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Christine Dolen

Christine Dolen's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear (1991) 77% 2.5/4 EDIT “The film's vague recycling theme strikes me as a veiled admission of recycled ideas. Maybe Zucker should have been bold and called it The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Money.” – Miami Herald Jul 23, 2025 Full Review Do the Right Thing (1989) 92% 3.5/4 EDIT “Do the Right Thing is imbued with rage. But it is also funny, extremely perceptive and soberingly persuasive. ” – Miami Herald Mar 18, 2025 Full Review Flubber (1997) 24% 2/4 EDIT “How you could have a proven script, a star with the kinetic improvisational genius of Robin Williams and the best computer-generated effects money can buy and still have created a movie this dull is mind-boggling. ” – Miami Herald Aug 6, 2024 Full Review Lodz Ghetto (1988) 2.5/4 EDIT “A history lesson of rare and deeply affecting power.” – Miami Herald Aug 18, 2021 Full Review Paris Is Burning (1990) 98% 3.5/4 EDIT “It is strong, sardonically funny, sometimes shattering stuff.” – Miami Herald Aug 17, 2021 Full Review Into the Woods (2014) 70% 3.5/4 EDIT “For anyone who can appreciate the darker side of fairy-tales told in a musical with depth and nuance, Into the Woods is a journey worth taking.” – Miami Herald Dec 23, 2014 Full Review Annie (2014) 28% 2/4 EDIT “The new Annie is jam-packed with Glee-style choreography and greed-is-good luxury. Like its predecessors, it's a fantasy. But unlike them, it's not so much heartwarming as warmed-over.” – Miami Herald Dec 18, 2014 Full Review Jersey Boys (2014) 51% 3/4 EDIT “What makes Jersey Boys work is its Rashomon device of letting each member of the group tell part of the story from his point of view. And it's all woven together by those familiar, catchy songs.” – Miami Herald Jun 20, 2014 Full Review Les Misérables (2012) 70% 3/4 EDIT “An engaging version of a sweeping epic, an enduring tale of romance, sacrifice and heroism.” – Miami Herald Dec 24, 2012 Full Review The Producers (2005) 51% 2/4 EDIT “There's a song in the stage musical version of 'The Producers' that, if you flipped the title to pose the opposite question, could summarize the letdown diehard fans will feel if they catch the new movie of Mel Brooks' gloriously retro Broadway smash.” – Miami Herald Dec 27, 2005 Full Review Rent (2005) 46% 3/4 EDIT “Now a vastly larger audience has the chance to experience the masterwork of a prodigiously talented man who died far too young.” – Miami Herald Nov 23, 2005 Full Review Proof (2005) 62% 3/4 EDIT “The play, with all of its key surprises and biting exchanges intact, is up there on the screen. But given the depth and fascinating pull of Auburn's writing, that's a good thing.” – Miami Herald Sep 23, 2005 Full Review Home on the Range (2004) 51% 2/4 EDIT “For Mom and Dad, the good news is that the movie doesn't run much longer than an episode of Dallas.” – Miami Herald Apr 1, 2004 Full Review Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) 57% 2/4 EDIT “The antic action doesn't add up to more than a mildly enjoyable movie.” – Miami Herald Nov 13, 2003 Full Review Good Boy! (2003) 43% 2.5/4 EDIT “No, this isn't the stuff of a kiddie classic like Holes. But, to quote from another movie with a vocal four-legged protagonist, it'll do.” – Miami Herald Oct 10, 2003 Full Review Freaky Friday (2003) 88% 2.5/4 EDIT “Mildly entertaining.” – Miami Herald Aug 7, 2003 Full Review Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003) 44% 2.5/4 EDIT “Fantastic images aside, Sinbad isn't much more than the tale of a 'bad' guy getting in touch with his good side, as well as a love story that makes monster-loving little boys go 'yuck!' And that's what's too bad about Sinbad.” – Miami Herald Jul 2, 2003 Full Review Daddy Day Care (2003) 28% 1.5/4 EDIT “Daddy Day Care is one of those 'trailer' movies: All the good stuff, such as it is, is shown in the previews. But padded to feature length, the movie is mediocre.” – Miami Herald May 9, 2003 Full Review The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003) 40% 2.5/4 EDIT “The success of The Lizzie McGuire Movie, in which Duff acts and sings while playing both her beloved character and an Italian look-alike, is probably a slam dunk. That doesn't mean it's a great movie.” – Miami Herald May 2, 2003 Full Review Holes (2003) 78% 3.5/4 EDIT “Whimsical, harrowing, heartwarming and, all props to Harry Potter, quite magical.” – Miami Herald Apr 18, 2003 Full Review The Jungle Book 2 (2003) 19% 3.5/4 EDIT “What makes this sequel work is the charm of its story.” – Miami Herald Feb 13, 2003 Full Review Shanghai Knights (2003) 66% 3/4 EDIT “The chemistry that made Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson sizzle so well in 2000's Shanghai Noon is every bit as potent in Shanghai Knights.” – Miami Herald Feb 6, 2003 Full Review Kangaroo Jack (2003) 9% 2/4 EDIT “Just right for preadolescent and young teen males who find the idea of animals passing gas hilarious.” – Miami Herald Jan 16, 2003 Full Review Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights (2002) 13% 1.5/4 EDIT “Do not, under any circumstances, consider taking a child younger than middle school age to this wallow in crude humor.” – Miami Herald Nov 29, 2002 Full Review Little Secrets (2001) 62% 3/4 EDIT “It's a beguiling exploration of friendship, trust, truth, insecurity and, yes, secrets.” – Miami Herald Aug 23, 2002 Full Review
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