Bradley Gibson

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For 135 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 78% higher than the average critic
  • 9% same as the average critic
  • 13% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 13.1 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Bradley Gibson's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 79
Highest review score: 100 Withnail and I
Lowest review score: 45 Sundown
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 125 out of 135
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 135
  3. Negative: 0 out of 135
135 movie reviews
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    • 51 Metascore
    • 70 Bradley Gibson
    What We Started
    What We Started achieves the directors stated goal of being an impressively comprehensive history of EDM. So much so that the film drags: unless one is a truly deep aficionado, 90 densely packed minutes of info about EDM is too much. It would work better with more music and less detail.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Bradley Gibson
    Dolphin Island
    As family movies aimed at the tween demographic go, Dolphin Island is entertaining enough. The beautiful vistas could be a balm to anyone who’s thinking about the islands but can’t get there.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 70 Bradley Gibson
    Megalopolis
    This is a film that shouldn’t work. It should collapse under its own weight, but somehow, in the end, it all comes together after a fashion, and that’s the magic of Coppola.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 70 Bradley Gibson
    The Mountain
    The film runs long. Director Rick Alverson could have wrapped up this disturbing meditation in less time and still been as effective at painting his precisely beautiful dark image.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Bradley Gibson
    The Departure
    The Departure is an entertaining film on the strength of the performances. If you enjoy “TMZ” style drama, you’ll need to watch until the end… despite the boys not behaving like men.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 70 Bradley Gibson
    The Almond and the Seahorse
    The Almond and the Seahorse is filled with sadness and pain, but there are moments of sunlight and happiness, which is ultimately the most anyone can ask for in this life.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Bradley Gibson
    60 Dates in 6 Months
    Managing expectations is key to enjoying what, at its core, is a heartfelt journey of finding real connection in a fake world. Relax and enjoy how Maureen gets her groove back.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Bradley Gibson
    Back to the Wharf
    For Western audiences, Back to the Wharf is an engaging glimpse of daily life at the intersection of Chinese family culture and government corruption.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 70 Bradley Gibson
    I Was a Simple Man
    Yogi brings us close to Masao’s personal tragedy while at the same time pulling back to see life and death at a cosmic level. The movie delves into the cycle of life and death enough so that that audience members can understand and accept the beauty of the process.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Bradley Gibson
    You Burn Me
    One of the basic tenets of film-making is to show, not tell. You Burn Me wanders outside that guideline by making a show of telling, which is as interestingly meta as Piñeiro’s approach of juxtaposing the interaction of Sappho and Britomartis onto a modern-day tableau.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Bradley Gibson
    Altered Reality
    The film is an intersection between Fatal Attraction and Back to the Future, and if that sounds intriguing, you’re in for a treat.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 70 Bradley Gibson
    Flathead
    The film is described as “docufiction,” meant to present an authentic sketch of working-class Australian life. While we are not always seeing the real events, we are getting the concentrated essence.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Bradley Gibson
    The Coffee Table
    This film is not going to be for everyone, but for those who love horror served with a mean little edge of snarky humor, it’s quite a ride.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 70 Bradley Gibson
    Shooting the Mafia
    The mafia murder images are stomach turning, viewers take note. Letizia talks about her life at great length and some of it is redundant, but she is always charming and inspirational, living as a strong, independent woman in a crushing patriarchy.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Bradley Gibson
    Actual People
    While Actual People is not going to be for everyone, it does preserve a moment in time from Gen Z culture that informs and enlightens.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 70 Bradley Gibson
    Hillbilly Elegy
    The 7 rating is for his movie. Vance himself, in his preachy, condescending book, gets it wrong.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 70 Bradley Gibson
    A Glitch in the Matrix
    A Glitch in the Matrix is timely and full of mystery and wonder, but lingering on descriptions of surreal subjective experience misses the point. This would be a much more interesting movie if it had more focus on the science of simulation theory.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Bradley Gibson
    The Sound of Silence
    The characters are compelling, but I would like to have known more about how Peter came to this place in his life.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Bradley Gibson
    The Day After Halloween
    For an ultra-low-budget Indie horror comedy, The Day After Halloween provides a good share of laughs and jolts.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 70 Bradley Gibson
    Don't Come Back from the Moon
    Bruce Thierry Cheung adapted this story from a novel by Dean Bakopoulos, brilliantly changing the setting from Michigan to the California desert. The film is light on dialog and heavy on brutally beautiful cinematography painting the mood.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Bradley Gibson
    Speed of Life
    Speed of Life reminds us that the art of our idols, the fire, and the passion, survive the artist and that their immortality is you keeping that fire burning.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Bradley Gibson
    Dakota
    For a family film with after-school-special vibes, it lands exactly where it should. Dakota and Alex take center stage with a story and characters that are engaging for kids and make for distracting cinematic “comfort food” for adults.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Bradley Gibson
    Keeping Company
    Keeping Company is a delirious carnival ride at the intersection between rapacious greed and murderous insanity, and definitely worth your uncomfortable laughter.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Bradley Gibson
    Jezebel
    Perrier is an undeniable talent and as a first outing, Jezebel is a powerful statement.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 65 Bradley Gibson
    The Drama
    Despite the flaws in the script, Pattinson and Zendaya deliver their roles beautifully.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 60 Bradley Gibson
    Touch Me Not
    Featuring a mix of fiction and real life, Touch Me Not explores intimacy in an experimental feature film that manages to make sex seem unlikely and tiresome.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 60 Bradley Gibson
    Welcome to the Men's Group
    Films promoting self-improvement are suspect as they are prone to being preachy. To succeed, the filmmaker must create an experience so overwhelmingly entertaining the viewer forgets he/she is being improved upon. This film misses that mark, despite some engaging moments in the attempt.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 60 Bradley Gibson
    The Musical
    Bonilla has directing chops, but she needs to refine them. She does show real potential and is a director to watch as her career proceeds.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 60 Bradley Gibson
    Y Tu Mamá También
    The story is set in real world Mexico, not a cleaned-up movie world simulacrum.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 60 Bradley Gibson
    Lost Holiday
    Call this “Film meh” instead of Film Noir. The only way it could be more pretentious is if it was in black and white. These characters are so unlikeable, you may find yourself hoping Margaret and Henry both get the shit kicked out of them for their arrogance and stupidity.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 60 Bradley Gibson
    Split Lip
    Overall the pace is a little slow and the film is too quiet, but it’s definitely a notch above typical low-budget fare and entertaining to watch.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 60 Bradley Gibson
    June Zero
    Overall, June Zero is a worthy film that follows delayed justice coming to a Nazi war criminal, bringing to the surface events of the post-war that aren’t well known.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 60 Bradley Gibson
    Blush
    There is humor, drama, and sexual indiscretion, with entertaining and sometimes insightful moments, but the themes are so narratively ill-defined that it never gels.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 60 Bradley Gibson
    Europe's New Faces
    Europe’s New Faces is a worthy exercise to pull back the curtain on the experience, but it should perhaps be edited down to 90 minutes or so and include some framing context so we know who and what we are seeing and why the migrants chose to make this trip.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 45 Bradley Gibson
    Sundown
    The performances are understated and quiet, presented in dark cinematography, where most of the action happens in shadow. There are too many characters to keep track of, which dilutes the story, and it’s not always clear what is happening, but in the finale, it all comes down to one key idea about not breaking the rules.
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