Luke Y. Thompson

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For 520 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 55% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 41% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 8 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Luke Y. Thompson's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 58
Highest review score: 100 Dragon Inn (1967)
Lowest review score: 0 Slackers
Score distribution:
  1. Negative: 88 out of 520
520 movie reviews
    • 43 Metascore
    • 30 Luke Y. Thompson
    Lurie's politics aside, it's astonishing that a man who once reviewed films keeps churning out movies full of cinema's most hollow clichés; indeed, he turns out stuff that's even more disjointed and improbable than the most mediocre fare.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 30 Luke Y. Thompson
    Part female revenge flick, part Saturday Night Live skit, part courtroom drama, and part religious tent revival, this movie never congeals into anything worth watching.
    • 30 Metascore
    • 30 Luke Y. Thompson
    What keeps Love in the Time of Money from being truly awful is the fact that the actors give it their all -- they may be in contrived situations, but by golly they'll make the best of them.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 30 Luke Y. Thompson
    Too bad very few of these high jinks are actually funny -- the outtakes at the end of the film suggest a more relaxed ensemble vibe that the film proper was unable to retain.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 30 Luke Y. Thompson
    If you have any desire to see this movie, you really should go rent "The Longest Yard" instead. It's available on DVD, and the '70s hairdos alone are worth the rental price.
    • 33 Metascore
    • 30 Luke Y. Thompson
    Lackadaisical feel of the film; Freundlich is unable to generate much suspense.
    • 29 Metascore
    • 30 Luke Y. Thompson
    Every plot point is obvious a mile away to anyone who's ever seen a film, and made even more obvious by the fact that the camera blatantly points out clues shortly before they're put to use.
    • New Times (L.A.)
    • 28 Metascore
    • 30 Luke Y. Thompson
    Dude, where's the script? Just Awful.
    • 22 Metascore
    • 25 Luke Y. Thompson
    There’s no reason a movie with this premise couldn’t be better. Just not in these folks’ hands.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 25 Luke Y. Thompson
    If you’re a fan of Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton, scribes of the later Saw sequels and the Feast trilogy, you know what to expect from them: gore, vomit, red filters, and maybe a half-clever plot twist. If you’re not a fan, it’s best to stay as far away as possible from Unhuman, a cheap-looking, awkwardly calibrated horror-comedy which only the team’s truest devotees could love.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 25 Luke Y. Thompson
    One hopes the entire process made for great couples therapy, because watching it certainly doesn’t.
    • 34 Metascore
    • 25 Luke Y. Thompson
    For a character-driven “mistaken identity” comedy that lives or dies based on the humorous interactions between two A-list leads, its lousy script barely constitutes life support.
    • 29 Metascore
    • 25 Luke Y. Thompson
    After watching, you may well wish that Peter Pan could be re-copyrighted to be kept out of the hands of anyone inclined to make this much of a mess of it.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 20 Luke Y. Thompson
    Its most redeeming quality is that it's so inoffensive parents can feel OK about taking kids.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 20 Luke Y. Thompson
    OK, so you can't afford women who'll bare flesh for what you're paying. Then don't make an exploitation film!
    • 15 Metascore
    • 20 Luke Y. Thompson
    There might have been a decent comedy here if someone had remembered to insert some actual humor.
    • 20 Metascore
    • 20 Luke Y. Thompson
    The film was cut down from an R rating to get a PG-13, but even if it had full-on Eliza Dushku nudity -- and it doesn't have anything close -- Soul Survivors would still suck.
    • 20 Metascore
    • 20 Luke Y. Thompson
    A romantic comedy with neither humor nor sparks between the leads, Marci X attempts to lampoon gangsta rap clichés so obvious they feel ten years old -– “Malibu's Most Wanted” brought more to the table.
    • 32 Metascore
    • 20 Luke Y. Thompson
    Rent a porno instead; it'll be less exploitative. God help us, two more of these things are planned.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 20 Luke Y. Thompson
    May steal from the best, but it does it so badly and obviously that it has to depend upon gratuitous shock-cuts and soundtrack stings to elicit any kind of reflex-action fright from the viewer.
    • 33 Metascore
    • 20 Luke Y. Thompson
    Think "My Best Friend's Wedding," subtract gay best friend, dorky karaoke scene, charm, and any hint of malice or conflict, and you've got it.
    • 33 Metascore
    • 20 Luke Y. Thompson
    If Big Momma's House isn't as bad as you imagined, then you've no imagination at all.
    • 23 Metascore
    • 20 Luke Y. Thompson
    Every bit as pathetic and unfunny as it looks.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 20 Luke Y. Thompson
    What it lacks are solid performances, save Slater's game attempt to take everything seriously.
    • New Times (L.A.)
    • 17 Metascore
    • 20 Luke Y. Thompson
    The lack of profanity or even alcohol (when in Mexico, the gang downs shots of hot sauce, not tequila) makes the film suitable for all ages, except for those old enough to want actual content in their movies.
    • 9 Metascore
    • 20 Luke Y. Thompson
    But there is a saving grace: Seemingly aware of how weak the material was, the filmmakers have filled it with wall-to-wall beautiful naked women in every other scene, complete with a little gratuitous lesbian action. It can't save the film, but it'll keep you from dozing off.
    • 23 Metascore
    • 20 Luke Y. Thompson
    This lame hostage movie doesn't even deliver for Seagal fans.
    • 15 Metascore
    • 20 Luke Y. Thompson
    Prochnow rocks; nothing else does.
    • 12 Metascore
    • 20 Luke Y. Thompson
    Only Quaid, as a semiretarded horny robot, and Cleese as a fussy chauffeur hologram seem to get it. Even Murphy, as the titular nightclub big shot in outer space, forgets to be actually funny until the climax.
    • New Times (L.A.)
    • 15 Metascore
    • 20 Luke Y. Thompson
    Director David Zucker has fallen a long way since the days of “Airplane” -- here, he seems to think endless hilarity can be milked from an animatronic owl and a running gag about urination that even the French would reject.
    • Dallas Observer

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