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Rachel Gordon

Rachel Gordon's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
Biography:

When not critiquing films, Rachel Gordon is making them or helping them get out into the world. Rachel is a freelance marketing and distribution consultant for educational videos, working with independent documentary filmmakers to expand their audience. She worked for the Anti-Defamation League running their educational resource catalog, and before joining the ADL she assisted the National Film Board of Canada in distributing their in the United States to socially-aware organizations. Rachel also works in film production and has produced/directed short films for the past dozen years.

Publications:
Favorites:

The Royal Tenenbaums, Ghost World, All That Jazz, Decalogues, Singing in the Rain, Crossing Guard, Brazil

Location:

New York

Official Website:

http://www.filmcritic.com

Reviews

Movies 온라인카지노추천 Shows
Perfect Sense (2011) 57% 2/5 “a study of increasing depravity through a pair of lovers who adaptively appreciate each other the best they can as the world erodes around them.” – Filmcritic.com Feb 3, 2011 Full Review Hot Coffee (2011) 4/5 “provides a journey through a legal system that is incrementally being subsumed by corporate interests on a daily basis.” – Filmcritic.com Feb 3, 2011 Full Review Barney's Version (2010) 77% 3/5 “Despite the deficiencies in the script, everyone on screen works effectively hard to build a full story of a fairly average human being who can't seem to appreciate his own life, much less those around him.” – Filmcritic.com Dec 16, 2010 Full Review White Material (2009) 86% 4/5 “If there is any genre that Claire Denis cannot bend towards completing a provocative concept, it has yet to be defined” – Filmcritic.com Nov 18, 2010 Full Review The End of Poverty? (2008) 52% 2/5 “so stuck in the self-importance of covering the economically disadvantaged that it thoroughly loses the ability to show how the circumstances evolved to such a state.” – Filmcritic.com Jan 29, 2010 Full Review Coco Before Chanel (2009) 63% 3.5/5 “a solidly-made glimpse into an icon whose presence is still felt today” – Filmcritic.com Sep 24, 2009 Full Review The Human Contract (2008) 1.5/5 “From the start, none of the characters you are presented with have likable qualities, so it's extremely hard to care when any fail, or don't get what they want” – Filmcritic.com Jul 2, 2009 Full Review The Business of Being Born (2007) 81% 4/5 “an effective glimpse into the need for personal research, and a solid argument for making informed choices.” – Filmcritic.com Apr 7, 2009 Full Review Chaos Theory (2007) 30% 3.5/5 “worth watching if you can get past the schmaltz.” – Filmcritic.com Apr 10, 2008 Full Review A Walk to Beautiful (2007) 89% 3.5/5 “Had it stuck with more of the community on which it was based, and less on how generous a few foreign doctors are, it would be easier to remember and root for the individual women by their names.” – Filmcritic.com Feb 7, 2008 Full Review The Golden Compass (2007) 42% 4/5 “well paced, beautiful to watch” – Filmcritic.com Dec 6, 2007 Full Review Sicko (2007) 91% 4/5 “” – ToxicUniverse.com Aug 10, 2007 Full Review Waitress (2007) 89% 3/5 “” – ToxicUniverse.com Jun 15, 2007 Full Review Hot Fuzz (2007) 91% 4/5 “Equal parts action, buddy movie, and police spoof, Hot Fuzz fights to stretch genre lines and manages to worship through homage while creating a new story that's truly entertaining.” – Filmcritic.com Apr 19, 2007 Full Review The Queen (2006) 97% 4/5 “” – ToxicUniverse.com Feb 2, 2007 Full Review Little Miss Sunshine (2006) 91% 4/5 “Co-directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris not only make a long dinner scene interesting, but an interminable drive through a visually boring landscape also never gets old.” – Filmcritic.com Jul 27, 2006 Full Review The Devil Wears Prada (2006) 75% 2/5 “” – ToxicUniverse.com Jul 1, 2006 Full Review Akeelah and the Bee (2006) 86% 3/5 “The trouble comes in the form of repetitive saccharine that seeps through most of the more dramatic conversations, and especially through the extraordinarily cheesy soundtrack” – Filmcritic.com Apr 27, 2006 Full Review Sir! No Sir! (2005) 89% 3.5/5 “well worth seeing for the new view it provides on militaristic organization” – Filmcritic.com Apr 20, 2006 Full Review Paper Clips (2004) 71% 4/5 “the message attached is genuine and worth listening to” – Filmcritic.com Mar 23, 2006 Full Review The Devil's Miner (2005) 93% 3/5 “provokes genuine concern for their plight and a sense of overwhelming doom” – Filmcritic.com Mar 9, 2006 Full Review The Matador (2005) 75% 4/5 “” – ToxicUniverse.com Feb 25, 2006 Full Review Prozac Nation (2001) 29% 4/5 “” – ToxicUniverse.com Jan 22, 2006 Full Review March of the Penguins (2005) 94% 5/5 “” – ToxicUniverse.com Jan 7, 2006 Full Review Little Man (2005) 60% 3.5/5 “able to powerfully bring to mind some touching issues and blur the line of hard decision making” – Filmcritic.com Dec 6, 2005 Full Review
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