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Bill DuPre

Bill DuPre's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).

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North (1994) 12% 1.5/4 EDIT “Hype and extravagant production can't save this unfunny and unaffecting movie.” – News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Jan 24, 2026 Full Review Misery (1990) 87% 1.5/4 EDIT “A bit of comic relief is fine in any film, but Mr. Reiner and his cast smirk their way through this production. ” – News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Jan 22, 2026 Full Review The Princess Bride (1987) 93% 2.5/4 EDIT “It's all too much like a fairy tale -- we want to believe, but are we being manipulated? Probably. But put your guard down and see this one: it's a rich and royal hoot with a final scene that will make you feel good for going. ” – News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Jan 7, 2026 Full Review True Lies (1994) 77% 3/4 EDIT “True Lies is a sly bit of movie making, a romantic comedy action flick -- something for everybody. ” – News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Dec 10, 2025 Full Review To Sleep With Anger (1990) 93% 3/4 EDIT “Every performance is on key.” – News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Sep 23, 2025 Full Review Babe (1995) 98% 3/4 EDIT “The wonder of "Babe" is that, for all this manipulation, the movie has a feeling of spontaneous warmth. Even very small children will be enchanted with the charming cast of characters in "Babe." But be warned: Your kids may never let you eat bacon again.” – News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Jul 29, 2025 Full Review The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988) 88% 2.5/4 EDIT “Its gags are funny enough, but they lack the sting of satire that made "Airplane!" such a romp.” – News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Jul 24, 2025 Full Review The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear (1991) 77% 3/4 EDIT “A movie of no redeeming value. And if isn't the most fun you've had all week, you've had a very good week. Or maybe you're a stump.” – News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Jul 23, 2025 Full Review Red Rock West (1993) 95% 3.5/4 EDIT “"Red Rock West" is a rollicking ballad of greed and grief. ” – News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Jul 15, 2025 Full Review Jurassic Park (1993) 91% 3/4 EDIT “Jurassic Park is great fun. It's not a great movie -- technical gimcrackery by itself ain't art. This is despite Spielberg's sporadic attempts at inserting deeper meaning... Forget it, Steven. You've made a nifty monster movie here. And that's enough. ” – News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Jul 1, 2025 Full Review Jurassic Park III (2001) 49% 3/4 EDIT “Despite the weak script, the cast of JP III comes across as individuals with personality. ” – News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Jun 25, 2025 Full Review Apollo 13 (1995) 94% 4/4 EDIT “The magnificent obsession of the men who put footsteps on the moon is given its most elegant and elegiac treatment yet in Apollo 13.” – News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Jun 25, 2025 Full Review The Next Karate Kid (1994) 20% 2/4 EDIT “The Next Karate Kid is a pleasant little surprise: not because it's great -- it's very good in places but falters badly under an insecure director -- but simply because it's better than you expect it to be. ” – News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) May 29, 2025 Full Review Mission: Impossible II (2000) 58% 3/4 EDIT “Director John Woo puts a deft spin on a formula that seemed tired after just one movie and gives Mission: Impossible 2 a sharper, simpler story line than its predecessor, as well as the saving grace of self-mockery. ” – News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) May 8, 2025 Full Review Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) 54% 3/4 EDIT “"Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace" is, even more than its predecessor-sequels, a visual phantasmagoria. And it works best at simply that level.” – News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Apr 16, 2025 Full Review A Goofy Movie (1995) 64% 3/4 EDIT “...the characters in "A Goofy Movie," for all their cartoonish ways, are a lot like you and me. And that's what gives the movie its depth and resonance. ” – News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Apr 2, 2025 Full Review Scream 2 (1997) 83% 3/4 EDIT “Sometimes a sequel is better than the original, and that's the happy scenario with Scream 2. ” – News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Feb 6, 2025 Full Review Aladdin (1992) 96% 3/4 EDIT “This is an astonishingly free-spirited work, one that synthesizes an ancient fairy tale with mall-smart heroes and a hipster genie who can switch images faster than a couch potato with 90-channel cable and remote control.” – News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Dec 16, 2024 Full Review Beauty and the Beast (1991) 95% 3/4 EDIT “Screenwriter Linda Woolverton has managed to free the Disney studio from the saccharine-heroine syndrome.” – News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Dec 16, 2024 Full Review When Harry Met Sally... (1989) 90% 3/4 EDIT “When Harry Met Sally... is a terrific movie: smart, funny and wonderfully acted.” – News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Jul 9, 2024 Full Review Planet of the Apes (2001) 42% 2/4 EDIT “Run-of-the-mill summer multiplex fodder -- quite a disappointment from a director who has brought some of the more peculiar and interesting Hollywood movies to the screen in recent years.” – News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) May 1, 2024 Full Review Seven (1995) 84% 1/4 EDIT “All the literary allusions and cinema school self-consciousness can't save Fincher from drowning in the tawdry waste of this dreadful, brutal, abusive movie. Go, our little moviemaker, and sin no more.” – News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Mar 29, 2024 Full Review The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 89% 2.5/4 EDIT “Freeman and Robbins have done wonders, giving Red and Andy nuances that render them memorable, even in the context of a forgettable and formulaic film.” – News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Mar 4, 2024 Full Review Forrest Gump (1994) 75% 4/4 EDIT “Forrest Gump is a rare treat: a movie that delivers a message of hope and faith without delving into preachiness. Much of that success is due to Hanks' majestically deadpan performance.” – News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Mar 1, 2024 Full Review Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) 92% 3/4 EDIT “Director Mike Newell seasons this goulash of anxiety with wit and pathos. And the flavoring is just right to keep this unlikely contrivance sailing merrily along.” – News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Feb 29, 2024 Full Review
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