Peter Travers Movie Reviews
If you’ve ever been a subscriber of People or Rolling Stone, then chances are you’ve read a few Peter Travers movie reviews. In addition to his work in print, he also serves as the host of Popcorn, an ABC News.com and ABC News Now program featuring celebrity interviews. Known for his straightforward review style that doesn’t put you to sleep with antiquated words, Peter Travers movie reviews are among my favorite to read. And I’m not the only one, as he’s the most blurbed film critic in the nation.
He’s been with Rolling Stone since 1989, joining their staff after four years spent at People magazine. His style is immediately recognizable, with a four-star rating system and reviews usually clocking in at around 500 words. A few examples of his highest-rated movies include:
- Lost in Translation
- Kill Bill
- City of God
- Babel
- Letters from Iwo Jima
- Avatar
On the opposite end of things, the following films have received the lowest rating (zero stars) available from a Peter Travers movie review:
- Norbit
- Bride Wars
- Furry Vengeance
- The Dukes of Hazzard
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
- All About Steve
While Travers seems to hate all things Michael Bay, he is smitten with the following directors, often giving their films superior ratings: Tim Burton, Clint Eastwood, David Lynch, Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, Paul Thomas Anderson, Ang Lee, and the Coen brothers.
Top-Rated Films from Peter Travers
Each year, Peter Travers put out his top 10 best films of the year list. The following details the top movie chosen each year, beginning with his first year at Rolling Stone.
- 1989: Do the Right Thing
- Blue Velvet (selected Best Film of the ‘80s)
- 1990: Goodfellas
- 1991: The Silence of the Lambs
- 1992: The Player
- 1993: Short Cuts
- 1994: Pulp Fiction
- 1995: Get Shorty
- 1996: The People vs. Larry Flynt
- 1997: Titanic
- 1998: The Truman Show
- 1999: American Beauty
- 2000: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Almost Famous
- 2001: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Hollywood List) and Memento (Indiewood List)
- 2002: Gangs of New York
- 2003: Mystic River
- 2004: Sideways
- 2005: A History of Violence
- 2006: The Departed
- 2007: No Country for Old Men
- 2008: Milk
- 2009: Precious
- There Will Be Blood (selected Best Film of the ‘00s)
Peter Travers Movie Reviews
If you’d like to check out some of the most recent Peter Travers movie reviews, just click on any of the following links:
Other recommended links from A1 Movie Reviews:
- The Complete Hollywood Mega Store Review
- Weird Movie Reviews
- Recent Movie Reviews
- Roeper Movie Reviews
- 10 Funny Movie Reviews
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