Catherine Bray

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Empire, The Guardian, Time Out, Time Out London, Variety
For 101 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 54% higher than the average critic
  • 10% same as the average critic
  • 36% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 1.4 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Catherine Bray's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 64
Highest review score: 100 Anselm
Lowest review score: 40 Madame Web
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 43 out of 101
  2. Mixed: 58 out of 101
  3. Negative: 0 out of 101
101 movie reviews
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    • 60 Catherine Bray
    Little Bites
    What could have been a real contender with a few relatively minor tweaks is still a serviceable morsel for those with the right kind of appetite.
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    • 60 Catherine Bray
    So This Is Christmas
    This is a non-fiction film, but one drawing on a tradition of informing fiction such as A Christmas Carol and It’s a Wonderful Life, in which the viewer’s empathy for the poor and/or deserving and their struggles is given an additional prod by the festive backdrop.
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    • 40 Catherine Bray
    Bloody Axe Wound
    Unfortunately, Bloody Axe Wound doesn’t have quite enough distraction technique, giving the audience far too much time to start wondering how on earth any of this is supposed to hang together.
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    • 40 Catherine Bray
    Sidelined: The QB and Me
    This is a straightforward and edge-free romance for younger teens. The script is laden with examples of what execs will be hoping is authentic Gen Z argot, though lines such as “I am sick and tired of your main character energy” sound like they’ve been plucked from A Handy Guide to Understanding Your Teen.
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    • 60 Catherine Bray
    Between the Lights
    The film is perhaps subtle to a fault. The romance is nicely played and the leads have good chemistry, but it’s also fairly polite and restrained.
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    • 60 Catherine Bray
    Sane Inside Insanity - The Phenomenon of Rocky Horror
    For all its clear-eyed analysis, Andreas Zerr’s film is ultimately a celebration of the mind flips, no-good kids and pelvic thrusts that really drive you insane, made for fans, by a fan.
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    • 40 Catherine Bray
    Killer Whale
    There are a couple of decent plot twists and reveals, but not enough to stop you from checking out until the next bit with the whale comes up.
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    • 40 Catherine Bray
    Hunting Jessica Brok
    The biggest problem with Outgunned though is that it seems to have fallen prey to one of the stupidest of modern issues in cinema: a luxuriously padded run time.
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    • 80 Catherine Bray
    The Ballad of Judas Priest
    If you think The Ballad of Judas Priest, from co-directors and Priest fans Tom Morello and Sam Dunn, is going to be anything other than an ode to everything that’s great about the British headbangers, you’ve got another thing coming.
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    • 40 Catherine Bray
    Play Dead
    The layering of one creepy thing on to another creates a sense of silliness rather than terror, leaving you with the sense that Coco Chanel’s maxim about the perils of over-accessorising – “Before you leave the house, look in the mirror and take one thing off” – also applies to writing and editing horror movies.
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