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John Wrathall

John Wrathall's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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The American President (1995) 90% EDIT “Screen couples who are unapologetically middle-aged, intelligent and highly articulate are a rarity in Hollywood these days, and Annette Bening and Michael Douglas respond to the challenge admirably.” – Sight & Sound Jan 21, 2026 Full Review Before Sunrise (1995) 100% EDIT “This is where the film’s charm lies, in the balance Linklater strikes between poetry and the everyday.” – Sight & Sound Nov 6, 2025 Full Review Heat (1995) 84% EDIT “There's not a boring building in the film. Mann is the best director of architecture since Antonioni. In fact, few film-makers at work today can rival Mann's control of every detail of the film-making process.” – Sight & Sound Dec 21, 2023 Full Review Cohen and Tate (1988) EDIT “Roy Scheider is perfect casting as the hardened pro Cohen, who tells his partner he's been doing this job for 30 years; you just have to look at that Mount Rushmore profile to know what he's been through.” – Sight & Sound Jul 30, 2018 Full Review Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (2005) 86% EDIT “It's the laugh-a-minute repartee of this odd couple that drives the movie far more than the ridiculously overly complicated plot.” – Sight & Sound Sep 28, 2006 Full Review Three Kings (1999) 94% EDIT “What lingers in the mind far longer than the smart dialogue, the slightly cartoon characterisations or the neat feel-good ending is a vivid sense of the sickening nature of modern warfare.” – Sight & Sound Dec 2, 2002 Full Review Titus (1999) 69% EDIT “Eager to allow Shakespeare's words to shine through as clearly as possible, Taymor shoots the dialogue scenes fairly straight, with a minimum of background action.” – Sight & Sound Dec 2, 2002 Full Review Road to Perdition (2002) 82% EDIT “Contains more than enough brilliance to confirm that American Beauty wasn't a flash in the pan.” – Sight & Sound Oct 2, 2002 Full Review Crna macka, beli macor (1998) 82% EDIT “The film's most memorable images all seem to be either irrelevant diversions (like the pig eating a car) or reruns of previous greatest hits.” – Sight & Sound Mar 5, 2002 Full Review Another Day in Paradise (1999) 57% EDIT “Refreshingly, despite finding his original fame as a still photographer and for his meretricious Kids, Clark here seems more interested in performances than look or style.” – Sight & Sound Mar 5, 2002 Full Review Never Been Kissed (1999) 56% EDIT “The script efficiently contrives a spiral of dilemmas and challenges to bring about Josie's ultimate blossoming.” – Sight & Sound Mar 5, 2002 Full Review Go (1999) 91% EDIT “Frenetic, audaciously structured and plot-heavy, packed with enough incident for at least three films.” – Sight & Sound Mar 5, 2002 Full Review The General's Daughter (1999) 22% EDIT “This salacious whodunit requires very little action, but an endless parade of dialogue scenes in which assorted suspects tell the investigating duo what happened, cueing thunderous flashbacks.” – Sight & Sound Mar 5, 2002 Full Review Boiler Room (2000) 66% EDIT “Ribisi, such a promising supporting actor in Saving Private Ryan as a medic and Friends as Phoebe's dopey brother, doesn't seem a big enough presence for a starring role yet.” – Sight & Sound Mar 3, 2002 Full Review Almost Famous (2000) 91% EDIT “These characters have none of the passion and incipient mania that made Jerry Maguire -- or John Cusack's Lloyd Dobler in Crowe's debut Say Anything -- so engaging.” – Sight & Sound Apr 13, 2001 Full Review
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