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John Monaghan

John Monaghan's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Patch Adams (1998) 22% 2/4 EDIT “Only inspires me to steer clear of both hospitals and any movie that casts Robin Williams as a lovable clown. ” – Detroit Free Press Jan 5, 2023 Full Review House (1977) 90% 3/4 EDIT “A silly, surreal cross of Japanese horror, anime and just plain weirdness, this 1977 fever dream of styles makes you wonder: How did this ever get made?” – Detroit Free Press Sep 27, 2022 Full Review Rear Window (1954) 99% 4/4 EDIT “Sure, Vertigo is more personal, Psycho more bizarre, North by Northwest more thrilling. But Rear Window shows the Master of Suspense at his most spare, sophisticated and sinisterly clever a movie that is essentially about watching movies.” – Detroit Free Press Jun 8, 2021 Full Review Modern Times (1936) 98% 4/4 EDIT “Corny or not, Chaplin keeps his sights set on the audience that initially embraced him and made him a superstar. In the swan song that is Modern Times, the Little Tramp displays the silliness, but also dignity, of the common man.” – Detroit Free Press May 6, 2021 Full Review The Apple (1998) 85% 3/4 EDIT “[The Apple] hits upon simple, yet all-important human emotions that movies rarely capture.” – Detroit Free Press Mar 31, 2021 Full Review Dude, Where's My Car? (2000) 16% EDIT “Comedies have survived with looser scenarios, but few prove as brain-dead as this one.” – Detroit Free Press Jan 30, 2018 Full Review Heart of a Dog (2015) 95% EDIT “The film is often notable for Anderson's honesty.” – Detroit Free Press Jan 10, 2017 Full Review Raiders! (2015) 91% EDIT “The joy of the Raiders! remake (and the doc about its making) is the ingenuity with which the kids face filmmaking challenges, from borrowing snakes from the local pet shop to creating a wall of flame in one of their basements.” – Detroit Free Press Dec 31, 2016 Full Review The Fits (2015) 96% EDIT “What the movie lacks in narrative it makes up for in mood and invention.” – Detroit Free Press Dec 29, 2016 Full Review Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone (2010) 100% 3/4 EDIT “What makes this better than the usual Behind the Music-style doc is the frankness of its subjects and the fun way the filmmakers intersperse Fat Albert-style animation to tell their story.” – Detroit Free Press Dec 16, 2011 Full Review Tucker & Dale vs Evil (2010) 86% 3/4 EDIT “Tucker & Dale vs. Evil is a Canadian-made horror spoof that delivers both comedy and gross-out thrills.” – Detroit Free Press Sep 29, 2011 Full Review Died Young Stayed Pretty (2008) 63% 3/4 EDIT “The poster makers... mine the outer limits of violence and misogyny with a garish, pop art palette.” – Detroit Free Press Oct 21, 2009 Full Review Gran Torino (2008) 81% 3/4 EDIT “Ultimately, Gran Torino is not recommended for its moralizing or its scenery, but for Eastwood's compelling performance.” – Detroit Free Press Jan 9, 2009 Full Review The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008) 66% 3/4 EDIT “This new Narnia has more of everything, especially action and top-notch effects, but loses some of its soul in the process.” – Detroit Free Press May 15, 2008 Full Review One Week (1920) 100% 4/4 EDIT “In 1920's One Week, the silent comedian known as the Great Stone Face attempts to assemble the build-it-yourself home he received as a wedding present.” – Detroit Free Press Mar 7, 2008 Full Review Let's Get Lost (1988) 97% 4/4 EDIT “There are moments in Let's Get Lost when, if you squint just a little, [Chet] Baker is a ghost image of his former self, the 1950s musical equivalent of James Dean.” – Detroit Free Press Mar 7, 2008 Full Review The Blacksmith (1922) 4/4 EDIT “As The Blacksmith, [Buster Keaton] bungles horse grooming and auto repair with slapstick finesse.” – Detroit Free Press Mar 7, 2008 Full Review The Violin (2005) 94% 3/4 EDIT “The film from first-timer Francisco Vargas puts a human face on universal suffering. It is also about the power of music, as the title instrument saves (for a while anyway) three generations of peasant men in their roles as guerrilla fighters.” – Detroit Free Press Mar 7, 2008 Full Review Billy the Kid (2007) 82% 3/4 EDIT “The best documentaries take you places you don't normally have access to.” – Detroit Free Press Feb 29, 2008 Full Review Charlie Bartlett (2007) 59% 2/4 EDIT “Tone is everything in a movie like this, and director John Poll spends the entire running time trying to find it.” – Detroit Free Press Feb 22, 2008 Full Review Honeydripper (2007) 69% 2/4 EDIT “It's best to forget the story here and focus on those small moments that shine in any Sayles film.” – Detroit Free Press Feb 8, 2008 Full Review The Rape of Europa (2006) 82% 3/4 EDIT “As thorough as the movie is, it could easily devote another hour to cases like this.” – Detroit Free Press Feb 1, 2008 Full Review Persepolis (2007) 96% 4/4 EDIT “More than just the first film in recent memory to be considered a must-see, Persepolis begs for a second viewing, if only to chart the way it so delicately weaves together the different stages of Marjane's life.” – Detroit Free Press Jan 25, 2008 Full Review 27 Dresses (2008) 40% 3/4 EDIT “Sorry, Sandra. Too bad, Meg. The mantle of movie cute queen has just been passed to Katherine Heigl, starring as the romantically challenged New Yorker of 27 Dresses.” – Detroit Free Press Jan 18, 2008 Full Review Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains (2007) 80% 3/4 EDIT “Demme says he entered the project expecting 'fireworks,' and he gets them time and again...” – Detroit Free Press Jan 11, 2008 Full Review
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