Jamie Graham

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Total Film
For 207 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 74% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 21% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 8.9 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Jamie Graham's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 74
Highest review score: 100 Amour
Lowest review score: 40 The Lords of Salem
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 130 out of 207
  2. Mixed: 77 out of 207
  3. Negative: 0 out of 207
207 movie reviews
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    • 47 Metascore
    • 60 Jamie Graham
    Maniac
    The scuzz-chic visuals, sleaze-synth score and deep-cutting gore are effective, and shooting from the killer’s POV proves a valid USP. But Wood, despite giving his all, cannot match Joe Spinell’s unhinged turn in the original: nightmares in a damaged brain indeed.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 60 Jamie Graham
    Bad Boys for Life
    Delivers as a Friday-night actioner, with some smart moves and good banter. Smith and Lawrence are on crackerjack form.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 60 Jamie Graham
    Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
    Much more fun than Coming 2 America. Don’t be surprised to see a fifth film greenlit.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 60 Jamie Graham
    Victor Frankenstein
    Fun enough, but not the lightning-bolt-to-the-heart update we hoped for. For a far superior update of the Frankenstein myth, read Stephen King’s Revival.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 60 Jamie Graham
    On Chesil Beach
    A decent adaptation of McEwan’s excellent novella. Forget Fifty Shades – this is sex to make your cheeks blush.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 60 Jamie Graham
    The Expendables 3
    The Expendables 3 marks a sizeable improvement on the first two outings.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 60 Jamie Graham
    The Midnight Sky
    No ray guns, no tentacular beasties, just gravitas in a film that goes boldly about its business but never quite lands.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 60 Jamie Graham
    Wilde Salomé
    Like Pacino’s Shakespeare rumination Looking For Richard (1996), Wilde Salomé is passionate and absorbing, though the insertion of lengthy clips from the film might irk viewers who’ve just watched it.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 60 Jamie Graham
    Venom
    Fleischer made a better comedy-horror with Zombieland, but Venom’s a decent buddy actioner. You might even laugh your head off.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 60 Jamie Graham
    All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
    It’s fascinating stuff, if all a little rushed.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Jamie Graham
    Luca
    Something of a companion piece to the superior Finding Nemo, this is one of Pixar’s weaker efforts but still worth catching.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 60 Jamie Graham
    Big Game
    Drags in places and not always certain of its tone but with a sprinkling of eye-bulging visuals that wink to Spielberg’s heyday. Give it a shot.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 60 Jamie Graham
    Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse
    While some viewers may want more explosions and twists, there's no denying Michael B. Jordan makes for a riveting action hero in Without Remorse
    • 58 Metascore
    • 60 Jamie Graham
    Danny Collins
    Hits all the routine beats but is plenty entertaining, with Pacino rediscovering his enviable pizazz to headline a quality ensemble.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 60 Jamie Graham
    The Fate of the Furious
    A very big, exceedingly dumb thrill ride.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 60 Jamie Graham
    Knight of Cups
    This is Malick turning graceful, ever-decreasing circles, though there’s a thrill to seeing him traverse hotel rooms and studio lots, nightclubs and strip clubs, after a career wrapped up in the period and pastoral.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 60 Jamie Graham
    Amsterdam
    It's a rocky, at times patience-testing ride that plays something like a screwball riff on The Plot Against America, but Amsterdam is ultimately worth the trip.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 60 Jamie Graham
    Doctor Sleep
    Don’t overlook this spiritual sequel to "The Shining." But don’t expect it get close to Kubrick’s original, either.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 60 Jamie Graham
    Maze Runner: The Death Cure
    It’s hardly fresh, but the spectacle is decent and the relationship dynamics absorb just enough to fill the lengthy run time.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 60 Jamie Graham
    Pioneer
    Pioneer features underwater sequences so breathless they’ll thrill even James Cameron (director Erik Skjoldbjærg made the original Insomnia) but Petter’s truth-chasing is at times too frantic and melodramatic.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 60 Jamie Graham
    Into the Woods
    Family entertainment with death, limb-lopping and other horrors. If you go Into The Woods today, you’ll be surprised how faithful this is to the dark stage musical.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 60 Jamie Graham
    Contraband
    Don't expect glamorous outlaws, sunny locales and exotic masterplans – this low-key thriller lifts the rusted lid off an all-too-real world of despairing criminality.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 60 Jamie Graham
    The Violators
    The Violators suffers from inevitable comparisons to Andrea Arnold’s Fish Tank, but is anchored by McQueen’s terrific performance in her feature debut.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 60 Jamie Graham
    A Royal Night Out
    Jarrold struggles to sweep things along with quite enough vigour – budget constraints crowd the edge of the frame – but Gadon is intoxicating as Elizabeth.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 60 Jamie Graham
    Army of the Dead
    It's overlong and laboured in places, but worth a bite for the money-shot set-pieces. Plus... zombie tiger!
    • 49 Metascore
    • 60 Jamie Graham
    Jane Got a Gun
    The arid landscapes are handsomely shot, the set-pieces punchy and intimate, and the performances robust, with Portman reminding us just how good an actress she is as her no-nonsense Jane gets on with the business of survival.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 60 Jamie Graham
    Son of a Gun
    Never sure if it wants to be a hard-edged character drama or pacy action-thriller, Son Of A Gun has plenty to admire between the tonal wobbles.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 60 Jamie Graham
    The Neon Demon
    A shallow, slow-burn horror that takes an age to get to the strong meat but looks good doing it.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 60 Jamie Graham
    The Gambler
    Wahlberg finds his most interesting role since The Departed in a film that’s heavy on atmosphere and suspense but shy of a full deck when it comes to characterisation.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 60 Jamie Graham
    Tomb Raider
    Vikander packs a punch but this Tomb Raider is a long way off the Holy Grail of the first three Indy movies.
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