Jason McKiernan
Jason McKiernan's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
Biography:
Jason is a film critic and awards pundit writing for AMC Film Critic and Next Projection. He is a member of the Online Film Critics Society.
Favorites:
Favorite Filmmakers: Scorsese, Truffaut, Herzog, Miyazaki, P.T. Anderson
Marvel's the Avengers (2012)
91%
4/5
“A slam-bang comics-inspired blast where the superhero collective fuses seamlessly and works marvelously.” –
Filmcritic.com
May 4, 2012
Full Review
Chimpanzee (2012)
74%
3/5
“Like all Disneynature films, Chimpanzee is a mixed bag, but it fulfills its role in the natural selection of the Hollywood box-office.” –
Filmcritic.com
Apr 20, 2012
Full Review
The Lucky One (2012)
20%
2.5/5
“The film is at least good-natured and occasionally charming, less flagrantly offensive than many recent tear-jerkers. Yes, I am damning with faint praise.” –
Filmcritic.com
Apr 20, 2012
Full Review
21 Jump Street (2012)
85%
3/5
“It's a good thing 21 Jump Street is funny, because in terms of pure filmmaking, it is a near-embarrassment.” –
Filmcritic.com
Mar 15, 2012
Full Review
Wanderlust (2001)
50%
3.5/5
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Filmcritic.com
Feb 24, 2012
Full Review
Wanderlust (2012)
59%
3.5/5
“pure comedy, populated with one inspired comic performance after another” –
Filmcritic.com
Feb 23, 2012
Full Review
The Secret World of Arrietty (2010)
94%
3.5/5
“another wonderful Studio Ghibli film, distributed by Disney but refreshingly not Disney-fied.” –
Filmcritic.com
Feb 16, 2012
Full Review
The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
75%
90/100
“...Spielberg's dazzling return to peak action form, an action-packed spectacle that leaves us breathless and smiling.” –
Next Projection
Dec 27, 2011
Full Review
The Artist (2011)
95%
85/100
“...a gem of post-modern significance, celebrating a bygone era by commenting on it, fleshing it out with broad universality.” –
Next Projection
Dec 27, 2011
Full Review
Young Adult (2011)
80%
90/100
“...flirts with conventional expectations before ripping them out from under us.” –
Next Projection
Dec 27, 2011
Full Review
We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
74%
99/100
“...cinema at its most vivid, wrenching, and revelatory - an abstract masterpiece about the withering fragility of the human soul.” –
Next Projection
Dec 27, 2011
Full Review
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
84%
65/100
“...a meticulous slow burn of visual suggestion, dripping in atmosphere and loaded with evocative subtext in nearly every shot.” –
Next Projection
Dec 27, 2011
Full Review
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
94%
74/100
“...makes this wintry season feel like summer all over again.” –
Next Projection
Dec 27, 2011
Full Review
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
86%
4/5
“The remake everyone's been talking about doesn't disappoint.” –
Filmcritic.com
Dec 24, 2011
Full Review
Albert Nobbs (2011)
56%
2/5
“The stolid inertia of this story is so joyless that the film's sole "passionate" element is the desire to garner Oscar consideration for Close's performance.” –
Filmcritic.com
Dec 23, 2011
Full Review
War Horse (2011)
74%
4/5
“a time capsule back to the days of John Ford and David O. Selznick” –
Filmcritic.com
Dec 22, 2011
Full Review
The Smurfs (2011)
21%
45/100
“...candy for kids and arsenic for adults.” –
Next Projection
Dec 7, 2011
Full Review
Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
44%
40/100
“For a movie with a kitschy-verve title like Cowboys and Aliens, the resulting film sure is flaccid and joyless, without even a hint of spice.” –
Next Projection
Dec 7, 2011
Full Review
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
80%
79/100
“...a minor godsend in the midst of heinous sequels, lame comic adaptations, and overblown action epics.” –
Next Projection
Dec 7, 2011
Full Review
The Change-Up (2011)
26%
30/100
“...the cinematic equivalent of a 14-year-old boy watching scrambled porn in his room.” –
Next Projection
Dec 7, 2011
Full Review
Beginners (2010)
86%
93/100
“Beginners offers a greater insight into humanity than any film I've seen in 2011.” –
Next Projection
Dec 7, 2011
Full Review
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
82%
73/100
“...a very well-mounted summer entertainment with a few intriguing allegorical strokes to stimulate more than just our eyes.” –
Next Projection
Dec 7, 2011
Full Review
Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011)
79%
70/100
“Wonderful sequences. Great performances. A very good movie...but could've been so much more.” –
Next Projection
Dec 7, 2011
Full Review
Fright Night (2011)
72%
70/100
“This is a wild haunted house of a movie, full of jump cuts, overt creepiness, and an ever-present smirk on its face that lets us in on the joke...” –
Next Projection
Dec 7, 2011
Full Review
Four Lions (2009)
84%
55/100
“...is this a deft film about the chaos of nothingness, or is it simply a chaotic movie with nothing inside?” –
Next Projection
Dec 7, 2011
Full Review
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