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J.R. Jones
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J.R. Jones
Film Critic
United States
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Shrek the Third
(2007)
"The charm has evaporated. Cinephiles will enjoy some of the in-jokes (...) But then, if you're a cinephile, why would you bother with this?"
Chicago Reader
Everything Will Be Ok (S)
(2006)
"...the story, music, figures, and optical effects have been brought into perfect alignment... for a long time afterward, a sense of wonder for everyday life lingers."
Chicago Reader
Dumb and Dumber To
(2014)
"Seeing the two fiftysomething stars in their idiot haircuts again is a little disconcerting (...) but this sequel to Dumb & Dumber maintains a respectable laugh quotient"
Chicago Reader
Villa Touma
(2014)
"The film's assured narrative development is buttressed by a control of tone that's impressive for a neophyte."
Chicago Reader
Little Boy
(2015)
"This must have looked better on paper than it does onscreen."
Chicago Reader
A Million Ways to Die in the West
(2014)
"Despite all the costumes, stunt work, and locations in Monument Valley, this big-budget western spoof by Seth MacFarlane is too glib to live up to its potential"
Chicago Reader
He Named Me Malala
(2015)
"A little suspense might have helped this well-meaning but toothless effort."
Chicago Reader
When Marnie Was There
(2014)
"[An] emotionally resonant second feature [from Yonebayashi]."
Chicago Reader
Cemetery of Splendour
(2015)
"Calm and quiet, but nicely paced."
Chicago Reader
Kiki's Delivery Service
(1989)
"The characters are gently and warmly rendered, and a climactic action sequence involving an unmoored dirigible hints at the stately grandiosity of Miyazaki's masterpiece Howl's Moving Castle."
Chicago Reader
It's Such a Beautiful Day (Film)
(2012)
"It easily ranks among the best animation features of the new century (...) The voice-over narration, a first for Hertzfeldt, lays bare the aching emotion and philosophical yearning behind his gruesome, pitch-black humor."
Chicago Reader
Requiem for a Running Back
(2017)
"This documentary about brain trauma in the NFL is largely anecdotal, but therein lies its power."
Chicago Reader
Obit
(2016)
"Gould secures plenty of nuts-and-bolts detail about the reporting and writing process, which can range from novelistic use of detail to the prosaic but no less critical matter of confirming the death itself."
Chicago Reader
Nise: The Heart of Madness
(2015)
"[The script] has its powerful moments but so deifies Silveira that the movie turns into a black-and-white struggle between a caring, enlightened woman and a cadre of hard-hearted, benighted men."
Chicago Reader
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
(2017)
"Engrossing (...) The family drama adds an emotional dimension to the strictly legal narrative"
Chicago Reader
Man on Wire
(2008)
"In archival photos Petit seems to float between the towers, a tiny black figure against a vivid blue sky; the images are all the more poignant for the unstated fact that Petit is still around when the buildings aren't."
Chicago Reader
For a Few Dollars More
(1965)
"Leone's artful editing of close-ups to communicate the characters' spatial relationships is always a pleasure"
Chicago Reader
Freedomland
(2006)
"An unexpectedly troubling crime thriller."
Chicago Reader
Just a Sigh
(2013)
"Devos manages to keep it afloat in the second half as the actress peels away for her own adventure and writer-director Jérôme Bonnell develops a subplot that will force the lovers to part for good."
Chicago Reader
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (T3)
(2003)
"It's less about the characters than about the first two movies (...) Its most extravagant spectacle (...) is no match for Schwarzenegger's monotone line readings"
Chicago Reader
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