Lisa Alspector

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For 550 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 44% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 54% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 13.3 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Lisa Alspector's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 52
Highest review score: 100 Tarzan
Lowest review score: 0 Bless the Child
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 178 out of 550
  2. Mixed: 239 out of 550
  3. Negative: 133 out of 550
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    • 21 Metascore
    • 20 Lisa Alspector
    I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
    This 1998 sequel seems almost deliberately designed to disappoint--our enjoyment is supposed to lie in making fun of the obvious red herrings, contrived opportunities to show cleavage, melodramatic dialogue, gullible characters, and inevitable to-be-continued ending.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 30 Lisa Alspector
    Loser
    Intriguing but poorly executed ideas are the basis of this not entirely unappealing romantic comedy.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 30 Lisa Alspector
    Osmosis Jones
    Cathartically disgusting adventure movie.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 20 Lisa Alspector
    Joe Somebody
    Wasn't worth Allen's time and isn't worth yours.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 20 Lisa Alspector
    Deep Impact
    Michael Tolkin and Bruce Joel Rubin's straightforward script and Mimi Leder's toneless direction make this attempt so boring that the titles counting down the months, weeks, and finally hours to impact are best used to gauge how soon the movie will be over.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 30 Lisa Alspector
    Behind Enemy Lines
    The end justifies the means as long as everything turns out OK for the not-too-obedient American soldier and everyone else who enjoys Coca-Cola.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 30 Lisa Alspector
    Bride of the Wind
    Director Bruce Beresford -- not intending to be funny but succeeding wildly.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 30 Lisa Alspector
    All the Rage
    Two generic ideas amount to nothing in this theatrical dark comedy about violence and information overload.
    • 24 Metascore
    • 30 Lisa Alspector
    The Suburbans
    The movie's repeated attempts to combine seriousness and humor as in a blender give it a dysfunctionally earnest tone.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 30 Lisa Alspector
    Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
    This kind of wheel spinning comes from having the desire to speak but nothing much to say, and Smith, who's made a slight movie about his being a slight filmmaker, seems to know this.
    • 10 Metascore
    • 20 Lisa Alspector
    Whipped
    This gross sex farce actually has a point, though about half the population won't like what it is.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 30 Lisa Alspector
    Superstar
    Contrasting the erotic with the disgusting is usually provocative and can be funny, but not in this underdog comedy.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 10 Lisa Alspector
    Little Nicky
    Adam Sandler displays no virtuosity and stirs no pathos in this special-effects comedy.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 20 Lisa Alspector
    A Dog of Flanders
    Full of meaningless tragedies left unjustified by the absurdly optimistic ending .. (an) intolerable story.
    • 22 Metascore
    • 20 Lisa Alspector
    Out Cold
    As if to justify a serious discussion of this comedy before dissing it, some reviewers have pointed out that it evokes Casablanca. Maybe that's why the plot seems imposed on the characters.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 20 Lisa Alspector
    G.I. Jane
    Virtually unendurable.
    • 24 Metascore
    • 20 Lisa Alspector
    Autumn in New York
    The inevitable isn't worth the wait.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 20 Lisa Alspector
    Dark City
    One reason this production-design vehicle is so incredibly boring is that the characters keep having to explain the plot to one another.
    • 23 Metascore
    • 20 Lisa Alspector
    Ready to Rumble
    This gross-out action comedy gets good mileage from its high-energy music and World Championship Wrestling characters, and leads David Arquette and Scott Caan are expertly pathetic.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 30 Lisa Alspector
    Boiler Room
    Fast-paced editing doesn't compensate for unconvincing dialogue.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 30 Lisa Alspector
    Dudley Do-Right
    This terrible live-action comedy based on Jay Ward cartoons has its moments and its near misses.
    • 34 Metascore
    • 20 Lisa Alspector
    Snow Day
    This grasping comedy targets kids of all ages but will please no one as it exploits exhausted ideas about adolescence.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 30 Lisa Alspector
    Double Jeopardy
    In this inept thriller...the script is a coloring book, and the director's careful to stay within the lines.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 20 Lisa Alspector
    Return to Never Land
    Grossly unimaginative.
    • 7 Metascore
    • 20 Lisa Alspector
    Screwed
    First-time directors Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski must have written the script for this comedy when they were about 12--and not changed a word.
    • 29 Metascore
    • 30 Lisa Alspector
    Backstage
    People frequently cover the camera lens with their hands or refer to the "documentary" being filmed, as if to assure us that what we're seeing is real.
    • 24 Metascore
    • 0 Lisa Alspector
    Jawbreaker
    This derivative concept movie is tiresomely slick as well as shamefully sloppy, and someone should issue a restraining order requiring writer-director Darren Stein to stay at least 100 yards away from irony.
    • 34 Metascore
    • 20 Lisa Alspector
    Lake Placid
    The shticky dialogue undercuts the solid genre plotting, which undercuts the humor.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 30 Lisa Alspector
    Dr. Dolittle 2
    Too much plot and too much faith in special effects and adolescent humor doom this "Babe" wannabe.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 30 Lisa Alspector
    The Invisible Circus
    In nearly every scene of her dangerously underwritten role, Diaz has a mouthful of cliches.
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