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
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    • 48 Metascore
    • 25 Bob Graham
    Sugar & Spice
    It means to be knowing and cynical but is just callow.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 75 Bob Graham
    Scary Movie
    The scary thing about this spoof of '90s teen horror movies is how funny it is.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 50 Bob Graham
    Vertical Limit
    The film is well shot and has titillating action without a single persuasive emotion.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 75 Bob Graham
    Shallow Hal
    The belly laughs finally start to come --legitimately.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 50 Bob Graham
    Hard Ball
    Hardball works where it counts, on the emotional level.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 50 Bob Graham
    What Women Want
    The movie's gimmick for airing the contents of a woman's head is not unlike that used for the dogs and tots in those "Look Who's Talking" movies.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 50 Bob Graham
    Brother
    Beat Takeshi fans wouldn't think of missing this one. Moviegoers who hate violence wouldn't be caught dead at it.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 50 Bob Graham
    The Whole Nine Yards
    For quite of few of The Whole Nine Yards, it appears that the most clever thing in the movie is going to be the opening credits, monstrous close-ups of the morning toothbrushing routine.
    • 16 Metascore
    • 50 Bob Graham
    The Mod Squad
    Curiously enough plays like a 90-minute version of the old television show. That's not necessarily bad.
    • 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.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 25 Bob Graham
    Dr. Dolittle
    Runs out of ideas long before the projector runs out of film.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 75 Bob Graham
    Clay Pigeons
    It's got unpredictable plot twists and unexpected laughs coming out of dark corners. The sharp-edged film also looks terrific.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 75 Bob Graham
    Catfish in Black Bean Sauce
    A comedy of interracial wariness and misunderstanding marked by a refreshing lack of sappiness.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 50 Bob Graham
    Life as a House
    Kline, in particular, has the spark and know-how to overcome some awfully belabored writing and situations.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 75 Bob Graham
    Rules of Engagement
    But the single most compelling performance may belong to Australian actor Guy Pearce.
    • 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.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 50 Bob Graham
    Boys Life 3
    The show takes little more than an hour to finish and less than a minute to forget, while politely reminding us not only that gay movies have fallen on hard times but also that they refuse to give up.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 50 Bob Graham
    Brokedown Palace
    The specifics of their predicament are well handled -- being thrown in a Third World prison may be every tourist's nightmare -- even if the movie eventually goes soft and squishy.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 50 Bob Graham
    Love & Sex
    It comes down to a pair of appealing performers in a series of bad-relationship skits.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 63 Bob Graham
    Kikujirô no natsu
    The comic drama is refreshingly anti- sentimental but will break your heart anyway.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 50 Bob Graham
    What Dreams May Come
    Astonishing visualizations of the afterlife are coupled with a drawn-out allegory about communication between the living and the dead that becomes something of a trial to sit through.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 25 Bob Graham
    Gasoline
    Earnest, but a work in progress.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 50 Bob Graham
    The Mexican
    Thank God for James Gandolfini.
    • 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.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 50 Bob Graham
    Instinct
    The warning against actors playing with dogs or children should be expanded to include men in gorilla suits.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 75 Bob Graham
    Miss Congeniality
    A mannerless, styleless brute, Bullock's Grace Hart is Eliza Doolittle in sweats.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 75 Bob Graham
    The Family Man
    Cage gives a performance that invites audiences to lay cynicism aside in a romantic fable.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 88 Bob Graham
    Superstar
    Delivers plenty of laughs and succeeds on a level that recent ``SNL'' movies (``It's Pat!'' and ``A Night at the Roxbury'') didn't.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 75 Bob Graham
    Psycho Beach Party
    If it doesn't always come off, enough headlong energy develops to carry it through.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 75 Bob Graham
    The 13th Warrior
    It falls short where it counts: In the final confrontation.
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