Alex Harrison

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For 115 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 42% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 55% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 3.8 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Alex Harrison's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 62
Highest review score: 100 Coraline
Lowest review score: 20 In the Lost Lands
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 53 out of 115
  2. Mixed: 52 out of 115
  3. Negative: 10 out of 115
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    • 58 Metascore
    • 80 Alex Harrison
    Wicked: For Good
    Wicked: For Good does stumble at various points. The much-touted new songs by returning songwriter Stephen Schwartz are superfluous, and there's a laughably regrettable decision near the end involving Jeff Goldblum that only avoids disaster by being very brief. But all the same magic that powered the first film is still at work in this one.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 70 Alex Harrison
    The Running Man
    Edgar Wright and Glen Powell are consummate entertainers, and they made this dystopian Stephen King movie as fun and guilt-free as they could.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 70 Alex Harrison
    Fixed
    Fixed is fun while it lasts, more so than you might expect going in. Its most lasting effect on me might be a longing for more traditional, hand-drawn, 2D animation from our major studios, and anyone who might feel similarly shouldn't let this movie pass them by.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 50 Alex Harrison
    Mountainhead
    The actors inhabit these characters well, but they don't have the benefit of juxtaposition with normality to really put their work in context.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 50 Alex Harrison
    Fountain of Youth
    Ritchie is a prolific action director, and he leans action here, which is fine. When it's not being distractingly stylized, the action is good. But treasure hunt movies have a nerdy side that sometimes feels undervalued by this film.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 40 Alex Harrison
    Rosario
    Rosario stretches the material of a really good short film into an underwhelming feature.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Alex Harrison
    Dreams
    One of Dreams' strengths is that its dramatic devices pair well with its interests.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Alex Harrison
    Mickey 17
    That exquisite balance of art and entertainment is exactly what makes each Bong Joon-ho film a gift to be savored – here's hoping his next one doesn't take quite so long to reach us.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 20 Alex Harrison
    In the Lost Lands
    The script may be the film's rotten foundation, but no one element can take all the blame for its emptiness.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 50 Alex Harrison
    Cleaner
    Cleaner is a pretty good reminder of how fun it can be to watch someone with movie star charisma do a Die Hard.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 60 Alex Harrison
    The Gorge
    While The Gorge is (ironically) fairly shallow, it offers some strikingly designed genre thrills and is powered by two charismatic stars.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Alex Harrison
    Companion
    Companion wants to surprise you, but has no real interest in trying to outsmart you.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 60 Alex Harrison
    Wolf Man
    Garner's performance is the heart of this, and if the movie were told entirely through her eyes, I think you'd have the compelling layer of doubt that the film sometimes seems to want.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Alex Harrison
    Vermiglio
    It's artful, atmospheric, and observant; a slice-of-life film told in a hushed tone. It's dedicated to recreating a specific time and place and dropping us into it. There's a gentle steadiness to the way it moves.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 50 Alex Harrison
    Carry-On
    Egerton's got something in this vein. Cruise-esque exceptionalism, but cut with relatability like he came from the everyday world but clearly wasn't meant to stay there.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 70 Alex Harrison
    The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
    It's a strong, engaging story that showcases some striking animation, and if I am to return to the wider world of Peter Jackson's Middle-earth, this seems to me an ideal way to go about it.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 90 Alex Harrison
    Flow
    Flow makes us think and feel in equal measure.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Alex Harrison
    Christmas Eve in Miller's Point
    What I connected to wins out over what I didn't – I have enjoyed sitting with its ideas, and there are a couple flourishes that will stick with me.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 30 Alex Harrison
    Time Cut
    The film is unable to sustain any tension and is seemingly afraid of its own potential for violence, despite gesturing toward the creative weapon choice that is practically a bar for entry into the slasher genre.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 60 Alex Harrison
    Goodrich
    As a story of parental reckoning, Goodrich lacks the interrogative instinct of something like Sofia Coppola's On the Rocks, and it rushes Grace's catharsis as a result. But as a story of a man's late-stage awakening, it strikes a more resonant chord.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 60 Alex Harrison
    Salem's Lot
    As a vampire movie, Salem's Lot is refreshingly old-school.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 50 Alex Harrison
    Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
    Being halfway between film and TV gives it the weaknesses of both and strengths of neither; trying to straddle the real with the mythic gives us characters that mostly feel too representative to connect with as individuals, and too individual to make compelling representatives.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 70 Alex Harrison
    Joker: Folie à Deux
    Joker: Folie à Deux is not always fully thought through. This is why the original was often misread in the first place. This film is full of quality craftwork, performances, and images. There's much here to appreciate, especially visually, and I enjoyed my time with it. But I'd recommend not asking much more of it than that.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Alex Harrison
    Queer
    It's as rewarding as it is challenging.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Alex Harrison
    The Room Next Door
    The Spanish director's fingerprint is there, undoubtedly. But the movie feels strangely incomplete, as if made with one hand tied behind his back.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 100 Alex Harrison
    The Brutalist
    The Brutalist is a colossal achievement, balancing intimacy and scale at every level of craft. At 3 hours, 35 minutes, it asks a lot from its viewers. Every second is well spent.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 80 Alex Harrison
    Wolfs
    Wolfs isn't just funny, it's funny in all the different ways it needs to be.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Alex Harrison
    The Order
    Kurzel's film can be watched at face value, and anyone inclined to like this type of movie will enjoy it. But as it chugs along, it also shows us what hate can look like and what it can do. Like Husk's story, it is a warning, and it leaves us with the chilling sense that the events depicted haven't, or maybe can't, come to an end.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 70 Alex Harrison
    Kill the Jockey
    The cast deserves real credit for that, Biscayart especially. His physical expressiveness is truly extraordinary, and without his performance to transition us to the final act, Kill the Jockey doesn't succeed.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 90 Alex Harrison
    Babygirl
    Truly, all of Babygirl is fascinating to watch. There's such clear perspective in the filmmaking, and even though I've dwelt on Reijn's more thoughtful touches, the defining trait for many might be a wicked sense of humor. Laughter came easy and often for me and the audience I saw it with – sometimes with the characters, sometimes at them, but always with the movie. It's as if we're being reminded that, however serious the themes, this is supposed to be fun. And it is. But be prepared to find yourself grappling with a whole lot more.
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