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Joe Pollack

Joe Pollack's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Days of Heaven (1978) 93% EDIT “Malick's studied shots, perfectly composed and with the effect of paintings, often make a viewer wish for an instant replay capability, and the slow-paced story, with sparse dialogue, fits not easy category, but the film is gripping.” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch Feb 4, 2026 Full Review Bite the Bullet (1975) 69% EDIT “Plausibility is stretched to its ultimate limits, and the niceties of historical and geographical accuracy are either conveniently forgotten or deliberately muddled, but Bite the Bullet still turns out to be an agreeably entertaining motion picture.” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch Jan 15, 2026 Full Review A Few Good Men (1992) 85% EDIT “With outstanding performances throughout the cast, superb direction by Rob Reiner and a fine, taut screenplay by Aaron Sorkin, who adapted his own Broadway success, the movie marches by at double-time.” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch Jan 8, 2026 Full Review The Princess Bride (1987) 93% EDIT “The entire cast, plus Reiner, seems to be having a wonderful time, and the frivolity, nonsense and sheer joy of the experience comes through the screen in winning fashion.” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch Jan 7, 2026 Full Review Hook (1991) 37% EDIT “The problems with Hook are many, but let's put first things first. You feel as if you'll never never get to Neverland, and once you get there, it wasn't worth the wait.” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch Dec 19, 2025 Full Review Caddyshack II (1988) 4% EDIT “Not much style and even less substance.” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch Dec 14, 2025 Full Review The Abyss (1989) 75% EDIT “There's just so many special effects and mechanical devices that everyone seems to have forgotten the story, and there's where movies begin.” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch Dec 9, 2025 Full Review The Wiz (1978) 38% EDIT “The musical offers some brilliant song-and-dance numbers.” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch Nov 17, 2025 Full Review Dracula (1979) 63% EDIT “"Dracula" is quite entertaining.” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch Oct 23, 2025 Full Review Mandingo (1975) 25% EDIT “It is degrading in concept and execution.” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch Oct 8, 2025 Full Review Tron (1982) 60% EDIT “"Tron" is bolstered by some dandy computer-animation techniques... But when the characters speak, the dialogue is Disney, and it's dull.” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch Oct 6, 2025 Full Review Hard Times (1975) 72% EDIT “There are some good fight scenes, some splendid small characterizations and, all in all, a film that is a cut above the ordinary. ” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch Sep 26, 2025 Full Review The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988) 88% EDIT “It's a perfect combination of tastelessness and hilarity, and I haven't laughed so much in a long time.” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch Jul 24, 2025 Full Review Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) 16% EDIT “While it's peaceful and occasionally whimsical, it's pretty dull.” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch Jul 2, 2025 Full Review Superman II (1980) 88% EDIT “Lester has a fine touch with comedy, and it comes through, in a very campy manner, in many situations. Some of it descends into silliness, but then, so do comic strips.” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch Jun 28, 2025 Full Review Rollerball (1975) 56% EDIT “The production is very lush, but it is so pretentious as to be totally offensive.” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch Jun 5, 2025 Full Review Night Moves (1975) 78% EDIT “Sharp has provided some excellent throwaway lines. The story builds slowly, and without a great deal of suspense, but there is sufficient action.” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch May 28, 2025 Full Review The Karate Kid Part II (1986) 49% EDIT “Unfortunately, however, the film is just another sequel. ” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch May 28, 2025 Full Review The Karate Kid (1984) 81% EDIT “John G. Avildsen, who directed Rocky, has directed it again, only this time the sport is karate and the hero and his girlfriend are high school students. ” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch May 27, 2025 Full Review The Stepford Wives (1975) 55% EDIT “For more than an hour, the horror fails to materialize, and the satire of exurbia putts along on one clogged cylinder.” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch May 2, 2025 Full Review Funny Lady (1975) 55% EDIT “The first three-fourths of the story moves with rapidity, and one rides the lilting songs without feeling at all trapped.” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch Apr 24, 2025 Full Review Brannigan (1975) 47% EDIT “If there's anything more absurd than John Wayne trying to catch a criminal in London -- and that's London, England, not London Texas -- well, it hasn't flickered across the screens yet.” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch Apr 11, 2025 Full Review Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York (1975) 33% EDIT “All the characters... are totally unbelievable, and perhaps much of the offense of the film is that the writers would dare to tell an audience that these are real people.” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch Apr 9, 2025 Full Review Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 92% EDIT “Don't try to understand, or to make sense from, Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Just go to the theater, sit back and enjoy.” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch Apr 1, 2025 Full Review Rancho Deluxe (1975) 62% EDIT “There are many flaws, but the bright moments shine with gem-like precision, and are the memories that one retains.” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch Mar 27, 2025 Full Review
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