Tom Hutchinson
Tom Hutchinson's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
Funny Lady (1975)
51%
“Funny Lady is an American film musical that has gone wrong.” –
Liverpool Echo
Apr 24, 2025
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Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
94%
“In a real world of greyness it is enough to tell us that there are some values that are still white and black. Why is it so popular? Why will it make so much money? Because it tells us what we want to know.” –
Liverpool Echo
Apr 22, 2025
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Brannigan (1975)
48%
“Douglas Hickox has directed it all with a good deal of pace.” –
Liverpool Echo
Apr 11, 2025
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The Four Musketeers (1975)
73%
“The historical settings are meticulous and sumptuous and the pace is tight and efficient. A film to be seen for its spectacle, its jokes and its underlying message.” –
Liverpool Echo
Apr 1, 2025
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
91%
“Much more disciplined than their first film and, therefore, more effective in gags which, however brutal, still manage to smartly crack the funnybone.” –
Liverpool Echo
Apr 1, 2025
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Shampoo (1975)
75%
“When it is not so politically pretentious, Shampoo is bitchy and witty and, at all times, provocative. ” –
Liverpool Echo
Feb 10, 2025
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Walkabout (1971)
86%
5/5
“Roeg successfully conjures up a tale that is as dazzling as the shimmering landscape against which it is set.” –
Radio Times
Nov 13, 2024
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This Sporting Life (1963)
96%
5/5
“Lindsay Anderson's first feature film is also his best, giving Richard Harris and Rachel Roberts the roles of their lives. ” –
Radio Times
Sep 6, 2024
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Toy Story (1995)
100%
5/5
“John Lasseter has delivered a great adventure story that will not only entertain children but can also be enjoyed as a jokey parable by adults.” –
Radio Times
Sep 6, 2024
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Vertigo (1958)
93%
5/5
“This remains one of the most painful depictions of romantic fatalism in all of cinema.
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Radio Times
Sep 6, 2024
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Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
93%
5/5
“It's Dean who remains most memorable, and his heartfelt portrayal epitomised his tragically short career.” –
Radio Times
Aug 30, 2024
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Marathon Man (1976)
82%
4/5
“ Schlesinger's film is not without its flaws, but it's a very classy package, and one particular scene involving dentistry will leave a lasting impression and is definitely not for the faint-hearted.” –
Radio Times
Aug 22, 2024
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Nil by Mouth (1997)
79%
5/5
“Though uncompromising in its portrayal of violence, Nil by Mouth tempers its bleakness with moments of tender understanding and wounding insight; in short, it's a must-see.” –
Radio Times
Aug 22, 2024
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Her Majesty, Mrs. Brown (1997)
92%
5/5
“Judi Dench and Billy Connolly are a wonderfully regal double act in this perceptive blend of fact and fiction. The” –
Radio Times
Aug 17, 2024
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Horse Feathers (1932)
97%
5/5
“A classic that is timeless and unmissable.” –
Radio Times
Jul 31, 2024
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The General (1926)
92%
5/5
“Keaton's genius lay not just in the nuts and bolts of invention, but in the creation of an endearing character.” –
Radio Times
Jul 22, 2024
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Fanny and Alexander (1982)
100%
5/5
“The result is an unmissable experience from a master film-maker.” –
Radio Times
Jul 9, 2024
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Jaws (1975)
97%
“It is a fine and skilful disaster movie, made with an implacable efficiency of many touches of Hitchcock-like terror... But why the film has become a promotional myth I really cannot tell.” –
Liverpool Echo
Jul 2, 2024
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The Conversation (1974)
93%
5/5
“This haunting thriller skilfully taps into post-Watergate paranoia resulting in an intensely fascinating study of a perpetrator turned victim of the surveillance society.” –
Radio Times
Jul 1, 2024
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
90%
“This is Star Wars for the thinking man or woman.” –
Liverpool Echo
Apr 3, 2024
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The Gingerbread Man (1998)
60%
3/5
“Robert Altman forsakes the scattershot storytelling technique of Nashville and The Player for a more conventional form of movie-making with this dramatisation of a John Grisham story set in Savannah, Georgia. ” –
Radio Times
Mar 16, 2024
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Chinatown (1974)
98%
“Chinatown is, certainly, one of the best films that I have seen this year: It has a superstar performance from Jack Nicholson; and it is the best thing that director Roman Polanski has made since Rosemary's Baby.” –
Liverpool Echo
Mar 8, 2024
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Random Hearts (1999)
18%
3/5
“Sydney Pollack directs with real skill, convincingly portraying the emotional complications of middle-aged passion, and is aided by the marvellous performances of Ford and Scott Thomas.” –
Radio Times
Feb 9, 2024
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Grease (1978)
66%
“The man [Travolta] is a great high stepper with a dusting of star personality. But Grease, although a well-oiled production of its kind, does not help along that radiance one iota. In fact, it seems to do its best to diminish it. ” –
Liverpool Echo
Feb 8, 2024
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The Last Picture Show (1971)
98%
“Where Bogdanovich has succeeded brilliantly and wondrously is in the illumination of nostalgia -- our own as well as America's -- for a small-town way of life which, however shoddy, had the patina of Arcadia about it. ” –
Liverpool Echo
Oct 24, 2023
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