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Poolhall Junkies (2003)
starring Rick Schroder
Filmed in and set in Salt Lake City, Utah

Articles and Reviews
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Review Roundup:
Scores from Reviews Nationwide Given to "Poolhall Junkies"

Numerical average of these graded scores: 51.1 (out of 100)
  Average score is 2 stars out of 4, or a "C"

RottenTomatoes.com freshness score: 32%
  41 reviews counted: 13 positive; 28 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 #
Reno Gazette-Journal Forrest Hartman + A- 92
MovieEye.com David Litton B+ 84
Movie-Vault.com Mike Murphy 8/10 80
Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert + 3/4 75
Blunt Review Emily Blunt + 3/4 75
Korea Times Fred Hong Joo Jung + B 75
Modamag.com Kage Alan B 75
DVD Verdict Erick Harper 75/100 75
DVDTown.com Hock Guan Teh 7/10 70
CinemaZone.dk Peter Kamph + 4/6 67
Moviehole Clint Morris + 3.5/5 67
Los Angeles Daily News Bob Strauss + 2.5/4 63
Minneapolis Star Tribune Colin Covert + 2.5/4 63
Long Island Press Prairie Miller + 2.5/4 63
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Ed Blank 2.5/4 63
Reel Film Reviews David Nusair + 2.5/4 63
Toronto Life Scott MacDonald - 2.5/4 63
Hollywood.com Stacie Hougland - 2.5/4 63
JoBlo's Movie Emporium Berge Garabedian + 6/10 60
Hollywood Stock Brokerage & Resource Tim Chandler + C+ 59
About.com Rebecca Murray - C+ 59
TV Guide's Movie Guide Maitland McDonagh + 3/5 56
Jam! Movies / Calgary Sun Louis B. Hobson + 3/5 56
Jam! Movies / Toronto Sun Jim Slotek + 3/5 56
iofilm.co.uk Tigerboy 3/5 56
St. Paul Pioneer Press Chris Hewitt + 2/4 50
New York Post Lou Lumenick - 2/4 50
Salt Lake Tribune Sean Means - 2/4 50
Chicago Tribune Robert K. Elder - 2/4 50
Sun Publications (Chicago) Josh Larsen - 2/4 50
ReelMovieCritic.com Shelley Cameron - 2/4 50
CinemaSpeak.com Ryan Kugler - 2/4 50
e! online - C 50
Dog Pile / Malamute, Inc. Conrad Corral 5/10 50
Boxoffice Magazine Jon Alon Walz - 2.5/5 45
eye WEEKLY Adam Nayman - 2.5/5 45
MovieWeb.com Brian Balchack - 2.5/5 45
MovieWeb.com digitallyOBSESSED.com C- 42
The Globe and Mail Jason Anderson - 1.5/4 38
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Barry Paris 1.5/4 38
New York Times A.O. Scott - 2/5 34
Los Angeles Times Manohla Dargis - 2/5 34
Toronto Star Geoff Pevere - 2/5 34
Las Vegas Weekly Josh Bell - 2/5 34
MovieWeb.com Nicholas Schager - 2/5 34
ShowBIZ Data Lew Irwin - 2/5 34
Qwipster's Movie Reviews Vince Leo - 2/5 34
Citysearch Dan Fazio - 3/10 30
Newsday Jan Stuart - 1/4 25
Deseret News Jeff Vice - 1/4 25
Premiere Magazine Jason Matloff - 1/4 25
Film Freak Central Walter Chaw - 1/4 25
Ozus' World Movie Reviews Dennis Schwartz - D 25
EricDSnider.com Eric D. Snider - D 25
DVDTalk.com Jason Janis - 1/5 12



The following reviews did not include a "grade":
SourceReview AuthorRT.c
Slant Magazine Ed Gonzalez +
Ebert & Roeper Richard Roeper -
Film Journal International Daniel Eagan -
Dallas Observer Andy Klein -
San Diego Metropolitan Jean Lowerison -
L.A. Weekly Paul Malcolm -
Village Voice David Ng -
DVDFanatic.com Lisa Zlotnick -



The following reviews have no letter grade, nor were they classified (positive or negative) by RottenTomatoes.com:
SourceReview Authorpos/neg
Ain't It Cool News Harry Knowles positive
Las Vegas Review-Journal Carol Cling positive
CULTcuts.net Craig Hamann


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