The defence The Arthouse Gremlin
“Its refusal to behave is the point.”
The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.
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Tremors 3: Back to Perfection
Comedy · Horror · Science Fiction · 2001
Survivalist Burt Gummer returns home to Perfection, to find that the little town has been shaken up again by morphing, man-eating Graboids.
Movie details
Tremors 3: Back to Perfection
“The Food Chain Just Grew Another Link.”
2001 Comedy · Horror · Science Fiction 1h 44m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
5.8 / 10
Community rating
Survivalist Burt Gummer returns home to Perfection, to find that the little town has been shaken up again by morphing, man-eating Graboids.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Tremors 3: Back to Perfection?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Prestige Tourist
“You like your greatness pre-approved.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Brent Maddock
Written by
John Whelpley · Brent Maddock · S.S. Wilson · Nancy Roberts
Michael Gross
Burt Gummer
Shawn Christian
Desert Jack Sawyer
Susan Chuang
Jodi Chang
Charlotte Stewart
Nancy Sterngood
Ariana Richards
Mindy Sterngood
Tony Genaro
Miguel
Barry Livingston
Dr. Andrew Merliss
Court is in session
Put Tremors 3: Back to Perfection on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Prestige Tourist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.