Ferdosa Abdi

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For 154 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 49% higher than the average critic
  • 9% same as the average critic
  • 42% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 9.5 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Ferdosa Abdi's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 56
Highest review score: 100 Turning Red
Lowest review score: 20 Big Gold Brick
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 41 out of 154
  2. Mixed: 98 out of 154
  3. Negative: 15 out of 154
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    • 32 Metascore
    • 40 Ferdosa Abdi
    Firestarter
    Sadly, this adaptation fails to stand out from all the other sci-fi horrors about people being used for experiments. It doesn't even compare to the original 1984 film nor does it stand tall alongside great recent Stephen King adaptations like 2017's IT and 2019's Doctor Sleep. Firestarter is more like Pet Sematary and Carrie, a dull, exhausting remake that doesn't do anything new.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 40 Ferdosa Abdi
    The Independent
    At the heart of this plausible political thriller is a need for more insightful and incisive writing. The Independent often shows audiences what they already know about American politics, but it doesn’t tell one more.
    • 30 Metascore
    • 40 Ferdosa Abdi
    Fear the Night
    The dynamics needed to be defined better, and despite some compelling filmmaking, the flagrant disregard for characterization reduces Fear The Night to a mildly tolerable home invasion horror.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 40 Ferdosa Abdi
    Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre
    Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre is a superficial spy mission that is joyless and charmless.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 40 Ferdosa Abdi
    Puppy Love
    Overall, Puppy Love is very dull. The movie has all the clichés at its disposal but can't make much of it. The writing is witless and dry, and the directing — by Nick Fabiano and Richard Alan Reid — equally so.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 40 Ferdosa Abdi
    Escape the Field
    In the end, Escape the Field is tolerable at best. It doesn't shatter any expectations, but it won’t be utterly hated if one decides to give it a go. There are more charming and innovative horror-thrillers about escaping a maze, but Escape the Field tries. For a first feature, it is serviceable for a small-budget venture.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 40 Ferdosa Abdi
    My Spy: The Eternal City
    The Eternal City struggles with finding the tonal balance between a child-friendly action-comedy and an adult-appropriate action-comedy.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 40 Ferdosa Abdi
    The Cursed
    Ultimately, The Cursed is merely a slow trek through horrific gore, lackluster and confusing werewolf lore, and a muddled understanding of the legacy of the Roma.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 40 Ferdosa Abdi
    Sex Appeal
    Sex Appeal has good intentions and good instincts, but a lack of nuance torpedoes the whole endeavor.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 40 Ferdosa Abdi
    Aline
    The result is a baffling and confounding mess that is either intended to make audiences laugh or is dead-serious in its pursuit. Whatever the intention, it is up to viewers to decipher what is most true to them.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 40 Ferdosa Abdi
    Azrael
    The lack of specificity around the situation and the underbaked character development reduces Azrael to being nothing more than a horror with an interesting premise.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 40 Ferdosa Abdi
    The Seven Faces of Jane
    The Seven Faces Of Jane is an experiment that just does not deliver the right results.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 40 Ferdosa Abdi
    Saturday Night
    This particular narrative is a sound idea but for a documentary instead.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 40 Ferdosa Abdi
    White Men Can't Jump
    The drama feels undercooked, and the characters barely escape one-dimensionality.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 40 Ferdosa Abdi
    Murder Mystery 2
    If one is wanting something substantive, with big laughs and surprising twists, Murder Mystery 2 should be avoided at all costs.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 40 Ferdosa Abdi
    Trigger Warning
    Much like The Mother, Trigger Warner is all setup with little payoff. The emotional sentiments are effective but drawn out in uninteresting ways, and Alba, a capable actress, is not nearly as charismatic as the middling script requires her to be.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 40 Ferdosa Abdi
    The Out-Laws
    DeVine is entertaining enough, and the gag of watching Bronson and Barkin playing cool criminals can intrigue just about anyone. For all its flaws, The Out-Laws will win over those who flock to Happy Madison’s movies time after time, even if you'll promptly forget what you have watched.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 40 Ferdosa Abdi
    Trail of Vengeance
    Trail of Vengeance is undermined by the fact that a feminist Western cannot succeed without women having meaningful influence behind the scenes. What we are left with is a film that is a hollow imitation of a much-loved genre.
    • 30 Metascore
    • 40 Ferdosa Abdi
    Purple Hearts
    It is easy to see the potential in the first act, but Purple Hearts leans too much into over-sentimentality, with narrative tricks designed to trigger tears and subdue thinking.
    • 27 Metascore
    • 30 Ferdosa Abdi
    Assassin Club
    Assassin Club has the benefit of starring a relatively well-known actor, but even Golding can't save this movie from its mediocrity. Any hope Assassin Club had of being good is squandered within the first ten minutes.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 30 Ferdosa Abdi
    Black Site
    The film is a basic thriller with little to offer audiences who enjoy the genre.
    • 24 Metascore
    • 30 Ferdosa Abdi
    Midnight in the Switchgrass
    Although the film's narrative is passable at best, it struggles to maintain any momentum due to uninteresting characters and predictably bad writing.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 30 Ferdosa Abdi
    The Estate
    This is a terribly unfunny venture, which fails at the film’s only job.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 30 Ferdosa Abdi
    Fangs Out
    Fangs Out is not great and hardly promising, but there is an admirable quality to it that you can’t help but embrace.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 30 Ferdosa Abdi
    Taurus
    Taurus plays like a personal project, but that doesn’t make it good. However, Baker should take pride in knowing he has a future in acting; he just needs to pick better projects.
    • 31 Metascore
    • 30 Ferdosa Abdi
    The King's Daughter
    There could have been a lot to love about The King’s Daughter, but it seems the creative team simply did not know what to do with it.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 30 Ferdosa Abdi
    First Date
    First Date is a hodgepodge of familiar tropes and homages to teen romcoms and, while there is a sliver of promise, the film is lacking in charm.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 30 Ferdosa Abdi
    Riff Raff
    I don’t go out of my way to drag films, as there is so much time and effort put into every project, and a film of this caliber was likely made with the best of intentions. But intending to craft a pitch-black dark crime comedy is different from actually executing one well. And Riff Raff just doesn't land.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 30 Ferdosa Abdi
    Choose or Die
    Those who may be new to the genre or merely want to disengage for a little bit will find merit in Choose or Die. But for bona fide horror fans, the derivativeness and the flatness of the execution is too much to tolerate.
    • 20 Metascore
    • 30 Ferdosa Abdi
    Asking for It
    Asking For It is a pop-rock take on the revenge thriller that tries to take a stance, but fails to make a case for why it exists. Asking For It often feels like a mansplaining version of what a modern revenge thriller should be.
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