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
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    • 46 Metascore
    • 75 Edward Guthmann
    The Crossing Guard
    Some scenes ramble and go on too long, dialogue occasionally turns awkward and adolescent, and the film threatens to collapse from its own unchecked anger.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 50 Edward Guthmann
    Love Affair
    Exuding glamour, health and prosperity, real-life spouses Beatty and Bening are so radiant that they run the risk of seeming superhuman and thereby losing our sympathy as screen characters.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 100 Edward Guthmann
    Joe the King
    This is a smart film, told in a minor key, that augurs well for Whaley's directing career.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 75 Edward Guthmann
    Smoke
    A showcase for Wang's greatest strengths as a film maker: a chance to explore friendships, connections and random serendipities.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 75 Edward Guthmann
    The Ice Storm
    Never becomes the thoroughly satisfying psychological drama that it promises to be. There's also a problem with the central metaphor of ice -- a literary device that turns repetitive and obvious.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 75 Edward Guthmann
    Le Samouraï
    Le Samourai is beautifully assured and has a strong consistency of visual style and tone, but I can't say I had a great time watching it.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 75 Edward Guthmann
    Pauline and Paulette
    van der Groen, described as "Belgium's national treasure," is especially terrific as Pauline.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 75 Edward Guthmann
    Beyond the Clouds
    It's that compelling sense of mystery, of the endless search and its undercurrent of loneliness, that sets this great filmmaker apart.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 75 Edward Guthmann
    Power Trip
    Devlin tells his story without bias but with shards of gallows humor.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 50 Edward Guthmann
    The Ignorant Fairies
    Pure of intention and passably diverting, His Secret Life is light, innocuous and unremarkable.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 75 Edward Guthmann
    Sabrina
    Julia Ormond, the British beauty from "Legends of the Fall," has enough class and intelligence to carry it off. She's not a terrific actress, but her cool, patrician looks and her gorgeous voice -- more similar to Grace Kelly's than Hepburn's -- are well matched to the part of a gawky tomboy-turned-Cinderella.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 63 Edward Guthmann
    Lorenzo's Oil
    Beneath all that baloney and bombast, there's a lovely, inspiring story in Lorenzo's Oil. [15 Jan 1993, p.C1]
    • San Francisco Chronicle
    • 54 Metascore
    • 50 Edward Guthmann
    The Brady Bunch Movie
    The Brady Bunch Movie is fairly innocuous, and ought to satisfy the twenty- and thirtysomethings who grew up on the sitcom. Just one problem: It may be unsporting to point this out, but the whole notion of holding up the Bradys as the ultimate cultural icon of the '70s is basically a lie.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 50 Edward Guthmann
    L.I.E.
    A provocative, upsetting film.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 50 Edward Guthmann
    Unbreakable
    Even the surprise ending arrives with a thud and makes us wonder why Shyamalan didn't try something new instead of recycling his "Sixth Sense" recipe.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 63 Edward Guthmann
    Honeymoon in Vegas
    Directed by Andrew Bergman, a sometime playwright (''Social Security'') and film maker of modest talent (''The Freshman''), ''Honeymoon in Vegas'' is lightweight, palatable stuff -- the kind of instantly forgettable romantic comedy that Hollywood made in the '60s with Jack Lemmon or Tony Curtis. [28 Aug 1992, p.C1]
    • San Francisco Chronicle
    • 63 Metascore
    • 75 Edward Guthmann
    The Adventures of Felix
    It's a distinctly French feeling -- an air of caprice and light expectations -- and a perfect prologue to a delightful film.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 50 Edward Guthmann
    Frida
    A domestic melodrama with weak dialogue and biopic cliches.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 50 Edward Guthmann
    Apollo 13
    I just wish that "Apollo 13" worked better as a movie, and that Howard's threshold for corn, mush and twinkly sentiment weren't so darn wide.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 75 Edward Guthmann
    Anywhere But Here
    Sarandon and Portman work beautifully -- together, negotiating a range of emotional keys that blend comedy and drama in the same moment.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 75 Edward Guthmann
    Lost and Delirious
    Pool captures the crazed urgency of first love -- the feeling of a passion so fierce that even a disapproving society can't crush it.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 Edward Guthmann
    Goyangileul butaghae
    Nicely performed by a quintet of actresses, but nonetheless it drags.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 63 Edward Guthmann
    So I Married an Axe Murderer
    Dopey but rather sweet. [30 July 1993, p.C1]
    • San Francisco Chronicle
    • 37 Metascore
    • 50 Edward Guthmann
    Cold Creek Manor
    As haunted-house thrillers go, Cold Creek Manor is more ludicrous than the average but at the same time more handsomely produced.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 50 Edward Guthmann
    Without Limits
    It's not a bad film, but Towne and his star, the charismatic Billy Crudup, never fire the imagination in the way their inspirational, respectful biopic is obviously intended to.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 Edward Guthmann
    Monster's Ball
    Dark and beautifully directed melodrama about the strange intersection of racism and emotional need.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 75 Edward Guthmann
    Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy
    A lively, ultimately sad portrait.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 75 Edward Guthmann
    Lost in La Mancha
    Captures one of the wildest, most heartbreaking episodes in Gilliam's career.
    • 100 Metascore
    • 100 Edward Guthmann
    The Godfather
    In scene after scene -- the long wedding sequence, John Marley's bloody discovery in his bed, Pacino nervously smoothing down his hair before a restaurant massacre, the godfather's collapse in a garden -- Coppola crafted an enduring, undisputed masterpiece. [21 Mar 1997, Daily Datebook, p.C3]
    • 80 Metascore
    • 75 Edward Guthmann
    Taste of Cherry
    A warning: The pace is very slow in Taste of Cherry, with long takes and leisurely, repetitious shots of Mr. Badii's car twisting through a hilly countryside. Kiarostami is in no rush, but the respect and love he shows for his characters, and the confidence and simplicity of his technique, make Taste of Cherry a satisfying experience.
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