Chris Kaltenbach

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Baltimore Sun
For 710 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 64% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 32% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 2.8 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Chris Kaltenbach's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 63
Highest review score: 100 The Motorcycle Diaries
Lowest review score: 0 Crossroads
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 419 out of 710
  2. Mixed: 183 out of 710
  3. Negative: 108 out of 710
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 88 Chris Kaltenbach
    I Am Divine
    This is a movie that's really about how much fun Glenn Milstead had being Divine, and how he — perhaps unexpectedly — found so many fans willing to go along for the ride. That's an American success story worth celebrating.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 75 Chris Kaltenbach
    Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic
    Sarah Silverman says things you wouldn't expect a nice, attractive Jewish girl to say. But that's only half her appeal.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 75 Chris Kaltenbach
    Crazy/Beautiful
    The story seems fresh and alive. They also had the good sense to cast Dunst, at 19 already one of Hollywood's finest and most consistent actresses.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 75 Chris Kaltenbach
    Primer
    The movie may be too precious for mass consumption, but its filmmakers' willingness to assume the best of their audience, combined with its Everyman origins, suggest a movie that deserves a chance.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 63 Chris Kaltenbach
    Scooby-Doo
    Bland, inoffensive, formulaic and occasionally amusing - just like the animated kids' show that inspired it.
    • Baltimore Sun
    • 75 Metascore
    • 100 Chris Kaltenbach
    The Motorcycle Diaries
    Lovely, heartfelt and unforced.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 63 Chris Kaltenbach
    Return to Me
    The real strength of Return to Me is Hunt, who knows just when to retreat from the film's overriding sweetness and inject a cynical moment or two.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 75 Chris Kaltenbach
    Cheaper by the Dozen
    Equal parts fantasy and cautionary tale, a film that manages to be uplifting and off-putting simultaneously -- fortunately, more the former than the latter.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 Chris Kaltenbach
    Ong Bak
    An opportunity to enjoy the pure adrenaline rush that has always been the hallmark of martial-arts cinema.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 88 Chris Kaltenbach
    Garden State
    Garden State is filled with characters you long to know more about, in situations to which almost anyone can relate. And that's as near a can't-miss movie formula as one can get.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 63 Chris Kaltenbach
    The Road to El Dorado
    The one thing most sorely missing is movie magic.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 100 Chris Kaltenbach
    Last Resort
    Thanks to the wonderful performances from both Korzun and Considine, there isn't a forced or dishonest moment on-screen.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 75 Chris Kaltenbach
    Nico and Dani
    A more honest version of "Summer of '42."
    • Baltimore Sun
    • 70 Metascore
    • 88 Chris Kaltenbach
    Freaky Friday
    Offers plenty of honest, good-natured laughs in the process. That's something young and old can appreciate equally.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 75 Chris Kaltenbach
    Get Over It
    A delightful and exuberant bit of romantic comedy and, as a bonus, it breathes new life into a pair of '70s musical chestnuts long off our culture's radar screens.
    • Baltimore Sun
    • 45 Metascore
    • 67 Chris Kaltenbach
    Sydney White
    The result is a charmer that boldly marches where lesser movies - at least since the heyday of John Hughes - fear to tread.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 75 Chris Kaltenbach
    How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
    McConaughey and (especially) Hudson manage to make it all work, maintaining their likability even in situations where they inevitably end up acting like jerks.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 88 Chris Kaltenbach
    The Secret Life of Bees
    Soars on the strength of strong acting and a script that stubbornly refuses to go all sappy and preachy.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 63 Chris Kaltenbach
    Novocaine
    Novocaine is neither funny enough to be a comedy, nor dark enough to be a true film noir. Like the drug of the title, it just kind of leaves you numb and anxious to taste the good stuff once again.
    • Baltimore Sun
    • 54 Metascore
    • 63 Chris Kaltenbach
    Music of the Heart
    Tear-inducing feel-gooder that only a curmudgeon could find fault with.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 75 Chris Kaltenbach
    The Fountain
    Darren Aronofsky labors awfully hard to get across a pretty simple message in The Fountain. But his efforts are so ethereal and extreme, it's almost impossible to turn away.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 88 Chris Kaltenbach
    Solas
    Unsparing and uplifting - a wickedly difficult combination to pull off, but one that gives the film an emotional weight that's impossible to dismiss.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 67 Chris Kaltenbach
    Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price
    While the film is obviously meant as a call to arms, the very single-mindedness of the approach could work against it.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 67 Chris Kaltenbach
    Saw II
    There's an honesty to the film that elevates it a cut above standard slasher fare.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 88 Chris Kaltenbach
    Joy Ride
    The potential for action never lets up; you never know what's coming around the next corner.
    • Baltimore Sun
    • 62 Metascore
    • 75 Chris Kaltenbach
    Shopgirl
    Martin's script offers plenty of opportunities, but Martin the actor never takes advantage of them.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 75 Chris Kaltenbach
    Bread and Tulips
    Soldini's consistently understated touch, and a poignant turn by Licia Maglietta as the confused and bemused main character, turns Bread and Tulips into a character study worth studying.
    • Baltimore Sun
    • 55 Metascore
    • 67 Chris Kaltenbach
    Don't Come Knocking
    It rarely strikes the right tone and ultimately falls short of what one would expect from a collaboration between director Wim Wenders and writer Sam Shepard.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 67 Chris Kaltenbach
    2046
    The film is the work of a visual genius who may have overextended his storytelling ability, but with fascinating results.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 88 Chris Kaltenbach
    Shadow of the Vampire
    Paints a vivid and darkly humorous picture of a world where directors are all-powerful and vampires are real; whether you want to buy into either fantasy is up to you. I did, and had a grand old time.
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