Jordan Hoffman

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For 487 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 52% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 46% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 1.8 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Jordan Hoffman's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 64
Highest review score: 100 Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Lowest review score: 0 Charlie Countryman
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 248 out of 487
  2. Mixed: 191 out of 487
  3. Negative: 48 out of 487
487 movie reviews
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Jordan Hoffman
    The Lost City of Z
    Much will be said about Gray’s cinematic craft (as is often the case when a director works with cinematographer Darius Khondji) but beneath the slow roll down the river pierced by arrows from unseen, defensive natives, there’s a fascinating, mercurial screenplay that offers just enough to keep you journeying for more insight.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 60 Jordan Hoffman
    Zootopia
    It’s somewhat heavy material for a film aimed at children, but perhaps very necessary in an age where a beer-stained uncle might have ruined Thanksgiving wearing a Make America Great Again baseball cap.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 75 Jordan Hoffman
    Much Ado About Nothing
    This tiny friends-and-family production has the vibe of a project done on weekends and after school. That’s no knock. It is vibrant and bubbly and just clever enough to engage people who wouldn’t normally watch a black-and-white micro-budget Shakespeare adaptation without any big movie stars.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 60 Jordan Hoffman
    Sorry to Bother You
    Despite being about serious matters (labor relations, systematic oppression, racial microaggressions), Sorry to Bother You is slight and raggedy, but when it leans into its surreal, midnight movie instincts it proves engaging and amusing.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Jordan Hoffman
    Logan Lucky
    It’s all wonderfully preposterous, but also endearing and gratifying.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Jordan Hoffman
    Finding Dory
    The problem with Finding Dory is it doesn’t know when enough is enough. Its believe-in-yourself message is pounded with the subtlety of a hammerhead shark and the final action sequence is really too far-fetched to fathom.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Jordan Hoffman
    Human Flow
    This is an urgent, deep soak in the current refugee crisis.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 75 Jordan Hoffman
    Longlegs
    What’s most impressive is how Perkins collects his simple component parts and somehow transforms this into such an unnerving film. Longlegs is definitely a step above the others.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Jordan Hoffman
    Mississippi Grind
    Writer-director team Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck (It’s Kind of A Funny Story, Half Nelson) must be applauded for refusing to let their shaggy dog tale line up with any predictable storyline.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 40 Jordan Hoffman
    Burden
    This movie is about as subtle as a sledgehammer, with no shortage of cringeworthy moments and an uninteresting lead performance.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Jordan Hoffman
    Mediterranea
    If a movie as rich and understanding as Mediterranea suddenly appeared every time we read about a difficult issue in the paper, maybe all of the world’s problems could be solved.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 85 Jordan Hoffman
    Dallas Buyers Club
    It’s all about the performances. McConaughey and Leto don’t just give voice to the disenfranchised of the 1980s, but all people suddenly faced with impossible challenges.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Jordan Hoffman
    Equity
    Equity takes us inside modern Wall Street in a unique and gripping manner.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Jordan Hoffman
    Evolution
    It’s a quiet, deliberately paced film, but exquisitely shot, with nuanced performances and visual invention.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 91 Jordan Hoffman
    Caesar Must Die
    At 76 minutes, Caesar Must Die is more of an art piece than a thick steak of a feature film, but it maintains a fascinating hum from start to finish.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Jordan Hoffman
    Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond — Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton
    It isn’t nearly as deep as it thinks it is, but it is marvellously entertaining.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 100 Jordan Hoffman
    Chi-Raq
    While formally quite different from his more universally-respected early work, Chi-Raq has the exuberance and wit you’ll find in Do The Right Thing and Crooklyn. It’s the best film he’s made in a very long time.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Jordan Hoffman
    The Wave
    Even though The Wave is fiction, there comes a point where it ceases to be nail-biting fun and just an exercise in voyeuristic cruelty.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Jordan Hoffman
    Presenting Princess Shaw
    Most people will find Thru You Princess inspirational. A few will find it infuriating. But that’s frequently the case with a good documentary.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Jordan Hoffman
    The Immigrant
    Its final scenes and sublimely framed last, lingering shot are extraordinary.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 90 Jordan Hoffman
    Detroit
    This movie will spark debate, even with an end title card that reminds audiences of the concept of dramatic license. But as a movie, and not a court document, it is extraordinary.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 91 Jordan Hoffman
    28 Years Later
    Prepare for more gruesome kills, more gross-outs, more insight into how a society might actually look a generation after an unfathomable event. These movies are clearly infectious.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 50 Jordan Hoffman
    How to Train Your Dragon 2
    What's unfortunate is that Toothless is starring in a toothless story.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 91 Jordan Hoffman
    Guardians of the Galaxy
    [A] blend of classic sci-fi fare and current pop-culture irony is what rockets “Guardians” into the stratosphere.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 100 Jordan Hoffman
    Lore
    Lore is a rare, wonderful film that works not just as surface entertainment, but has deeper historical meaning, as well as an even grander, more universal statement.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 89 Jordan Hoffman
    Listen Up Philip
    Listen Up Philip is big, sprawling and tortured, if a little lacking in focus – while funny in parts, it isn’t really a comedy.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 91 Jordan Hoffman
    Murina
    The look (and sound) of Murina are mesmerizing.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Jordan Hoffman
    10 Cloverfield Lane
    All three actors are tremendous, and director Dan Trachtenberg, making his feature debut, must be commended for keeping things tightly focused.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 95 Jordan Hoffman
    Nightcrawler
    A fantastic, sleek and fun satire.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 75 Jordan Hoffman
    The Woman King
    Prince-Bythewood, whose Beyond The Lights is one of the most overlooked movies of the last decade, has created a vision of historical Africa that has truly never been seen in a mainstream American movie. For that alone, she deserves a crown.
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