Bob Graham

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San Francisco Chronicle
For 234 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 62% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 35% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 1.7 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Bob Graham's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 64
Highest review score: 100 The Corruptor
Lowest review score: 0 The Cell
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 127 out of 234
  2. Mixed: 71 out of 234
  3. Negative: 36 out of 234
234 movie reviews
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 75 Bob Graham
    The Pledge
    Sets off depth charges of the psyche.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 75 Bob Graham
    Catfish in Black Bean Sauce
    A comedy of interracial wariness and misunderstanding marked by a refreshing lack of sappiness.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 50 Bob Graham
    Cats & Dogs
    It is never less than interesting. But who wants interesting from a movie called Cats & Dogs? It needs to grab the audience by the scruff of the neck and shake it.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 75 Bob Graham
    Inspector Gadget
    While it is a spectacle of animatronics, digital graphics and other special effects, the actors are never overwhelmed by them as personalities.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 75 Bob Graham
    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
    Absolutely the best single moment, beautifully presented, comes when the orphaned Harry looks in a mirror and sees his parents there. It is brilliant in its simplicity and very moving.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 75 Bob Graham
    Calle 54
    It is a spellbinding hour and 45 minutes of pure music, Latin jazz to be specific.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 75 Bob Graham
    Serendipity
    Serendipity is a throwback to a more innocent era in American life, 25 days ago.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 50 Bob Graham
    Duets
    Appealing, and ultimately moving.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 100 Bob Graham
    The Talented Mr. Ripley
    This thriller is so expertly -- and perversely -- poised that audience members may find themselves secretly rooting for the duplicitous Ripley.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 50 Bob Graham
    The Monkey's Mask
    Poetry, lesbian sex and murder might be a killer combination if a deadly pace weren't included in the mix.
    • 99 Metascore
    • 100 Bob Graham
    Touch of Evil
    Welles goes for broke in his performance and direction, and the only trick he misses is a tracking shot around his own bulging waistline. [Director's Cut]
    • 62 Metascore
    • 100 Bob Graham
    Happy, Texas
    Anybody with a soft spot for fakers, who either identifies with them or just admires their chutzpah, is going to get a kick out of Happy, Texas.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 50 Bob Graham
    Me, Myself & Irene
    The good ol' Jim Carrey we knew and loved is back, rude, crude and unglued.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 0 Bob Graham
    Pitch Black
    This half-baked sci-fi horror film, filled with jerky, washed-out, highlighted, blurred and toned imagery, is a tiresome experience.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 75 Bob Graham
    Series 7: The Contenders
    This gory parody hits television where it hurts -- and draws blood. It will bring joy to the heart of anyone who hates TV.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 75 Bob Graham
    The Tic Code
    If it seems to have the ingredients of an after-school special, the performances take it to another level. Gut level.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 100 Bob Graham
    The Trials of Henry Kissinger
    Haunting music, the seriousness of the allegations and riveting interviews with Alexander Haig, Christopher Hitchens (whose book inspired the film) and others give "Kissinger" extra drama and urgency.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 75 Bob Graham
    Miss Congeniality
    A mannerless, styleless brute, Bullock's Grace Hart is Eliza Doolittle in sweats.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 50 Bob Graham
    Anna and the King
    Before it runs off track--it does have some spectacular moments.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 75 Bob Graham
    Pi
    It proceeds, weirdly enough, from the truly annoying to the absolutely fascinating.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 100 Bob Graham
    eXistenZ
    Leigh is perfectly cast as the game-pod goddess.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 50 Bob Graham
    Hard Ball
    Hardball works where it counts, on the emotional level.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 75 Bob Graham
    Southpaw
    Totally involving.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 75 Bob Graham
    A Knight's Tale
    More often than not, it's fun.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 75 Bob Graham
    Scary Movie
    The scary thing about this spoof of '90s teen horror movies is how funny it is.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 100 Bob Graham
    The Closet
    Neither a "gay" movie nor a straight one; it is simply a funny one.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 25 Bob Graham
    Gasoline
    Earnest, but a work in progress.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 50 Bob Graham
    Steal This Movie
    Won't work until the film comes out on video.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 50 Bob Graham
    Blow Dry
    At least a half monty.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 100 Bob Graham
    There's Something About Mary
    In the person of Cameron Diaz, Mary is an island of sanity, good-natured humanity and genuine sweetness in an ocean of anarchy. Without her presence, There's Something About Mary would be merely sophomoric and tasteless.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 100 Bob Graham
    Mystery Men
    Maybe it's no mystery how they did it, considering the aggregate comic talent, but this bunch achieves peaks of sublime nuttiness.
    • 21 Metascore
    • 25 Bob Graham
    I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
    It's standard slasher fare but has its moments.
    • 30 Metascore
    • 50 Bob Graham
    Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
    The lowdown on Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, Rob Schneider's first starring role, is that it is. Lowdown, that is.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 50 Bob Graham
    Bangkok Dangerous
    Brothers Oxide and Danny Pang co-directed. What they lack in discipline they make up in razzle-dazzle, even if it sometimes is pointless.
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