Jon Caramanica
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37% higher than the average critic
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0% same as the average critic
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63% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 1.9 points lower than other critics.
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Jon Caramanica's Scores
- Movies
- TV
| Average review score: | 64 | |
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| Highest review score: | Fresh Dressed | |
| Lowest review score: | The Wrecking Crew | |
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- Jon Caramanica
“Blurry” isn’t triumphant, strictly speaking. Instead, it relies on the accretive power of the mundane. It moves forward without narration, and sometimes without narrative rhythm — often it feels almost observational, like a nature film.- The New York Times
- Posted Feb 25, 2021
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- Jon Caramanica
The director, Kate Novack, has delivered a film that’s detailed and affectionate, but also frustratingly static, making a point not to get in its subject’s way.- The New York Times
- Posted May 24, 2018
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- Jon Caramanica
In a scene puzzlingly late in the film, Mr. Blahnik, who apparently still makes samples by hand, walks through his factory and finesses a sensuous heel out of a stump of wood. More of that would have made this confection about a radiant man into something sturdier.- The New York Times
- Posted Sep 14, 2017
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- Jon Caramanica
This nonjudgmental documentary moves between New York City and the rain forests of the Central African Republic, where Mr. Sarno primarily lives. Both places are tugs of war between abundance and lack.- The New York Times
- Posted Apr 9, 2015
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- Jon Caramanica
Mostly, it’s hagiography, with stars like Cher and Brian Wilson used as character witnesses to the players’ greatness.- The New York Times
- Posted Mar 12, 2015
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