Laura Venning

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For 39 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 43% higher than the average critic
  • 0% same as the average critic
  • 57% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 0 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Laura Venning's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 66
Highest review score: 100 I Saw the TV Glow
Lowest review score: 40 Cat Person
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 39
  2. Mixed: 20 out of 39
  3. Negative: 0 out of 39
39 movie reviews
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 50 Laura Venning
    More Than Ever
    As demonstrated by the film’s final third, Atef evidently has a skill for crafting humane, sometimes contradictory characters and for drawing out compelling performances. And yet as interesting as the interpersonal drama should be, it might just leave you, as Monty Python would say, pining for the fjords.
    • 34 Metascore
    • 40 Laura Venning
    Glenrothan
    Cox evidently harbours a profound love for his homeland, and it’s nice to see Alan Cumming and Shirley Henderson speaking in their native Scottish accents for a change. But while it may inspire you to book a Highland holiday, there’s little else to take away from such a soppy passion project.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 40 Laura Venning
    The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
    A genuine disappointment from an intriguing, potentially even subversive premise. It’s another commanding performance to add to Monroe’s oeuvre, but this Cradle is more frustrating and forgettable than it is thrilling.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 40 Laura Venning
    The Salt Path
    Engaging turns from Anderson and Isaacs can’t elevate a narrative that ultimately goes nowhere, although it might make you want to get the tent out of the attic at long last.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 40 Laura Venning
    Cat Person
    Adapting a relatively uneventful short story was always going to be tricky, and despite some strong performances and wry observations, Cat Person’s disastrous ending takes everything else down with it.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 40 Laura Venning
    The Thursday Murder Club
    Maybe this would hit the spot for a Sunday-night sofa slump but it’s more patronising than perceptive when it comes to portraying ageing. As disappointing as a stale scone.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 40 Laura Venning
    Here
    Another deeply flawed, tech-forward endeavour for Zemeckis in which glimmers of human emotion only occasionally break through. Like Cloud Atlas for baby boomers experiencing late-middle-age malaise.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 40 Laura Venning
    Heart of Stone
    On the more inoffensive end of Netflix’s original output, Heart Of Stone is a perfectly watchable and often daft bit of fun, but its mission to supersede Ethan Hunt might prove to be impossible.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 40 Laura Venning
    The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
    As twee as its title, Harold Fry probably won’t win over anyone immediately turned off by its premise. Broadbent and Wilton are as reliable as ever, but this tear-jerker mostly feels removed from real human emotion. It might inspire you to go for a nice walk, though.
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