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Kevin Williamson

Kevin Williamson's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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How to Train Your Dragon (2010) 99% 4/5 EDIT “The surprise of the 3D animated adventure How to Train Your Dragon isn't that once again the digitally-rendered creatures dazzle -- it's that the movie does too.” – Jam! Movies Nov 19, 2013 Full Review The Bourne Legacy (2012) 56% 2.5/5 EDIT “It struggles (ironically) to establish its own identity. Bourne himself, it turns out, casts too great a shadow.” – Jam! Movies Aug 9, 2012 Full Review Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey (2011) 95% 3.5/5 EDIT “A feel-good documentary about a cheerful guy who's not made out of felt (but probably would be just as cheerful if he was).” – Jam! Movies Mar 16, 2012 Full Review The Muppets (2011) 95% 4.5/5 EDIT “Both an awesome Muppet outing and an epically entertaining comedy, period.” – Jam! Movies Nov 23, 2011 Full Review Happy Feet Two (2011) 45% 2.5/5 EDIT “More than the ice is thin in Happy Feet Two.” – Jam! Movies Nov 18, 2011 Full Review The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (2011) 26% 2/5 EDIT “What becomes clear is that while the bisecting of J.K. Rowling's hefty tome was artistically defensible, here, there's no such creative imperative.” – Jam! Movies Nov 18, 2011 Full Review J. Edgar (2011) 44% 2.5/5 EDIT “J. Edgar may be well-made and well-acted, but it's also bloodless, unfocused and at times regrettably dull.” – Jam! Movies Nov 11, 2011 Full Review Machine Gun Preacher (2011) 28% 3/5 EDIT “Because it's based on real people and events, it carries unquestionable emotional heft despite its equally undeniable flaws.” – Jam! Movies Sep 30, 2011 Full Review Breakaway (2011) 17% 2.5/5 EDIT “The shakiest scenes in Breakaway, a hockey-meets-Bollywood mash-up about skating Sikh-Canadians, occur on the ice. Take that for what you will. The rest of this nimbly-paced but routinely-plotted sports fable is tolerably more entertaining.” – Jam! Movies Sep 30, 2011 Full Review Dolphin Tale (2011) 81% 3.5/5 EDIT “Most children's entertainment feels as sugar-addled as their target audience. But Dolphin Tale avoids being either anxious or obnoxious, keeping young moviegoers amused and enthralled the old-school way: with its story and star.” – Jam! Movies Sep 23, 2011 Full Review Killer Elite (2011) 27% 2/5 EDIT “Ask yourself: Would The Parallax View and Three Days of the Condor be better with scissor kicks? Are The Conversation and Marathon Man a few dislocated bones short of greatness? Even if you answered yes, you should lower your expectations.” – Jam! Movies Sep 23, 2011 Full Review I Don't Know How She Does It (2011) 17% 2.5/5 EDIT “It's not a bad film, per se, but it's more adequate than entertaining, more routine than recommendable.” – Jam! Movies Sep 16, 2011 Full Review Straw Dogs (2011) 42% 3.5/5 EDIT “Like its predecessor, this Straw Dogs lights a long, deliberate fuse from its opening deer hunt to its climactic home invasion. These days, that's called restraint.” – Jam! Movies Sep 16, 2011 Full Review Contagion (2011) 85% 4/5 EDIT “Seeing Contagion in a crowded theatre is like watching Jaws on a life raft. Bring hand sanitizer. Or bleach. And maybe soap and a bucket of warm water.” – Jam! Movies Sep 9, 2011 Full Review Warrior (2011) 84% 4/5 EDIT “A film that's a powerhouse for all the old-school reasons: a tremendous cast, identifiable characters you care about and a story that both excites and moves.” – Jam! Movies Sep 9, 2011 Full Review Project Nim (2011) 97% 4.5/5 EDIT “The result is as scarring and engrossing as it is fascinating, infuriating and profound.” – Jam! Movies Jul 22, 2011 Full Review Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) 96% 4/5 EDIT “Less committed filmgoers probably won't be quite as enthused -- Potter has long been a franchise constructed to please readers of the books first -- but should be sufficiently entertained nonetheless.” – Jam! Movies Jul 14, 2011 Full Review Larry Crowne (2011) 35% 2.5/5 EDIT “I realize Hanks, who also directed, wanted to make an upbeat, positive character study about rebounding in the face of unemployment and hardship. But did a story so hopeful also have to be so harmless? When did the everyman become the generic man?” – Jam! Movies Jul 1, 2011 Full Review Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) 35% 3/5 EDIT “A clanging, thrashing threequel that represents a near-complete upgrade over 2009's critically-despised Revenge of the Fallen.” – Jam! Movies Jun 28, 2011 Full Review Bad Teacher (2011) 46% 3/5 EDIT “Diaz, always a deft comic, makes the most as this potty-mouthed party girl whose age is bearing down on her.” – Jam! Movies Jun 24, 2011 Full Review Cars 2 (2011) 40% 3/5 EDIT “A sequel with a lot of horse power under the hood, but little else.” – Jam! Movies Jun 24, 2011 Full Review Mr. Popper's Penguins (2011) 47% 3/5 EDIT “Mr. Popper's Penguins finds Carrey in an agreeable groove, gliding smoothly.” – Jam! Movies Jun 17, 2011 Full Review Green Lantern (2011) 25% 2.5/5 EDIT “Considering all the characters and subplots, it's no surprise Green Lantern feels more rushed and truncated than epic.” – Jam! Movies Jun 17, 2011 Full Review Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer (2011) 22% 2/5 EDIT “A comedy about young kids for young kids that feels like it was made by young kids.” – Jam! Movies Jun 10, 2011 Full Review The Hangover Part II (2011) 35% 3/5 EDIT “Though it hews to the template of the original, director Todd Phillips has one strategy to fall back on: Upping the ante.” – Jam! Movies May 25, 2011 Full Review
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