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James O'Brien

James O'Brien's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Back to the Future (1985) 93% 5/5 EDIT “The humour, the pathos, the tension - even the blooming soundtrack - all conspire to ensure that the tale of a teenager traveling back 30 years to ensure his parents meet and ultimately mate can, given its vintage, now be fairly described as a classic.” – Daily Mail (UK) Jun 26, 2013 Full Review Moonrise Kingdom (2012) 93% 4/5 EDIT “Visually striking and boasting beautifully measured central performances, this tale of love, redemption and dissipating innocence should delight viewers of every age.” – Daily Mail (UK) May 24, 2012 Full Review Men in Black 3 (2012) 67% 3/5 EDIT “This is far from [Smith's] finest hour but, rather like the film itself, he ticks all the right boxes, does more than enough to justify the price of a ticket and delivers more than a few genuine laughs.” – Daily Mail (UK) May 24, 2012 Full Review What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012) 23% 2/5 EDIT “All the leads are ultimately betrayed by a script almost as silly as the idea of building a romcom around a pregnancy guide.” – Daily Mail (UK) May 24, 2012 Full Review The Raid: Redemption (2011) 87% 4/5 EDIT “I absolutely loved it.” – Daily Mail (UK) May 17, 2012 Full Review The Vow (2012) 30% 2/5 EDIT “Neither as formulaic nor as predictable as its constituent parts may suggest.” – Daily Mail (UK) Feb 16, 2012 Full Review The Woman in the Fifth (2011) 59% 3/5 EDIT “Hawke is splendid in this psychological thriller with supernatural nuances.” – Daily Mail (UK) Feb 16, 2012 Full Review Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011) 18% 3/5 EDIT “While Ghost Rider 2 is about as subtle as a sledgehammer and positively drenched in pyrotechnics and car chases, it's also rather fun and, like all the best comic books, a little cleverer than first impressions suggest.” – Daily Mail (UK) Feb 16, 2012 Full Review Honey 2 (2011) 10% 2/5 EDIT “It does at least deliver decent dancing. But so do many music videos, and they struggle to sustain interest over four minutes, let alone the 112 that this will steal from you.” – Daily Mail (UK) Jun 9, 2011 Full Review Point Blank (2010) 91% 4/5 EDIT “It is ... hard not to cheer when a doe-eyed, flabby French nursing assistant stumbles into the implausible universe of the crime thriller.” – Daily Mail (UK) Jun 9, 2011 Full Review Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011) 82% 4/5 EDIT “A knowing script, beautifully bright animation and a truly towering effort from Black combine to create a cracker of a family film.” – Daily Mail (UK) Jun 9, 2011 Full Review Grown Ups (2010) 10% 2/5 EDIT “If you thought writer-producer-actor Adam Sandler would never stoop lower than Little Nicky, here's the unwelcome proof that you were wrong.” – Daily Mail (UK) Aug 26, 2010 Full Review Bluebeard (2009) 78% 1/5 EDIT “Taking itself too seriously is just the first of many grave offences committed by the wretched Bluebeard.” – Daily Mail (UK) Jul 15, 2010 Full Review Mega Piranha (2010) 8% 1/5 EDIT “Incredibly for a film which presumably intends to at least alarm an audience, the budget seems to have been spent entirely on set-piece explosions with no money remaining for the actual fish.” – Daily Mail (UK) Jul 15, 2010 Full Review Inception (2010) 87% 4/5 EDIT “The first of many major achievements in this memorable and haunting film is to render other people's dreams - not the most interesting of topics normally - absolutely riveting.” – Daily Mail (UK) Jul 15, 2010 Full Review Predators (2010) 65% 2/5 EDIT “Brody has the makings of a first-class action hero. Unfortunately, he is strutting his stuff in a third-rate action movie.” – Daily Mail (UK) Jul 8, 2010 Full Review Jerusalema (2008) 77% 4/5 EDIT “Ultimately, like all the best gangster films, it is a story of people, not principles. Actions, not ideas. And it is very nearly a masterpiece.” – Daily Mail (UK) Jul 8, 2010 Full Review The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010) 46% 4/5 EDIT “It is a surprise to discover that the same territory here provides some serious entertainment.” – Daily Mail (UK) Jul 8, 2010 Full Review
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