Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News
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For 916 reviews, this critic has graded:
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72% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 11.1 points lower than other critics.
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Joe Neumaier's Scores
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 161 out of 916
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Mixed: 549 out of 916
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Negative: 206 out of 916
916
movie reviews
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Joe Neumaier 60
Hey, Michael: It's the robots, stupid. Despite all the mechanical mayhem, none of the Transformers stand out. -
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Joe Neumaier 60
For the first time since "The Nutty Professor," Eddie Murphy successfully mixes his adult and kid-film personas -- imagine that. -
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Joe Neumaier 60
Fascinating and, when you see Afghan versions of Simon Cowell and Co. reacting to tryouts, a reminder of how fame and the thirst for it is the same in any language. -
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Joe Neumaier 60
The action-comedy Zombieland works because it's played with an emphasis on the living, not the undead. -
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Joe Neumaier 60
Has two aces going for it: Soderbergh's poking at the mazelike holes in American business and Damon's whirling dervish performance. -
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Joe Neumaier 60
Zombie walks the walk, you can't deny it. And he's found the medium where he can let his freak flag fly highest. Now, he can proudly put that battered old William Shatner Halloween mask on a stick, too, and let it rip. -
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Joe Neumaier 60
Part of the problem with "P&F" is that Tiana and Naveen's connection feels superficial. -
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Joe Neumaier 60
Challenging and thoughtful, but is also, like its characters, a prisoner of its own anger. -
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Joe Neumaier 60
What's cool and always kicky is seeing a country's irreverent movie trash being treated with such, well, reverence. -
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Joe Neumaier 60
Giamatti is one of the few guys who could take a joke about a chickpea-sized soul and make a meal of it. -
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Joe Neumaier 60
Even with all the inconvenient truths exposed, Stone's film is still, sadly, inescapably crucial. -
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Joe Neumaier 60
Sturgess is solid and Kingsley predictably sneaky, but the atmosphere -- scurries through the Catholic/Protestant border, tense stand-offs, spontaneous riots -- is what's genuinely gripping. -
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Joe Neumaier 60
Once it's high-concept plot kicks in, Gervais' hilariously self-deprecating persona is really all that keeps it grounded. -
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Joe Neumaier 60
Avatar clears the hurdle in terms of being optical candy. Its story, though, is pure cheese. -
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Joe Neumaier 60
A snapshot of several New York eras that coincide with the Internet's growing pains, We Live in Public focuses on entrepreneur, party-thrower and dot.com bubble participant Josh Harris. -
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Joe Neumaier 60
A little more variation in the script, though, might have yielded something truly great. -
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Joe Neumaier 60
Writer-director James Mottern's drama has a lived-in feel, but is notable mainly for Michelle Monaghan's glam-less turn as Diane. -
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Joe Neumaier 60
Like a dime-store holiday card, this Christmas Carol is well-crafted but artless, detailed but lacking soul. -
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Joe Neumaier 60
Tries to capture that moment -- complete with air guitar-playing deejays -- and unapologetically rides a wave of nostalgia, but ultimately sinks due to a bloated, watery script. -
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Joe Neumaier 60
If you're going to pick the werewolf as your favorite monster, there's a lot to appreciate in the shaggy, imperfect but still fun new version of The Wolf Man. -
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Joe Neumaier 60
Overlong but ambitious, Woo proves he's as good at tactical maneuvers as he is at close-quarters combat. -
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Joe Neumaier 60
Haneke's superb cast provide beautifully measured hints at the disconnect between the ribbon's symbolism and the entire town's unspoken atrocities. -
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Joe Neumaier 60
The film isn't easy to watch, but its portrait of perseverance and ecological commitment is enlightening. -
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Joe Neumaier 60
As a misanthropic guy in a dead-end job, Matthew Broderick is more engaging than when he has to be perky. -
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Joe Neumaier 60
There’s visual poetry here and haunted performances from Mezzogiorno and Timi -- who plays two roles, and is especially gripping as Dalser’s grown son. -
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Joe Neumaier 60
That truthfulness, along with the movie's emotional honesty and narrative polish, help tag this NY-grown indie as one to seek out. -
