ROTTEN TOMATOES: Michael Booth

LISTING OF ALL REVIEWS & ARTICLES

A SAMPLING OF THIS CRITIC'S CINEMATIC TASTE

BEST TO WORST SAMPLING
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4/4	American Dreamz
3.5/4	Tsotsi
3/4	39 Pounds of Love
3.5/5	The Heart of the Game
2.5/4	Imagine Me & You
2/4	Why We Fight
1.5/4	Night Watch
1/4	Running Scared
0/4	The Quiet

BEST REVIEWED
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4/4	Notes on a Scandal
4/4	The Queen
4/4	Wordplay
4/4	American Dreamz
4/4	North Country
4/4	Elevator to the Gallows
4/4	March of the Penguins
4/4	Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
4/4	Millions
4/4	Ocean's Twelve
	more...

WORST REVIEWED
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0/4	Alpha Dog
0/4	The Quiet
0/4	Alone in the Dark
1/4	Fay Grim
1/4	Because I Said So
1/4	Flyboys
1/4	The Oh in Ohio
1/4	Click
1/4	Battle in Heaven
1/4	Running Scared
	more...

This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 67% of the time.

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	" A dedicated team of faithful adapters created a wonderfully rich movie version of the book in 1981, and the emotion and intellectual depths of the story resonate through the decades." Posted Mar 28, 2008	The Chosen (1982)	75%
	" As tense and effective now as it was 25 years ago. The worry back then was more about Soviet missiles than about credit card identity theft, but good filmmaking techniques haven't changed." Posted Mar 14, 2008	WarGames (1983)	96%
	" It's just right for the 9-year-old looking to while away a long afternoon in escapist storytelling." Posted Mar 7, 2008	Princess Mononoke (1997)	93%
	" *The mystery of Fischer's talent and torment adds depth to Searching for Bobby Fischer,* about a young New York chess prodigy who doesn't want his genius to ruin his life.*" Posted Feb 8, 2008*	Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)	100%
	" Compared with modern Disney films, which are dominated by the self-absorption and eventual self-discovery of their main characters, Robin Hood offers surprisingly stark and interesting social questions." Posted Feb 8, 2008	Robin Hood (1973)	57%
	" [Director Phillip] Noyce shows their awful, eventually uplifting journey without flinching, and the arid Australian wilderness is a co-star of the film." Posted Feb 8, 2008	Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)	88%
	" *Mind-bending thrillers like Primer* are terrific viewing with your teenagers. Maybe if you're nice, they'll explain the ending to you.*" Posted Feb 8, 2008*	Primer (2004)	72%
	" It's a crime what happened to the wonderful African wilderness movie Duma in 2005. Beautifully directed by veteran Carroll Ballard, Duma fell flat in the United States because of bad timing and abysmal marketing." Posted Feb 8, 2008	Duma (2005)	93%
	" It's a nice study of a young girl's happy obsession." Posted Feb 8, 2008	Her Majesty (2005)	53%
	" Smarter than your average cartoon." Posted Dec 26, 2007	Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron/The Road to El Dorado (2000/2002)	n/a
	" Spirit is smarter than your average cartoon because it doesn't try to joke around with a host of annoying talking animals." Posted Dec 26, 2007	Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)	68%
	" The Day the Earth Stood Still may at first look like goofy, outdated science fiction, but its timeless warnings about violence, nuclear confrontation and the difficulties of policing the planet have made it an enduring cultural classic." Posted Oct 5, 2007	Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)	93%
	" Since arriving as a mild success in 1993, Groundhog Day has gradually achieved the status of beloved. The American Film Institute rates it No.34 on its list of all-time funniest movies, and it's a story that bears frequent repeat viewings." Posted Aug 18, 2007	Groundhog Day (1993)	96%
3/4	" The first by Doug Liman was best, but the second and third by Greengrass come close because of a strict consistency in tone and talent." Posted Aug 3, 2007	The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)	93%
	" A rousing drama of endurance, opportunism and friendship under fire." Posted Aug 3, 2007	Papillon (1973)	93%
3/4	" The Simpsons concept in feature length is just as reassuringly startling in its nonstop irreverence as the best of the weekly TV droppings." Posted Jul 27, 2007	The Simpsons Movie (2007)	90%
	" In nine hours of threatening, bickering and, eventually, poignant (but never maudlin) self-revelation, the stereotypes dissolve and re-form." Posted Jul 27, 2007	The Breakfast Club (1984)	90%
3/4	" That heart-stopping beginning tells us Herzog is again in top form, richly depicting the true story of the only American POW known to have escaped from Laotian captivity." Posted Jul 20, 2007	Rescue Dawn (2007)	90%
	" *Redford turns a dry subject into high art, matching the achievements of his other directing efforts in Ordinary People* and A River Runs Through It.*" Posted Jul 3, 2007*	Quiz Show (1994)	96%
3.5/4	" *Writer and director Brad Bird keeps Ratatouille* moving without resorting to the cute animal jokes or pop-culture wisecracking that ruined so many other recent animated films.*" Posted Jun 29, 2007*	Ratatouille (2007)	95%
3/4	" Leoni is a welcome sight here, temporarily giving up attempts at sunny-sexy blond roles and going with her sarcastic nature." Posted Jun 22, 2007	You Kill Me (2007)	79%
1.5/4	" Here's the funniest thing: In trying desperately to reconnect with religious Americans, Hollywood assumes religious Americans are so dumb they'll laugh at anything." Posted Jun 22, 2007	Evan Almighty (2007)	23%
	" [Director] Morita has a slightly cruder, more realistic sense of the world and its looniness than does Miyazaki, and you can see where The Cat Returns moves on a different track even as it pays homage to Japan's current animation master." Posted Jun 20, 2007	The Cat Returns (2002)	93%
3/4	" The movie's remaining revelations build slowly into a set of surprisingly powerful emotional beats." Posted Jun 20, 2007	Jindabyne (2007)	65%
2/4	" This 140-minute biopic feels more like an ordeal than a celebration." Posted Jun 15, 2007	La Vie En Rose (2007)	75%
3/4	" A refreshingly kind and calm PG film that no one will be ashamed to see." Posted Jun 15, 2007	Nancy Drew (2007)	49%
2/4	" *So there's still a smart office-horror movie left to be made. In the meantime, Severance* is just another paycheck.*" Posted Jun 8, 2007*	Severance (2007)	65%
3/4	" *I could tell you all the surprises that make the loopy documentary Crazy Love* such an odd treat, but then I'd be undermining the whole point of telling you to go.*" Posted Jun 8, 2007*	Crazy Love (2007)	78%
3/4	" Fresh, funny, inventive and engaging. Dang if those dumb little birds didn't find a movie that lets them be cuddly animals with human problems, an animated flick whose anthropomorphism is appealing rather than appalling." Posted Jun 8, 2007	Surf's Up (2007)	78%
3/4	" In Hollywood's version of Vegas, I'll have the surf, and the turf, and the vegetarian, and anything else Soderbergh wants to serve me." Posted Jun 8, 2007	Ocean's Thirteen (2007)	70%
2/4	" Mr. Brooks has more tonal shifts than a Philip Glass concert, never deciding if it's a thriller, a noir, a comedy or a farce." Posted Jun 1, 2007	Mr. Brooks (2007)	56%
2.5/4	" *A truly winning American soccer movie has yet to be made, but Gracie* is good enough to play for a tie.*" Posted Jun 1, 2007*	Gracie (2007)	59%
	" *I doubt you'll see a funnier movie this summer than Knocked Up. Apatow has clearly earned the unusual mantle of chief chronicler of modern family life in all its profane glory." Posted May 31, 2007*	Knocked Up (2007)	91%
2.5/4	" You leave feeling alive, if severely disturbed, rather than deadened by the unthinking horrors of the latest slasher films." Posted May 25, 2007	Bug (2007)	59%
1/4	" Fay Grim plays like a cadre of smug high-school drama students absolutely convinced everyone will be as amused by their antics as they are." Posted May 18, 2007	Fay Grim (2007)	43%
	" Deepens into a far more powerful entertainment through matchless cinematography and talented supporting players." Posted May 11, 2007	The Black Stallion (1979)	86%
3/4	" So why does it work, at least much of the time? Because of Russell, and because Shelly's uneven tone also provides hints at brilliance." Posted May 11, 2007	Waitress (2007)	88%
2/4	" 28 Weeks Later underlines the fact that when you come back from the grave, you're not always looking so fresh." Posted May 11, 2007	28 Weeks Later (2007)	71%
2.5/4	" *So much of comedy is in the timing, though, and The Ex* doesn't quite know when to quit. Or at least move on.*" Posted May 11, 2007*	The Ex (2007)	19%
3.5/4	" You leave the movie feeling exhausted, argumentative and exhilarated, surely the sign of a powerful film in any language." Posted May 4, 2007	After The Wedding (2007)	87%
1.5/4	" Gorgeous French silliness, yes, featuring stunning women having languorous, artful sex with each other. What was I saying? Oh yes, the silliness. Artful, gorgeous, sexy, sure, but ridiculous nonetheless." Posted May 4, 2007	Exterminating Angels (2007)	47%
1.5/4	" All in all, the fun has simply gone out of it." Posted May 4, 2007	Spider-Man 3 (2007)	61%
	" As Lion King did before it, Toy Story revived the art of American children's animation, and ushered in a set of smart movies that entertained children and their parents. It's a landmark movie, and doesn't get old with frequent repetition." Posted May 3, 2007	Toy Story (1995)	100%
	" The Little Bear Movie got us through some long snowy afternoons, and some late nights with ear infections. That's more than enough to earn this parent's gratitude." Posted Apr 27, 2007	The Little Bear Movie (2001)	n/a
2.5/4	" I was rooting for the 'Diggers' clan by the time this modest film ended. A talented cast of likable actors can do that for a thin script, and Paul Rudd, Ken Marino, Maura Tierney and Ron Eldard eventually won me over." Posted Apr 27, 2007	Diggers (2007)	69%
3/4	" The Deadliest Game has played out many times on screen, including with Arnold Schwarzenegger in a post-apocalypse The Running Man, but rarely is it aimed as squarely at the pitfalls of pop culture as in The Condemned." Posted Apr 27, 2007	The Condemned (2007)	16%
2/4	" [Verhoeven] hasn't seemed like a serious filmmaker for some time." Posted Apr 20, 2007	Black Book (2007)	76%
2.5/4	" Fracture is no Silence of the Lambs. In fact, it's no Primal Fear. Anthony Hopkins may well be smarter than all of us put together, but his busy career sometimes has more breadth than wit." Posted Apr 20, 2007	Fracture (2007)	71%
2/4	" *For a movie based on the stunted mental development and perfect action timing of American crime-fighting pics, Hot Fuzz* has surprisingly little idea of how to get to its point, or when.*" Posted Apr 20, 2007*	Hot Fuzz (2007)	90%
2/4	" *A quick and dirty job, a mean little movie ripping off the atmosphere and decorations of Psycho* and a half-dozen other horror-thriller classics.*" Posted Apr 20, 2007*	Vacancy (2007)	55%

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