Hank Sartin

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Chicago Reader, Time Out
For 55 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 41% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 56% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 11.6 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Hank Sartin's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 54
Highest review score: 100 Hero
Lowest review score: 0 National Lampoon's Gold Diggers
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 55
  2. Mixed: 27 out of 55
  3. Negative: 10 out of 55
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    • 68 Metascore
    • 70 Hank Sartin
    The Edukators
    Though the story drags for the first hour, this becomes a solid character study once the principals arrive at their hiding place.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Hank Sartin
    Mean Creek
    Everyone in the cast conveys that messy mix of teen self-consciousness and bravado, but Josh Peck is particularly nuanced as the bully.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 70 Hank Sartin
    La sierra
    The intense focus on this trio makes for good portraiture, but it left me hungry for more about the social context that shaped them.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 70 Hank Sartin
    The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course
    Kids used to watching him on TV might find it all perfectly normal, but for adults it's almost an acid trip.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 80 Hank Sartin
    Sex and Lucia
    This film by Julio Medem has dreamlike visuals, lush sensuality, a gorgeous cast, and a plot built on elaborate, self-conscious coincidences.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 70 Hank Sartin
    Pooh's Heffalump Movie
    Director Frank Nissen strikes a nice balance between slapstick and sentiment, and I'll admit to getting a bit choked up at the appropriate moments.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 100 Hank Sartin
    Hero
    The result is both thrilling and thoughtful.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 80 Hank Sartin
    Only the Strong Survive
    Fascinating group portrait of soul and R & B legends who are still touring 40 years after their original fame, enduring even after they've been relegated to the nostalgia circuit.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 70 Hank Sartin
    Lipstick & Dynamite, Piss & Vinegar: The First Ladies of Wrestling
    The women, many in their 70s and 80s, are still tough and proud--and nursing grudges that go back decades, something Leitman plays up by crosscutting between rivals' accounts.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 80 Hank Sartin
    Two Brothers
    The result is that virtual oxymoron, an intelligent family film.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Hank Sartin
    Roger Dodger
    Kidd has a great ear for dialogue, and he throws in a few unexpected twists. But the real fun is watching an established pro and a newcomer run with the script.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 80 Hank Sartin
    Signs
    Borrowing heavily from "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," Shyamalan tries to lighten his trademark gloomy tone -- and almost kills the suspense he's working so hard to achieve.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Hank Sartin
    The Bourne Identity
    The full-throttle approach of director Doug Liman (Swingers, Go) is impressive.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 70 Hank Sartin
    This Girl's Life
    This is both melodramatic and overly tidy in its plotting, but its odd personal relationships are utterly believable.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Hank Sartin
    Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony
    At times Hirsch seems afraid to trust the material's inherent drama and becomes unnecessarily manipulative, staging performances in striking landscapes and playing the footage in slow motion.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 70 Hank Sartin
    Festival Express
    The concert footage is generally quite good, and Joplin is astonishing, but with so many hours of footage you'd think there would be more unexpected moments.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 70 Hank Sartin
    Peter Pan
    It's a bad sign when you can't name or differentiate any of the Lost Boys.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Hank Sartin
    Beautiful Boxer
    Uekrongtham handles the material with reasonable restraint, and you can't help but cheer on the hero.

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