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Neil LaBute's
Your Friends & Neighbors (1998)
Articles and Reviews

Review Roundup:
Scores from Reviews Nationwide Given to Neil LaBute's "Your Friends & Neighbors"

Numerical average of these graded scores: 70.3 (out of 100)
  Average score is 2.8 stars out of 4, or a "B"

RottenTomatoes.com freshness score: 75.5%
  53 reviews counted: 40 positive; 13 negative

[In the table below, the column labeled "RT.c" shows a plus or minus sign, indicating whether the RottenTomatoes.com website rated the review mainly positive (+) or negative (-).]

SourceReview AuthorRT.cGradeGrade
as #
Karina Montgomery's Movie Reviews Karina Montgomery + 5/5 100
filmcritic.com + 5/5 100
Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert + 4/4 100
Globe and Mail John Haslett Cuff + 4/4 100
rec.arts.movies.reviews Ted Prigge + 4/4 100
Sacramento Bee Joe Baltake + 4/4 100
Compuserve Harvey S. Karten + 10/10 100
DVD Verdict Dean Roddey 91/100 91
Netflix James Rocchi + 4.5/5 89
Deseret News Jeff Vice + 3.5/4 88
David Keyes' Cinema 2000 David Keyes + 3.5/4 88
Cincinnati Enquirer Margaret A. McGurk + 3.5/4 88
Steve Rhodes' Internet Reviews Steve Rhodes + 3.5/4 88
Montreal Film Journal Kevin N. Laforest 3.5/4 88
BluntReview.com Emily Blunt 3.5/4 88
iF Magazine Paul Zimmerman + B+ 84
rec.arts.movies.reviews Ryan Davis B+ 84
rec.arts.movies.reviews Nathaniel R. Atcheson + 8/10 80
rec.arts.movies.reviews Scott Renshaw + 8/10 80
Cranky Critic Chuck Schwartz + 8/10 80
Fotograma.com Ricardo Azaretto 8/10 80
Apollo Guide Dan Jardine + 79/100 79
TV Guide's Movie Guide Maitland McDonagh + 4/5 78
NUVO Newsweekly Edward Johnson-Ott + 4/5 78
Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten + 4/5 78
Sun Newspapers of Cleveland Stan Urankar 4/5 78
In Film Australia / Killer Movies Luke Buckmaster 4/5 78
iofilm.co.uk The Wolf 4/5 78
eFilmCritic.com Ryan Arthur + 3/5 56
Men on Film Michael J. Legeros + B 75
Soundwaves Cinema Dennis Willis B 75
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) Judith Egerton + 3/4 75
Reel.com Rod Armstrong 3/4 75
James Berardinelli's ReelViews James Berardinelli + 3/4 75
rec.arts.movies.reviews David N. Butterworth + 3/4 75
Chad Polenz Chad Polenz + 3/4 75
San Francisco Examiner Barbara Shulgasser + 3/4 75
eye WEEKLY Tom Lyons 3/4 75
Cinematter Madeleine Williams + 3/4 75
CinemaZone.dk + 4/6 67
New York Times Janet Maslin + 3.5/5 67
rec.arts.movies.reviews Joe Barlow + 3.5/5 67
rec.arts.movies.reviews Michael Dequina + 3.5/5 67
The Man Who Viewed Too Much Mike D'Angelo B- 67
Q Network Film Desk James Kendrick + 2.5/4 63
Portland Oregonian + 2.5/4 63
rec.arts.movies.reviews Murali Krishnan - 2.5/4 63
rec.arts.movies.reviews Philippe St-Germain - 2.5/4 63
Jamie Peck's Reel Deal Jamie Peck + 6/10 60
Screen It! Jim Judy 6/10 60
Ozus' World Movie Reviews Dennis Schwartz - C+ 59
Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus Bryant Frazer - C+ 59
Mr. Cranky Rates the Movies Mr. Cranky + 3/5 56
Toronto Sun / Jam! Movies Liz Braun + 3/5 56
Boxoffice Magazine Cathy Thompson-Georges + 3/5 56
Donlee Brussel + 3/5 56
filmcritic.com Christopher Null + 3/5 56
DVDAuthority.com Matt Brighton 3/5 56
filmsgraded.com Brian Koller - 55/100 55
rec.arts.movies.reviews Susan Granger - 5/10 50
USA Today Mike Clark - 2/4 50
Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt - 2/4 50
Detroit News Susan Stark - 2/4 50
JamesBowman.net James Bowman 2/4 50
Images Crissa-Jean Chappell 2/4 50
Critic Doctor Herb Kane 2/4 50
Nick's Flick Picks Nick Davis - C 50
JoBlo's Movie Emporium JoBlo - 4/10 40
CurrentFilm.com Aaron Beierle - 2/5 34
Nitrate Online Eddie Cockrell - 3/10 30
San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle - 1/4 25

The following review was tabulated, but did not include a "grade":
SourceReview AuthorRT.c
Spirituality and Health Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat +
Mr. Showbiz Kevin Maynard +
Houston Chronicle Jeff Millar +
Washington Post Michael O'Sullivan +
Oregonian +
Entertainment Weekly +
E! Online +
Rolling Stone Peter Travers +
Dallas Morning News +
Minnesota Star Tribune +
Village Voice J. Hoberman +
Film Journal International Ed Kelleher +
Kalamazoo Gazette James Sanford +
Washington Post Stephen Hunter -
Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan -
Chicago Tribune -
CNN Paul Tatara -



The following reviews did not have a number or letter rating, nor were they catalogued by the RottenTomatoes.com website:
SourceReviewerpos/neg
Edinburgh U Film Society Keith H. Brown
reVision Riccardo Ventrella
the safe Terry Brogan
Spinning Image Graeme Clark
Syracuse New Times Bill DeLapp
Salt Lake City Weekly Mary Dickson
Alibi Devin D. O'Leary
Tucson Weekly Stacey Richter
Boston Phoenix Peter Keough
Nashville Scene Noel Murray
Fort Worth Weekly Joe Leydon
Video Reviews With Joan Ellis Joan Ellis
Philadelphia City Paper Cynthia Fuchs
The New Republic Stanley Kauffmann
Watching Movies Rob McKinnon
UTK Daily Beacon Joseph C. Melugin
rec.arts.movies.reviews Jerry Saravia
24 Frames Per Second Kirk Hostetter
Leslie Dunlap City Pages (Minneapolis/St. Paul)
World Socialist Web Site David Walsh
kids-in-mind


Not archived:
Roanoke Times (Virginia), Katherine Reed
Empire Magazine [UK]
Expanded Cinemah (foreign language), http://www.cinemah.com/neardark/index.php3?tit=Amici+e+vicini+-+Your+friends+and+neighbors&anno=1998


Webpage last updated 8 December 2004.


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