Edward Guthmann

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San Francisco Chronicle
For 526 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 52% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 45% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 1 point higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Edward Guthmann's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 67
Highest review score: 100 Thieves
Lowest review score: 0 Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 317 out of 526
  2. Mixed: 155 out of 526
  3. Negative: 54 out of 526
526 movie reviews
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    • 52 Metascore
    • 50 Edward Guthmann
    Splendor
    A menage a trois tale that aspires to the breezy screwball comedies of the 1930s -- but more often resembles a hip soap opera.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 50 Edward Guthmann
    Blow
    It's an honest portrayal, but it leaves the audience stranded, without the emotional hook of a character we can care about.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 50 Edward Guthmann
    The Frighteners
    Smothers whatever merits it may have had in a rush of bells, whistles, bombast and smoke.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 50 Edward Guthmann
    Rebels with a Cause
    It rambles, it's repetitive, but once in a while there's a sparkling moment when someone speaks in a way that conjures the fierce passion of the '60s.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 75 Edward Guthmann
    Poetic Justice
    It's safe, and it's smart, and even though it's lightweight compared to "Boyz" and bound to disappoint a lot of Singleton's admirers, Justice demonstrates that Singleton is more than a one-shot wonder. [23 Jul 1993]
    • San Francisco Chronicle
    • 71 Metascore
    • 50 Edward Guthmann
    The Big Lebowski
    Although some of its parts are brilliantly executed and played by a terrific cast, the result is scattered, overamplified and unsatisfying.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 50 Edward Guthmann
    The American Astronaut
    Much of Astronaut comes off as tedious and self-amused, but the musical vignettes are fun.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 50 Edward Guthmann
    Km. 0 - Kilometer Zero
    A superficial diversion.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 75 Edward Guthmann
    Le divorce
    Captures the effervescence and playfulness of Johnson's novel, even as it attempts to shoehorn a tangle of characters and situations.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 25 Edward Guthmann
    Irreversible
    Noe isn't a graceful filmmaker. He wants to traumatize his audience, barnstorm us, make us pay in anxiety and sweat and scorched nerves for the ugly truths he wants us to swallow.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 63 Edward Guthmann
    Poison Ivy
    Is Poison Ivy a total waste of time? Not really: there's a nice surprise in Barrymore's femme fatale performance, and more than a few pleasures from the gifted Sara Gilbert. Long may they act. [30 May 1992, p.C3]
    • San Francisco Chronicle
    • 51 Metascore
    • 50 Edward Guthmann
    Johnny English
    By playing the boob so brilliantly, Atkinson allows us the catharsis of recognizing our own incompetencies and lack of poise.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 75 Edward Guthmann
    Barbarella
    Barbarella is a pure goof -- Vadim called it a kind of sexual Alice in Wonderland of the future -- and Fonda seems to have reveled in every sexy, campy moment.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 75 Edward Guthmann
    The Saint
    Kilmer dons 12 disguises in all, polishes them with impeccable accents and pliable postures and gives a performance that's far and away the best aspect of the diverting The Saint.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 75 Edward Guthmann
    Roger Dodger
    Clever, exceptionally well-written film.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 75 Edward Guthmann
    Now and Then
    It's not particularly deep, but it's a good-natured, sprightly comedy that ought to find its most appreciative audience among preteen girls.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 75 Edward Guthmann
    Flawless
    Contrived and overly schematic, but De Niro and Hoffman are such good actors that it never slips into pat sentiment.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 50 Edward Guthmann
    The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course
    Has a weirdly divided structure that alternates Irwin's nature segments with clumsy dramatic footage set in the CIA.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 50 Edward Guthmann
    Love and a .45
    Directed by first-time film maker C.M. Talkington, Love & a .45 is a low-rent variation on Natural Born Killers -- ragged, raunchy, a bit bratty but not altogether worthless.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 75 Edward Guthmann
    Auggie Rose
    One of those go-out-for-coffee-afterward-and-talk-about-it movies, and those are always welcome.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 50 Edward Guthmann
    Harrison's Flowers
    Melodramatic take on love and war.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 50 Edward Guthmann
    Made in America
    Made in America, for the most part, is surprisingly inept -- badly shot, badly lit and badly edited. It's the actors alone, Danson especially, who save it from total disaster. [28 May 1993, p.C1]
    • San Francisco Chronicle
    • 49 Metascore
    • 75 Edward Guthmann
    K-PAX
    This is a tour-de-force performance, delivered by an actor at the top of his game, and it's a shame that K-Pax, instead of engaging our imaginations as it promises to, devolves into such a conventional, paint-by- numbers disappointment.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 50 Edward Guthmann
    Return to Never Land
    This is pleasant, safe entertainment that ought to appeal to kids younger than 10, especially to girls, with its female-empowerment fantasy.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 25 Edward Guthmann
    Down and Out with the Dolls
    A lot of the acting is amateurish, and most of the plot feels like a rehash of a rehash. The music, written and performed in the spirit of L7, is small consolation.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 50 Edward Guthmann
    Romance
    It's like watching a bad update of an Antonioni film.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 50 Edward Guthmann
    Ready to Wear (Prêt-à-Porter)
    The potential for a funny film is here -- one that captures people with their ''clothes'' off, and uses fashion as a metaphor for emotional defenses. Sadly, Altman seems to have taken out all the jokes, and given his actors nothing but sketches to work from. [23 Dec 1994, p.D1]
    • San Francisco Chronicle
    • 48 Metascore
    • 25 Edward Guthmann
    Albino Alligator
    A glob of comedy, drama, action and suspense.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 75 Edward Guthmann
    The Theory of Flight
    It's a sweet, low-key and satisfying film -- and it deserves a heap of credit for treating its subject with humor and humanity.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 50 Edward Guthmann
    Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
    The movie isn't particularly well-paced, and I found it dull. But I've got to give credit to Todd Masters, who designed the special-effects makeup, to Gilbert Adler, who directed the Crypt Keeper sequences, and to Zane, who plays the Collector with style and wit. If I were 12, I might've loved it.
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