Mark Caro
Tomatometer-approved critic
Mission: Impossible II (2000)
57%
2/4
“M:I-2 never reaches the giddy heights that escapist action movies should scale. ” –
Chicago Tribune
May 8, 2025
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Mission: Impossible (1996)
65%
2.5/4
“The difficulty isn't just keeping up with the story; it's caring enough to bother, since Koepp and Towne have inputted little in the way of character.” –
Chicago Tribune
May 6, 2025
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Smoke Signals (1998)
90%
3/4
“Beach portrays Victor as a likable, charismatic brooder, and Adams, with his off-kilter rhythms and soft features, makes a distinctive impression as Thomas.” –
Chicago Tribune
Nov 8, 2023
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The Matrix (1999)
83%
3/4
“The writing remains more intelligent than most thrillers, and the action is executed with such panache that even if you don't buy the reality of The Matrix, it's a helluva place to visit. ” –
Chicago Tribune
Jul 10, 2023
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Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1992)
55%
2/4
“Fantasy should be a constant parade of the unexpected, but every surprising element here is matched by an overly familiar device. ” –
Chicago Tribune
Mar 7, 2023
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Rosewood (1997)
87%
2.5/4
“Singleton's main goal is the vivid re-creation of mob violence, and he achieves it expertly.” –
Chicago Tribune
Jun 5, 2020
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Mercury Rising (1998)
21%
“Baldwin's Kudrow is a one-dimensional, humorless variation on his corporate tyrant in Glengarry Glen Ross.” –
Chicago Tribune
Apr 21, 2020
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Super Mario Bros. (1993)
29%
2/4
“Like their video-game counterparts, co-stars Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo somehow manage to weave their way past threatening obstacles and escape with their dignity.” –
Chicago Tribune
Apr 17, 2019
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Empire Records (1995)
35%
1.5/4
“If Clerks were written by 온라인카지노추천 hacks, it might feel something like this.” –
Chicago Tribune
Mar 29, 2019
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Gummo (1997)
39%
0/4
“The point of all this nihilism and grotesqueness? You got me.” –
Chicago Tribune
Jan 7, 2019
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The Mod Squad (1999)
3%
1/4
“Maybe someone thought a new Mod Squad would be hip, but it's just a big jive turkey.” –
Chicago Tribune
Mar 21, 2017
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Oasis: Supersonic (2016)
84%
3/4
“"Supersonic" boasts an ear-blasting, you-are-there immediacy, utilizing a treasure trove of archival photos and footage to make you feel present.” –
Chicago Sun-Times
Oct 27, 2016
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The Beatles: Eight Days a Week -- The Touring Years (2016)
96%
3/4
“Howard is more interested in wowing audiences with exuberant, hysteria-ridden performances than he is in digging for explanations.” –
Chicago Sun-Times
Sep 15, 2016
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Graffiti Bridge (1990)
18%
2/4
“The movie suffers from various technical difficulties -- like choppy editing and songs that get cut off mid-groove -- and in the end everything collapses in a heap.” –
Chicago Tribune
Apr 22, 2016
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A Smile Like Yours (1997)
6%
1/4
“It's the cinematic equivalent of having a saccharine-coated tongue depressor jammed down your throat.” –
Chicago Tribune
Jul 22, 2014
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My Boyfriend's Back (1993)
13%
1/4
“The movie is full of nonsensical plot twists, embarrassingly broad performances and unappealing characters.” –
Chicago Tribune
Jul 15, 2014
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Almost Heroes (1998)
5%
1/4
“All in the movie have been encouraged to play up the cartoonish aspects of their characters, and they deliver punch lines like a series of elbows to the rib cage.” –
Chicago Tribune
Jul 15, 2014
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Striptease (1996)
13%
2/4
“The result is a perversely odd concoction: a comedy that has fun with everything but stripping -- which, post-Showgirls, would seem to wear the biggest bull's-eye.” –
Chicago Tribune
Jun 18, 2014
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Blast From the Past (1999)
58%
1.5/4
“That's a relatively clever set-up for what's become a familiar genre: the time-displacement comedy, in which we get a kick out of viewing our era through another era's eyes. But this movie's eyes, Adam's, are awfully twinkly and not too focused.” –
Chicago Tribune
Mar 21, 2014
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Can't Hardly Wait (1998)
42%
2/4
“Kaplan and Elfont provide a real public service by showing how underage binge drinking can boost bookish students' social lives.” –
Chicago Tribune
Mar 19, 2014
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Chasing Amy (1997)
87%
3.5/4
“The performances are universally strong. The goateed Affleck makes for a particularly sympathetic protagonist; he has the looks and confidence of a lady-killer, but nagging befuddlement and vulnerability are rarely far from the surface.” –
Chicago Tribune
Feb 7, 2014
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Solo (1996)
8%
1.5/4
“These escapist showdown movies are only as good as their villains and heroes. The heavies here are more of those ubiquitous gung-ho military types who are due to be dishonorably discharged from further cinematic duty.” –
Chicago Tribune
May 28, 2013
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Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991)
0%
1/4
“When an old scallawag spies on Lilli bathing naked in a waterfall, we civilized viewers are primed to condemn him. But we're all scallawags here.” –
Chicago Tribune
May 21, 2013
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Radio Flyer (1992)
35%
2/4
“A queasy combination of whimsy and child abuse.” –
Chicago Tribune
May 20, 2013
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Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
83%
2/4
“The violence is too realistic (though not terribly graphic) to qualify as cartoony escapism, yet the movie lacks the sophistication, vision or satirical edge to lay claim to any higher purpose. It's merely dark for dark's sake.” –
Chicago Tribune
Apr 10, 2013
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