety of manchild comedy that Ferrell has cribbed from Jerry Lewis divides movie fans intensely. Here's the one we should put in the time capsule." -- Time Out New York
Posted Jul 24, 2008
 
Step Brothers (2008)55%
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4/6
 
" Every moment in Mad Detective seems engineered for maximum oddity; it almost becomes overwhelming...Yet the movie feels adventuresome, too, a new bridge to Asia’s soulful ghost canon. It’s a metaphysical mystery masquerading as a doodle." -- Time Out New York
Posted Jul 16, 2008
 
Mad Detective (2008)83%
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2/6
 
" Exclusionary velvet-rope culture can’t be satirized enough, but woe be to secondhand Sacha Baron Cohens who don’t seem clear on the concept of mockumentary." -- Time Out New York
Posted Jul 16, 2008
 
The Doorman (2008)28%
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5/6
 
" One of the most fascinating performances of the year." -- Time Out New York
Posted Jul 16, 2008
 
Lou Reed's Berlin (2008)76%
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4/6
 
" Does a better-than-average job of depicting the pressures on guards, trainees and families on the outside." -- Time Out New York
Posted Jul 16, 2008
 
Felon (2008)61%
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3/6
 
" Kent MacKenzie’s forgotten indie basks in the retroactive glow of never having had a theatrical release -- as if that somehow makes it a work of misunderstood genius." -- Time Out New York
Posted Jul 9, 2008
 
The Exiles (1961)91%
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3/6
 
" Runs heavy on showy effects: all the goo that Del Toro’s Oscar prestige can buy. And yet, Ron Perlman’s growly, Johnny Lunchpail characterization of the antihero -- the spawn of Nazi experiments -- remains redeeming." -- Time Out New York
Posted Jul 9, 2008
 
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)88%
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3/6
 
" Stoned hip-hop youth go gently into that Giuliani night in Jonathan Levine’s frustratingly shallow my-summer-of-sex drama, set in a sweltering 1994 New York City." -- Time Out New York
Posted Jul 2, 2008
 
The Wackness (2008)67%
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4/6
 
" Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson is a valuable reclamation of the political from the personal." -- Time Out New York
Posted Jul 2, 2008
 
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (2008)89%
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5/6
 
" As a sports film, it doesn’t dig as deep as Hoop Dreams, but Gunnin’ will surely prove as inspiring." -- Time Out New York
Posted Jun 26, 2008
 
Gunnin' for That #1 Spot (2008)74%
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1/6
 
" An oh-my-God-level disaster that’ll make you wonder if Hollywood actually hates us." -- Time Out New York
Posted Jun 20, 2008
 
The Love Guru (2008)14%
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4/6
 
" No amount of absurdity -- and this film delivers plenty -- can clip the essential enjoyments of Sion Sono’s hair-horror flick, about haunted extensions that strangle their style-obsessed victims to death." -- Time Out New York
Posted Jun 18, 2008
 
Hair Extensions (2008)n/a
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3/6
 
" If The Incredible Hulk, a plastic, steroidally pumped reattempt, is what the fanboys really wanted, then they don’t deserve directors like Ang Lee." -- Time Out New York
Posted Jun 13, 2008
 
The Incredible Hulk (2008)67%
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4/6
 
" We’re not talking Roger & Me, but something equally as valid and town-proud: 'the heart of the heart of the continent,' in his whispering words." -- Time Out New York
Posted Jun 11, 2008
 
My Winnipeg (2008)94%
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5/6
 
" Monsieur Verdoux is the spirit of modernity taken to its darkest extreme. It may be immortal." -- Time Out New York
Posted Jun 11, 2008
 
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)96%
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2/6
 
" While fur-clad pillaging sounds fun enough, a Crouching Tiger–style ponderousness hollows out this largely Russian-produced dud." -- Time Out New York
Posted Jun 5, 2008
 
Mongol (2008)88%
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4/6
 
" To realize that such studio entertainments found a way to accommodate politics and satire is to mourn something largely lost." -- Time Out New York
Posted Jun 5, 2008
 
The President's Analyst (1967)81%
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3/6
 
" As a rigorous cartoon of life-and-death proportions, it represents a welcome, dark variation on taking out the trash." -- Time Out New York
Posted May 29, 2008
 
Stuck (2007)71%
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4/6
 
" Enormously entertaining." -- Time Out New York
Posted May 29, 2008
 
Bigger, Stronger, Faster* (2008)97%
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4/6
 
" For the next two hours plus, the movie is a mourning story, a resiliency tale. Tears are shed in a Mexican retreat. Hair is dyed dark. It’s serious-period Woody Allen, if he were a better shopper." -- Time Out New York
Posted May 29, 2008
 
Sex and the City - The Movie (2008)50%
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1/6
 
" I’m not gonna box you, Uwe Boll. Punch your way through another critic’s face, as is your inclination. But please: Let me train you. Seriously. If you’re really going to go head to head with Michael Bay, you’ve got to work on your rope-a-dope." -- Time Out New York
Posted May 21, 2008
 
Postal (2008)8%
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2/6
 
" If the goal here is a Middle East Dr. Strangelove, the movie is lacking its anarchic Terry Southern, a scripter who flared out Kubrick’s chilly compositions with his equal-opportunity barbs." -- Time Out New York
Posted May 21, 2008
 
War, Inc. (2008)30%
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3/6
 
" This material is the fruit of years of research, but ultimately, an unanswered question haunts A Jihad for Love (and proves its undoing): Why would gay Muslims stay true to a religion that hurts them?" -- Time Out New York
Posted May 21, 2008
 
A Jihad for Love (2008)75%
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3/6
 
" The worst that can be said of Crystal Skull is that it won’t be inspiring any youthful vine-swinging. A shame, really." -- Time Out New York
Posted May 21, 2008
 
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)77%
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2/6
 
" The film is gentle and suggestive. But you’ll have to provide any stirring emotions yourself." -- Time Out New York
Posted May 14, 2008
 
Paraguayan Hammock (2008)56%
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2/6
 
" Mostly, this smacks of instaguilt artificiality: as if Luis Buñuel wrote Los Olvidados during a cushy, latte-infused stay at Robert Redford’s ski lodge." -- Time Out New York
Posted May 14, 2008
 
Sangre de Mi Sangre (2008)83%

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