Jamie Graham

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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
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    • 66 Metascore
    • 60 Jamie Graham
    Shin Godzilla (Godzilla Resurgence)
    The doc-flavoured approach lends both urgency and tedium, while the blend of miniatures, stop-motion and CGI references the various looks of his 63-year history.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 60 Jamie Graham
    Tommy's Honour
    OK, so enough time is spent on the fairways to put some viewers off, but Tommy’s Honour scores a hole in one with its unpacking of the class wars at play.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 40 Jamie Graham
    The Last Word
    Much mellowing and life-learning ensues in a plodding dramedy, though the glint in MacLaine’s eyes makes it almost worth your while. Almost.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 80 Jamie Graham
    Song to Song
    No Badlands, but the best of the recent minor Malicks. And it features Val Kilmer with a chainsaw.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Jamie Graham
    Detroit
    "Dunkirk" has a rival in the intensity stakes. Expect Bigelow’s deep-cutting drama to be part of the conversation come awards season.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 100 Jamie Graham
    Spider-Man: Homecoming
    Hilariously infectious and full of hope, Spider-Man’s return to Marvel couldn’t be more welcome.
    • 34 Metascore
    • 60 Jamie Graham
    The Mummy
    While there’s little here to jangle the nerves, The Mummy does wrap up enough adventure, action and quips to make it, if not a scream, a worthwhile Friday night out.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 60 Jamie Graham
    Two Women
    Handsomely shot but rather inert adap of mid-19th-century play A Month in the Country.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 40 Jamie Graham
    King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
    This is a tonal misfire, its characters cut down by a blitzkrieg of whip pans, CGI and thunderous percussion. And with Ritchie again rummaging in his increasingly threadbare bag of tricks, the result is a movie more jaundiced than jaunty.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 60 Jamie Graham
    The Fate of the Furious
    A very big, exceedingly dumb thrill ride.
    • 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.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 60 Jamie Graham
    The Void
    Blending The Thing, Prince of Darkness, Hellraiser and Lovecraftian cosmic horror, this falls flat in suspense and characterisation, but ace ’80s FX – all liquefying latex – will delight genre fans.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Jamie Graham
    Certain Women
    Certain Women won’t challenge Transformers 5 at the box office, but it’s a deeply affecting triumph.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 40 Jamie Graham
    The Great Wall
    A murky mishmash of a movie, with the lightest smattering of glorious moments.
    • 93 Metascore
    • 100 Jamie Graham
    Toni Erdmann
    Strikingly original, brilliantly acted, this serio-comic masterpiece constantly swerves expectations.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Jamie Graham
    Lion
    Director Garth Davis’ debut is a touch over-stretched but impossible to resist – a classy crowd-pleaser with an especially magical first half.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 80 Jamie Graham
    We Are the Flesh
    Think Luis Buñuel spliced with Hieronymus Bosch.
    • 94 Metascore
    • 100 Jamie Graham
    La La Land
    Could have been a grand folly but instead it’s just grand. Will make audiences break into grins like its characters break into song.
    • 96 Metascore
    • 100 Jamie Graham
    Manchester by the Sea
    If ever there was a film that epitomised the saying ‘no pain, no gain’, this is it. Packs a real wallop.
    • 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.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Jamie Graham
    Arabian Nights: Volume 3, The Enchanted One
    The great thing about Arabian Nights is that if one story isn't to your liking, another pops up, so the decision to give this tale a feature-length running time is perplexing. But quibbles aside, this is daring, magical filmmaking.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Jamie Graham
    Arabian Nights: Volume 2, The Desolate One
    Volumes one and two are especially captivating, as Gomes himself appears onscreen to tell of how he charged a team of researchers with scouring Portugal in search of tales.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Jamie Graham
    Arabian Nights: Volume 1, The Restless One
    One of the princes of arthouse cinema, Miguel Gomes here uses his status to push form and stretch boundaries. Very long but very much worth it.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 60 Jamie Graham
    Bleed for This
    Bleed for This is made with palpable commitment by all involved and there are scenes to jolt viewers out of their déjà vu.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Jamie Graham
    Silence
    Scorsese blends his twin religions of Catholicism and cinema to considerable effect.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 60 Jamie Graham
    Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
    What Fantastic Beasts lacks in wonderment it almost makes up for in scares and subtext.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 40 Jamie Graham
    Kickboxer: Vengeance
    The requisite training montage is half-decent, and the split-screen end credits replay Van Damme’s infamous dancing in the original, with Moussi mirroring his every bad move.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 80 Jamie Graham
    Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
    With few words and the odd squint, Cruise hard boils all of his charisma into a clenched fist, but is more than happy to let a dynamic Smulders take the lead in many scenes.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Jamie Graham
    I, Daniel Blake
    A couple of scenes are perhaps too on the nose, but the naturalistic performances are faultless, the righteous anger controlled, and the bleakness dotted with moments of humour and small acts of kindness. I, Daniel Blake is, first and foremost, a deeply humanistic film.
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