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 1.8 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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    • 37 Metascore
    • 75 Bob Graham
    Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles
    The no-sweat clunkiness of the detective plot becomes kind of charming.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 75 Bob Graham
    The Cider House Rules
    Has that Dickensian spirit wherein simple acts of kindness can bring an audience close to tears.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 75 Bob Graham
    Water Drops on Burning Rocks
    This nasty, provocative comedy comes from a play by Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 75 Bob Graham
    Rules of Engagement
    But the single most compelling performance may belong to Australian actor Guy Pearce.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 75 Bob Graham
    The Dish
    A quirky character study of the four-man team, led by Sam Neill as the crew leader who seems surrounded by an aura of sadness but is so dedicated that he's not above lying to Houston to buy time when something goes wrong.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 75 Bob Graham
    Shallow Hal
    The belly laughs finally start to come --legitimately.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 75 Bob Graham
    The X Files
    Neither true believers nor newcomers to the phenomenon will be disappointed.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 75 Bob Graham
    For Love of the Game
    It is impossible to think of anyone but Costner in this role. His commitment and sincerity are never in doubt.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 75 Bob Graham
    Kingdom Come
    Most of the right laughs in most of the right places and some unexpected ones thrown in.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 75 Bob Graham
    Kadosh
    Slowly unfolding but liberating film, which is also a rare look inside a circumscribed community.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 75 Bob Graham
    X-Men
    This feast of fantasy is worth it.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 75 Bob Graham
    Chop Suey
    Faye's presence provides an unexpected context for the photographer's circle, where the gay and straight worlds overlap, and adds a delightful dimension to Chop Suey.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 75 Bob Graham
    Return to Paradise
    A potential problem with the movie is that it can be a challenge watching people hand-wringing over moral decisions. But the acting is so good that it makes it worth sticking with during the slow patches.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 75 Bob Graham
    Dark Blue World
    A crackerjack combination of live action, special effects and recycled footage.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 75 Bob Graham
    Slam
    Slam, directed by Marc Levin, is schematic but effective as it makes its points about African Americans caught in the Washington, D.C., criminal justice system. It's got a wonderful eye and, for a film, ear.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 75 Bob Graham
    8 ½ Women
    A surreal comedy about sex that comes as close to charming as Greenaway ever gets.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 75 Bob Graham
    Chunhyangdyun
    Chunhyang is an extravagantly beautiful movie that many viewers are going to love and others are not going to be able to sit still for. That's their problem.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 75 Bob Graham
    Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
    If the dialect is hard to comprehend, that soon becomes part of the joke. It's unlikely that even the British audiences who made Lock, Stock a big hit got it all.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 75 Bob Graham
    Meet the Parents
    It's a kind of "sex, lies and videotape'' in suburbia.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 75 Bob Graham
    The Family Man
    Cage gives a performance that invites audiences to lay cynicism aside in a romantic fable.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 75 Bob Graham
    The Big Kahuna
    The dialogue is loaded with depth charges that take a while to explode beneath the surface.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 75 Bob Graham
    The Contender
    Thoroughly engrossing.
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • 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.
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