Lou Lumenick

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New York Post
For 2,489 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 46% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 52% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 9.4 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Lou Lumenick's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 56
Highest review score: 100 The Band Wagon
Lowest review score: 0 Dirty Cop No Donut
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,242 out of 2489
  2. Mixed: 549 out of 2489
  3. Negative: 698 out of 2489
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    • 68 Metascore
    • 75 Lou Lumenick
    Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
    Arguably the darkest episode in the entire series (and the first to carry a PG-13 rating) the visually stunning "Sith" is also the fastest-paced and most accessible.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 50 Lou Lumenick
    Amen.
    While Amen works as a history lesson, it's less effective as a thriller, since the outcome is sadly all too well-known.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 100 Lou Lumenick
    The Wind Rises
    Miyazaki offers a vivid, at times fantastical view of Japan between the wars, wracked by the Great Depression, a fearsome earthquake that leveled Tokyo in 1923, a tuberculosis epidemic and the rise of fascism.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 88 Lou Lumenick
    Fantastic Mr. Fox
    A gorgeous and witty piece of stop-motion animation.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 88 Lou Lumenick
    In the Loop
    In the Loop is certainly the smartest and funniest movie inspired by the Iraq war.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 75 Lou Lumenick
    Chop Shop
    Bahrani's unsentimental film is perhaps most interesting as a look at a colorful, little-known world that has recently been targeted for urban renewal.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 75 Lou Lumenick
    Last Chance Harvey
    Slight but utterly charming.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 88 Lou Lumenick
    Spider-Man 2
    Sequels don't get much better - or smarter - than the action-, drama-, romance- and comedy-packed Spider-Man 2, which miraculously improves on the webslinger's hugely popular first screen adventure in every imaginable department.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 88 Lou Lumenick
    Avatar
    Rarely less than absorbing and never boring over its nearly three-hour length.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 88 Lou Lumenick
    Merci Pour Le Chocolat
    Like some of Hitchcock's films, the story - adapted from a novel by Charlotte Armstrong, an American mystery writer of the '40s and '50s - can be accused of stretching credibility and coincidence almost to the breaking point.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 100 Lou Lumenick
    Up in the Air
    One of the year's best films and so tapped into the zeitgeist that it's positively scary.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 100 Lou Lumenick
    Milk
    Smiling more than in all of his movies since "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" combined, Penn goes way deep and soulful in a highly ingratiating performance that's the one to beat for the Best Actor Oscar.
    • 31 Metascore
    • 25 Lou Lumenick
    The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
    You'd be better off renting "Eddie and the Cruisers" (1983) than slogging through this latest, far more dire recycling of the same rock clichés.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 88 Lou Lumenick
    Kill Bill: Vol. 2
    Vol. 2 isn't anywhere near as self-indulgent as its predecessor, but it still plays like the work of a man too in love with his creations to decide which of his darlings to kill - so he ended up with merely a very good movie.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 88 Lou Lumenick
    Vera Drake
    Confirms Leigh's reputation as one of the world's master filmmakers - and showcases Staunton as one of its great actresses.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 25 Lou Lumenick
    Under the Skin
    Tedious and pretentious.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 63 Lou Lumenick
    Godzilla 2000
    Heck, it's great to have the big guy back.
    • New York Post
    • 83 Metascore
    • 88 Lou Lumenick
    Eastern Promises
    Even with his clothes on, this is Mortensen's best and richest performance, worthy of serious awards consideration. He lends a moral complexity to Eastern Promises that makes it much more than just a very accomplished action thriller.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 88 Lou Lumenick
    Trouble the Water
    Slowly builds power to devastating effect.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 88 Lou Lumenick
    Memento
    This demanding puzzle is not for the "Chocolat" crowd, but those who stay with it will experience perhaps the most dazzling film released so far this year - even though a second viewing is virtually mandatory.
    • New York Post
    • 82 Metascore
    • 88 Lou Lumenick
    Creed
    One of the year’s warmest and most crowd-pleasing surprises.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 100 Lou Lumenick
    127 Hours
    Like all great movies, 127 Hours takes us on a memorable journey. Which is not easy when 90 percent of the movie takes place with a virtually immobile hero in a very cramped setting.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 75 Lou Lumenick
    That's What I Am
    An entertaining, well-made plea for tolerance told from the point of view of a 12-year-old.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 75 Lou Lumenick
    The Deep Blue Sea
    The image that sticks with you here is a smoky pub where the patrons are singing "You Belong to Me.''
    • 82 Metascore
    • 75 Lou Lumenick
    Short Term 12
    Larson shines as an adult staffer assigned to keep these self-destructive kids safe while they work with therapists.
    • 26 Metascore
    • 25 Lou Lumenick
    Supercross
    A collection of product plugs masquerading as a movie en route to home video.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 75 Lou Lumenick
    A History of Violence
    Solid entertainment value for the money, but those who think it's saying anything new or profound are kidding themselves.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 75 Lou Lumenick
    School of Rock
    One of the year's most consistently entertaining and ingratiating movies, building to an inspirational climax that's as rousing as it is predictable.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 88 Lou Lumenick
    Star Trek
    Vigorously played as a young man by Chris Pine, Kirk is a brilliant, sports-car driving, bar-brawling rebel who is finally shamed into joining Starfleet Academy.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 88 Lou Lumenick
    The Namesake
    Overall, this gorgeously designed and photographed movie artfully depicts the immigrant experience in ways that transcend its setting, melding Hollywood and Bollywood storytelling techniques to weave a tale a large audience will relate to.
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