Derek Elley

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For 400 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 45% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 52% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 3.6 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Derek Elley's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 62
Highest review score: 100 Atonement
Lowest review score: 10 Thomas and the Magic Railroad
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 199 out of 400
  2. Mixed: 178 out of 400
  3. Negative: 23 out of 400
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    • 47 Metascore
    • 40 Derek Elley
    Spring Fever
    Overlong and very Euro-flavored.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 40 Derek Elley
    15: The Movie
    15 is Asian Kid Rebels 101. So predictable it could almost be a parody of the genre -- though that would require a sense of humor above and beyond the self-reflexive comedy on display here.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 70 Derek Elley
    Secret Society
    Charmingly eccentric light comedy.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 30 Derek Elley
    Maybe Baby
    A wannabe romantic comedy with miscast leads and a script in desperate need of a good editor.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 70 Derek Elley
    Flirt
    Slight but sleek, Flirt is still fun.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 60 Derek Elley
    Ali G Indahouse
    An extremely silly, grossly scatological but often amusing picture that plays like Dumb & Dumber meets Spike Lee in London.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 50 Derek Elley
    Anatomy 2
    A no-holds-barred, thoroughly generic follow-up to the medical horror-chiller that wowed German wickets in 2000.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 80 Derek Elley
    The Exorcism of Emily Rose
    Some genuine shocks punctuate The Exorcism of Emily Rose, an unusually intelligent genre item that manages to mix full-bore horror with courtroom drama.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 50 Derek Elley
    Berlin 36
    The picture sports a strong lead cast but is diminished by TV-style helming and production qualities.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 30 Derek Elley
    The Little Vampire
    A mildly entertaining but dramatically messy kidpic.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 50 Derek Elley
    The Burning Plain
    Many of the weaknesses and few of the strengths of Guillermo Arriaga as a scripter are evident in his directing debut, The Burning Plain.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 50 Derek Elley
    My Kingdom
    An intriguing spin on the British crime genre that's more a series of strong performances than a fully worked-out character drama.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 40 Derek Elley
    Mean Machine
    OK entertainment but nothing more.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 70 Derek Elley
    Outlaw
    Both the pic's power and its problems stem from Love deliberately taking no moral position nor offering any solutions; he gives his audience what it wants at a gut level and doesn't wimp out at the end.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 50 Derek Elley
    Slap Her... She's French
    Scripters Robert Lee King and Lamar Damon leave no national cliche or double entendre unturned in this good-looking but relentlessly lowbrow outing which plays like "Clueless Does South Fork" with a side order of garlic.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 40 Derek Elley
    In My Country
    An unquestionably sincere but dramatically stillborn outing by veteran John Boorman.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 60 Derek Elley
    Saawariya
    A really small movie done up in a big, moody package, Saawariya entices, fitfully springs to life but finally outstays its welcome by a good half-hour.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 30 Derek Elley
    Funny Games (2008)
    As shocking and deliberately manipulative as the original movie and -- some may reckon -- even more pointless.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 60 Derek Elley
    Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
    Second time round, Bridget is still fat, funny and endearing -- but "all a bit, um, familiar, actually."
    • 43 Metascore
    • 70 Derek Elley
    9 Songs
    A touching, often poetic, sometimes achingly real snapshot of a brief encounter related almost entirely through the bedroom.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 40 Derek Elley
    Love the Hard Way
    Doesn't ring true as a love story between a cocky scam artist and a clever biology student, despite a game effort by Charlotte Ayanna in an impossible role and Adrien Brody at his loosest.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 30 Derek Elley
    Jurassic Park III
    Game ride that makes the two previous installments look like models of classic filmmaking.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 40 Derek Elley
    2009: Lost Memories
    More often a noirish action drama, a melancholy meditation on history and nationalism, than the high-tech thriller promised by its hype and artwork.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 50 Derek Elley
    Breakfast of Champions
    Has some fine individual moments but fails to cohere into a grander, more substantial statement on the themes it aspires to tackle.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 30 Derek Elley
    Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker
    A shake 'n' bake Brit teen-spy actioner, without a smidgeon of originality, humor or involving characterization, Stormbreaker is a high-profile bust.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 60 Derek Elley
    Stella Street
    A hip comic curio.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 60 Derek Elley
    Thorns
    An involving, often kinetic 2½-hour ride for auds who can accept their entertainment overboiled as well as just hardboiled.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 40 Derek Elley
    Yes Nurse! No Nurse!
    Pic maintains a likable, breezy tone throughout but looks increasingly threadbare of real inspiration or originality as it proceeds.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 50 Derek Elley
    Outlander
    Not helped by a wooden perf from Jim Caviezel as a humanoid alien who accidentally imports a real alien to eighth-century Earth.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Derek Elley
    Mostly Martha
    A charming relationships comedy about food, gourmet cooking and emotionally chilling out. Anchored by a career-best performance from German thesp Martina Gedeck.
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