Desmond Ryan
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66% higher than the average critic
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1% same as the average critic
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33% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 2.1 points higher than other critics.
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Desmond Ryan's Scores
- Movies
- TV
| Average review score: | 68 | |
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| Highest review score: | Trolösa | |
| Lowest review score: | Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight | |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 163 out of 224
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Mixed: 35 out of 224
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Negative: 26 out of 224
224
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- Desmond Ryan
Apart from the patness of its conclusion, the main weakness in Edge of Seventeen is a question of balance. The women in the movie - Angie, Maggie and Eric's mother - are strongly acted and better drawn than the protagonist. Even so, candor and accuracy give Edge of Seventeen an edge over many other contenders in the field. [03 Sep 1999, p.03]- Philadelphia Inquirer
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- Desmond Ryan
Transports us to a world that still had a capacity for awe, and that's the core of its charm.- Philadelphia Inquirer
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Cobb is an ironic and telling look at the machinery of myth-making and the chasm that can exist between image and reality. It is enriched by going further - into the impact on the relationship of two very different men. [13 Jan 1995, p.05]- Philadelphia Inquirer
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- Desmond Ryan
Faces, torsos and other parts of the human anatomy go into gory meltdown in Abel Ferrara's Body Snatchers. But his remake of of a sci-fi classic that already has been brilliantly remade leaves you wondering why he wasn't willing to go out on a limb. [18 Feb 1994, p.04]- Philadelphia Inquirer
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- Desmond Ryan
In effect, The Client is a clever and pliant variation on the classic Hitchcock situation that puts a kid, instead of an adult, between the authorities and villainous criminals.- Philadelphia Inquirer
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- Desmond Ryan
A fascinating but flawed work that demonstrates that, contrary to popular wisdom, great minds do not think alike.- Philadelphia Inquirer
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Defiantly different, a movie that carefully checks the pulse of its characters rather than trying to get the blood rushing.- Philadelphia Inquirer
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In Little Odessa, Gray proves that you can go down what looks like a familiar road and make it seem much less traveled. [30 June 1995, p.06]- Philadelphia Inquirer
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- Desmond Ryan
The Naked Gun 33 1/3 has the feel of a movie with too many jokes off the cutting-room floor. Through it all, Nielsen's consummate timing and ability to come through in the klutz makes things seem more amusing than they are. [18 Mar 1994, p.3]- Philadelphia Inquirer
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- Desmond Ryan
As an exploration of a man who really did take the road less traveled, the film is fascinating.- Philadelphia Inquirer
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- Desmond Ryan
Attenborough's underrated 1977 epic A Bridge Too Far fashioned an antiwar statement from the foolhardiness that stranded 35,000 paratroopers behind German lines in an attempt to take key bridges. [02 Feb 2002, p.C01]- Philadelphia Inquirer
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- Desmond Ryan
The River Wild is not a picture that tries to break new ground or even part fresh waters. Yet it is a crisp and exciting exercise, and while it may not be a watershed in Streep's career, she shows that you can take the plunge into an action movie and go swimming without going slumming. [30 Sep 1994, p.03]- Philadelphia Inquirer
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- Desmond Ryan
Illsley's fine cast, with a riotous contribution from William H. Macy as the sheriff who falls for Harry, plays out the comedy without condescension.- Philadelphia Inquirer
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- Desmond Ryan
Baird is a highly regarded editor of action films, and his debut as a director shows a sharp eye for the tensions and angles in individual scenes. But his grasp of pace is less certain, and it exposes the movie's more outlandish developments. [15 Mar 1996, p.03]- Philadelphia Inquirer
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- Desmond Ryan
There is a sequence where his four felons parody a sitdown from The Godfather that is both inept and painfully out of place. But there's enough in Set It Off to set it apart and to argue that, when it comes to putting a new spin on the inner-city heist, you're better off with the ladies. [06 Nov 1996, p.E01]- Philadelphia Inquirer
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- Desmond Ryan
A comedy of the old school. Depending on your view of the current state of screen humor, that's either a promise or a warning.- Philadelphia Inquirer
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A rewarding exploration of the knotty and often contentious relationship between teacher and protege.- Philadelphia Inquirer
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- Desmond Ryan
Winterbottom also has the insight to share the novelist's suggestion that landscape can reflect and, to a degree, even shape character.- Philadelphia Inquirer
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- Desmond Ryan
Cats Don't Dance is pleasant middle-tier animation that will not cause anyone to lose sleep over at Disney. [26 Mar 1997, p.D07]- Philadelphia Inquirer
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The frenzy and off-the-cuff spontaneity of live '50s TV comedy is lovingly captured, and O'Toole won a best-actor Oscar nomination. [25 Dec 1998, p.22]- Philadelphia Inquirer
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- Desmond Ryan
Robert Altman's droll 1976 deconstruction of a western icon with Paul Newman in peak form. [12 May 2001, p.E01]- Philadelphia Inquirer
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- Desmond Ryan
Achieves the rare feat of fusing tightly ratcheted suspense with intense romance.- Philadelphia Inquirer
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