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{{short description|American film critic (born 1943 or 1944)}}{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2021}}{{Use American English|date=May 2022}}

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| birth_name = Peter Joseph Travers| birth_place = | nationality = AmericanManhattan College (Bachelor of Arts)>New York University (MA)}}Journalist|film critic}}| years_active = 1970–present{{marriage1967{{marriage1980}}}}| children = 3}}Peter Joseph Travers (born {{birth based on age as of date|43|1987|12|21|noage=yes}})WEB,weblink Picks and Pans Review: Lollipop Dragon: The Great Christmas Race, 1987-12-21, People (magazine), People, 2022-05-05, Peter Travers, 43, agrees: 'I couldn't stand it.', NEWS, 1980-09-28, P.J. Travers Weds Robyn Lee Reeves, 68, The New York Times, is an American film critic, journalist, and television presenter. He reviews films for ABC News and previously served as a movie critic for People and Rolling Stone. Travers also hosts the film interview program Popcorn with Peter Travers for ABC News.

Early life and education

Travers grew up in Yonkers, New York, the only child of Howard and Ruth Travers.MAGAZINE,weblink Movie Love in the Time of the Coronavirus, Travers, Peter, 2020-03-31, Rolling Stone, Penske Media Corporation, 2022-05-05, NEWS, 1974-11-20, He Provides Background on 'Exorcist', 7, The Journal News, The Herald Statesman, Yonkers, New York, He received a BA degree from Manhattan College in 1965 before graduating from New York University with an MA in English.NEWS, 1965-06-09, 43 Yonkers Men Win Degrees at Riverdale's Manhattan College, 56, The Journal News, The Herald Statesman, Yonkers, New York, NEWS,weblink ABC News, Peter Travers Official Biography, live,weblink June 12, 2018,

Career

According to eFilmCritic.com, Travers is the nation's most "blurbed" film critic.WEB,weblink Criticwatch 2008 - The Whores of the Year, Childress, Erik, eFilmCritic.com, April 3, 2010, Travers' blurbs were being printed in newspapers as early as 1970, when he was a writer for Reader's Digest.NEWS, 1970-12-29, One of the Year's 10 Best!, 57, The New York Daily News, By the mid-1970s, he was a film critic for The Herald Statesman, a Yonkers newspaper.NEWS, Travers, Peter, 1976-11-09, Star of 'Sarah' Visits Westchester, 21, The Journal News, The Herald Statesman, Yonkers, New York, In the 1980s, he wrote for People for four years before joining Rolling Stone in 1989.WEB,weblink New York Film Critics Circle: Peter Travers, New York Film Critics Circle, April 3, 2010,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20060427092614weblink">weblink April 27, 2006, dead, In 2020, he departed Rolling Stone and became the film critic for ABC News.WEB,weblink Exclusive: Peter Travers Exits Rolling Stone after 36 Years as Chief Film Critic, Made Magazine Important in Hollywood: 'It's been a hell of a ride', Friedman, Roger, 2020-09-08, Showbiz 411, 2022-05-05, Travers hosts the New York Film Critics Series, a company that hosts live-streamed screening events and discussions,WEB, NY Film Critics Series,weblink Nyfilmcriticsseries.com, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150402124339weblink">weblink April 2, 2015, as well as the ABC News show Popcorn with Peter Travers, where he interviews actors and directors about the latest projects and their lives.WEB,weblink Popcorn, ABC News, en, January 10, 2019,

Personal life

Travers married Diane Harris of White Plains, New York in 1967; the marriage ended in divorce.NEWS, 1967-07-07, Peter J. Travers, 32, The Journal News, The Herald Statesman, Yonkers, New York, In 1980, Travers married Robyn Lee Reeves, an actress and graduate of Vassar College, in an Episcopalian ceremony. He has three children: Jennifer, David and Alex.WEB,weblink Ruth Travers Obituary, 2006-03-10, Legacy, 2022-05-06,

Preferences

Favorites

In 2010, When asked to rank the best films of the 2000s decade, Travers named:WEB,weblink 10 Best Movies of the Decade, Rolling Stone (magazine), Rolling Stone, December 3, 2010, January 16, 2022, {{div col | colwidth=25em}}

• 1. There Will Be Blood (2007)
• 2. Children of Men (2006)
• 3. Mulholland Drive (2001)
• 4. A History of Violence (2005)
• 5. No Country for Old Men (2007)
• 6. The Incredibles (2004)
• 7. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
• 8. The Departed (2006)
• 9. Mystic River (2003)
• 10. The Lord of the Rings (2001–2003)

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Best of the year

Since his career as a film critic from People to Rolling Stone, Travers marked these films the best of the year:{{columns-list|

• 1989 - Do the Right Thing
• 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
• 2001 - Memento (Indie list) (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring) (Hollywood list)MAGAZINE, Travers, Peter, 2001-12-27, The Best of 2001,weblink 2022-11-24, Rolling Stone, en-US,
• 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
• 2010 - The Social Network
• 2011 - Drive
• 2012 - The Master
• 2013 - 12 Years a Slave
• 2014 - Boyhood
• 2015 - Spotlight
• 2016 - La La Land
• 2017 - Dunkirk
• 2018 - Roma
• 2019 - The Irishman
• 2020 - Da 5 Bloods
• 2021 - The Power of the Dog
• 2022 - Everything Everywhere All at Once
• 2023 - Killers of the Flower Moon and OppenheimerNEWS, Travers, Peter, Review: The 10 best movies of 2023,weblink December 26, 2023, December 26, 2023, ABC News, }}

References

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External links

• Peter Travers at Good Morning America

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