ROTTEN TOMATOES: Sara Schieron

MOVIE REVIEWS ONLY

Genre: # a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
Results for All Genres ...	*(1-50* of 65) Next** »

Sort by RATING	Sort by ADD DATE (default)	Sort by TITLE \| YEAR	Sort by T-METER
2/5	" The film ends up feeling like even creative inspiration and apotheosis is hopeless because all that can ever emerge from these characters is derivative of some earlier work. When you look at it this way, Chirp can't help seeming like a time capsule..." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jan 5, 2009	Let Them Chirp Awhile (2008)	38%
3.5/5	" For a film with an aim as ambitious and illusive as the depiction of the spiritual, The Secrets has a surprisingly light touch." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Dec 5, 2008	The Secrets (2008)	83%
4/5	" The authenticity this Oregon native [director Gus Van Sant] provides is palpable and, at times, breathtaking." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Nov 26, 2008	Milk (2008)	93%
3/5	" A strong, kind-hearted start to a hopefully active career [for director Amy Redford]." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Nov 10, 2008	The Guitar (2008)	33%
2/5	" It's hard to say Clausen's done anything original here." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Oct 24, 2008	u Universe of Keith Haring (2008)	57%
3/5	" One imagines the film is making a gentle attempt to be a modern Scenes from a Marriage, and while that's a tall order, Gerwig and Swanberg aren't terribly far from the mark." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Oct 10, 2008	Nights and Weekends (2008)	87%
2/5	" The problem here is that, while this seems like a story rife with the drama of ages, it's also a story mired by the drudgery of bureaucracy." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Oct 10, 2008	Saving Marriage (2008)	81%
4/5	" The doc formally mirrors its subject in its pacing, which balances the titillation/education of the doc's subject with consistent and pleasantly teasing speed and tone from start to finish." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Sep 30, 2008	Obscene (2008)	93%
2.5/5	" The film's laudable attempts to encompass the far-reaching quagmire of Jewish tribal identity, politics and psychology could have a profound effect on the audiences who do find it." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Sep 12, 2008	Forgiveness (2008)	33%
3/5	" Contains its fair share of self-awareness but eschews the ridicule a lesser doc might employ in search of cheap laughs." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Sep 2, 2008	Monster Camp (2007)	62%
.5/5	" I half expected to see the spoof-making team in direct address, explaining the supremacy of the tentpole uber-alice, perhaps while backed by Emperor Palpatine." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Aug 29, 2008	Disaster Movie (2008)	2%
1.5/5	" The animation is very hard to overcome. Even if one doesn't go in expecting Pixar production values, it's hard to see past the mechanical quality of the characters' movements -- which, by the way, makes the robots in the film look great." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Aug 14, 2008	The Clone Wars (2008)	18%
2/5	" Though the film is short, the subject it tracks is somewhat unwieldy, and you can almost feel the hands of writer/director/producer Andrea Kreuzhage stretching to fit it all in -- a Herculean task." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Aug 8, 2008	1000 Journals (2008)	n/a
3.5/5	" Funny, accessible and ultimately a good time." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Aug 1, 2008	Kenny (2008)	100%
2.5/5	" One can't help finding it funny that the most poorly positioned elements in the film are musical ones, yet the uniquely raw and under-produced sound of the band does find itself a comfortable home in this raw and under-produced doc." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jul 25, 2008	CSNY D�j� Vu (2008)	66%
2/5	" Mired by clich� and oddly beset by a sense of false Irishness." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jun 27, 2008	Red Roses and Petrol (2008)	9%
2/5	" I�m not so sure Berg is losing faith that his audience can follow along...but in the face of so many comic book films entering theatres, it seems a poor choice to differentiate yours by way of tacky TV-level antics." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jun 26, 2008	Hancock (2008)	39%
3/5	" *Though disaffect is certainly a recurrent mood, Search* is a strangely heartfelt little film�a lot like Swingers but with a more cynical edge.*" -- Boxoffice Magazine* Posted Jun 13, 2008	In Search of a Midnight Kiss (2008)	84%
3.5/5	" Portraying moments of drama and danger with a Hitchcockian lack of ceremony, Shyamalan's mundane depictions of tragedy create a quiet but weighty resonance." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jun 12, 2008	The Happening (2008)	19%
1.5/5	" Ultimately, the only thing holding this film together is its dedication to its thesis of a title, which it follows to the letter. Very little in the film seems relevant." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jun 6, 2008	Six Sex Scenes and a Murder (2008)	17%
3/5	" It’s the fashion Olympics. Think of it that way, and what’s not to like?" -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted May 30, 2008	Sex and the City - The Movie (2008)	50%
2/5	" Aesthetically, Dalai Lama Renaissance is well intended, but--like the conference it depicts--in need of more thorough (self) realization." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted May 23, 2008	Dalai Lama Renaissance (2008)	n/a
1/5	" *While the aesthetic is charming, colorful and full of whimsy, Anthony Byrne�s partial musical Short Order* is wildly uneven and tragically underdeveloped.*" -- Boxoffice Magazine* Posted May 16, 2008	Short Order (2008)	0%
4/5	" *Charming, clever and well made, Norway�s Reprise* employs just the right kind of meta.*" -- Boxoffice Magazine* Posted May 16, 2008	Reprise (2008)	86%
1/5	" La Llorona is a great, powerful and meaningful myth, and you�d be hard-pressed to find better inspiration for a horror film. Sadly, this isn�t the film that does the subject matter justice." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted May 2, 2008	The Cry - La Llorona (2008)	n/a
2/5	" While this diligently researched film cogently moves from Latin American nation to Latin American nation, explaining the strangely predictable cycle of uprisings among these countries, it�s ultimately hard to identify the audience it addresses." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted May 2, 2008	War on Democracy (2008)	n/a
3/5	" It's nothing short of breathtaking to see these demonstrations, and the clear and unmitigated cruelty incurred by these activists, from the points of view of general passersby." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Apr 25, 2008	Dare Not Walk Alone (2008)	86%
1.5/5	" *Though the point of the film is somewhat obscured by its unwieldy structure (stoned director? high editor?), the project overall has the potential to be the stoner�s Rocky Horror Picture Show." -- Boxoffice Magazine* Posted Apr 14, 2008	Super High Me (2008)	57%
3.5/5	" While imperfect, the high caliber of acting as well as these lucid moments in the earlier part of the film are strong and memorable highlights with which to leave the theatre." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Apr 14, 2008	Dark Matter (2008)	36%
	" A beautiful and insightful picture." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Apr 11, 2008	Never Forever (2008)	79%
3/5	" Some turns in direction are subtle and charmingly rendered and, most notably, paired very, very well with performances to occasionally memorable effect." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Apr 11, 2008	Chaos Theory (2008)	31%
3/5	" Tone and timing are managed rather well by director Noam Murro, and what little dialogue the film employs gives one a sense of the larger context that allows disaffected bodies like the Wetherhold family to thrive." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Apr 11, 2008	Smart People (2008)	49%
3/5	" Though commentaries on politics, nature and evolution arise, the film doesn�t push them too hard or far as such might detract from the slow building bedlam�which is strikingly satisfying." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Apr 4, 2008	The Ruins (2008)	45%
3/5	" Heartrending and full of complexity." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Apr 4, 2008	Blindsight (2008)	98%
4/5	" Sweeps you off your feet with quick-witted visuals and cleverly used archival footage." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Apr 4, 2008	Cool School: How L.A. Learned to Love Modern Art (2008)	91%
3/5	" Quippy send up of identity politics documentaries offers some occasionally biting moments." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Mar 28, 2008	American Zombie (2007)	72%
1.5/5	" Its PG-13 rating and basic lack of gore seem designed to be uncontroversial, but of course the result of all this anti-controversy is a really dull film." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Mar 21, 2008	Shutter (2008)	7%
2/5	" Utilitarian documentary about international breakdancing championship in Germany proves lackluster in its depiction of inventive choreography and culture." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Mar 21, 2008	Planet B-Boy (2008)	89%
4/5	" offers some truly sweet parts that feel like a return to the indies of the early �90s, when regional cinema still felt fresh and full of purpose." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Mar 17, 2008	On Broadway (2008)	n/a
	" A beautiful metaphor for filmmaking and a painful comment on the price of civilization." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Mar 17, 2008	All In This Tea (2008)	82%
2.5/5	" It�s apparent some meaningful visuals are being approached here, but it seems like the film keeps missing its mark." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Mar 17, 2008	Sleepwalking (2008)	18%
4/5	" Performances are stellar." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Mar 17, 2008	Funny Games (2008)	51%
	" Smart and savvy doc" -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Mar 13, 2008	My Name Is Albert Ayler (2007)	94%
	" The band is treated reverently, which will no doubt please fans, but its eternal length may test the dedication of even Petty fanatics." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Mar 7, 2008	Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down A Dream (2007)	100%
	" Acting and directing are consistently high caliber, but relatively de rigeur for the lot." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Mar 7, 2008	The Bank Job (2008)	78%
	" The sheer spectacle of the film makes it an easier sell on the big screen than on DVD" -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Mar 7, 2008	10,000 B.C. (2008)	9%
	" Breathtaking and stands out from the herd." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Feb 29, 2008	Shotgun Stories (2007)	92%
	" *There�s a strange sort of vacuousness to Tre, Eric Byler�s newest installment on relationships amidst directionless twentysomethings." -- Boxoffice Magazine* Posted Feb 19, 2008	Tre (2008)	53%
	" *Interesting as a catalogue of one man�s collection of pop-culture memorabilia, Finding Kraftland* doesn�t really stretch to become anything more.*" -- Boxoffice Magazine* Posted Feb 19, 2008	Finding Kraftland (2008)	n/a
	" Poetic and well paced, Luke Wolbach�s travelogue follows John Zeigler and Tom Mailhot, from their homes in Essex, Mass., to their reappearance on dry land after their journey at sea." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Feb 19, 2008	Row Hard No Excuses (2008)	n/a

Genre: # a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
Results for All Genres ...	*(1-50* of 65) Next** »

* Sort by Rating: Sort results by this critic's rating. This option is only available for critics with a rating system (4 star, letter grade, 1-10, etc.)
* Sort by T-meter: Sort results by the Tomatometer (percentage of critics recommending a certain movie)