Bill White

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
For 178 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 50% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 47% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 3.5 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Bill White's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 62
Highest review score: 100 The Holy Mountain
Lowest review score: 0 Underclassman
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 100 out of 178
  2. Mixed: 57 out of 178
  3. Negative: 21 out of 178
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 100 Bill White
    Shotgun Stories
    An allegory of our times, Shotgun Stories is a tragedy of biblical scale and an intimate family drama. Unlike the more lauded films of last year, which glorified a national preoccupation with bloody deeds, Shotgun Stories is a passionate cry to end the violence and a reminder that we, as free individuals, have the power to determine our own destinies.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 58 Bill White
    Day Watch
    The story is pure gobbledygook.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 67 Bill White
    Macbeth
    Although the film is entertaining, its cleverness is not enough to cover its shortcomings.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 Bill White
    Chicago 10
    Offers compelling footage, but its revisionism can be distracting.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 75 Bill White
    Stuck
    Unlike the worthless torture porn that is destroying the genre, Stuck is a horror movie with a reason for being.
    • 19 Metascore
    • 0 Bill White
    Underclassman
    The inconsistencies and continuity errors are staggering.
    • 28 Metascore
    • 25 Bill White
    Nobel Son
    What finally sinks the film is that the more it tries to dazzle us, the more uninterested we become.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 58 Bill White
    The Pool
    Pleasant viewing, but the unbalanced script and amateur performances keep it from being much more than a walk in the park.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 67 Bill White
    The Band's Visit
    A slight but wise comedy about the loneliness that makes all men brothers.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 100 Bill White
    The Holy Mountain
    So extreme in its sacrilege that it achieves a kind of sacredness, The Holy Mountain is a transcendental feast of the grotesque and the sublime.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 50 Bill White
    Murderball
    As a sports documentary, Murderball is tame and uninvolving. It does however, offer a hard-edged and unsentimental portrait of strong-willed people.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 75 Bill White
    The Orphanage
    In a genre that has been battered by the cheap grotesqueries of special effects, it is a pleasure to be unsettled by something as simple as an invasive beam of light in the shadows of a haunted house.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 50 Bill White
    The Boys of Baraka
    The most interesting moments in the film are the videotapes sent back and forth between the parents and students, as they communicate the sadness of children separated from their distant families.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 83 Bill White
    Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy
    Captures both the spirituality and humanity of monastic life.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 Bill White
    Thumbsucker
    Most disappointing is the ending, which, in projecting the possibility of a saner and more hopeful world, is a bit of a cop-out.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 50 Bill White
    Silk
    Failing to make a lick of rational sense, Silk grasps at poetic straws.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 67 Bill White
    Neil Young: Heart of Gold
    It works as a wistful coda to suggest that the song will go on long after the show is over.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 75 Bill White
    Wild Tigers I Have Known
    Not simply a coming-out story but a journey into the conflicted androgyny of early adolescence.
    • 29 Metascore
    • 25 Bill White
    Undiscovered
    Undiscovered promotes one of the stupidest visions of the entertainment industry since "American Idol" opened the celebrity gateway to the dregs of the karaoke generation.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 25 Bill White
    Jackass Number Two
    There is a point, however, at which the movie becomes simply sickening. Between the electric shocks and hot-iron branding, feats of grossness are accomplished that are so vile even the hardiest among the cast cannot suppress the upchuck.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 83 Bill White
    Hustle & Flow
    Speaks in the raw mumble of the dirty South. A regional film in the truest sense, it does for Memphis what its producer, John Singleton, once did for South Central Los Angeles.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 100 Bill White
    The Puffy Chair
    Ripe with characters and events reflecting the psychic travails of today's young adults.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 100 Bill White
    Time to Leave
    Another worthy performance comes from Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 0 Bill White
    Keeping Up with the Steins
    There is potential for laughs in a satire of rich people spending big money on religious galas, but that is not even the real subject of the picture.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 25 Bill White
    Them
    A gruelingly dull slog through basic horror-movie conventions, should be dumped in the Seine.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 75 Bill White
    Kamikaze Girls
    Fukada captures the stubborn individualism of a girl who embraces an unpopular lifestyle.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 83 Bill White
    Ten Canoes
    A top-flight example of cinematic storytelling, thanks in large part to the unusual narration, spoken in English by David Gulpilil.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 75 Bill White
    Death at a Funeral
    Although set in England with a predominantly British cast, Death at a Funeral is no stiff-upper-lipped comedy, but a lean, mean, and often crude, farce.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 75 Bill White
    Boynton Beach Club
    The movie is funny without disrespecting its characters. But there is a sadness at its heart, because, although the possibilities for romantic happiness diminish after the age of 65, the dynamics of sexual attraction and coupling never change.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 Bill White
    Fear(s) of the Dark
    Despite the cultural and artistic differences among the contributors, the overall production design maintains a unified tone, helped in part by Laurent Perez's eerie soundtrack.
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