Jenny Nulf

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Austin Chronicle
For 105 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 39% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 58% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 2.4 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Jenny Nulf's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 63
Highest review score: 100 Drive My Car
Lowest review score: 20 Finding You
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 64 out of 105
  2. Mixed: 31 out of 105
  3. Negative: 10 out of 105
105 movie reviews
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    • 56 Metascore
    • 50 Jenny Nulf
    Hard Luck Love Song
    Based on the folky country song “Just Like Old Times” by Todd Snider, the film feels like a throwback to the heyday of Austin: eclectic acoustic guitars, dingy pool halls, dive bars with fountains of whiskey, neon signs, and lots and lot of late-night tacos.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 89 Jenny Nulf
    Titane
    Titane is a dance. Julia Ducournau’s follow-up to her engrossing debut Raw is a flashy, traumatic body horror explosion that is just as gnarly as her first film.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 78 Jenny Nulf
    The Nowhere Inn
    While St. Vincent’s The Nowhere Inn is not the standard performative music documentary, it opens a window to her soul that many are never able to give away so freely in front of the camera.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 50 Jenny Nulf
    The Eyes of Tammy Faye
    Showalter’s film never finds the right tone, leaving its audience with pleasantness in favor of sharp wit.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 50 Jenny Nulf
    Blue Bayou
    Chon’s ambitions are astonishing, but his bloated script needed an edit or two. It’s a film written with big moments for big performances in mind, which is too painfully obvious as the film treads on.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 40 Jenny Nulf
    Malignant
    The camp in Malignant is fun, but if only the camp was all the film needed to be as monumental as Wan’s previous horror entries.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 78 Jenny Nulf
    Wild Indian
    Wild Indian is a horrifying and thought-provoking thrill ride that packs quite a punch when it hits right.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 89 Jenny Nulf
    Ema
    Ema is a vibrantly loud movie, propelled by dance and lust, and a celebration of sexuality like no other film before it. It is a fountain of energy, both bewitching and terrifying all at once.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 20 Jenny Nulf
    Don't Breathe 2
    Don’t Breathe 2 is a horrific and delusional sequel to its predecessor, a tight thriller that had grounded, down on their luck characters, and a film that knew when to pull out the big guns so the audience would root for its unlikeable lead.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 67 Jenny Nulf
    Swan Song
    Stephens’ film is a sweet gesture, a personal ode to a hometown hero of his, and while the filmmaking itself is rusty, there’s enough love from Stephens and Kier alike to keep this little film afloat.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 40 Jenny Nulf
    Respect
    The casting is the only part of the movie that feels genuine, with Hudson channeling the Dreamgirls emotive performance that earned her an early career Oscar.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 40 Jenny Nulf
    Enemies of the State
    Enemies of the State fumbles along like a bad thriller, with shocking turns that land with a dull thud.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 100 Jenny Nulf
    Undine
    Undine’s hauntingly aching romance is enchanting, as thick as the feeling of inhaling water into your lungs. There’s a drowning sensation to Petzold’s myth-building in Undine that’s totally engrossing, once again proving he is one of the world’s most exquisite love story composers.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 40 Jenny Nulf
    Summertime
    Summertime’s boisterous enthusiasm sometimes finds an endearing spark, but it never erupts like the fireworks that scatter across the L.A. skyline at the film’s end. It’s a mess and it’s exhausting, with its heart always on the brink of exploding from its exhilarating optimistic nature.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 89 Jenny Nulf
    Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
    With Roadrunner, Neville is able to give the icon a send-off that’s tear-inducing and loving, a gift to those who will always be inspired by him.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 78 Jenny Nulf
    I Carry You with Me
    Admirable efforts aside, I Carry You With Me is still an enchanting mix of drama and romance, but also a timely, poetic love letter to Iván’s home country, Mexico.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 67 Jenny Nulf
    Sun Children
    Maijidi’s latest was Iran’s submission for the most recent Oscars, a film that’s gentle, packed with all the familiar beats you find in these City of God-like child POV gritty fairy tales.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 20 Jenny Nulf
    12 Mighty Orphans
    There is no denying that being parentless during the Great Depression called for a lot of resilience, but 12 Mighty Orphans’ underdog story unfortunately plays out to farce levels of entertainment.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 50 Jenny Nulf
    The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
    It’s disappointing to stop rooting for a blockbuster behemoth horror series, but The Conjuring movies’ quality and talon-tight hold has rapidly deflated over time.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 78 Jenny Nulf
    Cruella
    Cruella is not as perfect as the seams Estella stitches, but there’s something ever so charming about its strut.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 50 Jenny Nulf
    Dream Horse
    Inspiring true story? Perhaps not, but certainly a story that’s genuine enough to earn a few smiles.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 20 Jenny Nulf
    Finding You
    It’s as if Finding You was written by a computer program that studied 2000s rom-coms, taking the worst tropes and clunkily blending them together.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 89 Jenny Nulf
    Spiral: From the Book of Saw
    Spiral embodies the franchise James Wan and Leigh Whannell built, while being totally refurbished for a new generation.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 20 Jenny Nulf
    The Resort
    The Resort is an unfortunate mess of a first film that at one point in time would have maybe found a second life on a video store shelf next to the likes of Turistas and The Ruins, but is destined to be swallowed up by the endless abyss of VOD.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 78 Jenny Nulf
    Downstream to Kinshasa
    Downstream to Kinshasa is a simple narrative, with a group of resilient survivors getting from point A to B, but its simplicity is impactful. It is clear and concise about its purpose, and by the end his subjects’ desires are explicit.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 89 Jenny Nulf
    This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection
    This Is Not a Burial, it’s a Resurrection is arthouse cinema at its best, a lyrical eulogy from a confident auteur whose poetic touch is meticulous and grand.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 67 Jenny Nulf
    The Man Who Sold His Skin
    Tunisia’s first Oscar-nominated film, The Man Who Sold His Skin, is an emulsion of ideas, each as ambitiously thought-provoking as the next.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 67 Jenny Nulf
    French Exit
    It’s a film you can easily fall into and out of, a breezy walk through the park. French Exit is simply an enchanting day at the movies.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 89 Jenny Nulf
    The Inheritance
    The Inheritance is a metrical, stunning piece of cinema. There’s so much to unpack within its layers, and its vision and dissection of what Blackness means for Julian and his community is absorbing, perceptive, and stirring. Asili is truly a talent worth keeping an eye on.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 30 Jenny Nulf
    Come True
    Come True aims to explore the layers of the dreamworld, and the terrifying monsters that lurk in the depths of our minds. Yet the unconscious world writer/director Anthony Scott Burns dissects appears to evade him as well, with layers that lead to empty answers and a leading woman who is paper thin.
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