Allan Hunter

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For 281 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 67% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 28% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 9.1 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Allan Hunter's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 75
Highest review score: 100 Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell
Lowest review score: 30 Mothers and Daughters
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 238 out of 281
  2. Mixed: 41 out of 281
  3. Negative: 2 out of 281
281 movie reviews
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    • 70 Allan Hunter
    The Last Spy
    When Sichel attempted to write his memoirs, the CIA returned the manuscript with endless suggested redactions. They argued that if a journalist had written the book it would have been considered mere speculation, but with his name attached it would have become confirmation. The Last Spy affords him the privilege of having the final word.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 80 Allan Hunter
    Sebastian
    The fearless lead performance from Ruraridh Mollica really gets under the skin of the complex central figure and should elevate him to rising star status.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 80 Allan Hunter
    Hanging by a Wire
    Hanging By a Wire may have all the urgency of a Hollywood disaster movie from the 1970s, but also incorporates an undercurrent of commentary on the neglect of poor rural communities in Pakistan.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Allan Hunter
    One in a Million
    The bittersweet realities of being a stranger in a strange land create a complex, thought-provoking human interest film.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Allan Hunter
    Bedford Park
    A tentative connection warms to something deeper in a poignant, slow-burn tale of hope and healing.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Allan Hunter
    Mother of Flies
    The result is a polished horror yarn that leads to a satisfying conclusion, and leaves the impression there is more than enough material here for a potential prequel or an extension of Solveig’s story.
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    • 80 Allan Hunter
    Adult Children
    Adult Children develops into a tale of guilty secrets, ulterior motives, honest conversations and sweet vulnerability.
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    • 80 Allan Hunter
    A Sad and Beautiful World
    The result is an appealing, soulful romance with a considerable emotional tug.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Allan Hunter
    Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk
    Farsi’s film now stands as a powerful memorial to someone who was both ordinary and extraordinary.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Allan Hunter
    Saipan
    Even those with little interest in the beautiful game should be entertained by Saipan, a breezily engaging narrative.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Allan Hunter
    My Sunshine
    My Sunshine is a deceptively sweet little heartwarmer that eventually cuts deeper.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 60 Allan Hunter
    The Cut
    An increasingly overwrought approach undermines its better instincts and creates an uneven affair.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 70 Allan Hunter
    Four Letters of Love
    Four Letters is a tale of signs and omens, destiny and divine intervention, cosmic connections and miracle cures in which love conquers every obstacle placed in its path. It has elements of Edna O’Brien’s early writing, and these star-crossed lovers might have appealed to Powell and Pressburger back in the day.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 70 Allan Hunter
    Brick
    More conventional in its later stages, Brick is still a satisfying and watchable audience-pleaser.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Allan Hunter
    No Sleep Till
    In No Sleep Till, it feels as if time is standing still.
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    • 70 Allan Hunter
    Falling Into Place
    A little too long and reliant on a coincidence or two to advance the plot, Falling Into Place still proves a heartfelt tale of thirtysomething love in which the prevailing gloom ultimately leads towards the light.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Allan Hunter
    Meeting with Pol Pot
    The thriller-like intrigue in Meeting With Pol Pot is sustained by tension around whether the title event will ever actually happen and, ultimately, whether any of the trio will make it out alive.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Allan Hunter
    The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo
    Love is a constant saving grace in The Mysterious Gaze Of The Flamingo. Diego Cespedes’s striking debut feature blends together a heady mixture of melodrama, western and coming of age tale to create an imaginative, indignant AIDS-era story.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Allan Hunter
    Ghost Trail
    While the thriller element remains compelling, it is ultimately eclipsed by the gripping focus on a man haunted by the past.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Allan Hunter
    That They May Face the Rising Sun
    The story of a couple finding their best life in the rural Ireland of the 1980s is beautifully realised and quietly beguiling.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 60 Allan Hunter
    Atropia
    Hailey Gates’ ambitious debut feature Atropia is full of comic potential that is never quite realised. The mixture of war games satire, deadpan farce and sweet romance provides amusement along the way without cutting as deep as it sometimes promises.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 90 Allan Hunter
    Seeds
    Seeds is a sweet, meditative elegy for a way of life that is fast disappearing.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Allan Hunter
    Coexistence, My Ass!
    Sharp-witted, sympathetic and illuminating, Coexistence, My Ass! successfully runs the gamut from hilarity to heartbreak.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 80 Allan Hunter
    Two Women
    Its reflections on modern relationships are engagingly comical, cynical and ultimately tender.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Allan Hunter
    Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore
    On the surface, Not Alone Anymore is a solid, sweet-natured celebration of a unique artist, but it gradually provides a deeper perspective.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 60 Allan Hunter
    Lurker
    Lurker is sometimes a little too on the mark.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 80 Allan Hunter
    The Dating Game
    The Dating Game is sustained by the humanity that Du Feng finds in each of the individuals we come to know and understand a little better.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Allan Hunter
    All That's Left of You
    Lacking nuance in its early stages, it matures into a more considered, moving tale that effectively blends the personal and the political.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Allan Hunter
    Predators
    Predators may not find all the answers, but it offers a thought-provoking exploration of the questions and should attract audiences fascinated by the morality of the media and the complexities of crime and punishment.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 90 Allan Hunter
    Bread & Roses
    Bread And Roses conveys the full nightmare of what has happened to women in Afghanistan, but it becomes a celebration of resistance rather than a lament for what has been lost.
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