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Dan Kaufman

Dan Kaufman's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Knights of Badassdom (2014) 67% 5.5/10 EDIT “While the LARPers are ostensibly treated with affection, the film still repeatedly goes for low-hanging comedy fruit such as the histrionic and incorrect olde-English-speak they use while in-game, an obvious gag that quickly grows tiresome.” – Paste Magazine Jan 23, 2014 Full Review Mama (2013) 63% 8.8/10 EDIT “Mama is a terrifying success.” – Paste Magazine Jan 1, 2014 Full Review Carrie (2013) 51% 6/10 EDIT “There's nothing really wrong with this iteration of Carrie, it's just that most everything that's right can't be attributed to the production itself.” – Paste Magazine Oct 24, 2013 Full Review Hell Baby (2013) 33% 5.6/10 EDIT “Given the talent involved, it's a project that sounds promising (if maybe more than slightly derivative), but it winds up an unfortunate misfire.” – Paste Magazine Sep 12, 2013 Full Review The Heat (2013) 65% 7/10 EDIT “It's a breezy, low-impact good time that distinguishes itself as a comedy starring two women... by being almost indistinguishable from any other pleasant comedies starring anyone else.” – Paste Magazine Jun 28, 2013 Full Review Disconnect (2012) 70% 7.9/10 EDIT “A dramatic triptych of loosely connected stories that mostly avoids the pitfalls of an easy target with solid work from all involved.” – Paste Magazine Apr 19, 2013 Full Review Jack the Giant Slayer (2013) 52% 7/10 EDIT “So come for the giants, but, well, also stay for the giants.” – Paste Magazine Mar 1, 2013 Full Review The Baytown Outlaws (2012) 23% 6.3/10 EDIT “The performances are solid, but more often than not it feels like the characters are all acting, shooting and stabbing in a vacuum.” – Paste Magazine Jan 11, 2013 Full Review The Cabin in the Woods (2011) 92% 9.2/10 EDIT “Like Scream before it, the film is a simultaneous dissection and celebration of all the tropes to which it pays homage, while also managing to be a superb example of the genre in its own right.” – Paste Magazine Jan 8, 2013 Full Review The Grey (2012) 80% 7.5/10 EDIT “The Grey is an exciting, if uneven, paean to the macho ideal.” – Paste Magazine Jan 8, 2013 Full Review Life of Pi (2012) 86% 9/10 EDIT “Ang Lee has created a truly adult adventure, not because the material is salacious or violent, but because it deals with complex themes of spirituality and self-discovery in the guise of an accessible and engrossing fantasy.” – Paste Magazine Nov 29, 2012 Full Review Rise of the Guardians (2012) 75% 8/10 EDIT “Despite some formulaic trappings of the genre, it's thankfully more of a win in their column.” – Paste Magazine Nov 29, 2012 Full Review Nature Calls (2012) 5% 5/10 EDIT “It's probably best to let this particular call from nature go unheeded.” – Paste Magazine Nov 9, 2012 Full Review Skyfall (2012) 92% 8.3/10 EDIT “Bardem's Silva is a throwback to a more traditional Bond villain, with equal parts creepy sensuality, intelligence, and psychopathy, and a touch of physical deformity for good measure.” – Paste Magazine Nov 6, 2012 Full Review A Liar's Autobiography - The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman (2012) 45% 7.9/10 EDIT “A Liar's Autobiography is flawed and enigmatic, but ultimately entertaining. Much like its subject.” – Paste Magazine Nov 1, 2012 Full Review V/H/S (2012) 56% 7.9/10 EDIT “With different directors, writers, and cast for each of the individual sequences, there's a little something for every horror fan in V/H/S, from a haunted house to a vicious monster to a mysterious crime tale.” – Paste Magazine Sep 28, 2012 Full Review The Day (2011) 31% 8.2/10 EDIT “Once these tropes are established and have a minute or two to settle, that's when things get interesting.” – Paste Magazine Aug 31, 2012 Full Review The Revenant (2009) 56% 6.3/10 EDIT “The Revenant isn't funny or scary enough overall to be great, but with some good performances and an eleventh-hour upswing in the action, it's not bad enough to ridicule, either.” – Paste Magazine Aug 16, 2012 Full Review 30 Beats (2012) 5% 5.9/10 EDIT “As an experiment, 30 Beats is an uneven, if not entirely uninteresting, failure. In its attempt to be modern and titillating, it actually distances and confounds.” – Paste Magazine Jul 26, 2012 Full Review Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012) 55% 6.8/10 EDIT “Fortunately for viewers, Carell and Knightley do work well together -- their performances are a saving grace, and the culmination of their story is surprisingly sweet and moving.” – Paste Magazine Jun 22, 2012 Full Review Men in Black 3 (2012) 67% 7.5/10 EDIT “Men in Black III is a perfectly acceptable summer blockbuster, with all the frenetic action, visual inventiveness and lack of substance that has come to be associated with the phrase.” – Paste Magazine May 25, 2012 Full Review Intruders (2011) 29% 7.5/10 EDIT “With Intruders , Fresnadillo has made a small but quality film that will make you furrow your brow as much as bite your nails.” – Paste Magazine Mar 30, 2012 Full Review Mirror Mirror (2012) 50% 7/10 EDIT “Mirror Mirror is a lighthearted, family-friendly treatment of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale that doesn't stray too far from previous versions.” – Paste Magazine Mar 30, 2012 Full Review Wrath of the Titans (2012) 26% 5/10 EDIT “The lack of majesty and the overall been-there-seen-that feeling render Wrath of the Titans a textbook example of a disappointing cash-in.” – Paste Magazine Mar 30, 2012 Full Review Carol Channing: Larger Than Life (2011) 90% 9/10 EDIT “Carol Channing: Larger than Life is like a warm cinematic hug from Shubert Alley, not to be missed by anyone with even the remotest passing interest in Channing or Broadway history.” – Paste Magazine Feb 2, 2012 Full Review
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