Chris Nashawaty

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Entertainment Weekly
For 641 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 69% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 29% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 5.9 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Chris Nashawaty's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 72
Highest review score: 100 REC
Lowest review score: 0 Independence Day: Resurgence
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 462 out of 641
  2. Mixed: 162 out of 641
  3. Negative: 17 out of 641
641 movie reviews
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 83 Chris Nashawaty
    Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
    The ending he’s come up with for The Force Awakens feels so perfect it’s hard to imagine it any other way. In an age when we’ve all become binge watchers, we feel as if it’s become our right to immediately roll right into the next episode, the next sequel. And when The Force Awakens ends, it’s bittersweet because you so badly want to head right into the next chapter.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 83 Chris Nashawaty
    Nebraska
    Nebraska isn't a perfect movie. It's often hard to tell whether Payne, an Omaha native, is paying heartfelt tribute to his vast stable of Cornhusker characters or slyly mocking them as simpleminded yokels.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 83 Chris Nashawaty
    Cold War
    Director Pawel Pawlikowski’s Cold War resembles a waking dream. And a ravishingly romantic one at that.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 83 Chris Nashawaty
    Overlord
    A surprisingly well-made mash-up of old-fashion war movie tropes and proudly disgusting horror-flick shocks. It’s a ton of fun.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 83 Chris Nashawaty
    Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
    Rogue One would have been a very good stand-alone sci-fi movie if it came out under a different name. But what makes it especially exciting is how it perfectly snaps right into the Star Wars timeline and connects events we already know by heart with ones that we never even considered.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 83 Chris Nashawaty
    Logan Lucky
    A fizzy, twisty Southern-fried heist flick that’s more enjoyable the less you try to dissect it.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 83 Chris Nashawaty
    Boy and the World
    With his crudely drawn stick-figure body and big, round Wiffle-ball head, Cuca is a bundle of jitterbug energy and boundless imagination. Like Riley’s in "Inside Out," his noggin is a wondrous place to spend an hour or two.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 83 Chris Nashawaty
    The Babadook
    In an age when horror movies have mostly become lazy and toothless, here's one with ambition and bite.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 83 Chris Nashawaty
    Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
    A sequel that easily tops its 2011 predecessor.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 83 Chris Nashawaty
    Beast
    Pearce takes his time laying out his sleeping-with-the-enemy tale, but his stinginess with plot lends the film an vice-tightening air of mystery that suits it.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 83 Chris Nashawaty
    Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
    He’s not just a name-dropper, but a master storyteller. Whether you believe every spicy morsel that drops from his lips is entirely up to you.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 83 Chris Nashawaty
    Nightcrawler
    In its wickedly twisted way, Nightcrawler keeps "Network's" battle cry alive. It's a 21st-century takedown of the media's pandering ''if it bleeds, it leads'' ethos and the ghoulish nightcrawlers who live by it.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 83 Chris Nashawaty
    Super Dark Times
    Super Dark Times perfectly nails the minute details of adolescence—a minefield of confusion about right and wrong that leads to all kinds of impulsive bad decisions.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 83 Chris Nashawaty
    Far from the Tree
    All of the families in Far From the Tree are compelling — their trials unimaginable and their spirits indomitable.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 83 Chris Nashawaty
    2 Guns
    2 Guns is a much-needed reminder that the best summer surprises can come when you least expect them.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 83 Chris Nashawaty
    Monrovia, Indiana
    Few filmmakers can turn a mundane town council meeting about a library bench into a meditation on patriotism and civic responsibility the way Wiseman can. Let’s hope his camera continues to roll for years to come.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 83 Chris Nashawaty
    Clouds of Sils Maria
    If Ingmar Bergman had directed a remake of "All About Eve," it might have looked something like Clouds of Sils Maria. Mysterious and narratively playful, Olivier Assayas’ film features a trio of finely calibrated female performances that examine the psychological toll of being an actress — or working for one.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 83 Chris Nashawaty
    Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
    Like Welles' butchered cut of "The Magnificent Ambersons," it's fascinating but leaves you hungry for more.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 83 Chris Nashawaty
    Far from the Madding Crowd
    With a steely resilience burning beneath her delicate, creamy complexion, Carey Mulligan brings remarkable nuance and a rich inner life to the role of Bathsheba Everdene.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 83 Chris Nashawaty
    The Theory of Everything
    I couldn't help wishing that The Theory of Everything had more theory. Hawking famously excels at explaining complicated thoughts with layman simplicity, but the film never translates the originality and depth of his ideas — or even what they are.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 83 Chris Nashawaty
    The Bellboy
    This is where the brilliant second act of Lewis' career begins.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 83 Chris Nashawaty
    Belle
    Like "Downton Abbey" but with corsets, culottes, and tricorn hats, Belle subtly skewers the absurd rules and hypocrisies of class. But the real takeaway is Mbatha-Raw. She makes a case for why she ought to be a star.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 83 Chris Nashawaty
    X-Men: Days of Future Past
    Not surprisingly, the best thing about Days of Future Past is that it's heavier on the days past than future.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 75 Chris Nashawaty
    Okja
    Okja in it. It’s the antithesis of cookie-cutter, made-by-committee filmmaking. Prepare to be amazed, grossed out, provoked, punchdrunk, and tickled.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 75 Chris Nashawaty
    Steve Jobs
    As sharp and slick as Steve Jobs is, it ends up feeling more interested in entertainment than enlightenment.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 75 Chris Nashawaty
    Under the Silver Lake
    No matter how shaggy and self-indulgent it is, or how anticlimactic its big so-what of an ending ends up being, I was never bored. More than that, I kind of dug its sheer swing-for-the-fences insanity.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 75 Chris Nashawaty
    Ant-Man
    Reed and Rudd's film is proof that no matter how silly some ideas sound at first, good things often do come in small packages.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 75 Chris Nashawaty
    Zootopia
    Zootopia delivers the genre’s requisite barrage of quick-hit puns and pop culture riffs.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 75 Chris Nashawaty
    Cinderella
    The fizzy cocktail combination of Blanchett’s cartoonish hauteur and Branagh’s visual razzle-dazzle and confectionary sets (courtesy of the legendary Dante Ferretti) manages to take a tale as wheezy as Cinderella and make it feel almost magical again.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 75 Chris Nashawaty
    Girls Just Want to Have Fun
    No Footloose. But its synthy soundtrack, heated dance-offs, and Day-Glo leg warmers are guilty-pleasure pay dirt. A mouthy 14-year-old Shannen Doherty doesn’t hurt either.
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