Jack Mathews

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Los Angeles Times, New York Daily News
For 1,391 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 49% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 48% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 5.7 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Jack Mathews' Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 60
Highest review score: 100 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Lowest review score: 0 Perception
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 810 out of 1391
  2. Mixed: 296 out of 1391
  3. Negative: 285 out of 1391
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    • 65 Metascore
    • 75 Jack Mathews
    The Other Side of the Street
    Bernstein blunts the inherent tension by zipping everything along at the pace of a snail with a sore foot. Still, Montenegro does wonders in her long silences, and makes her love scene with the eager 72-year-old Cortez look like a hookup at Club Med.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 63 Jack Mathews
    Blow
    Ends up a portrait through a rose-colored lens, turning a social parasite into a Greek hero.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 38 Jack Mathews
    Stay
    If "The Sixth Sense" was a bad movie redeemed by its surprise ending, Marc Forster's Stay is a seemingly good movie leading to a devastating letdown.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 63 Jack Mathews
    Who Gets to Call It Art?
    The film's appeal is for the eyes. Because Henry got to call it art, it's on display once again.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 75 Jack Mathews
    Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
    Reilly can play nuts, too, and in a lower gear that reins Ferrell in. They're a great team.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 50 Jack Mathews
    American Blackout
    The movie includes a postscript about her (McKinney's) loss, blaming it on more dirty tricks. That may be true, but it doesn't put the steam back in the film.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 70 Jack Mathews
    The Truth About Cats & Dogs
    From the moment we meet Abby, whimsically soothing her callers, we're turned into lap dogs, ready to follow her -- ready to follow Garofalo -- anywhere.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 63 Jack Mathews
    Starter for 10
    This is cheeky sitcom in a minor key, and fated to be a mere footnote on McAvoy's resume.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 63 Jack Mathews
    De-Lovely
    There are terrific performances from Kline and Judd, some breathtaking staging and production design, and, of course, some of the best music and lyrics of the 20th century.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 38 Jack Mathews
    The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
    Jovovich, Besson's 24-year-old ex-wife, hasn't a clue how to project shadings, interior emotions, character or personality. Everything's in a full screech.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 88 Jack Mathews
    Go
    Darkly hilarious.
    • 92 Metascore
    • 75 Jack Mathews
    Le Cercle Rouge (1970)
    If you've got the patience, this is still one of the all-time exercises in cinematic cool.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 63 Jack Mathews
    Revolution #9
    McCann's point of view overwhelms the human elements of his story, but this is, nonetheless, a riveting piece of filmmaking.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 50 Jack Mathews
    The Charcoal People
    Beautifully shot but overly spare documentary.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 88 Jack Mathews
    Bringing Out the Dead
    It's a slice of life, with all the trimmings, and one of the strongest films of the year.
    • New York Daily News
    • 14 Metascore
    • 0 Jack Mathews
    Dischord
    The only good thing about this on-the-fly, low-budget quickie is its Cape Cod setting and the in-focus cinematography of Ernst Kubitza. Very pretty. Otherwise, it is a speechifying bore.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 63 Jack Mathews
    Private Fears in Public Places
    The film is beautifully shot and edited, but these emotional snapshots won't stay long in the memory.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 75 Jack Mathews
    Naqoyqatsi
    Images wash over you like wind-blown rain, fierce and beautiful at the same time, largely shaped into themes by the haunting music of Philip Glass, who is here joined by cellist Yo-Yo Ma.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 88 Jack Mathews
    28 Weeks Later
    28 Weeks Later has a stronger story line, equally fine performances, greater tension, enough gore to satisfy the most hard-core zombie fan, and a narrative pace that flings us from the opening scenes to the very last image.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 88 Jack Mathews
    Stuck on You
    A two-hour, one-joke comedy that never gets old, Stuck on You is the most mature, consistently funny and satisfyingly sweet movie in the rollicking careers of brother filmmakers Bobby and Peter Farrelly.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 50 Jack Mathews
    Final
    The cat-and-mouse game between the patient and doctor and the coy is-he-or-isn't-he? game being played on us by the filmmakers becomes tiring.
    • 26 Metascore
    • 63 Jack Mathews
    Basic Instinct 2
    BI2 is packed with as much lust, nudity and sexual depravity as the first. So, why isn't it as much fun? What's lost in any sequel is the freshness of the first film, and was "BI1" ever fresh!
    • 78 Metascore
    • 75 Jack Mathews
    Last Orders
    It is remarkably, unsentimentally dramatized by Fred Schepisi, courtesy of the pitch-perfect performances of its ensemble British cast.
    • New York Daily News
    • 89 Metascore
    • 88 Jack Mathews
    The Lives of Others
    Except for Hempf, every character is under incredible duress, and the performances are exceptional. With his first feature, an Oscar nominee for foreign-language film, von Donnersmarck has certainly left his mark.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 75 Jack Mathews
    Boiler Room
    Energetic, provocative.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 63 Jack Mathews
    Underdog
    Made for viewers old enough to appreciate a talking pooch but too young to read or write about it.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 75 Jack Mathews
    Pauline and Paulette
    Plumbs the issue of sibling love and family responsibility in quietly powerful ways, and the performances of the two stars surpass convincing to reach a level of biographical realism.
    • New York Daily News
    • 41 Metascore
    • 37 Jack Mathews
    Double Jeopardy
    So riddled with plot holes and implausible actions, you can't help feeling insulted by it.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 75 Jack Mathews
    The World's Fastest Indian
    Whether he'll achieve his goal of setting the world land-speed record for motorcycles is never in doubt, of course, but getting to a film's climactic scene has rarely been more fun.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 100 Jack Mathews
    Liberty Heights
    Levinson is so skillful at developing personalities, even among the story's would-be villains, that by the halfway point of the movie, every gesture and expression has unexpected depth and texture. The performances are across-the-board superb.
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