Martyn Conterio

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For 71 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 67% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 28% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 11.5 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Martyn Conterio's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 77
Highest review score: 100 Jaws
Lowest review score: 20 Dirty Grandpa
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 52 out of 71
  2. Mixed: 18 out of 71
  3. Negative: 1 out of 71
71 movie reviews
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 80 Martyn Conterio
    Lynch/Oz
    What Philippe does yet again, as with his his previous documentaries, is a bang-up job of examining what makes great films great, and here it is twofold: showing that The Wizard of Oz is not just an all-timer in its own right, but showcasing how Lynch drew on its emotional and cosmic resonance, in overt and oblique ways, for his own iconic forays.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Martyn Conterio
    The Wild Goose Lake
    The editing might be unexpected, unconventional, a bit annoying, but it is also very smart. Creating as it does a vital tension between plot and theme, pushing the two characters unrelentingly towards an event horizon and black hole denouement.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 80 Martyn Conterio
    Alien: Covenant
    As a return to the dark, primal and transgressive terrors of the original movie, Alien: Covenant is a success.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Martyn Conterio
    Capernaum
    Makes for a generally powerful statement on human misery and grotesque inequality, though some third act creative decisions and maneuvers cause a wobble or two.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Martyn Conterio
    Bros
    It’s an important moment for representation on-screen and surprisingly political in nature.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Martyn Conterio
    The Untamed
    Escalante is a master filmmaker when it comes to creating atmosphere.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Martyn Conterio
    Don't Click
    Don’t Click is anti-torture porn, a rebuke to mindless muck for the sake of entertainment. It’s likely, though, Don’t Click will be quickly accused of being exactly what it’s rallying against.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Martyn Conterio
    A Ghost Waits
    A Ghost Waits is an unexpectedly heartfelt gem of micro-budgeted filmmaking.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 80 Martyn Conterio
    The Retaliators
    Written by first-time screenwriters Darren and Jeff Allen Geare, The Retaliators deserves praise for its storytelling and plotting. For a good hour or so, the direction in which the film heads is destination unknown.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Martyn Conterio
    BlacKkKlansman
    That Lee has crafted a funny film full of snazzy editing, stylish imagery and a tremendous blues rock score, yet is laser-focused on a very serious subject matter, demonstrates his mastery of the cinematic medium.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Martyn Conterio
    AV: The Hunt
    Director Akay is not messing around with his disgusted assessments of conservative Turkey in 2020.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 80 Martyn Conterio
    My Father Die
    My Father, Die's pummelling violence and existentialist leanings would be too absurd if set in County Kerry or County Mayo, but the doom-filled lyricism - its bloodied, weary soul - might best be described as Beckett with gunplay.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 80 Martyn Conterio
    A Cure for Wellness
    Verbinski doesn't skimp on thrills, mind you. There are jump scares galore, acts of literally penetrating violence and the denouement goes for full-on operatic perversity. Fans of Gothic horror - treat yourself and take the cure.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 80 Martyn Conterio
    No Man of God
    No Man of God sets out to demystify serial killers and achieves its aim.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Martyn Conterio
    Climax
    The film is freaky, experimental, sometimes hilarious and unnervingly intense.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 80 Martyn Conterio
    Alita: Battle Angel
    Not without flaws, but nothing to get too worked up about, Alita: Battle Angel is cynicism-free, first-class popcorn entertainment spearheaded by a knockout performance from Salazar. A star is born.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Martyn Conterio
    You Won't Be Alone
    It’s wholesale thievery of what is a director’s famed aesthetic, for sure, but it does somehow fit the lyrical and haunting material, often beautifully so. Also, the shallow field of depth used to heighten – and blur – the boundaries between the magical world and the natural world is successful in creating rich atmospheres.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Martyn Conterio
    Freaks
    Undoubtedly flawed, Freaks is also admirably bonkers and quite simply unforgettable.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Martyn Conterio
    Deerskin
    The result is predictably crackpot and enigmatic.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 80 Martyn Conterio
    The Swerve
    Suburban suffocation, impending doom, a tragedy waiting to happen, The Swerve is a compelling depiction of existential angst, melancholy, and mental illness, with director Kapsalis opting for subtlety over big-scene meltdown histrionics and much to his credit.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 80 Martyn Conterio
    Earwig
    In a just world, Hadžihalilović would be as acclaimed as somebody like Tim Burton, whose greatest films boast a spiritual connection of sorts to the French director.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Martyn Conterio
    Les Misérables
    Although the handling of certain plot dynamics on occasion isn’t as strong as its potent aesthetic finesse, Ly mounts a thriller operating as a savage indictment of social policies and underhand police tactics and ass-covering corruption.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 60 Martyn Conterio
    We Are the Flesh
    Challenging, daring, provocative, disgusting - We are the Flesh is all those things and then some, but also superbly crafted and always visually compelling.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Martyn Conterio
    She Said
    It’s all tasteful and non-sensationalist in approach. However, some will mistake an important topic for great filmmaking. Schrader’s film relies more on the former than displaying the latter.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 60 Martyn Conterio
    The Shallows
    Displaying an exemplary commitment to knuckle-biting tension, director Serra has made a riveting B-movie.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 60 Martyn Conterio
    American Made
    Cruise rides the Breaking Bad and Narcos train, only not as well as either.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Martyn Conterio
    Dogman
    Involving and well made, rather than something flat-out great and essential.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 60 Martyn Conterio
    Cult of Chucky
    Cult of Chucky is by and large a gory hoot, with Jennifer Tilly stealing every scene she’s in.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 60 Martyn Conterio
    Prisoners of the Ghostland
    Sono throws everything at the screen – samurai battles, shootouts, Cage shouting and threatening to karate chops the locals – but it rarely provides anything but the sense you’re watching bizarre performance art in place of a good film.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 60 Martyn Conterio
    Demonic
    The Vatican using VR technology to seek out victims of the demonically possessed is an intriguing and weirdly logical progression for the 21st century (move over exorcists, now we have techxorcists), but what generally lets the movie down is its bland dialogue, bland casting, and routine approach to frights.
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