Charles Solomon

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Los Angeles Times
For 89 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 33% higher than the average critic
  • 15% same as the average critic
  • 52% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 8.2 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Charles Solomon's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 57
Highest review score: 100 Bambi
Lowest review score: 10 Capture the Flag
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 35 out of 89
  2. Mixed: 43 out of 89
  3. Negative: 11 out of 89
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    • 43 Metascore
    • 70 Charles Solomon
    One Piece Film: Gold
    Viewers unfamiliar with One Piece may find themselves lost in places, as the filmmakers treat the regular characters and their relationships as givens, with no introductions or explanations. Fans will find the outré settings, bizarre characters, over-the-top fights and slapstick comedy they enjoy.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 40 Charles Solomon
    25 April
    Although the filmmakers use the soldiers’ own words, they fail to create believable characters who can engage the audience.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 40 Charles Solomon
    Bilal: A New Breed of Hero
    Much of the dialogue is too literal and undercut by its stolid earnestness, and many of the characters are left underdeveloped.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 30 Charles Solomon
    Blinky Bill: The Movie
    Even the most sophisticated software can’t give characters a sense of weight or a way of moving that suggests their personality. Nor can it create an engaging story. Sadly, director Deane Taylor and his crew fail to provide those elements.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 50 Charles Solomon
    The Little Prince
    Although Mark Osborne’s new CG/stop-motion feature succeeds in bringing the essence of Saint-Exupéry to life in the lovely stop-motion sequences, there are only a few of these delightful moments in an otherwise muddled movie that feels like three films ineptly grafted together.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Charles Solomon
    Phantom Boy
    Like their Oscar-nominated “A Cat in Paris” (2010), Phantom Boy by Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gangol is a modest, engaging film that reminds viewers of the intimate pleasures of drawn animation in an era of CG blockbusters.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 50 Charles Solomon
    Belladonna of Sadness (1973)
    Belladonna of Sadness is an interesting curiosity from the early days of modern anime, but material that may have seemed daring and adult in the era of Disney's “Robin Hood” and “Snoopy, Come Home” looks exploitative and misogynistic 43 years later.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 60 Charles Solomon
    Doukyusei (Classmates)
    The visuals in Doukyusei are more original than the rather standard story.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 10 Charles Solomon
    Bling
    A family film no member of the family will enjoy.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 40 Charles Solomon
    Snowtime!
    Directors Jean-François Pouliot and François Brisson fail to organize the material into a coherent story or strike a consistent emotional tone.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 40 Charles Solomon
    Monster Hunt
    While individual sequences are genuinely entertaining, Monster Hunt remains considerably less than the sum of its many parts.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Charles Solomon
    Almost There
    The film is as lacking in polish and structure as its subject's canvases, which makes it an appropriate tribute to a marginal figure whose dreams of art world and/or Hollywood stardom stubbornly remain "almost there."
    • tbd Metascore
    • 60 Charles Solomon
    Boruto: Naruto the Movie
    No "Naruto" fan will want to miss "Boruto," which suggests a new direction the franchise may take, now that the long-running TV series has finally concluded.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Charles Solomon
    Boy and the World
    Boy & the World is a brightly colored, often charming film that juxtaposes simple, hand-drawn animation with kaleidoscopic computer-generated patterns.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 10 Charles Solomon
    Capture the Flag
    Rarely has outer space seemed so unexciting.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 40 Charles Solomon
    Moomins on the Riviera
    "Riviera" suffers from a weak story with an obvious ending.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 90 Charles Solomon
    The Boy and the Beast
    Hosoda brings emotional depth to what could easily have become a formulaic martial arts saga. Instead, Boy and Beast is a bracing tale of two flawed individuals who find the love and discipline they need to assume their rightful places in their respective worlds.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 60 Charles Solomon
    Karski & the Lords of Humanity
    Although it is often moving, the film is less satisfying than it could be.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 70 Charles Solomon
    Extraordinary Tales
    Like "A Cat in Paris" or "Sita Sings the Blues," Extraordinary Tales reminds viewers that animation can enable an artist to realize an individual vision, even on a limited budget.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 60 Charles Solomon
    Henry & Me
    An increasingly rare example of traditional 2D American animation, Henry & Me is so well-intentioned, you wish the film were better.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 20 Charles Solomon
    The Laws of the Universe Part 0
    A leaden-paced film that only followers of Okawa could enjoy.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 60 Charles Solomon
    Hotel Transylvania 2
    Genndy Tartakovsky is a talented director who knows how to telegraph what an animated character is thinking and doing and how to move a character in ways that suggest personality.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 50 Charles Solomon
    Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
    The audience's response to The Prophet is likely to be determined by their feelings for the original book rather than the eclectic, imaginative visuals.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Charles Solomon
    Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F'
    A slam-bang action-adventure that will have Dragon Ball fans cheering.
    • 20 Metascore
    • 20 Charles Solomon
    The Seventh Dwarf
    The film fails to generate even a shred of suspense or humor as the characters stumble from one forgettable song to the next.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 40 Charles Solomon
    Maya the Bee Movie
    Talky, relentlessly affirming and as predictable as a paint-by-number.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Charles Solomon
    The Last: Naruto the Movie
    If "The Last" lacks some of the emotional punch of the previous feature, "The Road to Ninja," Kobayashi compensates with flamboyant visuals that mix CG, drawn animation and elegant calligraphic figures.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 60 Charles Solomon
    Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
    Although it was made on a smaller budget, "Neverbeast" is a more coherent and entertaining film than the bizarre jukebox musical "Strange Magic."
    • 36 Metascore
    • 40 Charles Solomon
    Archaeology of a Woman
    Kirkland manages to rise above the soap opera script with its improbable twists, stilted dialogue and internal contradictions to give a believable and often-sympathetic performance.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 40 Charles Solomon
    Wild Tales
    Revenge may be a dish best served cold, but Argentine writer-director Damián Szifron allows it to sit until it congeals in the dreary six-part anthology Wild Tales.
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