Lawrence Garcia

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For 42 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 26% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 72% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 1.5 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Lawrence Garcia's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 67
Highest review score: 91 Asako I & II
Lowest review score: 16 New Order
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 42
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 42
  3. Negative: 1 out of 42
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 50 Lawrence Garcia
    Jockey
    Ultimately, Jockey’s most compelling elements lie in the margins. Its major dramatic moments fall flat next to peripheral, off-hand details.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 58 Lawrence Garcia
    Summer of 85
    In the end, Summer Of 85 is about the idea of romance more than it is an actual romance, and on that level it succeeds almost too well, leaving one wishing for something more substantial.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 58 Lawrence Garcia
    Tragic Jungle
    More conceptual than intuitive, Tragic Jungle offers the problem without the passion: a journey into the heart of darkness without the thrill of the unknown.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 58 Lawrence Garcia
    The Salt of Tears
    Ultimately, what registers most strongly in The Salt Of Tears is Luc’s relationship with his father, a through line that acts as a kind of counterpoint to his romantic entanglements.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 58 Lawrence Garcia
    Yellow Rose
    Yellow Rose may not be a success on the whole, but it does suggest that Paragas, like her protagonist, is still finding her way.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 58 Lawrence Garcia
    Liberté
    For the most part, though, Liberté is a drearily alienating experience; Serra’s depictions are characterized mainly by studied grotesquerie and tedious monotony.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 58 Lawrence Garcia
    The Banker
    Just as it reduces Garrett’s character to a few tenacious traits, the film, in presenting his inspiring story, loses perspective on the broader picture.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 50 Lawrence Garcia
    Daniel Isn't Real
    Mortimer builds Daniel Isn’t Real to a conclusion that, in concept, should be both tragic and terrifying. Here, it just feels perfunctory.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 50 Lawrence Garcia
    Tel Aviv on Fire
    Despite its loaded premise, Tel Aviv On Fire rarely sparks more than mild amusement.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 58 Lawrence Garcia
    The Edge of Democracy
    The documentary’s scope is so vast, and its subject so dense, that it ends up skimping on details that a lengthy written article would likely lay out more clearly.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 58 Lawrence Garcia
    Diane
    In all this, there remains a purposeful if haphazardly realized design. As Diane’s relatives and friends continue to fall away with the passage of time, Jones intensifies the film’s discombobulating rhythms, taking Diane from hard-edged physicality to a more interiorized, subtly dreamlike haze.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 58 Lawrence Garcia
    Wildlife
    From moment to moment, the direction is unimpeachably competent, but its surface elegance masks a core hollowness.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 42 Lawrence Garcia
    Unbroken: Path to Redemption
    Unbroken: Path To Redemption ultimately preaches forgiveness—a message that, in and of itself, is unobjectionable.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 58 Lawrence Garcia
    We the Animals
    Unlike Sean Baker, who grounded his "Florida Project" in a firm but never condescending viewpoint on the milieu, Zagar seems to lack a coherent directorial perspective on Torres’ story; he mistakes vérité-style handheld and frequent close-ups (mostly captured with wide-angle lenses) for genuine intimacy and engagement.

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