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
46 movie reviews
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    • 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.
    • 33 Metascore
    • 25 Diana Abu-Jaber
    Hanging Up
    So drippy it really should be hung out to dry.
    • Portland Oregonian
    • 45 Metascore
    • 50 Diana Abu-Jaber
    The Bone Collector
    The movie's atmosphere is moody and intense, bubbling like a caldron. Unfortunately, the broth turns out to be stone soup.
    • Portland Oregonian
    • 80 Metascore
    • 75 Diana Abu-Jaber
    The Color of Paradise
    Offers a charming reinterpretation of what it means to look for happiness and all the unexpected places that it may be found.
    • 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.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 83 Diana Abu-Jaber
    Simpatico
    Possesses the open-ended, continual off-kilterness of Shepard theater.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 67 Diana Abu-Jaber
    Lucie Aubrac
    Viewers looking for a big, political potboiler will be disappointed: Check your cloak and dagger at the door. But the film does have emotional fire.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 50 Diana Abu-Jaber
    Anna and the King
    Leaves an unpleasant aftertaste: viewers will find that a musical can indeed help the medicine go down
    • Portland Oregonian
    • 69 Metascore
    • 67 Diana Abu-Jaber
    The Last September
    There's enough caustic wit, romance and dizzy whimsy to make The Last September, if not deep, at least diverting.
    • 25 Metascore
    • 33 Diana Abu-Jaber
    Knockout
    Swings wildly but falls flat.
    • 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
    • 66 Metascore
    • 83 Diana Abu-Jaber
    A Map of the World
    The two lead actresses are exquisite in their divergent ways.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 83 Diana Abu-Jaber
    Mansfield Park
    Piquant, playful, and, in many ways, just as appealing as blockbusters such as "Pride and Prejudice."
    • 72 Metascore
    • 83 Diana Abu-Jaber
    Felicia's Journey
    In this film, shadowy seams of brutality, loss and grief are traced beneath bright layers of tree boughs, children's laughter and high, empty windows.
    • Portland Oregonian
    • 40 Metascore
    • 67 Diana Abu-Jaber
    Jakob the Liar
    Soggy.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 42 Diana Abu-Jaber
    The Story of Us
    Conveys an almost pulseless Nora Ephron style of homespun wisdom.
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