David Parkinson

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For 400 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 39% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 57% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 7.3 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

David Parkinson's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 73
Highest review score: 100 Sansho the Bailiff
Lowest review score: 40 Tommy's Honour
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 239 out of 400
  2. Mixed: 161 out of 400
  3. Negative: 0 out of 400
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 David Parkinson
    Finding Vivian Maier
    An intriguing look at a lost voice.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 David Parkinson
    Funny Face
    A timeless musical treat and the most fun you can have with really elegant clothes on.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 David Parkinson
    Dial M for Murder
    Despite Hitchcock's own reservations this is definitely worth a look. Interesting to his aficionados and darkly funny and depressing in turns.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 David Parkinson
    Land of Mine
    A fascinating topic is attenuated by conservative storytelling and sketchy characterisation. Nevertheless, the sense of place is as assured as the vigilant performances, while the defusing sequences are genuinely suspenseful.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 David Parkinson
    Mid-August Lunch
    The semi-improvised performances and gently nostalgic tone makes this endearing and captivating.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 David Parkinson
    This Film Is Not Yet Rated
    Packed with amusing graphics, animated sequences and damning testimonies, this is a landmark denunciation of Hollywood infantilisation and protectionism.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 David Parkinson
    What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
    Sour as month-old milk and with a tang of off-screen animosity in its mouth, Robert Aldrich's melodrama is still hysterical in every sense of the word.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 David Parkinson
    Life, Animated
    A touch twee at times, but the use of classic and original animation is admirable, while Owen emerges as the king of sidekicks.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 David Parkinson
    Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
    A time capsule now of all that was considered controversial and gutsy in 1966.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 David Parkinson
    Dancing in Jaffa
    Exasperatingly trite, but also rather sweet.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 David Parkinson
    Janis: Little Girl Blue
    Although packed with compelling archive footage, this never quite gets into Joplin's head, heart or soul.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 David Parkinson
    Radio Days
    Humane and perceptive memoir from Allen, with a pleasant visual nostalgia and the usual slew of impressive performances.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 David Parkinson
    My Favorite Blonde
    Enjoyable Hitchcock spoof with much chemistry between the leads and some cracking one-liners.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 David Parkinson
    Nostalghia
    A hauntingly beautiful film.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 David Parkinson
    The Trouble with Harry
    A lighter film for Hitchcock but with a wonderfully sewn narrative and some good performances.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 David Parkinson
    Red Lights
    Accomplished and assured.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 David Parkinson
    The Time That Remains
    A touching and insightful black comedy that gracefully spans sixty years.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 David Parkinson
    After Tiller
    A laudably even-handed examination of a highly charged subject.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 David Parkinson
    Involuntary
    A challenging and intelligent Swedish drama that still raises laughs.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 David Parkinson
    Violet Perfume: No One Is Listening
    This tale of Mexican poverty refuses to lapse into sensation or melodrama.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 David Parkinson
    Bad Hair
    An insightful examination of racism, homophobia and identity in Latin America.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 David Parkinson
    Lemon Tree
    A positive and personal look at the Israel/ Palestine divide through the quest of one woman to maintain her own property.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 David Parkinson
    Major Barbara
    A bit theatrical in places, which is not surprising when you consider its provenence but it suffers for it.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 David Parkinson
    An African Election
    Occasionally lacking in context but never less than intriguing, Jarreth Merz's polished film is a handy document to a rarely visited democracy.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 David Parkinson
    Innocence of Memories
    This is a fascinating insight into the mind of the Nobel laureate and his city muse. Coolly intelligent and noirishly compelling.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 David Parkinson
    More Than Ever
    An affecting reflection on the loneliness we will all have to face at our end, held together by Vicky Krieps's poised display of unself-pitying despair and liberating acceptance.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 David Parkinson
    Mata Hari
    Not Garbo's greatest but it has a curious charm.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 David Parkinson
    The Square
    Pondering everything from free expression and sexual harassment to bourgeois guilt and migrant rage, this superbly acted saga may not always hit the target. But it unerringly leaves its mark.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 David Parkinson
    Both Sides of the Blade
    Despite the almost caricatural Frenchness of the premise, this is a superbly acted and intricately directed drama that makes a virtue of its very human feelings and follies.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 David Parkinson
    Rope
    A strange foreboding of what was to come from the Hitch.
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