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
520 movie reviews
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    • 68 Metascore
    • 70 Luke Y. Thompson
    Reykjavík
    While 101 Reykjavik has already been compared to "High Fidelity," with which it shares the notion of an emotionally immature male narrating a tale of his own failings, it's probably closer to something like "Spanking the Monkey," which took the Oedipal angle even further.
    • New Times (L.A.)
    • 62 Metascore
    • 50 Luke Y. Thompson
    Antwone Fisher
    In the hands of lesser mortals, this would add up to perhaps the worst movie of the year. In the hands of Denzel Washington, it manages to work magic on some who might not tolerate such shenanigans from, say, Chris Columbus.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 60 Luke Y. Thompson
    Protocols of Zion
    Levin's on-camera presence is warm, wry and even-tempered, and he never feels the need to rub anything in.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Luke Y. Thompson
    Human Resources
    Part of the problem may be the use of non-actors in most of the roles. They look like real people, and they are entirely believable, but none has any kind of star charisma.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 70 Luke Y. Thompson
    The Ringer
    These guys are laugh-out-loud funny, not because they're being belittled, but because they're finally getting a chance to show a sense of humor onscreen.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 60 Luke Y. Thompson
    Barbershop
    Isn't as funny as it should be. Cedric's speech impediment only goes so far -- he's actually funnier in Serving Sara, without having to rely on a big wig to do his acting for him.
    • New Times (L.A.)
    • 42 Metascore
    • 50 Luke Y. Thompson
    Ed Gein
    It's all a bit silly and predictable, but maybe that's the point.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 50 Luke Y. Thompson
    Walking Tall
    Unlike the original, there's no R-rated grit and no familial executions -- gotta get the young-skewing WWE fan base in there.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 100 Luke Y. Thompson
    The Terminator
    The movie's scares are intense, but the notion that the Terminator would move on to politics is even more frightening.
    • Dallas Observer
    • 54 Metascore
    • 50 Luke Y. Thompson
    Memoirs of a Geisha
    Director Rob Marshall, as he did in "Chicago," plays the movie as though it's all an embellished memory inside the head of geisha Sayuri (Ziyi Zhang), but why would she remember everyone speaking in choppy English?
    • 57 Metascore
    • 50 Luke Y. Thompson
    Kinky Boots
    Once you notice Ejiofor, you won't stop noticing--and Kinky Boots ensures that you will notice, thanks not only to the nature of his role, but also because there isn't much else here to get excited about.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 30 Luke Y. Thompson
    A Man Apart
    Standard revenge shenanigans ensue, with more boo-hoo numbers from Vin, who ain't up to it -- he hasn't been this lame since, uh, ever.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 70 Luke Y. Thompson
    Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
    A problem with Park's naturalistic worldview is that it's hard to find anyone to root for. The movie is beautiful to look at, but hideous in its narrative.
    • 30 Metascore
    • 60 Luke Y. Thompson
    Waiting...
    Many of the dilemmas that are established never pay off, and there is no clear protagonist or antagonist. To make matters even murkier, the movie is poorly shot in visually uninteresting locations with constant soft focus. That said, it's also damn funny.
    • 15 Metascore
    • 20 Luke Y. Thompson
    House of the Dead
    Prochnow rocks; nothing else does.
    • 31 Metascore
    • 30 Luke Y. Thompson
    Cursed
    It's a mess, but it isn't as bad as you think.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 80 Luke Y. Thompson
    Buffalo Soldiers
    Like "Fight Club," it's a brilliantly made film that will be despised for the right and wrong reasons; if you don't see the humor in it any time during the first half-hour, leave. If you stay, you've passed the test--sit back and enjoy one of the year's finest films.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 80 Luke Y. Thompson
    The Salton Sea
    As a gallery of the grotesque, however, the cinematic equivalent of a Joe Coleman painting or Adam Parfrey publication, The Salton Sea is a blast.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 50 Luke Y. Thompson
    A Home at the End of the World
    There are times when one suspects that this film potentially could be the raunchiest sitcom pilot ever.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 30 Luke Y. Thompson
    High Heels and Low Lifes
    This movie is every bit the mess its title makes it sound.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 80 Luke Y. Thompson
    I, Robot
    Once this movie gets going, it works, and it works well. It has a slow buildup, but its final third manages to generate some eye-popping thrills.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 60 Luke Y. Thompson
    The Caveman's Valentine
    Deserves an A for ambition, but the final product is a pastiche of too many predecessors.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 60 Luke Y. Thompson
    Spartan
    The problem with Spartan isn't so much that it's mediocre, but that it could be a whole lot better.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 30 Luke Y. Thompson
    The Last Castle
    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.
    • 32 Metascore
    • 60 Luke Y. Thompson
    Swordfish
    If you like stuff breaking in THX, Swordfish delivers like no other this year. Bring earplugs.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Luke Y. Thompson
    Freshmen
    The week's most pleasant surprise.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 50 Luke Y. Thompson
    Agent Cody Banks
    Essentially the movie's an excuse to show off cool gadgets and co-star Angie Harmon's cleavage.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 70 Luke Y. Thompson
    Gothika
    Delivers genuine scares.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 30 Luke Y. Thompson
    Diary of a Mad Black Woman
    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.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 90 Luke Y. Thompson
    The Jacket
    The first great film of 2005.
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