Alissa Simon

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Variety
For 88 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 54% higher than the average critic
  • 10% same as the average critic
  • 36% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 6.4 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Alissa Simon's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 72
Highest review score: 100 Rocks in My Pockets
Lowest review score: 30 Euphoria
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 71 out of 88
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 88
  3. Negative: 3 out of 88
88 movie reviews
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Alissa Simon
    Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me
    Glen Campbell … I’ll Be Me blends intimate and unflinching medical details, poignant performance footage and a survey of its subject’s place in musical history through well-chosen archival footage and interviews with other iconic performers.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Alissa Simon
    The Girl Without Hands
    Each shimmering frame is composed of multiple layers of diverse drawing and painting techniques and washes of color combined with 2D computer animation.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Alissa Simon
    The Twentieth Century
    The more familiar one is with Canadian history, the funnier it is. But even without prior knowledge of our neighbor to the north, it can be enjoyed for its combination of supreme creativity, jaw-dropping audacity and amusing tongue-in-cheek dialogue.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Alissa Simon
    1945
    The gripping period drama offers a fresh, intelligent cinematic approach to a difficult topic.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Alissa Simon
    Tu Dors Nicole
    The actors, some of whom have worked with Lafleur before, are entirely in tune with his intentions and display a beguiling chemistry.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Alissa Simon
    Image of Victory
    Its consideration of how storytelling and visual images can be weaponized makes it a tale with great resonance for these times.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Alissa Simon
    Tiger Stripes
    From the exuberant credits and opening sequence through to the end, Tiger Stripes is the work of a confident new talent whose next work will be eagerly awaited.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Alissa Simon
    Smuggling Hendrix
    [A] delightful, droll, and intelligent comedy, which captures the absurdity and tragedy of a complicated political situation with a consistently light touch.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Alissa Simon
    Drowning Dry
    Audiences open to a different sort of world cinema that repays careful attention should find it a stimulating and imaginative work.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 80 Alissa Simon
    The Man Who Sold His Skin
    An audacious but not always palatable mix of drama, tragedy, romance, satire and dark humor.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Alissa Simon
    A Man of Integrity
    A Man of Integrity is a tense, enraging drama about corruption and injustice, set in a small village.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Alissa Simon
    Golden Voices
    [A] neatly observed, rueful Israeli dramedy.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Alissa Simon
    Window Horses
    Director-writer-animator Ann Marie Fleming creates an entertaining, educational, and poignant tale about identify and imagination that is filled with stories and poetry.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Alissa Simon
    The Women's Balcony
    Offering solid, middle-brow entertainment that borrows from Aristophanes’ “Lysistrata,” the film shows the relationships and tensions between different groups within Orthodox Judaism in Jerusalem, and provides a cautionary (and universally understandable) tale about religious fundamentalism.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 70 Alissa Simon
    The Almost Man
    A slender but polished dramedy.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Alissa Simon
    Ice Mother
    For the first time, older characters are at the heart of a Sláma film, and Kronerová and Nový repay the helmer-writer with warm, dignified turns that require both soul- and flesh-baring.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 70 Alissa Simon
    That Sugar Film
    Fast-paced, entertaining and informative.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Alissa Simon
    Border
    An exciting, intelligent mix of romance, Nordic noir, social realism, and supernatural horror that defies and subverts genre conventions.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 70 Alissa Simon
    My Happy Family
    Providing certain vivid detail but rather lacking in vitality, Ekvtimishvili’s screenplay is stronger on sociology than drama.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Alissa Simon
    Incitement
    While Incitement is a compelling watch, with archival footage neatly woven in, and offers a salutary warning about how easily democracies are endangered, this psychological profile of a political assassin nevertheless falls into a kind of moral trap.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Alissa Simon
    Moon
    While the multiple ellipses may annoy the more narratively-driven viewer, others will thrill to the mood Ayub creates and the way she plays with audience expectations.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Alissa Simon
    Twilight's Kiss
    Strong performances by veterans Tai Bo and Ben Yuen make the protagonists’ struggle concrete and affecting.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 70 Alissa Simon
    The Quest of Alain Ducasse
    Gorgeously shot for the big screen by multihyphenate Gilles de Maistre, it thoughtfully explores what makes the globe-trotting chef-businessman tick.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Alissa Simon
    Bye Bye Tiberias
    If there is any one takeaway from the film, it’s the importance of family attachments and the succor they provide.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Alissa Simon
    The Tenth Man
    This is the sort of quiet, well-observed comedy that is characteristic of Burman’s oeuvre, and it’s in ample supply here.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 70 Alissa Simon
    Ramen Heads
    Ramen Heads may be a tad lacking in visual excitement, but it succeeds in imparting the ineffable appeal of Japan’s national dish.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 70 Alissa Simon
    Metro Manila
    The screenplay (co-written with Hollywood scribe Frank E. Flowers) boasts the stock characters and situations, sentimentality, foreshadowing and melodrama of soap opera. Yet by cleverly blending these ingredients with those of an action caper, the pic presents a fresher appeal.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Alissa Simon
    Confessions of a Good Samaritan
    Despite being a tad too long and a trifle repetitive, the documentary essay “Confessions of a Good Samaritan” from American helmer Penny Lane is a thought-provoking personal investigation into a subject rarely examined: the nature of altruism.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Alissa Simon
    Wolf and Sheep
    More compelling on a visual level than a narrative one.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 70 Alissa Simon
    Blizzard of Souls
    With its muscular direction by former documentarian Dzintars Dreibergs, atmospheric cinematography and careful attention to period detail, this account of a troop of Latvian Riflemen fighting first for the Russian Imperial Army against invading German forces and then for an independent Latvia should appeal to WWI buffs and fans of Sam Mendes’ “1917.”
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