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Barbara Scharres

Barbara Scharres's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
Biography:

Chicago Reader film critic.

Reviews

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Jesus of Montreal (1989) 71% EDIT “The actual performance of the play goes on long enough to border on the polemical, but it’s not a terrible price to pay for the film’s melodramatic and quite powerful ending.” – Chicago Reader May 11, 2022 Full Review Dark Eyes (1987) 89% 1/4 EDIT “This feeble revelation, however, hardly makes the preceding footage worth the wait...” – Chicago Reader May 10, 2022 Full Review The Believers (1987) 35% 1/4 EDIT “Ultimately, though, The Believers is like a tiresome card trick...” – Chicago Reader May 9, 2022 Full Review Girls of the Sun (2018) 48% EDIT “"Girls of the Sun" is a well-meaning, timid tribute that follows the usual pattern of the war correspondent subgenre, glorifying its brave subjects without taking any risks.” – RogerEbert.com Oct 30, 2018 Full Review Loving (2016) 88% EDIT “It's a well-crafted historical drama that pays minute attention to recreating the period and the couple's personal history, with much dialogue and legal particulars based on documented fact.” – RogerEbert.com May 23, 2016 Full Review Personal Shopper (2016) 81% EDIT “Whatever Stewart's shortcomings, writer/director Assayas is the guy who has to stand up and take a bow for this bomb.” – RogerEbert.com May 23, 2016 Full Review Youth (2015) 72% EDIT “Sorrentino packs the film with entrancing images.” – RogerEbert.com Sep 14, 2015 Full Review Blind Detective (2013) 55% EDIT “It's about as light-hearted and goofy as they come, but also disorganized, chaotic, and lacking much of the cohesive sense of style and vision that normally characterizes a To film.” – RogerEbert.com Sep 14, 2013 Full Review Like Father, Like Son (2013) 86% EDIT “Kore-eda's plots are simple and direct; one could almost say childlike. It's how the ending is achieved in emotional terms that matters.” – RogerEbert.com Sep 14, 2013 Full Review Blue Is the Warmest Color (2013) 88% EDIT “The trajectory of life in "Blue Is the Warmest Color" is grounded in the normalcy of the ordinary, and Kechiche depicts love of any persuasion as the stuff of everyday.” – RogerEbert.com Sep 13, 2013 Full Review Only Lovers Left Alive (2013) 86% EDIT “I can't even think where to start in trying to cut him some slack on "Only Lovers Left Alive," which is a priggish film full of in-group references that will provide a-ha moments for those in the know.” – RogerEbert.com Sep 13, 2013 Full Review Le Havre (2011) 99% EDIT “I wanted to cry for joy at this funny and good-hearted film. I would normally be wary of a film that anyone describes as heart-warming but this is the real deal.” – Chicago Sun-Times Oct 18, 2011 Full Review Amores perros (2000) 93% EDIT “Solidly engaging, supersized 2000 Mexican drama.” – Chicago Reader Feb 8, 2008 Full Review Foxy Brown (1974) 58% EDIT “The film is dated, but its mixed message -- and its potential to offend virtually everyone -- still makes it a powerful discussion starter.” – Chicago Reader Mar 13, 2007 Full Review
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