David Parkinson
Select another critic »For 400 reviews, this critic has graded:
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39% higher than the average critic
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4% same as the average critic
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57% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 7.3 points higher than other critics.
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David Parkinson's Scores
- Movies
- TV
| Average review score: | 73 | |
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| Highest review score: | Sansho the Bailiff | |
| Lowest review score: | Tommy's Honour | |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 239 out of 400
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Mixed: 161 out of 400
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Negative: 0 out of 400
400
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reviews
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- Empire
- Posted Feb 10, 2014
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- David Parkinson
Ruinously prioritising chic over content, this is intellectually and stylistically shallow when it should have been dynamic and compelling.- Empire
- Posted Dec 26, 2016
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- David Parkinson
Interesting misfires from Wong Kar-wai and Steven Soderbergh barely manage to atone for the seedy muddle concocted by eightysomething Michelangelo Antonioni, who mocks his own reputation for existential ellipsis with his voyeuristic vignette.- Empire
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- David Parkinson
Ruinously prioritising chic over content, this is intellectually and stylistically shallow when it should have been dynamic and compelling.- Empire
- Posted Jan 9, 2017
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- David Parkinson
Assayas' attempt to present a multi-perspective Polaroid view of Adrien and his circle fall back on the tired technique of abruptly punctuating grainy, handheld sequence with jump cuts. A disappointingly sterotypical French film.- Empire
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- David Parkinson
Notwithstanding the efforts of a game cast, this is a grotesque miscalculation that disrespects the memory of those who perished in one of the darkest episodes in recent history by turning it into a piece of white-knuckle entertainment.- Empire
- Posted Jun 20, 2016
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- David Parkinson
Although replete with creepy shocks, this lacks the narrative finesse to match the committed performances and slick visuals.- Empire
- Posted Mar 27, 2017
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- David Parkinson
A fascinating life is reduced to a series of skittishly edited and visually stylised vignettes that do scant justice to Marie Curie's scientific achievements and Karolina Gruszka's laudably intense performance.- Empire
- Posted Nov 27, 2017
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- David Parkinson
Telling an unfamiliar tale in a highly predictable manner, this is a laudable, but lightweight tribute to golf's founding fathers.- Empire
- Posted Jul 10, 2017
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- David Parkinson
Notwithstanding the efforts of a game cast, this is a grotesque miscalculation that disrespects the memory of those who perished in one of the darkest episodes in recent history by turning it into a piece of white-knuckle entertainment.- Empire
- Posted Jun 30, 2016
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- David Parkinson
This leaden relocating of an iconic German saga to 16th-century France isn’t helped by the miscast Mads Mikkelsen’s morose display as Michael Kohlhaas.- Empire
- Posted May 6, 2014
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- David Parkinson
Despite a wonderfully witty voiceover and the bullish playing of a willing ensemble, this bawdy romp consistently stumbles over its more contrived excesses.- Empire
- Posted Jun 13, 2017
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- David Parkinson
Despite the nobility of its intentions and commitment of its cast, this would-be treatise on gig economical iniquity winds up patronising the very ‘invisible people' it's supposed to be championing.- Empire
- Posted May 25, 2022
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- David Parkinson
If it weren't for Lost Horizon, this would have gone down in history as the Worst Musical of 1973.- Empire
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- David Parkinson
A strange story that's no less disturbing for its unbalanced telling.- Empire
- Posted Jan 12, 2015
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- David Parkinson
Funny in places but not Allen's best writing...and its difficult to get beyond the conceit.- Empire
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- David Parkinson
A largely dour romantic drama, hampered by thrusting non-actors into challenging lead roles.- Empire
- Posted Nov 4, 2013
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