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Rick Groen

Rick Groen's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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The American President (1995) 90% 2.5/4 EDIT “Think of it as the filmic equivalent of the Clinton administration -- an image-conscious baby boomer that eagerly curries favour, waffles shamelessly on every major issue, and dearly wants to be all things to all people. To no avail, of course.” – Globe and Mail Jan 21, 2026 Full Review A Christmas Carol (1984) 98% EDIT “This is a handsome production in substance no less than style.” – Globe and Mail Dec 4, 2025 Full Review Mission: Impossible (1996) 67% 2.5/4 EDIT “Although the attendant cast acquit themselves well enough... the money-in-the-bank star seems somewhat distracted.” – Globe and Mail Oct 8, 2025 Full Review Boogie Nights (1997) 91% 3/4 EDIT “Boogie Nights is an enjoyable triumph of sorts, but it's the Pyrrhic victory of style over substance.” – Globe and Mail Sep 24, 2025 Full Review Hard Eight (1996) 82% 2.5/4 EDIT “Clearly, inside the studios or out, a consistently good script is hard to find. But Hall... is a saving grace -- he's always compelling, and his scenes with the formidable Jackson strike some very bright sparks.” – Globe and Mail Sep 22, 2025 Full Review Heat (1995) 84% EDIT “Dream match-ups on paper don't always succeed on the screen -- like twin fires fighting for oxygen, will they merely cancel each other out? Hardly. This is one titanic clash that actually lives up to the billing.” – Globe and Mail Dec 21, 2023 Full Review Batman (1989) 77% EDIT “Batman is a giddy, disturbing ride through movies and myths past and present. In short, Batman is terrific -- funny, smart and sensitive too, the perfect cinematic date.” – Globe and Mail Jul 25, 2023 Full Review Groundhog Day (1993) 94% EDIT “Dial your expectations to moderate, burrow in for the duration, and you won't be disappointed -- it ain't exactly springtime, but there are worse things than an amiable outing on a winter's night.” – Globe and Mail Dec 7, 2022 Full Review Holy Motors (2012) 91% 3.5/4 EDIT “Surreal and often disturbing and sometimes poignant and always mesmerizing. Mission accomplished.” – Globe and Mail Apr 28, 2020 Full Review The Original Kings of Comedy (2000) 82% 2.5/4 EDIT “Sorry, but the king has long been crowned -- these funny men are merely pretenders.” – Globe and Mail Aug 7, 2019 Full Review Threads (1984) 100% EDIT “It's the accumulation of horrific detail that appalls and truly scares us - not just the putrefying bodies but the severing of civilization's entire network, modern man trapped in modernity's ashes.” – Globe and Mail Apr 17, 2019 Full Review Merry Christmas (2005) 74% 3/4 EDIT “Unfolding slowly, then building in momentum like the hymns themselves, this entire sequence is tremendously affecting.” – Globe and Mail Dec 14, 2014 Full Review A Christmas Tale (2008) 86% 3/4 EDIT “Despite occasional bouts of tedium over the epic course, a surprising buoyancy emerges: Desplechin's methods begin to inform, even brighten, the message.” – Globe and Mail Dec 6, 2013 Full Review Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 91% EDIT “A pop epiphany, marking that commercially creative point where the power of Hollywood meets the purity of myth.” – Globe and Mail Jul 29, 2013 Full Review My Brother the Devil (2012) 90% EDIT “It's an impressive debut by a director blessed with a strong voice and a knack for bringing a specific cultural milieu to vibrant life, defying convention even while working within its strict limits.” – Globe and Mail Jun 28, 2013 Full Review The Heat (2013) 65% 2/4 EDIT “If this were funny, The Heat would add up to your average buddy-cop comedy. Except that it's not funny, at least not very and not often.” – Globe and Mail Jun 28, 2013 Full Review Unfinished Song (2012) 65% 3/4 EDIT “Vanessa Redgrave and Terence Stamp and those voices - their solos contain this picture like carved book-ends, vintage and lovely and still so profoundly of use.” – Globe and Mail Jun 28, 2013 Full Review Frances Ha (2012) 92% 3.5/4 EDIT “It's a tribute to Gerwig's performance, somehow both clumsy and elegant, that she wins us over despite ourselves, that we come to appreciate her aimlessness in a goal-oriented society ...” – Globe and Mail Jun 21, 2013 Full Review The Bling Ring (2013) 59% 3/4 EDIT “This is consumerism run riot without a moral compass, not the redistribution of wealth, but its pure celebration.” – Globe and Mail Jun 21, 2013 Full Review Which Way Is the Front Line From Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington (2013) 100% 3/4 EDIT “Sebastian Junger, who worked with Hetherington on the celebrated doc Restrepo, paints a biographical profile that often speaks eloquently to the unique nature both of his late friend and of war itself.” – Globe and Mail Jun 21, 2013 Full Review Dirty Wars (2013) 84% 3.5/4 EDIT “A remarkable documentary as important as it is compelling ...” – Globe and Mail Jun 14, 2013 Full Review Before Midnight (2013) 98% 3.5/4 EDIT “Having created and aged into their characters, both Delpy and Hawke are superb at doing what professional actors find so difficult - not seeming to act.” – Globe and Mail Jun 7, 2013 Full Review The Purge (2013) 41% 2/4 EDIT “Fans, gear up for rock-em-sock-em action, yet don't be disappointed if much of the goonery seems a bit tepid and, dare I say, staged.” – Globe and Mail Jun 7, 2013 Full Review Lore (2012) 94% 3.5/4 EDIT “The young principals here, Malina and especially Rosendahl, are superb at conveying that premature hardening, their elastic minds pummelled by inelastic forces.” – Globe and Mail May 31, 2013 Full Review Sightseers (2012) 86% 2.5/4 EDIT “It's just not quite funny enough.” – Globe and Mail May 31, 2013 Full Review
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