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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    • 48 Metascore
    • 50 Chris Kaltenbach
    Scary Movie
    It's easy to be offensive in a movie; it's much harder to be funny. Which is why Scary Movie emerges as such a waste; when you're so good at the latter, why keep falling back on the former?
    • 48 Metascore
    • 50 Chris Kaltenbach
    Chicken Little
    Chicken Little is relentlessly cute. That's the good news, and those who consider the word cute anathema may want to look for entertainment elsewhere.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 63 Chris Kaltenbach
    The Santa Clause 2
    Isn't perfect, but it's fun, and Tim Allen shines
    • 48 Metascore
    • 63 Chris Kaltenbach
    Orange County
    Delivers an unexpected sweetness.
    • Baltimore Sun
    • 48 Metascore
    • 50 Chris Kaltenbach
    Super Troopers
    Puerile, offensive, degrading, dumb, pointless, insipid and may just well be a harbinger for the end of Western civilization as we know it. But I laughed. Sorry.
    • Baltimore Sun
    • 48 Metascore
    • 67 Chris Kaltenbach
    Step Up
    The film may not be art, but it's got a beat and you can definitely dance to it.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 75 Chris Kaltenbach
    Blues Brothers 2000
    Blues Brothers 2000 doesn't tell much of a story, but it makes for one smokin' concert. [06 Feb 1998]
    • Baltimore Sun
    • 48 Metascore
    • 58 Chris Kaltenbach
    Night at the Museum
    The sad truth is that the film squanders almost all of its inspiration in the first 20 minutes or so.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 38 Chris Kaltenbach
    17 Again
    17 Again errs not only by covering such well-trod ground, but also by doing so through a main character - played by a game but ill-served Zac Efron - who's about as dense as they come.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 38 Chris Kaltenbach
    Hard Ball
    As shallow and manipulative a movie as any that come to mind.
    • Baltimore Sun
    • 48 Metascore
    • 63 Chris Kaltenbach
    Shark Tale
    Shark Tale is "Finding Nemo" with bigger-name stars, far less heart and, the guess here is, about one-third the staying power.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 50 Chris Kaltenbach
    Hannah Montana: The Movie
    Young Cyrus is undeniably cute, and some of her songs are as catchy as the law allows - especially "Hoedown Throwdown," But asked to anchor a full-length movie, she simply doesn't have the chops to pull it off.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 50 Chris Kaltenbach
    Accepted
    While I have no problem with slackers making me laugh, when they start preaching, that's when my ears close and my eyes roll.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 75 Chris Kaltenbach
    Josie and the Pussycats
    A comic-book rock band starring in a film that actually makes a point? Now that's something worth singing about.
    • Baltimore Sun
    • 47 Metascore
    • 88 Chris Kaltenbach
    What Women Want
    A frequently hilarious exercise in one sex desperately trying to figure out the other.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 75 Chris Kaltenbach
    Failure to Launch
    There's comfort in seeing actors we know doing what we've come to expect them to do. But more important, the film surrounds them with supporting characters who are less familiar to us, who act in ways we don't expect.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 63 Chris Kaltenbach
    He's Just Not That Into You
    With an all-star cast maintaining an amiable tone throughout, the result is a movie in which everyone should see themselves for at least a few minutes (and wish they were that young, that beautiful and that well-off).
    • 47 Metascore
    • 50 Chris Kaltenbach
    Heartbreakers
    To its credit, Heartbreakers lives up to expectations. Almost.
    • Baltimore Sun
    • 47 Metascore
    • 63 Chris Kaltenbach
    Flight of the Phoenix
    The action is thrilling enough.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 75 Chris Kaltenbach
    Ladder 49
    Celebrates heroes without turning them into saints.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 50 Chris Kaltenbach
    The Wild
    The Wild suffers from a breakneck pace that seems to exist only so that director Steve Williams can earn his nickname of "Spaz."
    • 47 Metascore
    • 75 Chris Kaltenbach
    The Day After Tomorrow
    Better than his previous films, The Day After Tomorrow plays to Emmerich's strengths, making for a thrill ride that rarely disappoints when it matters.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 75 Chris Kaltenbach
    27 Dresses
    Predictable but utterly engaging, 27 Dresses will likely be remembered as the film that made Katherine Heigl an A-list star.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 75 Chris Kaltenbach
    The Prince and Me
    It's all done with such good heart, and Stiles is so perfectly appealing as one of cinema's most grounded Cinderellas.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 63 Chris Kaltenbach
    Herbie Fully Loaded
    Anyone who isn't charmed by the idea of a Beetle crossing the finish line first is either chronically churlish or isn't trying.
    • 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
    • 47 Metascore
    • 50 Chris Kaltenbach
    The Alamo
    Thank goodness for Davy Crockett; without him, the Alamo could have proven the blandest heroic siege in movie history.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 58 Chris Kaltenbach
    Just Friends
    Whenever Just Friends threatens to become a total drag, Faris bops onscreen for some serious comic business - either saving the film, or making things worse by pointing out what could have been.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 50 Chris Kaltenbach
    Around the Bend
    What makes the film work better than its nearly unbearable cuteness suggests is the casting of Christopher Walken as the son; the movie has yet to be invented that Walken can't improve simply by showing up.
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