Janice Page

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Boston Globe
For 152 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 50% higher than the average critic
  • 0% same as the average critic
  • 50% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 6 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Janice Page's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 60
Highest review score: 88 Marooned in Iraq
Lowest review score: 12 Alone in the Dark
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 87 out of 152
  2. Mixed: 33 out of 152
  3. Negative: 32 out of 152
152 movie reviews
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    • 58 Metascore
    • 63 Janice Page
    My Sister Maria
    Artful, especially in the ways it avoids sentimentality and employs vintage film clips of truly riveting performances...But Maximilian's narcissistic examination of his theatrical family -- can be boring, and his creative license with the truth is kind of troubling.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 75 Janice Page
    NASCAR: The IMAX Experience
    It is at least an "experience" that has to be labeled exhilarating.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 50 Janice Page
    Shrek Forever After
    To see this final installment is to know: It’s time.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 63 Janice Page
    Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie
    The movie's heart is in the right place, but all its messages of tolerance might resonate better if the Spanish-accented pirate didn't get drawn with a gold tooth and the turban-wearing Khalil wasn't an opportunistic rug merchant.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 50 Janice Page
    Mardi Gras: Made in China
    Redmon's film is a welcome reminder that everything comes from somewhere and responsible people should at least pause to examine the label. For one thing, that's how bigger and better documentaries get made.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 75 Janice Page
    Skins
    Maybe the redemptions offered are simplistic in the context of this place, but they make for a dramatic (if heavily foreshadowed) conclusion.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 38 Janice Page
    Buffalo Soldiers
    For all the controversy surrounding Buffalo Soldiers, you'd think the film would at least be interesting.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 38 Janice Page
    It's All Gone Pete Tong
    Isn't all wrong. But even at its very best, it's just all right.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 63 Janice Page
    Wolf Creek
    Wolf Creek is ultimately all about the torture and the trauma. Happy holidays.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 63 Janice Page
    After Midnight
    Can be quite amusing and enjoyable to watch.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 38 Janice Page
    Ned Kelly
    Ultimately, Jordan's vision is so murky that Ned Kelly remains as foreign to us as wombat stew.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 63 Janice Page
    Below
    With more character development this might have been an eerie thriller; with better payoffs, it could have been a thinking man's monster movie.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 50 Janice Page
    Irina Palm
    Doesn't deliver on a lot of fronts. But then again it gives us full-on Faithfull, who manages to bare herself completely without ever actually getting undressed.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 38 Janice Page
    The Astronaut Farmer
    The real problem with The Astronaut Farmer is that it has no spark.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 75 Janice Page
    Evelyn
    Isn't just a feel-good movie; it's a feel-good-and-righteous movie. And audiences will forgive its flaws.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 50 Janice Page
    The Joneses
    It’s cute and clever to a point -- especially if you don’t know much about the film’s premise going in -- but then the cleverness runs on like the one-note punch line of an interminable “Saturday Night Live’’ sketch, sponsored by Audi.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 63 Janice Page
    Formosa Betrayed
    As a political thriller, Formosa Betrayed has enough suspense and intrigue to pull viewers along willingly. It doesn’t try too hard, which is refreshing.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 38 Janice Page
    Milarepa
    Despite timely and worthwhile subject matter, there is nothing very inspired or inspiring in what makes it to the screen. Maybe they're saving all of that for the sequel, too.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 63 Janice Page
    Cherish
    The cast is up to the challenges of that arc, but the plot doesn't always keep them afloat.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 63 Janice Page
    Self Medicated
    It's worth noting that the movie's spiritual underpinnings are sometimes fairly subtle and other times veer into "Touched by an Angel" territory. The third act is downright Bible-thumping.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 50 Janice Page
    Everyone's Hero
    Everyone's Hero is sincere and heartwarming; sometimes it's funny.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 50 Janice Page
    Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
    It's mostly flat, despite being presented in 3-D, and the writing is so unimaginative that at one point a character yells out "yabba dabba doo!"
    • 49 Metascore
    • 38 Janice Page
    Chloe
    It can’t be recommended even to people who mostly just want to see Amanda Seyfried naked.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 63 Janice Page
    Nicotina
    While obviously not a unique or uniquely satisfying experience, the film still does the job in a pinch, and looks cool doing it.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 50 Janice Page
    Open Season
    As cartoon rip-offs go, Open Season can be surprisingly entertaining, in a made-for-6-year-olds kind of way.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 63 Janice Page
    The Gatekeeper
    Isn't the most seductive film ever made about border life or undocumented immigrants, but in a way it's unfair to compare it to such artistic triumphs as ''Touch of Evil,'' ''El Norte,'' ''Lone Star,'' and ''Traffic.''
    • 48 Metascore
    • 63 Janice Page
    To the Arctic
    More storytelling and less preaching would have served those messages better.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 38 Janice Page
    The Girl Next Door
    Comes up short when things get serious, resorting to cliches and a whole lot of hooey about "moral fiber."
    • 46 Metascore
    • 38 Janice Page
    Next Day Air
    None of these characters provides more than a smattering of laughs, but Def is the one guy we might like to see more of, if only because his role is small and better executed than it deserves.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 50 Janice Page
    Fidel
    Unabashed Fidel worship.
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