Loren King

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Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune
For 133 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 76% higher than the average critic
  • 1% same as the average critic
  • 23% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 0.2 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Loren King's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 66
Highest review score: 100 Rain
Lowest review score: 25 The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 92 out of 133
  2. Mixed: 27 out of 133
  3. Negative: 14 out of 133
133 movie reviews
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    • 86 Metascore
    • 100 Loren King
    Under the Sand
    Mesmerizing and unforgettable.
    • 28 Metascore
    • 50 Loren King
    Ghost Ship
    An adequate horror movie for the Halloween season, but it too easily sinks into haunted-house-film conventions, even if the haunted house is decked out as an Italian luxury liner.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 75 Loren King
    Deliver Us from Eva
    A welcome respite from verbal nastiness and sexual cynicism. It's nice to see characters who enjoy falling in love, even if it's to a schmaltzy light-soul score.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 50 Loren King
    Hey Arnold! The Movie
    It's a refreshing theme for a kids' movie, one that incorporates history and urban flavor, not to mention a preservationists' perspective, into the usual mix.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 75 Loren King
    Piglet's Big Movie
    With its welcome lessons on friendship and self-esteem, is not only appropriate for preschoolers, but it also has enough sophistication for older kids.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 50 Loren King
    Circuit
    It makes the viewer wonder whether Circuit would have been stronger as a documentary instead of the well-intentioned, overlong, intermittently entertaining but flawed feature that it is.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 63 Loren King
    Intact
    Mix of stylish action and meta-musings, provides plenty of confusing, satisfying surprises, though it could have used more tightness and punch.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 50 Loren King
    Death to Smoochy
    The script boasts some tart TV-insider humor, but the film has not a trace of humanity or empathy.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 75 Loren King
    Storytelling
    Cleverly mocks the modern chronicler, raising questions that linger long after the film is finished.
    • Boston Globe
    • 65 Metascore
    • 75 Loren King
    Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
    Mixes ''Jetsons''-style futuristic hijinks with a reliable story of a boy inadvertently whisked ''over the rainbow'' to another galaxy where his mettle is tested.
    • Boston Globe
    • 25 Metascore
    • 75 Loren King
    The One
    Hits the ground running and never lets up.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 63 Loren King
    Lilo & Stitch
    Despite its charms, and the refreshingly non-traditional characters, Lilo & Stitch seems diluted and too derivative to be as effective as one wants it to be.
    • 27 Metascore
    • 50 Loren King
    Crossroads
    Packaged fluff aimed low, and patronizingly, at Spears's legion of young female fans.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 75 Loren King
    My First Mister
    Offers something rare for a modern movie: an uncynical depiction of the redemptive power of human relationships.
    • Chicago Tribune
    • 47 Metascore
    • 75 Loren King
    Like Mike
    Doesn't win any points for originality. It does succeed by following a feel-good formula with a winning style, and by offering its target audience of urban kids some welcome role models and optimism.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 75 Loren King
    Piñero
    It wisely lets us hear Pinero's words for ourselves, and in the end, they echo louder than the images that accompany them.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 63 Loren King
    All Over the Guy
    Snappy but sappy romantic comedy.
    • Chicago Tribune
    • 52 Metascore
    • 50 Loren King
    Little Secrets
    One can hardly argue with the desire to make a wholesome movie for families that extols honesty and decency, but it all comes too easily, too superficially.
    • 16 Metascore
    • 38 Loren King
    Kangaroo Jack
    The film's crude humor and violence -- cartoonish, but still violent -- should offend parents of younger kids. Yet its ultra-broad, pratfall-filled comedy will satisfy only the most indiscriminate teens.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 88 Loren King
    The Cockettes
    It puts The Cockettes into social, political and popular cultural context and gives the documentary a moving resonance.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 88 Loren King
    Swimming
    A rarity among modern movies: a coming-of-age tale without cliche or sentimentality. Bolstered by a luminous lead performance from Lauren Ambrose.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 50 Loren King
    DysFunktional Family
    Griffin may well get there, but he's not there yet.
    • 13 Metascore
    • 38 Loren King
    New Best Friend
    Tawdry, trashy yawn-fest that makes the viewer long for the days when bad girls were dangerous dames with sultry style.
    • Boston Globe
    • 51 Metascore
    • 63 Loren King
    Cherish
    An uneven mix of genres that, even when it misses the mark, gets points for originality and a good beat.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 88 Loren King
    The Emperor's New Clothes
    One of the most clever, most enjoyable historical fantasies to hit screens in a long time, The Emperor's New Clothes is a sumptuous showcase for Ian Holm, who delivers not one but two great performances.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 63 Loren King
    Girls Can't Swim
    Despite its shortcomings, Girls Can't Swim represents an engaging and intimate first feature by a talented director to watch, and it's a worthy entry in the French coming-of-age genre.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 75 Loren King
    Prey for Rock & Roll
    It's a raw and raucous rock story that, for once, gets the big picture and the small details right.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 63 Loren King
    Max Keeble's Big Move
    It's the pre-teen set who will revel in the adolescent angst and anarchic high jinks of Max Keeble.
    • Chicago Tribune
    • 41 Metascore
    • 63 Loren King
    Spun
    Makes you want to run home and shower, but Rourke's performance gets under your skin.
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