David Hiltbrand

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People Weekly, Philadelphia Inquirer
For 133 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 42% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 55% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 15 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

David Hiltbrand's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 51
Highest review score: 75 Earth to Echo
Lowest review score: 12 xXx: State of the Union
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 50 out of 133
  2. Mixed: 40 out of 133
  3. Negative: 43 out of 133
133 movie reviews
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    • 45 Metascore
    • 50 David Hiltbrand
    Pain & Gain
    Yep, it's all fun and games until someone gets brutalized repeatedly. Before you can avert your eyes, it's Katie, bar the door and break out the chain saws.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 50 David Hiltbrand
    Frankenweenie
    It's not so much a miscalculation of his audience by Burton as it is a disregard. What lingers after Frankenweenie, far more than its stunning technique, is a sad suggestion of solipsism.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 50 David Hiltbrand
    The Devil's Rejects
    Completely unhinged, a garish and gonzo walk on the wild side.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 50 David Hiltbrand
    Source Code
    Gyllenhaal is particularly unsuited to this role, his saucer eyes flashing from calm to crazed.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 50 David Hiltbrand
    A Scanner Darkly
    A rambling depiction of a junkie's descent into zombitude.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 50 David Hiltbrand
    Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
    A sweet, if predictable, kids' comedy. But you have to overlook the conveniently inconsistent behavior of all the characters - except in Garner's case. She never establishes a character.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 50 David Hiltbrand
    The Express
    The Express eventually reaches its triumph-of-the-human-spirit climax, but it yanks too hard on the heart strings during the long journey there.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 50 David Hiltbrand
    Finding Fela!
    The constant flipping between stagecraft and reality creates a dissonant static that prevents any satisfying connection with the film.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 50 David Hiltbrand
    The Woman in Black
    The Woman in Black has lovely period atmosphere. Unfortunately, it doesn't have much else besides atmosphere.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 50 David Hiltbrand
    Life of Crime
    Life of Crime is like an errant golf putt that appears headed for the hole, but just keeps rolling and rolling, all the way off the green. In other words, just missed . . . by a mile.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 50 David Hiltbrand
    Heights
    Heights manages to make the lives of all these beautiful people seem quite tedious. Despite their accomplishments, the only thing they seem suited for is hailing cabs.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 50 David Hiltbrand
    Turbo
    Let's face it: Kids aren't a very demanding audience. If there's color, movement, and a high quotient of silliness, they're happy.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 50 David Hiltbrand
    Unleashed
    Freeman and Hoskins lend the film a level of artistry it doesn't really deserve. Unleashed has a vivid concept, but savagery and sentimentality make strange costars.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 50 David Hiltbrand
    Snakes on a Plane
    This hotly anticipated film delivers on the premise of its celebrated title. But it offers little more in terms of suspense, originality or enjoyment. Mostly, it lays there on the screen like a big lazy boa.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 50 David Hiltbrand
    Glory Road
    A formulaic and fuzzy feel-good movie.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 50 David Hiltbrand
    Thor
    Hemsworth looks a good deal more like NFL receiver Jeremy Shockey than he does the immortal Avenger.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 50 David Hiltbrand
    Get Smart
    All that's missing is the spirit and the anarchic humor of the sitcom created by Mel Brooks and Buck Henry. The result is an overdressed, carefully stitched scarecrow of a comedy.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 50 David Hiltbrand
    White House Down
    The main flaw of White House Down is that it overstays its welcome, thanks in large part to a silly climax that seems to unfold in three laborious acts. At least, Tatum keeps his shirt off.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 50 David Hiltbrand
    The Devil's Double
    This is a straight-up gangsta film, yo. Spare us the phony redemption.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 50 David Hiltbrand
    Race to Witch Mountain
    Curiously, despite Johnson's imposing physique, it's the kids who do most of the smashing and grabbing, right up until the climax, when it's all-hands-on-neck.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 50 David Hiltbrand
    Riddick
    Purely as an action film, Riddick is passable, if grueling. The problem is tonal.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 50 David Hiltbrand
    Bullet to the Head
    Sly can still fill a too-tight polo shirt at 66 - in the same way Jack LaLanne did in his later years. But no amount of movie magic can make him pass for a lethal and nimble juggernaut.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 50 David Hiltbrand
    Fun with Dick and Jane
    In mood and in content is just SO 20th century.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 50 David Hiltbrand
    Frankie & Alice
    Although it is based on a true story, the dramatization doesn't make much sense psychologically.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 50 David Hiltbrand
    Project Almanac
    The premise, which initially has a certain interior logic, grows implausible and then nonsensical.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 50 David Hiltbrand
    Final Destination 3
    Fortunately for us, they number these Final Destination scarefests. Otherwise, it would be impossible to tell them apart.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 50 David Hiltbrand
    Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
    The whole thing is rather insipid. But Thomas makes it smoother and more palatable than it deserves to be.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 50 David Hiltbrand
    Sabotage
    This is the type of movie best enjoyed as a late-night indulgence on cable. Really late at night, when your eyes are still partially open, but your brain has called it quits.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 50 David Hiltbrand
    Horrible Bosses 2
    Most of the humor in this film arises from the ludicrous squabbles among Bateman, Sudeikis, and Day, who can springboard from logic to lunacy in a single exchange.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 50 David Hiltbrand
    Grudge Match
    Even though it's all preliminaries, no main event, Grudge Match is harmless enough as entertainment. Just not as harmless as its poor protagonists.
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