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Stephen Amidon

Stephen Amidon's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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North (1994) 12% EDIT “The direction of the usually reliable Rob Reiner fails to take adventure of the film's satirical possibilities, playing instead for the broadest possible laughs and most sugary emotions.” – Financial Times Jan 26, 2026 Full Review The Abyss (1989) 76% EDIT “The resulting blend of dated and simplistic Cold War politics, overwhelming special effects and sentimentality thoroughly undermines the two hours of skillful action and suspense that preceded it.” – Financial Times Dec 9, 2025 Full Review Bandit Queen (1994) 96% EDIT “The director possesses the rare instinct for knowing just when to pull the camera away from scenes of abuse, providing them with considerable power without ever being exploitative.” – Financial Times Mar 1, 2024 Full Review Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1966) 74% EDIT “Although the plot is risible and the acting Cro-Magnon, the film is brilliantly shot, throbbing with raw energy and skewed humor.” – Financial Times Mar 1, 2024 Full Review Holy Matrimony (1994) 0% EDIT “This sappy hymn to family values should offend nobody -- except people who like good cinema.” – Financial Times Mar 1, 2024 Full Review Camilla (1994) 44% EDIT “An ode to bohemianism that is so laid back it is practically unconscious.” – Financial Times Mar 1, 2024 Full Review Andre (1994) 43% EDIT “Only the least discerning pubescents will find much of value here.” – Financial Times Mar 1, 2024 Full Review Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book (1994) 80% EDIT “There is not a cartoon or song around. Rather, such fine actors as Sam Neill, John Cleese and Cary Elwes ham it up with great energy and wit on sumptuous locations.” – Financial Times Mar 1, 2024 Full Review The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 89% EDIT “The main acting honours go to Morgan Freeman as the wily old inmate fixer who takes Robbins under his wing. It is testimony to the film's affecting freshness that he makes a character we have seen a hundred times before seem like an entirely new creation.” – Financial Times Mar 1, 2024 Full Review The Two Jakes (1990) 59% EDIT “It is a fundamentally strong story, though it lacks the ingenious nuances and twists of Towne's earlier effort.” – Financial Times Aug 18, 2021 Full Review Switch (1991) 26% EDIT “Before long the whole thing degenerates into lame farce.” – Financial Times Aug 18, 2021 Full Review Ama (1991) EDIT “Ama is an often engaging debut by the Ghanaian filmmakers Kwate Nee Owoo and Kwesi Owusu.” – Financial Times Aug 18, 2021 Full Review K2 (1992) 29% EDIT “It is when director Franc Roddam and writer Patrick Meyers try to deepen the characters and say something about male bonding that the story plummets.” – Financial Times Aug 18, 2021 Full Review Hangin' With the Homeboys (1991) 93% EDIT “It is a funny, honest and often very touching account of the give-and-take of male relationships which puts to shame the multimillion dollar explorations of the same subject.” – Financial Times Aug 12, 2021 Full Review What's Love Got to Do With It (1993) 97% EDIT “The two leads turn in powerful performances.” – Financial Times Apr 21, 2021 Full Review Mutant Action (1993) 67% EDIT “Despite the promising premise and frantic energy, the film is nowhere near as much fun as it needs to be to grab the viewer.” – Financial Times Apr 21, 2021 Full Review The Baby of Macon (1993) 38% EDIT “Greenaway tells this story with his usual self-satisfied and gross pomposity, miring ornately stylised visuals with, truly unpleasant moments.” – Financial Times Apr 21, 2021 Full Review Daughters of the Dust (1991) 94% EDIT “[Dash's] refusal to spend much time establishing characters or expiating their conflicts makes this more like a stroll through a exhibition of sepia photographs than a full blooded drama.” – Financial Times Mar 23, 2021 Full Review The Hours and Times (1991) 81% EDIT “[Writer/director Christopher Munch] is greatly aided by Ian Hart's deft impersonation of the cocky yet sensitive Lennon and David Angus's considered portrayal of the tortured Epstein.” – Financial Times Feb 7, 2020 Full Review A League of Their Own (1992) 82% EDIT “Director Penny Marshall once again proves herself to possess both a deft hand for light comedy and an unfortunate weakness for sentimentality.” – Financial Times Feb 7, 2020 Full Review Unforgiven (1992) 96% EDIT “Clint Eastwood's brilliant and harrowing Unforgiven packs all the punch of a good Western without indulging in the plot cliches and moral certitudes so often inherent in the genre.” – Financial Times Feb 5, 2020 Full Review
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