Kevin Crust

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Los Angeles Times
For 364 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 56% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 39% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 4.7 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Kevin Crust's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 61
Highest review score: 100 Genesis
Lowest review score: 0 Chaos
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 181 out of 364
  2. Mixed: 154 out of 364
  3. Negative: 29 out of 364
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    • 64 Metascore
    • 70 Kevin Crust
    Blades of Glory
    The movie is at its funniest and most original when zinging the sometimes pretentious milieu of competitive figure skating. Whatever combination of choreography, camera trickery and special effects were required to render the over-the-top, hyper-real skate numbers, they're executed with wit and ingenuity.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Kevin Crust
    Year of the Dog
    With pathos competing equally against the often pungent laughs for the audience's attention, it's a movie that is both unsettling and amusing, most comparable to "Chuck & Buck" in tone.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 50 Kevin Crust
    The Year of the Yao
    Provides little insight beyond hanging out with its super-sized star and would not be out of place as halftime filler except for its nearly 90-minute running time.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 40 Kevin Crust
    Alpha Dog
    In a film with several over-the-top characters bordering on camp, Timberlake's Frankie is the only one who approaches three dimensions, adept at convincingly dishing out some of the movie's disturbing violence as well as registering subtle shifts in Frankie's allegiance.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Kevin Crust
    This Is England
    The writer-director brilliantly juxtaposes the personal and the political, bookending a stirring coming-of-age drama with the provocative opening and an equally affecting end sequence.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 50 Kevin Crust
    The Exterminating Angels
    The film -- buoyed by its cast of excellent actors -- loses its momentum in the final half-hour when it starts to take itself too seriously.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 60 Kevin Crust
    The Dead Girl
    If the segments are uneven, Moncrieff -- with the help of her excellent cast -- nevertheless crafts a gripping overall narrative that exposes a shared dissonance among the protagonists.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Kevin Crust
    Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore?
    Like "Street Fight," Marshall Curry's account of the 2002 Newark, N.J., mayoral race, "Mr. Smith" captures ground-level political machinations in an utterly fascinating way. The question raised by the title makes for an interesting, if possibly disheartening, debate.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 50 Kevin Crust
    Charlotte's Web
    The new live-action rendering of E.B. White's perennial children's favorite, Charlotte's Web, is so carefully spun that it's lifeless.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Kevin Crust
    Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy
    In three parts, the film patiently unwraps the details of daily monastic life. Observation and translation is emphasized over explanation or interpretation.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 40 Kevin Crust
    Constellation
    Walker-Pearlman's strengths lie in these characterizations and his ability to draw subtle performances from his actors. However, the powerfully understated moments are undercut by the film's unwieldy structure. Any emotional momentum that builds is lost with the interminable flashbacks.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 50 Kevin Crust
    High Tension
    For much of its duration the film is a case of intense fare done with an undeniable effectiveness and ingenuity -- until it lurches into a deplorable surprise twist.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 60 Kevin Crust
    Reign Over Me
    Movies about male friendship are often trivialized with the "buddy" tag, but this one resonates beyond that.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 70 Kevin Crust
    Dr. Bronner's Magic Soapbox
    Lamm effectively uses interviews with family members and the soap's users to draw a well-rounded portrait of the otherwise inscrutable senior Bronner. In doing so, she observes a bittersweet story of a family and the surprising effects a crusading eccentric can have on them.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 70 Kevin Crust
    Delirious
    A story peopled by flawed archetypes, it's an achingly funny film that is also a little sad around the edges.
    • 29 Metascore
    • 10 Kevin Crust
    Premonition
    Its biggest failing -- and the ultimate one for a lightweight entertainment such as this -- is that it's a deadly bore from start to finish.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 50 Kevin Crust
    21
    What might have been a complex story dealing with greed and high-stakes betrayal among the young intellectual elite in America's gaming playground is instead treated as a slick, glossy romp.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 90 Kevin Crust
    Beyond the Gates
    Tense and gut-wrenching, Beyond the Gates is a horrifying story told with grace and compassion.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 60 Kevin Crust
    Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
    Not Brooks' funniest film, but it possesses his trademark wry humor and is slyly observant.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 70 Kevin Crust
    Fracture
    It boils down to experience's arrogance, intellect and wealth versus youth's cockiness, resilience and hard work, and the actors appear to have a good time playing the game.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 70 Kevin Crust
    Pooh's Heffalump Movie
    Features some charming songs by Carly Simon and is warmly animated so as to evoke nostalgia in parents.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Kevin Crust
    The Real Dirt on Farmer John
    Though its title suggests an exposé on Dodger Dogs, the movie is the moving, inspirational account of John Peterson's discovery of an almost divine calling in the land beneath his feet.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 70 Kevin Crust
    Grace Is Gone
    An emotionally rich and satisfying drama featuring a terrifically understated performance from John Cusack.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 70 Kevin Crust
    We Are Marshall
    The film is injected with a refreshing energy whenever McConaughey is on-screen, balancing some of the inherent sadness of the story.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 70 Kevin Crust
    Antibodies
    Although Alvart lays on the biblical allegory too heavily at times, the film's pace is brisk enough to maintain our full attention. Antibodies is not so much an art house movie as a well-made, commercial thriller that happens to be in German.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 70 Kevin Crust
    Vitus
    Combines complex relationships with a winning style of storytelling.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 50 Kevin Crust
    Silk
    Though the film aspires to the epic with pretensions of deeper philosophical meaning, it ultimately settles for being the "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" of historical romances.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Kevin Crust
    Sunset Story
    The result is a wonderfully humorous take on a seldom-broached subject.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 60 Kevin Crust
    America Brown
    Black is interested in big themes -- including guilt and redemption -- and is helped by a strong cast capable of carrying the dramatic sequences.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Kevin Crust
    The Puffy Chair
    A pointed and nicely observed screenplay that guides us on an often funny journey through familiar terrain made fresh by their off-center sensibility and three fine performances.
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