Chuck Klosterman

Chuck Klosterman The Forum Apr 10, 2026 4.5/5 Jerry Maguire implies that happiness can come from situations that merely border on love -- that is, sometimes it's more important to like someone than it is to totally surrender yourself to stereotypical expectations. Go to Full Review Jerry Maguire (1996) 86% 79%

Chuck Klosterman Akron Beacon Journal Oct 30, 2023 4/4 It sometimes seems like there is more legitimate creativity in [Malkovich] than there's been in almost every other movie released this year. The script is completely insane and consistently brilliant, and it's funny on almost every level imaginable. Go to Full Review Being John Malkovich (1999) 94% 87%

Chuck Klosterman Akron Beacon Journal Oct 30, 2023 2.5/4 There's more to like about this movie than you'd probably expect (certainly more than I did). Besides, the all-girl band the Donnas performs a cover of REO Speedwagon's Keep On Lovin' You at the big high school dance. That alone is worth $7.50. Go to Full Review Drive Me Crazy (1999) 27% 53%

Chuck Klosterman Akron Beacon Journal Oct 30, 2023 3/4 That kind of unorthodox (and perhaps unintentional) undercurrent is precisely what keeps Random Hearts interesting. Time and again, we see people reacting in ways that are unexpected, yet somehow realistic. Go to Full Review Random Hearts (1999) 18% 24%

Chuck Klosterman Akron Beacon Journal Oct 30, 2023 2.5/4 Perhaps the true problem with Anna and the King is its medium; this probably should have been a TV miniseries... It has all the problems of an overlong art piece, but it still feels incomplete. Go to Full Review Anna and the King (1999) 52% 64%

Chuck Klosterman Akron Beacon Journal Oct 30, 2023 1.5/4 End of Days is never interesting and usually silly, but it might help Arnold get some momentum if he really does run for the governorship of California. At least he'll get the anti-Satan vote. Go to Full Review End of Days (1999) 11% 32%

Chuck Klosterman Akron Beacon Journal Oct 30, 2023 2.5/4 Parts of The Messenger are downright inspiring. Unfortunately, other parts are accidently funny, and a few are simply boring. This is ultimately a sprawling fiasco with a few glimmers of greatness. Go to Full Review The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999) 32% 58%

Chuck Klosterman Akron Beacon Journal Oct 30, 2023 2/4 By the end of Anywhere But Here, everything has worked out perfectly (and predictably), but that perfection seems implausible and almost disappointing. Go to Full Review Anywhere but Here (1999) 64% 55%

Chuck Klosterman Akron Beacon Journal Oct 30, 2023 1/4 The mechanical bats... are among the worst movie props in recent history. Sometimes they look like cats with wings; sometimes they resemble gargoyles; sometimes they look like little gray Yodas with oversize incisor teeth. Go to Full Review Bats (1999) 19% 14%

Chuck Klosterman Akron Beacon Journal Oct 30, 2023 4/4 There is something unworldly about [Tiger] that makes it seem like a story you imagined, not a film you watched on a screen. Somehow, the film is transcendent -- but in a completely straightforward manner. Quite simply, this is the year's best picture. Go to Full Review Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) 96% 86%

Chuck Klosterman Akron Beacon Journal Oct 30, 2023 1.5/4 One gets the impression that Green consciously tried to make the worst film ever produced, and he’s doing it simply because a boardroom full of suits at 20th Century Fox gave him a dump truck of money. Go to Full Review Freddy Got Fingered (2001) 12% 56%

Chuck Klosterman Akron Beacon Journal Oct 30, 2023 2.5/4 Watching this movie is sort of like taking drugs: Human Traffic is great fun for the 84 minutes you're there, but it's hard to remember what exactly happened and ultimately feels pointless (at least in retrospect). Go to Full Review Human Traffic (1999) 59% 89%

Chuck Klosterman Akron Beacon Journal Oct 30, 2023 2.5/4 This is one of those pictures that is at its best when illustrating a certain kind of life in a certain kind of place at a certain point in U.S. history. In 40 years, it might make a valuable period piece. Go to Full Review Turn It Up (2000) 10% 25%

Chuck Klosterman Akron Beacon Journal Oct 30, 2023 3/4 The individual performances are great and the images are stunning, and -- perhaps most important -- Gladiator offers an escapist quality that makes its derivative flaws seem minor. Go to Full Review Gladiator (2000) 80% 87%

Chuck Klosterman Akron Beacon Journal Oct 30, 2023 2/4 It seems like Bringing Out the Dead should be highly complex and multi-layered, but it's unlikely that anyone would walk out of the theater at its conclusion with new insight on anything. Go to Full Review Bringing Out the Dead (1999) 74% 70%

Chuck Klosterman Akron Beacon Journal Oct 28, 2023 2/4 All the characters make these self-evident, monotone comments about all the supernatural insanity that plagues them, and nobody seems nearly as upset as they should be. Go to Full Review Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000) 14% 18%

Chuck Klosterman Akron Beacon Journal Oct 28, 2023 1.5/4 What's ultimately most frustrating about The Watcher is the way it takes a scenario that's genuinely frightening and makes it seem implausible. Go to Full Review The Watcher (2000) 11% 28%

Chuck Klosterman Akron Beacon Journal Oct 28, 2023 3/4 This is really a totally different creation, and it ends up being almost as good for totally different reasons. Go to Full Review Shaft (2000) 67% 41%

Chuck Klosterman Akron Beacon Journal Oct 28, 2023 3.5/4 This is probably the best Disney movie I've ever seen, and I can't imagine how anyone (and I mean anyone) could not find something appealing about this wholly wonderful narrative. Go to Full Review The Straight Story (1999) 95% 91%

Chuck Klosterman Akron Beacon Journal Oct 28, 2023 2.5/4 All the trees are wickedly gnarled, the sky is never blue, and nothing seems real For a story about a headless assassin in 1799, the setting is completely flawless. The story, however, is not. Go to Full Review Sleepy Hollow (1999) 71% 80%