Kevin Harley

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Total Film
For 137 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 67% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 30% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 7.3 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Kevin Harley's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 73
Highest review score: 100 Dune: Part Two
Lowest review score: 20 Madame Web
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 90 out of 137
  2. Mixed: 46 out of 137
  3. Negative: 1 out of 137
137 movie reviews
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Kevin Harley
    Kneecap
    Underpinned by themes of language and identity, writer/director Rich Peppiatt’s rude, raucous film remixes music-movie clichés to Kneecap’s rebel tune with galvanizing verve. Tearing straight outta Belfast on barrelling beats, Kenneth Branagh it ain’t.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 60 Kevin Harley
    Sting
    Like E.T. gone wrong, director Kiah Roache-Turner’s underdeveloped but briskly suspenseful, suggestive arachno-shocker sees a kid with family issues find solace in alien company. Only this spidery E.T. will gobble you up before it phones home…
    • 62 Metascore
    • 60 Kevin Harley
    Abigail
    The deaths are exuberantly grisly and explosive, too, the sound mix relishing every gooey squelch. Yet as predictable twists and an underused final cameo arrive, all the blood isn’t enough to cover up the nagging shortfalls of final-act invention.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 60 Kevin Harley
    Immaculate
    You’ll flinch, yes, but you’ll forget it just as quickly.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 60 Kevin Harley
    Damsel
    Brown and the beast strike sparks as Fresnadillo’s initially lukewarm adventure gradually heats up.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 100 Kevin Harley
    Dune: Part Two
    Part Two is an inarguable marvel technically, almost leaving its Oscar-grade predecessor for dust.
    • 26 Metascore
    • 20 Kevin Harley
    Madame Web
    While the visuals are refreshingly clean and grounded for a modern superhero film, the story is bogged down by exposition and egregious product placement.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 40 Kevin Harley
    Argylle
    First too slow, then too silly, Vaughn’s well-cast but wayward romp fires off half-baked ideas without the focus needed to make them stick.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 60 Kevin Harley
    Mean Girls
    A little more than a remake yet less than a makeover, Tina Fey’s watchable, well-cast revisit needed more daring to be wholly worthwhile.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 80 Kevin Harley
    Wonka
    King’s flair for transposing peak British TV comedy’s character to film is also apparent, thanks to a fine support haul of Peep Show and Ghosts alumni.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 60 Kevin Harley
    The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
    Davis, Dinklage, Zegler, and the Games thrill, but Snow doesn’t quite summon the substance needed to fulfil this long-haul prequel’s ambitions.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 40 Kevin Harley
    The Exorcist: Believer
    Fitful jolts aside, the devil trots out the old tunes wearily in this hoary and overcooked valentine to a horror classic.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Kevin Harley
    Talk to Me
    The final minutes turn Talk to Me into something almost lyrical, a kind of urban myth you could imagine being shared between parties and campus halls. The filmmakers also blow out the candle at a flab-free 95 minutes. Turns out that’s enough time to get inside you and take possession.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 100 Kevin Harley
    Oppenheimer
    Taut and sprawling, riveting and haunting: firing on all cylinders, Nolan tackles world-changing history with fearsome force and focus.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Kevin Harley
    They Cloned Tyrone
    Mashing up Groundhog Day with Get Out, They Live, Sorry to Bother You, Westworld, A Clockwork Orange, blaxploitation films, "X-Files shit", and more, They Cloned Tyrone is a race-conscious conspiracy caper at heart, spruced up with some zippy patter and a razor-sharp cast.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 60 Kevin Harley
    Stan Lee
    As we watch Lee still encouraging ‘true believers’ well into his old age, it’s hard not to be moved.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 60 Kevin Harley
    The Flash
    Muschietti directs confidently, notably in an opening sequence that betters both Justice Leagues for fun. What’s less persuasive is the CGI, an eyesore that’s particularly gaudy when the finale’s ‘secrets’ drop.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 60 Kevin Harley
    The Boogeyman
    Solid casting and scares mix with thin plotting and middling monster moves in Savage’s King riff.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Kevin Harley
    Asteroid City
    Anderson visits fresh frontiers with a close encounter of the quirky kind, holding wit, whimsy and sly wisdom in supple balance.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Kevin Harley
    Return to Seoul
    Between bouts of partying and freeform dancing, newcomer Park Ji-min brings a near-musical virtuosity to this questing character piece.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 60 Kevin Harley
    Scream VI
    Bigger, bloodier, blunter. Ghostface goes all-in for the kills in a brash but broad requel-sequel, sharpened by Barrera/Ortega’s ace pairing.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 60 Kevin Harley
    Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
    CGI/saga-building issues aside, the MCU’s fun sci-fi getaway stretches Ant-Man and answers any Multiverse niggles. Majors’ menace focuses the attention fiercely.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 80 Kevin Harley
    Avatar: The Way of Water
    James Cameron mobilizes on all fronts for an imperfect but imposing blockbuster: dazzling, supersized, rippled with currents of sincere feeling.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 80 Kevin Harley
    Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
    Between a fallen king and a rising threat, Marvel’s cinematic Phase 4 ends on a tender and – mostly - triumphant high.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 60 Kevin Harley
    Enola Holmes 2
    Though the action and characters are sketchily served, Brown’s match-dry lead, Bradbeer’s brisk direction, and fine support casting make a persuasive case for Enola’s return.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 60 Kevin Harley
    Black Adam
    Fast, fierce, fuzzy: nicely unruly, naggingly undisciplined, Johnson’s live-action DC bow strains to entertain but struggles to breathe amid the noise.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Kevin Harley
    Prey
    For his part, Trachtenberg has resolved how to give the Yautja its due. Best post-Arnie Predator variant? Undoubtedly. Best Predator movie per se? Tough call, but trust this: Prey gets the job done.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Kevin Harley
    Everything Everywhere All at Once
    Come for the wild ideas, stay for the warm wisdom in the Daniels’ heartfelt carnival of chaos. Yeoh aces every curveball.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 100 Kevin Harley
    Belle
    Between hidden depths and dazzling surfaces, home truths and virtual wonders, Hosoda’s tale of teenage anguish, connectivity and emotional salvation enraptures.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Kevin Harley
    Belfast
    Here, the working-class milieu invites imagination, adventure, and camaraderie rather than a Ken Loach-style crushing of hope, while a climactic confrontation on divided streets is framed like a thrilling showdown in a black-hat-vs.-white-hat western. But it is the child’s- eye view, the wit, and the generosity of spirit on show that elevate Branagh’s Belfast.
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