Aja Romano

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For 12 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 50% higher than the average critic
  • 0% same as the average critic
  • 50% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 1.1 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Aja Romano's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 67
Highest review score: 100 May December
Lowest review score: 40 Mulan
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
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    • 63 Metascore
    • 50 Aja Romano
    Thanksgiving
    Roth (Hostel) always loves a good gorefest, and this one is no different — but he tends to hover just around the edges of social satire, which in this case seems to leave him unsure how seriously to take his own film.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Aja Romano
    Raya and the Last Dragon
    Raya is a gorgeous, accessible film, with engaging characters, a winning heroine, and sumptuous animation from start to finish. It’s a film you’ll want to look at again and again, and its story will hold up fairly well on repeat viewing.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 60 Aja Romano
    Earwig and the Witch
    There are some moments early on when there are still shots of nature, or slow Ghibli-esque pans across landscapes. But these isolated shots don’t connect to a larger overall mood, characterization, or thematic idea. They feel like pale imitations from a director who knows what Ghibli films do, but not why.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 40 Aja Romano
    Mulan
    For all its screenplay’s threadbare talk about the importance of cultivating deep understanding, Mulan stays superficial and perfunctory. It gets down to business — and little else.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 60 Aja Romano
    Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
    With Hobbs & Shaw, the quirky “James Bond as a fun Disney movie” formula that brought this franchise its legions of fans finally begins to feel tired.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 50 Aja Romano
    Aladdin
    It is frequently quite charming, largely thanks to the efforts of Mena Massoud, who captures Aladdin’s irrepressible charisma every second he’s onscreen. Much of the new story material written for the film works, and it’s enjoyable, if pedestrian, family fare. But the terrible musical sequences, the lackluster CGI, and the strange creative and emotional restraint that permeates the film frequently flatten Disney’s original Aladdin into a cardboard version of itself.

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