Christy Lemire

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For 511 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 47% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 50% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 7.2 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Christy Lemire's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 58
Highest review score: 100 Poor Things
Lowest review score: 0 Cosmic Sin
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 275 out of 511
  2. Mixed: 119 out of 511
  3. Negative: 117 out of 511
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    • 58 Metascore
    • 50 Christy Lemire
    The One and Only Ivan
    Like a novice juggler struggling to master some complicated tricks, The One and Only Ivan tries to encompass several different stories, themes, and ideas while appealing to adults and very young kids at the same time. It’s a tough feat to pull off — an uneasy mix of lofty notions about freedom and dog fart jokes — which the film only sporadically succeeds in achieving.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 50 Christy Lemire
    Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
    A big-budget, holiday-timed blockbuster about…racism, which may not exactly be the joyful, escapist entertainment families are looking for this time of year.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 50 Christy Lemire
    The Operative
    Diane Kruger is as inscrutable to us as she is to her fellow Mossad agents and the asset she seduces in The Operative, a solidly crafted if forgettable espionage thriller.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 50 Christy Lemire
    Madame Bovary
    Finally, a woman — Sophie Barthes — has directed and co-written a film version of Madame Bovary, but strangely, that doesn’t result in any more richness or enlightenment.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 50 Christy Lemire
    Anaconda
    It’s an inspired idea, even though a lot of the industry inside jokes may go over most moviegoers’ heads. The playfulness of this self-referential structure gives the movie a zany energy off the top that it ultimately can’t sustain.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 50 Christy Lemire
    Don't Worry Darling
    As Don’t Worry Darling reaches its climactic and unintentionally hilarious conclusion, Wilde loses her grasp on the material. The pacing is a little erratic throughout, but she rushes to uncover the ultimate mystery with a massive exposition dump that’s both dizzying and perplexing.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 50 Christy Lemire
    The Idol
    It’s all inspiring stuff, to be sure—and often so dramatic that it’s hard to imagine it really could have happened, even though it did.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 50 Christy Lemire
    Smallfoot
    If only the dialogue and visuals matched the daring of its ideology.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 50 Christy Lemire
    Waiting for Bojangles
    For much of its overlong running time, “Waiting for Bojangles” depicts mental illness as an adorable personality quirk, a source of good-time party vibes, even a glamorous quality. Then, once this frothy French romance evolves into a more serious drama, it turns turgid, causing a jarring tonal shift.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 50 Christy Lemire
    Horns
    Horns would seem like another gamble, and another opportunity to stretch. It’s a supernatural thriller, territory he’s familiar with, but taken to a raunchy, grotesque extreme.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 50 Christy Lemire
    The Marksman
    It’s time for your annual Liam Neesoning: that cinematic tradition in which the seasoned star plays a grizzled character with a particular set of skills, which come in handy to dispatch bad guys and rescue good ones. But this year’s entry in the subgenre, The Marksman, is particularly mediocre.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 50 Christy Lemire
    Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
    These “Fantastic Beasts” movies are just not good. They’re extremely OK, but never truly inspiring or transporting.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 50 Christy Lemire
    Step Up: All In
    Even by the standards of this franchise—and this genre in general—Step Up All In is pretty laughable.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 50 Christy Lemire
    The Last Son
    Director Tim Sutton, working from a script by Greg Johnson, offers some striking visuals and a couple of compelling performances. But for the most part, this high-concept Western is too much of an empty drag to ever grab you.
    • 33 Metascore
    • 50 Christy Lemire
    The Young Messiah
    That’s one dismayingly archaic trend throughout The Young Messiah: the fiendish characters are also wildly effeminate.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 50 Christy Lemire
    The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
    Stretched out to 90 minutes in Sponge on the Run, the pacing lags, the goofiness sags, and you discover over time that there’s not much holding these antics together.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 50 Christy Lemire
    Made in Italy
    The sad subtext of Made in Italy is more intriguing and poignant than what we see on screen.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 50 Christy Lemire
    Violet
    Moving from in front of the lens to behind it, the former ‘80s sitcom star clearly has something personal and piercing to say. Her film will surely resonate with so many others who hear their own nagging voices in their heads.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 50 Christy Lemire
    The Fault in Our Stars
    The film version of the best-selling novel The Fault in Our Stars feels emotionally inert, despite its many moments that are meant to put a lump in our throats.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 50 Christy Lemire
    Little Joe
    It ultimately results in a cold, unsatisfying experience.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 50 Christy Lemire
    3 Generations
    Takes on the topic of gender dysphoria with a talented cast but not much to say.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 50 Christy Lemire
    A Bad Moms Christmas
    A Bad Moms Christmas has the shoddy look and frantic feel of a slapped-together, cash-grab sequel, because that’s exactly what it is.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 50 Christy Lemire
    Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
    By indulging in the exact same instincts it insists are problematic artistically, Peter Rabbit 2 wants to have its carrot and eat it, too. But maybe that won’t bother you. Maybe you’ll be grateful for a return to the theater and the opportunity to do so with your kids. In that regard, the sequel hops along in sufficiently bouncy fashion.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 50 Christy Lemire
    The Mule
    All the pieces would seem to be in place—on paper at least—for a rich and gripping grown-up drama. So why does the result feel so elusive and unsatisfying?
    • 51 Metascore
    • 50 Christy Lemire
    Girls of the Sun
    With Girls of the Sun, she handles the action sequences with a deft hand and a feel for tension, but her character development is woefully lacking to the point of empty cliché.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 50 Christy Lemire
    The Creator
    Rich in atmosphere but short on substance, director and co-writer Gareth Edwards’ film has the look and tone of a serious, original work of art, but it ends up feeling empty as it recycles images and ideas from many influential predecessors.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 50 Christy Lemire
    The Hero
    Sam Elliott is Sam Elliott as Sam Elliott in The Hero, a sentimental and sporadically effective celebration of the veteran character actor.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 50 Christy Lemire
    Kill Your Friends
    It’s amusingly slick and mean for a while, but ultimately the film’s one-note nihilism grows numbing, and its stylish visuals and well-chosen soundtrack can only do so much to keep it lively.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 50 Christy Lemire
    Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
    Like Slimer shoving snacks in his ravenous maw, “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire” tries to cram way too many characters, storylines and iconic images into its two-hour runtime.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 50 Christy Lemire
    Wine Country
    But because the talent amassed here is so impressive, I wish the film had been more focused.
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