Hal Boedeker

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Miami Herald, Orlando Sentinel
For 44 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 38% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 60% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 20.3 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Hal Boedeker's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 45
Highest review score: 100 The Best Years of Our Lives
Lowest review score: 0 Johnny Be Good
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 44
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 44
  3. Negative: 15 out of 44
44 movie reviews
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    • 41 Metascore
    • 50 Hal Boedeker
    For Keeps?
    For Keeps is schizoid entertainment. It begins as a comedy, shifts briefly into social commentary and winds up in soap opera land, with Ringwald acting nobly and self-sacrificing. The movie has been heralded as a sign of Hollywood's new maturity, because the kids face up to their situation. That is applaudable, but For Keeps is old-fashioned and obvious. It is to teen pregnancy what My Three Sons was to family life. [15 Jan 1988, p.C5]
    • Miami Herald
    • 41 Metascore
    • 50 Hal Boedeker
    She's Having a Baby
    The latest work from director-producer-writer John Hughes is a muddle. Hughes has packed the movie, the story of a young couple's marriage, with amusing sight gags and jokes. What he has failed to offer are palatable characters, original insights or smooth storytelling. Worst of all, he has tacked on a deplorable teary finale. [5 Feb 1988, p.C4]
    • Miami Herald
    • 40 Metascore
    • 50 Hal Boedeker
    The Believers
    The occult thriller boasts snazzy photography, passionate acting and considerable suspense. But like Marathon Man, it is empty. This pulp never rises above being pulp. [10 Jun 1987, p.D7]
    • Miami Herald
    • 39 Metascore
    • 63 Hal Boedeker
    Creepshow 2
    The production values are downright dowdy. Creepshow looks more like Cheapshow. Yet the strong writing offsets the film's weaknesses. Creepshow 2 may not have the major-league excitement of The Exorcist or Aliens, but in its own right, it succeeds. The persistent screams from the audience tell you that. [13 May 1987, p.D7]
    • Miami Herald
    • 37 Metascore
    • 25 Hal Boedeker
    The Principal
    The Principal has no principle. It aspires to be a gritty look at a troubled inner-city school, but despite all its tough talk and its seething students, it's a cornball fantasy. [18 Sep 1987, p.D5]
    • Miami Herald
    • 36 Metascore
    • 25 Hal Boedeker
    Action Jackson
    Sitting through Action Jackson was like being dragged through a swamp of sick humor and nauseating violence. I needed a shower afterward. [18 Feb 1988, p.C4]
    • Miami Herald
    • 35 Metascore
    • 25 Hal Boedeker
    Three for the Road
    Road is about as much fun as a flat tire. [10 Apr 1987, p.D5]
    • Miami Herald
    • 31 Metascore
    • 50 Hal Boedeker
    The Presidio
    You know a movie's in trouble when the characters babble on about long ago. In The Presidio, they have to. What's happening on-screen is dull and predictable. The movie's highlights, car chases up and down the San Francisco inclines, pale in comparison to those in Bullitt. [10 June 1988, p.D5]
    • Miami Herald
    • 29 Metascore
    • 25 Hal Boedeker
    Bloodsport
    Bloodsport offers some lurid but fascinating bits. Chief among them: Van Damme, his feet tied to two poles, performs horrifyingly painful splits. Otherwise, Bloodsport boasts bad acting, bad photography and a bad script. So much for the art of motion pictures. [03 May 1988, p.C4]
    • Miami Herald
    • 29 Metascore
    • 25 Hal Boedeker
    Hot Pursuit
    The plot, a series of missed connections, grows boring. The action scenes have no oomph. And the actors are lost. As the disheveled Dan, Cusack is charming, but he can't make this tired tourist tale go. And he can't fall down a mountain as well as Kathleen Turner. [19 May 1987, p.D5]
    • Miami Herald
    • 27 Metascore
    • 0 Hal Boedeker
    Who's That Girl
    Who's That Girl's writers botched the creation of their confection. A successful screwball comedy is like a souffle. This is a souffle made of concrete. [07 Aug 1987, p.D1]
    • Miami Herald
    • 21 Metascore
    • 25 Hal Boedeker
    Mannequin
    In the romantic comedy Mannequin, a dummy comes to life. The movie never does. [18 Feb 1987, p.D6]
    • Miami Herald
    • 10 Metascore
    • 0 Hal Boedeker
    Johnny Be Good
    Johnny Be Good -- hah! Johnny Be Terrible is more like it. This dopey football comedy loses major yardage in the first scene and never recovers. Scene one: A high school coach turns a prayer for a state championship into a foul-mouthed speech so loathsome that you expect the Almighty to smite him. If only He had, film goers would have been spared this hell of a movie. [29 March 1988, p.B6]
    • Miami Herald
    • 8 Metascore
    • 0 Hal Boedeker
    Teen Wolf Too
    Teen Wolf Too is a relentlessly idiotic sequel to 1985's Teen Wolf. [1 Dec 1987, p.B5]
    • Miami Herald
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