For 336 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 15% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 83% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 14.2 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Derek Smith's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 51
Highest review score: 88 Everything Everywhere All at Once
Lowest review score: 0 The Last Face
Score distribution:
336 movie reviews
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    • 12 Derek Smith
    Mauro Borrelli's The Recall has the look of a SyFy original movie and the self-seriousness of Ridley Scott's recent Alien films.
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    • 38 Derek Smith
    The film’s flashbacks, which are either too clipped or excessively scored, effectively step on the actors’ toes.
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    • 25 Derek Smith
    The will-they-won't-they of the film is a non-starter, and as such the film's climax is stripped of suspense and even the most basic of dramatic payoffs.
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    • 75 Derek Smith
    Milko Lazarov seems driven to record the inner workings of a singular slice of Inuit culture before it goes the way of the reindeer.
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    • 50 Derek Smith
    Sebastian Junger and Nick Quested’s prismatic look at a devastating new chapter in the War on Drugs lacks for cohesiveness.
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    • 63 Derek Smith
    The film persuasively sheds light on the grievances of the Palestinian people that have long fallen on deaf ears.

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