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Palm Beach Daily News is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Frank Houston.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
2.5/4
Superman Returns (2006) Frank Houston Like many superhero movies, Superman Returns relies on special effects to create the swooshing sense of exuberance that should also be a part of the storytelling.
Posted Jun 28, 2006  Edit critic review
3/4
Cars (2006) Frank Houston Cars is a pleasant joyride through some spectacular terrain. But from start to finish, there isn't a curve in the highway that you don't see coming from miles away.
Posted Jun 09, 2006  Edit critic review
3/4
Friends With Money (2006) Frank Houston An appealingly low-key look at friendships and status, and how the two co-exist, sometimes uncomfortably.
Posted Apr 20, 2006  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2005) Frank Houston Infectiously fun.
Posted Mar 02, 2006  Edit critic review
4/4
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) Frank Houston By turns brutal and sadistic, humorous and moralistic, Jones weaves a tale that has the moral heft of a fable and the gritty realism of 1970s cinema.
Posted Feb 24, 2006  Edit critic review
3/4
Why We Fight (2005) Frank Houston A well-researched, impassioned, talking-head-filled treatise on the militarization of America.
Posted Feb 14, 2006  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Match Point (2005) Frank Houston This sexy morality play further bolsters the case for Woody Allen's continued vitality and relevance.
Posted Jan 19, 2006  Edit critic review
4/4
Brokeback Mountain (2005) Frank Houston Lee has made one of the most memorable - and undoubtedly the most important and relevant - love stories in movie history.
Posted Jan 18, 2006  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Munich (2005) Frank Houston Purports to raise questions about the human toll of retribution - on its victims as well as on its practitioners. But Spielberg has no real tatste for the complexities.
Posted Dec 22, 2005  Edit critic review
4/4
King Kong (2005) Frank Houston A nearly seamless blend of cutting edge technology with much of the original's sensibility - Jackson's giant ape may be a special effect, but he is also a real character.
Posted Dec 21, 2005  Edit critic review
2/4
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) Frank Houston As gorgeous as it is lifeless.
Posted Dec 14, 2005  Edit critic review
2/4
Syriana (2005) Frank Houston A political thriller should have a little mystery to it, but Syriana, while certainly noble in its ambition, is too indecipherable to add up to a great or even good movie.
Posted Dec 09, 2005  Edit critic review
4/4
The Squid and the Whale (2005) Frank Houston You could call it the filet of the divorce movie genre.
Posted Dec 09, 2005  Edit critic review
3/4
Walk the Line (2005) Frank Houston Walk the Line is buoyed by such sharp writing and strong performances that it floats above the tired conventions of the movie biography.
Posted Dec 09, 2005  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Separate Lies (2005) Frank Houston Wilkinson roars through Separate Lies with all the bitter tenacity of a successful man blindsided by the news that everything in his life is not an unqualified triumph.
Posted Oct 20, 2005  Edit critic review
3/4
Where the Truth Lies (2005) Frank Houston A stylized, sin-filled film noir, the film is also a meta-narrative about show business, in which no character bothers with the pretense of seeming to be one thing.
Posted Oct 18, 2005  Edit critic review
4/4
Grizzly Man (2005) Frank Houston A haunting documentary about the fine line between devotion and delusion that deepens our appreciation for both animal and human nature.
Posted Sep 27, 2005  Edit critic review
3.5/4
A History of Violence (2005) Frank Houston With foreboding and tension in almost every shot, Cronenberg's taut thriller doesn't revel in violence, but reflects in ambivalence on its grim consequences.
Posted Sep 27, 2005  Edit critic review
2/4
The Brothers Grimm (2005) Frank Houston Gilliam's film is trapped somewhere between fable and comedy. It's as if he is so entranced by his own visual inventiveness that he completely loses sight of his storytelling.
Posted Aug 24, 2005  Edit critic review
4/4
Broken Flowers (2005) Frank Houston Don's journey becomes a vision of lost opportunities and paths not taken, and in Murray's hands it is sublime.
Posted Aug 10, 2005  Edit critic review
3/4
The Aristocrats (2005) Frank Houston The Aristocrats may not be as insightful as it purports to be, but it is good for a few gut laughs - if you've got the stomach for it.
Posted Aug 04, 2005  Edit critic review
4/4
Murderball (2005) Frank Houston Its honesty makes Murderball compelling and rewarding. What makes it so downright entertaining is its subjects' charisma and strength - both spiritual and physical.
Posted Jul 14, 2005  Edit critic review
3/4
Wedding Crashers (2005) Frank Houston Wedding Crashers is a comedy that is unabashedly for adults, bless its bawdy, sentimental heart.
Posted Jul 13, 2005  Edit critic review
3/4
Happy Endings (2005) Frank Houston In a season of overpriced cookie-cutter movies that underestimate their audience, the ambition and intelligence of Roos' film is a happy outcome indeed.
Posted Jul 12, 2005  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Hustle & Flow (2005) Frank Houston The movie's effortless charm and earthy naturalism, combined with strong performances from its main and supporting actors, are beguiling enough to draw in any audience
Posted Jul 08, 2005  Edit critic review
2/4
Fantastic Four (2005) Frank Houston Sometimes the Hollywood treatment can be a superhero's greatest arch-nemesis.
Posted Jul 06, 2005  Edit critic review
2/4
Crash (2004) Frank Houston It's apt that Haggis' most recent cinematic effort concentrated on boxing; he is just as eager to pound us over the head in Crash.
Posted Jun 30, 2005  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Sin City (2005) Frank Houston If you can look past its veneer of shed blood, broken bodies and the rat-a-tat-tat talk of its hardboiled tough guys, Sin City is a thing of savage beauty.
Posted Jun 30, 2005  Edit critic review
1/4
The Longest Yard (2005) Frank Houston Three decades after the original, all the rough edges have been sanded off, and the film has been given the obvious, spoonfed approach of a Hollywood summer movie.
Posted Jun 30, 2005  Edit critic review
3/4
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) Frank Houston Against all odds, the movie becomes more than the sum of its creaky parts, building enough emotional firepower to destroy an entire hard-bitten cynic such as myself.
Posted Jun 30, 2005  Edit critic review
3.5/4
War of the Worlds (2005) Frank Houston A sure-footed thrill ride with more suspense and spine-tingling scares than a Tom Cruise publicity junket.
Posted Jun 30, 2005  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) Frank Houston Fahrenheit 9/11 may be taken either as screed or scripture, depending on your own political persuasions. Moore's strength is that, either way, you can't ignore it.
Posted Oct 08, 2004  Edit critic review
1/4
The Forgotten (2004) Frank Houston More stilted and manipulative than any of M. Night Shyamalan's films. All that's missing is a scene with Moore sculpting geological landmarks out of mashed potatoes.
Posted Oct 08, 2004  Edit critic review
3/4
I Heart Huckabees (2004) Frank Houston Despite Russell's self-indulgent streak, he earns credit for his ambition, for imbuing a stellar cast with his own bizarre spirit, and for pulling it off with wit and style.
Posted Oct 08, 2004  Edit critic review
4/4
Hero (2002) Frank Houston Portrays the myth behind the unification of China with a visually sumptuous palette and elemental grandeur.
Posted Oct 05, 2004  Edit critic review
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