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Desson Thomson

Film Critic

United States

United States

(1958)

431 pro reviews

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Latest published

Pulp Fiction (1994)
Publish Date: October 13, 2024
"Brilliant and brutal, funny and exhilarating, jaw-droppingly cruel and disarmingly sweet"

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Casper (1995)
Publish Date: May 25, 2020
"As far as most kids are concerned, if it has pictures and a soundtrack, it's a great movie. But to the parents who must escort them, I say this: If you must see 'Casper' at all (...) wait for the video."

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The Downfall: Hitler and the End of the Third Reich (2004)
Publish Date: May 11, 2019
"The film's most powerful elements are Ganz's persuasive performance as Hitler, a figure of gentility and irrationality, and the film's candor"

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American Psycho (2000)
Publish Date: April 13, 2019
"It's hard to summon up enthusiasm for a performance so rooted in bloody banality. I mean, as Patrick, Bale's most emotionally pressing dilemma is: Chainsaw or butcher knife?"

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Bullets over Broadway (1994)
Publish Date: November 27, 2018
"Buzzes with classic one-liners, bright performances and off-the-cuff contemplations about love, art and death.

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Being John Malkovich (1999)
Publish Date: October 28, 2018
"So full of creativity, so subversive, so alive (...) Delicious."

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Gone in 60 Seconds (2000)
Publish Date: June 8, 2009
"There were moments when I thought Gone in 60 Seconds might be a passably entertaining movie. I figure those moments, strung end-to-end, would total 30 or 40 seconds"

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Diary of the Dead (2007)
Publish Date: February 14, 2008
"We want to high-five Romero for finding new ways to off his lifeless marauders."

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The Rules of the Game (1939)
Publish Date: April 26, 2007
"On a pure entertainment level, 'Rules' is an amusing upstairs-downstairs farce that shows two societies (...) We are watching life at its messiest, unfolding at its most beautiful."

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Lady in the Water (2006)
Publish Date: July 20, 2006
"A captivating amalgam of mystery, thriller and mythic fantasy (...) An artist who makes it his business to push the boundaries of storytelling in Hollywood. And that's exciting."

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Doom (2005)
Publish Date: October 20, 2005
"he Rock is an enjoyable presence (...) But for the most part, 'Doom' is a loud, standard-issue sci-fi action film that has a confusing mission"

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Elizabethtown (2005)
Publish Date: October 13, 2005
"It's hard to believe the creative mind that gave us 'Almost Famous,' 'Jerry Maguire,' 'Say Anything' and 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High' looked up with satisfaction after typing 117 pages of this."

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Fantastic Four (2005)
Publish Date: July 7, 2005
"The whole thing lacks oomph and identity (...) This 'Four' ain't so 'Fantastic'

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Mysterious Skin (2004)
Publish Date: June 23, 2005
"An ingenious, dark metaphor out of extraterrestrial visitation (...) While watching this movie, I scribbled the word 'whoa' five times into my notebook."

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My Summer of Love (2004)
Publish Date: June 16, 2005
"But for all its melodramatic excesses, 'My Summer' remains highly watchable throughout, for its atmosphere and the actors, specially Considine and Press"

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Eros (2004)
Publish Date: April 7, 2005
"[This collection] must have sounded like a great idea; after all, these are fine filmmakers. But the result is far less interesting."

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Sin City (Frank Miller's Sin City) (2005)
Publish Date: March 31, 2005
"It's a guaranteed must-see for its generation. 'Sin City' has a long, long shelf life ahead."

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Nobody Knows (2004)
Publish Date: February 24, 2005
"Unforgettable (...) Subtly heartbreaking (...) Kore-eda's quasi-documentary style, give this movie a stunning credibility."

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Alone in the Dark (2005)
Publish Date: January 27, 2005
"This is definitely for people who 1) love the video game, 2) think Slater and Dorff are eminently watchable, no matter what bad flick they're in and 3) are wearing industrial-strength ear plugs."

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Bad Education (2004)
Publish Date: January 13, 2005
"One of Almodovar's darkest films since the early days of 'Law of Desire' and 'Matador', and certainly one of his finest."

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