Mark Caro, Chicago Tribune
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For 252 reviews, this critic has graded:
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52% higher than the average critic
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3% same as the average critic
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45% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 2 points higher than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Mark Caro's Scores
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 144 out of 252
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Mixed: 63 out of 252
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Negative: 45 out of 252
252
movie reviews
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Mark Caro 63
For a movie that begins so intriguingly, Boiler Room becomes boilerplate all too quickly. -
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Mark Caro 63
Neither sinful nor particularly bad, the movie nonetheless diverts us when it should transport us. Its heroes' hearts may lie out at sea, but its soul never leaves dry land. -
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Mark Caro 63
A point is being made about how a criminal creates his own myth, but the ways Read twists and embellishes the truth become progressively less interesting. -
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Mark Caro 63
The frustrating part is that Only the Strong Survive includes at least as many mundane moments as soul-stirring ones -- and the film isn't much more than a collection of moments. -
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Mark Caro 63
The movie leaves us with the image of rich folks frantically dancing the Charleston because if they stop, they'll have nothing. The point is as untrue as it is simplistic. -
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Mark Caro 63
There's some undeniable appeal to watching a well-oiled, built-for-speed machine operating with its pedal to the metal -- even if it's destined to wind up in flames before the finish line. -
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Mark Caro 63
Alternately sweet and mean, sophisticated and vulgar, witty and base, dazzling and ugly, charming and charmless. -
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Mark Caro 63
Action junkies may enjoy this non-stop barrage, which barely pauses for anything but the most rudimentary (albeit complicated) plot exposition. -
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Mark Caro 63
The filmmaker's imagination is too rich for Spy Kids 3-D to be written off as a failure. But it's too bad that while the visuals have gained a dimension, the story has lost one. -
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Mark Caro 63
The movie's title refers to a comment about how people grow at their own rates. Miller's movie has its moments of impressive velocity, but it never quite takes off. -
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Mark Caro 63
Much of the value -- entertainment and otherwise -- of seeing a culture-specific movie is to connect with a larger world than your everyday life offers. -
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Mark Caro 63
Crowe's chilliest movie. In part this is by design. Like "Open Your Eyes," to which Crowe is mostly faithful, Vanilla Sky is a head trip that merges thriller, romance and science-fiction elements while playing with our notions of dreams and reality. -
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Mark Caro 63
The tweaking here feels affectionate, yet you soon suspect that these subjects make for awfully easy pickings. -
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Mark Caro 63
This Civil War epic romance is exquisitely shot, lovingly designed and populated with talented name actors. In terms of pedigree and sheer, lush filmmaking, the movie has class written all over it. And that's part of the problem. -
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Mark Caro 63
Kutcher delivers a credibly serious performance as Evan, and he's surrounded by a skilled supporting cast. -
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Mark Caro 63
While the movie's heroes lay everything on the line, Miracle is too content to skate along the surface. -
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Mark Caro 63
This is a profoundly unambitious movie, a '70s cop show spoof that aims to provoke a few giggles, and that's about it. -
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Mark Caro 63
For those seeking the vibrant innovation of Tarantino's first movies or the sheer rush of "Kill Bill, Vol. 1," Vol. 2 feels like a dulled blade. -
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Mark Caro 63
Isn't exactly a good movie, but it turns out not to be bad, either. It's a romantic comedy that strains to be screwball but at least is likable. -
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Mark Caro 63
The draggy ones make you restless while the best ones, like the movie's title ingredients, provide a buzz that doesn't last long enough. -
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Mark Caro 63
The biggest factor working against Mouse Hunt may be its chilliness. Like some of the Coen brothers' work, it's so stylized that it often keeps you at an arm's length instead of sucking you into its whirlwind. -
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Mark Caro 63
This is camp, pure and simple, and unless the translators have taken far greater liberties than is apparent, the filmmakers know it. -
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Mark Caro 50
No question, the new movie is amiable family entertainment, and Allen is such an affable actor that maybe kids won't begrudge him seeking romantic fulfillment in order to remain their favorite Santa. -
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Mark Caro 50
The absurd meets the violent meets the droll, and we just watch from the outside, never having been drawn in by anything resembling believable feelings or behavior. -
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Mark Caro 50
We’ve seen Ali as the charismatic star of the real-time drama of his life. Ali, for all its flashy filmmaking, just doesn’t compare. -
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Mark Caro 50
The same bland vision of teendom that's become inescapable on the small and big screens. -
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Mark Caro 50
The good news is that Vaughn is back in needling, loosey-goosey mode in Made, which he produced with Favreau. The bad news is that by the end, not only do you find him quite resistible, but you also may wish one of the tough guys of this mob comedy would heave him out a window. -
