Desmond Ryan

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Philadelphia Inquirer
For 224 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 66% higher than the average critic
  • 1% same as the average critic
  • 33% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 2.1 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Desmond Ryan's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 68
Highest review score: 100 Trolösa
Lowest review score: 25 Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 163 out of 224
  2. Mixed: 35 out of 224
  3. Negative: 26 out of 224
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    • 32 Metascore
    • 75 Desmond Ryan
    Price of Glory
    Hollywood keeps turning out boxing movies. Price of Glory is the latest to step into the ring and face an increasingly no-win situation
    • 31 Metascore
    • 50 Desmond Ryan
    The Bachelor
    Feeble and formulaic.
    • Philadelphia Inquirer
    • 28 Metascore
    • 50 Desmond Ryan
    Stigmata
    Begins with a scene of mass repentance, but the real sin here is a profligate waste of talent.
    • 28 Metascore
    • 25 Desmond Ryan
    Highlander: The Final Dimension
    Highlander: The Final Dimension is exactly what it seems - drivel. [30 Jan 1995, p.D01]
    • Philadelphia Inquirer
    • 27 Metascore
    • 50 Desmond Ryan
    The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
    Lame and misguided homage, which reduces satire to vulgar silliness for kids.
    • Philadelphia Inquirer
    • 27 Metascore
    • 63 Desmond Ryan
    The Trumpet of the Swan
    Modest, unassuming fare for younger children.
    • 26 Metascore
    • 25 Desmond Ryan
    Trixie
    Wastes an A-list cast in a sorry send-up of B-movie private-eye cliches.
    • 26 Metascore
    • 38 Desmond Ryan
    Shadow Hours
    A pointless modern morality play set in various sleazy locales that offer sex, drugs, assorted perversions, bare-knuckle fights, and even Russian roulette where lives are wagered for money.
    • 23 Metascore
    • 38 Desmond Ryan
    Bats
    If you are unlucky enough to stray into the presence of Bats, I strongly recommend you follow their wise example. Hang from the ceiling and go to sleep.
    • Philadelphia Inquirer
    • 23 Metascore
    • 50 Desmond Ryan
    Beautiful
    To do this kind of satire successfully, you need the kind of merciless and unrelenting wit of films such as Gus Van Sant's "To Die For" or John Huston's "Prizzi's Honor."
    • Philadelphia Inquirer
    • 22 Metascore
    • 38 Desmond Ryan
    Left Behind
    Piously acted, stiffly directed, and infused with a view of world politics that might charitably be described as delusional.
    • 19 Metascore
    • 38 Desmond Ryan
    Supernova
    Really lost in space.
    • 18 Metascore
    • 38 Desmond Ryan
    Company Man
    The scenario looms as a brain-dead invitation for the stars to embarrass themselves, and Company Man wastes little time in fulfilling that glum suspicion.
    • Philadelphia Inquirer
    • 18 Metascore
    • 50 Desmond Ryan
    Mr. Magoo
    The jokes are framed by a silly plot about a missing jewel - a prize sought by assorted thieves and law enforcement types and unwittingly protected by Magoo. Of course, Nielsen saves the day, but there's no way he can save the movie.
    • Philadelphia Inquirer
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