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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    • 47 Metascore
    • 25 Lawrence Toppman
    The Strangers
    Bertino directs at a funereal pace. Speedman remains comatose, though Tyler flickers fitfully to life. The mournful look on her face suggests she's remembering the days when she was given more psychologically complex scripts, such as "Armageddon."
    • 82 Metascore
    • 100 Lawrence Toppman
    Touching the Void
    Warms the heart while chilling the bones.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 63 Lawrence Toppman
    Spider-Man 2
    Yet for all the fun the sequel provides, the series shows signs of wearing out quickly, unless characters get developed thoroughly and in unexpected ways.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 75 Lawrence Toppman
    Innocence
    Like an impressionist painting. Scrutinize it closely, and the details don't make sense individually. Step back from it to study the big picture, and it will make a sweeping effect.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 63 Lawrence Toppman
    George Washington
    He (writer/director David Gordon Green) fired his arrow straight at a worthwhile target, but it fell a little short.
    • Charlotte Observer
    • 48 Metascore
    • 38 Lawrence Toppman
    High Crimes
    Once, for no reason, Franklin whirled the camera around 360 degrees while two people were having an ordinary conversation. I suspect he must have been as bored by then as I was.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 75 Lawrence Toppman
    Martian Child
    And in the end, maybe the question of Dennis' origin is irrelevant. He tells David he's come to Earth to try to understand human beings, and that quest is worth a lifetime's effort -- whatever planet you call home.
    • 30 Metascore
    • 50 Lawrence Toppman
    Gods and Generals
    As dry as a high school history book, solemn as a funeral service, humorless as a Politburo meeting, bloated as a waterlogged corpse and unbalanced as a bout between a debutante and a sumo wrestler.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 100 Lawrence Toppman
    The Dark Knight
    Succeeds as an action film, character study and metaphor for our own terrorism-obsessed time.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 50 Lawrence Toppman
    Jersey Girl
    Smith has called friend Ben Affleck his muse, and this picture is just as bland and superficially pleasant as its star.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 75 Lawrence Toppman
    Napoleon Dynamite
    A diverting and loosely connected series of episodes about the most bizarre screen family of 2004.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 50 Lawrence Toppman
    RocknRolla
    RocknRolla is a copy of a copy of a valuable original, and you know how faint and unintelligible those can be.
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