Brian Lowry

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For 153 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 46% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 49% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 13 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Brian Lowry's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 53
Highest review score: 100 The Pelican Brief
Lowest review score: 10 Cool World
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 32 out of 153
  2. Mixed: 104 out of 153
  3. Negative: 17 out of 153
153 movie reviews
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    • 67 Metascore
    • 75 Brian Lowry
    Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
    In the parlance of Olympic diving – a good analogy for blockbuster movie-making – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever faced an inordinate degree of difficulty, addressing the tragic death of Chadwick Boseman. That the movie manages to strike that somber chord and still deliver as Marvel-style entertainment represents a major accomplishment, though the tension created by those two forces grinding in different directions can’t entirely be ignored.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 80 Brian Lowry
    The Way I See It
    Simply in terms of presenting a draft of history through his earlier work and scalding commentary via his more recent endeavors, Souza's aim has been true.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 75 Brian Lowry
    No Man of God
    Because profiling and modern criminology were greatly influenced by this period, there is an intellectually stimulating side to all this that No Man of God mines.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Brian Lowry
    Oxygen
    Oxygen won't quite leave you breathless, but it should leave you thinking -- and surprised. For this sort of movie, that's perhaps the most precious fuel of all.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 60 Brian Lowry
    Ray Donovan: The Movie
    Although it's nice to see the show's creative team afforded one final swing, it's too bad they don't knock it out of the park.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Brian Lowry
    World Trade Center
    World Trade Center yields lovely and touching moments but proves a slow-going, arduous movie experience.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 65 Brian Lowry
    Missing
    Missing doesn’t try to reinvent the concept so much as recycle it, and the more the audience is willing to just roll with that, the more they’ll enjoy it. Yet even making that allowance, it should be taken as a cautionary note to any plans for future sequels (or reboots) that this sleuthing-by-computer thriller is already beginning to run in low-power mode.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 65 Brian Lowry
    The Life Ahead
    There's one clear reason to watch The Life Ahead, but for those who appreciate cinematic history, it's a good one: Sophia Loren, still striking at 86, starring in this Italian-language film directed by her son, Edoardo Ponti.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 60 Brian Lowry
    Pamela, a love story
    The result is a humanizing look at a woman often reduced to cartoon caricature, while occasionally feeling too conspicuously like a licensed product.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Brian Lowry
    Mulan
    Mulan is big, sumptuous entertainment. It's good, but not great, transforming the story associated with the 1998 animated musical into a song-free, live-action movie that's more adequate than transcendent -- a perfectly reasonable family-viewing investment that's worth seeing, but not necessarily a must-buy.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 30 Brian Lowry
    You Cannot Kill David Arquette
    Strange and more than a little sad, You Cannot Kill David Arquette -- a documentary about the actor's adventures in wrestling -- derives most of its strength from the discomfort associated with watching it. As the son of a showbiz family, the fact that Arquette is reduced to this cry for attention more than anything reflects the enticing lure of the spotlight.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 60 Brian Lowry
    Cyrano
    Thanks to the cast (which also includes Ben Mendelsohn, near-unrecognizable as the villainous De Guiche), Cyrano is worth seeing, either now or later. But it's a relatively modest addition to the title's storied history, one where the music subtracts at least as much as it adds to the story's inherent poetry.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 30 Brian Lowry
    The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
    The movie simply doesn't deliver -- living hard, selling hard and, before it's over, finally dying hard.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 65 Brian Lowry
    Judy
    Judy is well worth seeing, if not necessarily rushing to a theater to experience, thanks to Zellweger's uncanny ability to replicate Garland's quirks and still locate the humanity and fragility within her.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Brian Lowry
    Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die
    At times the film feels like “Black Mirror” on peyote.
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