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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    • 75 Metascore
    • 85 Kevin Maynard
    Liberty Heights
    A uniquely personal, vibrant mosaic of the American dream, and like a dream, it evaporates beautifully before our eyes.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 85 Kevin Maynard
    You Can Count on Me
    It's the sum of things not spoken, things too painful to express, that's the heart of this quietly moving drama.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 85 Kevin Maynard
    A Room for Romeo Brass
    The most poignant (if hard-hitting) depiction of childhood to show up this year.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 85 Kevin Maynard
    Judy Berlin
    Captures the emptiness of small-time lives as evocatively as Peter Bogdonavich's "Last Picture Show."
    • 76 Metascore
    • 85 Kevin Maynard
    Jesus' Son
    If you haven't seen his (Crudup's) work before, Jesus' Son could be the one that makes you his biggest disciple.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 85 Kevin Maynard
    The Filth and the Fury
    There are only a handful of great music documentaries ... but Temple's film deserves a place in the canon.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 61 Metascore
    • 85 Kevin Maynard
    Get Bruce
    A hilarious and utterly faboo documentary...you'll be begging for more.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 78 Metascore
    • 85 Kevin Maynard
    Magnolia
    An exhilarating and at times operatic film.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 83 Kevin Maynard
    Me & Isaac Newton
    The man (Apted) behind the excellent "7 Up" series has put a human face to science, making the seemingly abstruse both accessible and easily relatable.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 74 Metascore
    • 82 Kevin Maynard
    Wonder Boys
    This is certainly the best studio movie of the new year to date, and Douglas might even be remembered at next year's Oscars.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 80 Kevin Maynard
    In Too Deep
    A gritty, well-acted urban drama with lots of humanity.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 43 Metascore
    • 80 Kevin Maynard
    Riding in Cars with Boys
    It's Zahn's heartbreaking performance that drives Riding in Cars with Boys.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 91 Metascore
    • 80 Kevin Maynard
    Ghost World
    The results are both savagely funny and poignant for anyone who's ever had a friendship that felt like their only connection to the outside world.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Kevin Maynard
    Training Day
    Mesmerizing entertainment, but it's also a cop-out.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 48 Metascore
    • 80 Kevin Maynard
    Rush Hour 2
    Oy, it's such a pleasure that you'll be begging for Rush Hour 3.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 52 Metascore
    • 80 Kevin Maynard
    Serendipity
    The casting is sublime.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Kevin Maynard
    Chain Camera
    The results are far more real than MTV's The Real World.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Kevin Maynard
    Our Song
    Best of all is the supporting performance of The Jackie Robinson Steppers Marching Band, a real group of high-school musicians in which the three girls all perform.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 59 Metascore
    • 80 Kevin Maynard
    Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
    The Spy Who Shagged Me is impossible-to-resist summer fun that left me feeling, dare I say, randy for more? Oh, behave.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 59 Metascore
    • 80 Kevin Maynard
    Big Eden
    Dares to substitute wit and warmth for the standard gay indie tropes in tackling its tale of an unconventional couple.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Kevin Maynard
    Liam
    Liam is mostly an emotionally devastating chronicle of the disintegration of a family. The entire cast is superb, but Frears has cast two screen naturals in the lead roles.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Kevin Maynard
    Before Night Falls
    It's such a sensory experience; in its best moments, the film washes over you like a fever dream.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Kevin Maynard
    Memento
    Nolan's engrossing, backwards-ticking noir will run you so thoroughly in circles that you'll need to see it at least twice for maximum enjoyment.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Kevin Maynard
    Go Tigers!
    The politicizing is intense, but the actual game footage is even more engrossing; Carlson uses both digital video and 16mm film to put us squarely in the midst of the gridiron brouhaha.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Kevin Maynard
    Reykjavík
    In spirit, 101 Reykjavík is so Almodóvar that it could melt the polar icecap.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 63 Metascore
    • 80 Kevin Maynard
    The Adventures of Felix
    Optimistically explores how vastly different people can come together, and how any journey is more about what happens along the way than simply getting from one place to another.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Kevin Maynard
    Spring Forward
    It's a pleasure to watch these unhurried, character-driven vignettes when such great actors are anchoring them.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 59 Metascore
    • 80 Kevin Maynard
    American Pimp
    Never less than riveting.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 94 Metascore
    • 80 Kevin Maynard
    Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
    Whenever Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon resorts to flying fists or soaring sword battles, the Force is definitely with it.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Kevin Maynard
    Two Family House
    A sentimental slice of 1950s Italian-American life that doesn't soft-pedal its characters' simmering prejudices within their insulated community, or pander to their dreams of getting out.
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