Gary Thompson

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Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer
For 358 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 46% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 52% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 0.8 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Gary Thompson's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 65
Highest review score: 100 Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Lowest review score: 25 Trapped in Paradise
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 255 out of 358
  2. Mixed: 77 out of 358
  3. Negative: 26 out of 358
358 movie reviews
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    • 42 Metascore
    • 50 Gary Thompson
    Overboard
    It all adds up to a bicultural comedy that is good-natured if not especially or consistently well-written. The movie takes too long to get moving, stays a tad too long, and efforts to retrofit the movie as a vehicle for Derbez come at the expense of Faris, a talented comedian who has very little to do here.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 50 Gary Thompson
    The First Purge
    This is the culmination of DeMonaco’s seething Purge scenarios, which have become increasingly focused on polarization and rage.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 50 Gary Thompson
    She's the One
    And yet, the focus of the movie remains fixed on the men, which makes this Ode to Strong Women seem a little patronizing. Or expedient. The director's long-time girlfriend, co-star Bahns, has the most flattering female role. Bahns had no acting experience when she was cast in the low-budget "Brothers McMullen." She still doesn't. Watching her her in "She's the One," you realize that it must be love. [23 Aug 1996, p.45]
    • Philadelphia Daily News
    • 31 Metascore
    • 50 Gary Thompson
    Death Wish
    A wishy-washy exploitation movie, which doesn’t show any real verve until the climax.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 50 Gary Thompson
    Night School
    All of this is in Hart's wheelhouse, and Night School might have fared better if it had surrendered completely to random comedy one-offs. It keeps coming back, though, to the desultory story of Teddy's strained romance, the least-compelling feature of the movie.
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