Joe Neumaier

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New York Daily News
For 1,351 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 27% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 70% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 16.3 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Joe Neumaier's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 49
Highest review score: 100 Radio Unnameable
Lowest review score: 0 The Fourth Kind
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 249 out of 1351
  2. Mixed: 796 out of 1351
  3. Negative: 306 out of 1351
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    • 91 Metascore
    • 80 Joe Neumaier
    Ida
    Ida is photographed in gorgeous black-and-white cinematography. A deep focus allows every corner of the simple, serene compositions to be seen clearly. The economy of story and dialogue extends to the running time — at barely 90 minutes, the movie feels full, yet free of excess.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 20 Joe Neumaier
    The M Word
    There are some nice moments of camaraderie, as Feldman and Imperioli do their laid-back thing and Fisher is feisty and warmhearted. Still, the let’s-all-talk-at-once actorliness wears thin. It’s just not worth the mood swings.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 80 Joe Neumaier
    NOW: In the Wings on a World Stage
    This engrossing documentary winds up being about nothing less than making one of Shakespeare’s greatest works come alive through hard work — and the spark that happens within an acting company.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 80 Joe Neumaier
    The Amazing Spider-Man 2
    There are two types of superhero movies: the ones that brood and the ones that swing. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is proudly the latter, filled with high-energy action.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 60 Joe Neumaier
    Blue Ruin
    Saulnier accomplishes something rare here. He has an ability to convey depth of feeling and ominousness without tricks or even musical cues.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 20 Joe Neumaier
    Brick Mansions
    The film is put together too choppily to appreciate the bounce-off-walls athleticism of parkour. That’s a shame, since “District 13” star Belle is known as a founder of the sport.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 60 Joe Neumaier
    Fading Gigolo
    For all its shortcomings, “Gigolo” knows when to turn on the charm.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 60 Joe Neumaier
    Transcendence
    A movie that’s of two minds. It’s well-grounded, but also over the top. It’s a man-vs.-machine epic and also an intimate drama. It’s quirky-smart yet sci-fi silly. And it winds up being half as good as it could be.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 40 Joe Neumaier
    Heaven Is for Real
    This heavy-handed movie is simply a sermon its makers think we all should hear.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Joe Neumaier
    Dancing in Jaffa
    When the grade-school kids are Israelis and Palestinians, the initially reluctant, moving duets they finally perform make you feel like, yes, dancing.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 40 Joe Neumaier
    No God, No Master
    The great David Strathairn can make any film watchable, but even he can’t save this dry dramatic thriller.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 60 Joe Neumaier
    A Fragile Trust
    The movie covers all the bases, but doesn’t advance the story.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 20 Joe Neumaier
    Perfect Sisters
    This kind of thing requires a velvet touch, though director Stanley M. Brooks hits only hammer-heavy notes.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 20 Joe Neumaier
    Oculus
    The result: a dangerously cracked creep flick.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Joe Neumaier
    Joe
    Joe and director David Gordon Green find a middle ground between the old, vulnerable Cage and the one that seemed to eat that other guy. Good to have him back.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 0 Joe Neumaier
    Nymphomaniac: Volume II
    Here we go again. Danish director Lars von Trier has pumped out Nymphomaniac: Vol II just a few weeks after “Vol. I” came out. And the results are the same: zero stars.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 40 Joe Neumaier
    Frankie & Alice
    It’s all too much. Frankie & Alice has multiple problems it can’t get past.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 40 Joe Neumaier
    Under the Skin
    There’s atmosphere here, but nothing else.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Joe Neumaier
    The Unknown Known
    Intoxicating, and at times maddening, to watch.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Joe Neumaier
    Captain America: The Winter Soldier
    Parents, take note: For all its heart, this is a tougher, more morally complex movie than its predecessors. Young kids carrying their miniversions of Cap’s famous shield may be in for a jolt.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 40 Joe Neumaier
    Noah
    Noah, Darren Aronofsky’s often ludicrous, occasionally thoughtful epic, puts theology front-and-center, and doubles down on its blockbuster ingredients — like adding huge rock monsters with glowing eyes.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 60 Joe Neumaier
    Breathe In
    For all the obviousness on the surface, and despite some forced last-act havoc, Breathe In works like a piece of chamber music. It goes up to the edge of emotion, circles it, then backs away. But the notes not hit seem as powerful as the ones that are.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 20 Joe Neumaier
    Blumenthal
    The problem with this hyper-verbal comedy is in the title.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 40 Joe Neumaier
    The Raid 2
    For better or worse, the blood and bone-crunching remains most prominent.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 60 Joe Neumaier
    Muppets Most Wanted
    This time the movie really is — as the old theme song promises — sensational, celebrational and Muppetational.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 20 Joe Neumaier
    Blood Ties
    Fine actors are let down by a comatose script and wayward direction in this retro crime drama.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 60 Joe Neumaier
    Rob the Mob
    The movie winds up being a real standup flick, if you know what I mean.
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