Matt Cipolla

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For 37 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 18% higher than the average critic
  • 0% same as the average critic
  • 82% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 2.3 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Matt Cipolla's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 63
Highest review score: 91 Days
Lowest review score: 25 Run Sweetheart Run
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 37
  3. Negative: 3 out of 37
37 movie reviews
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    • 60 Metascore
    • 50 Matt Cipolla
    House of Gucci
    Despite the reasons House of Gucci doesn’t work, none are damning enough to make a bad movie. It’s forgettable, sometimes playing like the sort of cable-TV fare that displaced these tales from the silver screen over the past decade. Yet Scott’s efforts, and especially those of Johnson and Bentivegna, just don’t keep up. And what’s the point of going big if you’re not going to go for it all?
    • 58 Metascore
    • 50 Matt Cipolla
    Mama Weed
    Textually, problems emerge from the myriad supporting characters, virtually all of whom play like narrative props. The script seems uninterested in its conflict; the filmmaking lacks the style to glue its pieces together.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 50 Matt Cipolla
    Longlegs
    It’s not that Longlegs doesn’t make sense of its parts, or that it lacks, as Harker alludes, even a singular revelation. It’s that it seems to think the most basic twist possible counts. Even with its jagged accents, the pieces are just too clean.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 42 Matt Cipolla
    The Trial of the Chicago 7
    Sorkin doesn’t face these evils for more than a moment at a time. He doesn’t even try to convert the uninitiated, but his movie thinks it does. His script and direction gaze rather than observe, and by the time the score swells and the requisite title cards inform the viewer of its leads’ fates, The Trial of the Chicago 7 has brought virtually nothing to light.
    • 33 Metascore
    • 33 Matt Cipolla
    The Blazing World
    It’s obvious that Young wanted to make something unique. Hopefully she strikes a chord in the future, but The Blazing World is just patchwork.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 33 Matt Cipolla
    Halloween Kills
    Every kill on display here is to someone superfluous, immediately forgettable, or both. The special effects are decent at points, but at what cost? To bridge the gap to next year’s final entry? There’s just no impact here.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 25 Matt Cipolla
    Run Sweetheart Run
    Feste’s script does nothing to establish its world. While first appearing to be tethered to reality, Run Sweetheart Run soon recontextualizes itself as supernatural without telegraphing or even justifying its decisions.
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