Helen O'Hara

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Empire, The Telegraph, Time Out
For 278 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 51% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 46% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 3.5 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Helen O'Hara's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 62
Highest review score: 100 Avengers: Endgame
Lowest review score: 20 The Brothers Grimsby
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 88 out of 278
  2. Mixed: 187 out of 278
  3. Negative: 3 out of 278
278 movie reviews
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Helen O'Hara
    Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D)
    Who was it made for? Everyone. You don’t have to be a diehard Eilish fan to appreciate the artistry in music, performance and filmmaking here. 
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Helen O'Hara
    Send Help
    Gnarly, gross and delightfully unconventional, this is exactly the kind of Sam Raimi film his fans have been waiting for, carried by a committed, no-holds-barred Rachel McAdams performance.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 80 Helen O'Hara
    Goodbye June
    A strong directorial debut from Winslet with — as you’d expect — stellar performances from her cast. It might be the perfect antidote to other, overly saccharine Christmas films.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Helen O'Hara
    Sisu: Road to Revenge
    Finnish him! Gore-soaked and unbelievably bloody, this will make you wince, gasp and cheer for the little guy. Another authoritarian regime is in for a bad day, and that’s a lovely thing to watch.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Helen O'Hara
    Highest 2 Lowest
    Denzel Washington’s unshakeable gravitas anchors a dazzling, jazzy riff on the crime drama that somehow feels wildly uplifting for all its grit.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Helen O'Hara
    Sinners
    An idiosyncratic, thematically dense twist on the vampire myth that’s oddly paced but beautifully played. One to sink your teeth into.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Helen O'Hara
    Mickey 17
    Like Mickey himself, it’s goofy and a little inconsistent, but it’s also funny, thoughtful and more plausible than we might like. A charming space oddity for these unusual times.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 80 Helen O'Hara
    We Live in Time
    It feels real, and honest, in a way that too few romantic films manage.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Helen O'Hara
    Wicked
    Chu amps up the colour and spectacle to extraordinary, almost overwhelming heights, but the real magic comes from Erivo and Grande as the frenemies at the story’s heart. 
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Helen O'Hara
    Small Things Like These
    A deliberate film that uses small moments to examine one of the great questions of our time: how good people let bad things happen, and how we might push back against the dark.  
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Helen O'Hara
    Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
    It’s delightful to see these characters again, particularly the long-suffering Gromit, and if the jokes don’t come quite as thick and fast as before, the beating heart beneath the clay remains intact.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Helen O'Hara
    My Old Ass
    Smart, and sharp enough to balance the sweetness of its simple yet profound message. All we have is time, and this film reminds us, movingly, that it matters how we spend it.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Helen O'Hara
    Sing Sing
    Brimming with compassion and punctuated by humour, this is a moving look at prison and prisoners. It’s both infuriating and inspirational to see so much beauty in such a harsh environment.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Helen O'Hara
    The Three Musketeers - Part 2: Milady
    Eva Green’s full range of skills have rarely been so thoroughly showcased.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Helen O'Hara
    Late Night with the Devil
    A smart, original approach makes this much more than just another Exorcist wannabe. You’ll sense that there are horrors coming, but you still won’t quite feel ready.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 100 Helen O'Hara
    Robot Dreams
    Who needs humans? This is visual storytelling at its finest, a traditional animation of gentle, unshowy genius. Sometimes the very best love stories go deeper than words can say.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 80 Helen O'Hara
    The Marvels
    It might not have the overwhelming impact of an Endgame or even a Guardians 3, but this is the MCU back on fast, funny form.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Helen O'Hara
    The Burial
    A nuanced and intelligent legal drama that neatly combines big characters and big ideas. By focusing on wider issues of race and injustice, Betts finds continuing resonance in a case nearly 30 years old.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 80 Helen O'Hara
    Dumb Money
    Rather than a simple story of underdogs vs The Man, director Craig Gillespie (I, Tonya) has made a complicated, sometimes funny story that is not a comedy, and sometimes feels like a horror.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 80 Helen O'Hara
    Extraction 2
    Hargrave, a stuntman turned director, knows where to put his camera for maximum impact, and genuinely disturbing foley work showcases sounds of crunching bones and splattering blood. You feel every punch land.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Helen O'Hara
    The Three Musketeers - Part I: D'Artagnan
    Thanks to some judicious plot tweaks and a full-bodied commitment to action, director Martin Bourboulon (Eiffel) has succeeded in making the best Alexandre Dumas adaptation in decades.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 80 Helen O'Hara
    Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
    A return to form for the MCU and for the Guardians, this is tear-jerking and heart-warming in equal measure, keeping its characters in focus despite all the chaos and colour swirling around them.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Helen O'Hara
    The Night of the 12th
    The long and devastating fallout from a senseless act of violence affects almost everyone in this compelling reality-inspired account, which lingers in the mind in a way that few crime stories do.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Helen O'Hara
    Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
    Revelling in its own ridiculousness but finding an emotional core too, this is a wildly entertaining high-fantasy-meets-low comedy. It will leave you prancing your way out of the cinema, lute or no.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 80 Helen O'Hara
    Alice, Darling
    An understated but compelling look at coercive control, toxic relationships and healing friendships, with perhaps a career-best performance from Kendrick.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Helen O'Hara
    The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
    It's cheerfully nonsensical, of course, shot in a sun-drenched luxury compound straight from the big book of action movie clichés, yet lacking the flourishes of a John Woo or a Michael Bay.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Helen O'Hara
    Spider-Man: No Way Home
    Peter Parker’s second Spider-verse adventure suggests that the concept just works – brilliantly.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 100 Helen O'Hara
    West Side Story
    Heartfelt and heart-breaking, this feels like Spielberg has made an adaptation faithful to its roots but also, always, alive to the modern world.
    • 93 Metascore
    • 100 Helen O'Hara
    Petite Maman
    A story even more delicate and moving than Sciamma’s last effort, this takes an unusual and thoughtful look at girlhood, motherhood and friendship. It’s enchanting.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Helen O'Hara
    tick, tick...Boom!
    It’s a lot of passion and restless, sometimes misdirected energy to channel through this film, but Miranda marshalls it effectively, communicating Larson’s talent and drive without obscuring the fact that he could, sometimes, be a bit wearisome about it.
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