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
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    • 50 Metascore
    • 100 Bob Graham
    Planet of the Apes
    The new Planet of the Apes is not a remake, and it's not a sequel. It is an amazing display of imagination.
    • 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.
    • 28 Metascore
    • 50 Bob Graham
    Passion of Mind
    At its most interesting, and a bit frightening, when Moore starts to get a little loony. Too bad they didn't follow through and make this more of a psychological thriller than a melodrama.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 100 Bob Graham
    Bringing Out the Dead
    Potentially oppressive subject matter is redeemed by impeccable moral integrity and stunning artistry.
    • 97 Metascore
    • 100 Bob Graham
    Ran
    In Ran, the horrors of life are transformed by art into beauty. It is finally so moving that the only appropriate response is silence.
    • 30 Metascore
    • 50 Bob Graham
    Dude, Where's My Car?
    Don't tell Mom, but everybody seems stoned.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 75 Bob Graham
    Magnolia
    At times, Anderson may be too brilliant for his own good, and there is a risk that viewers will tire of the director's relentlessly prowling camera.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 100 Bob Graham
    Buffalo '66
    All bets are off. For my money, Vincent Gallo wins the Triple Crown of indie filmmaking -- for writing, directing and starring in Buffalo '66.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 50 Bob Graham
    Beautiful People
    For a bighearted effort like this one, some patience on the audience's part is not too much to ask. Go ahead. Take a chance.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 50 Bob Graham
    Cure
    It's more psychological than a genre movie, and that is the source of both its greatest interest and its biggest problem.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 50 Bob Graham
    Cruel Intentions
    It is maliciously entertaining, up to a point.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 25 Bob Graham
    Ghosts of Mars
    A tired and dispiriting affair that takes forever to get going.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 75 Bob Graham
    The Life of Jesus
    It is described as about a guy who came back to life, and clearly one of Dumont's aims in The Life of Jesus is to express a spirit of charity for flawed humanity amid the rhythms of ordinary life.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 75 Bob Graham
    Perfect Blue
    Perfect Blue manages, through animation, to take the thriller, media fascination, psychological insight and pop culture and stand them all on their heads.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 50 Bob Graham
    Just Visiting
    Amusing enough.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 50 Bob Graham
    Dr. Dolittle 2
    It is the Eddie Murphy movie where Eddie Murphy has next to nothing to do. Do little says it all.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 100 Bob Graham
    Titan A.E.
    It is impossible to take your eyes off the screen.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 100 Bob Graham
    Me You Them
    Needs to be seen and savored.
    • 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.
    • 7 Metascore
    • 0 Bob Graham
    Screwed
    Gives stupid, vulgar comedy a bad name.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 75 Bob Graham
    The Shipping News
    It's hardly possible to overstate what a welcome change of pace The Shipping News is for admirers of Kevin Spacey.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 75 Bob Graham
    Sugar Town
    Isn't vicious. It's just cheerfully mocking as it courses the canyons and flatlands of Los Angeles.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 100 Bob Graham
    Iron Monkey
    Where it really counts, though, it's the same good old comic action fantasy.
    • 29 Metascore
    • 50 Bob Graham
    Driven
    Even if his (Stallone) own star may be fading, the popularity of car racing is enormous. These fans are not likely to be disappointed by Driven.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 50 Bob Graham
    Jeepers Creepers
    The first half-hour of this movie is sensational, creating an atmosphere of dread that any horror master would envy.
    • 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.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 100 Bob Graham
    Kiss of the Spider Woman
    Don't be too quick to jump on Hurt with complaints of old-fashioned gay stereotyping. Only with a development well into the movie will the audience realize the layers he brought to Molina's role-playing.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 75 Bob Graham
    Love & Basketball
    Love and basketball -- if you like either one, here is a movie for you.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 75 Bob Graham
    Blast from the Past
    It would be nice to say that Blast From the Past is, but it ain't exactly. Half-blast is more like it.
    • 92 Metascore
    • 100 Bob Graham
    Frenzy
    This Alfred Hitchcock film on his familiar theme of the wrongly accused man is outstanding in every respect. [19 Sep 1999, p.52]
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