Geoff Berkshire

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Los Angeles Times, Variety, Zap2it (Inside the Box)
For 146 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 36% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 59% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 13.9 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Geoff Berkshire's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 52
Highest review score: 100 Columbus
Lowest review score: 10 The Ultimate Life
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 51 out of 146
  2. Mixed: 55 out of 146
  3. Negative: 40 out of 146
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    • 38 Metascore
    • 30 Geoff Berkshire
    2 Jacks
    Slack narrative and abysmal dialogue render the vague generational satire meaningless to anyone unfamiliar with Tolstoy’s work (and depressing to those in the know).
    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Geoff Berkshire
    American Promise
    American Promise succeeds in touching on a wealth of subjects without overreaching.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Geoff Berkshire
    Hush
    Siegel’s likable perf keeps the audience on her side and highlights Maddie’s knack for thinking on her feet. Gallagher is even better as the mysteriously motivated antagonist.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 80 Geoff Berkshire
    Brigsby Bear
    Rather than milking the outre premise for broad comedy, everyone involved strives to keep the characters and situations grounded and warm.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Geoff Berkshire
    As You Are
    A promising and impressively self-assured debut for 23-year-old filmmaker Miles Joris-Peyrafitte, As You Are is crafted with the confidence and skill of a veteran, but also the youthful eye of someone not far removed from his protagonists.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 80 Geoff Berkshire
    Imperial Dreams
    Even in moments that don’t ring entirely true, Boyega’s grounded performance keeps the film headed in the right direction.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 30 Geoff Berkshire
    Unacceptable Levels
    Unacceptable Levels marries folksy astonishment and alarmist speculation in a documentary far too easy to dismiss.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Geoff Berkshire
    The Book of Life
    The Book of Life is undoubtedly stuffed with more business than its fleet, kid-friendly running time can properly handle. Yet Gutierrez’s confident delivery of the material remains so buoyant and passionately felt throughout that he almost gets away with it.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Geoff Berkshire
    The Workers Cup
    What emerges is a nuanced, if somewhat undernourished, portrait of the poorest inhabitants of the richest country in the world.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 60 Geoff Berkshire
    Take Me to the River
    Take Me to the River compensates for a lack of originality and depth with no shortage of joyful celebration.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 90 Geoff Berkshire
    The One I Love
    Boasting spectacular performances from Duplass and Elisabeth Moss as a husband and wife on the brink of separation, this incredibly assured directorial debut of Charlie McDowell essentially turns the idea of a two-hander upside down and inside out.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 90 Geoff Berkshire
    Life After Beth
    Blending smart fantasy elements, broad comedy, tender romance and an atypically slow-burning apocalypse, the directorial debut of “I Heart Huckabees” co-writer Jeff Baena is charming, thoughtful and laugh-out-loud funny.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 70 Geoff Berkshire
    Ouija: Origin of Evil
    After an hour or so spent establishing characters worth caring about, the narrative starts to devolve, and the more the film circles back to the mythology of “Ouija,” the sillier it gets. Much like the characters at its center, this prequel can’t outrun the ghosts of its past.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 80 Geoff Berkshire
    Unexpected
    Swanberg and co-writer Megan Mercier have crafted an incredibly generous film that wears its heart on its sleeve but never feels sappy or even sentimental.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 50 Geoff Berkshire
    Naz & Maalik
    The intense focus on the two lead characters emerges as both a strength and a weakness. There’s a lot of walking and talking, and what begins as rather charming ultimately turns tedious, even with a fleet 80-minute running time before closing credits factor in.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 70 Geoff Berkshire
    The Hallow
    The directorial debut of visual artist Corin Hardy is never less than arresting to the eye, but thin characters and a familiar story hold this Irish chiller back from entering the top tier of recent horror entries.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 70 Geoff Berkshire
    The Overnight
    The Overnight invites the audience to keep guessing exactly who is seducing whom, and exactly where the temptations will lead, right up to its final few beats. Barely hitting 70 minutes before the credit crawl, this comedy successfully achieves a climax of its own that is equal parts exciting and frustrating.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 60 Geoff Berkshire
    Don't Leave Home
    Eerie and haunting without ever being outright scary, Don't Leave Home is different enough from current trends in horror to be of at least some interest to hardcore genre buffs.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 80 Geoff Berkshire
    Confess, Fletch
    Hamm’s performance here as freelance journalist and investigative whiz Irwin “Fletch” Fletcher is a master class in effortless charm, a comedic turn that never sacrifices the character’s intelligence for a punchline yet steers clear of the smugness and smarminess so prevalent in contemporary comedy.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 70 Geoff Berkshire
    Mitt
    This is neither an indictment nor an endorsement but simply a refreshing departure from the combative tone of contemporary politics and political coverage.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 80 Geoff Berkshire
    Kelly & Cal
    This disarming pic navigates tricky emotional territory to emerge as an impressive feature debut for helmer Jen McGowan and scribe Amy Lowe Starbin.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 50 Geoff Berkshire
    Finding Fela!
    While the filmed stage performances are among the pic’s most galvanizing sequences, their inclusion underscores how flat Gibney’s combination of archival footage and talking-head interviews otherwise plays.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 70 Geoff Berkshire
    Buster's Mal Heart
    An unusual movie like Buster’s Mal Heart demands an unusual star, and Rami Malek proves an ideal fit for Sarah Adina Smith’s sophomore feature.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 80 Geoff Berkshire
    Tallulah
    Page is simply superb in a complex role that perfectly plays to her gift for balancing deadpan comedy with surprisingly deep emotional reserves.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 70 Geoff Berkshire
    Ten Thousand Saints
    Part teen romance, part awkward love triangle, part generational-clash portrait, and almost all powered by nostalgia, this warmly conceived dramedy will likely resonate strongest with audiences who have a direct connection to the story’s place and time.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 50 Geoff Berkshire
    Joshy
    Joshy offers a strange mix of elements that never quite add up.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 30 Geoff Berkshire
    Lion Ark
    Overlong film quickly becomes tedious whenever the camera strays from the lions, who don’t have much personality but prove more compelling than the humans.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 60 Geoff Berkshire
    Daniel Isn't Real
    In supporting roles of varying importance, Masterson, Sasha Lane and Hannah Marks do enough to suggest the film would have been better off giving them more. But Daniel Isn’t Real remains a two-man show, and Robbins and Schwarzenegger are an odd couple worth believing in.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 70 Geoff Berkshire
    Pad Yatra: A Green Odyssey
    A trek across the Himalayas to raise climate-change awareness is respectfully packaged as inspirational comfort food in Pad Yatra: A Green Odyssey.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 60 Geoff Berkshire
    The Wretched
    What the Pierce brothers lack in flavorful storytelling or compelling characters, they almost entirely make up for in good old-fashioned atmosphere and suspense. The Wretched rarely surprises, but it’s well-crafted enough to get under your skin anyway, with an able assist from the creepy camerawork of cinematographer Conor Murphy and unsettling score by Devin Burrows.
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