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
511 movie reviews
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 75 Christy Lemire
    Miss Juneteenth
    Cinematographer Daniel Patterson makes us feel the steam of humid Texas nights, but he also has an eye for the unexpected, romantic moments in Turq’s life: the moody pink-and-blue lighting during an after-hours slow dance, the glow of birthday candles in a darkened kitchen or the unvarnished warmth of mother and daughter sitting side-by-side outside the decaying restaurant.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 75 Christy Lemire
    Good Boys
    While the premise eventually grows thin and the jokes turn repetitive by the third act, the chemistry between the movie’s three stars is both lively and substantial enough to keep the antics enjoyable.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 75 Christy Lemire
    Fort Tilden
    Whether or not we’d like to admit it – they’re willing to say what the rest of us are thinking when they tactlessly open their mouths without a filter.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 75 Christy Lemire
    Wicked: For Good
    Wicked: For Good really sings where it counts: with the emotional ache of the fractured friendship at the story’s core.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 75 Christy Lemire
    John Wick
    John Wick breathes exhilarating life into this tired premise, thanks to some dazzling action choreography, stylish visuals and–most importantly–a vintage anti-hero performance from Keanu Reeves.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 75 Christy Lemire
    The Swan
    A coming-of-age drama that’s as beautiful and brutal as the remote, rural landscape of northern Iceland where it takes place.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 75 Christy Lemire
    The DUFF
    Quickly and convincingly, it becomes its own funny and fast-paced phenomenon with its own modern-day charm.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 75 Christy Lemire
    Bombshell
    It’s all weighty, serious material with huge stakes — emotionally, culturally and financially. But Roach, working from a script by Charles Randolph, finds a tricky balance of portraying these events with a sprightly tone while crafting a steadily building tension. Bombshell is both light on its feet and a punch in the gut.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 75 Christy Lemire
    Sleight
    It’s an auspicious debut from this up-and-coming filmmaker, who once worked as a receptionist for J.J. Abrams’ production company, Bad Robot.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 75 Christy Lemire
    Two Lovers and a Bear
    Fair warning: If a romance about beautiful, miserable people is your least favorite indie subgenre, this may not be your cup of tea.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 75 Christy Lemire
    Far from the Madding Crowd
    Whether his film is lush or rolling in the muck, it always has a tactile quality that makes it accessible, which is also true of the performances from his (mostly) well-chosen cast.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 75 Christy Lemire
    Belfast
    In recalling his youthful days in an insular neighborhood in the titular city, Branagh has made a film that’s both intimate and ambitious—his Roma, if you’ll forgive the inevitable comparison to Alfonso Cuarón’s recent masterpiece.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 75 Christy Lemire
    Chevalier
    Harrison’s powerful performance and the chance to learn about this extraordinary artist make Chevalier more than worthwhile.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 Christy Lemire
    It
    What Bill Skarsgard does with the role works well precisely because he doesn’t appear to be laboring so hard to frighten us. He doesn’t vamp it up. He’s coy — he toys with these kids — making his sudden bursts of insane clown hostility that much more shocking.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 75 Christy Lemire
    Midnight Traveler
    Midnight Traveler might have carried an even greater emotional wallop if we had a greater understanding of the feelings of the filmmaker whose work has endangered the lives of the people he loves most.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 75 Christy Lemire
    Dancer
    Seeing how freakishly gifted he is and watching his ascendance is a thrill, and Cantor keeps the pacing moving crisply.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 75 Christy Lemire
    Totally Killer
    If anything, the horror element of this horror movie is the weakest part, but Totally Killer is spry enough to remain enjoyable throughout.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 75 Christy Lemire
    Saltburn
    An update of “The Talented Mr. Ripley” set in the mid-aughts, “Saltburn” is deliciously, wickedly mean—seductive and often surreal—with lush production values and lacerating performances.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 75 Christy Lemire
    Ted K
    Copley’s performance remains riveting throughout. It’s a testament to his delivery and physicality that we can hear Kaczynski speak expansively about what he’s going to do, and we can watch him experiment with various explosives, and we’re still on edge, wondering what might happen.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 75 Christy Lemire
    Lucky Them
    Toni Collette radiates smarts, humor and a world-weary cool in Lucky Them.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 75 Christy Lemire
    The Guardians
    Part of the allure of The Guardians comes from the casting: The radiant, real-life mother and daughter Baye and Smet play mother and daughter Hortense and Solange.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 75 Christy Lemire
    Left-Handed Girl
    The ultimate themes of forgiveness, reconciliation, and redemption shine through, and the joyous sight of Ye skipping through the corridors of the market is impossible to resist.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 75 Christy Lemire
    Wonder
    Uniformly strong performances help ground the story. Tremblay, who showed instincts beyond his years in the devastating 2015 drama “Room,” provides both a sweetness and an intelligence to his 10-year-old character that make him accessible even when he’s wearing an astronaut helmet to hide his face.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 75 Christy Lemire
    Hustlers
    Hustlers as a whole is a blast.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 75 Christy Lemire
    The Boy Behind the Door
    While The Boy Behind the Door runs out of steam a bit in the third act, it’s mostly a tight, well-paced thriller with terrific central performances from a couple of young actors with bright futures ahead of them—once they get out of here, that is.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 75 Christy Lemire
    One Chance
    You’d have to be totally cynical, with a heart of stone and ice water in your veins, not to be even the slightest bit charmed by One Chance.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 75 Christy Lemire
    Ron's Gone Wrong
    Ron’s Gone Wrong is an indictment of the invasive, insidious tactics of Big Tech, and of the ways we relinquish a little more of our privacy with every click and view.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 75 Christy Lemire
    All Saints
    Director Steve Gomer approaches dire and potentially devastating situations in understated fashion, allowing the purity of their prevailing humanity to shine through.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 75 Christy Lemire
    Voyeur
    Too often, Kane and Koury don’t seem to trust entirely what they have, and they needlessly pad Voyeur with miniatures, re-enactments and an overall light, playful tone. It all seems at odds with the story’s fundamentally disturbing — yet gripping — content.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 75 Christy Lemire
    Dora and the Lost City of Gold
    I am here to tell you that you will be shockingly entertained. Dora and the Lost City of Gold manages to ride a fine line between being true to the characters and conventions of the series and affectionately skewering them.
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