Alan Scherstuhl

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L.A. Weekly, Village Voice
For 727 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 59% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 38% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 3 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Alan Scherstuhl's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 69
Highest review score: 100 A Bread Factory Part Two: Walk With Me a While
Lowest review score: 0 Saving Lincoln
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 447 out of 727
  2. Mixed: 233 out of 727
  3. Negative: 47 out of 727
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Alan Scherstuhl
    Kill Me Please
    Here adolescent wanderlust, powered by the characters’ persistent and confused arousal, continually edges against comedy and terror. Scariest as an examination of what fascinates us, this debut feature will annoy and alienate many, but it’s the work of a dynamic new talent.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Alan Scherstuhl
    The Witch
    The Witch purports, at times, to confront ignorance and hysteria, but in the end, for horror thrills, Eggers's film sides with the preachers and executioners. It literalizes the fevered terrors of our God-mad ancestors — and then brags that it's all steeped in research.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Alan Scherstuhl
    Night Moves
    That patience of Reichardt's, and her dedication to showing us exclusively the things that we must see, makes the scenes of preparation — boat parking, fertilizer buying — hypnotic and suspenseful and practical all at once.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Alan Scherstuhl
    Under the Tree
    The first scenes are hilarious, all sharp surprises and adeptly staged physical comedy. But then the story turns, the way that milk does, curdling into tragedy.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Alan Scherstuhl
    The Measure of a Man
    A feat of workplace naturalism.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Alan Scherstuhl
    Miss Sharon Jones!
    Kopple's film is intimate and rousing.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Alan Scherstuhl
    Paddington
    The scale of the occasional mayhem is heightened, but its spirit and ingenuity doesn't feel wholly at odds with the books.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Alan Scherstuhl
    Keep On Keepin' On
    It's part Live at Birdland, part Boy in the Plastic Bubble, all warmly thrilling.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Alan Scherstuhl
    A Space Program
    The result is something like the best science-fair project ever, an inviting performance piece that tasks viewers with the pleasurable, imaginative engagement that more seamless special effects deny.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 80 Alan Scherstuhl
    Sweet Bean
    At first the stakes are as light yet rich as Sentaro's pancakes; then come marvelous cine-essays on bean-soaking and paste-prepping, plus — in the film's tragedy-tinged final third — a change-of-seasons montage for the ages.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 80 Alan Scherstuhl
    Beautiful Creatures
    Director Richard LaGravenese, who also adapted the novel, lavishes the material with greater wit than its demographic demands, and the central love story feels warm-blooded—the air prickles between the leads.
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