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SUSAN GRANGER

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Biography: Susan Granger is a product of Hollywood. Her natural father, S. Sylvan Simon, headed production at Columbia Pictures; her adoptive father, Armand Deutsch, produced at MGM. As a child, she appeared in movies with Abbott & Costello, Red Skelton, Lucille Ball, Margaret O'Brien, and Lassie. She attended Mills College, studying journalism with Pierre Salinger, and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. For more than 25 years, Susan has been on radio and television either as an anchorwoman and internationally syndicated movie/drama critic. Her celebrity interviews and articles are published in newspapers and magazines around the world including Redbook, Family Circle, Ladies Home Journal, Playboy, Cosmopolitan, Working Woman, and The New York Times, as well as Paris Match, Cinema Magazine (France), Ici Paris, Tele Sept Jour, L'Officel Homme, Gala (Germany), Set (Brazil), Petra (Germany), Gente (Italy), Eve (Hong Kong), News Limited Newspapers (Australia) and other international publications.

Publications: AWFJ Women on Film, Modamag.com, rec.arts.movies.reviews, SSG Syndicate, www.susangranger.com

Critics' Group: Online Film Critics Society, Broadcast Film Critics Association, New York Film Critics Online

Total Reviews: 1854
Total QuickRatings: 250

Location: USA

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Fresh 8/10	Fresh 96%	A Prophet (2010)	" Engrossing, amoral prison thriller and socio-political commentary." — SSG Syndicate Posted Mar 19, 2010
Rotten 5/10	Rotten 53%	Green Zone (2010)	" A dumbed-down political thriller that interweaves fact with fiction, tempting cynical wags to dub it "Bourne in Iraq."" — SSG Syndicate Posted Mar 12, 2010
Rotten 5/10	Rotten 16%	Our Family Wedding (2010)	" Sweetly amiable yet hackneyed, filled with contrived coincidence and cliche-laden bickering." — SSG Syndicate Posted Mar 12, 2010
Rotten 6/10	Rotten 27%	Remember Me (2010)	" Romantic, angst-ridden melodrama, aimed specifically at Pattinson's young female fans." — SSG Syndicate Posted Mar 12, 2010
Fresh 9/10	Fresh 89%	The Secret of Kells (2009)	" Melding history and mythology with faith, it's an Irish treat." — SSG Syndicate Posted Mar 8, 2010
Rotten 6/10	Rotten 40%	Brooklyn's Finest (2010)	" Bleak, brutal, pretentious, over-agitated and only somwhat suspenseful." — SSG Syndicate Posted Mar 7, 2010
Fresh 9/10	Fresh 82%	Ghost Writer (2010)	" Sleek and sophisticated, evoking memories of Hitchcock. It's an elegant remainder of what a great director Roman Polanski was - and is." — SSG Syndicate Posted Mar 6, 2010
Fresh 7/10	Rotten 52%	Alice in Wonderland (2010)	" Visually fascinating yet perturbing and scary, it's not a very young children's movie, despite the PG rating." — SSG Syndicate Posted Mar 4, 2010
Rotten 2/10	Rotten 19%	Cop Out (2010)	" Well, at least you can't accuse them of deceptive advertising: this grossed-out action comedy is, indeed, a cop out - in every sense of the word." — SSG Syndicate Posted Feb 28, 2010
Rotten 6/10	Fresh 72%	The Crazies (2010)	" A spooky, suspenseful, scary gorefest - but you expect that, don't you?" — SSG Syndicate Posted Feb 27, 2010
Fresh 8/10	Fresh 67%	Shutter Island (2010)	" Disturbingly, deliberately deceptive, it's layered with labyrinthine medical, legal, historical and political issues." — SSG Syndicate Posted Feb 19, 2010
Fresh 7/10	Rotten 51%	Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)	" An imaginative, if simplistic, visit to classical Greek mythology, an archetypal quest by a lad with paternal issues." — SSG Syndicate Posted Feb 16, 2010
Rotten 4/10	Rotten 18%	Valentine's Day (2010)	" More geared to celebrity-spotting than cinematic storytelling, it's fluffy and flimsy." — SSG Syndicate Posted Feb 14, 2010
Rotten 6/10	Rotten 32%	The Wolfman (2010)	" Snarling and savage, yet ultimately silly. Where are those silver bullets when you need them?" — SSG Syndicate Posted Feb 11, 2010
Rotten 6/10	Rotten 27%	Dear John (2010)	" Sudsy and syrupy, too often crossing the thin, star-crossed line between sentimentality and schmaltzy." — SSG Syndicate Posted Feb 6, 2010
Rotten 4/10	Rotten 35%	From Paris With Love (2010)	" Bullet-riddled and forgettable, it's filled with bloody violence and an astonishingly high corpse count." — SSG Syndicate Posted Feb 5, 2010
Rotten 3/10	Rotten 17%	When in Rome (2010)	" Be very wary of a movie poster that features a winsome blonde biting her pinkie. That's the primary lesson learned from this wretched rom-com in which cutsey nail-nibbling is supposed to be seductive." — SSG Syndicate Posted Feb 3, 2010
Rotten 6/10	Rotten 55%	Edge of Darkness (2010)	" After a solid, sensitive first-half, it disintegrates into standard-order, often senseless and inconsistent action, centering on maniacal Mad Mel." — SSG Syndicate Posted Jan 30, 2010
Rotten 4/10	Rotten 15%	The Tooth Fairy (2010)	" Flimsy and forced, so keep flossing and wait for the dvd." — SSG Syndicate Posted Jan 23, 2010
Rotten 5/10	Rotten 28%	Extraordinary Measures (2010)	" Formulaic TV-disease-of-the-week fare except in its revelations about how medical research is conducted and financed." — SSG Syndicate Posted Jan 23, 2010
Rotten 3/10	Rotten 11%	The Spy Next Door (2010)	" Tedious and tiresome, it's not surprising that the gag reel over the concluding credits is funnier than the 90 minutes that preceded it." — SSG Syndicate Posted Jan 18, 2010
Rotten 6/10	Rotten 45%	The Book of Eli (2010)	" Drab and solemn, it's yet another post-apocalyptic drama, delivering bloodshed that's punctuated by poetic psalms." — SSG Syndicate Posted Jan 17, 2010
Fresh 6/10	Rotten 28%	Loss of a Teardrop Diamond (2009)	" While it captures the Southern Gothic atmosphere, it's sketchy and studied, best geared to Tennessee Williams aficionados." — SSG Syndicate Posted Jan 10, 2010
Rotten 5/10	Fresh 67%	Daybreakers (2010)	" Surrounded by cannibalistic gore, Ethan Hawke and Willem Dafoe line up to drink some valuable box-office blood...call it 'From Here to Vampurity'." — SSG Syndicate Posted Jan 9, 2010
Rotten 5/10	Rotten 46%	Creation (2010)	" Self-conscious and flawed, it's a bleak, pedestrian melodrama insearch of a dramatic fulcrum." — SSG Syndicate Posted Jan 8, 2010
Fresh 7/10	Fresh 76%	That Evening Sun (2009)	" Giving one of the best performances of his career, veteran actor Hal Holbrook gracefully epitomizes the cantankerous curmudgeon in this richly complex human drama." — SSG Syndicate Posted Jan 8, 2010
Fresh 8/10	Fresh 83%	The White Ribbon (2009)	" Intense and enigmatic, it raises provocative issues abut rigid discipline and the abuse of power." — SSG Syndicate Posted Jan 6, 2010
Rotten 5/10	Rotten 21%	Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009)	" Fractious, family-friendly and funky, it's nevertheless cutsey charmless. Expect an inevitable Threequel." — SSG Syndicate Posted Dec 27, 2009
Fresh 7/10	Fresh 69%	Sherlock Holmes (2009)	" This 21st century re-imagining of Scotland Yard's supersleuth is less Arthur Conan Doyle and more Guy Ritchie. It's elementary that some "game's afoot."" — SSG Syndicate Posted Dec 22, 2009
Rotten 3/10	Rotten 13%	Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009)	" Bland, charmless and witless - trust me, you don't want to hear about the Morgans." — SSG Syndicate Posted Dec 21, 2009
Fresh 7/10	Fresh 66%	The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)	" Dazzling and sumptuous, chronicling a haunting race to redemption." — SSG Syndicate Posted Dec 18, 2009
Fresh 8/10	Rotten 37%	Nine (2009)	" Self-reflective and surreal, it's dazzling yet uneven, as the sumptuous whole adds up to less than a sum of its parts." — SSG Syndicate Posted Dec 17, 2009
Fresh 8/10	Fresh 69%	The Last Station (2009)	" Coping with the consequences of celebrity is the premise of this intriguing art-house melodrama that brings Russian history to life." — SSG Syndicate Posted Dec 13, 2009
Fresh 7/10	Fresh 92%	Crazy Heart (2009)	" Jeff Bridges' performance elevates this morality-tale concept to a level that makes him a viable, but not surprising, Oscar contender." — SSG Syndicate Posted Dec 13, 2009
Fresh 8/10	Fresh 76%	The Young Victoria (2009)	" Although it's somewhat lacking in tumultuous, bodice-ripping intrigue, it's an elegant, entertaining, genteel biopic." — SSG Syndicate Posted Dec 13, 2009
Fresh 7/10	Fresh 85%	A Single Man (2009)	" Sleek, sensitive and soulful, saved from Ford's overtly stylistic, sophisticated elegance by Firth's sly, subtly engaging portrayal." — SSG Syndicate Posted Dec 12, 2009
Fresh 7/10	Rotten 32%	The Lovely Bones (2009)	" A striking, surreal, melancholy meditation, based on Alice Seabold's best-seller." — SSG Syndicate Posted Dec 12, 2009
Fresh 9/10	Rotten 58%	It's Complicated (2009)	" If you're in the mood for a delightful, middle-aged romantic comedy, this is your ticket. It's a glossy holiday confection that's chock full of laughter." — SSG Syndicate Posted Dec 12, 2009
Fresh 10/10	Fresh 82%	Avatar (2009)	" Not since Dorothy's Kansas farmhouse landed in Oz - 70 years ago - and the screen transformed from black-and-white to color - has there been such a magical, revelatory moment as the emergence of the planet Pandora in IMAX 3-D." — SSG Syndicate Posted Dec 12, 2009
Fresh 10/10	Fresh 76%	Invictus (2009)	" With the unwavering assurance of a seasoned veteran at the top of his form, visionary director Clint Eastwood scores again with this brilliant, powerful, compelling underdog story." — SSG Syndicate Posted Dec 10, 2009
Fresh 9/10	Fresh 85%	The Princess and the Frog (2009)	" Spicy and heart-warming, sprinkled with Creole zing and dashes of Dixieland, gospel and zydeco." — SSG Syndicate Posted Dec 6, 2009
Fresh 10/10	Fresh 90%	Up in the Air (2009)	" No other picture captures contemporary angst like this timely, turbulent tale. Without doubt, it's one of the best pictures of the year." — SSG Syndicate Posted Dec 5, 2009
Fresh 7/10	Rotten 45%	Everybody's Fine (2009)	" Poignant, if occasionally schmaltzy - it's a very touching family story, full of humor, heart and wisdom." — SSG Syndicate Posted Dec 1, 2009
Fresh 8/10	Fresh 88%	Red Cliff (2009)	" Spectacular is the most appropriate word to describe this epic historical adventure - it's visually impeccable and impressive." — SSG Syndicate Posted Nov 30, 2009
Rotten 3/10	Rotten 26%	Ninja Assassin (2009)	" An excessively gory, gruesome chopsocky thriller. A bloody bore." — SSG Syndicate Posted Nov 28, 2009
Rotten 2/10	Rotten 6%	Old Dogs (2009)	" Like rancid leftovers, this bland, contrived comedy is a toxic turkey, a buddy/family film gone wrong." — SSG Syndicate Posted Nov 26, 2009
Fresh 8/10	Fresh 75%	The Road (2009)	" Haunting, ominous and evocative, it's a cautionary, cryptic allegory about the indominable hope for survival, even in the face of unfathomable horror." — SSG Syndicate Posted Nov 25, 2009
Fresh 6/10	Fresh 67%	The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009)	" It may be low-key and shallow, but middle-aged angst has never looked lovelier." — SSG Syndicate Posted Nov 25, 2009
Fresh 7/10	Fresh 82%	Me and Orson Welles (2009)	" A spirited coming-of-age story, highlighted by Christian McKay's astounding physical resemblance to Welles and his perceptive, spellbinding impersonation." — SSG Syndicate Posted Nov 24, 2009
Rotten 2/10	Rotten 22%	Planet 51 (2009)	" So trivial and unimaginative that, unless you're desperate for sci-fi diversion for the kids, you should wait for the dvd." — SSG Syndicate Posted Nov 21, 2009

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