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James Parker

James Parker's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Boston Globe writer

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Spinal Tap II: The End Continues (2025) 65% EDIT “Is Spinal Tap II funny? I’ll give you a qualified yes. The sensation of a new comic universe popping into being is absent, because you can do that only once, but the original elements are still vital.” – The Atlantic Sep 12, 2025 Full Review The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019) 92% EDIT “[A] mad, loving, and brilliantly cinematic extrapolation of the novel...” – The Atlantic Feb 5, 2021 Full Review The Benchwarmers (2006) 13% 3/4 EDIT “It gives me a perverse pleasure to announce that The Benchwarmers is not terrible, not terrible at all.” – Boston Globe Apr 10, 2006 Full Review ATL (2006) 63% 2.5/4 EDIT “ATL is one of those filmic byproducts (in this case, a promotional vehicle for the rapper Tip Harris, a.k.a. T.I.) that somehow manage to emerge from the mill of commerce with their modesty preserved.” – Boston Globe Mar 31, 2006 Full Review Stay Alive (2006) 12% 1.5/4 EDIT “The hybrid of cyber antics and bayou creepiness doesn't quite jell, but it all ends bloodily, and in an efficient 85 minutes, too. I'm not complaining.” – Boston Globe Mar 28, 2006 Full Review We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen (2005) 94% 3/4 EDIT “The filmmakers have assembled a remarkable cast of voices, including Henry Rollins, Flea, Ian MacKaye, Thurston Moore, Richard Hell, J Mascis, critic Richard Meltzer, and Watt's mom.” – Boston Globe Jul 8, 2005 Full Review
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