Johnny Oleksinski

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New York Post
For 683 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 46% higher than the average critic
  • 1% same as the average critic
  • 53% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 6.6 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Johnny Oleksinski's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 59
Highest review score: 100 Avatar: The Way of Water
Lowest review score: 0 Gotti
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 365 out of 683
  2. Mixed: 126 out of 683
  3. Negative: 192 out of 683
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 75 Johnny Oleksinski
    Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
    Yes, it’s your typical Macguffin, with everybody chasing down a trinket, but a fairly creative one with a lot of good jokes. The comic-book-style action sequences also set co-directors Joel Crawford and Januel Mercado’s movie apart from the litter. The No. 1 reason to watch, though, is Banderas’ top-notch voice performance. If only more A-listers treated their animated film roles as more than a pet project.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 75 Johnny Oleksinski
    If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
    Writer-director Mary Bronstein’s absorbing psychological drama about a mother at her breaking point is two hours of mounting anxiety and nervousness.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 75 Johnny Oleksinski
    The Croods: A New Age
    The film is overstuffed with comedy material, though. There’s a time-period-appropriate gag for everything — the TV is just a hole in the wall that they watch birds through — and the jokes are nonstop. The best moments of animated films are often the most serene.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 75 Johnny Oleksinski
    Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
    What Yankovic and director and co-writer Eric Appel have done, brilliantly in spots, is parody Yankovic’s own life while sending up the whole biopic genre. In a messed-up way, the maneuver is kinda poetic. And so very funny.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 75 Johnny Oleksinski
    Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
    In a nice change from Seyfried’s 2008 turn as the ingénue, we want to befriend James’ Donna, not mute her. She’s as gorgeous as she is committed, as funny as she is emotionally true. A big talent.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 75 Johnny Oleksinski
    I Know What You Did Last Summer
    It’s a lot better than the 1997 version, if equally as stupid.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 75 Johnny Oleksinski
    Doctor Sleep
    The complex plot takes some time to get used to, especially if you’ve come to the theater expecting a story consistent with the simplicity of “The Shining.” If that was easy as pie, this is easy as Pi. But when it confidently hits its stride near the middle, Doctor Sleep is gripping.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 63 Johnny Oleksinski
    Ma
    Ma is a much more enjoyable ride than the even more preposterous “Greta,” which got lost in undeserved self-seriousness.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 63 Johnny Oleksinski
    Song Sung Blue
    This movie’s got as many cliches as Madison’s got cheese curds. But script aside, Jackman and Hudson onstage are effervescent and, speaking as someone who’s never mounted a motorcycle, the songs rock.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 63 Johnny Oleksinski
    I Want Your Sex
    It’s got something for everybody — toplessness, threesomes, dildos, ball gags, S&M and, of course, art-world satire.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 63 Johnny Oleksinski
    The Bikeriders
    Smooth as fresh asphalt, the film makes us pine for a pothole or two.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 63 Johnny Oleksinski
    Werewolves Within
    What Werewolves Within aims to be is a Knives Out of the horror genre, with a wacky ensemble having a blast while they play enormous characters and follow clues. They do, and their antics are enjoyable for the most part. However, unlike the Daniel Craig mystery film, Werewolves can sometimes be overly spastic and annoying.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 63 Johnny Oleksinski
    The Iron Claw
    Watching “The Iron Claw” can feel like getting slammed with a metal folding chair over and over again. So bludgeoning are the true and tragic circumstances that befell the famous Von Erich wresting family during the 1980s and ’90s, which director Sean Durkin’s film depicts.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 63 Johnny Oleksinski
    Freaky Tales
    Even though you definitely don’t leave contemplating the narrative, the detailed and authentic ‘80s aesthetic conjures a spell.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 63 Johnny Oleksinski
    Little Death
    The trouble here is the fizzling story. The viewer can’t help but feel the loss of Ross.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 63 Johnny Oleksinski
    Everybody's Talking About Jamie
    The undeniably sweet film, based on the wonderful West End musical, fixes some of the (much better) show’s flaws, but loses its humor and energy while it wallows in sadness.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 63 Johnny Oleksinski
    Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
    Nostalgia is a prime factor, yes, but the story is legitimately engrossing this time, however recycled it may be, rather than a lazy stack of trumpeted entrances and exits and half-witty asides that marred the 2019 and 2022 films.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 63 Johnny Oleksinski
    Greenland
    Butler’s pretty bad — not horrible — but the movie itself is quite watchable, if a lot bleaker than your average disaster flick.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 63 Johnny Oleksinski
    Elemental
    The love story is nice, but Ember and Wade’s relationship also goes from zero to 60 awfully fast. There have been many a romance told inside of two hours, but these guys’ instant gushiness is awkward and doesn’t ring true — even for CGI blobs.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 63 Johnny Oleksinski
    Sonic the Hedgehog 3
    What’s different from the previous entry is that humor here, despite a formulaic plot, is balanced with surprising dramatic heft.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 63 Johnny Oleksinski
    Fire Island
    Booster’s film, directed by Andrew Ahn, tries to do too many things at once. One side is the clever Austen adaptation, while the other is a sendup of the rom-com genre to the point of parody.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 63 Johnny Oleksinski
    Sing 2
    What makes Sing 2 enjoyable are the tunes. And writer-director Garth Jennings assembles a characteristically quirky mixtape.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 63 Johnny Oleksinski
    Dog
    [Tatum] lets his cuddly co-star shine and wrings out a few touching moments of his own, too.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 63 Johnny Oleksinski
    My Old Ass
    Ninety percent of the movie is a very pleasant watch. All “My Old Ass” needed was a few more conversations with Elliott’s family and friends to provide more closure for her and the film.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 63 Johnny Oleksinski
    Blitz
    McQueen’s script at times reeks of obviousness, even as it nurtures understated and heartfelt performances from Ronan and Heffernan. We always know where the film is going, and it dutifully goes there. Visually, though, the work’s a stunner.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 63 Johnny Oleksinski
    Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant
    The duo’s journey is gripping, but long stretches elsewhere in the film drag and it feels much longer than two hours.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 63 Johnny Oleksinski
    The End We Start From
    As well-worn as it may be, Comer reliably freshens up every project she touches and makes otherwise cold scenes sizzle.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 63 Johnny Oleksinski
    The Devil All the Time
    Although the film can be a tad unrelenting, it’s highly watchable.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 63 Johnny Oleksinski
    Triple Frontier
    There are some zippy chase scenes and shootouts, and tension throughout. But the characters — especially the lethargic Affleck — make for more of a C-Team than an A-Team.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 63 Johnny Oleksinski
    Wonka
    Absent of any edge or layered characters, Wonka is at its most enjoyable when you forget the novel and classic Gene Wilder film and strap in for routine pleasantness.
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