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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    • 84 Metascore
    • 100 David Sterritt
    That Obscure Object of Desire
    Cinema's greatest surrealist is at the peak of his powers in the last movie of his unparalleled career.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 100 David Sterritt
    The Winslow Boy
    This is the kind of movie that literate viewers pine for, laced with gracefulness and wit.
    • 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.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 100 David Sterritt
    This Ain't No Heartland
    What emerges most strongly, though, is a staggering degree of ignorance among everyday Americans about the basic meanings of democracy, liberty, and national security. [20 Aug 2004, p.15]
    • Christian Science Monitor
    • 51 Metascore
    • 100 David Sterritt
    A Letter to True
    It's all deliberately homemade and raggedy, and that's where its charm comes from, along with the delightful old-music score.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 100 David Sterritt
    The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
    The director of "Rushmore" and "The Royal Tenenbaums" scores his most funny-sad movie to date.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 100 David Sterritt
    Far From Heaven
    Easily the best American film so far this year, Far From Heaven is close to perfect.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 100 David Sterritt
    Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
    Technical virtuosity and entertainment ingenuity.
    • Christian Science Monitor
    • 82 Metascore
    • 100 David Sterritt
    3 Women
    Written and directed by a brilliant screen artist at the peak of his powers, it's an utterly original comedy-drama.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 100 David Sterritt
    Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
    Spellbinding.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 100 David Sterritt
    The Ninth Day
    This is moviemaking on the highest dramatic, psychological, and moral plane.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 100 David Sterritt
    Fahrenheit 9/11
    Moore makes no pretense of being "fair and balanced." He makes a passionate case for his own perspective, and invites us to agree with him or not. "I fulminate, you decide" could be his motto.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 100 David Sterritt
    The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till
    Required viewing for anyone interested in the struggle for American racial equality.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 100 David Sterritt
    A Decade Under the Influence
    It's illuminating and nostalgic and for anyone who lined up for American movies in that bygone golden age.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 100 David Sterritt
    The Cup
    The first feature-length movie from Bhutan tells its lighthearted story through smart performances, appealing images, and unfailing good humor.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 100 David Sterritt
    Distant
    Mood, atmosphere, and character are more important than story twists in this unassuming, acutely observant drama.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 100 David Sterritt
    Chunhyangdyun
    This astoundingly beautiful Korean production is poignant, original, and engrossing.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 100 David Sterritt
    Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst
    A must-see account that casts a harshly illuminating light on a key period of recent American history.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 100 David Sterritt
    Kiss Me, Stupid (re-release)
    Hollywood censors made Wilder reshoot one scene, but the original version has been rediscovered; while it's tame by today's standards, it makes the movie's caustic social commentary more potent than ever.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 100 David Sterritt
    The Holy Girl
    Superbly cast, evocatively directed.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 100 David Sterritt
    Since Otar Left
    Everything about this subtly directed drama enhances its pathos and humor, especially an astonishing performance by Gorintin, a 90-something woman only a few years into her acting career.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 100 David Sterritt
    Return to the Land of Wonders
    The filmmaker keeps things lively by roaming far and wide with her camera, returning to the statesmanship side of the documentary often enough to let us follow relevant events as they unfold.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 100 David Sterritt
    Grin Without a Cat
    It reconfirms Marker as one of the most serious-minded and artistically gifted filmmakers in France, or anywhere else.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 100 David Sterritt
    The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara
    The filmmaking is meticulous and the ideas are endlessly thought-provoking.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 100 David Sterritt
    Brothers
    A triumph of psychological drama, owing as much to Ms. Bier's sensitive style as to Anders Thomas Jensen's smart screenplay, based on Bier's own story idea.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 100 David Sterritt
    Palindromes
    Like all this adventurous filmmaker's work, it's truly one of a kind.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 100 David Sterritt
    Howl's Moving Castle
    You run across animation this ingenious about as often as a moving castle comes your way.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 100 David Sterritt
    Wendigo
    A smart and scary voyage into the uncanny realm where hard realities,mind-spinning myths, and hallucinatory visions blur.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 100 David Sterritt
    Junebug
    This low-key drama is a miracle of mood, atmosphere, and sensitivity.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 100 David Sterritt
    Baran
    Expressively filmed story of rivalry, romance, and cultural conflict.
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