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HARVEY KARTEN'S 'A-LIST' IN MOVIES


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"To get a straight A, a film would have to be almost as transcendent as "Amadeus." To get an A- a movie would have to surprise, to dazzle, to show originality of thought and process, to appeal to the mind and heart." Harvey Karten, NYFCO


MESRINE: KILLER INSTINCT (L'Instinct de mort) Music Box Films
Grade: A-
Directed By: Jean-François Richet



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(AZR) - Anybody; whose anybody, in the film business that is, has most likely been scrutinized in one form or another by Harvey Karten (aka HarveyCritic). We at Arizona Reporter notice one major thing about Harvey, film grades above an 'A-' do not come easy.

Looking through the past couple of years of reviews here on AZR; I look at the directors names, reflect upon the Oscars and Academy Awards and determine that Harvey Karten knows what he's talking about! For Karten its not about the movies, its about the film.

Below is a compilation of film reviews achieving the highest ranks in the film industry by a true critic who knows; somewhere deep inside the recesses of a critics brain, that some director... somewhere... will produce the perfect film... eventually!

Hundreds of thousands have enjoyed his film reviews here on AZR. We at Arizona Reporter want to share with you Harvey Kartens 'A List'. Enjoy the film!



Karten's 'A-List" In Film


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"To get a straight A, a film would have to be almost as transcendent as "Amadeus." To get an A- a movie would have to surprise, to dazzle, to show originality of thought and process, to appeal to the mind and heart." Harvey Karten, NYFCO Read More


MESRINE: KILLER INSTINCT (L'Instinct de mort) Music Box Films
Grade: A-
Directed By: Jean-François Richet
Opens: August 13, 2010

MOTHER AND CHILD (Sony Pictures Classics)
Grade: A-
Directed by: Rodrigo Garcia

THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES (El secreto de sus ojos)
Grade: A-
Directed by: Juan Jose Campanella

THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers (First Run Features)
Grade: A-
Directed by: Judith Ehrlich, Rick Goldsmith
Released January 29, 2010

THE SHOCK DOCTRINE (Sundance Selects)
Grade: A-
Directed by: Mat Whitecross, Michael Winterbottom
Released Jan 28, 2010 at Sundance Film Festival

YOUTH IN REVOLT (Dimension Films)
Grade: A-
Directed by: Miguel Arteta

AVATAR (20th Century Fox)
Grade: A-
Directed by: James Cameron

NINE (The Weinstein Company)
Grade: A-
Directed by: Rob Marshall

UP IN THE AIR (Paramount Pictures)
Grade: A-
Directed by: Jason Reitman

ME AND ORSON WELLES (Freestyle Releasing)
Grade: A-
Directed by: Richard Linklater

DEFAMATION
(Hashmatsa)
Grade: A-
Directed by: Yoav Shami

YOU CANNOT START
WITHOUT ME – VALERY GERGIEV, MAESTRO
Grade: A-
Directed by: Allan Miller

PRECIOUS:
Based on the novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
Grade: A-
Directed by: Lee Daniels

A SERIOUS MAN
Grade: A-
Directed by: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

THE INVENTION
OF LYING
Grade: A-
Directed by: Ricky Gervais, Matthew Robinson

AN EDUCATION'
Grade: A-
Directed by: Lone Scherfig

INGLOURIOUS
BASTERDS
Grade: A-
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino

BLISS
(Mutluluk)
Grade: A-
Directed by: Abdullah Oguz

DEPARTURES
Grade: A-
Directed by: Yojiro Takita

SLUMDOG
MILLIONAIRE
Grade: A-
Directed by: Danny Boyle, co-directed by Loveleen Tandan

FROST/NIXON
Grade: A-
Directed by: Ron Howard

CHANGELING
Grade: A-
Directed by: Clint Eastwood

SMART PEOPLE
Grade: A-
Directed by: Noam Murro

HOSTAGE
Grade: A-
Directed by: Florent Emilio Siri

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