Kevin Thomas

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Los Angeles Times
For 1,782 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 75% higher than the average critic
  • 1% same as the average critic
  • 24% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 2.1 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Kevin Thomas' Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 68
Highest review score: 100 Grand Hotel
Lowest review score: 0 The Tiger and the Snow
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,177 out of 1782
  2. Mixed: 442 out of 1782
  3. Negative: 163 out of 1782
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    • 63 Metascore
    • 70 Kevin Thomas
    Booye kafoor, atre yas
    As somber as much of this deceptively simple yet consistently acute, subtle and observant film is, an effect heightened by a carefully controlled use of color, it is not without hope.
    • 14 Metascore
    • 40 Kevin Thomas
    Dischord
    This premise is ripe with possibilities, but in an apparent -- and definitely misguided -- attempt to make his movie more commercial, Wilkinson has made the younger brother a murderer on the run.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 50 Kevin Thomas
    Malibu's Most Wanted
    After an hour, or two-thirds of the film, they run out of gas. This is the kind of material that's easier to set up than it is to bring together in a satisfying fashion.
    • 25 Metascore
    • 60 Kevin Thomas
    Drowning Mona
    With a hilarious script and capable cast, the film puts a clever spin on the everyone-is-a-suspect plot.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 70 Kevin Thomas
    Love Liza
    "Dark and demanding" doesn't begin to describe this devastating film -- It is not too much to say that without its splendid use of music Love Liza might not be bearable.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 70 Kevin Thomas
    Anything But Love
    Robert Cary's Anything but Love is that rarity, an hommage to the sweeping Technicolor Hollywood love story of the '40s and '50s that works.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 90 Kevin Thomas
    Buffalo '66
    Alternately satirical and romantic, full of pain and humor, Buffalo '66 is a winner.
    • 10 Metascore
    • 10 Kevin Thomas
    Whipped
    Way too bleak to be funny, even as a contemporary satire of the battle of the sexes.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 90 Kevin Thomas
    The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros
    Sophisticated in its ease and spontaneity, it was directed with clarity and rigor by Auraeus Solito from Michiiko Yamamoto's acutely perceptive script.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 70 Kevin Thomas
    It Runs in the Family
    Schepisi not only inspired the cast to give well-shaded, reflective portrayals but also made the film a work of honest, heartfelt sentiment.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 70 Kevin Thomas
    Showboy
    The result is a deliberate conflation of fact and fiction that yields unexpected emotional impact.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 80 Kevin Thomas
    3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain
    Exceptionally well-made family entertainment, this 3 Ninjas is constantly inventive, action-filled and funny, with a flourish of good special effects.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 30 Kevin Thomas
    The Next Big Thing
    All strained artifice, inhabited by individuals who either lack dimension or are merely stereotypes. The result is a movie not nearly as amusing as its makers may think.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 90 Kevin Thomas
    Waking the Dead
    It is a film of uncommon intelligence and rigor that illuminates a complex era, and the romance at its center is also one of exceptional passion and honesty.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Kevin Thomas
    Such a Long Journey
    A thoughtful but uneven film.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 70 Kevin Thomas
    Guys and Balls
    A wry, robust comedy of broad, sometimes crass humor set in the ultra-macho world of a small-town German soccer team.
    • 33 Metascore
    • 40 Kevin Thomas
    Uptown Girls
    Uptown Girls is more downer than upper.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 90 Kevin Thomas
    Show Boat
    It is a stylish, durable piece of epic Americana, replete with some of the most beloved songs in musical theater and rich in its sense of period. [15 Jul 1985, p.2]
    • Los Angeles Times
    • 45 Metascore
    • 30 Kevin Thomas
    Club Dread
    Pretty dreadful.
    • 100 Metascore
    • 100 Kevin Thomas
    The Leopard (re-release)
    The film is a glittering triumph of personal expression at its most elegant and opulent.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 70 Kevin Thomas
    xXx: State of the Union
    Opens explosively and never lets up.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 70 Kevin Thomas
    The Matador
    The Matador is rightly exciting -- and unsettling.
    • 95 Metascore
    • 100 Kevin Thomas
    La Dolce Vita
    A brilliantly conceived epic fable.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 80 Kevin Thomas
    The Adventures of Felix
    An odyssey of self-discovery of much charm, humor and admirable subtlety.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 50 Kevin Thomas
    The Backyard
    What is going on here? Most would say a lot of incredibly dangerous and stupid activity, and most of the people in this documentary not surprisingly seem none too bright.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Kevin Thomas
    Life and Debt
    The damning commentary and revelations about the perils of globalization, not just for Jamaica but developing countries the world over, do come across loud and clear.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 60 Kevin Thomas
    Wild Style
    Luckily, there's a jagged spontaneity to Wild Style that goes with the scruffy street art and culture that it celebrates. [22 May 1998, p.F17]
    • Los Angeles Times
    • 59 Metascore
    • 60 Kevin Thomas
    The Shape of Things
    Unfortunately, this film is not as convincing as LaBute's first feature ("In the Company of Men"), for it betrays its origins in the theatricality of its dialogue, resulting in an aura of artificiality.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 90 Kevin Thomas
    Running on Empty
    Sophisticated, uncompromising and refreshingly original, it is one of those rare films which is likely to mean as much to teens as it does to their parents.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Kevin Thomas
    Bukowski: Born into This
    Accomplishes beautifully what it sets out to do, which is to reveal the man behind the crusty, hard-drinking, tough-talking persona Charles Bukowski so artfully crafted.
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