John Bleasdale
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39% higher than the average critic
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2% same as the average critic
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59% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 2.3 points higher than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
John Bleasdale's Scores
- Movies
- TV
| Average review score: | 68 | |
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| Highest review score: | Hit the Road | |
| Lowest review score: | Victoria and Abdul | |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 178 out of 374
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Mixed: 189 out of 374
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Negative: 7 out of 374
374
movie
reviews
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- John Bleasdale
There's something highly familiar about the material and although it is artful and occasionally powerful, Akin and co-screenwriter Hark Bohm have constructed their story without straying far from countless other versions of the same thing.- CineVue
- Posted May 26, 2017
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- John Bleasdale
A run-of-the-mill, plodding drama, the 'social realism' of which never feels particularly real.- CineVue
- Posted May 19, 2016
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- John Bleasdale
For most post-apocalyptic films, the nightmare is really a disguised fantasy. In Michôd's excellent The Rover, the nightmare is real.- CineVue
- Posted May 23, 2014
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- John Bleasdale
There’s no revolutionary moment of success in which the meanies are ousted and hip-hop declared godly. Music is like education in this: it’s all about the movement, not the destination.- CineVue
- Posted Jul 29, 2021
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- John Bleasdale
For the most part Swiss Army Man is a visually unique gas and only feels bloated when it tries to hitch its wayward originality to some sort of real world application.- CineVue
- Posted Sep 29, 2016
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