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 2.9 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Chris Kaltenbach's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 63
Highest review score: 100 The Incredibles
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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    • 49 Metascore
    • 63 Chris Kaltenbach
    Good Boy!
    Undeniably charming -- a dog movie that's more lovable mutt than stately pedigree.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 63 Chris Kaltenbach
    Willard
    Simply twiddling with the fine-tuning on the central character is not enough to warrant remaking a film. Both Glover and Willard deserve better.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 63 Chris Kaltenbach
    Calendar Girls
    A film as clever and embracingly ribald as this shouldn't have to resort to cliche in the end; director Nigel Cole should have kept his girls in Britain and kept the mood light.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 63 Chris Kaltenbach
    Heaven
    Heaven is so determined to be poetic and beautiful, it comes across as forced and didactic, a lesson in relative morality whose storyline doesn't so much flow as lurch from one stretch to another.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 63 Chris Kaltenbach
    Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
    Partially financed by the liberal Move On.org, speaks most eloquently when it lets Fox News do the talking.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 63 Chris Kaltenbach
    Paid in Full
    Paid In Full's performances - especially by the always-engaging Phifer -- are strong, its message worthwhile and its sincerity doubtless.
    • Baltimore Sun
    • 47 Metascore
    • 63 Chris Kaltenbach
    Flight of the Phoenix
    The action is thrilling enough.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 63 Chris Kaltenbach
    Chasing Liberty
    Lighthearted fluff, not piercing drama. Still, a little shot of reality -- or at least an acknowledgement of same -- could have done this film wonders.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 63 Chris Kaltenbach
    The Rugrats Movie
    Although some clever touches are clearly directed at adults -- much of the film's humor is quite likely to go under your head. [20 Nov 1998]
    • Baltimore Sun
    • 52 Metascore
    • 63 Chris Kaltenbach
    Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
    Spirit lacks that essential emotional resonance, and suffers because of it.
    • Baltimore Sun
    • 40 Metascore
    • 63 Chris Kaltenbach
    Pay It Forward
    More of a sales pitch than a movie.
    • Baltimore Sun
    • 56 Metascore
    • 63 Chris Kaltenbach
    Men of Honor
    Goes to such great lengths to show the greatness of its Navy diver hero that it neglects to add much depth to his character - or the story.
    • 32 Metascore
    • 63 Chris Kaltenbach
    Showtime
    Humorous but much too predictable send-up of reality TV and the sheer banality of it all.
    • Baltimore Sun
    • 65 Metascore
    • 63 Chris Kaltenbach
    Les Misérables
    Great book, great cast, average film: Les Miserables is all pedigree, no passion.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 63 Chris Kaltenbach
    Die, Mommie, Die!
    Taken together, the sum of so many parts is too schizophrenic to be wholeheartedly embraced -- the movie is played for parody, but with a veneer of respectability that leaves the whole endeavor betwixt and between.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 63 Chris Kaltenbach
    Exodus
    It's a tough slog, but worth seeing once. [08 Nov 2008, p.4C]
    • Baltimore Sun
    • 64 Metascore
    • 63 Chris Kaltenbach
    Dr T and the Women
    This would be an excellent movie from a first-time filmmaker, but from one of America's premiere directors, it's a disappointment.
    • Baltimore Sun
    • 68 Metascore
    • 63 Chris Kaltenbach
    Winter Sleepers
    Characters are manipulated and lives made whole in ways both satisfying and unexpected.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 63 Chris Kaltenbach
    Agnes Browne
    A pleasant little confection that leaves behind the sneaking suspicion it should have amounted to so much more.
    • Baltimore Sun
    • 50 Metascore
    • 63 Chris Kaltenbach
    City by the Sea
    A great cast can't quite pull City by the Sea out of the drink.
    • Baltimore Sun
    • 82 Metascore
    • 63 Chris Kaltenbach
    School of Rock
    Like the particular brand of music Dewey espouses, this is a movie more concerned with exploiting rock than understanding it.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 63 Chris Kaltenbach
    Marcel Proust's Time Regained
    Those not familiar with Proust will doubtless feel lost. Unlike the printed word, film does not offer the chance to pause and reflect, or go back and re-read a passage.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 63 Chris Kaltenbach
    Resident Evil
    About as good as the genre gets.
    • Baltimore Sun
    • 49 Metascore
    • 63 Chris Kaltenbach
    Mystery, Alaska
    Unwaveringly predictable.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 63 Chris Kaltenbach
    The Cell
    The Cell is eye candy - but it could give your brain a bad case of indigestion.
    • Baltimore Sun
    • 44 Metascore
    • 63 Chris Kaltenbach
    The Village
    It doesn't take a genius IQ to figure out the movie's final twist far in advance, leaving the attentive viewer to wonder only about how Shyamalan will pull it off and to hope the movie doesn't turn silly.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 63 Chris Kaltenbach
    The Door in the Floor
    When it sticks to the subject, the movie is sad and affecting.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 63 Chris Kaltenbach
    Two Weeks Notice
    The result may not make for a great adventure, but it's sure a fun ride.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 63 Chris Kaltenbach
    The Skeleton Key
    The soundtrack is guaranteed to send chills where they'll be most effective, and the ultimate resolution is a real shocker. While it doesn't explain away everything that's happened, it comes deliciously close.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 63 Chris Kaltenbach
    Big Trouble
    A comedy that doesn't work if you think about it too much. Cut it some slack, however, and you just might have a good time.
    • Baltimore Sun
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