Mark Olsen

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L.A. Weekly, Los Angeles Times
For 210 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 50% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 46% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 9.2 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Mark Olsen's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 56
Highest review score: 100 Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
Lowest review score: 0 21 and Over
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 81 out of 210
  2. Mixed: 91 out of 210
  3. Negative: 38 out of 210
210 movie reviews
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    • 45 Metascore
    • 40 Mark Olsen
    What the Bleep!?: Down the Rabbit Hole
    While there is something to be said for a movie that aims to grapple with some of the “big questions” about the very nature of existence and reality, Down the Rabbit Hole makes teen sex comedies, action-chick sci-fi and the other usual multiplex chum seem like high-minded discourse.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 80 Mark Olsen
    Intact
    The story is bound together with gaming set pieces that are strange, inventive and mesmerizing.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 30 Mark Olsen
    The Young Unknowns
    By the time a not terribly surprising tragedy hits and these crazy kids get theirs, the movie doesn't so much end as finally keel over.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 30 Mark Olsen
    Two Can Play That Game
    Ultimately neither freewheeling enough to work as a diverting entertainment nor barbed enough to strike home as any sort of social commentary.
    • 32 Metascore
    • 30 Mark Olsen
    The Rising Place
    As a first-time filmmaker who juggles such duties as writing, directing, producing, even playing piano solos on the soundtrack, Rice is in over his head.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 50 Mark Olsen
    Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
    A project such as Operation Homecoming should shed light on their experiences, but Robbins' film just falls short. [06 Apr 2007, p.E17]
    • Los Angeles Times
    • 67 Metascore
    • 50 Mark Olsen
    Ghosts of the Abyss
    During the all-important underwater sequences, the three-dimensional effects are surprisingly muted.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 70 Mark Olsen
    Max Keeble's Big Move
    Its overall view of 12-year-old life is essentially one of high-spirited fun.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 70 Mark Olsen
    Shopgirl
    There's something refreshing about a film set in Los Angeles that gets its L.A.-ness right -- the difference in vibe between Silver Lake and the Hollywood Hills, or the types of people at CityWalk versus Saks. It is that sense of specificity, both geographic and emotional, that gives Shopgirl its pull.
    • 26 Metascore
    • 40 Mark Olsen
    Supercross
    When huge chunks of character development and narrative exposition are relegated to a track announcer's running commentary, it can never be a good sign.
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