Gabe Toro

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For 149 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 55% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 43% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 10.3 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Gabe Toro's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 55
Highest review score: 100 Holy Motors
Lowest review score: 0 Saving Lincoln
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 63 out of 149
  2. Mixed: 47 out of 149
  3. Negative: 39 out of 149
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 83 Gabe Toro
    Il Futuro
    It seems like a statement that Il Futuro presents simple but intriguing conflicts that nonetheless resolve anti-climactically, denying us an organic end.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 83 Gabe Toro
    Machete Kills
    Like its predecessor, Machete Kills is never less than busy with ridiculousness.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 83 Gabe Toro
    North Dallas Forty
    Ted Kotcheff’s film is essentially a workplace comedy, but the employees are braindead and wealthy, and the benefits are glory and groupies in equal amounts.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 83 Gabe Toro
    Abigail Harm
    Plummer adds another comfortably unreliable character to her gallery, turning Abigail into an older woman with a schoolboy crush.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 83 Gabe Toro
    Boulevard
    [Montiel] reinvents himself, dialing down the machismo of early releases to craft a story of tremendous compassion.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 83 Gabe Toro
    Lucy
    It's basically the perfect summer movie, because it's designed to be.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 83 Gabe Toro
    Zipper: Coney Island's Last Wild Ride
    The focus is spread too thinly on the various colorful local voices, all of whom openly campaign against Recchia’s intentions with zest and flavor.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 83 Gabe Toro
    You Will Be My Son
    There’s a ton of truth and ugliness to You Will Be My Son, and the minor digressions into soapy territory keep threatening to derail. It never does thanks to Arstrup, a force of nature who grabs his scenes by the throat and never lets go.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 83 Gabe Toro
    What Maisie Knew
    The cumulative effect is dramatically effective to the point of being soul-crushing.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 75 Gabe Toro
    The Heat
    One character dares to open up a debate about sex roles in the workplace; because he does so indelicately, Feig expects you to cheer when he takes a bullet to the head. To his credit, he is correct.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 75 Gabe Toro
    The Thieves
    The Thieves is less interested in the characters than it is the elaborate stunts and gimmicks.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 75 Gabe Toro
    Dark Touch
    It's unfortunate that commercial considerations seem to play into the third act, adding a more concrete representation of a very abstract idea.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 75 Gabe Toro
    Match
    This is Stewart's show, and it's a dynamite role for anyone, never mind the screen's beloved Professor Xavier. The actor slips away and Tobi ultimately dominates the screen to the point where you lose track of the film proper and become Tobi's guest.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 75 Gabe Toro
    Addicted to Fame
    What Addicted To Fame lacks in nuance, it makes up for in insight and honesty.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 75 Gabe Toro
    The Conjuring
    The Conjuring, at points, is terrifying. Wan really understands how active, acrobatic camerawork can enhance the storytelling without breaking the fourth wall, a technique abused by today’s horror craftsmen.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 75 Gabe Toro
    Run & Jump
    Despite the affecting drama and performances, Run and Jump just never feels more that perfunctory in this regards.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 75 Gabe Toro
    The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
    Silly, distracting, and undeniably entertaining.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 75 Gabe Toro
    Graceland
    Mezmerizing in fits and starts, Graceland doesn't coalesce into the "important" thriller it seeks to be.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 75 Gabe Toro
    Price Check
    Price Check never successfully makes the shift into a higher-stakes scenario, and the chief culprit is a detour to Los Angeles. The tension between Susan and Pete suddenly lapses into a far more conventional direction.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 75 Gabe Toro
    Klown
    Of course, it's because of the film's casually profane tone and commitment to pushing the boundaries of taste and acceptability that makes Klown a step above "The Hangover," a lack of fear towards the lawlessness with which those films only flirt.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 75 Gabe Toro
    A Teacher
    The intensity of Burdge’s excellent performance—and Fidell's intense, often claustrophobic filmmaking—carries the picture far, but when she turns away from the camera (and she does often), you can almost feel Fidell reaching for spare ideas.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 75 Gabe Toro
    Omar
    This is easily more exciting and tense than any genre film 2014 has seen thus far.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 67 Gabe Toro
    Premium Rush
    Just as the film is about to deliver it's package, it sends the viewer an I.O.U. instead, botching two-thirds of what may be Koepp's most entertaining film as a director.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 67 Gabe Toro
    Just a Sigh
    Devos keeps her character’s unreliability and self-disappointment relatable, and falling backwards into a new lover is something that Devos captures beautifully with her uncertain facial expressions and hungry eyes.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 67 Gabe Toro
    The Man with the Iron Fists
    Makes sense as a picture focused on spectacle. The story almost seems secondary to the flights of fancy.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 67 Gabe Toro
    Concussion
    This is a frequently titillating film, and Weigert can’t help but add dimensions to that onscreen intimacy and vivid exploration of intimacy, not just seduction but also the shared sensuality of a post-coital chat.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 67 Gabe Toro
    Blood Ties
    A couple of shootouts and chases are impressive, giving the film a little bit of momentum it sorely lacks, but it’s heartbreaking that ultimately the film doesn’t work.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 67 Gabe Toro
    Homefront
    Ultimately of course, this is Statham’s show, and as always he doesn’t disappoint.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 67 Gabe Toro
    Fat Kid Rules the World
    Special notice should be given to Billy Campbell, who takes a stock character and gives him a new spin.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 67 Gabe Toro
    Why Stop Now
    It's well-acted, certainly, though these performances belong in a film with sharper pacing, one that breathes easily. But, this directorial debut from Phil Dorling and Ron Nyswaner breathes like a frequent smoker: in fits and starts, peppered with coughs and dry heaves.
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