For 68 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 58% higher than the average critic
  • 7% same as the average critic
  • 35% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 5.9 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

David D'Arcy's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 71
Highest review score: 100 Sunset Song
Lowest review score: 40 The Book of Love
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 52 out of 68
  2. Negative: 0 out of 68
68 movie reviews
    • 45 Metascore
    • 50 David D'Arcy
    It’s ambitious, and she hits some of the right notes, but much of it ends up off-key.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 70 David D'Arcy
    The 12-year project – commissioned by the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation – is evidence that Timoner, who made documentaries before, can craft a nuanced dramatic feature.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 70 David D'Arcy
    We’re lucky that moralists like Ponsoldt and Eggers have a sense of humor.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 60 David D'Arcy
    Zoe
    Both McGregor, close cropped, and Seydoux, in retro bangs, give tender performances, although there’s not much that’s new in the love story once you push the robotics aside. Tech-heads who rush to Zoe may leave the theater feeling under-charged.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 50 David D'Arcy
    Brian Shoaf does not break any new ground in Aardvark (besides featuring an actual aardvark in an independent film), yet his pairing of stalwart female characters with troubled men is a welcome twist of gender stereotypes.
    • 32 Metascore
    • 60 David D'Arcy
    Ines and Emilie have tensions between them which are uncomfortably alive, and Langseth’s script is a gnawing reminder that, even when the date of death is set, family quarrels and resentments can still be corrosive.
    • 27 Metascore
    • 40 David D'Arcy
    This well-meaning debut feature about following your dreams just treads water.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 David D'Arcy
    Soul on a String is visually stunning.

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