David Sterritt

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Christian Science Monitor
For 2,253 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 52% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 46% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 0.8 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

David Sterritt's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 65
Highest review score: 100 Children of Heaven
Lowest review score: 0 Barb Wire
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,242 out of 2253
  2. Mixed: 751 out of 2253
  3. Negative: 260 out of 2253
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 67 David Sterritt
    Daughters of the Dust
    Dash deserves great credit for reaching toward a new kind of cinematic structure that blends compassionate character exploration with a deep interest in the world of nature, and a bold willingness to let storytelling take care of itself at its own unhurried pace. One hopes, however, that in future works she will lean more decisively in a single clear direction - toward painterly visualization or toward psychological narrative. [30 Jan 1992, p.12]
    • Christian Science Monitor
    • 81 Metascore
    • 100 David Sterritt
    Love and Death on Long Island
    Hurt gives an astonishingly sensitive and funny performance as the bedazzled intellectual, and first-time filmmaker Kwietniowski unfolds the story with an unfailing blend of humor and compassion.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 100 David Sterritt
    Chaos
    The drama's elegant structure, which takes you through a series of surprises so smoothly and logically that it might be over before you realize you've seen one of the new year's most intriguing, intelligent movies.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 100 David Sterritt
    The Story of the Weeping Camel
    Blurring all the lines between fiction and documentary, this gentle and amusing movie blends real, unrehearsed material with delightful storytelling scenes.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 100 David Sterritt
    Faat Kiné
    Intelligent yet easy-going masterpiece.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 50 David Sterritt
    Bound for Pleasure
    Interesting as anthropology, although the subject won't appeal to many people.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 100 David Sterritt
    The World
    This is a brilliant, if challenging, film.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 75 David Sterritt
    Bad Education
    Spain's most important living filmmaker isn't at his very best in this complicated tale, but it raises still-timely questions well worth pondering.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 100 David Sterritt
    Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire
    Wrenching on both personal and political levels.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 75 David Sterritt
    Kiss of the Spider Woman
    It packs an emotional punch despite shortcomings of story and style.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 75 David Sterritt
    Tom Dowd & the Language of Music
    Like its subject, the movie is a tad overzealous, but often fascinating and revealing.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 100 David Sterritt
    The Hours
    Kidman, Moore, and Streep do some of their best work, backed by a first-rank supporting cast.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 100 David Sterritt
    Junebug
    This low-key drama is a miracle of mood, atmosphere, and sensitivity.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 100 David Sterritt
    Café Lumière
    Hou's sensitivity plus Ozu's inspiration equals sublimity of sight and sound.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 100 David Sterritt
    Tony Takitani
    The movie's underlying theme is the complex relationship between objects and memories, worked out through a taut, compelling story and superbly understated acting. Ryuichi Sakamoto composed the atmospheric score.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 100 David Sterritt
    Million Dollar Baby
    It's an ideal match, and Eastwood deserves accolades as both director and star of this powerfully made picture.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 67 David Sterritt
    Prince of the City
    Though it periodically loses its way among cardboard characters and stereotyped scenes, it deserves hefty credit for attempting more than the average movie dreams of accomplishing. [13 Aug 1981, p.18]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 75 David Sterritt
    Central Station
    The performances are engaging and the views of rural Brazil are captivating, making the film a solid audience-pleaser even though its story often seems familiar and sentimental.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 100 David Sterritt
    The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till
    Required viewing for anyone interested in the struggle for American racial equality.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 75 David Sterritt
    The Patriot
    What might have been a treat for history buffs and a refresher course for the rest of us turns into just another occasion to watch Gibson shoot guns, swing tomahawks, and wreak other kinds of havoc on enemies we've been primed to hate.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 75 David Sterritt
    The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
    Lovely to look at, if not very deep in its thinking about relations between humans and their animal friends.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 50 David Sterritt
    The Color of Paradise
    Although it has a good heart and a warm spirit, this prettily filmed drama is more sentimental and manipulative than earlier Iranian films on youth-related subjects.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 75 David Sterritt
    Nine Queens
    This cleverly structured Argentine heist movie isn't as original or ingenious as it tries to be, but it's fun watching the chicanery veer down one unexpected pathway after another.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 50 David Sterritt
    A Fish Called Wanda
    There are a few hilarious moments, and a few more that are foolish and even disgusting. [15 July 1988, Art and Leisure, p.21]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 100 David Sterritt
    Saraband
    Its leisurely, deliberative style is a perfect complement to the emotions it deals with - emotions so penetrating that I warn you at the outset how jarringly intense you may find Bergman's most brilliant drama in decades.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 100 David Sterritt
    Taste of Cherry
    This highly challenging, deeply philosophical Iranian drama focuses on a man who has decided to end his life but first drives through the countryside in search of a compassionate stranger who'll agree to give him a proper burial. At once a compelling human story and an utterly fresh piece of moviemaking, the picture reconfirms Kiarostami's growing reputation as one of world film's most original talents. [20 March 1998, p.B2]
    • Christian Science Monitor
    • 80 Metascore
    • 50 David Sterritt
    The Blair Witch Project
    The movie would be better as a 30-minute short, though, since its shaky camera work and fuzzy images get monotonous after a while, and there's not much room for character development within the very limited plot.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 50 David Sterritt
    Rabbit-Proof Fence
    Kenneth Branagh overplays his portrayal of Neville, but most of the other characters are skillfully acted by a solid cast, including the great Aborigine actor David Gulpilil as the tracker. In all, this is a watchable movie that's not quite the memorable experience it might have been.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 100 David Sterritt
    Sunset Story
    Utterly unsentimental, deeply moving.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 75 David Sterritt
    Minority Report
    Its most vivid scenes -- a visit with an insane ophthalmologist, a showdown at Anderton's supposed crime scene -- have the kind of anything-goes creativity that set "A.I. Artificial Intelligence" apart from the crowd last year.
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