Diana Abu-Jaber

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Portland Oregonian
For 46 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 58% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 38% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 4.5 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Diana Abu-Jaber's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 61
Highest review score: 100 Three Kings
Lowest review score: 0 Keeping the Faith
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 46
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 46
  3. Negative: 10 out of 46
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    • 43 Metascore
    • 75 Diana Abu-Jaber
    For Love of the Game
    More of a bunt than a home run.
    • Portland Oregonian
    • 42 Metascore
    • 42 Diana Abu-Jaber
    The 13th Warrior
    Terrible, unnamable enemies turn out to be uncompelling indeed.
    • Portland Oregonian
    • 42 Metascore
    • 50 Diana Abu-Jaber
    The Loss of Sexual Innocence
    There's not much of a spell to The Loss of Sexual Innocence, which is a shame, because anything this moody and pretty ought to be spellbinding. [16 Jul 1999]
    • Portland Oregonian
    • 41 Metascore
    • 58 Diana Abu-Jaber
    Bubble Boy
    This is a semi-mean-spirited movie; had it remained that way, it could have redeemed itself.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 83 Diana Abu-Jaber
    Simpatico
    Possesses the open-ended, continual off-kilterness of Shepard theater.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 67 Diana Abu-Jaber
    Jakob the Liar
    Soggy.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 8 Diana Abu-Jaber
    Random Hearts
    Dissects the dicey question of fidelity with all the finesse of a Veg-O-Matic and leaves us with something closer to chopped liver than broken hearts.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 8 Diana Abu-Jaber
    Reindeer Games
    While you may like comedies and you make like thrillers, this film does neither of the above with any pizazz.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 42 Diana Abu-Jaber
    The Story of Us
    Conveys an almost pulseless Nora Ephron style of homespun wisdom.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 42 Diana Abu-Jaber
    Teaching Mrs. Tingle
    The tone of the film malingers somewhere between hyper-real comedy and thriller, but neither element really shines through.
    • 33 Metascore
    • 33 Diana Abu-Jaber
    Diamonds
    Mingles bathos and pathos in unequal measures and instead of getting laughs, looks laughable.
    • Portland Oregonian
    • 33 Metascore
    • 25 Diana Abu-Jaber
    Hanging Up
    So drippy it really should be hung out to dry.
    • Portland Oregonian
    • 33 Metascore
    • 50 Diana Abu-Jaber
    I Dreamed of Africa
    Basinger herself doesn't have the vibrancy of a female hero.
    • Portland Oregonian
    • 29 Metascore
    • 83 Diana Abu-Jaber
    Eye of the Beholder
    Director Stephen Elliott has acquitted himself admirably in creating this serious thriller.
    • Portland Oregonian
    • 27 Metascore
    • 33 Diana Abu-Jaber
    The Musketeer
    Appallingly flat.
    • 25 Metascore
    • 33 Diana Abu-Jaber
    Knockout
    Swings wildly but falls flat.
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