Benjamin Franz

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For 41 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 80% higher than the average critic
  • 14% same as the average critic
  • 6% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 14.2 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Benjamin Franz's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 80
Highest review score: 100 The Banshees of Inisherin
Lowest review score: 40 Borderlands
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 40 out of 41
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 41
  3. Negative: 0 out of 41
41 movie reviews
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    • 88 Metascore
    • 95 Benjamin Franz
    Poor Things
    A true cinematic gem.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Benjamin Franz
    Our Father, the Devil
    Our Father, The Devil is a deeply suspenseful and insightful film.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 100 Benjamin Franz
    The Banshees of Inisherin
    The Banshees of Inisherin is a magnificent film telling a great, compelling story.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Benjamin Franz
    Chess Story
    Chess Story is a subtle, soft-spoken killer of a film. It’s absolutely worth your time if you like World War II-era dramas. Seek it out.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Benjamin Franz
    To Kill a Wolf
    To Kill A Wolf is a somber, moving, and deeply tragic film.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 90 Benjamin Franz
    Cane Fire
    Cane Fire is a fascinating documentary, and I would recommend it to any American to watch. We should see what is wrought by claiming an archipelago from the people who actually owned it.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Benjamin Franz
    Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
    Warm Water Under a Red Bridge is a warm, uplifting romance. It plays out the way most Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn romances do. Seek this out if you enjoy a good, kinky, and romantic film. It simply has to be experienced.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 85 Benjamin Franz
    Cinema Sabaya
    Cinema Sabaya is a beautiful model of peaceful coexistence. This is a heartwarming film that should be watched by everyone.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 75 Benjamin Franz
    OBEX
    OBEX is an earnest, strange, and delightful adventure.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 80 Benjamin Franz
    The Equalizer 3
    This is a great hour and 49 minutes of action film.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Benjamin Franz
    In My Mother's Skin
    Seek out In My Mother’s Skin, only if you wish to experience a grim, old-timey fairy tale. This one is guaranteed to give you nightmares.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 85 Benjamin Franz
    Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
    Daley and Goldstein have written and directed a fabulous paean to the granddaddy of Tabletop Role-Playing games that is just so much fun.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Benjamin Franz
    A Compassionate Spy
    In preparing A Compassionate Spy, James seamed together a spellbinding collage concerning the life and times of Ted Hall and his family. It is a wonderful documentary, and I encourage everyone who wants a greater sense of the story of the Atomic Age to check it out.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 90 Benjamin Franz
    Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc
    Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc is a film that demands to be witnessed on the largest possible screen. Preferably at a movie theater. This is that rare cinematic bonbon that will sit in your mind palace long after you’ve watched it.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Benjamin Franz
    My Penguin Friend
    Ultimately, My Penguin Friend is a great film to take your kids to. It is a story about an unshakeable friendship and traversing the roadblocks life puts in your way. It is a life-affirming balm for the soul.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 80 Benjamin Franz
    The Blackening
    While it will not win many (if any) awards, The Blackening is hands down the best time that has been offered up in a movie theater since the Dungeons and Dragons movie last March. This horror comedy plays with genre conventions in a sparkling and vividly delightful way.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 85 Benjamin Franz
    Missing
    A tight, taut mystery with incredible acting, this terrific film explores how our children use social networks. It has definitely opened my eyes to the possibilities of online sleuthing, and I highly recommend this film to anyone.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 70 Benjamin Franz
    Alien: Romulus
    If you’re looking for a good scare, or at least an Alien sequel that is willing to be a sweaty blue-collar fable, seek out Alien: Romulus. This is a very fine flick.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 80 Benjamin Franz
    MaXXXine
    If you’re in the market for a great slasher film or even just a movie about how people used to make movies, seek out MaXXXine. It’s absolutely a great two hours at the theater.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 90 Benjamin Franz
    The Annihilation of Fish
    It’s a most humane and beautiful story.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 80 Benjamin Franz
    The Summer Book
    The Summer Book is a wholesome meditation on the life cycle.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 90 Benjamin Franz
    A Life on the Farm
    The video footage is demented, hysterically funny, and supremely dark. In presenting Carson’s antics and dissecting his style as a presenter, A Life on the Farm provides a horror-tinged giggle fest.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 70 Benjamin Franz
    Sorry/Not Sorry
    This film poignantly captures the hurt feelings of the women subjected to this man’s perversion. It is a sobering experience. Seek it out if you’re intrigued.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 80 Benjamin Franz
    Immaculate
    This is a hard film to watch. If you can stomach it and its terrors, this film rewards you with a cracking good fireside story
    • 61 Metascore
    • 80 Benjamin Franz
    Mr. Burton
    If you’re in the market for a handsome acting biopic, Mr. Burton is a fantastic selection. The travails of a lower-class Welsh kid aspiring to become a classical actor is great and heady drama. This is the sort of thing the British excel at.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 70 Benjamin Franz
    Mean Girls
    Bigger, brassier, and gayer than its predecessor, Mean Girls (2024) is a saccharine overload of cinematic bombast.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 80 Benjamin Franz
    The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
    Seek out The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. It’s deeply mesmerizing and engrossing. You will not be disappointed in this trip to the Districts.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 70 Benjamin Franz
    Onlookers
    Onlookers is a novel exercise in audio and visual presentation. Natural light, loads of wild sound, and the environment of Laos are presented plainly with zero artifices or embellishments. If you’re looking for a new kind of travel film, this is for you.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 80 Benjamin Franz
    Golda
    Ultimately, this drama is an essential piece of cinematic contemplation on the value of war.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 75 Benjamin Franz
    Insidious: The Red Door
    Insidious: The Red Door has some wonderful jump scares, some very creepy sequences, and it gives new terror to the prospect of receiving an MRI. This is an excellent summer horror film, and if you like having the bejesus scared out of you, Insidious: The Red Door will provide about 2 hours of entertainment.
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