Elise Nakhnikian
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33% higher than the average critic
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3% same as the average critic
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64% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 6.6 points lower than other critics.
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Elise Nakhnikian's Scores
- Movies
- TV
Score distribution:
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Positive: 58 out of 99
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Mixed: 16 out of 99
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Negative: 25 out of 99
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- Elise Nakhnikian
As is often the case in films like this, Seventh Son is at its weakest when it tries to leaven its brink-of-disaster gravity with a little nerdy humor.- Slant Magazine
- Posted Feb 4, 2015
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- Elise Nakhnikian
Relevant facts about each character are dutifully punched out, in earnest speeches or actions that are often wildly overdrawn.- Slant Magazine
- Posted Jul 25, 2016
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- Elise Nakhnikian
The frequent contemptuousness the film displays toward its characters keeps the audience at arm's length.- Slant Magazine
- Posted Sep 9, 2016
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- Elise Nakhnikian
Nearly everything in Taylor Hackford's tin-eared comedy is as ersatz as the Robert De Diro character's rage is real.- Slant Magazine
- Posted Jan 30, 2017
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- Elise Nakhnikian
Most of the film's characters are unconvincing, flattened out by Charlie's self-focused lens.- Slant Magazine
- Posted May 2, 2016
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- Elise Nakhnikian
Its clunky incidents of exposition leave us with no real understanding of what anyone is thinking or feeling.- Slant Magazine
- Posted Jul 11, 2016
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- Elise Nakhnikian
Empowerment porn for those who long for the Cold War's clarity of purpose and American dominance in this murky age of terror.- Slant Magazine
- Posted Jan 9, 2015
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- Elise Nakhnikian
It feeds the warrior fantasies of adolescent boys with a testosterone-heavy tale of a war free of moral complications.- Slant Magazine
- Posted Nov 16, 2012
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- Elise Nakhnikian
Breaking the laws of human nature is an ancient comic convention, but it only works when it leads to a laugh.- Slant Magazine
- Posted Jul 27, 2015
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