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REX ROBERTS
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Film Journal International

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Film Critic, Film Journal International
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Total Reviews: 120


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Fresh  Ghost Town
Fresh  Journey to the Center of the Earth
Fresh  Brick Lane
Fresh  Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
Fresh  Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?
Fresh  Leatherheads
Fresh  Alexandra
Fresh  Priceless
Fresh  In Bruges
Fresh  Charlie Wilson's War
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Rotten  Brideshead Revisited
Rotten  The Fall
Rotten  My Blueberry Nights
Rotten  The Air I Breathe
Rotten  Stephen King's The Mist
Rotten  The Hunting Party
Rotten  Mr. Bean's Holiday
Rotten  Mondovino
Rotten  Asylum
Rotten  The Beautiful Country
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This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 68% of the time.

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" For a film that looks and feels au courant, Ghost Town could slip seamlessly into the rotation at Turner Classic Movies, an observation meant to be a compliment."
Posted Oct 8, 2008
 
Ghost Town (2008)85%
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" Will disappoint viewers who know Waugh's writing or the Granada production, while a younger audience unfamiliar with either won't care enough about rich Brits between the wars."
Posted Jul 16, 2008
 
Brideshead Revisited (2008)63%
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" A well-made, high-spirited movie that (rare indeed) never takes itself too seriously... a perfect summer escape."
Posted Jul 9, 2008
 
Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)62%
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" Gavron coaxes good performances from her cast, and she captures the look and feel of council housing in East End London..."
Posted Jun 23, 2008
 
Brick Lane (2008)65%
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" The Fall is meant to celebrate the restorative power of imagination, but it leaves viewers burdened with a sense of despair and impending doom."
Posted May 7, 2008
 
The Fall (2008)58%
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" Manages to be flippant and darkly provocative at once."
Posted Apr 21, 2008
 
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (2008)8%
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" Intermittently funny, fitfully engaging and occasionally enlightening."
Posted Apr 21, 2008
 
Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? (2008)36%
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" Brantley and Reilly keep their story moving nimbly, melding period and genre like old hands, despite this being their first screenplay."
Posted Apr 3, 2008
 
Leatherheads (2008)52%
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" Here [Wong's] found-art sets appear cluttered, his still-life tableaus clichéd and his beauty-shot close-ups unglamorous."
Posted Apr 2, 2008
 
My Blueberry Nights (2008)47%
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" An arty, cerebral film, Alexandra nevertheless speaks to the heart like a symphony."
Posted Mar 26, 2008
 
Alexandra (2008)94%
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" Clever if calculated, sentimental and silly, a sweet, unpretentious romance...in a phrase, old-fashioned."
Posted Mar 5, 2008
 
Priceless (2008)83%
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" Hard to beat a good crime story lightened up with honest laughter and existential angst."
Posted Jan 29, 2008
 
In Bruges (2008)81%
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" [Jieho] doesn't know what to do with actors, however, and the film's impressive ensemble is wasted."
Posted Jan 23, 2008
 
The Air I Breathe (2007)14%
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" Public policy is played for laughs rather than dissected in spite, and for 90 minutes we bask in escapist entertainment."
Posted Dec 19, 2007
 
Charlie Wilson's War (2007)83%
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" The film promises gnarly B-movie goosebumps but delivers an unctuous salve on noisome human nature."
Posted Nov 20, 2007
 
Stephen King's The Mist (2007)72%
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" A ragtag tour de force, a low-budget, high-drama independent marvel that reinvigorates cinéma-vérité."
Posted Nov 19, 2007
 
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2008)97%
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" IMAX 3D may be a gimmick, but it's a good one, perfectly suited to a film like Beowulf."
Posted Nov 16, 2007
 
Beowulf (2007)70%
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" The filmmakers know their audience and spin a good story, the cast is wonderfully diverse and engaging, the production first-rate."
Posted Nov 1, 2007
 
American Gangster (2007)79%
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" A movie as gritty and shocking as anything [Lumet] has done in his remarkable career."
Posted Oct 4, 2007
 
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)89%
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" Shepard insists that we feel Simon's pain and empathize with his righteous indignation, as though The Hunting Party were a morality tale or revenge play. It's not, and there's the rub."
Posted Sep 7, 2007
 
The Hunting Party (2007)54%
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" Owes a great deal to [Sideways], in terms of style and theme, but the plot and characters of Cahill's fable are fresh, and their capricious charms wholly their own."
Posted Sep 5, 2007
 
King of California (2007)62%
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" Amusing, yet not what we expect, or want, in a Bean comedy."
Posted Aug 24, 2007
 
Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007)50%
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" The resulting cinematic chimera isn't remarkably pretty, but it's pretty remarkable."
Posted Aug 1, 2007
 
Summer '04 (2006)79%
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" Deserves praise well beyond its budget."
Posted Jun 6, 2007
 
12:08 East of Bucharest (2007)95%
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" A film that testifies to the multicultural mood of our own moment in time."
Posted Jun 4, 2007
 
Ten Canoes (2007)98%
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" Day Watch, like Night Watch, doesn't take itself seriously, one of its chief charms."
Posted May 18, 2007
 
Day Watch (2007)63%
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" A crisp and clever hour and a half that, like the best screwball comedies, barely pauses for laughs."
Posted May 17, 2007
 
Death at a Funeral (2007)63%
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" Jindabyne is that rare film mixing suspense and melodrama, social commentary and spirituality."
Posted Apr 23, 2007
 
Jindabyne (2007)65%
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" Michael Apted channels history, but Grace is amazing for the modern sensibilities of its 18th-century saints."
Posted Mar 29, 2007
 
Amazing Grace (2007)70%
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" An appealing film, a window onto a part of the world passed over by history."
Posted Feb 22, 2007
 
Vodka Lemon ()94%
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" Does what it sets out to do--celebrate the good nature of those people who, despite life's difficulties, remain true to their loved ones, their friends, and themselves."
Posted Feb 22, 2007
 
Lost Embrace (2005)85%
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" Overly long and literally unfocused documentary about the wine industry."
Posted Feb 22, 2007
 
Mondovino (2005)70%
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" As an exercise in nostalgia...Inside Deep Throat is amusing"
Posted Feb 22, 2007
 
Inside Deep Throat (2005)82%
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" The film's extended debates on the ethics of science, government and personal responsibility would recommend it to critics of a medium that too often panders to audiences."
Posted Feb 22, 2007
 
Steamboy (2005)58%
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" As lovely to watch as it is painful to contemplate."
Posted Feb 22, 2007
 
Primo Amore (2005)53%
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" A poignant reminder that social issues, in the end, are personal matters."
Posted Feb 22, 2007
 
Brothers (2005)89%
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" Rapaport intersperses her reflections and those of people who knew her with dramatizations."
Posted Feb 22, 2007
 
Writer of O (2005)50%
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" Salvadori and his fellow screenwriters invent clever complications to keep us amused."
Posted Feb 22, 2007
 
Apres Vous (2005)56%
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" As entertaining and uplifting a film as we'll get all year."
Posted Feb 22, 2007
 
Cinderella Man (2005)80%
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" Despite a superb cast, artful set design and seductive cinematography, Asylum remains a lovingly lensed missed opportunity."
Posted Feb 22, 2007
 
Asylum (2005)37%
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" An ambitious movie made on a modest budget, its intention is better than its execution."
Posted Feb 22, 2007
 
The Beautiful Country (2005)75%
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" A moody, quirky movie that, although flawed, is worth a walk to the theatre in a gentle rain."
Posted Feb 22, 2007
 
Dark Water (2005)46%
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" Hasn't the brightness of a romantic comedy nor the tristesse of melodrama."
Posted Feb 22, 2007
 
Shopgirl (2005)62%
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" Quite literally, a delightful surprise."
Posted Feb 22, 2007
 
Pride and Prejudice (2005)85%
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" A difficult film to watch, but one that speaks to our own invidious world."
Posted Feb 22, 2007
 
The Libertine (2005)32%
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" One of those smart pictures that transcends genres, a costume romance inspired by Restoration comedy, French farce and vaudevillian slapstick."
Posted Feb 22, 2007
 
Casanova (2005)43%
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" Sermonizes in the manner Wilde satirized; the movie bends over backwards to assure the audience that marriage and monogamy, the butt of jokes throughout, are just and right."
Posted Feb 22, 2007
 
A Good Woman (2005)39%
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" The actual images from the barren surface of our solar neighbor don't fill the giant screen."
Posted Feb 22, 2007
 
Roving Mars (2006)68%
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" No matter who's talking, the audience's attention will be on the images wrapping themselves around them."
Posted Feb 22, 2007
 
Deep Sea (IMAX) (2006)91%
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" The rare film that stays within itself, mocking its obvious targets with the cool insouciance of mentholated tobacco."
Posted Feb 22, 2007
 
Thank You For Smoking (2006)86%

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