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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    • 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
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Kevin Maynard
    Praise
    Praise will get under your skin.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 75 Kevin Maynard
    Love & Basketball
    It's a tad too generic to be a slam dunk.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 90 Kevin Maynard
    Go
    John August's script is exciting, witty, original material, and this film's got the talent to match.
    • 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.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 40 Kevin Maynard
    The Luzhin Defence
    A punishing tragedy that could best be described as the anti-"Shine."
    • 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
    • 44 Metascore
    • 79 Kevin Maynard
    Plunkett & Macleane
    A cross between a Hogarth painting and an MTV video, Plunkett & Macleane cuts quite a swath.
    • 31 Metascore
    • 40 Kevin Maynard
    Gossip
    For all its pretense of critiquing our tabloid culture, it amounts to much ado about nothing.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 38 Metascore
    • 20 Kevin Maynard
    The Astronaut's Wife
    Houston, we have a problem. It's called The Astronaut's Wife and it's an utterly predictable rip-off of classic '60s and '70s exercises in paranoia, from "Rosemary's Baby" to "The Parallax View."
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 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
    • 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
    • 58 Metascore
    • 60 Kevin Maynard
    The Fast and the Furious
    Strictly where the boys are: posing, posturing, and talking engine envy.
    • 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
    • 25 Metascore
    • 5 Kevin Maynard
    Knockout
    This grade-Z programmer is a painfully earnest, clichéd, amateurish waste of time.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 34 Kevin Maynard
    Body Shots
    Plays out like a raunchy, substandard WB soap.
    • 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
    • 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
    • 67 Metascore
    • 60 Kevin Maynard
    An Affair of Love
    Ultimately too slight and opaque to inspire much ardor.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 47 Metascore
    • 49 Kevin Maynard
    The Whole Nine Yards
    It's so plot heavy it never finds its nimble comic rhythm.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Kevin Maynard
    The Dish
    A disarming helping of Capra-esque corn served up by writer-director Rob Sitch.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 74 Metascore
    • 90 Kevin Maynard
    Gods and Monsters
    A profoundly moving human drama, a quasi love story about two lost men who form an unlikely friendship.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 27 Metascore
    • 39 Kevin Maynard
    Coyote Ugly
    Plays out like a raunchy episode of "Felicity."
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 67 Metascore
    • 68 Kevin Maynard
    Stir of Echoes
    Elevates the horror genre with a refreshing intelligence and humor -- too bad it's not half as good at generating scares.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 50 Kevin Maynard
    Dinosaur
    The script is pure Disney formula. Dinosaur offers next to nothing in the way of variation.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 56 Metascore
    • 60 Kevin Maynard
    The Anniversary Party
    The overlapping dialogue and the comedy of famous people playing self-variations is pure Altman (Leigh, not surprisingly, has worked in three Altman films).
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 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.
    • 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
    • 42 Metascore
    • 60 Kevin Maynard
    Bones
    The rapper-ever-increasingly-turned actor -- is having the time of his life, big pimp styling in a flashy wardrobe as he guts and struts.
    • Mr. Showbiz
    • 66 Metascore
    • 68 Kevin Maynard
    Shadow Magic
    Plays like a Chinese "Cinema Paradiso," full of feeling without succumbing to sentimentality.
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