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Seacoast Newspapers (NH/Maine)

Seacoast Newspapers (NH/Maine) is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Gina Carbone.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
3.5/4
The Social Network (2010) Gina Carbone Cool, fast, smart and sleek. It's also a surprisingly deep and almost painful reminder of the importance of a real social network - as opposed to, say, Facebook.
Posted Oct 03, 2010  Edit critic review
1/4
Piranha (2010) Gina Carbone Too much Jersey Shore, not enough piranhas.
Posted Aug 20, 2010  Edit critic review
3/4
The Other Guys (2010) Gina Carbone This peacock really flies, but what's with the credits?
Posted Aug 06, 2010  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Inception (2010) Gina Carbone It's bold. It's exciting. It makes you think. It engages. It impresses. It frustrates. And it does it all a helluva lot better than Shutter Island.
Posted Jul 18, 2010  Edit critic review
3.5/4
How to Train Your Dragon (2010) Gina Carbone Is it breaking new ground, the way Pixar does? No, it's not quite that ambitious. It just wants to entertain for 98 minutes. I was wowed. That's what I was hoping for and that's what I got.
Posted Apr 01, 2010  Edit critic review
2/4
The Bounty Hunter (2010) Gina Carbone It's a little sad that in 2010 we still have dated films like this, but some movies are just 'critic proof' comfort food. You know exactly what you are going to get and that's what you pay for.
Posted Mar 25, 2010  Edit critic review
2.25/4
Alice in Wonderland (2010) Gina Carbone Tim Burton is the kind of director who probably does come up with six impossible things before breakfast. So it was a surprise to see him produce a film so lacking in joy, innovation and curiosity.
Posted Mar 18, 2010  Edit critic review
2.5/4
The Crazies (2010) Gina Carbone Tense. Gross. Gory. Nice shots of Iowa. Nice shots of Joe Anderson as my new favorite Brit-who-roughs-it-up-playing-American. But is it something you're likely to remember 10 minutes after it ends? Nah.
Posted Mar 04, 2010  Edit critic review
2.75/4
Shutter Island (2010) Gina Carbone I didn't love it. I didn't hate it. But the more I think about it, the more I want to see it again ... if only to dissect it more.
Posted Feb 25, 2010  Edit critic review
3/4
The Cove (2009) Gina Carbone I don't think I can go to marine parks anymore.
Posted Feb 19, 2010  Edit critic review
2.25/4
Legion (2010) Gina Carbone It's Terminator plus Dogma times Supernatural as set in a Stephen King novel reinterpreted by someone without a sense of humor or knack for dialogue operating on a low budget. But God help me, I liked it!
Posted Jan 28, 2010  Edit critic review
3.25/4
Crazy Heart (2009) Gina Carbone I wanted to walk out bowled over by Jeff Bridges and his 'performance of a lifetime,' but I was fixated on the Colin Farrell factor.
Posted Jan 21, 2010  Edit critic review
3/4
Daybreakers (2009) Gina Carbone Now this is a vampire movie.
Posted Jan 14, 2010  Edit critic review
2.75/4
The Messenger (2009) Gina Carbone Well acted, bare-bones look at homefront horror, but it's not quite in the same war league as The Hurt Locker.
Posted Jan 07, 2010  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Nine (2009) Gina Carbone In the canon of modern musicals, Nine belongs miles beneath Moulin Rouge, and even Evita and bright, whimsical Mamma Mia.
Posted Dec 31, 2009  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Avatar (2009) Gina Carbone Breaks technological ground with stunning visuals, but disappoints on story and characters - which still do matter.
Posted Dec 24, 2009  Edit critic review
3/4
Invictus (2009) Gina Carbone Obama could use a Rugby World Cup. Something to unite his disaffected nation.
Posted Dec 13, 2009  Edit critic review
3/4
Brothers (2009) Gina Carbone In the large canon of war films, Brothers falls somewhere in the upper middle of the pack, but it's not bold or original enough to make a lasting name for itself.
Posted Dec 06, 2009  Edit critic review
3/4
The Road (2009) Gina Carbone It's a beautiful, harrowing story and a good film. I'm just worried it's not good enough considering its potential.
Posted Dec 03, 2009  Edit critic review
3.25/4
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) Gina Carbone Fantastic Mr. Fox is (waves hands around face) different. In a good way. In a great way, actually.
Posted Nov 30, 2009  Edit critic review
3/4
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire (2009) Gina Carbone And here I thought 2012 was unrelenting and A Serious Man was about the trials of Job. Huh.
Posted Nov 29, 2009  Edit critic review
2/4
The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009) Gina Carbone If they spent more time on the scripts, coaching the actors and finding less distracting hair and makeup, they might earn what they have but don't deserve: the fans' unconditional love.
Posted Nov 21, 2009  Edit critic review
2.75/4
2012 (2009) Gina Carbone The Ron Jeremy of disaster porn.
Posted Nov 13, 2009  Edit critic review
2.5/4
The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009) Gina Carbone If I could make a mix tape of scenes from this film I'd watch them repeatedly. But as a whole, it was a missed opportunity. And the ending . . . even Obi-Wan would roll his eyes. Definitely not the droids I was looking for.
Posted Nov 07, 2009  Edit critic review
2/4
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (2009) Gina Carbone Let's just say it doesn't make me feel like Riverdancing.
Posted Oct 31, 2009  Edit critic review
2/4
Amelia (2009) Gina Carbone The key to selling a story is making people believe it's real. That's the trouble with Amelia -- I didn't buy a minute of it.
Posted Oct 24, 2009  Edit critic review
3.25/4
Where the Wild Things Are (2009) Gina Carbone Where the Wild Things Are is the least fantastical fantasy and the most raw, honest, personal and magical film about childhood angst since ... ever?
Posted Oct 20, 2009  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Paranormal Activity (2007) Gina Carbone Sorry. The emperor is naked. It was just an OK indie horror film with more shaky camerawork. Is this really the highest standard we can set?
Posted Oct 10, 2009  Edit critic review
2.25/4
Capitalism: A Love Story (2009) Gina Carbone Michael Moore preaches to the converted in his least insightful op-ed to date.
Posted Oct 03, 2009  Edit critic review
3/4
The Informant! (2009) Gina Carbone The Insider plus The Office plus Fargo plus the forced zaniness of Juno.
Posted Sep 25, 2009  Edit critic review
2/4
Whiteout (2009) Gina Carbone What a stiff.
Posted Sep 12, 2009  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Extract (2009) Gina Carbone Where's the flair, Dinkus?
Posted Sep 06, 2009  Edit critic review
3/4
Inglourious Basterds (2009) Gina Carbone Quentin Tarantino has become the third Coen brother.
Posted Aug 22, 2009  Edit critic review
3/4
District 9 (2009) Gina Carbone This is the movie Transformers should've been.
Posted Aug 15, 2009  Edit critic review
2/4
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) Gina Carbone Worst 'blockbuster' of the summer.
Posted Aug 08, 2009  Edit critic review
3/4
Funny People (2009) Gina Carbone Sandler and Apatow hitting the heavy drama button is like Darth Vader and Voldemort joining forces to throw a tea party. But a good one!
Posted Aug 01, 2009  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Orphan (2009) Gina Carbone It's ... uh ... creepy in that other way.
Posted Jul 25, 2009  Edit critic review
3/4
Away We Go (2009) Gina Carbone Narrowly manages to avoid the insufferably twee hipster cutesiness of, say, Juno, or any other works of Satan.
Posted Jul 20, 2009  Edit critic review
3/4
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) Gina Carbone Like the Prince himself, David Yates crosses out portions of J.K. Rowling's text in favor of his own ideas. This produces the best magic to date, until it goes wrong...
Posted Jul 15, 2009  Edit critic review
3.75/4
The Hurt Locker (2008) Gina Carbone First female best director Oscar right here.
Posted Jul 13, 2009  Edit critic review
2.8/4
Brüno (2009) Gina Carbone Ich laughed, Ich cringed, Ich pitied Paula Abdul.
Posted Jul 10, 2009  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Public Enemies (2009) Gina Carbone Never mind crime, I'm declaring the nation's first war on hand-held cameras.
Posted Jul 03, 2009  Edit critic review
2.25/4
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) Gina Carbone The first movie of 2009 to fail my clock test.
Posted Jun 26, 2009  Edit critic review
2/4
Year One (2009) Gina Carbone Blessed are the cheesemakers? Not this time.
Posted Jun 21, 2009  Edit critic review
3/4
The Hangover (2009) Gina Carbone It's just funny - pretty much from start to finish, or at least whenever Zach Galifianakis' 'Fat Jesus' is on screen.
Posted Jun 05, 2009  Edit critic review
3.25/4
Drag Me to Hell (2009) Gina Carbone Sam Raimi had me at the ticked-off talking goat, but he gave me so much more.
Posted May 31, 2009  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Up (2009) Gina Carbone Best since Finding Nemo.
Posted May 30, 2009  Edit critic review
2.75/4
Terminator Salvation (2009) Gina Carbone An entertaining action film that increases in value the less you actually think about it, with a star-making who-the-heck-is-THAT? performance from Sam Worthington.
Posted May 23, 2009  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Angels & Demons (2009) Gina Carbone The Da Vinci Code, while not a great movie by a stretch, was better and actually offered some interesting characters.
Posted May 15, 2009  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Star Trek (2009) Gina Carbone Sacrilege alert! It may even be better than The Dark Knight.
Posted May 08, 2009  Edit critic review
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