Bill Goodykoontz

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Arizona Republic
For 1,987 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 65% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 31% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 2.2 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Bill Goodykoontz's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 68
Highest review score: 100 Inside Out
Lowest review score: 20 Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,219 out of 1987
  2. Mixed: 713 out of 1987
  3. Negative: 55 out of 1987
1987 movie reviews
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Bill Goodykoontz
    Together
    This is a crazy movie, in the best possible way. Body horror films have to be willing to get nuts to really work ― “The Substance” knew this, for instance. And Franco and Brie, along with Shanks, fully commit to this.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Bill Goodykoontz
    Captain America: Civil War
    Fun, happily, is one of the many ingredients in copious supply here.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Bill Goodykoontz
    Finding Vivian Maier
    Through dogged research and interviews with the (now-grown) children Maier cared for, along with their parents (including Phil Donahue), a profile emerges, and it's fascinating.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 90 Bill Goodykoontz
    The Square
    A perverse delight, the rare film that makes you feel good about feeling bad (or at least watching others do so).
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Bill Goodykoontz
    X-Men: Days of Future Past
    This is a smart movie, a treat for fans of the comics and the franchise. And it's a lot of fun.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Bill Goodykoontz
    Thoroughbreds
    It’s an expertly directed, slow-burning psychological horror film filled with outstanding performances.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Bill Goodykoontz
    The Bob's Burgers Movie
    The Bob’s Burgers Movie is good. At times it’s really good, with a lot of the charm and humor that makes the show so great.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Bill Goodykoontz
    The LEGO Batman Movie
    In terms of jokes per minute that land, it’s at least the equal of its predecessor.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Bill Goodykoontz
    Trainwreck
    What's nice is how smart the film is. Schumer gives a nod to plenty of other romantic comedies, not to make fun of them but to honor them. Being funny is hard work and she has put in the hours of toil.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Bill Goodykoontz
    Point Blank
    Cavaye is relentless in his quest to entertain, to thrill.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 90 Bill Goodykoontz
    A House of Dynamite
    Bigelow brilliantly builds tension, to the extent that the third version we see is every bit as nerve-wracking as the first if not more so. This is nail-biting stuff, agonizing to sit through.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Bill Goodykoontz
    Omar
    Abu-Assad does a masterful job of showing, in these seemingly hopeless circumstances, the fragility of life.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 90 Bill Goodykoontz
    Frozen
    Frozen is a delightful animated musical, a return to form for Disney animation with an intriguing story and terrific songs.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Bill Goodykoontz
    The Skeleton Twins
    This is a film that deals with suicide, missed chances, depression, infidelity and more. Yet the movie itself isn't depressing, thanks to Hader, Wiig and director and co-writer Craig Johnson.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Bill Goodykoontz
    Terribly Happy
    Terribly Happy must surely be the greatest Danish Western ever made.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 90 Bill Goodykoontz
    Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
    It's a fine line between being gratingly self-conscious and really smart; more times than not, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl comes out on the winning side of that equation.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Bill Goodykoontz
    A Bigger Splash
    There’s a jarring shift in tone and story in the last act, but the performances — particularly towering ones by a way-over-the-top Ralph Fiennes and an under-the-radar Tilda Swinton — perfectly balancing each other, carry the day.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 90 Bill Goodykoontz
    Tabloid
    For much of the movie Morris simply lets the loquacious McKinney talk, and she never, ever stops. And she never disappoints.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Bill Goodykoontz
    Félix And Meira
    Giroux's refusal to pass judgment on his characters prevents us from doing so, and the film is much more powerful for it.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 90 Bill Goodykoontz
    Beastie Boys Story
    The trip through their history is a trip through the 1980s and ’90s, and Diamond and Horowitz offer the unique perspective of people in the middle of it then who are on the outside looking back, knowledgeable observers who know more now than they knew then. And isn’t that the idea?
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