John Hartl

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Film.com, The Seattle Times
For 544 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 52% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 44% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 2.1 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

John Hartl's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 64
Highest review score: 100 The Innocents
Lowest review score: 10 Drop Dead Gorgeous
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 340 out of 544
  2. Mixed: 113 out of 544
  3. Negative: 91 out of 544
544 movie reviews
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    • 24 Metascore
    • 25 John Hartl
    Cool as Ice
    The script by David Stenn (21 Jump Street), which also includes a hoary subplot involving blackmail, a kidnapping and a guilty family secret, is essentially a way of tying together a collection of familiar-looking music videos that are so loosely connected to the story that they have about the same impact as commercials. [19 Oct 1991, p.C7]
    • The Seattle Times
    • 23 Metascore
    • 30 John Hartl
    Bats
    So campy...may be good for a few laughs.
    • 23 Metascore
    • 38 John Hartl
    The Sea of Trees
    The sparring couple at its center are played by Naomi Watts, a fearless actress who seems game for anything, and Matthew McConaughey, who just seems off his game here.
    • 22 Metascore
    • 38 John Hartl
    Bakery in Brooklyn
    Cute and daffy enough to make your molars ache, Bakery in Brooklyn is the kind of romantic comedy that lacks all conviction.
    • 22 Metascore
    • 63 John Hartl
    Father Figures
    Helms and Wilson are sometimes a stretch as brothers, especially in the more emotional scenes. But Close is majestic as the mother, a supporting role that feels bigger than it is.
    • 21 Metascore
    • 25 John Hartl
    Hellraiser: Bloodline
    The sexual sadism that ruled in the first Hellraiser has been largely replaced by tiresome confrontations between the toymakers and Pinhead, who responds to their sputtering oaths with the most sensible line in the movie: "Do I look like someone who would care what God thinks?" [9 March 1996, p.F3]
    • The Seattle Times
    • 20 Metascore
    • 10 John Hartl
    Digimon: Digital Monsters
    The audience for Digimon is small children.
    • 19 Metascore
    • 20 John Hartl
    Thomas and the Magic Railroad
    Only very small children are likely to be satisfied.
    • 19 Metascore
    • 25 John Hartl
    Wild Orchid
    The year is still young, but it's not likely to yield a more profoundly vacuous movie than Wild Orchid. [28 Apr 1990, p.C5]
    • The Seattle Times
    • 19 Metascore
    • 20 John Hartl
    Supernova
    Just doesn't live up to its title.
    • 18 Metascore
    • 38 John Hartl
    Mr. Magoo
    The new "Magoo" ends with a statement that it doesn't mean to slight near-sighted people or prejudice anyone against them. But so few of the sight gags relate to Magoo's near-sightlessness that the apology is baffling. [25 Dec 1997, p.26]
    • The Seattle Times
    • 16 Metascore
    • 10 John Hartl
    Urban Legends: Final Cut
    If you've seen one "Scream" rip-off, you really have seen them all.
    • 13 Metascore
    • 30 John Hartl
    Down to You
    A Boring Young Couple.
    • 13 Metascore
    • 25 John Hartl
    Ski Patrol
    As skiing comedies go, this one is no easier to endure than Hot Dog - The Movie or Snowball Express. Maslansky instructed his writers to come up with a script to go along with the title he'd dreamed up, and every character, comic twist and plot development seems tortuously manufactured and insincere. [10 Feb 1990, p.C7]
    • The Seattle Times
    • 10 Metascore
    • 38 John Hartl
    Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
    This installment is essentially the same mix as before, with only a better-than-average cast to recommend it. [30 Sept 1995, p.F7]
    • The Seattle Times
    • tbd Metascore
    • 90 John Hartl
    Creature
    The film has smarts, but what really makes it fascinating is its huge heart...and the film soars because of that.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 63 John Hartl
    The Last King
    Gaup deftly keeps track of the major betrayals without making them seem too obvious.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 63 John Hartl
    Dream Big: Engineering Our World
    Entertaining but almost too ambitious for its own sake.
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