Dan Bayer

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For 36 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 55% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 40% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 2.2 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Dan Bayer's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 68
Highest review score: 80 Avatar: Fire and Ash
Lowest review score: 40 The Housemaid
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 36
  3. Negative: 0 out of 36
36 movie reviews
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    • 52 Metascore
    • 70 Dan Bayer
    Over Your Dead Body
    Instead of the sharp satire of modern-day relationships it starts out as, “Over Your Dead Body” becomes a gross-out comedy in its second half. While it’s very good in both of those modes, it can’t help but feel a bit disappointing that it takes such a sharp turn from something that’s both fun and perceptive to something that’s just fun.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 70 Dan Bayer
    Now You See Me: Now You Don't
    Yes, it’s ridiculous. No, it doesn’t make perfect sense. But, damn, if it isn’t a hoot and a half to watch.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 60 Dan Bayer
    Reminders of Him
    Yes, Reminders of Him is very much an ordeal, but not so much because it’s bad. It’s an ordeal because of all the emotional muck these characters have to drag themselves through to get to the other side.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 40 Dan Bayer
    Scream 7
    The film’s refusal to engage with its own material and its franchise’s legacy may not be the only problem with “Scream 7,“but it’s certainly the biggest. For every good element, there’s an equally bad one. The performances are either good (Campbell has always been great as Sidney, but this may be her best performance in the franchise to date) or barely functional (Courtney Cox looks and sounds like she’s sleepwalking through playing Gale Weathers despite getting an all-timer entrance).
    • 34 Metascore
    • 40 Dan Bayer
    Mercy
    There’s certainly entertainment value in “Mercy,” especially in a late-film chase captured largely via dashcam, and in the film’s gamified version of criminal court, which has a video-game-like appeal. But with a concept so close to the real world, you need to engage with the ideas to connect with the audience beyond the surface, truly.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 60 Dan Bayer
    Family Movie
    For the most part, Family Movie glides along on the geniality of its cast and Kevin Bacon’s light touch as a director. There’s not a whole lot of style to speak of, but the film looks good, and it moves along at a solid pace.
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