Jami Bernard

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New York Daily News
For 1,050 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 52% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 43% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 3.7 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Jami Bernard's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 62
Highest review score: 100 Don't Look Now
Lowest review score: 0 Whipped
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 631 out of 1050
  2. Mixed: 249 out of 1050
  3. Negative: 170 out of 1050
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    • 67 Metascore
    • 75 Jami Bernard
    Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
    The movie pulls off the trick of blurring the distinctions between romantic and platonic attractions across the generations.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 75 Jami Bernard
    No Man's Land
    Writer-director Danis Tanovic, a Bosnian who spent years documenting his homeland's turmoil, makes a bold feature-film debut with this funny, sobering message movie.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 75 Jami Bernard
    Mean Creek
    A welcome departure from typical movies about teens, wherein their problems are external (the prom, status). Mean Creek is an adult movie that just happens to star young actors.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 75 Jami Bernard
    SLC Punk!
    A surprisingly genial and affecting comedy about the trials and tribulations of teenage rebellion during the Reagan '80s.
    • New York Daily News
    • 76 Metascore
    • 75 Jami Bernard
    Iris
    A delicately upbeat, even humorous celebration of love and sacrifice.
    • New York Daily News
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 Jami Bernard
    William Eggleston in the Real World
    Refreshingly offbeat documentary.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 75 Jami Bernard
    La Nouvelle Ève
    Viard plays one of the most intriguing female characters in recent film from either side of the Atlantic.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 75 Jami Bernard
    Shadow of the Vampire
    Works on several playful levels. Most obviously, it is a horror movie in which life imitates art on a movie set.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 75 Jami Bernard
    Romeo Must Die
    This is not for the Merchant-Ivory crowd, but action fans will feel their pulses quicken.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 75 Jami Bernard
    Mr. & Mrs. Smith
    The screen smokes with sexual heat. But what's really erotic is how much fun the actors seem to be having.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 75 Jami Bernard
    The Full Monty
    Simple, joyful and downright innocent movie.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 75 Jami Bernard
    Merci Pour Le Chocolat
    Not since Cary Grant offered Joan Fontaine a gleaming glass of milk has a bedtime toddy looked as suspicious as it does in Claude Chabrol's wittily enigmatic Merci pour le chocolat.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 75 Jami Bernard
    A Beautiful Mind
    This is another brilliant performance by Crowe, who is to body language what Meryl Streep is to accents.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 75 Jami Bernard
    Ocean's Twelve
    Whatever substance there is of Ocean's Twelve fades faster than invisible ink. But it's not the kind of movie you watch for plot details. It's really about spending two hours on that Lake Como speedboat, relaxing with pals.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 75 Jami Bernard
    The Barbarian Invasions
    A deeply felt celebration of the life force, as embodied in Girard's fierce performance as a man who may not have done all he could, but had an enviably great time on the way.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 75 Jami Bernard
    Evelyn
    The story is predictable, even bland, but the stellar cast, detailed set design and abundance of good humor elevate it from the typical feel-good movie. It makes for intelligent counterprogramming against some of the season's harder-edged fare.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 75 Jami Bernard
    My Architect
    Apparently Louis Kahn was not much of a father, raconteur or businessman. But he was a genius, and he left his mark on all the people whose lives he touched.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 75 Jami Bernard
    Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme
    Dispels myths about the "gangsta" aura that clings to rap and shows this poetry of the streets in all its different forms: social protest, entertainment and aggression.
    • 14 Metascore
    • 75 Jami Bernard
    Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
    Silly, perfect fun.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 75 Jami Bernard
    Elf
    A non-sappy and genuinely adorable confection. It wiped away the Scrooge in me for 90 enchanting minutes.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 75 Jami Bernard
    Session 9
    A natural successor to "The Blair Witch Project" in terms of its small suggestions of horror past and future.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 75 Jami Bernard
    Shaft
    Violent, cool and street-smart, Shaft supplies everything you want in a summer movie.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 75 Jami Bernard
    Spy Game
    The script provides an excellent payoff, although action fans may not agree, because that payoff is the equivalent of a Cheshire cat's grin.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 75 Jami Bernard
    Matchstick Men
    The direction is still slick, but Matchstick Men gets most of its thrills from the unknowable in human interaction. This could be the biggest "scam" Scott himself has pulled off.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 75 Jami Bernard
    Pellet
    Could easily serve as an instructional video for repressive regimes who have not yet learned you can get more with honey than with vinegar.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 75 Jami Bernard
    The Good Thief
    With his haggard good looks and bearish presence, Nolte is the main event in this colorful three-ring circus of a heist picture.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 75 Jami Bernard
    Love and Diane
    Amazing... There are only a finite number of filmmakers with the devotion, patience and ability to tease out these stories.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 75 Jami Bernard
    A Song for Martin
    Sven Wollter and Viveka Seldahl give superb performances as the couple, a once-vigorous conductor and his orchestra's concertmistress. But soon ... well, you know the drill.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 75 Jami Bernard
    Saving Grace
    Has that same air of silly innocence, a rarity in today's movies.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 75 Jami Bernard
    Maria Full of Grace
    Accomplishes two great things on what was undoubtedly a minuscule budget. It breathes life into a small story that has larger ramifications. It also shows that America, as represented by Jackson Heights, is still the promised land for people about whom movies are rarely made.
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