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George Varga

George Varga's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Miles Ahead (2016) 74% 2.5/4 EDIT “Wildly ambitious, wildly flawed, and worth watching for both reasons.” – San Diego Union-Tribune Apr 14, 2016 Full Review Amy (2015) 96% 3.5/4 EDIT “It should serve as a sobering lesson for any young person whose dreams of music-fueled stardom are not tempered by an awareness of the accompanying dangers.” – San Diego Union-Tribune Jul 10, 2015 Full Review Love & Mercy (2014) 90% 2/4 EDIT “Inexplicably squanders a fascinating, real-life story.” – San Diego Union-Tribune Jun 4, 2015 Full Review Whiplash (2014) 94% 3.5/4 EDIT “While "Whiplash" easily ranks as one of the most riveting feature films about drumming and jazz in memory (an admittedly short list), you don't need to know a thing about either to relish this vibrant, timeless tale ...” – San Diego Union-Tribune Jan 4, 2015 Full Review Big Eyes (2014) 72% 2.5/4 EDIT “The paintings and their maker, superficial though they may be, deserve more. So do viewers.” – San Diego Union-Tribune Dec 24, 2014 Full Review Low Down (2014) 50% 2.5/4 EDIT “While "Low Down" earns points for bravely and candidly conveying its message, without a trace of Hollywood sugarcoating or simplistic pontificating, few may be able to get through it without squirming and looking away.” – San Diego Union-Tribune Nov 7, 2014 Full Review Take Me to the River (2014) 73% 2.5/4 EDIT “With better direction and execution, and a more substantial budget and judicious editing, it could have been so much more.” – San Diego Union-Tribune Sep 19, 2014 Full Review Get On Up (2014) 80% EDIT “Alas, the film gets as much wrong as it gets right.” – San Diego Union-Tribune Aug 1, 2014 Full Review Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) 92% 3.5/4 EDIT “Captures its time, place and tone so well some viewers may feel they've stepped into a time machine.” – San Diego Union-Tribune Dec 20, 2013 Full Review 20 Feet From Stardom (2013) 99% EDIT “The transcendent joy and agonizing heartbreak of making music - and trying to make it in music - have seldom been captured as vividly as in "20 Feet from Stardom."” – San Diego Union-Tribune Jul 5, 2013 Full Review Searching for Sugar Man (2011) 95% 3/5 EDIT “Ultimately, for Rodriguez, musical redemption transcends the greed and soul-sapping breaks he encountered.” – San Diego Union-Tribune Aug 17, 2012 Full Review Neil Young Journeys (2011) 89% 3/5 EDIT “Demme's visual attention to detail is matched by the film's impeccable sound quality.” – San Diego Union-Tribune Jul 6, 2012 Full Review The Runaways (2010) 68% 2.5/4 EDIT “Sigismondi appears less concerned with factual accuracy and compelling storytelling, whether she's addressing the band's swaggering music or Currie's bisexual proclivities.” – San Diego Union-Tribune Apr 15, 2010 Full Review Kurt Cobain About a Son (2006) 74% 1.5/4 EDIT “There is much to fault in this tedious exercise in pseudo-hipster cool masquerading as, well, what exactly?” – San Diego Union-Tribune Jan 4, 2008 Full Review Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (2007) 89% 3/4 EDIT “The Future Is Unwritten does an ample job of capturing the many facets of Strummer, who was simultaneously self-effacing and and heroic, devoted and calculating, sensitive and brazen.” – San Diego Union-Tribune Nov 9, 2007 Full Review Neil Young: Heart of Gold (2006) 90% EDIT “The most memorable and enjoyable concert movie since Stop Making Sense.” – San Diego Union-Tribune Feb 24, 2006 Full Review Lightning in a Bottle (2004) 88% 3.5/4 EDIT “Lightning in a Bottle's magical concert performances make it a must-see movie for all who crave vibrant music, impassioned vocals and biting instrumental solos that jab and slice with surgical precision.” – San Diego Union-Tribune Nov 29, 2004 Full Review End of the Century (2003) 95% 2.5/4 EDIT “As fascinating as it is flawed.” – San Diego Union-Tribune Sep 24, 2004 Full Review Festival Express (2003) 96% 3.5/4 EDIT “It's a fun, 90-minute ride, if little more.” – San Diego Union-Tribune Aug 13, 2004 Full Review Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (2004) 88% 3.5/4 EDIT “A memorable tragic-comedy that produces its share of laughs in between the very real tears of rage and frustration.” – San Diego Union-Tribune Jul 23, 2004 Full Review Lawless Heart (2001) 87% 2.5/4 EDIT “Like so many British movies, it seems made for actors who make what they humanly can of it, their expertise meshing.” – San Diego Union-Tribune Aug 1, 2003 Full Review Masked and Anonymous (2003) 26% 3/4 EDIT “A simultaneously serious and satirical film that should delight longtime Bob Dylan fans and mystify nearly everyone else.” – San Diego Union-Tribune Aug 1, 2003 Full Review Grateful Dawg (2000) 70% EDIT “While those seeking new insight into Garcia's troubled life will be disappointed, those seeking to celebrate an underexposed facet of his musical legacy should be delighted.” – San Diego Union-Tribune Oct 12, 2001 Full Review Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) 92% EDIT “[Mitchell's] biting wit is offset by the tender insights he brings to Hedwig.” – San Diego Union-Tribune Aug 3, 2001 Full Review
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