Claudia Puig

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TheWrap, USA Today
For 1,936 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 64% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 34% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 1.7 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Claudia Puig's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 64
Highest review score: 100 Whiplash
Lowest review score: 12 Jeepers Creepers II
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,237 out of 1936
  2. Mixed: 435 out of 1936
  3. Negative: 264 out of 1936
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    • 36 Metascore
    • 50 Claudia Puig
    Red Lights
    It's mystifying how such a muddled and silly movie drew the talented cast it did.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 50 Claudia Puig
    Ice Age: Continental Drift
    Much of the action in Ice Age: Continental Drift takes place on an iceberg fashioned into a seagoing vessel. No one seems to be piloting the boat, which is an apt metaphor for the film.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 75 Claudia Puig
    Easy Money
    So sobering an example of why crime doesn't pay that it could be shown to petty drug thugs to scare them straight.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 50 Claudia Puig
    Take This Waltz
    Williams is hampered by her character's limitations. What results is a mannered tale of an immature, empty vessel.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 50 Claudia Puig
    Savages
    Savages comes off as director Oliver Stone trying to rekindle his "Natural Born Killers" mojo from 1994. But when the bigger-name stars show up here in cartoonish roles, things feel more silly than gritty.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 75 Claudia Puig
    The Amazing Spider-Man
    As a new chapter in the superpowered arachnid saga, it stands on its own quite nicely, focusing more on human emotions than on a panoply of special effects.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 88 Claudia Puig
    Neil Young Journeys
    It certainly stays alive in this spare and intriguing film directed by Jonathan Demme, who has helmed two previous Young concert films.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 50 Claudia Puig
    People Like Us
    The movie's soap opera quality undermines its efforts to tell a family saga with much believability.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 63 Claudia Puig
    Ted
    This bromance with rapid-fire quips, however, is undermined by unoriginal scenarios and a long, drawn-out chase scene.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 100 Claudia Puig
    Your Sister's Sister
    So many movies try to capture human relationships and fail miserably. A few come close. Your Sister's Sister nails it with grace, humor and winning charm.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 75 Claudia Puig
    Magic Mike
    Almost as impressive as Tatum's moves are his comic flair and breezy grace. He proved his comic talents earlier this year in "21 Jump Street" and shows them off winningly here.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 88 Claudia Puig
    Beasts of the Southern Wild
    It's unlikely there will be a film as visually stunning or poetic this year - or perhaps any year - to rival Beasts of the Southern Wild.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 Claudia Puig
    Brave
    It's a lively, psychologically astute tale filled with humanity, wit and charming performances.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 63 Claudia Puig
    To Rome with Love
    It's neither one of Allen's best, nor among his worst. It is also not likely to win audiences over with the passion that "Midnight in Paris" did.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 88 Claudia Puig
    Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
    This is a romantic comedy for people who don't like rom-coms. There's no chance of a happy ending, but its tender mercies speak volumes.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 100 Claudia Puig
    Safety Not Guaranteed
    It's equally endearing as a sweetly funny romance between two likable oddballs and as a low-tech time-travel thriller, and has something profound to say about making the most of the present.
    • 31 Metascore
    • 25 Claudia Puig
    That's My Boy
    That's My Boy is puerile, mean-spirited and charmless.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 38 Claudia Puig
    Rock of Ages
    Don't stop believing. Just avoid clichéd musicals that try to capture the anarchic spirit of rock with trite commercial re-treads.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 63 Claudia Puig
    Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
    Hardly fresh, but it never stints on energy or vivid colors.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 75 Claudia Puig
    Prometheus
    Scott seduces audiences with thought-provoking possibilities, then pulls a bait-and-switch, subbing in a familiar monster thriller and fiery explosion-fest.
    • 32 Metascore
    • 38 Claudia Puig
    Chernobyl Diaries
    Despite an unlikely setting and a moderately intriguing premise, Chernobyl Diaries proves to be a generic horror flick where young tourists are systematically victimized in unoriginal and not terribly scary ways.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 75 Claudia Puig
    Men in Black III
    While this third go-round may not seem necessary amid summer's blockbusters, it's an entertaining jaunt back in time with the likably mismatched duo.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 75 Claudia Puig
    The Intouchables
    The Intouchables is an exuberantly charming French buddy comedy that proves an audience will suspend disbelief and follow an unlikely story as long as it's superbly crafted.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 88 Claudia Puig
    Moonrise Kingdom
    Literate, melancholy and magical, Moonrise Kingdom is quintessential Wes Anderson, infused with his brand of daffy wit.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 25 Claudia Puig
    What to Expect When You're Expecting
    What audiences should expect is a tone-deaf, superficial, charmless ensemble rom-com, focused on five attractive, but uninteresting, couples.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 63 Claudia Puig
    Hysteria
    The comic elements of this semi-factual tale are heavy-handed, and a key romance falls flat. Despite its titillating subject matter, Hysteria is only mildly stimulating. The final third of the story meanders during a tedious trial and clumsy speechifying.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 50 Claudia Puig
    Battleship
    Mostly, Battleship is a noisy, overlong and numbing military-vs.-aliens saga with laughably bad dialogue.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 63 Claudia Puig
    The Dictator
    After laughing at crudely funny scenes in The Dictator, there's a cringing sensation of guilt.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 50 Claudia Puig
    Girl in Progress
    Seems like a work in progress.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 63 Claudia Puig
    Dark Shadows
    At its best in comic mode, more effective as goofy spoof than horror show.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 75 Claudia Puig
    The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
    A refreshing, mature fairy tale.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 88 Claudia Puig
    Sound of My Voice
    This clever, low-budget film kicks the concept up a few notches to mesmerizing.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 Claudia Puig
    The Avengers
    Whedon weaves a story that allows each of the heroes to do what they do best. And while they may not have exactly equal time, audiences get enough of each to feel satisfied, but not sated. Clever work, indeed.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 75 Claudia Puig
    Safe
    Boaz Yakin's slick direction, marked by quick cuts, unstinting energy and a lack of sentimentality, makes the action scenes satisfying. But he's a better director than writer.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 88 Claudia Puig
    The Pirates! Band of Misfits
    May be far more ragtag than swashbuckling, but the film is sure-footed, witty and zany fun.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 63 Claudia Puig
    The Raven
    This many-feathered animal occasionally soars before it crash-lands.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 50 Claudia Puig
    The Five-Year Engagement
    The story starts out well, then becomes contrived and goes on too long.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 63 Claudia Puig
    Chimpanzee
    It's unfortunate that the filmmakers juxtapose those striking visuals with a warlike anthropomorphizing element.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 63 Claudia Puig
    Darling Companion
    Dog lovers will instantly warm to the handsome stray collie mix, but they may struggle to fully embrace the amiable but toothless adult story surrounding him.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 63 Claudia Puig
    Think Like a Man
    Even though Think Like a Man espouses something akin to the philosophy in Beyoncé's Single Ladies(Put a Ring on It), it makes manipulation more fun than it ought to be.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 50 Claudia Puig
    The Lucky One
    So the cliches are as thick as a vat of honey. And the love story proves just as syrupy. But for those who lap up this sappy vision of romance, it contains all the key ingredients.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 63 Claudia Puig
    Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope
    What's missing in Morgan Spurlock's latest documentary is a key ingredient: Morgan Spurlock.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 75 Claudia Puig
    The Cabin in the Woods
    Richard Jenkins and Bradley Whitford are particularly funny in their middle-management roles.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 75 Claudia Puig
    The Three Stooges
    Pop culture references intermingle with the loopy trio's iconic foolishness, and the result is a movie with some big laughs, plenty of heart and terrible coifs.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 50 Claudia Puig
    Damsels in Distress
    These are hardly damsels, but the distress will be felt by audiences watching the collection of non sequiturs, twee remarks and tangential vignettes that is Damsels in Distress.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 50 Claudia Puig
    American Reunion
    An immature obsession with sex at 17 seems understandable. But at 30 it's getting cringe-inducing.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 88 Claudia Puig
    Bully
    Bully forces audiences to face actions that are unthinkable, inexcusable and excruciatingly sad. It offers no solutions, only the testimony of brave youths.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 75 Claudia Puig
    Mirror Mirror
    Singh brings cheeky humor, an eccentric sensibility and an enchanting look to his re-imagined tale.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 38 Claudia Puig
    Wrath of the Titans
    Somewhere amid the mind-numbing barrage of action sequences there's a story based on Greek mythology. But its essence is buried amid the clatter.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 Claudia Puig
    21 Jump Street
    The dialogue is fast-paced and full of pop-culture references. It all makes for an entertaining blend of buddy-cop action and irreverent teen-comedy satire.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 75 Claudia Puig
    Casa de mi Padre
    This very funny spoof of telenovelas and classic Mexican westerns is decidedly offbeat and absurdly daffy.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 50 Claudia Puig
    John Carter
    Though the project, based on the Edgar Rice Burroughs novel "A Princess of Mars," is ambitious, it's also bloated, dreary and humorless.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 75 Claudia Puig
    Friends with Kids
    Friends With Kids takes a fresh and funny look at a familiar subject, with enough buoyant romance to satisfy audiences drawn to starry-eyed love stories and hopeful endings.
    • 26 Metascore
    • 38 Claudia Puig
    A Thousand Words
    The concept is unoriginal, the scenarios aren't funny, and its message is banal. Plus, Murphy alternately hams it up and phones it in.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 25 Claudia Puig
    Project X
    A movie about a teen party gone horribly wrong, would be every parent's worst nightmare if it weren't so inane.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 50 Claudia Puig
    Being Flynn
    Robert De Niro has made several unwise choices in roles recently, and his belligerent wannabe writer in Being Flynn definitely adds to that list.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 75 Claudia Puig
    Dr. Seuss' The Lorax
    Someone in Hollywood ought to speak for the trees, and The Lorax does it with verve and vibrancy.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 63 Claudia Puig
    Act of Valor
    Employing Navy troops as stars is a clever idea for an action thriller. But the soldiers' awkward line readings are glaring enough to distract from the potency of the story.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 63 Claudia Puig
    Wanderlust
    Some of the players are endearingly goofy in this good-natured comedy, particularly Rudd and Theroux. But Wanderlust trundles along unevenly, never reaching the cleverly raucous state it seeks.
    • 31 Metascore
    • 50 Claudia Puig
    This Means War
    Silly action sequences grow tedious and rarely blend with the wannabe madcap comedy.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 75 Claudia Puig
    The Secret World of Arrietty
    With its lush colors, imaginative view of ordinary objects and meticulously crafted miniature civilization, it transports viewers to an enchanting alternate storybook reality.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 88 Claudia Puig
    Undefeated
    Deftly balancing the students' stories with that of Courtney's, the film creates a fully rounded portrait of a corner of America rarely examined.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 Claudia Puig
    Chronicle
    Bolstered by the natural performances of a trio of little-known actors, the very watchable Chronicle keeps us captive throughout.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 75 Claudia Puig
    Rampart
    Though the plot can be vague and occasionally convoluted, Harrelson is mesmerizing.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 63 Claudia Puig
    Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
    It's a thoroughly family-friendly film, with a subtle message about the importance of father figures. Don't expect anything resembling believability, but enjoy the blend of strikingly colorful visuals and banter between odd couple Johnson and Caine, which combine for a mild escapist treat.
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