Alex McCown

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For 10 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 70% higher than the average critic
  • 0% same as the average critic
  • 30% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 3.7 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Alex McCown's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 62
Highest review score: 75 Nina Forever
Lowest review score: 42 It's So Easy and Other Lies
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
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    • 45 Metascore
    • 67 Alex McCown
    Don't Knock Twice
    The new supernatural horror film Don’t Knock Twice benefits greatly from the direction of Caradog James. He takes a story that almost immediately plunges viewers into an unexplained and messy mythology and, for the better part of an hour, manages to distract from its weaker aspects by implying something far more interesting. Unfortunately, then the third act happens, and the spell is broken.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 75 Alex McCown
    The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
    It’s a testament to the buoyancy of the film that such exhausted, well-trod material can still feel fresh.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 42 Alex McCown
    Antibirth
    Thankfully, what it does have is Natasha Lyonne, who almost singlehandedly keeps this misconceived endeavor afloat, or at least not actively unwatchable.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 67 Alex McCown
    Marauders
    Marauders is like a sophomoric college essay: It’s full of interesting ideas that get bungled in the execution.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 67 Alex McCown
    The Duel
    Blessed with solid supporting character work and several scenes of genuine good fun, the movie manages to make its nearly two-hour run-time pass by easily enough, but not so much so that the seams on this patchwork quilt don’t still show.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 67 Alex McCown
    Genius
    Genius may eventually be a little too comfortable with its own formula (unsurprising, considering its full-throated endorsement of Perkins’ traditionalist mien), but in its early going, it captures a little bit of the magic of artistic creation.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 42 Alex McCown
    It's So Easy and Other Lies
    The film is too much of a cut-and-paste mess to coast by on the charms of its protagonist.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 75 Alex McCown
    Nina Forever
    Despite these uneven moments, the film still serves as a dark and morbid fable about the poor choices people can make in their efforts to prove that they are how they see themselves.
    • 22 Metascore
    • 50 Alex McCown
    Martyrs
    Unfortunately, in goosing the momentum, the creators of the film have lost the soul of what was essential to this horrific tale
    • 73 Metascore
    • 67 Alex McCown
    All Things Must Pass
    If the homilies eventually feel a bit repetitive, the warmth and goodwill generated by the landmark company are conveyed by this earnest and affectionate documentary.

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