Derek Smith

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For 338 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: 52
Highest review score: 88 Night on Earth
Lowest review score: 0 The Last Face
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 135 out of 338
  2. Mixed: 74 out of 338
  3. Negative: 129 out of 338
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    • 18 Metascore
    • 25 Derek Smith
    The Vanishing Of Sidney Hall
    The seesaw of effect of oscillating between extolling Sidney’s genius and lingering on his anguish begins to feel like a child slowly burning an ant with a magnifying glass, occasionally taking breaks to truly savor the harm he or she is committing.
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    • 38 Derek Smith
    Beast of Burden
    The film’s flashbacks, which are either too clipped or excessively scored, effectively step on the actors’ toes.
    • 33 Metascore
    • 38 Derek Smith
    Looking Glass
    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
    Entanglement
    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
    Basmati Blues
    Danny Baron's film awkwardly melds Bollywood romcom tropes with a half-hearted critique of the GMO industry.
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