David Rooney

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The Hollywood Reporter, Variety
For 1,355 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 54% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 44% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 1.8 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

David Rooney's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 67
Highest review score: 100 The Hand of God
Lowest review score: 10 The School for Good and Evil
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 836 out of 1355
  2. Mixed: 435 out of 1355
  3. Negative: 84 out of 1355
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    • 84 Metascore
    • 100 David Rooney
    Judas and the Black Messiah
    Led by sensational performances from Daniel Kaluuya as Hampton and LaKeith Stanfield as William O'Neal, the FBI informant who infiltrated his inner circle, this is a scalding account of oppression and revolution, coercion and betrayal, rendered more shocking by the undiminished currency of its themes.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 David Rooney
    Mass
    It's a harrowing watch, but a cathartic one, with each of the four superb principal actors delivering scenes of wrenching release.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 David Rooney
    In the Same Breath
    Even when accessing the situation remotely via camera operators and citizen journalists on the ground, Wang deftly balances factoids with first-hand experiences to show the emotional cost, both for people unable to say goodbye to their loved ones and front-line health care workers and funeral home staff, absorbing the trauma of unrelenting losses.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 40 David Rooney
    In the Earth
    The cluttered plot keeps surging forward while providing too few illuminating insights, instead loading up on mystical mumbo jumbo and flashes of gore.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 90 David Rooney
    Flee
    It's a powerful and poetic memoir of personal struggle and self-discovery that expands the definition of documentary.
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