Kevin Maynard

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Mr. Showbiz
For 312 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 55% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 41% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 5.1 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Kevin Maynard's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 61
Highest review score: 100 Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Lowest review score: 5 Knockout
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 154 out of 312
  2. Mixed: 110 out of 312
  3. Negative: 48 out of 312
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    • 34 Metascore
    • 40 Kevin Maynard
    Isn't She Great
    A watery cocktail of second-rate, Ab Fab-style bitchery and shameless schmaltz.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 54 Kevin Maynard
    Small Time Crooks
    Only Elaine May shines, in a weird and wonderful turn. Her loopy character has such a struck-by-lightning demeanor that she's always delightfully off in her own comic orbit even in the tritest of scenes.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 40 Kevin Maynard
    Rock Star
    By the time Rock Star reaches its cop-out, "All About Eve"-ish ending, the only thrashing that should be going on is of the filmmakers, for bungling such a promising premise.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 34 Metascore
    • 40 Kevin Maynard
    Kill Me Later
    About Lustig's direction. Badly employing all kinds of tricks like alternating film speed, jump cuts, and various color tints, she ultimately overpowers her actors and does in her own film.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 61 Metascore
    • 58 Kevin Maynard
    Goya in Bordeaux
    Covers some bases, but it feels like the Cliffs Notes version of a grander epic.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 60 Kevin Maynard
    Songcatcher
    For the most part, it's when the women do the singing -- that Songcatcher really comes alive.
    • 34 Metascore
    • 40 Kevin Maynard
    On the Line
    The only reason to sit through On the Line is for some entertaining, if fleeting, musical moments.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Kevin Maynard
    Nora
    Like "Pollock," Nora is a convincing portrait of the intersection between creative genius and crazy, all-consuming love.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 79 Metascore
    • 60 Kevin Maynard
    Va Savoir (Who Knows?)
    The wrap-up's pretty charming, as are the performances, but the film's too heavy for its soufflé-ready ingredients.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 77 Metascore
    • 57 Kevin Maynard
    The Virgin Suicides
    A detective story without a solution and a coming-of-ager without discernable characters.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 40 Kevin Maynard
    Fat Girl
    It's all well-acted and eerily compelling, but the shocker ending is patently implausible.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Kevin Maynard
    Born Romantic
    Born Romantic feels less like it was born than assembled, in a kooky Britcom factory. It's no "Four Weddings and a Funeral," but it's certainly a happier conception than last month's "Maybe Baby."
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 75 Metascore
    • 58 Kevin Maynard
    State and Main
    For all its wit and sharp casting, State and Main is way too pleased with itself to be funny or endearing.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 58 Kevin Maynard
    What's Cooking?
    A seven-course melodrama.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Kevin Maynard
    L.I.E.
    The real reason to see it is Brian Cox, best known for being filmdom's other Hannibal Lecter (he played the role in Michael Mann's "Manhunter").
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 32 Metascore
    • 50 Kevin Maynard
    Someone Like You...
    Starts as light, fluffy fun but becomes so blithely preposterous that it ceases to exist.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Kevin Maynard
    The Vertical Ray of the Sun
    If you're looking for refuge from summer movie bombast, it's frequently intoxicating.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 71 Metascore
    • 58 Kevin Maynard
    The Opportunists
    It's amiable enough, but the only real opportunity here is to see Walken step out of the shadows.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 49 Kevin Maynard
    Requiem for a Dream
    Never the heart-wrenching emotional experience it seems intended to be.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 52 Kevin Maynard
    Sunshine
    Eventually succumbs to fatal overlength.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 54 Kevin Maynard
    Nurse Betty
    Badly photographed, clumsily edited, and lacking any discernable cinematic style.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Kevin Maynard
    Jump Tomorrow
    Just try not to smile while watching Jump Tomorrow.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Kevin Maynard
    Burnt Money
    This bed-swapping crime story is ultimately too protracted, but Piñeyro's direction is richly atmospheric, full of noir shadows and strong period detail.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Kevin Maynard
    Chopper
    This fictionalized, frequently stomach-churning biography of Australian criminal Mark Chopper Read features the most bloody ear-severing scene since "Reservoir Dogs."
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 64 Metascore
    • 40 Kevin Maynard
    The Luzhin Defence
    A punishing tragedy that could best be described as the anti-"Shine."
    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Kevin Maynard
    Come Undone
    Come Undone is the quintessential gay date at the art house.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 67 Metascore
    • 60 Kevin Maynard
    An Affair of Love
    Ultimately too slight and opaque to inspire much ardor.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 67 Metascore
    • 60 Kevin Maynard
    As Good as It Gets
    Billed cleverly as a comedy from the heart that goes for the throat. If only Brooks had had the guts to avoid the schmaltz.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 66 Metascore
    • 60 Kevin Maynard
    Moulin Rouge!
    It's the kind of flourish that makes you smile -- that makes you believe in the power of movies.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 66 Metascore
    • 60 Kevin Maynard
    Bridget Jones's Diary
    What's right as rain with Diary is the casting.
    • Mr. Showbiz
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