Luke Y. Thompson

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Dallas Observer, New Times (L.A.), The A.V. Club, Village Voice
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. Positive: 204 out of 520
  2. Mixed: 228 out of 520
  3. Negative: 88 out of 520
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    • 18 Metascore
    • 30 Luke Y. Thompson
    Gigli
    So how bad, in the final analysis, is Gigli? The best that can be said is that it doesn't beat out "The Ladies Man" as the most abrasively awful film of the past five years, nor does it top "Battlefield Earth" for sheer misguided lunacy.
    • 18 Metascore
    • 30 Luke Y. Thompson
    The Wash
    If it had anything that even approached the vaguest vicinity of a plot, The Wash might be a cool diversion for a Saturday afternoon at the mall.
    • 17 Metascore
    • 20 Luke Y. Thompson
    Extreme Days
    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.
    • 16 Metascore
    • 50 Luke Y. Thompson
    Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey
    To say that Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood And Honey delivers everything a slasher movie should is higher praise than it used to be. Marketing alone would have guaranteed this movie a certain percentage of curious eyeballs, but Frake-Waterfield made sure that what genre fans see is everything they expected.
    • 16 Metascore
    • 40 Luke Y. Thompson
    FeardotCom
    If sudden loud noises, relentless strobe lights, digital hallucinations and mutilated corpses make you jump, and you feel that nothing more is required for a good time at the movies, welcome to Feardotcom.
    • New Times (L.A.)
    • 15 Metascore
    • 20 Luke Y. Thompson
    The Cookout
    There might have been a decent comedy here if someone had remembered to insert some actual humor.
    • 15 Metascore
    • 20 Luke Y. Thompson
    My Boss's Daughter
    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
    • 15 Metascore
    • 30 Luke Y. Thompson
    Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
    While not entirely successful, at least deserves points for creativity.
    • 15 Metascore
    • 20 Luke Y. Thompson
    House of the Dead
    Prochnow rocks; nothing else does.
    • 13 Metascore
    • 50 Luke Y. Thompson
    Freddy Got Fingered
    The film is a somewhat disjointed affair that, like the man himself (Green), is occasionally brilliant, frequently repetitive and sometimes merely annoying.
    • 12 Metascore
    • 0 Luke Y. Thompson
    Slackers
    Alas, Slackers sucks. It's so bad Schwartzman can't save it, though he tries mightily; a flash of nudity from Pearl Harbor babe and male-named model-turned-actress James King isn't even worth the price of a video rental down the line.
    • 10 Metascore
    • 10 Luke Y. Thompson
    Whipped
    Hang out at a frat house or sports bar, and you can hear this kind of talk for free.
    • 9 Metascore
    • 20 Luke Y. Thompson
    State Property
    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.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 50 Luke Y. Thompson
    Illusion
    The movie is therefore better than it ought to be, but without Douglas, it ought not to be at all
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Luke Y. Thompson
    Ambush
    Beautifully shot and finely acted movie.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 60 Luke Y. Thompson
    Going By
    By movie's end what began as an occasionally tragic comedy has slowly and effectively become a grand metaphor for the journey of life.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 50 Luke Y. Thompson
    Dirt Boy
    Jeffrey Greeley's loving photography of the wintry landscapes is beautiful, but lead actor Jacob Lee Hedman is nowhere near as charismatic as he needs to be for a film with this few characters.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 20 Luke Y. Thompson
    Sorority Girls' Revenge
    OK, so you can't afford women who'll bare flesh for what you're paying. Then don't make an exploitation film!
    • tbd Metascore
    • 30 Luke Y. Thompson
    A Galaxy Far, Far Away
    Of all the various low-budget documentaries chronicling the Star Wars phenomenon, Tariq Jalil's is certainly the most recent. There's not a whole lot else to say about it.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 60 Luke Y. Thompson
    Stripped
    There are no stunning revelations herein, but then, that's not why you're going to go see it, is it?
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Luke Y. Thompson
    Freshmen
    The week's most pleasant surprise.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 30 Luke Y. Thompson
    96 Souls
    That some of the super-visions manage to disturb regardless is arguably a testament to writer-director Stanley Jacobs, but he’d have been better off keeping this as his demo reel and showing whatever he does next to the public at large.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 25 Luke Y. Thompson
    Unhuman
    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.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 67 Luke Y. Thompson
    About Fate
    Despite the off-putting blandness of its poster, soundtrack, and setup, About Fate proves surprisingly charming. Old pros (especially for their relatively young ages) Mann and Roberts manage to sell some significant character flaws.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 75 Luke Y. Thompson
    Blank
    When the all-important moment of catharsis that every good scary movie requires comes around, it’s palpable. But writers, and other creative types, just might feel it a little bit extra.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 42 Luke Y. Thompson
    Dig
    The goal of a movie like Dig ought to be simple: keep ratcheting up the tension to the point that when our main character(s) finally turn the tables, it’s hugely cathartic. Unfortunately, the “ratcheting” part is where Dig fails to hit paydirt.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 58 Luke Y. Thompson
    The Last Manhunt
    Momoa’s clearly abetting a passion project here, but unfortunately, Camargo hasn’t managed to capture a similar passion from his main cast.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 67 Luke Y. Thompson
    Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
    It certainly captures a side of the man, and maybe that’s all anyone would ask of it. But it’s hard to shake the feeling there’s an even better movie waiting to be made from all this material.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 75 Luke Y. Thompson
    How to Rob a Bank
    Where visuals of certain events are unavailable, like Scurlock writing in his journal at night, fully colored and animated storyboards fill in the gaps. It’s an odd semi-glorification, even as How To Rob A Bank throws in a few token mentions of robbery survivors with PTSD at the end, and offers a sense that Scurlock fell into the Butch Cassidy trap of being so hooked on robberies he never knew when to quit.
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