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RICHARD ROEPER Movie Reviews

73 reviews, averaging 65.0% positive
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Black Rock

Chicago Sun-Times
05/17/13 Outstanding "...a lean and smart thriller that introduces us to one-two-three heroines and then one-two-three villains, and it's game on.... Katie Aselton is a bad-ass."
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Erased (2013)

Chicago Sun-Times
05/17/13 Good (Not Great) "Eckhart does solid work... Liana Liberato shows real star potential.... The problem is with the plot, which goes from promising to murky to not particularly convincing..."
3.

Star Trek Into Darkness

Chicago Sun-Times
05/15/13 Very Good "...with all the futuristic splendor and the suitably majestic score and the fine performances, the film only occasionally soars... a solid but unspectacular effort..."
4.

The Great Gatsby (2013)

Chicago Sun-Times
05/10/13 Outstanding "...big and bold and brassy.... Previous efforts to bring Fitzgerald's fever-dream vision of the Roaring Twenties to the big screen seem almost quaint by comparison."
5. 05/03/13 Outstanding "Deliberately ambiguous... provides just enough answers while leaving us with more than enough questions. It's a film that demands discussion afterward."
6.

Iron Man 3

Chicago Sun-Times
05/02/13 Outstanding "Filled with breathtakingly brilliant special effects, bolstered by excellent supporting performances... one of the best entries in this modern golden age of superhero movies."
7.

Pain & Gain

Chicago Sun-Times
04/26/13 Very Good "...there is nothing in this movie that glamorizes these three meatheads. Kudos to Bay and his screenwriters for making sure we're laughing at them, not with them."
8.

Arthur Newman

Chicago Sun-Times
04/26/13 Good (Not Great) "...it does feel like a bit of stunt casting to have these two British actors as the very American leads in this offbeat, sometimes self-congratulatory road movie romance..."
9.

Oblivion (2013)

Chicago Sun-Times
04/19/13 Very Good "...extremely well-crafted, at times engrossing but ultimately standard-issue... the sci-fi movie equivalent of a pretty damn good cover band."
10.

42 (2013)

Chicago Sun-Times
04/12/13 Very Good "...competent, occasionally rousing and historically respectful.... It's a mostly unexceptional film about an exceptional man."
11. 04/12/13 Good (Not Great) "Neither the script nor Redford's performance ever leads us to believe he was ever the kind of guy who would keep that kind of company, even back in the day."
12.

Disconnect

Chicago Sun-Times
04/12/13 Outstanding "...struck a chord with me... even when the film follows the path we expect it to follow, it does so in a way that keeps us intensely engaged."
13.

Evil Dead (2013)

Chicago Sun-Times
04/05/13 Poor "I'm bored to death and sick to death of movies that seem to have one goal: How can we gross out the audience by torturing nearly every major character in the movie?"
14. 04/05/13 Outstanding "...a self-confident, self-aware, almost cocky piece of filmmaking from the immensely gifted Derek Cianfrance.... earns every second of its 140-minute running time."
15.

G.I. Joe: Retaliation

Chicago Sun-Times
03/29/13 Weak "...ridiculous and overblown... Sucks."
16.

Spring Breakers

Chicago Sun-Times
03/22/13 Outstanding "Korine's choice of music is brilliant. His sense of humor is wicked. And the casting is so spot-on, it's sick.... It's self-indulgent, it's funny, it's dark, it's always provocative."
17.

Admission (2013)

Chicago Sun-Times
03/22/13 Moderate "Who doesn't like Tina Fey?... Then the wheels fall off and you suddenly think: I don't know if I like this person."
18. 03/15/13 Very Good "Welcome back, Hilarious Jim Carrey. We've missed you.... He's physical, he's intense, he's ridiculous.... It's a performance of sublime stupidity."
19.

Emperor (2013)

Chicago Sun-Times
03/08/13 Very Good "...expertly photographed.... makes it clear this was a devastating war for both sides.... a solid and important look at a sometimes-forgotten chapter in the World War II saga."
20. 03/08/13 Good (Not Great) "Franco's a lot more believable playing slimy than sincere, and the part requires him to do both. It's a steady but less-than-captivating performance."

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