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Matinee (1993) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Matinee (1993) a score of 2.9668 out of 4

based on (25) reviews

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Excellent

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Very Good

(17)

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(2)

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Rolling Stone

ohn Goodman is ideally cast as B-movie fright king Lawrence Woolsey, a character inspired by William Castle, who lured audiences to his black-and-white cheapies in the Fifties and Sixties with gimmicks that included wiring seats for shocks. Director Joe...read the complete Matinee (1993) review at Rolling Stone

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Filmtracks (Christian Clemmensen)

In these regards, the score is far less entertaining in a comedy or action sense than other Dante/Goldsmith pairings spanning from Gremlins to Looney Tunes: Back in Action (nine films total). Goldsmith's themes follow the route of...read the complete Matinee (1993) review at Filmtracks (Christian Clemmensen)

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Washington Post (Rita Kempley)

Director Joe Dante, best known for pureed Gremlins, concocts an entirely benevolent monster mash in the imaginative "Matinee." In this funny, philosophical salute to B-movies and the B-moguls who made them, Dante looks back fondly on growing up with the...read the complete Matinee (1993) review at Washington Post (Rita Kempley)