Lawrence Toppman

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Charlotte Observer
For 1,622 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 56% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 41% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 0.7 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Lawrence Toppman's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 65
Highest review score: 100 Down in the Delta
Lowest review score: 0 Left Behind
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,064 out of 1622
  2. Mixed: 275 out of 1622
  3. Negative: 283 out of 1622
1622 movie reviews
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    • 34 Metascore
    • 16 Lawrence Toppman
    End of Days
    I do have one overpowering Y2K fear: that Hollywood will keep belching out movies as excruciatingly dull, brutal, mindless and overlong as End of Days.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 16 Lawrence Toppman
    Saint Laurent
    To call the film “unwatchable” is to unfairly insult Josée Deshaies; his lush cinematography delights the eye when the camera roams around Saint Laurent’s workrooms. But “incomprehensible,” “interminable” and “immaterial” all apply.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 12 Lawrence Toppman
    Rugrats Go Wild
    It's an uncoordinated, flailing hodgepodge of music videos, chases, crashes and moronic plot twists.
    • 26 Metascore
    • 12 Lawrence Toppman
    Basic Instinct 2
    This script by the husband-and-wife team of Leora Barish and Henry Bean is hopelessly contrived and takes forever to get to the point. (I warn you: The film does not absolutely identify the killer.)
    • 22 Metascore
    • 12 Lawrence Toppman
    Saving Silverman
    Just when the story reaches its idiotic nadir, Neil (Diamond) shows up to save the day with a song and a smile.
    • Charlotte Observer
    • 36 Metascore
    • 12 Lawrence Toppman
    Jeepers Creepers II
    The worst horror sequel of this or many another summer.
    • 9 Metascore
    • 12 Lawrence Toppman
    Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000
    It's bombastic, chaotic, plodding, visually dreary and patchily written.
    • 19 Metascore
    • 12 Lawrence Toppman
    Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
    Zomboid, convoluted excuse for a thriller is among year's worst.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 12 Lawrence Toppman
    O Brother, Where Art Thou?
    Whenever the music subsides and the characters speak the Coens' lines, the film turns back into mush.
    • 32 Metascore
    • 12 Lawrence Toppman
    Swordfish
    About 45 minutes into Swordfish, the picture degenerates permanently from drivel to sleaze (only a short drop).
    • 38 Metascore
    • 12 Lawrence Toppman
    Blow Dry
    The most catastrophic misfire in a dreadful movie season.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 0 Lawrence Toppman
    Waist Deep
    Director Vondie Curtis-Hall has managed to top (or should I say "bottom"?) his last theatrical release, Mariah Carey's "Glitter," with a movie that offers not one praiseworthy moment: not a scene, not a performance, not a technical achievement, not even a line of dialogue.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 0 Lawrence Toppman
    Little Nicky
    Bad actors, bad music and bad plot make it a hellish bummer.
    • 22 Metascore
    • 0 Lawrence Toppman
    Left Behind
    It's well-shot and well-edited by Hollywood standards, though special effects don't reach the top Hollywood level. The stars have their hearts in their work: Cameron and Johnson don't have great depth but give their all. Currie makes a subtle villain.
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