Duane Dudek
Tomatometer-approved critic
The Bodyguard (1992)
38%
2/4
“There is no archetype so wooden or narrative so predictable that it can't be improved upon by a sense of style. But director Mick Jackson merely moves the pieces in a static and linear way toward a stalemate.” –
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Sep 9, 2020
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Rosewater (2014)
76%
2.5/4
“The real-world events being portrayed were powerful and important. "Rosewater" is less so.” –
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Nov 13, 2014
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Interstellar (2014)
73%
3/4
“A thought experiment writ large.” –
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Nov 6, 2014
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Laggies (2014)
64%
2.5/4
“The characters are not the only "Laggies" involved.” –
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Nov 6, 2014
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Big Hero 6 (2014)
90%
3/4
“The artistry of state-of-the-art commercial digital animation has become a foregone conclusion. Then again, it's a kids' film, and that audience will enjoy it.” –
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Nov 6, 2014
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Citizenfour (2014)
96%
3.5/4
“Whatever the meaning of "the greater good" in a post-Sept. 11 world, "Citizenfour" posits - and it's hard to argue otherwise - that the right to privacy is an essential component of it.” –
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Nov 6, 2014
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
91%
3/4
“The ambiguous line it walks between them may prove frustrating to some. But anyone who prefers their film fare to be anything but off the rack should prepare to be dazzled.” –
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Oct 30, 2014
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Nightcrawler (2014)
95%
3.5/4
“Both main performances are hand-in-glove terrific, with Russo id to Gyllenhaal's ego.” –
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Oct 30, 2014
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Whiplash (2014)
94%
3.5/4
“There is a "Raging Bull" physicality to Teller's performance, along with a touch of Asperger syndrome, and Simmons brings a "The Great Santini" psychological intensity unlike anything in his nice-guy insurance commercials.” –
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Oct 30, 2014
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The Blue Room (2014)
88%
3/4
“Part Alfred Hitchcock razor's edge and part Douglas Sirk sadness.” –
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Oct 24, 2014
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St. Vincent (2014)
77%
2.5/4
“There is little real sense of risk, reward or redemption.” –
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Oct 23, 2014
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Dear White People (2014)
91%
3/4
“It holds a comic lens up to the love-hate relationship between the races in all its contradictions. And it is a portrait of post-racial America as the symbiotic clashing of opposite polarities.” –
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Oct 23, 2014
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Hamlet A.D.D. (2014)
“It is the hybrid episode of Dr. Who and Star Trek Shakespeare never wrote.” –
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Oct 20, 2014
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Fury (2014)
76%
3.5/4
“The stirring, grim and brutally realistic "Fury" portrays not the folly of war, but its cost.” –
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Oct 16, 2014
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We Are the Best! (2013)
97%
3/4
“"We Are the Best!" captures the chaos of youth with a funny and profane energy.” –
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Oct 10, 2014
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Kill the Messenger (2014)
76%
3/4
“While leaving room for doubt, the filmmakers clearly take his side and are persuasive in their reporting.” –
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Oct 9, 2014
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The Judge (2014)
49%
2.5/4
“There are reasons that films like these keep getting made. One is that, when they work, they are broadly entertaining.” –
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Oct 9, 2014
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Gone Girl (2014)
88%
3.5/4
“However readers may have seen the story in their minds - the unshaven and rumpled Affleck is about a decade older than I imagined, but effectively seedy - Fincher crafts its scenes of a broken marriage into a convincing mosaic.” –
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Oct 3, 2014
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The Zero Theorem (2013)
50%
3/4
“It is another flawed and meandering mini-masterpiece from a visionary filmmaker whose febrile and fertile imagination never met a narrative it can't mangle into incoherence.” –
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Sep 25, 2014
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The Boxtrolls (2014)
78%
2.5/4
“Technically stunning but aesthetically ill-conceived ...” –
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Sep 25, 2014
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The Skeleton Twins (2014)
86%
2.5/4
“Fails to find or strike many original notes.” –
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Sep 24, 2014
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Tusk (2014)
46%
2.5/4
“It's great that Smith is still in the game, but here's hoping for more the next time he steps to the plate.” –
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Sep 18, 2014
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Love Is Strange (2014)
93%
3/4
“From the first scene, where the pair spoon in a crowded double bed and go about their morning ablutions, the actors convincingly communicate the familiarity of longtime companions.” –
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Sep 11, 2014
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The Trip to Italy (2014)
88%
3.5/4
“Some second courses are delicious, others an acquired taste. This pasta-filled follow-up to "The Trip" is a little of both.” –
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Aug 28, 2014
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Land Ho! (2014)
82%
3/4
“What the result lacks in polish, it makes up for in charm and originality. It breaks no new ground, but the ground it travels looks and feels freshly tilled.” –
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Aug 14, 2014
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