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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    • 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
    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Kevin Maynard
    I'm the One That I Want
    Cho is raw, uncensored, and side-splittingly hilarious.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 80 Metascore
    • 79 Kevin Maynard
    Human Resources
    Most tenderly, the film deciphers the true meaning of its corporate-speak title in Franck and his father's impassioned struggle to ensure each other's welfare.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 100 Kevin Maynard
    Dinner Rush
    A funny, frenetic, and often quite touching microcosm of the Big Apple life itself, essayed by a pitch-perfect cast and boasting authentic urban flavors.
    • 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
    • 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.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Kevin Maynard
    Chunhyangdyun
    Proudly wears its heart on its sleeve, but it never becomes so swoony that you'll reach for your hanky.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 79 Metascore
    • 74 Kevin Maynard
    High Fidelity
    Even if it sometimes skips, it's consistently wittier and more idiosyncratic that most studio movies.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 79 Metascore
    • 88 Kevin Maynard
    Beautiful People
    Though frequently brutal and off-putting, Beautiful People is a must-see.
    • 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
    • 77 Kevin Maynard
    Trolösa
    Faithless, filmed mostly during Sweden's endless winter, will chill you to the bone.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 79 Metascore
    • 88 Kevin Maynard
    Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
    A fitting tribute to these displaced children because it so simply and elegantly personalizes their place in the most horrific chapter of 20th-century history.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Kevin Maynard
    Praise
    Praise will get under your skin.
    • 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
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Kevin Maynard
    The House of Mirth
    How well you respond to this handsomely mounted, cold-blooded tragedy will depend on your feelings toward Gillian Anderson's highly theatrical lead performance.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Kevin Maynard
    The Deep End
    Goran Visnjic is such a sensitive, non-menacing gentleman that any woman would want him as her own personal blackmailer.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Kevin Maynard
    Lumumba
    There's nothing more incendiary than the reopening of a forgotten chapter of history --nothing more incendiary than telling the truth.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 78 Metascore
    • 78 Kevin Maynard
    Best in Show
    It's got enough hilarious moments that, all in all, the film's bite is as toothsome as its bark.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 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.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 85 Kevin Maynard
    Magnolia
    An exhilarating and at times operatic film.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 88 Kevin Maynard
    Ça commence aujourd'hui
    An intensely involving, Ibsen-esque human drama populated by complex, sympathetic heroes.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 45 Metascore
    • 73 Kevin Maynard
    Proof of Life
    Proof of Life won't hold your heart hostage for very long after it's over, but here's looking at Russell Crowe -- he's the real deal, sweetheart.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 100 Kevin Maynard
    Panic
    Unfolds like quietly engrossing short fiction, reminding us that there are few things more pleasurable than being in the hands of a good storyteller.
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Kevin Maynard
    Chuck & Buck
    Despite Arteta's best efforts, I eventually stopped caring about their bond because Chuck's character is conceived as such a two-dimensional yuppie.
    • 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.
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