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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    • 51 Metascore
    • 80 Gary Goldstein
    The Song of Names
    It’s a profound, affecting and beautifully told chronicle of faith, family, obsession and the language of music.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 80 Gary Goldstein
    American Pastoral
    Star and first-time director Ewan McGregor, working with screenwriter John Romano, has skillfully reshaped Roth’s tale for more urgent cinematic telling, covering a host of profound themes with disquieting power, reflection and grace.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 80 Gary Goldstein
    Humor Me
    If writer-director Sam Hoffman’s charming, well-performed tale feels at all familiar, it’s territory worth revisiting.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 80 Gary Goldstein
    Greed
    Coalesces into a thoughtful, pointed, at times deceptively profound look at how the rich get richer and, well, you know what happens to the poor.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 80 Gary Goldstein
    Whiz Kids
    It's the candid moments of joy and accomplishment -- Welcker finding out she's an Intel contest finalist, Khan learning he's been accepted to Yale, high school valedictorian Cisneros thanking her devoted parents in her graduation speech -- that really make this one soar.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Gary Goldstein
    You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet
    A crafty, brainy and uniquely stirring concoction.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 80 Gary Goldstein
    Fly Away
    The lovely, heartbreaking Fly Away benefits from superb performances and a gripping story managed with simplicity and grace by writer-producer-director Janet Grillo.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Gary Goldstein
    Black Women in Medicine
    It runs less than an hour, but the inspiring documentary Black Women in Medicine packs in enough smarts, context and emotional clarity for a far longer film.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 80 Gary Goldstein
    Kung Fu Panda 3
    A beautifully rendered, lovingly constructed action-comedy that's sure to please kids and adults alike.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Gary Goldstein
    Never Steady, Never Still
    Hepburn’s eye for detail and nuance is exceptional, especially as she evocatively captures the extremes of the film’s imposing landscapes. This is an austere, demanding, deliberately paced picture that will reward the patient.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 80 Gary Goldstein
    The Hornet's Nest
    The Afghanistan war documentary The Hornet's Nest is a kinetic, immersive experience, particularly in its deeply felt human moments.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 80 Gary Goldstein
    The Adderall Diaries
    The Adderall Diaries is a complex, absorbing, at times profound look at how we choose to remember our past. Wh
    • 61 Metascore
    • 80 Gary Goldstein
    Bidder 70
    [A] vital and involving documentary.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Gary Goldstein
    Radio Dreams
    Jalali peppers this darkly funny, often absurdist piece with enough socio-political messaging to add heft but not didacticism. It all makes for a singular, well-observed balancing act.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Gary Goldstein
    Ahead of Time
    Although Gruber's personal life and latter accomplishments are mostly addressed via a few closing sentences, "Ahead" remains a fleet and fitting tribute.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 80 Gary Goldstein
    Churchill
    Cox masterfully captures Churchill’s contradictory nature, obsessive dutifulness to queen and country, and a volatility born out of fear, desperation and impending loss.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 80 Gary Goldstein
    Photograph
    A lovely, charming and gently transporting journey.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Gary Goldstein
    The Childhood of a Leader
    The Childhood of a Leader is a chilly — and chilling — political thriller by way of a provocative domestic chamber piece. Strikingly mounted, lighted, shot and scored, this tense, decidedly arty film marks a bravura feature directing debut for young American actor Brady Corbet.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 80 Gary Goldstein
    My Son
    [An] engrossing, propulsive film.
    • 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.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Gary Goldstein
    Imperium
    A chilling, surprisingly effective crime thriller.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Gary Goldstein
    Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened
    How the then-newbie performers’ jackpot roles in the heady, heartbreaking show informed their lives and careers forms much of the movie’s stirring narrative spine.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 80 Gary Goldstein
    How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr Foster?
    The film is an architecture lover's dream.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Gary Goldstein
    Gahan Wilson: Born Dead, Still Weird
    Jaffe deftly captures his subject's creative process, helpfully illuminating the method to Wilson's comic madness.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 80 Gary Goldstein
    Not Fade Away
    A stirring snapshot of America from 1963 to 1968 and the many rock 'n' roll thrills, cultural and political watersheds, and whirling emotions that erupted in between. It's also deviously smart and darkly funny.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 80 Gary Goldstein
    The Wall
    The Wall is a remarkably involving film, especially given its brave, self-imposed limitations.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Gary Goldstein
    It Had to Be You
    A memorable romantic comedy that stands to bring back the genre’s good name, “It Had to Be You” is as funny, endearing and enjoyably off-kilter as its adorable star, Cristin Milioti.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 80 Gary Goldstein
    Like Sunday, Like Rain
    Whaley nicely calibrates this wistful dramedy's emotional quotient, never allowing sentiment to turn into sap.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Gary Goldstein
    Muscle Shoals
    Director Greg "Freddy" Camalier skillfully, unhurriedly unfurls a wealth of classic music-biz tales as told by a who's who of R&B, soul and rock 'n' roll royalty and various other players and purveyors.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Gary Goldstein
    Broker
    There’s certainly enough potential mayhem, desperation and danger here (including the gangsters on Sang-hyeon’s tail) for “Broker” to have become a dark, propulsive action-drama, in another filmmaker’s hands. But Kore-eda focuses on — and mines — the grace notes, better angels and soulfulness of his characters in such lovely and relatable ways that we’re grateful for his humanistic, more empathetic priorities.
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