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
    • 33 Metascore
    • 38 Derek Smith
    There's no follow-through or follow-up on how the main character's voyeurism informs his burgeoning sexual perversions.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 38 Derek Smith
    Ben doesn't deserve our sympathy, in part for how noxiously the film has imagined the female characters who surround him.
    • 30 Metascore
    • 12 Derek Smith
    Danny Baron's film awkwardly melds Bollywood romcom tropes with a half-hearted critique of the GMO industry.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 63 Derek Smith
    Lin Oeding’s action thriller thrives on both the beauty of its natural, snowbound surroundings and the brutal instincts of man.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 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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