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Susan Michals

Susan Michals's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Miami Vice (2006) 47% EDIT “No kick *** fights, and only a couple of rock 'em sock 'em shootouts, which are difficult to see due to Mann's grainy night vision-like shooting style.” – FilmStew.com Jul 27, 2006 Full Review The Devil Wears Prada (2006) 75% EDIT “I was there... It was the mid '90's, and I was but a lowly assistant at fashion conglom Bergdorf Goodman, corner of 5th and Haute Couture.” – FilmStew.com Jun 29, 2006 Full Review The Great New Wonderful (2005) 73% EDIT “Finally, here is a film that addresses this major American catastrophe without shoving important messages down the audience's throat.” – FilmStew.com Jun 23, 2006 Full Review Basic Instinct 2 (2006) 6% EDIT “If you've seen the trailer, you've seen ALL the sex; actually, you've even seen more than is actually in the film. A threesome in the trailer is non-existent in the final cut.” – FilmStew.com Mar 29, 2006 Full Review Don't Tell (2005) 25% EDIT “The film meanders and becomes painfully arbitrary in its storyline... Child abuse + funny lesbians = hilarious!!!” – FilmStew.com Mar 21, 2006 Full Review Unknown White Male (2005) 73% EDIT “Occasionally fascinating, as we watch this man reconstruct his life, picking and choosing what he wants of his former self, and reinventing himself at the same time.” – FilmStew.com Feb 18, 2006 Full Review Something New (2006) 60% EDIT “A very funny, well thought out romantic comedy, despite a few predictable stereotypes of race and class. Lathan and Baker have great chemistry as the typical opposites.” – FilmStew.com Feb 5, 2006 Full Review Last Holiday (2006) 56% EDIT “Filmmaker Wayne Wang follows Maid in Manhattan and Because of Winn Dixie with another dollop of harmless entertainment.” – FilmStew.com Jan 14, 2006 Full Review Match Point (2005) 77% EDIT “There's no denying it; Scarlett Johansson is Marilyn Monroe reincarnated, refurbished and upgraded for the 21st century.” – FilmStew.com Dec 28, 2005 Full Review The New World (2005) 63% EDIT “After being terribly miscast and exceedingly uncomfortable as Alexander the Great, Farrell is perfectly at ease with the challenges of John Smith” – FilmStew.com Dec 27, 2005 Full Review North Country (2005) 70% EDIT “Director Niki Caro deftly intercuts Josey's story with the Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas hearings, a smart, subtle move to tie in the things all women have had to go through.” – FilmStew.com Oct 20, 2005 Full Review Flightplan (2005) 36% EDIT “Every time the film starts to ascend into dramatic territory, it hits an air pocket and loses momentum” – FilmStew.com Sep 22, 2005 Full Review Must Love Dogs (2005) 37% EDIT “Male, early 60s, looking to rekindle the magic of earlier hit TV shows with a stab at big screen romantic comedy. Discerning moviegoers need not apply.” – FilmStew.com Jul 28, 2005 Full Review Fantastic Four (2005) 28% EDIT “Despite a litany of co-branded products, the good folks at 20th Century Fox overlooked the two most important ones: a blindfold and a set of earplugs.” – FilmStew.com Jul 8, 2005 Full Review Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005) 40% EDIT “With the onslaught of her public activities and associations, Ms. Lohan will have a hard time convincing the masses as the virginal Maggie.” – FilmStew.com Jun 22, 2005 Full Review Inside Deep Throat (2005) 83% EDIT “What makes this documentary infinitely entertaining is the opportunity it affords to get reacquainted in '04 with guys who were at the top of their game back in '72.” – FilmStew.com Feb 26, 2005 Full Review The Aviator (2004) 86% EDIT “Blanchett's perfect Hepburn lock jaw, speech and swagger provide much needed doses of comic relief to the middle of the film, when it begins to sag slightly.” – FilmStew.com Dec 17, 2004 Full Review Alexander (2004) 15% EDIT “Farrell often looks constipated, like he needs to get off that horse and hit the commode as opposed to hold onto his troops or his audience.” – FilmStew.com Nov 23, 2004 Full Review Saw (2004) 50% EDIT “Saw is nothing more than a poor man's Seven, right down to the casting of Glover as the Morgan Freeman-like black cop.” – FilmStew.com Oct 28, 2004 Full Review The Grudge (2004) 41% EDIT “The ending is a major letdown. At the screening I attended, an audience of journalists and regular folks let out a raucous groan followed by a few peels of laughter.” – FilmStew.com Oct 21, 2004 Full Review Cellular (2004) 56% EDIT “This may be the first movie that would have been better off if it had cast actor Brian Baker, the Verizon Wireless 'Can you hear me now?' guy, as its young lead.” – FilmStew.com Sep 9, 2004 Full Review Wicker Park (2004) 27% EDIT “Thirty years after Brian De Palma riffed on Hitchcock's Vertigo with Obsession, MGM and Lakeshore Productions decide to add insult to injury.” – FilmStew.com Sep 2, 2004 Full Review Vanity Fair (2004) 50% EDIT “Witherspoon is not really a girl who flaunts sexuality; she is more of a prepster's pinup, akin to her persona in Election as opposed to say Kathleen Turner in Body Heat.” – FilmStew.com Aug 31, 2004 Full Review Garden State (2004) 86% EDIT “Braff does not use flashbacks to get his point across; instead, he opts for the ancient art of 'storytelling.'” – FilmStew.com Jul 28, 2004 Full Review The Bourne Supremacy (2004) 81% EDIT “By treating the subject matter with the same kind of raw emotional intensity as his recent fact-based drama, director Greengrass literally puts us in the driver's seat.” – FilmStew.com Jul 23, 2004 Full Review
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