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Sioux City Journal is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Bruce R. Miller.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
3/4
The American President (1995) Bruce R. Miller The American President offers plenty of reason to smile (Douglas and Bening are perfect leads) but ultimately it's not a look at the way things are but, rather, the way we'd like them to be.
Posted Jan 22, 2026  Edit critic review
3/4
Misery (1990) Bruce R. Miller Director Rob Reiner has a wild ride on his hands. He uses Bates to good effect and lets Caan milk every pain for the audience sympathy that it's worth.
Posted Jan 22, 2026  Edit critic review
4/4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) Bruce R. Miller It is the best of the bunch. More important, it's the best picture of the year.
Posted Jan 14, 2026  Edit critic review
Stand by Me (1986) Bruce R. Miller "Stand By Me" is guaranteed to bring a tear to your eye and a tug at your heart. It's wonderful.
Posted Jan 14, 2026  Edit critic review
4/4
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) Bruce R. Miller The Two Towers may not be the multilayered drama that Fellowship of the Ring was but it's still a masterful piece of filmmaking.
Posted Jan 13, 2026  Edit critic review
4/4
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) Bruce R. Miller It enjoys the advances of a technical age; it revels in an era of storytellers. Best of all, it doesn't seem like a three-hour production. In screen terms, 90 minutes can often be an eternity. Here, 180 somehow don't seem like enough.
Posted Jan 13, 2026  Edit critic review
4/4
A Few Good Men (1992) Bruce R. Miller "A Few Good Men" is one of the best films of the year. More important, it's one of the best uses of talents in the past decade. If more actors would suppress their egos as Bacon and Sutherland have done, they'd find there's good work out there.
Posted Jan 08, 2026  Edit critic review
The Sure Thing (1985) Bruce R. Miller Though Sure Thing has the signs of being another teens-in-heat film, it is not. It avoids all the traps and presents a picture of today's youth that's far more accurate than anything Bob Clark ever put to film.
Posted Jan 08, 2026  Edit critic review
4/4
The Princess Bride (1987) Bruce R. Miller Fused with a form of narration that would give Steven Spielberg reason to pause, "Bride" is a dandy actioner for the kids, a delightful romp for the folks -- the perfect family film of 1987.
Posted Jan 07, 2026  Edit critic review
4/4
Hamnet (2025) Bruce R. Miller One of the best films of the year (if not THE best film), "Hamnet" says there’s plenty of life in classics. Sometimes, you just need to dig for it.
Posted Jan 04, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) Bruce R. Miller "Wake Up Dead Man" twists and turns effortlessly thanks to director Rian Johnson’s facility with this kind of format.
Posted Jan 04, 2026  Edit critic review
3/4
Song Sung Blue (2025) Bruce R. Miller Kate Hudson really leans into her role (watch the documentary and you’ll see) and exhibits a great voice that makes you wonder if it’s time for another Patsy Cline movie.
Posted Jan 04, 2026  Edit critic review
3/4
Zootopia 2 (2025) Bruce R. Miller But watching the folks of Zootopia interact is like visiting a theme park. Just when you’re near the head of ride line, a parade breaks out. Both are musts.
Posted Jan 04, 2026  Edit critic review
4/4
Marty Supreme (2025) Bruce R. Miller "Marty Supreme" is such a well-oiled machine, it could sit nicely in the cinematic weeds of the 1970s and hold up. In 2025, it’s an outlier — a quality film that doesn’t just blend in, it towers.
Posted Jan 04, 2026  Edit critic review
4/4
Hook (1991) Bruce R. Miller The perfect movie for everyone who grew up and, secretly, regretted it.
Posted Dec 19, 2025  Edit critic review
2/4
Big Top Pee-wee (1988) Bruce R. Miller Oh, Pee-wee...wherefore art though, Pee-wee? In your newest picture, "Big Top Pee-wee," none of that wacky humor we found in "Big Adventure" was evident.
Posted Dec 14, 2025  Edit critic review
1/4
The Roses (2025) Bruce R. Miller Independently, Cumberbatch and Colman have had great success with comedy. In play with one another, they’re deadly.
Posted Dec 13, 2025  Edit critic review
2/4
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues (2025) Bruce R. Miller There’s a reason there hasn’t been a "This is Spinal Tap" sequel. There wasn’t a story to tell.
Posted Dec 13, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (2025) Bruce R. Miller Writer/director Scott Cooper doesn’t Brucify the story, but he does let Jeremy Allen White find his way into the singer’s life.
Posted Dec 13, 2025  Edit critic review
2/4
The Running Man (2025) Bruce R. Miller Powell was great in "The Hit Man," but needs to back off the Brad Pitt moves if he wants to find his place in the action/adventure world.
Posted Dec 13, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
Wicked: For Good (2025) Bruce R. Miller Grande, though, was right to pursue her role from the minute she was smitten with the Broadway musical. She’s why some characters are so popular.
Posted Dec 13, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Rental Family (2025) Bruce R. Miller Fraser is an actor who can feel plenty. He brings out the best in his co-stars and isn’t afraid to reveal he has learned something in the process.
Posted Dec 13, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/4
True Lies (1994) Bruce R. Miller Surprisingly, True Lies doesn't cheat any of its cast. It gives them as much to do as the special effects experts, and always leaves audiences laughing.
Posted Dec 10, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
The Abyss (1989) Bruce R. Miller As masterpiece? Not quite. But, as water dramas go, "The Abyss" is quite enveloping.
Posted Dec 09, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) Bruce R. Miller It's the action-adventure film of the year - a standard by which all others will be judged. But it isn't exactly the most original concept of this or any other decade.
Posted Dec 09, 2025  Edit critic review
The Terminator (1984) Bruce R. Miller The Terminator isn't going to win any awards or large crowds but it will stand as a low-budget screamer that accomplishes everything it sets out to do. The film begins when it should and, more important, ends when it must.
Posted Dec 08, 2025  Edit critic review
A Christmas Carol (1984) Bruce R. Miller This "Christmas Carol" is so perfect it deserves to return as often as the season itself.
Posted Dec 04, 2025  Edit critic review
2/4
The Running Man (1987) Bruce R. Miller A slick, manufactured film that does nothing for the actor, but everything for his accountants.
Posted Nov 06, 2025  Edit critic review
0/4
Predator 2 (1990) Bruce R. Miller This stuff is generic/derivative and it shows.
Posted Oct 31, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
East of Wall (2025) Bruce R. Miller Zimiga, meanwhile, is someone you’d like to have on your side. She can handle anything life deals and isn’t afraid to confront someone who’s stacking the deck. For a first-time actor, she’s incredible and impossible to ignore.
Posted Oct 18, 2025  Edit critic review
Tron (1982) Bruce R. Miller Disney's latest attempt to capture the lucrative teen market spends so much time showing off its hardware it fails to demonstrate any real signs of life.
Posted Oct 06, 2025  Edit critic review
Spider-Man (2002) Bruce R. Miller Spider-Man cuts to the chase, letting Maguire show what he's capable of doing.
Posted Sep 24, 2025  Edit critic review
4/4
Boogie Nights (1997) Bruce R. Miller Boogie Nights is a challenging achievement that does more to debunk the porn industry than any number of investigative reports. It's the real thing. And it's frightening.
Posted Sep 24, 2025  Edit critic review
This Is Spinal Tap (1984) Bruce R. Miller You'll laugh so hard you'll cry.
Posted Sep 09, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
Darkman (1990) Bruce R. Miller The plot holes are everywhere but Raimi sidesteps them with visual brilliance.
Posted Aug 26, 2025  Edit critic review
1/4
Mortal Kombat (1995) Bruce R. Miller Although Anderson spends his special effects money well, he wastes very little on screenwriting or acting. The best the cast has to offer in terms of the latter is a well-placed grimace.
Posted Aug 19, 2025  Edit critic review
The Return of the Living Dead (1985) Bruce R. Miller The black humor is marvelous.
Posted Aug 13, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/4
The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) Bruce R. Miller Set in a ‘60s world where robots look like electric shavers and mid-century modern furniture is the height of style, it gives us a “Jetsons” feel without ripping off that show.
Posted Aug 13, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Happy Gilmore 2 (2025) Bruce R. Miller Bad Bunny is the real MVP. This may set him up for the kind of career that crosses all barriers. While “Happy Gilmore 2” doesn’t please like a hole in one, it does satisfy with a few snacks and a cold drink.
Posted Aug 13, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Together (2025) Bruce R. Miller “Together” rises above most horror films – it approaches “Saltburn” and “Get Out” – but doesn’t make you question its characters’ motives, only their choice of homes.
Posted Aug 13, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
Weapons (2025) Bruce R. Miller “Weapons” has its own power and could easily prompt a sequel given the loose ends that are left hanging. It’s a nerve-wracking film that accomplishes what it set out to do.
Posted Aug 13, 2025  Edit critic review
1/4
The Naked Gun (2025) Bruce R. Miller There’s no whoopee cushion in this but there’s an overlong diarrhea joke that could have used a quick flush.
Posted Aug 13, 2025  Edit critic review
4/4
Babe (1995) Bruce R. Miller The story of a plucky little pig is so engaging, so thought-provoking it ranks as the best live-action family film since "E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial."
Posted Jul 30, 2025  Edit critic review
Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985) Bruce R. Miller Pee-Wee has such a weird personality, it's hard to warm to him in one huge gulp.
Posted Jul 30, 2025  Edit critic review
2/4
Waterworld (1995) Bruce R. Miller Plot? Characterization? They're the biggest victims of all.
Posted Jul 28, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
F1 The Movie (2025) Bruce R. Miller If Formula One racing gets a big boost in the next year, just know it was because officials had the good sense to make this very effective Pitt stop.
Posted Jul 24, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story (2025) Bruce R. Miller Released in 1975, it created an anticipation for filmgoing and set a bar for producers. If “Jaws” could make hundreds of millions of dollars, why couldn’t their picture?
Posted Jul 24, 2025  Edit critic review
Jurassic World Rebirth (2025) Bruce R. Miller What this film tells us is there’s a huge appetite for dinosaur adventure films. They don’t have to be good (or even unpredictable), they just have to be.
Posted Jul 24, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
Superman (2025) Bruce R. Miller “Superman” takes off and never lets go. Super.
Posted Jul 24, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Eddington (2025) Bruce R. Miller Just when you think it’s headed somewhere, Ari Aster’s film starts to devolve and we’re not quite sure what it’s trying to say.
Posted Jul 24, 2025  Edit critic review
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