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Neva Chonin

Neva Chonin's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Rock the Bells (2006) 83% 3/4 EDIT “Humorously, but with knuckles bared, captures every twitch of angst, chaos and near-calamity that unfolds as the concert draws near and Weisberg's dream devolves into a nightmare.” – San Francisco Chronicle Jun 8, 2007 Full Review Zoo (2007) 60% 3/4 EDIT “Punch lines and outrage come easy, but beware: If you walk into this film with a secure moral judgment, prepare to have it shaken by the time you leave.” – San Francisco Chronicle May 25, 2007 Full Review Aurora Borealis (2005) 68% 2/4 EDIT “Every bromide, plot twist and stock character arrives right on time and, to give director James Burke his due, function as well as they ever have.” – San Francisco Chronicle Sep 29, 2006 Full Review Jesus Camp (2006) 89% 3/4 EDIT “It stares into the face of faith run amok, and for those willing to follow its gaze, it provides sad revelations.” – San Francisco Chronicle Sep 29, 2006 Full Review Crank (2006) 62% 2/4 EDIT “Leave it alone, or leave your brain and pocket change at the gate, strap yourself in and just enjoy the ride.” – San Francisco Chronicle Sep 23, 2006 Full Review Zen Noir (2004) 29% 2/4 EDIT “For all its shortcomings, Zen Noir still entertains.” – San Francisco Chronicle Sep 15, 2006 Full Review American Blackout (2006) 77% 3/4 EDIT “American Blackout makes a credible case, with some of its most damning evidence coming from the mouths of the conservatives themselves.” – San Francisco Chronicle Sep 15, 2006 Full Review Idlewild (2006) 47% 2/4 EDIT “Idlewild comes alive only during the production numbers, which look and feel more like music videos than music as storytelling.” – San Francisco Chronicle Aug 25, 2006 Full Review La mujer de mi hermano (2005) 18% 1/4 EDIT “Repressed desire! A sultry soap-opera star! Incest! Gay politics! La Mujer de Mi Hermano has it all. Now if it only had a decent plot.” – San Francisco Chronicle Apr 14, 2006 Full Review Kinky Boots (2005) 58% 2/4 EDIT “The only thing kinky about this movie is its title. But maybe there's an upside to this: Parents, if you want to teach the kids about sexual difference without having to deal with sex, here's your chance. Have I mentioned it's heartwarming? That too.” – San Francisco Chronicle Apr 14, 2006 Full Review Lucky Number Slevin (2006) 52% 2.5/4 EDIT “Not as clever as it thinks, a little too clever for its own good, it's a fun ride, nonetheless.” – San Francisco Chronicle Apr 7, 2006 Full Review Brick (2005) 79% 3/4 EDIT “Johnson isn't the first director to subvert suburbia, but he's probably the first to have done such a fine job of it on his first outing.” – San Francisco Chronicle Apr 7, 2006 Full Review Slither (2006) 87% 3/4 EDIT “Slither is a labor of love made by a horror aficionado who knows just when to tweak the tropes.” – San Francisco Chronicle Mar 31, 2006 Full Review Stay Alive (2006) 12% 1/4 EDIT “It's unlikely that Stay Alive could ever have been a good movie in the traditional sense, but it might have been better if Bell and co-writer Matthew Peterman had done more to exploit their gaming premise.” – San Francisco Chronicle Mar 28, 2006 Full Review Duck Season (2004) 91% 3.5/4 EDIT “The beauty of Duck Season is its insistence that profound human experiences can arrive slowly, in incremental packages, scattered over the course of an average Sunday.” – San Francisco Chronicle Mar 17, 2006 Full Review Summer Storm (2004) 50% 2/4 EDIT “Though the characters and plot are all paint-by-numbers, Summer Storm is still a fairly charming look at what it's like for a typical teen jock to admit he's not so typical, after all.” – San Francisco Chronicle Mar 17, 2006 Full Review The Libertine (2005) 34% 1/4 EDIT “The point seems to be that too much of a good thing leads to a vast sense of nothingness and bleak cinematography. Alas, it also results in transforming a film about a sensualist into a remarkably sexless enterprise.” – San Francisco Chronicle Mar 10, 2006 Full Review Why We Fight (2005) 78% 3/4 EDIT “A somber polemic that presents a convincing case against using war as an economic booster -- although, Jarecki argues, that is precisely what the United States has been doing under every president since Truman.” – San Francisco Chronicle Feb 10, 2006 Full Review London (2005) 14% 1/4 EDIT “Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy spends hours in a bathroom snorting a mother lode of cocaine while annoying everyone within earshot with his tales of woe. Sounds like a great idea for a movie. Let's do it!” – San Francisco Chronicle Feb 10, 2006 Full Review The Ice Harvest (2005) 47% 1/4 EDIT “Ice Harvest, sir, is no Groundhog Day.” – San Francisco Chronicle Nov 23, 2005 Full Review Ellie Parker (2005) 52% 2/4 EDIT “Watts is alternately annoying, sympathetic and hilarious in the title role. She's always entertaining.” – San Francisco Chronicle Nov 18, 2005 Full Review Never Been Thawed (2005) 58% 2.5/4 EDIT “What we're left with is a movie filled with cultural gags that mock without achieving the level of good satire. Sometimes, alas, being funny just isn't enough.” – San Francisco Chronicle Nov 4, 2005 Full Review The Californians (2005) 2/4 EDIT “So leaden and obvious it's too somnambulant to be funny.” – San Francisco Chronicle Oct 21, 2005 Full Review Stay (2005) 26% 2/4 EDIT “A pretty package that's empty on the inside.” – San Francisco Chronicle Oct 21, 2005 Full Review The Clan (2004) 41% 1/4 EDIT “A luscious yet ultimately empty film.” – San Francisco Chronicle Oct 7, 2005 Full Review
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