Dan Jolin

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Empire, Time Out
For 259 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 60% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 38% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 2.7 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Dan Jolin's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 68
Highest review score: 100 My Neighbor Totoro
Lowest review score: 20 Perfect Stranger
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 129 out of 259
  2. Mixed: 127 out of 259
  3. Negative: 3 out of 259
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    • 45 Metascore
    • 20 Dan Jolin
    Fire and Ice
    Better avoided unless you're doing a study on vaguely titillating rubbish 80s animation.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 80 Dan Jolin
    Once
    The year’s most pleasant cinematic surprise. Once has enough heart, wit, verve and sheer songwriting genius to ensure you’ll see it far more times than its title suggests.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Dan Jolin
    Brothers
    Sounds rather soapy and melodramatic, but director Susanne Bier, assisted by an able cast, ensures the traumas are painfully realistic and subtly observed.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 100 Dan Jolin
    My Neighbor Totoro
    An otherworldly tale of childhood and a definitive work of imagination.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 80 Dan Jolin
    The Soloist
    Intelligent and uncompromising, with knock-out performances from Downey Jr. and Foxx .
    • 65 Metascore
    • 60 Dan Jolin
    I Am Legend
    While the sun shines, it’s a four-star thriller with a superb turn from Smith. When the moon rises, it’s a two-star horror cartoon with some of the worst FX we’ve seen all year. So, really, it has to average out at…
    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Dan Jolin
    Thank You for Smoking
    A laudably amoral and superbly caustic comedy for those who like their satire strong and unfiltered.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 40 Dan Jolin
    A Good Year
    The Merlot to "Sideways" Pinot, this is one of those middling movies that, while never terrible, also never really impresses.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 60 Dan Jolin
    World's Greatest Dad
    Odd, confident, challenging, and featuring a brilliant turn by Williams. If only there was just a little more to it.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 60 Dan Jolin
    The Good, the Bad, the Weird
    A tangled narrative and damp-squib ending detract from an otherwise joyous Spaghetti Eastern.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 80 Dan Jolin
    The Kite Runner
    An engaging melodrama whose less convincing plot points are superseded by some astonishingly affecting performances from the mostly unknown cast.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 60 Dan Jolin
    Swimming Upstream
    Geoffrey Rush and Judy Davis, predictably impressive in the roles of abusive, alcoholic dad and troubled-but-tough mum.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 60 Dan Jolin
    Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
    This is unlikely to win Kathryn Lansky's antipodean owl fantasy any new fans, but even the bemused (and confused) can luxuriate in some grand-scale visual storytelling.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 40 Dan Jolin
    Kicking & Screaming
    This year's Dodgeball? Not a chance. Ferrell admirably tackles the so-so material, but it soon defeats him.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Dan Jolin
    Into the Wild
    With the whole of America as his backdrop, Penn pulls off his most ambitious movie yet. The result is a beautiful and thought-provoking road movie.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 80 Dan Jolin
    Letters from Iwo Jima
    A sharper account of the Iwo Jima conflict than Flags, this balances its unflinching handling of the horrors of war with its touching portrayal of those who face them.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 100 Dan Jolin
    Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
    Absurd, outrageous, gross, disturbing, insightful, and so funny it’ll burst half the blood vessels in your face.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 60 Dan Jolin
    City of Ember
    With Ember's hydro-electro-punk charms, Kenan's convinced us he's one of Hollywood's most exciting (and excited!) visualists. But on the evidence of this, his storytelling skills still need honing.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 80 Dan Jolin
    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
    Mostly harmless. A very British, very funny sci-fi misadventure that's guaranteed to win converts.
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