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David Blaylock

David Blaylock's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Friend (2008) 100% EDIT “First-time filmmaker Fischer examines the issues of Islamic extremism, Western decadence, and fraternal bonds, producing a compelling story that uses character and story ambiguity to appraise the fallibility of thinking one can ever truly know another.” – Village Voice Apr 5, 2005 Full Review Sheriff (2004) 57% EDIT “Kraus seems determined to juxtapose the serenity of Hewett's downtime with the thrills of the dirty work, but as seen in the film it's all the same.” – Village Voice Mar 9, 2005 Full Review Emile (2003) 55% EDIT “It's appropriate that the director calls this the final chapter in a trilogy about struggling with one's identity -- he shows none of his own while mishandling someone else's.” – Village Voice Mar 3, 2005 Full Review Coach Carter (2005) 63% EDIT “Too vicious to speak to bleeding-heart liberals, too pro-academia to speak to No Child Left Behind advocates, and too preachy to speak to youths.” – Village Voice Jan 25, 2005 Full Review Darkness (2002) 5% EDIT “Moments hint at a metaphoric statement on child abuse, but the film proves mainly to be a commentary on poor electrical wiring.” – Village Voice Dec 28, 2004 Full Review Master of the Game (2002) 57% EDIT “The predictability of this deadly serious film becomes overwhelming even for viewers lost daydreaming of Hogan's Heroes.” – Village Voice Nov 16, 2004 Full Review Callas Forever (2002) 40% EDIT “Sadly, this camp drama, a eulogy by one of Callas's closest friends, pales in comparison to the four minutes of 'La Mamma Morta' in Philadelphia.” – Village Voice Nov 2, 2004 Full Review Reagan: In the Face of Evil (2004) 13% EDIT “Overreaching in many of its laudatory appraisals, the film is mostly GOP-boosting rhetoric in the guise of a dull History Channel special.” – Village Voice Oct 26, 2004 Full Review Merci Docteur Rey (2002) 0% EDIT “With Yank Andrew Litvack pinch-hitting for producers Ismail Merchant and James Ivory, Merci is free of much of that M-I pomposity, replacing it with an unnerving drollness.” – Village Voice Sep 14, 2004 Full Review Everybody Says I'm Fine! (2001) 47% EDIT “Bose shows depth when he deals directly with Xen's loneliness.” – Village Voice Aug 31, 2004 Full Review Chooch (2003) 0% EDIT “Devoid of Sopranos stereotypes, the film charms with its p.c. portrayal of Italian Americans, yet the depiction of Mexicans veers toward the offensive.” – Village Voice Aug 24, 2004 Full Review Zhou Yu's Train (2002) 42% EDIT “The love triangle among pottery maker Zhou Yu (Gong Li), her long-distance poet paramour (Tony Leung Ka Fai), and her fellow traveler (Honglei Sun) devolves from opaque mystery into boring melodramatics and incoherent contrivances.” – Village Voice Jul 13, 2004 Full Review
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