Kambole Campbell

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For 53 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 47% higher than the average critic
  • 9% same as the average critic
  • 44% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 8.2 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Kambole Campbell's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 74
Highest review score: 100 Nope
Lowest review score: 30 TRON: Ares
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 38 out of 53
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 53
  3. Negative: 1 out of 53
53 movie reviews
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Kambole Campbell
    Monkey Man
    Monkey Man is an energetic and thoughtful debut feature that leaves one excited about what Patel’s future as an action star might look like.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Kambole Campbell
    Wendell & Wild
    Wendell & Wild marks the anarchic return of one of the most exciting directors in animation, retooling his idiosyncrasies in service of a boundary-pushing children’s horror with strong political messaging.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Kambole Campbell
    Kensuke's Kingdom
    Kensuke’s Kingdom feels like a throwback – for better and worse. While some of its classical animation is pleasant, the story of a young boy bonding with a former Japanese soldier can feel schmaltzy and obvious.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 70 Kambole Campbell
    Spy x Family Code: White
    Spy X Family: CODE White captures the series’ appeal in microcosm, its stylish action, heartfelt found-family dynamic, and incredibly silly comedy all working in entertaining harmony.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 80 Kambole Campbell
    Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
    Black Panther: Wakanda Forever stands out from a somewhat formulaic era of Marvel movies: held together by its compelling sense of place, and by acting as a passionate eulogy for Chadwick Boseman.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 60 Kambole Campbell
    Transformers One
    There’s slightly more than meets the eye with Transformers One. While the art style is sometimes off-putting, its ideas are interesting enough to make it a decent addition to the franchise.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 60 Kambole Campbell
    The Fantastic Four: First Steps
    In isolation, First Steps is a pretty good time, even if it feels as though it could push its aesthetic into more daring territory.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 60 Kambole Campbell
    The Bad Guys 2
    Though it can be predictable and a little simple, The Bad Guys 2 smooths over some of the frustrations of the first — bringing a sharper and (slightly) more mature sense of humour to its compellingly cartoonish animation.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 80 Kambole Campbell
    Avatar: Fire and Ash
    Some will find the earnest silliness which ties a lot of Fire and Ash​’s beats together tiresome, but – along with the work of some very gifted digital artists – it’s what keeps them feeling real and not just empty capitalisation on a billion dollar box office.
    • Little White Lies
      • Posted Dec 16, 2025
    • 59 Metascore
    • 75 Kambole Campbell
    Drifting Home
    The film is admirable for its patient commitment to unpacking the children’s feelings about each other, the building, and other relics from their pasts, all as they learn how to carry their attachments and memories to new places.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 80 Kambole Campbell
    The Spine of Night
    The Spine Of Night is here to satiate the cravings of those who miss a particular brand of animated storytelling, updated with added psychedelic fervour and plenty of extra-gnarly bloodshed.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 40 Kambole Campbell
    Scarlet
    Mamoru Hosoda’s continuing experiments with animation are passable enough. But it’s not enough to uplift this loose adaptation of a literary classic with its rather clumsy thesis on cycles of violence. 
    • 56 Metascore
    • 65 Kambole Campbell
    Bubble
    Bubble is tender, even meditative. But its best ideas are sadly swept away amid a wave of half-formed ones.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 80 Kambole Campbell
    Ambulance
    Ambulance is just delightfully unhinged in its experiment to see how much carnage can be caused by just one car chase.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 50 Kambole Campbell
    M3GAN 2.0
    Despite occa­sion­al­ly indulging its worse instincts, there’s still a sur­pris­ing amount of fun to be had with M3GAN 2.0 – a big­ger and fun­nier sequel which could stand to pull back on both of those elements.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 40 Kambole Campbell
    The American Society of Magical Negroes
    Despite a valiant effort from Justice Smith, the satire in The American Society of Magical Negroes feels aimless, scattered across a story that struggles to pick a meaningful direction.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 60 Kambole Campbell
    The Instigators
    The Instigators isn’t exactly revolutionary, but is a good time regardless: an easygoing crime caper offering an excellent cast a fun sandpit in which to snipe at each other.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 30 Kambole Campbell
    TRON: Ares
    To the film’s credit there’s a dedication to figuring out some impressive practical effects work in this clash of two worlds, but this is sadly undermined by the actual composition of the action sequences, which swing between feeling inert or overly busy.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 75 Kambole Campbell
    Adam by Eve: A Live in Animation
    Though it’s packed with remixes of and callbacks to Eve’s history, it’s a dazzling, surprisingly accessible summation of his visual and sonic styles.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 85 Kambole Campbell
    Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -The First Kiss That Never Ends-
    The First Kiss That Never Ends feels like a grand finale, but the interesting thing about Kaguya-sama is how it implies that romance is continuous work, rather than simply fated.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 90 Kambole Campbell
    The End of Evangelion (1997)
    Designed to replace the controversial final two episodes of Neon Genesis Evangelion, The End of Evangelion expands the series finale’s contemplation of emotional crutches and human connection to an apocalyptic scale.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 90 Kambole Campbell
    The Concierge
    Whimsical though it may be, The Concierge leverages its visual humor, creative premise, and expressiveness for a surprising and touching reflection on humanity's relationship to the world around us.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Kambole Campbell
    Savages
    The handmade qualities of this world amplify the sense of devastation. The characters, whose designs resemble Barras’s work on My Life as a Courgette, each have distinct personality in their design as well as a visible human touch on their surface which creates a level of immersion.
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