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 1.8 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
1936 movie reviews
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    • 90 Metascore
    • 75 Claudia Puig
    Mad Max: Fury Road
    When the original filmmaker upgrades and expands on an idea and uses new technology while retaining the essence of the original story, it can be just the ticket for jaded moviegoers. Such is the case with Mad Max: Fury Road, an operatic extravaganza of thrilling action and nearly non-stop mayhem.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 100 Claudia Puig
    Winter's Bone
    Every so often a film gets under our skin with its haunting authenticity, reinforcing our faith in the wonderfully transporting power of cinematic storytelling. Winter's Bone is unquestionably that film.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 100 Claudia Puig
    The Queen
    The Queen is the kind of thought-provoking, well-written and savvy film that discerning filmgoers long for but rarely get.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 88 Claudia Puig
    Finding Nemo
    The most gorgeous of all the Pixar films — which include "Toy Story" 1 and 2, "A Bug's Life" and "Monsters, Inc." —Nemo treats family audiences to a sweet, resonant story and breathtaking visuals.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 75 Claudia Puig
    The Incredibles
    One of the year's most clever and visually arresting computer-animated films, enlivened by a well-developed and credible cast of characters who just happen to be superheroes.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 63 Claudia Puig
    A Prophet
    A compelling piece of naturalistic filmmaking, claustrophobic and thought-provoking.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 88 Claudia Puig
    Once
    Once is a film for anyone who has ever been transported by the power and passion of music.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 100 Claudia Puig
    United 93
    An unflinching, powerfully visceral and haunting portrait of the tragic events aboard one of the terrorist-commandeered flights on the fateful morning of Sept. 11, 2001.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 88 Claudia Puig
    American Hustle
    With one of the best ensemble casts of any film this year, it's audacious, enthralling and uproarious.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 100 Claudia Puig
    Persepolis
    Cinematic poetry in black and white. It also is a deeply affecting tale of the power of resilience and an unflagging sense of humor through the worst of situations
    • 89 Metascore
    • 88 Claudia Puig
    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
    It is by turns comic, dark and surprisingly tender. If one must reduce it to simple description, call it a love story with a twist. Or a twisted love story.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 100 Claudia Puig
    Whiplash
    The exhilarating, inventive and suspenseful story hinges on a pair of commanding performances.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 100 Claudia Puig
    The Lives of Others
    A thoroughly compelling political thriller, at once intellectually challenging and profoundly emotional.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 100 Claudia Puig
    Y Tu Mamá También
    Can be taken on many levels, and that's why it works so completely.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 88 Claudia Puig
    Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
    Borat is most gloriously funny moving picture for to make people see their stupidness.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 100 Claudia Puig
    The Artist
    Drama, comedy, action and romance are intertwined in this gorgeously photographed and brilliantly directed film. Lead performances are thoroughly engaging despite - or perhaps because of - being wordless.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 100 Claudia Puig
    Letters from Iwo Jima
    It takes a filmmaker possessed of a rare, almost alchemic, blend of maturity, wisdom and artistic finesse to create such an intimate, moving and spare war film as Clint Eastwood has done in Letters From Iwo Jima.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 63 Claudia Puig
    The Girl Who Played with Fire
    The villains are so extreme that they come off like sleazy caricatures. This accentuates the nuanced skill of the two lead performances, but it undercuts the overall effect of this well-constructed, if occasionally flat, pulp thriller.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 88 Claudia Puig
    Corpse Bride
    Features the season's most tragic heroine along with some of the liveliest dead people ever seen on film.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 88 Claudia Puig
    A Serious Man
    A wonderfully odd, bleakly comic and thoroughly engrossing film.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 63 Claudia Puig
    Barnyard
    It's a sweet and mildly funny movie that will entertain young audiences, but one aspect is utterly mystifying: The two main characters, father and son bovine creatures, have large, distracting udders.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 100 Claudia Puig
    Capote
    In Capote, Philip Seymour Hoffman's brilliant transformation into the mannered writer takes your breath away.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 88 Claudia Puig
    The Grand Budapest Hotel
    It's a mature, intricately layered visual delight.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 88 Claudia Puig
    Citizenfour
    The year's most riveting documentary.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 88 Claudia Puig
    Away from Her
    Does the finest job of any film in painting a believable portrait of aging, capturing the sadness, confusion, anxiety and defiance of the early stages of dementia.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 100 Claudia Puig
    The King's Speech
    Let's say it without equivocation: Colin Firth deserves an Oscar for his lead role in The King's Speech as the stammering King George VI.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 100 Claudia Puig
    Up
    Easily the summer's, and probably the year's, most enchanting movie, Up is a buoyant delight.
    • 34 Metascore
    • 38 Claudia Puig
    Friday the 13th
    While it's billed as a "re-imagining" of the horror franchise, this Friday is more like a rehash, delivering just what you expect and nothing more.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 88 Claudia Puig
    The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
    Epic battles, spectacular effects and multiple story lines make The Two Towers a most excellent middle chapter in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 88 Claudia Puig
    Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
    One of the year's most audacious, savagely funny and unpredictable films, it features an outstanding performance by Michael Keaton as the has-been star of a superhero franchise desperate to be taken seriously.
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