Rick Curnutte
Rick Curnutte's reviews do not count toward the Tomatometer®. This is not a Tomatometer-approved critic, and this critic's reviews are not published on a Tomatometer-approved publication.
Biography:
Er, I like movies.
Favorites:
Chimes at Midnight
Gerry
The Passion of Joan of Arc
The Long Goodbye
The Searchers
Out of the Past
Official Website:
http://www.thefilmjournal.com
For Your Consideration (2006)
53%
C+
“Where For Your Consideration fails the most is in its rather juvenile interpretation of how the entire awards season functions...there was a great film to be made here.” –
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Dec 25, 2006
Full Review
Rocky Balboa (2006)
78%
A
“[Stallone] is channeling all the animal and primal method instincts of the late Marlon Brando, and it's exciting to behold the aging actor rediscovering the innate power of his acting prowess.” –
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Dec 25, 2006
Full Review
The Departed (2006)
91%
A+
“It's the culmination of a lifelong examination of men and their violent ways...The Departed is, in my estimation, possibly the finest film Scorsese has ever made.” –
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Nov 8, 2006
Full Review
Capote (2005)
89%
A
“Capote is a taut, elegant work of cinematic expression...a major work.” –
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Mar 21, 2006
Full Review
The Pink Panther (2006)
21%
D+
“Steve Martin...isn't quite up to the task...Shawn Levy...lacks the ability to reign in the broadness of the material, and the film suffers because of it.” –
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Feb 10, 2006
Full Review
Bubble (2005)
72%
A
“...an astonishingly unnerving piece of humanist cinema.” –
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Feb 6, 2006
Full Review
Hostel (2005)
60%
A-
“...Roth has crafted a supremely political film, one that lambasts the jocular xenophobia of the typical American...” –
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Jan 23, 2006
Full Review
The Land of College Prophets (2005)
67%
B
“The Land of College Prophets could easily become the first genuine cult hit of the DV era.” –
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Jan 18, 2006
Full Review
All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001)
68%
3/5
“” –
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Dec 15, 2005
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La Notte di San Lorenzo (Night of the Shooting Stars) (The Night of San Lorenzo) (1982)
85%
4/5
“” –
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Dec 15, 2005
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Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
90%
5/5
“” –
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Dec 15, 2005
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Brokeback Mountain (2005)
88%
A+
“Brokeback Mountain is a grand, romantic, staggeringly great epic...the best film of the year.” –
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Dec 15, 2005
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Walk the Line (2005)
83%
A
“Walk the Line is a powerful piece of work, a modern-day Rebel Without a Cause...a potent bit of filmmaking” –
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Dec 3, 2005
Full Review
Broken Flowers (2005)
87%
C-
“Though bits of this plodding film work pretty well...Broken Flowers is a mixed bag of vignettes.” –
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Dec 3, 2005
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Doom (2005)
18%
B
“For my money, Doom is the best of the video game adaptations (quite possibly the weakest status label I've ever given a film).” –
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Oct 27, 2005
Full Review
Red Eye (2005)
80%
C-
“Once Red Eye leaves the confines of the plane cabin and attempts to open up into a more standard thriller, it loses steam...and intrigue” –
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Aug 29, 2005
Full Review
Tropical Malady (2004)
80%
A+
“[a]haunting masterpiece...He [Weerasethakul] is one of the most expressive, important contemporary; his abilities as a master formalist are a large reason for this.” –
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Jul 19, 2005
Full Review
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
92%
A-
“Perhaps the best movie musical of the past decade” –
Columbus CityScene
Jul 19, 2005
Full Review
Chicago (2002)
87%
B
“This sturdy update of the classic musical, features solid vocal performances from the leads” –
Columbus CityScene
Jul 19, 2005
Full Review
Cabaret (1972)
91%
B+
“Liza Minnelli is revelatory as cabaret dancer Sally Bowles.” –
Columbus CityScene
Jul 19, 2005
Full Review
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
95%
B+
“A brilliantly acted, tautly directed incarnation of David Mamet's explosive office-politic treatise.” –
Columbus CityScene
Jul 19, 2005
Full Review
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
97%
A
“Probably the best-realized translation of Tennessee Williams we've seen on screen...a gold standard” –
Columbus CityScene
Jul 19, 2005
Full Review
Hostage (2005)
35%
D
“...the whole thing creeps toward the end under the weight of an overbearing narrative.” –
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Jul 19, 2005
Full Review
Cursed (2005)
16%
D+
“Cursed, somehow, manages to not be scary, not be funny and not be involving, all of which Craven & Co. are so painfully reaching to attain.” –
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Jul 19, 2005
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Fantastic Four (2005)
27%
D-
“This new adaptation is sorely lacking in nearly everything that made FF such a blast. It's poorly acted, written and directed.” –
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Jul 11, 2005
Full Review
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