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CHARLES GANT Movie Reviews

18 reviews, averaging 59.2% positive
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Taken 2

Daily Variety
09/23/12 Good "...equals the original in enjoyable silliness, if not brutal nastiness... enjoyably ludicrous... Plenty of the dialogue falls into the so-bad-it's-good category..."
2. 08/02/12 Moderate "...a defiantly anachronistic actioner... much of the action is routine... director Nick Love allows the audience to be too far ahead of the Flying Squad detectives..."
3.

Storage 24

Variety
06/27/12 Good "...an amiably routine genre pic that combines sci-fi and horror elements... benefits from flashes of humor..."
4. 04/22/12 Fair "...yet another depiction of the rave scene... an undistinguished effort.... A belated stab at adding a spiritual dimension to the tale seems half-hearted."
5. 04/08/12 Weak "...an undistinguished kidnap-rescue tale.... the film's plot lacks credibility at many levels, and its mechanics are barely supported by character motivation."
6.

Seeking Justice

Daily Variety
11/20/11 Fair "...gives Cage little leeway to explore the loopier shades that were showcased so entertainingly in 'Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans' and 'Kick-Ass.' "
7.

Last Days Here

Daily Variety
11/06/11 Good (Not Great) "...reliably engaging... tracks three years in the life of cult musician Bobby Liebling, whose band Pentagram never capitalized on its early promise."
8.

Dreams of a Life

Daily Variety
11/01/11 Excellent "...a riveting tale of a onetime vivacious personality who nevertheless died alone, friendless and seemingly missed by nobody."
9.

1st Night

Variety
10/16/11 Fair "...a frothy English country-house romp that throws in hefty portions of Mozart.... likely to turn off moviegoers resistant to opera while failing to satisfy its true devotees."
10.

The Inbetweeners

Daily Variety
08/18/11 Good (Not Great) "A characteristically British, excessively drunken twist on the 'American Pie' formula of sexual misadventure.... at worst it should appeal to fans of warped British comedy."
11.

Sound It Out

Daily Variety
06/20/11 Good "...an affectionate docu tribute to Sound It Out Records, the only independent music outlet in the north of England.... for fans of alternative music, it does the job nicely."
12.

Albatross (2012)

Daily Variety
06/20/11 Good (Not Great) "A star-making turn from debutante Jessica Brown Findlay is the most notable aspect... relates a troubled teen's impact on the family of a middle-aged novelist..."
13.

Mother's Day (2012)

Daily Variety
06/10/11 Fair "...devolves into the sort of sadistic game-playing that would be more at home in the 'Saw' movies with which director Darren Lynn Bousman established his reputation."
14.

Breathing (Atmen)

Daily Variety
05/20/11 Excellent "Karl Markovics makes a very confident directorial debut with his small but perfectly formed slice of stylized social realism... Thomas Schubert commands our attention..."
15.

Attack the Block

Daily Variety
03/12/11 Excellent "...enormously appealing.... sees a quintet of teen street hoodlums defend their tower-block home in the projects from an invasion of shaggy-haired aliens..."
16.

Tyrannosaur

Daily Variety
01/21/11 Very Good "Brit thesp Paddy Considine makes a strong writing-helming feature debut... Character, dialogue, storyline and production values exude grit..."
17.

Fire in Babylon

Daily Variety
11/02/10 Good (Not Great) "...world-beating West Indies cricket team that emerged in the mid-1970s reps the subject of the unashamedly celebratory docu.... this triumph-of-the-underdogs tale is enjoyable in the retelling, despite its repetitious hammering of the message."
18.

Burke and Hare

Daily Variety
10/26/10 Good (Not Great) "...an amiable, creaky comedy about 19th-century corpse retailers.... Where the script stumbles is in its absence of any especially funny setpieces or memorable lines."

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