Gary Goldstein

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Los Angeles Times
For 1,126 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 53% higher than the average critic
  • 12% same as the average critic
  • 35% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 5.9 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Gary Goldstein's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 60
Highest review score: 100 Other People
Lowest review score: 0 The Remake
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 555 out of 1126
  2. Mixed: 408 out of 1126
  3. Negative: 163 out of 1126
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    • 70 Gary Goldstein
    The Earthquake
    Sporadic dips into melodrama, some on-the-nose dialogue and acting, and an occasionally intrusive score hinder but don’t negate this ambitious film’s power and conviction.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 70 Gary Goldstein
    Lou Andreas-Salomé, The Audacity to be Free
    Director Cordula Kablitz-Post, who scripted with Susanne Hertel, effectively presents Lou as neither heroine nor genius but as a flawed, complex, fascinating pacesetter.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 80 Gary Goldstein
    Moving On
    If “lovely” is not the first word you’d think would be used to describe a movie about attempted murder, then you haven’t seen Moving On, an amusing and bittersweet little tale of love, friendship and, yes, retribution.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 60 Gary Goldstein
    Len and Company
    Thanks to Ifans, though, this remains a watchable film, one that, perhaps like Len himself, falls short of its potential.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 50 Gary Goldstein
    Trust
    Unfortunately, this well-acted cautionary tale is hampered by a lack of visual finesse and a script in need of a narrative rethink and a dialogue polish.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 70 Gary Goldstein
    The Fencer
    Director Klaus Härö, working from a script by Anna Heinämaa, deftly captures the grayish gloom and day-to-day paranoia of postwar Soviet life, while infusing this absorbing tale with affecting emotion.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 60 Gary Goldstein
    Electrick Children
    Though unevenly told and at times too fanciful for its own good, Electrick Children marks an intriguing feature debut for its risk-taking writer-director, Rebecca Thomas.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 80 Gary Goldstein
    My Blind Brother
    Humor here, whether situational or emotionally-based, proves a smart balance of grounded and loopy.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Gary Goldstein
    Gardeners of Eden
    A compelling documentary that's short on running time but long on emotion.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 100 Gary Goldstein
    Heli
    Heli is a stunning piece of filmmaking. It's a hypnotic, starkly beautiful, often disturbing drama that puts a working-class Mexican family in the cross hairs of its country's drug war.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 60 Gary Goldstein
    Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements
    The movie works best when it focuses on the senses and the specific connections between hearing, language (both ASL and oral) and music.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 80 Gary Goldstein
    The Humbling
    If you can adjust to the film's uneven rhythms and often illusory vibe, there's a treasure trove of off-kilter humor, affecting pathos and first-class acting to be savored.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 70 Gary Goldstein
    Seeds of Time
    Although it may not be the most vivid or exciting subject for cinematic exploration, the documentary Seeds of Time offers a vital, clear-headed look at the effects of climate change on global food security.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 50 Gary Goldstein
    Yosemite
    Although evocative and nicely observed, the coming-of-age drama Yosemite ultimately proves too low-key and elliptical to make much of an impression.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 70 Gary Goldstein
    Make Believe
    The various sleights of hand are impressive even if we're afforded little insight into their actual execution. Still, it's fun stuff.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 60 Gary Goldstein
    Torn
    Though Torn contains its share of convincingly lived-in moments, there's a heavy-handed quality to both Jeremiah Birnbaum's direction and the script by Michael Richter that often undermines the movie's potential to truly grip and move.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 60 Gary Goldstein
    Shakespeare High
    It's impossible not to root for these driven, high-spirited participants - and for the longevity of this invaluable program.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 40 Gary Goldstein
    A Land Imagined
    A Land Imagined never congeals into anything intriguing or compelling enough to earn our required patience.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 80 Gary Goldstein
    Blueback
    The lovely and lyrical Blueback is a transporting mother-daughter (and fish) drama as well as a beautifully shot memory piece that will reward patient viewers able to settle in and enjoy the film’s accessibly low-key vibe.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 70 Gary Goldstein
    What's Love Got to Do with It?
    James and Latif make an appealing, soulful twosome, infusing their nicely dimensional, well-modulated characters with low-key charm and credible longing.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 90 Gary Goldstein
    The Railway Man
    The Railway Man is an impressively crafted, skillfully acted, highly absorbing journey into a dark corner of world history.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 30 Gary Goldstein
    Suntan
    The story might have had some thematic heft if we knew or cared anything about the characters. But all we can glean about the disastrous Kostis is that he’s had hard times, while Anna is a total cipher.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 50 Gary Goldstein
    The Napa Boys
    Once you realize what the heck it is you’re watching, you might just settle in for a more diverting — or less terrible — time than first expected. But the lower your entertainment bar, the better.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 80 Gary Goldstein
    The Pact
    Deftly mounted, shot and scored, The Pact is a master class in ensemble acting, led by Neumann in a visceral, deeply layered and knife‘s-edge turn.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 80 Gary Goldstein
    Hava Nagila: The Movie
    It's a fun, nostalgic, informative journey. Aided by vivid archival footage and photos, the movie charts the evolution of the song through the Holocaust, the birth of Israel and the modern Jewish Diaspora.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 50 Gary Goldstein
    Barney Thomson
    Despite the fertile concept, it's hard to care about, much less root for, the irritable, charisma-challenged Barney. The character never emerges as an effective hero or antihero, and performer Carlyle does little to mitigate that.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Gary Goldstein
    David Lynch: The Art Life
    Lynch devotees should dig this respectful, offbeat portrait.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 80 Gary Goldstein
    99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film
    This gripping, innovatively constructed flashback commands attention.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 70 Gary Goldstein
    If You Build It
    The film proves not only a stirring look at education's potential to rally and invigorate but also a vital snapshot of contemporary rural America.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 80 Gary Goldstein
    Mother, Couch
    From start to finish, it’s an original, wholly unpredictable experience. It’s also, by turns, gripping, provocative, head-scratching and disturbing, and is likely to divide viewers with its dreamlike ambitions and metaphorical musings.
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