Kristy Puchko

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For 61 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 63% higher than the average critic
  • 0% same as the average critic
  • 37% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 0.7 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Kristy Puchko's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 65
Highest review score: 100 One Night in Miami
Lowest review score: 20 Dashcam
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 32 out of 61
  2. Mixed: 25 out of 61
  3. Negative: 4 out of 61
61 movie reviews
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    • 88 Metascore
    • 80 Kristy Puchko
    Hamilton
    Hamilton the stage musical may be a 10/10. But this filmed version falls short by repeatedly reminding the audience of what we missed by not being there.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 90 Kristy Puchko
    Nomadland
    Nomadland is a radiant celebration of humanity and community.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 90 Kristy Puchko
    The Green Knight
    The Green Knight is truly astounding.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 100 Kristy Puchko
    One Night in Miami
    Kemp Powers' thoughtful script gives us an insight into what might have been going on behind the sports and entertainment performances that awed us, and in doing so urges us to look at what's still going on now. Director Regina King's cast delivers some of the best performances of the year, unveiling the hidden pain of public figures. Through a keen focus and confident flow, she unfurls their struggles in a poignant display to show how they live on today.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 90 Kristy Puchko
    Saint Maud
    Saint Maud is an impeccably crafted, deeply unsettling, and wickedly engrossing religious horror film.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 50 Kristy Puchko
    Mad God
    Phil Tippett’s Mad God unleashes decades of pent-up creative darkness into a trippy and troubling ride with astonishing craftsmanship, but little substance.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 50 Kristy Puchko
    The Card Counter
    Ultimately, this storied provocateur deals out shocking imagery and disturbing scenes, but he refuses to lay down a thrilling climax much less anything satisfyingly entertaining.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Kristy Puchko
    I'm Your Man
    I’m Your Man promises Dan Stevens as a rom-com dreamboat, but what it delivers is far more intriguing and rewarding.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 90 Kristy Puchko
    Titane
    Co-writer/director Julia Ducournau delivers a superb sophomore effort, which surpasses her cannibal horror-comedy Raw in provocative content and twisted laughs. Newcomer Agathe Rousselle is an extraordinary find, hurling herself face-first into grisly violence, lusty dances, and nerve-rattling emotional terrain.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Kristy Puchko
    Hellbender
    Hellbender, a coming-of-age movie from a family that’s built their own indie horror house, is a captivating, smart, and delightfully witchy tale.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 90 Kristy Puchko
    Promising Young Woman
    Fennell's film is a reflection of its antiheroine, a live-wire, exciting, dazzling, and dangerous. Fennell coats this heady blend of humor and horror in candy-colored palette of pinks dusted with pop music perfection and enriched by performances from a crackling ensemble cast.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 70 Kristy Puchko
    Onward
    All told, it's a terrifically entertaining tale filled with humor, heart, and allusions that are sure to delight fantasy fans.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Kristy Puchko
    Alien on Stage
    Whether you're a theater lover, who aches for playhouses to reopen, a cosplayer who yearns for the return of Comic-Con, or a sci-fi fan who dreams of making an Alien of your own, Alien on Stage is a must-see.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Kristy Puchko
    The Fabulous Filipino Brothers
    Hook's Dante Basco and his brothers deliver an outrageous comedy about love & family in The Fabulous Filipino Brothers.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 90 Kristy Puchko
    The Show
    Even with some questions left dangling, The Show offers a supremely intoxicating adventure, ripe with imagination, rank with decadence, and rabid with more, more Moore.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Kristy Puchko
    Finding 'Ohana
    All in all, Finding 'Ohana is a superb entry into the annals of kid-fronted adventure. The familiarity of concept and character welcomes you into the cozy romp of it all but provides surprises and spectacle unique to its Hawaiian environment. There are laughs and thrills aplenty, spiked with a bit of pathos, but not so much to derail the fun.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Kristy Puchko
    Enola Holmes
    Enola Holmes, starring Millie Bobby Brown and Henry Cavill, is a toothless Fleabag with Sherlock coating.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Kristy Puchko
    Fear Street Part Three: 1666
    Fear Street Part 3: 1666 becomes that final puzzle piece that clicks into place, making the big picture clear. On its own, it's spooky fun, reveling in shadows, suspicion, and twisted reveals. In the broader context, it’s a climax that’s sensationally bold, thrilling, and joltingly entertaining… and perhaps not just an end, but also a new beginning.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 90 Kristy Puchko
    Fear Street Part One: 1994
    Fear Street Part 1: 1994 is a film rich with character, world-building, Easter eggs, and scares. Horror fans will be grinning over a visual allusion, then be pulled to the edge of their seat by this slaughter-packed adventure, then catch themselves screaming at a harrowingly portrayed murder.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 88 Kristy Puchko
    Annette
    Whatever its intentions, Annette is remarkable. It’s an exhilarating collision of cinema, live concerts, stage shows, and celebrity culture, shaken up and let loose with abandon. Its message might be lost, but the emotions still hit hard, particularly in a finale that strips away the flash and artifice to concentrate on something pure, painful, and unforgettable.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 60 Kristy Puchko
    The King of Staten Island
    The King of Staten Island lumbers from one thread to another, seemingly uncertain over what it's about.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 70 Kristy Puchko
    The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
    While it's not as wonderfully weird as it could have been, the latest SpongeBob movie still delivers silly, family fun.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 50 Kristy Puchko
    Bombshell
    Charlize Theron's eerie turn as Megyn Kelly aside, Bombshell doesn't do justice to the subject matter it explores.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 90 Kristy Puchko
    Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
    Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar is extraordinary because – like its fluffy-haired heroines – it makes no apologies for what it is. Mumolo and Wiig have created a story that is proudly deranged, setups that are savagely silly, and centered all that around two delightfully daffy caricatures of middle-aged women that feel fresh yet familiar.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 80 Kristy Puchko
    The Feast
    Director Lee Haven Jones elevates this ripe premise with a masterful use of color and a garnish of gore. This makes for a feast of the eyes, bursting with visuals gorgeous and gruesome. Tied together with a surreal tone and topped off with a generous sprinkling of carnage, The Feast serves up a heady and haunting experience that sticks to your ribs and rattles your nerves.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 70 Kristy Puchko
    Free Guy
    Free Guy delivers a first hour that is outrageously entertaining, stuffed with gonzo action, goofy gags, star power, big ideas, and plenty of Easter Eggs for lovers of movies and video games. However, in its second half, the joyful journey is derailed by a slog of a side quest, falling short of the potential set-up.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 70 Kristy Puchko
    A Glitch in the Matrix
    A Glitch In The Matrix is a solid sibling to Room 237 and The Nightmare. Once more, Ascher offers an empathetic space to conspiracy theorists and dreamers, creating a superb setting for honesty, earnestness, and vulnerability. Employing keen editing, he illustrates their arguments with pop culture references and panache. However, he also offers the shadow of a doubt, allowing the viewer a safe space to question.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 70 Kristy Puchko
    Fear Street Part Two: 1978
    While Fear Street Part 2: 1978 still offers some thrills, it's not a cut above its predecessor.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 50 Kristy Puchko
    Violet
    In the end, Violet feels less like a film than a pitch meeting. A frenzied flurry of ideas, devices, and character sketches chucked out to see what sticks. It’s flashy, but not fascinating, which leaves this drama of inner conflict and deep thoughts feeling horridly shallow.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 80 Kristy Puchko
    Bad Trip
    André and company give a familiar premise fresh verve with an onslaught of outrageous pranks that would do Jackass proud. André and Howrey share crackling chemistry that weaves together the friendship at the film’s core, while heralded scene-stealer Haddish embodies a badass who can make us cackle. Remarkably, the unwitting witnesses to their mayhem are not regarded just as marks, but as co-stars, who pop with one-liners, memorable reactions, and shining humanity.
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