Ian Freer

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For 391 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 49% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 46% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 1.2 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Ian Freer's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 67
Highest review score: 100 Imitation of Life
Lowest review score: 20 Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 191 out of 391
  2. Mixed: 196 out of 391
  3. Negative: 4 out of 391
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    • 42 Metascore
    • 40 Ian Freer
    Wild Mountain Thyme
    It’s not just that Wild Mountain Thyme is bogged down by overripe Irish trappings. It also fails to work on the most basic romcom level — wanting to see a couple get together. Sadly, not even a strong cast can rescue a pot of gold from the end of this rainbow.
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    • 40 Ian Freer
    Hidden Strike
    A meandering, unfunny, mostly flat effort, Hidden Strike is a disappointing waste of two immensely likeable stars. Head straight to the super-fun outtakes.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 40 Ian Freer
    Wonder Park
    Wonder Park has some fun bits (a narcoleptic bear) and a worthy sentiment around the value of going through tough times but it’s too hectic and untethered to land its loftier ideas. It aspires to be Inside Out but falls way short.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 40 Ian Freer
    The Curse of La Llorona
    Seemingly wishing to start another Conjuring off-shoot, this will be lucky to get out the gate. Without an original or fresh bone in its body, The Curse Of La Llorona smacks of unelevated horror for the very easily scared, not to mention pleased.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 40 Ian Freer
    The Addams Family 2
    Ironically, given the mantra for its main characters is about embracing the weird, The Addams Family 2 does little that is out-there or different, delivering a safe, stale 93 minutes. Unlike that killer theme tune, it never actually clicks.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 40 Ian Freer
    I Feel Pretty
    I Feel Pretty is an intermittently funny vehicle for Schumer’s talent that never really gets to grips with the ramifications of its high concept. Its heart is in the right place, but its head is somewhere else.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 40 Ian Freer
    Emma.
    It should be a delicious chocolate gateau but Emma. makes heavy weather of Austen’s charmer, delivering a tonally uneven, mostly airless affair. Amy Heckerling’s Clueless — Emma in the Valley — remains the big screen benchmark.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 40 Ian Freer
    The Boss Baby
    The Boss Baby is hopped up on energy but never harnesses it effectively. There are laughs and heart buried in this idea somewhere. Shame the film is too hyperactive to find them.
    • 33 Metascore
    • 40 Ian Freer
    Despite the Falling Snow
    An old school romantic thriller that lacks the subtleties and sophistication of recent spy storytelling, be it on the big screen (Bridge Of Spies) or small (The Night Manager).
    • 54 Metascore
    • 40 Ian Freer
    Black and Blue
    Not even the considerable talents of the ever watchable Naomie Harris can elevate Black And Blue above the broad and generic. The result is sadly aggressively formulaic.
    • 26 Metascore
    • 40 Ian Freer
    Five Nights at Freddy's 2
    It huffs and puffs to entertain but Five Nights At Freddy’s 2 falls flat on most levels. Animatronic chickens wreaking havoc should be much more fun.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 40 Ian Freer
    Underwater
    Joining the ranks of Sphere, DeepStar Six and Leviathan as soggy Alien do-overs, Underwater finds a few tweaks to the monster play book, but not enough to make it live.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 40 Ian Freer
    Bloodshot
    Despite the odd strong moment, this Bloodshot is anaemic.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 40 Ian Freer
    The Wedding Guest
    Despite good performances and an interesting milieu, The Wedding Guest doesn’t deliver as an exciting genre piece or thought-provoking drama. Michael Winterbottom is a master in many areas but the thriller seems beyond him this time.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 40 Ian Freer
    The Hitman's Bodyguard
    The leads work hard and there’s an attempt to add fun via cheesy music and Salma Hayek, but hackneyed dynamics, half-baked action sequences and saying “m#th&rf$ck*r” does not a Shane Black make.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 40 Ian Freer
    Ma
    There should be something fun in watching Academy Award winner Octavia Spencer drop C-bombs and go apeshit. Instead, Ma is an ersatz, misjudged exercise in psycho-horror that lacks the courage of its B movie convictions.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 40 Ian Freer
    The Art of Racing in the Rain
    There is the odd funny moment, but The Art Of Racing In The Rain relies too heavily on the charms of its golden retriever. It might be built on the notion that dogs are the wisest of us all, but the end result winds up stupid.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 40 Ian Freer
    Serenity
    Serenity is a genuine headscratcher, baffling on almost every level. Badly scripted, strangely acted and poorly pitched, there is so much to pick over it’s hard to know where to begin. Sometimes the best of bold intentions are just not enough.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 40 Ian Freer
    Spree
    A forced, over-ripe satire on the hunger for social media, bolstered by an engaging performance by Joe Keery. But if you really want to feel the real-life impact of the ’Gram on a young psyche, stick with Eighth Grade.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 40 Ian Freer
    The Racer
    There is some nice insight into cycling-team practices, but overall The Racer lacks sufficient nuance, specificity and originality to nab the yellow jersey.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 40 Ian Freer
    Mrs. Lowry & Son
    Despite the formidable talents of Timothy Spall and Vanessa Redgrave, Mrs Lowry & Son doesn’t really get under the skin of the artist or the man, resulting in a film as dreary as Pendlebury’s colourless skies.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 40 Ian Freer
    Escape Room
    Escape Room is like The Crystal Maze with more death. It’s fun at the start then loses its way, but it’ll do until ‘Flossing: The Movie’ comes along.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 40 Ian Freer
    The Last Full Measure
    Boasting a powerhouse cast, The Last Full Measure has the best of intentions, to celebrate servicemen without condoning war, but winds up with little else.
    • 30 Metascore
    • 20 Ian Freer
    Blue Iguana
    Blue Iguana grates on pretty much every level, a misjudged hodge-podge of ill-defined characters, tired filmmaking licks and an air of general unpleasantness. It also contains one of the worst shootouts in recent memory.
    • 16 Metascore
    • 20 Ian Freer
    Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
    This is probably worse than you’d expect, even from a sequel to a sequel to a sequel to a sequel to a sequel.
    • 6 Metascore
    • 20 Ian Freer
    War of the Worlds
    A risible attempt to modernise classic science-fiction by adding WhatsApp and political chicanery. This thin, frenetic, soulless adaptation is misguided moviemaking cubed.
    • 26 Metascore
    • 20 Ian Freer
    Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
    Citizens On Patrol might well have been subtitled When The Rot Set In.
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