Matthew Leyland

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Total Film
For 23 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 69% higher than the average critic
  • 0% same as the average critic
  • 31% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 3 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Matthew Leyland's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 63
Highest review score: 100 Days of Heaven
Lowest review score: 20 Baywatch
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 23
  3. Negative: 2 out of 23
23 movie reviews
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Matthew Leyland
    On the Rocks
    Sofia, so good. Coppola takes Manhattan with a breezy, beautifully observed daddy-daughter portrait.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 80 Matthew Leyland
    Pacific Rim
    A huge, CGI-heavy popcorner that still feels personal. Come for the epic monster-on-mecha showdowns, stay for the likeable humans.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 80 Matthew Leyland
    Man of Steel
    A bracing attempt to bring the legend back into contention that successfully separates itself from other Super-movies but misses some of their warmth and charm. But given the craft and class, this could be the start of something special
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Matthew Leyland
    Star Trek Into Darkness
    Mostly, this is fantastic fun: a two-hours-plus blockbuster that doesn’t bog down in exposition or sag in the middle. There are reversals and rug-pulls galore, most of them executed with whiplash skill.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 100 Matthew Leyland
    The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
    Charming, spectacular, technically audacious… in short, everything you expect from a Peter Jackson movie. A feeling of familiarity does take hold in places, but this is an epically entertaining first course.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 100 Matthew Leyland
    The Dark Knight Rises
    A smart, stirring spectacle that faces down impossible expectations to pull off a hugely satisfying end to business.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Matthew Leyland
    The Hunger Games
    What's remarkable is the lack of cheese. Tacky effects, corny dialogue and creaky performances are all shown the door. We repeat: not the new "Twilight".
    • 94 Metascore
    • 100 Matthew Leyland
    Days of Heaven
    Largely lensed in the window between sunset and nightfall, it’s a magic-hour masterpiece. [26 Aug. 2011]

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