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TED FRY
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• Film.com
• Seattle Times

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Total Reviews: 189


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A SAMPLING OF THIS CRITIC'S CINEMATIC TASTE
 
BEST TO WORST SAMPLING
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3.5/4  Ladykillers
3/4  Hey Is Dee Dee Home
2.5/4  MC5 * A True Testimonial
2/4  Chasing Liberty
1.5/4  Never Die Alone
1/4  Broken Lizard's Club Dread
.5/4  The Pacifier
0.5/4  Click
0/4  Cock & Bull Story
 
 
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0/4  Cock & Bull Story
0.5/4  The Ex
0.5/4  Deck the Halls
0.5/4  Click
.5/4  The Dukes of Hazzard
.5/4  The Pacifier
0.5/4  Love Don't Cost a Thing
1/4  The House Bunny
1/4  Bratz: The Movie
1/4  The Condemned
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This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 74% of the time.

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2/4
 
" The package is a friendly, if lackluster, affair..." -- Seattle Times
Posted Oct 3, 2008
 
Allah Made Me Funny (2008)52%
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1.5/4
 
" When a movie features two spit takes in the first 15 minutes, it's a pretty clear indicator of which way the rest of the farce will go." -- Seattle Times
Posted Oct 3, 2008
 
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)33%
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2/4
 
" There's not much reality or intellect to be found." -- Seattle Times
Posted Oct 3, 2008
 
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008)72%
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3.5/4
 
" An extraordinary glimpse into the psychology, subtext and austere reality of modern Chinese culture." -- Seattle Times
Posted Sep 26, 2008
 
Still Life (2008)91%
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3/4
 
" An affectionate and absorbing look at the premiere artist of the '80s downtown New York art scene, whose images quickly penetrated popular culture around the world." -- Seattle Times
Posted Sep 19, 2008
 
The Universe of Keith Haring (2008)n/a
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3/4
 
" Ping Pong Playa falters on formula only occasionally, but otherwise remains a consistently agreeable romp that strikes just the right chord of ironic sentimentally." -- Seattle Times
Posted Sep 12, 2008
 
Ping Pong Playa (2008)68%
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3/4
 
" Writer/director Alex Holdridge maintains the intrigue of Wilson and Vivian's dance through a combination of naturalistic dialogue and a magical-realist style." -- Seattle Times
Posted Sep 12, 2008
 
In Search of a Midnight Kiss (2008)85%
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1/4
 
" If another dumb-blonde joke is something you've hoped never to suffer again, make every effort to avoid the protracted punch line that constitutes the bulk of The House Bunny." -- Seattle Times
Posted Aug 21, 2008
 
The House Bunny (2008)39%
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1.5/4
 
" An innocuous late-summer entry that barely rises above the level of sitcom alternative to Olympic-coverage overload." -- Seattle Times
Posted Aug 20, 2008
 
The Rocker (2008)36%
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3/4
 
" The engaging enigma of The Silence Before Bach demonstrates an artistic wisdom that is as satisfying as it is challenging." -- Seattle Times
Posted Aug 1, 2008
 
The Silence Before Bach (2008)85%
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2.5/4
 
" Might have packed a stronger punch with more commitment to both the music and the message." -- Seattle Times
Posted Jul 25, 2008
 
CSNY Déjà Vu (2008)64%
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2.5/4
 
" It doesn't rank high in the lowbrow-comedy genre that has produced legitimately smart entries such as The 40-Year-Old Virgin or Knocked Up, but it does succeed as a token contender by delivering real laughs at the expense of intelligence and decency." -- Seattle Times
Posted Jul 25, 2008
 
Step Brothers (2008)55%
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2/4
 
" [An] unremarkable sci-fi gagfest." -- Seattle Times
Posted Jul 11, 2008
 
Meet Dave (2008)20%
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" The kinetic editing that keeps bopping from continent to continent never lets up, and it's often impossible to absorb the impressive array of images." -- Seattle Times
Posted Apr 4, 2008
 
Bomb It (2008)87%
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2.5/4
 
" While it may not be the most absorbing subject for a feature documentary, the hoop dreams of a brainiac team that wants to win just once does make for an amusing diversion, especially with another season of college-bracket fever upon us." -- Seattle Times
Posted Mar 28, 2008
 
Quantum Hoops (2007)80%
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3.5/4
 
" Gus Van Sant's capper to a trilogy of experiments in elliptical narrative and lyrical structure is a masterful triumph of art, craft and empathy for the complicatedness of being a real teenager." -- Seattle Times
Posted Mar 21, 2008
 
Paranoid Park (2008)75%
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3/4
 
" Using a mostly seamless series of narrative techniques, the film spins a string of interconnected stories based on Sufi mysticism." -- Seattle Times
Posted Mar 14, 2008
 
Bab'Aziz - The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul (2008)57%
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2/4
 
" Even Donny Osmond's sparkling teeth seem a little dim compared with the unsullied gleam the movie presents as real life." -- Seattle Times
Posted Mar 7, 2008
 
College Road Trip (2008)13%
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3.5/4
 
" It's an incredible performance captured in a medium that attains a unique aesthetic of immediacy and humanity from the powerful rock quartet." -- Seattle Times
Posted Jan 23, 2008
 
U2 3D (2008)92%
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3/4
 
" Even though the pull of the mountain remains a mystery, we do gain some understanding of the humanity that fuels the hair-raising risks captured so eloquently on film." -- Seattle Times
Posted Jan 18, 2008
 
Steep (2007)51%
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1.5/4
 
" The Bucket List's craft is as impeccable as moviemaking technique and computer tricks can be. But boiled into a formula that is sometimes cloying and sweet, the movie is nonetheless a lazy low-grade product." -- Seattle Times
Posted Jan 11, 2008
 
The Bucket List (2007)41%
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1.5/4
 
" Who wants reality and a hollow inspirational message after a setup promising madcap laughs?" -- Seattle Times
Posted Jan 11, 2008
 
First Sunday (2008)14%
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2.5/4
 
" What Would Jesus Buy? is paved with good intentions..." -- Seattle Times
Posted Nov 30, 2007
 
What Would Jesus Buy? (2007)62%
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2.5/4
 
" A truly mad tale of a band that began as a loose amalgamation out of the Greenwich Village folk scene in the early '60s and managed to keep getting back together for reunions and revivals until 2005." -- Seattle Times
Posted Nov 16, 2007
 
The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose (2006)100%
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2.5/4
 
" There's an eerie, magical quality to the political and symbolist fable embedded in Khadak, a visually beautiful film about disappearing nomadic culture on the harsh steppes of Mongolia." -- Seattle Times
Posted Nov 2, 2007
 
Khadak (2006)64%
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3/4
 
" Carell plays it fairly straight in a movie that hits high on the scales of comedy and romance, with just a dollop of dramatic reality. It's almost as if he were playing, well, real life." -- Seattle Times
Posted Oct 26, 2007
 
Dan in Real Life (2007)66%
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2.5/4
 
" Even the title sounds like a hardheaded comeback to a proclamation nobody made." -- Seattle Times
Posted Oct 19, 2007
 
Punk's Not Dead (2007)89%
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3.5/4
 
" Blame it on Fidel! is a knowing lesson in film and history that often makes its serious point with a dose of wise humor." -- Seattle Times
Posted Oct 19, 2007
 
Blame it on Fidel (2006)93%
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1.5/4
 
" Perhaps if Disney had gotten their hands on it, The Final Season would have gotten the spitball polish it needs." -- Seattle Times
Posted Oct 12, 2007
 
The Final Season (2007)25%
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3/4
 
" A quiet, clever and sometimes moving film about an unusual grifting lifestyle." -- Seattle Times
Posted Oct 5, 2007
 
Great World of Sound (2007)82%
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3.5/4
 
" If you want to see something that just screams, 'Oh, wow!,' this latest IMAX 3-D feature is better than a lifelong angler's best fish story." -- Seattle Times
Posted Oct 5, 2007
 
Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure (2007)100%
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2/4
 
" Trade has telegraphed the most sordid examples of the international child sex trade into a small, somewhat exploitative thriller." -- Seattle Times
Posted Sep 28, 2007
 
Trade (2007)27%
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2.5/4
 
" This is a strong effort by first time writer/director Mike Cahill that will keep you bemused for its idiosyncratic voice." -- Seattle Times
Posted Sep 28, 2007
 
King of California (2007)62%
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2/4
 
" As polished and innocuous as a spin around the park on Dumbo." -- Seattle Times
Posted Sep 28, 2007
 
The Game Plan (2007)27%
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3.5/4
 
" If you've never heard of Pete Seeger or if you've known him all your life, see this film. Walking out, you might just be ready to put the world together." -- Seattle Times
Posted Sep 21, 2007
 
Pete Seeger - The Power of Song (2007)95%
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2/4
 
" It's all rather messy in lots of ways. Fortunately the appealing presence and physical comedy of Cook and Fogler fill a lot of holes that would otherwise just be dirty ditches." -- Seattle Times
Posted Sep 21, 2007
 
Good Luck Chuck (2007)3%
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3.5/4
 
" The finale is a slow-motion tour de force that blends style, elegance and nuance of character in showers of blood." -- Seattle Times
Posted Sep 14, 2007
 
Exiled (2007)81%
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3.5/4
 
" Jaw-dropping only hints at the reaction to the intricately staged fights, especially a shootout between Smith and a dozen or so villains as they step out of a jet and plummet toward Earth sans parachutes." -- Seattle Times
Posted Sep 7, 2007
 
Shoot 'Em Up (2007)66%
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2/4
 
" It's just a little too simplistic and not a very compelling story." -- Seattle Times
Posted Aug 31, 2007
 
Self-Medicated (2007)35%
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3/4
 
" It's got style to burn and is more gruesome that any schlock-horror gorefest." -- Seattle Times
Posted Aug 31, 2007
 
Death Sentence (2007)19%
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3/4
 
" Like any good documentary, this one releases information slowly and sometimes with startling abruptness." -- Seattle Times
Posted Aug 24, 2007
 
You're Gonna Miss Me - A Film About Roky Erickson (2007)78%
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2.5/4
 
" Religious and thematic issues aside, September Dawn is well-crafted as a revisionist Western with a message." -- Seattle Times
Posted Aug 24, 2007
 
September Dawn (2007)13%
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3/4
 
" The trifling delights of Mr. Bean's Holiday come to a thundering crescendo during the movie's last 10 minutes in a sequence which almost reaches the enchanting heights of Monsieur Hulot's Holiday." -- Seattle Times
Posted Aug 24, 2007
 
Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007)50%
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3/4
 
" More horrific than any tale from the crypt Hollywood could conceive." -- Seattle Times
Posted Aug 10, 2007
 
Ghosts of Cite Soleil (2007)81%
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2/4
 
" El Cantante has nerve but can't follow through on the edginess of its intentions." -- Seattle Times
Posted Aug 3, 2007
 
El Cantante (2007)24%
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1/4
 
" Others who watch with more sense than adoration will likely be dumbfounded by the venal messages of pettiness and possession that the movie honors above all else." -- Seattle Times
Posted Aug 3, 2007
 
Bratz: The Movie (2007)7%
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3/4
 
" Ultimately, Live Free or Die Hard so completely slacks our jaw and so successfully suspends our disbelief that the highest praise goes to the crew of first-class technicians who pulled it off." -- Seattle Times
Posted Jun 26, 2007
 
Die Hard 4: Live Free or Die Hard (2007)81%
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3/4
 
" A genuinely disturbing and ingenious piece of horror that's as much a brainteaser as it is a feast of visual creativity." -- Seattle Times
Posted Jun 22, 2007
 
1408 (2007)78%
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3.5/4
 
" Luc Besson returns to his roots in this delightful, funny and stylish fantasy. Shot in gloriously crisp black and white, it's also a bit of a throwback to the French New Wave for its technique and dazzling location vignettes across Paris." -- Seattle Times
Posted Jun 22, 2007
 
Angel-A (2007)43%
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2.5/4
 
" It's not always a success, but the ensemble actors are fine at fleshing out purposely underwritten roles." -- Seattle Times
Posted Jun 1, 2007
 
Steel City (2006)86%

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