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CHAD GREENE
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4/5 I Think I Love My Wife
3.5/5 This Filthy World
2.5/4 Charlotte's Web
3/5 Blades of Glory
2/4 The Tiger and the Snow
2.5/5 Primeval
2/5 Deja Vu
1.5/5 Let's Go to Prison
1/5 The Invisible
0/4 Water
 
 
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0/4 Water
1/5 Freshman Orientation
1/5 Daddy Day Camp
1/5 Delta Farce
1/5 The Invisible
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This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 78% of the time.

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3.5/5
 
"With the Garcia Girls, Riedel will take the right audiences someplace this summer." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted May 16, 2008
 
How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summers (2008)81%
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2/5
 
"Call it unintentional-intentional-unintentional humor: Lee presumably believes that he’s satirizing the unintentional laughs inherent in no-budget genre fare, but does so in such a shoddy manner that the audience is laughing at him instead of with him." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Apr 18, 2008
 
Zombie Strippers (2008)36%
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3/5
 
"Audiences watching the scene in which Matz coaxes his young son into petting the powerful horse will be every bit as touched emotionally as the horse on screen is physically." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Apr 18, 2008
 
The First Saturday in May (2008)72%
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0/4
 
"Unfortunately, this is not a satire like Dr. Strangelove--it’s a documentary in which talking heads spout pseudoscientific claptrap that comes across as all wet." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Apr 18, 2008
 
Water (2008)n/a
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2/5
 
"Mostly, though, Remember the Daze is a set of largely plotless scenes showing teens trying to score either sex or drugs, with no particularly profound point to any of it." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Apr 11, 2008
 
Remember the Daze (2008)0%
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3.5/5
 
"The Young@Heart Chorus has all the characters--and character--that any documentarian could ask for." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Apr 11, 2008
 
Young@Heart (2008)87%
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3/5
 
"To be sure, slapstick misadventures ensue, but there’s a sweetness and vulnerability beneath the surface of the boys’ sometimes-blue bantering." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Apr 4, 2008
 
Backseat (2008)8%
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2.5/5
 
"Similar to the caper he’s shooting, Legally Blonde director Robert Luketic’s plan doesn’t exactly go off without a hitch." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Mar 28, 2008
 
21 (2008)31%
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3/5
 
"While this rock’em sock’em rom com about a middle-aged man’s unlikely return to the world of amateur boxing doesn’t quite score a knockout, it lands a respectable number of body blows -- and belly laughs." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Mar 21, 2008
 
The Hammer (2008)74%
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"Whatever comic misadventures he set out to commit to film on his shoestring budget, [director] Mandt proves again and again in Last Stop for Paul that he was ready when the time came." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Mar 10, 2008
 
Last Stop For Paul (2008)70%
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"David Magee and Simon Beaufoy weave appropriate period-piece banter into their classically structured script." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Mar 7, 2008
 
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)76%
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"This cute comedy is a magnetic movie that will likely attract the arthouse audiences." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Feb 22, 2008
 
Be Kind Rewind (2008)65%
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"Often laugh-out-loud hilarious." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Feb 8, 2008
 
Military Intelligence and You! (2008)38%
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"Not a prime example of the musical documentary genre." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Feb 6, 2008
 
Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert (2008)75%
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"It's as if [director David] Schwimmer managed to shoot himself in his foot with the starter's pistol." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Jan 18, 2008
 
Run, Fat Boy, Run (2008)48%
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"Some of this isn’t easy to watch, but it’s all worth a Look." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Dec 14, 2007
 
Look (2007)61%
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"This Kite soars to rare heights." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Dec 14, 2007
 
The Kite Runner (2007)66%
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"While it might not be the best present ever, it’s also one that its recipients are unlikely to return." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Dec 12, 2007
 
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007)73%
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"That director Rob Reiner is often successful in eliminating the too-sweet taste of sentimentality is largely due to a pair of powerhouse performances from Freeman and Nicholson." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Dec 12, 2007
 
The Bucket List (2007)40%
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"This genuinely moving picture, with its edgy hand-cranked camerawork, represents a remarkable reinvention for a former B-movie maven whose most notable achievement before this was directing an 18-year-old Angelina Jolie in Cyborg 2." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Dec 7, 2007
 
Man in the Chair (2007)50%
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"Potential laughs are largely lost due to the one-note nature of the characters." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Dec 7, 2007
 
The Amateurs (2007)14%
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"The action sequences are the only outstanding aspect of this less-than-golden adaptation, which is ultimately undermined by its strictly tinny storytelling." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Dec 3, 2007
 
The Golden Compass (2007)42%
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"Joe Strummer may have sung 'I'm So Bored with the U.S.A.,' but American audiences will be anything but bored with music video innovator Julien Temple's coruscating celebration of the iconic Clash singer/songwriter." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Nov 2, 2007
 
Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten (2007)87%
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"Quantum Hoops -- the debut documentary from Rick Greenwald -- is an absolute slam-dunk." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Nov 2, 2007
 
Quantum Hoops (2007)78%
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"The problem with Black Irish is that, like those photos shifted to cover the holes, not everything is hanging in quite the right place here." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Oct 25, 2007
 
Black Irish (2007)25%
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"Unfortunately, the cast and crew of Music Within don’t get much of their own music out here -- at best, they hum a few bars of an off-key tune." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Oct 25, 2007
 
Music Within (2007)31%
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2.5/5
 
"[A] no-frills doc, which isn't done any favors by Newman's monotone narration." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Sep 28, 2007
 
The Price of Sugar (2007)72%
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1/5
 
"Theatres showing it will likely have as many conspicuously empty seats as the classrooms and barrooms in this picture, which was apparently shot on such a shoestring that they couldn’t even get enough extras to fill a set." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Sep 15, 2007
 
Freshman Orientation (2007)33%
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1.5/5
 
"Griffin Dunne and Dirk Wittenborn think they’re pretty clever." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Sep 15, 2007
 
Fierce People (2007)24%
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3/5
 
"A deeply funny follow-up to Kissing Jessica Stein from that film’s co-writer and co-star Westfeldt." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Sep 14, 2007
 
Ira & Abby (2007)66%
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3.5/5
 
"An emotionally honest performance from writer/director/producer/star Garlin ensures that the audience will be pulling for James." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Sep 7, 2007
 
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With (2007)74%
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1.5/5
 
"It’s bad enough that Odenkirk can’t wring a single laugh out of cameos by funny folks like Jenna Fischer (TV’s The Office) or Bill Hader (Superbad), but it’s simply astonishing how he squanders Kristin Wiig." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Sep 7, 2007
 
The Brothers Solomon (2007)16%
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2.5/5
 
"It’s a precocious performance, although one with melodramatic moments that prevent Lapica from entirely dispelling the specter of vanity self-casting." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Aug 31, 2007
 
Self-Medicated (2007)35%
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3.5/5
 
"Remaking a 2003 original by the slain Dutch director Theo van Gogh, Buscemi has produced a charmingly perplexing portrait that’s anything but a knockoff." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Aug 30, 2007
 
Interview (2007)57%
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2/5
 
"It isn’t only organization that the mildly anarchic Your Mommy Kills Animals sorely lacks, it’s also a sufficient number of sources." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Aug 30, 2007
 
Your Mommy Kills Animals (2007)91%
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1.5/5
 
"This low-level laffer seems set to bounce out of theatres in short order." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Aug 30, 2007
 
Balls of Fury (2007)23%
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Posted Aug 30, 2007
 
Wonders Are Many (2007)n/a
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2.5/5
 
"[Dellal's] attempts to 'straighten' the narrative through exposition disguised as the walkie-talkie messages of an unseen stage manager, however, are distractingly ham-handed." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Aug 30, 2007
 
Gypsy Caravan (2006)85%
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3/5
 
"This take on The Body Snatchers is surprisingly stylish." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Aug 17, 2007
 
The Invasion (2007)19%
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1/5
 
"Here’s to hoping that the pint-sized thespians who play those kids -- barely blessed with names, let alone personalities -- don’t mistake the lame lessons of the adults around them on the set of Daddy Day Camp as a master class in comedic acting." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Aug 10, 2007
 
Daddy Day Camp (2007)1%
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3/5
 
"Matthew Vaughn and Jane Goldman’s well-structured screenplay unfolds like a Princess Bride for the 21st century -- balancing derring-do with sly satire." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Aug 10, 2007
 
Stardust (2007)76%
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2/5
 
"Saddled with shoddy storytelling, this is an Underdog in the saddest sense." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Aug 6, 2007
 
Underdog (2007)15%
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4/5
 
"The fictional family that has defined satire on the small screen since 1989 has finally found a 'Home, Sweet Home' on the big screen." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Jul 27, 2007
 
The Simpsons Movie (2007)89%
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3/5
 
"Arctic Tale puts, if not a human face on the effects of climate change, then the next best thing: an anthropomorphized animal one." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Jul 27, 2007
 
Arctic Tale (2007)62%
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4/5
 
"Whether its individual scenes are accompanied by teen anthems or protest songs, it’s impossible to deny that Hairspray’s got a good beat, and you can dance to it." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Jul 20, 2007
 
Hairspray (2007)92%
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1.5/5
 
"Although shot with a modicum of style by a seriously slumming Roland Joffe... nothing terribly thrilling happens in this 'thriller.'" -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Jul 13, 2007
 
Captivity (2007)7%
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2.5/5
 
"Anyone expecting a rebirth of the Harry Potter film franchise in its fifth installment will find a disappointing dearth of cinematic magic." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Jul 10, 2007
 
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)77%
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1.5/5
 
"Anyone who wanders into License to Wed expecting a sweet-natured romantic comedy is likely to feel like the sensitive surface of that metaphorical tongue: ripped off." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Jul 3, 2007
 
License To Wed (2007)8%
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3/5
 
"If Broken English has anything, it’s a bold sense of direction." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Jun 22, 2007
 
Broken English (2007)64%
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2/5
 
"My advice to you: Just say Noah." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Jun 22, 2007
 
Evan Almighty (2007)23%

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