Ken Jaworowski

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The New York Times
For 170 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 47% higher than the average critic
  • 14% same as the average critic
  • 39% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 1.1 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Ken Jaworowski's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 67
Highest review score: 90 On Her Shoulders
Lowest review score: 20 Antibirth
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 112 out of 170
  2. Mixed: 53 out of 170
  3. Negative: 5 out of 170
170 movie reviews
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    • 50 Ken Jaworowski
    Shine
    A big heart and a blunt plot run through Shine, a movie whose story is there mostly just to usher in a dance sequence or an earnest speech.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 50 Ken Jaworowski
    Ramen Heads
    Over-narrated and self-serious, this documentary allows its good intentions to pave the way to a tepid tale.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 50 Ken Jaworowski
    The Nile Hilton Incident
    The trouble with the movie — and it’s significant — is that Mr. Saleh is so keen to survey Egypt’s dysfunction that his pacing wanes. It’s possible to admire each scene and still see this film, in its entirety, as in need of some serious sharpening.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 50 Ken Jaworowski
    Sadie
    Lynskey and Schloss are well matched as mother and daughter, and Griffiths builds a relationship between them as this far-from-innocent teenager navigates her world. That rough journey is worth watching even when this film falls short.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 50 Ken Jaworowski
    An Ordinary Man
    A head-scratcher that ends with a shoulder-shrug, An Ordinary Man feels like a scene-study exercise in which two actors invest full measures in a script that’s only half finished.
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    • 40 Ken Jaworowski
    Tango Negro: The African Roots of Tango
    Theories that are worth voicing are apparently worth repeating, and beats that sound catchy are sure to be replayed many times.
    • 25 Metascore
    • 40 Ken Jaworowski
    The Letters
    Though speechifying and mawkishness are thankfully scarce, the bland script gives her few chances to go beyond the expected formula.
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    • 40 Ken Jaworowski
    The Doctor from India
    To seek proof is distinctly human, and, in this case, a dose of skepticism is surely healthy.
    • 24 Metascore
    • 40 Ken Jaworowski
    Dark Crimes
    A good story gets stuck in a puddle of mood in Dark Crimes, a film that strays from its fascinating source — a real-life murder case — into a less successful attempt at noir.
    • 34 Metascore
    • 40 Ken Jaworowski
    Hellions
    A jumbled third act and an indifferent ending ultimately make Hellions disappointing. But there’s a bit of fun to be had in its opening frights, and in trying to figure out what these costumed little monsters really want.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 40 Ken Jaworowski
    Mountain Men
    Catherine Lutes’s camera catches magnificent views of Revelstoke, British Columbia, that are worth watching as you wait 18 minutes for the next semi-interesting scene.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 40 Ken Jaworowski
    Back to the Fatherland
    The survivors offer several potent recollections. Yet most other scenes linger and provide few insights.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 40 Ken Jaworowski
    Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
    No commercials are shown during Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait. They would only be redundant. Instead this documentary serves as a feature-length advertisement for the artist, and is about as daring as a billboard for skim milk.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 40 Ken Jaworowski
    Look at Us Now, Mother!
    For a movie that promises an “epic journey” to explore a family’s “long-buried suffering,” it’s strangely unsatisfying, and eventually wearisome, to find that this clan is deeply troubled perhaps only in the eyes of its filmmaker.
    • 33 Metascore
    • 40 Ken Jaworowski
    Air
    Juicy dilemmas are dangled in front of the audience, then disappointingly yanked away.
    • 28 Metascore
    • 30 Ken Jaworowski
    Chronically Metropolitan
    One longs to praise Mr. Manrique for attempting a serious-minded story in this, his first feature. But there needs to be a real reason to embrace it, rather than what’s on this screen.
    • 16 Metascore
    • 30 Ken Jaworowski
    Septembers of Shiraz
    It’s a movie whose good heart is outweighed by its heavy hand.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 30 Ken Jaworowski
    Killing Ground
    Certainly, the senselessness of bloodshed may be Mr. Power’s point. But with this setup, such a message is all but muted.
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    • 30 Ken Jaworowski
    For a Few Bullets
    Even with the tongue-in-cheek tone, it’s impossible to overlook the exhausting series of contrivances, coincidences and sloppy filmmaking.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 20 Ken Jaworowski
    Antibirth
    In his director’s statement, Mr. Perez, who also wrote the script, says he sought to fashion a story “that would confuse and bludgeon the audience.” My comrade and I will sip, silently nod and, with a strange kind of awe, agree: This filmmaker succeeded.
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