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Movie Reviews by Jonathan Rosenbaum - Page 49 of 83

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Review of The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 27 Jun 2007

A passing reference to 'The Count of Monte Cristo' offers a partial clue to what makes this movie compelling…

Review of Sicko (2007)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 27 Jun 2007

There are fewer jokes this time around, and Moore makes a point of not even appearing on-screen for a good 40 minutes, putting more emphasis…

Review of Luminous Motion (2000)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 26 Jun 2007

Gordon is so visually and stylistically inventive and the actors are so skillful that you aren't likely to lose interest…

Review of Network (1976)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 25 Jun 2007

Good campy fun from the combined talents of Paddy Chayefsky and Sidney Lumet; Chayefsky was apparently serious about much of this shrill, self-important…

Review of Do the Right Thing (1997)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 25 Jun 2007

This is a powerful and persuasive look at an ethnic community and what makes it tick…

Review of Do the Right Thing (1989)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 25 Jun 2007

This is a powerful and persuasive look at an ethnic community and what makes it tick…

Review of Evan Almighty (2007)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 20 Jun 2007

Freeman's God is a mix of Old and New Testament, with a dash of both sexism and sitcom; Carell's Noah is a political fool, but that only proves…

Review of Crossing the Line (1990)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 19 Jun 2007

In its present form, it comes across as a rather unpleasant and only fitfully absorbing film of social protest…

Review of You, Me and Dupree (2006)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 14 Jun 2007

Working with a shapeless script, directors Anthony and Joe Russo (Welcome to Collinwood) can't figure out what they're making…

Review of Troy (2004)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 14 Jun 2007

It has plenty of visual sweep, fine action sequences, and, thanks especially to Brad Pitt (as Achilles) and Peter O'Toole (as King Priam),…

Review of The Oh in Ohio (2006)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 13 Jun 2007

Director Billy Kent seems to have instructed most of his actors to behave like robotic sitcom characters; the principal exception is Danny…

Review of War of the Worlds (2005)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 07 Jun 2007

Newly updated but shamelessly hokey, Steven Spielberg's version of the 1898 H.G…

Review of The Treatment (2007)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 07 Jun 2007

John Zorn's ethnically tinged score is effectively minimalist without succumbing to Philip Glass-style monotony, and Harris Yulin is effective…

Review of The Abyss (1989)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 05 Jun 2007

The attempt to extract the essences of several genres (cold-war submarine thriller, love story, Disney fantasy, pseudomystical SF in the Spielberg…

Review of Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 04 Jun 2007

This is dopey Hollywood mysticism all right, but thanks to considerable craft and showmanship, it packs an undeniable punch…

Review of Jurassic Park (1993)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 04 Jun 2007

There's more soul to be found in any Kong close-up than in this film's overplayed reactions…

Review of The Real Jurassic Park (1993)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 04 Jun 2007

There's more soul to be found in any Kong close-up than in this film's overplayed reactions…

Review of Darkman (1990)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 03 Jun 2007

Raimi's flair for jazzy visual effects and extravagant action sequences, combined with direction that's full of punch and energy, makes this…

Review of Along Came Polly (2004)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 02 Jun 2007

Hampered by the kind of overacting that the cast seems to enjoy more than the audience…

Review of Chalk (2001)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 01 Jun 2007

Chalk approaches the painful social awkwardness of The Office…

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