ROTTEN TOMATOES: Patrick Z. McGavin

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	"Greengrass sacrifices character and plot to a chilling impressionistic stylization." -- Chicago Reader Posted Mar 11, 2008	Bloody Sunday (2002)	92%
B-	"The movie is jaunty and stylish and is blessed with some fun stretches." -- EmanuelLevy.Com Posted Aug 8, 2007	Stardust (2007)	76%
B-	"The movie is jaunty and stylish and is blessed with some fun stretches. It features some stunning uses of the Scottish locations, particularly sweeping, aerial camera work that floats and rises above the evocative mountain landscapes." -- EmanuelLevy.Com Posted Aug 1, 2007	Stardust (2007)	76%
B	"Dark, malevolent, and serious, this Harry Potter was designed by its new writer, director, and composer as a waking nightmare." -- EmanuelLevy.Com Posted Jul 4, 2007	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)	77%
	"Padilha allows neither easy answers nor ironic commentary, producing on both sides of the conflict a world of inconsolable grief." -- Chicago Reader Posted May 8, 2007	Bus 174 (2003)	100%
	"Less a narrative than a haphazard succession of vignettes populated by crude stereotypes instead of credible characters." -- Chicago Reader Posted Oct 19, 2004	Sex, Politics, & Cocktails (2005)	0%
3.5/4	"Captures in unadorned style the energy and emotions binding a Dominican family in Manhattan's Washington Heights section." -- Chicago Tribune Posted Jun 12, 2003	Manito (2003)	94%
2/4	"Narrated with stentorian authority by English actress Dame Judi Dench, and watching this IMAX movie often feels like being at the receiving end of a dry, dull lecture." -- Chicago Tribune Posted May 15, 2003	Bugs! (2003)	87%
2/4	"It looks cheap and feels slapped together." -- Chicago Tribune Posted May 15, 2003	Pokemon - Heroes: The Movie (2003)	17%
2.5/4	"Rarely solemn or dull, and Takita holds its disparate parts together fairly well." -- Chicago Tribune Posted May 1, 2003	Onmyoji (2001)	50%
3.5/4	"It is the work of a remarkable new talent." -- Chicago Tribune Posted Apr 17, 2003	Japon (2003)	79%
2/4	"*Though Better Luck Tomorrow* is the work of an intriguing new talent, there remains something amiss about a movie so desperate to legitimize its own daring.*" -- Chicago Tribune* Posted Apr 10, 2003	Better Luck Tomorrow (2003)	80%
3/4	"This is magnetic, beautiful stuff." -- Chicago Tribune Posted Apr 3, 2003	Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2003)	70%
2/4	"Utterly lacking surprise, tension or any flair." -- Chicago Tribune Posted Mar 25, 2003	All About You (2001)	n/a
1/4	"The movie's offenses are too numerous to catalog." -- Chicago Tribune Posted Mar 20, 2003	Boat Trip (2003)	7%
3/4	"The movie belongs to the women, and they perform with attitude and power." -- Chicago Tribune Posted Mar 20, 2003	Down and Out with the Dolls (2003)	52%
2.5/4	"*On its own terms, Amen* is a memorably prickly film.*" -- Chicago Tribune* Posted Mar 6, 2003	Amen (2003)	67%
2.5/4	"The form is ravishing, though the content suffers by comparison." -- Chicago Tribune Posted Jan 9, 2003	Baraka (1994)	88%
2.5/4	"By the second hour, Miike's story fails to punctuate its powerful setup, and the work, much like the family itself, ends up a tangled mess." -- Chicago Tribune Posted Dec 5, 2002	Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)	65%
3/4	"Cold, nervy and memorable." -- Chicago Tribune Posted Nov 21, 2002	My Father and I (2002)	89%
3/4	"Consummate actor Barry has done excellent work here." -- Chicago Tribune Posted Nov 21, 2002	Interview with the Assassin (2002)	66%
3.5/4	"A boisterous, occasionally deft but also finally strained and uneven work." -- Chicago Tribune Posted Nov 14, 2002	His Secret Life (2002)	74%
3.5/4	"Daring and beautifully made." -- Chicago Tribune Posted Nov 14, 2002	Quitting (2002)	77%
3/4	"A fascinating examination of the joyous, turbulent self-discovery made by a proper, middle-aged woman." -- Chicago Tribune Posted Oct 31, 2002	Satin Rouge (2002)	83%
3/4	"A disturbing and frighteningly evocative assembly of imagery and hypnotic music composed by Philip Glass." -- Chicago Tribune Posted Oct 24, 2002	Naqoyqatsi (2002)	49%
2.5/4	"The movie is gorgeously made, but it is also somewhat shallow and art-conscious." -- Chicago Tribune Posted Oct 17, 2002	Lan Yu (2002)	66%
4/4	"This is a movie about the world at war with itself, and the result is riveting, sublime and unforgettable." -- Chicago Tribune Posted Sep 26, 2002	A Grin Without A Cat (2002)	100%
3/4	"A gem, captured in the unhurried, low-key style favored by many directors of the Iranian new wave." -- Chicago Tribune Posted Aug 29, 2002	Secret Ballot (2002)	83%
3.5/4	"It does what the movies were meant to do: move, dance and swirl in the popular imagination." -- Chicago Tribune Posted Jul 25, 2002	Devdas (2002)	88%
2.5/4	"*A fascinating work that never quite coalesces, Tuvalu* finally becomes oppressively repetitive.*" -- Chicago Tribune* Posted Jul 20, 2002	Tuvalu (2001)	73%
2/4	"Doesn't transcend the feeling that the content never achieves the kinetic power and magnetism of the IMAX format." -- Chicago Tribune Posted Jul 11, 2002	IMAX - Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun (1997)	n/a
	"Extremely well acted by the four primary actors, this is a seriously intended movie that is not easily forgotten." -- Chicago Tribune Posted Feb 7, 2002	Second Time Around (2002)	29%
.5/4	"*Not only is Slackers* painfully bad, but it's also about as morally unpleasant as a teen sex comedy can be.*" -- Chicago Tribune* Posted Jan 31, 2002	Slackers (2002)	9%
3/4	"This is a movie that is neither sentimental nor cheap; it never takes itself too seriously, and it has faith in the intelligence of its audience." -- Chicago Tribune Posted Dec 20, 2001	Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001)	75%
	"Too full of worship and the culture of celebrity to ever pose the questions that should be asked." -- Chicago Tribune Posted Dec 6, 2001	Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy (2001)	70%
	"*Filled with dazzling moments, Vengo* never quite reaches the heights those moments promise.*" -- Chicago Tribune* Posted Nov 29, 2001	Vengo (2001)	62%
	"Miike is brilliant at transforming the mundane and familiar ... into something sinister and eerie." -- Chicago Tribune Posted Nov 29, 2001	Audition (2001)	76%
	"*While Come Undone* has some explicit material, what makes it a mature and special work is its embrace of the knotty and unfamiliar.*" -- Chicago Tribune* Posted Nov 1, 2001	Come Undone (2001)	77%
	"A film of clarity, feeling and electric intensity." -- Chicago Tribune Posted Oct 25, 2001	Our Lady of the Assassins (2001)	77%
	"A film that has an extraordinary cumulative power." -- Chicago Tribune Posted Oct 18, 2001	La Ci�naga (2001)	86%
	"A dedication to great women performers." -- Hollywood Reporter Posted May 11, 2001	All About My Mother (1999)	97%
	"... a great deal of fun." -- Hollywood Reporter Posted May 11, 2001	Kikujiro (2000)	59%

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