Gene Seymour

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Los Angeles Times
For 100 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 38% higher than the average critic
  • 6% same as the average critic
  • 56% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 20.4 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Gene Seymour's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 45
Highest review score: 100 Fleeing by Night
Lowest review score: 10 Deuces Wild
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 100
  2. Mixed: 54 out of 100
  3. Negative: 29 out of 100
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    • 59 Metascore
    • 70 Gene Seymour
    Nanny McPhee
    A spicy little pastry with just the right proportions of flakiness and gooeyness.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 70 Gene Seymour
    Eight Legged Freaks
    So why does Eight Legged Freaks make one laugh out loud even though there is nothing revolutionary about its approach to the giant bug genre? -- the movie is so unapologetic in its crassness that it disarms even the fussiest connoisseur of throwaway disaster flicks.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Gene Seymour
    Sisters in Law
    You might start to seriously wonder if there's a way to get this woman to run for office here in America.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Gene Seymour
    Time to Leave
    As with any Ozon film, Time to Leave comes across with unexpected moments of illuminated stillness.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 70 Gene Seymour
    In Too Deep
    Script resounds throughout with astringent dialogue and stark authenticity.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Gene Seymour
    Aliens of the Deep
    Though Aliens of the Deep flirts with Zissou-Murray's divine madness, Cameron's vision seems somehow cozier. No wonder he's not yet ready for dry dock.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 100 Gene Seymour
    Fleeing by Night
    An exquisite love story directed with admirable subtlety and sensitivity.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 80 Gene Seymour
    Trekkies
    A laid-back excursion through the "Star Trek" phenomenon that boldly goes where millions and millions of fans have gone--in and out of costume.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Gene Seymour
    The Silent Partner
    An undervalued 1978 thriller with an ingenious script by Curtis Hanson. [23 Feb 2001, p.18]
    • Los Angeles Times
    • 56 Metascore
    • 80 Gene Seymour
    The Corruptor
    The Corruptor manages to make a meat-and-potatoes action flick into a cunning little meditation on personal loyalty and situational morality. [12 Mar 1999]
    • Los Angeles Times
    • 79 Metascore
    • 90 Gene Seymour
    Affliction
    Rarely have a novelist and filmmaker been better matched.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 70 Gene Seymour
    The Hammer
    What you have here, essentially, is a classic "Honeymooners" episode juiced with tropes from the most recent "Rocky" movie.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 80 Gene Seymour
    Animal Factory
    One of the least sensationalistic--and therefore, more unsettlingly plausible--visions of prison life ever transfigured into big-screen drama.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 70 Gene Seymour
    The Powerpuff Girls
    Has the right mix of sugar and spice for a satisfying rush.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 70 Gene Seymour
    Good Burger
    Good Burger, K&K's inevitable first movie, will satisfy their audience's appetite for basic, messy silliness while leaving many grown-ups mildly bemused by the fuzzy obviousness of its humor, the gawky pacing of its sight gags and the second-handedness of its slapstick--almost all of which is redeemed by the eager but never cloying charm of its two stars.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 70 Gene Seymour
    Following Sean
    What emerges from Arlyck's musings is a penetrating cinematic essay on how generations in the last century struggled to take hold of history and reconfigure the shape of daily life.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Gene Seymour
    Control
    Control keeps you riveted in ways that "24 Hour Party People" doesn't, primarily because of the investment of craft and conviction by all concerned.

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