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Chris Faraone

Chris Faraone's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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The Pruitt-Igoe Myth (2011) 86% 3.5/4 EDIT “Myth convinces that St. Louis failed Pruitt-Igoe, and not the other way around.” – Boston Phoenix Apr 3, 2012 Full Review Farmageddon (2011) 57% 3/4 EDIT “Canty is hardly an ignorant Jenny McCarthy-style alarmist. Rather, she's a concerned citizen asking questions about why federal and state food regulators are less interested in science than Texas Republicans.” – Boston Phoenix Sep 13, 2011 Full Review The Interrupters (2011) 99% 2.5/4 EDIT “There will be tears shed over this deep look at Chicago's grisliest streets and the benevolent soldiers who fight to keep them safe.” – Boston Phoenix Sep 13, 2011 Full Review How to Live Forever (2009) 62% 3/4 EDIT “An expert documentary, a responsible yet lighthearted film about the absurd things that folks do in the face of death.” – Boston Phoenix Aug 17, 2011 Full Review If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front (2011) 88% 3.5/4 EDIT “Although kind to the plights of activists who face hard time for victimless crimes, this film is balanced -- conservatives could easily interpret it as validation of the group's persecution.” – Boston Phoenix Jul 28, 2011 Full Review Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest (2011) 90% 2/4 EDIT “Either mandatory rap-nerd masturbation material or the most boring movie imaginable about that group with the song you liked in middle school.” – Boston Phoenix Jul 20, 2011 Full Review I Love You Phillip Morris (2009) 71% 2.5/4 EDIT “It would have worked much better as a gritty drama about the most toxic non-violent criminal in Texas history.” – Boston Phoenix Dec 8, 2010 Full Review Jackass 3 (2010) 67% 3/4 EDIT “If physical comedy's overriding purpose is to make fools laugh out loud, then the first two Jackass films should be regarded alongside Buster Keaton's slapstick classics.” – Boston Phoenix Oct 20, 2010 Full Review Inside Job (2010) 98% 4/4 EDIT “It's the feel-bad film of the year.” – Boston Phoenix Oct 16, 2010 Full Review I'm Still Here (2010) 53% 1.5/4 EDIT “Although skillfully overhyped, this asinine exercise is little more than a way for Affleck and Phoenix to write off blow and hookers.” – Boston Phoenix Sep 16, 2010 Full Review 9500 Liberty (2009) 92% 3.5/4 EDIT “Notwithstanding that it's an anti-hate advocacy piece, this YouTube-spawned documentary gives plenty of voice to the depraved foot soldiers and their opportunistic enablers. It just so happens that they look like race-baiting rednecks ...” – Boston Phoenix Sep 9, 2010 Full Review Lottery Ticket (2010) 34% 2.5/4 EDIT “Almost two-dimensional, definitely heartfelt, and absolutely funny.” – Boston Phoenix Aug 19, 2010 Full Review Winnebago Man (2009) 90% 4/4 EDIT “For a growing legion of YouTube boobs and mouse potatoes, Winnebago Man is all the medication we need to laugh away overdue bills and genital infections.” – Boston Phoenix Jul 22, 2010 Full Review Died Young Stayed Pretty (2008) 63% 2/4 EDIT “Concentrated in such alterna-scenes as Boston, Austin, and Seattle, this repulsive bunch [of poster artists] exude more counter-culture geek clichs than Comic Book Guy.” – Boston Phoenix Jul 6, 2010 Full Review 8: The Mormon Proposition (2010) 64% 3.5/4 EDIT “The Mormon Proposition is about as subjective as documentaries get. The good news is that Cowan and Greenstreet are compelling enough to convince you that only one side of this debate deserves a voice.” – Boston Phoenix Jun 16, 2010 Full Review Casino Jack and the United States of Money (2010) 81% 3.5/4 EDIT “Had someone fire-bombed an annual college-Republicans' meeting in the early 1980s, he would have spared this country a lot of pain and strife.” – Boston Phoenix May 20, 2010 Full Review It Came From Kuchar (2009) 89% 3.5/4 EDIT “For a documentary about D-movie mavens, It Came from Kuchar is expertly edited, and it serves as both a comprehensive archival overview for diehard fans and a thorough introduction for beginners.” – Boston Phoenix Apr 28, 2010 Full Review Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam (2009) 50% 3/4 EDIT “It's easy to root against these coming-of-agers, who wear their confusion on their vintage T's and walk the line between self-persecution and deliberate outward agitation.” – Boston Phoenix Apr 28, 2010 Full Review Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010) 27% 1/4 EDIT “Like most of Perry's treasures, Why Did I Get Married Too? seems to have been shot with no script and on a single take; the majority of dialogue overheard at your local mall's food court is leagues more entertaining.” – Boston Phoenix Apr 7, 2010 Full Review The Slammin' Salmon (2009) 35% 0/4 EDIT “Only one thing might be worse: the thought of Comedy Central's airing this bomb four times a day.” – Boston Phoenix Dec 9, 2009 Full Review The Blind Side (2009) 66% 3/4 EDIT “Without adding too much cheese, director John Lee Hancock channels genuine emotion from the Michael Lewis book (and the reality) that prompted this moving chronicle.” – Boston Phoenix Nov 19, 2009 Full Review The Box (2009) 42% 2.5/4 EDIT “First-semester social-science students would wince at the overreaching metaphors in Donnie Darko director Richard Kelly's latest Rorschach test.” – Boston Phoenix Nov 12, 2009 Full Review Astro Boy (2009) 51% 2/4 EDIT “Serious Tezuka fans will likely appreciate the sharp multi-dimensional presentation, even as they resent Osamu's being pimped out for Obama.” – Boston Phoenix Oct 22, 2009 Full Review The Damned United (2009) 92% 3.5/4 EDIT “In addition to the textured damp British landscapes, the film convinces on the strength of impassioned performances by Sheen and Timothy Spall as his assistant manager and muse, Peter Taylor.” – Boston Phoenix Oct 14, 2009 Full Review Taking Woodstock (2009) 47% 3/4 EDIT “Lee's contribution should fit well into the Woodstock-tribute canon. It smartly avoids overused period references.” – Boston Phoenix Aug 26, 2009 Full Review
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