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Leslie Stonebraker

Leslie Stonebraker's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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The Whistleblower (2010) 75% EDIT “The film is not good or bad, but utterly affecting and incredibly timely.” – New York Press Aug 5, 2011 Full Review Project Nim (2011) 97% EDIT “Project Nim provides the much needed backstory to modern scientific achievement unavoidably earned on the backs of innocent apes.” – New York Press Jul 26, 2011 Full Review Fire in Babylon (2010) 91% EDIT “Rather than explore the nuanced reality of playing a white man's game with white teammates, Riley simply plays the race card and tells the tale in monochrome.” – New York Press Jul 26, 2011 Full Review Love Etc. (2010) 50% EDIT “Each of the six protagonists in Love Etc. are sweet and hopeful in a genuinely human way that fictional films simply cannot touch.” – New York Press Jul 4, 2011 Full Review General Orders No. 9 (2009) 64% EDIT “It's as exhausting as those never-ending camp songs about branches on trees in holes with green grass growing all around.” – New York Press Jun 24, 2011 Full Review The Catechism Cataclysm (2011) 47% EDIT “rather than use this premise as a set up for bible satire, the film relies on diarrhea jokes and uninspired buddy-bonding to carry us through an ill-plotted tale of damnation and redemption” – New York Press Jun 20, 2011 Full Review Steam of Life (2010) EDIT “In breathtaking, open country, men straddling all kinds of pot-bellies toss water on hot rocks as steam and sweat and tears intermingle because "sometimes it's good to talk."” – New York Press Jun 9, 2011 Full Review The Outside (2009) 67% EDIT “The Wave forces a confrontation with the seductive potential in all of us to abuse and be abused by the exercise of singular power in the name of good.” – New York Press May 27, 2011 Full Review The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls (2009) 90% EDIT “I dare you to leave without the title song firmly stuck in your head.” – New York Press May 26, 2011 Full Review Megamall (2009) EDIT “Despite its amateurish execution, Megamall is a documentary about an issue that deserves serious consideration.” – New York Press May 26, 2011 Full Review Dirty Old Town (2010) EDIT “If Rent was the MTV generation's musical then Dirty Old Town is the death rattle of the underbelly.” – New York Press May 26, 2011 Full Review Hey, Boo: Harper Lee and To Kill a Mockingbird (2010) 78% EDIT “It plays like a bad made-for-TV movie, complete with abrupt fade-outs for commercial breaks and repetitive information for viewers just tuning into the broadcast.” – New York Press May 11, 2011 Full Review Make Believe (2010) 85% EDIT “Make Believe is so irresistible because Tweel combines the kids-making-good plot line with the sheer joy of the magic show.” – New York Press May 11, 2011 Full Review Black Butterflies (2011) 69% EDIT “Black Butterflies is the sad human poetry of the lost souls who slip beneath the waves to echo in our collective consciousness.” – New York Press May 4, 2011 Full Review The Last Rites of Joe May (2011) 72% EDIT “While Last Rites is not revolutionary, it is solid entertainment.” – New York Press May 4, 2011 Full Review Higher Ground (2011) 81% EDIT “Farmiga transcends the petty religious debate to deal with the richer subject matter of how to really engage in life.” – New York Press May 4, 2011 Full Review Detachment (2011) 59% EDIT “In a wonderfully soupy timeline, Brody tries to provide some semblance of hope to kids who'd rather be angry and the world and each other than risk failure by genuinely caring.” – New York Press May 4, 2011 Full Review Roadie (2011) 67% EDIT “Unable to outrun expectations for even 24 hours, Jimmy bounces around the awkward reality of his unchanged small town, seeking a way out of the trap.” – New York Press May 4, 2011 Full Review Water for Elephants (2011) 60% EDIT “the rest of the movie feels a lot like a 15-year-old taking the car out for their first spin.” – New York Press Apr 21, 2011 Full Review The Imperialists Are Still Alive! (2010) 83% EDIT “But for all it's faults in title, plotting and editing, The Imperialists Are Still Alive! contains the promise of a distinct female voice in independent cinema.” – New York Press Apr 15, 2011 Full Review Meek's Cutoff (2010) 86% EDIT “While I would love to fully appreciate this circular, feminist, counter-cinema perspective, no payoff makes for an audience that feels cheated.” – New York Press Apr 11, 2011 Full Review Blank City (2009) 82% EDIT “Blank City is a scattered collage of facts and name-dropping that tries too hard to hold hands with the aficionados and the ignorants.” – New York Press Apr 11, 2011 Full Review Circumstance (2011) 86% EDIT “With much of the content already distant culturally, the lack of clarity in dialogue and staging causes all subtlety to be lost in translation.” – New York Press Apr 1, 2011 Full Review Super (2010) 50% EDIT “What could have been an interesting, soulful and sadly funny film becomes borderline offensive and distinctly disturbing.” – New York Press Mar 30, 2011 Full Review Some Days Are Better Than Others (2010) 54% EDIT “McCormick has translated song into cinema, where tone and feeling supersede plot and arc.” – New York Press Mar 29, 2011 Full Review
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