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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    • 59 Metascore
    • 70 Kevin Maynard
    Nico and Dani
    Nico and Dani merely retells a not uncommon tale without significantly enriching it. It's just too familiar to play as poignantly as it would like to.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 61 Metascore
    • 65 Kevin Maynard
    The Green Mile
    This jailhouse jam is quite a haul.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 61 Metascore
    • 50 Kevin Maynard
    My Dog Skip
    It plays out like an endless series of scenes we've seen before.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 77 Kevin Maynard
    The Best Man
    Contains more than a handful of big laughs and a highly charismatic cast that knows how to put them over.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 60 Metascore
    • 65 Kevin Maynard
    Keeping the Faith
    Works so hard at being pleasant and ingratiating that it wears out its welcome.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 48 Kevin Maynard
    The Visit
    Sentenced its audience to a maudlin death.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 60 Kevin Maynard
    Time and Tide
    Makes for compulsive viewing even though its noirish plot doesn't make a lick of sense.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 20 Kevin Maynard
    Bandits
    This self-consciously kooky road movie about an unusual trio of bank robbers aims for Hal Ashby misanthropy, but hasn't a single emotionally grounded or plausible moment to justify its purely cinematic eccentricities.
    • 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
    • 59 Metascore
    • 50 Kevin Maynard
    The Perfect Storm
    But jaw-dropping trailer aside, there isn't much movie here.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 74 Kevin Maynard
    Mission: Impossible II
    Strangely, what it most lacks is the genuine tension found in the first "Mission"'s signature set pieces.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 73 Kevin Maynard
    Anywhere But Here
    You could do a lot worse than spend two hours in the company of two such talented actresses.
    • 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
    • 40 Kevin Maynard
    Legally Blonde
    That's just not enough to recommend it, though it does have one moment of real justice: The person sentenced to jail has truly bad hair.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 59 Metascore
    • 80 Kevin Maynard
    American Pimp
    Never less than riveting.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 59 Metascore
    • 80 Kevin Maynard
    Onegin
    A riveting, unsentimental tragedy of unrequited love.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 60 Kevin Maynard
    The Fast and the Furious
    Strictly where the boys are: posing, posturing, and talking engine envy.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 58 Metascore
    • 63 Kevin Maynard
    Man on the Moon
    Unsuccessfully attempts to fathom Kaufman's lunatic sensibilities, supplying scant psychological insight into what made the outrageous comic tick.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 58 Kevin Maynard
    The Legend of 1900
    It's a wonderful reminder of the importance of music in the movies.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 58 Metascore
    • 80 Kevin Maynard
    American Pie
    Pie has some nice surprises and is enjoyable in a smutty, sitcom way. It offers up the outrageousness of "There's Something About Mary" without wallowing in cruelty.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 29 Metascore
    • 52 Kevin Maynard
    The Amati Girls
    The movie is as schmaltzy as I'd feared, and yet De Salvo does elicit some nice performances from her ensemble cast.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 60 Kevin Maynard
    Osmosis Jones
    The flat, gross-out live-action bits, directed by (surprise!) Peter and Bobby Farrelly, don't jive with the zippy, Tex Avery-style animated segments, directed by former storyboard artists Piet Kroon and Tom Sito.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 57 Metascore
    • 65 Kevin Maynard
    The Grandfather
    It's filled with far too much talk and it never justifies its length, but if you succumb to its old-fashioned Renoir style of storytelling, The Grandfather has its pleasures.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 57 Metascore
    • 50 Kevin Maynard
    Hannibal
    Every frame of Scott's film is gorgeously lurid and baroque, but it just hangs there like bad art, even during the gore-spilling, Grand Guignol climax.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 57 Metascore
    • 63 Kevin Maynard
    The Muse
    Brooks' least satisfying film in quite a while.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 35 Kevin Maynard
    The Tavern
    The narrative disjointedness is not at all relieved by confusing editing, an uncertain tone, and a dragging pace that makes the film a progressively dreary experience.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 35 Kevin Maynard
    Up at the Villa
    The total lack of sexual chemistry between them doesn't help. Frankly, I'd rather see Scott Thomas play a nun than sit through another one of these turgid romancers.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 100 Kevin Maynard
    Bread and Roses
    The film is never less than a satisfying mix of compelling entertainment and social critique. The performances are uniformly superb.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 56 Metascore
    • 70 Kevin Maynard
    Non-Stop
    All this artful violence won't change your life, but Non-Stop is a satisfying quickie.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 60 Kevin Maynard
    The Five Senses
    Beautifully performed and filmed, but tiresomely schematic episodes like this one cause us to experience major sensory deprivation.
    • Mr. Showbiz
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