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Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Bill Muller, Eleanor O'Sullivan, Jack Garner, Marshall Fine.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
3/10
North (1994) Jack Garner Unfortunately, the characters in "North" are seldom more than cardboard cutouts, dragged briefly upon the stage.
Posted Jan 23, 2026  Edit critic review
3/4
Misery (1990) Jack Garner Misery suffers a little from predictability, and a bit more from a lack of humor, but it offers more than enough plot and character development to hold your attention, and a few jolts that'll make you spill your popcorn.
Posted Jan 21, 2026  Edit critic review
10/10
A Few Good Men (1992) Jack Garner Rob Reiner's A Few Good Men is an absorbing, superbly acted military drama, pitting personal integrity against blind obedience to a martinet's misguided notions of honor.
Posted Jan 08, 2026  Edit critic review
The Sure Thing (1985) Jack Garner The Sure Thing overflows with wonderful laughs, refreshing common sense and believable characters.
Posted Jan 08, 2026  Edit critic review
3.5/4
The Princess Bride (1987) Jack Garner Writer Goldman and director Reiner successfully give The Princess Bride an ingratiating texture of warmth, beauty and wit, balanced by a slight irreverence.
Posted Jan 07, 2026  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Hook (1991) Jack Garner Despite all these reasons for high expectations, Hook fails to soar. The script offers a clever extension of J.M. Barrie's themes, it offers many entertaining moments, but never quite gets off the ground. The pixie dust is missing.
Posted Dec 19, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Christine (1983) Jack Garner Streamlining Christine into a conventional movie -- and bringing visual form to the imagination -- makes the silliness of the premise more pronounced.
Posted Dec 17, 2025  Edit critic review
4/4
The Abyss (1989) Jack Garner The Abyss is living proof that nothing is as engrossing and moving as a strong human story.
Posted Dec 10, 2025  Edit critic review
6/10
True Lies (1994) Jack Garner Cameron simply added a ton of explosives and a catalogue of visual effects to the front and back of the story -- like bombastic bookends.
Posted Dec 10, 2025  Edit critic review
4/4
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) Jack Garner Terminator 2 has everything you could want in an action adventure - incredible special effects that redefine the art, explosive stunts that'll take your breath away, and the alternately awesome and amusing presence of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Posted Dec 08, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/5
The Terminator (1984) Jack Garner If it all sounds a little silly, well, it is. But if you're willing to suspend your intelligence and go with the flow, The Terminator is entertaining action.
Posted Dec 08, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/4
The Running Man (1987) Jack Garner The visceral action, the gory-but-funny violence, and the campy one-liners make this a wonderfully entertaining comic book-in-motion.
Posted Nov 07, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Predator (1987) Jack Garner Predator is a technically well-made action film, with spiffy sci-fi effects, including the use of heat-generated photography to stimulate the alien's unorthodox vision.
Posted Oct 30, 2025  Edit critic review
Dracula (1979) Jack Garner It's a stunning film.
Posted Oct 21, 2025  Edit critic review
4/4
Desert Hearts (1985) Jack Garner It simply is about the collision of two individuals at a given moment in time when one, especially, needs to be loved and needs a change. The individuals both happen to be women.
Posted Oct 13, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Tron (1982) Jack Garner Tron is a fascinating innovation.
Posted Oct 01, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
To Sleep With Anger (1990) Jack Garner To Sleep With Anger is buoyed by excellent actors.
Posted Sep 25, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Night of the Living Dead (1990) Jack Garner The new film is suspenseful, occasionally shocking, and filled with the same appropriately unexplained terrifying wonder of the first film.
Posted Sep 18, 2025  Edit critic review
4/4
This Is Spinal Tap (1984) Jack Garner One reason Spinal Tap is so good is that it often walks a satiric line dangerously close to reality.
Posted Sep 09, 2025  Edit critic review
Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985) Jack Garner Pee-Wee's Big Adventure is the most original, funny and entertaining comedy of the season.
Posted Jul 30, 2025  Edit critic review
3/4
The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear (1991) Jack Garner If you're not embarrassed to laugh at anything, you'll laugh at everything in Naked Gun 2½. If you're more discerning, you'll still be chuckling.
Posted Jul 23, 2025  Edit critic review
8/10
Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994) Jack Garner Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult is hilarious proof that David Zucker's zany comedy franchise is still in fine shape.
Posted Jul 22, 2025  Edit critic review
8/10
Red Rock West (1993) Jack Garner The script is cleverly written, full of surprises and stylishly directed by co-writer John Dahl.
Posted Jul 15, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Explorers (1985) Jack Garner A flawed but entertaining, and occasionally hilarious, fantasy.
Posted Jul 10, 2025  Edit critic review
Superman III (1983) Jack Garner Superman III fails to balance three separate, and not always well articulated stories.
Posted Jul 08, 2025  Edit critic review
10/10
Jurassic Park (1993) Jack Garner Jurassic Park lives up to its unprecedented hype. It rewards viewers with marvels they've never seen and a story to hold their attention.
Posted Jul 01, 2025  Edit critic review
Superman II (1980) Jack Garner [In Superman II,] there is more wit, more style, more action, and better special effects. And once again, Reeve contributes a fine portrayal of both the handsome, muscular Man of Steel and his studious and bumbling alter ego, Clark Kent.
Posted Jun 26, 2025  Edit critic review
1.5/5
Day of the Dead (1985) Jack Garner I found myself far more offended by Romero's penchant for endless gutter language than by any ripping of skin or eating of entrails.
Posted Jun 25, 2025  Edit critic review
10/10
Apollo 13 (1995) Jack Garner In a summer of cardboard heroes and comic book adventures, this is the real deal -- a gripping story of achievement made more thrilling because we know it's true.
Posted Jun 24, 2025  Edit critic review
1.4/5
Return to Oz (1985) Jack Garner Though the concept is admittedly original and frequently executed with creative touches, Return to Oz lacks the warmth, humor and lightness that might have balanced such an approach.
Posted Jun 17, 2025  Edit critic review
1.5/4
Child's Play (1988) Jack Garner You'll occasionally jump in your seat -- and then you'll feel especially silly because you jumped for a doll.
Posted Jun 05, 2025  Edit critic review
2/5
The Karate Kid Part II (1986) Jack Garner The difference in this film -- and it's not enough to justify it -- is that most of the story takes place in... Okinawa.
Posted May 27, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
The Karate Kid (1984) Jack Garner The Karate Kid presents an entertaining tale of a teenager trying to adjust to new surroundings and new friends. And like My Bodyguard, The Karate Kid presents flesh-and-blood characters, honest humor and a refreshingly human attitude.
Posted May 27, 2025  Edit critic review
Starman (1984) Jack Garner Thanks to Bridges' wonderful performance -- and the human nature of the script -- Starman is an enjoyable, ingratiating motion picture.
Posted May 13, 2025  Edit critic review
7/10
The Wedding Banquet (1993) Jack Garner Under Ang Lee's confident direction, the comedy never becomes didactic or issue-dominated.
Posted Apr 15, 2025  Edit critic review
Tommy (1975) Jack Garner Like the record, the movies peaks early... but it's a minor flaw in an otherwise innovative movie.
Posted Mar 19, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Back to School (1986) Jack Garner Back to School does what Easy Money did not - it gives Rodney Dangerfield's fans a film to laugh at.
Posted Feb 27, 2025  Edit critic review
1.5/5
Fast Forward (1985) Jack Garner Actor-turned-director Sidney Poitier enters the break-dance sweepstakes with this shallow comic book of a musical.
Posted Feb 14, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Vision Quest (1985) Jack Garner [Matthew Modine's] portrait of Louden Swain is multi-layered and believable, both on and off the wrestling mat. It's one of those rare performances that carries an otherwise-mundane motion picture.
Posted Feb 14, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
The Breakfast Club (1985) Jack Garner With its cleverly conceived structure, The Breakfast Club spotlights teen life today, through natural humor, dramatic confrontation and, of all things, conversation.
Posted Feb 14, 2025  Edit critic review
5/5
Blue Velvet (1986) Jack Garner If you demand that a good film offers a unique vision, that it has an enthralling story and interesting characters, and that it generates challenging ideas and full-blooded emotions, Blue Velvet has it all.
Posted Jan 22, 2025  Edit critic review
8/10
Hercules (1997) Jack Garner Hercules is no paean for purists. Disney's irreverent cartoonists barely acknowledge classical mythology. They create their own flippant and fun-filled fable.
Posted Dec 18, 2024  Edit critic review
5/10
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) Jack Garner The Hunchback of Notre Dame was never intended to be such a fable. It was a dumb idea to think it could be remodeled for youngsters without destroying much of what makes it a masterpiece.
Posted Dec 18, 2024  Edit critic review
8/10
Pocahontas (1995) Jack Garner The message of racial tolerance is only one praiseworthy aspect of Pocahontas. Viewers can also relish the stylish, vibrant animation; a wonderful, strong-willed title character; a commendable environmental message; [and] a hummable score.
Posted Dec 17, 2024  Edit critic review
10/10
Aladdin (1992) Jack Garner If a film is too timely now, it could be dated in the future. But that's for critics to worry about in the next century. For now, it's clear that Aladdin is hilarious, inventive entertainment.
Posted Dec 16, 2024  Edit critic review
3/4
The Prince and the Pauper (1990) Jack Garner The animation is colorful and richly textured, and the tale and its cast are naturals. Opportunities are missed, however, to flesh out the tale.
Posted Dec 15, 2024  Edit critic review
3/4
The Rescuers Down Under (1990) Jack Garner A modest action cartoon, with entertaining business and a taut tale of a child in jeopardy. But it's a bit short on charm and humor, and not destined for classic status in the Disney animation oeuvre.
Posted Dec 15, 2024  Edit critic review
3.5/4
All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989) Jack Garner While adequate, the plot is secondary to the humorous sight gags, vigorous, rich cartoon style, memorable characterizations, and musical numbers.
Posted Dec 13, 2024  Edit critic review
3.5/4
The Little Mermaid (1989) Jack Garner The color scheme is rich, and background drawings are detailed and eye-catching... Ultimately, though, The Little Mermaid may be remembered for the most musical -- and best integrated -- musical score in any Disney film since Pinocchio.
Posted Dec 13, 2024  Edit critic review
8/10
Girls Town (1996) Jack Garner If actor Steve Buscemi is the king of independent movies, Lili Taylor is the queen. And when you see the pain, passion and resilience she conveys as Patti, fighting back in Girls Town, you'll know why.
Posted Nov 14, 2024  Edit critic review
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