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Critics / Authors Reviews and Articles
JOHN P. MCCARTHY
PUBLICATION(S)
• Boxoffice Magazine
• ReelTalk Movie Reviews
• Variety

BIOGRAPHY
Film Critic, ReelTalk Movie Reviews
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Total Reviews: 285


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A SAMPLING OF THIS CRITIC'S CINEMATIC TASTE
 
BEST TO WORST SAMPLING
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4.5/5  WALL-E
4/5  The Queen
3.5/5  The Blood of My Brother: A Story of Death in Iraq
2.5/4  Inland Empire
3/5  Who the #$&% is Jackson Pollock?
2.5/5  The Quiet
2/5  Lady in the Water
1.5/5  See No Evil
1/5  Good Luck Chuck
.5/5  Repo! The Genetic Opera
 
 
BEST REVIEWED
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4.5/5  WALL-E
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WORST REVIEWED
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.5/5  Repo! The Genetic Opera
1/5  Choose Connor
1/5  Good Luck Chuck
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This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 77% of the time.

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3.5/5
 
" It's rewarding even if you're not a football fanatic, alum, or sociologist researching Ivy Leaguers of the era." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Nov 21, 2008
 
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 (2008)80%
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" Now that 007 has got Vesper out of his system, maybe we'll get a Bond flick that doesn't just smolder but is genuinely combustible." -- ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Nov 17, 2008
 
Quantum of Solace (2008)66%
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2.5/5
 
" A heist comedy with showbiz savvy oozing from its pores." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Nov 13, 2008
 
The Dukes (2008)65%
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2/5
 
" Despite the fine performances, it might have been a better idea just to leave this one to the theatre where it was probably better suited." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Nov 13, 2008
 
Eden (2008)71%
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3/5
 
" Winner of the Best Documentary award at this year's Tribeca Film Festival." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Nov 10, 2008
 
Pray the Devil Back to Hell (2008)100%
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.5/5
 
" Without question, Repo! The Genetic Opera will pop up on worst-movies-of-the-year lists." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Nov 7, 2008
 
Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)27%
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2/5
 
" What strikes me as entirely bogus is the notion, expressed in the movie's taglines, that this narrative can be interpreted as hopeful or positive." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Nov 7, 2008
 
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)64%
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4/5
 
" An admirably spare and forthright chamber piece about divorce and its painful central theme receives a mysterious, beautiful and eventually hopeful counterpoint." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Nov 7, 2008
 
Stages (2008)50%
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" For every bit of frat-house jocularity there's a quiet, off-the-wall moment to keep things grounded in this surprisingly satisfying comedy." -- ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Nov 7, 2008
 
Role Models (2008)76%
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" Animation holds everything together with aplomb, injecting the whirlwind picture with plenty of attitude and jokes." -- ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Nov 7, 2008
 
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)60%
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" Much of the credit for the movie's winsome genuineness should go to the charismatic Efron, who has filled-out nicely in the years since the franchise began." -- ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Nov 2, 2008
 
High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008)67%
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3/5
 
" The bare outlines of these lives underscore Gitai's fundamental point that biography is inextricably linked to geopolitics: genealogy and geography cannot be separated." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Oct 27, 2008
 
News from Home/News from House (2008)n/a
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3.5/5
 
" Mendoza's means of pricking the conscience of society is to show how the sacred and the profane intermingle rather than how they diverge." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Oct 24, 2008
 
Tirador (2008)n/a
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4/5
 
" Stranded is not about dying or the afterlife; it tells a story about both the precariousness and powerful pull of this life and about how difficult it is to pinpoint the deciding factor between life and death." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Oct 23, 2008
 
Stranded: I've Come from a Plane That Crashed in the Mountains (2008)89%
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3.5/5
 
" Lively and informative documentary makes an estimable contribution to the field of gender studies by arguing that motherhood and art shouldn’t be seen as mutually exclusive." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Oct 21, 2008
 
Who Does She Think She Is? (2008)75%
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2.5/5
 
" In sum, Frontrunners is like the famous New Yorker magazine cover that shows the Big Apple looming in the foreground and the rest of the country as insignificant specks in the distance." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Oct 17, 2008
 
Frontrunners (2008)88%
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2.5/5
 
" The story dithers, albeit entertainingly, for such a long time...that you start fearing it will be a dry hump of a movie where he's concerned." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Oct 17, 2008
 
Sex Drive (2008)40%
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" For every heart that's warmed by this celluloid celebration of the maternal spirit, another will find it condescending regarding race and/or gender." -- ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Oct 17, 2008
 
The Secret Life of Bees (2008)58%
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" The denizens of Guy Ritchie's now-familiar London underworld milieu seem second-string here, even though the writer/director has recruited some new faces." -- ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Oct 11, 2008
 
RocknRolla (2008)58%
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" 'The Express' adopts a conservative game plan, running right up the middle on every play, stubbornly refusing to take chances and try the unexpected." -- ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Oct 11, 2008
 
The Express (2008)62%
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" There's just not much being said in 'Body of Lies.' When it comes to novel ideas, everyone gets left out in the cold." -- ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Oct 11, 2008
 
Body of Lies (2008)50%
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4/5
 
" Yameogo is able to convey his pointed social message with a subtle yet steady rhythm derived from the physicality of his mainly nonprofessional actors." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Oct 10, 2008
 
Delwende (2008)n/a
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1/5
 
" At numerous points, you suspect the low-budget project has been conceived and executed by middle-schoolers." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Oct 8, 2008
 
Choose Connor (2008)43%
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2/5
 
" Evasively banal, the story of a female petty thief in lower Manhattan morphs into a marginally intriguing character sketch at around the 55 (out of 71) minute mark." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Oct 3, 2008
 
The Pleasure of Being Robbed (2008)20%
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" The film's major drawback is its unintentional drone-like quality. It's poorly lit and the somber production design becomes a grind rather than looking like one." -- ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Oct 3, 2008
 
Flash of Genius (2008)57%
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" Unfortunately, this silly attempt at deep cinema merely amounts to a pretentious zombie flick." -- ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Oct 3, 2008
 
Blindness (2008)42%
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3.5/5
 
" It's hard to deny the luminous integrity of Silent Light." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Sep 26, 2008
 
Silent Light (2008)83%
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2/5
 
" Takes its title from a real standing police order issued after the attacks and, seemingly, its inspiration from both nighttime soaps like EastEnders and the PBS Mystery! series." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Sep 26, 2008
 
Shoot on Sight (2008)25%
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" Among the most unappetizing feature films in recent memory." -- ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Sep 26, 2008
 
Choke (2008)55%
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" The predictable plotting in this well-intentioned salute would be excusable if the dialogue weren't so superficial." -- ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Sep 26, 2008
 
The Lucky Ones (2008)33%
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2/5
 
" Sincere and dignified to a fault, it feels like a shrink-wrapped version of a more penetrating study." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Sep 19, 2008
 
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers (2008)76%
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" Unfortunately, the feud set in motion here trades on crude sterotypes that are still in play." -- ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Sep 19, 2008
 
Lakeview Terrace (2008)44%
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" 'The Duchess' is worth seeing if only for the magnificent costumes and sets." -- ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Sep 18, 2008
 
The Duchess (2008)61%
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1.5/5
 
" To say that the plot is laboriously constructed is an understatement. The first hour is interminable, filled with dead air that suggests Perry the director was asleep at the switch." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Sep 15, 2008
 
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys (2008)51%
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" Our enjoyment of 'Burn After Reading' stems from watching an A-list ensemble behave in a shamelessly goofy manner." -- ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Sep 13, 2008
 
Burn After Reading (2008)79%
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" Although there's a plethora of iniquity on display in 'Towelhead,' no one comes off as completely evil or unsympathetic" -- ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Sep 12, 2008
 
Towelhead (2008)48%
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2/5
 
" There's more yakking than screwing, and the result is flaccid and formulaic enough to remind you how mundane porn flicks are when physical stimulation gets taken out of the equation." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Sep 11, 2008
 
Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008)64%
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" While production values in 'Bangkok Dangerous' are competent, there are no technical fireworks to compensate for the story's dearth of energy and originality." -- ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Sep 8, 2008
 
Bangkok Dangerous (2008)9%
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3.5/5
 
" Sukiyaki Western Django is comfort food garnished with aural and ocular delights. It's often quite moving, as well; though not the most nutritious repast, few will describe it as forgettable." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Aug 29, 2008
 
Sukiyaki Western Django (2008)58%
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2.5/5
 
" The result [of the animation technique] is similar to the look of Richard Linklater's A Scanner Darkly, but much softer and more fluid. It's ideal for the storybook plot and quite dazzling at times." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Aug 29, 2008
 
Year of the Fish (2008)55%
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" Unfortunately, much of the novelty in 'Year of the Fish' is eclipsed by ethnic stereotypes and an oppressive score" -- ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Aug 26, 2008
 
Year of the Fish (2008)55%
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" The Judd Apatow workshop turns its full attention to recreational drugs and the result is an enjoyable case of reefer madness." -- ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Aug 8, 2008
 
Pineapple Express (2008)68%
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1.5/5
 
" Well intentioned but futilely diffuse." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Aug 8, 2008
 
America The Beautiful (2008)68%
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4/5
 
" A potent reflection on progressive politics in America. A meditative chronicle of struggles against—for lack of a more comprehensive term—the powers that have been and continue to be." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Aug 1, 2008
 
Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind (2008)89%
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2/5
 
" It’s designed to be crowd-pleasing and tug on hearts across the board, but there’s a manipulative quality that will put a ceiling on business." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Aug 1, 2008
 
Sixty Six (2008)65%
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" 'The Dark Knight' boasts a visual splendor that matches its trenchant themes and inspired performances." -- ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Posted Jul 21, 2008
 
The Dark Knight (2008)94%
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2.5/5
 
" Felon ventures outside the prison walls so often that the audience doesn’t get a prolonged sense of the claustrophobia of confinement; the rage being displayed actually dispels the sense of isolation and boredom." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Jul 18, 2008
 
Felon (2008)63%
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1.5/5
 
" Slip this mockumentary into the “Not Worthy of Theatrical Release” file." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Jul 18, 2008
 
The Doorman (2008)28%
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3.5/5
 
" The way in which the relationship is severed, and its understated depiction, leaves you feeling sad and empty, bringing you into communion with the place and its people." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Jul 18, 2008
 
Wonderful Town (2008)92%
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3/5
 
" Simultaneously avant garde and down to earth, the somber film is anchored by spontaneous musical eruptions on its more elusive end and by Sylvie Testud’s tactile performance." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Jul 11, 2008
 
La France (2007)89%

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