Lawrence Garcia

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The A.V. Club
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
42 movie reviews
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 Lawrence Garcia
    Moffie
    At its worst, Hermanus’ forceful direction can land with this sort of thudding literality. But befitting its harrowing subject of young men hammered into rigid conformity, Moffie leaves a lasting mark all the same.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 91 Lawrence Garcia
    Asako I & II
    This is a film that, through its deceptively mellow means, manages to plumb the depths of what it truly means to love amid the uncertainties of self, others, and everything else besides.
    • 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.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 16 Lawrence Garcia
    New Order
    If nothing else, New Order demonstrates that the line that separates festival-lauded arthouse films from crass exploitation fare can be very thin indeed.
    • 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.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 67 Lawrence Garcia
    At War
    Ultimately, At War isn’t able to offer much more than gradual escalation of intensity. Even before the war is over, it’s hard not to withdraw.
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 67 Lawrence Garcia
    Combat Obscura
    Unsurprisingly, the results aren’t pretty.
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 91 Lawrence Garcia
    Her Socialist Smile
    Her Socialist Smile develops, in other words, a kind of ethics of the image. Gianvito is not, of course, suggesting that we should somehow give up our senses—only that, whatever the technology or medium we engage with, it is our responsibility to keep our minds from becoming what Keller called “automatic machines.”
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