Megan Lehmann

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New York Post, The Hollywood Reporter
For 329 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 43% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 54% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 10.9 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Megan Lehmann's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 55
Highest review score: 100 Holy Motors
Lowest review score: 0 The Cookout
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 160 out of 329
  2. Mixed: 72 out of 329
  3. Negative: 97 out of 329
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 88 Megan Lehmann
    Thirteen
    Despite its shock value, Thirteen rises above dysfunctional-family-drama cliches, thanks to the truthfulness of its script and the keen eye of a sympathetic director.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 75 Megan Lehmann
    Elling
    A gentle comedy, brimming with hope and faith in human resilience.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 50 Megan Lehmann
    Tosca
    Purists will probably have a conniption at the mere idea of messing with the form, but the worst thing about Jacquot's post-modern treatment is that its incongruity wrenches you out of the story.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 50 Megan Lehmann
    Our Father
    This modest little film out of Africa suffers from largely rudderless direction, relying for any sense of profundity on the breathtaking beauty of Abraham Haile Biru's cinematography.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 75 Megan Lehmann
    Pieces of April
    Clarkson, the reigning queen of the indies, is simultaneously funny and heartbreaking, following up killer performances in "The Station Agent" and "All the Real Girls."
    • 31 Metascore
    • 12 Megan Lehmann
    House of 1000 Corpses
    Kicks off as a cheap piece of retro schlock and quickly devolves into a putrid bloodbath with a thin narrative made utterly indecipherable by the first-time director's clueless approach to filmmaking.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 Megan Lehmann
    The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
    Infused with the hazy golden glow of nostalgia and unfolds at a leisurely pace, reminiscent of "The Virgin Suicides."
    • 69 Metascore
    • 63 Megan Lehmann
    People Say I'm Crazy
    Cadigan is honest enough to leave in a disturbing scene in which he talks about the "violent imagery" in his head and fantasizes about using a kitchen knife on his mother, before breaking down in tears. It's raw stuff.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 Megan Lehmann
    Space Station 3D
    This is what IMAX was made for: Strap on a pair of 3-D goggles, shut out the real world, and take a vicarious voyage to the last frontier -- space.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 63 Megan Lehmann
    Friday Night
    If you give yourself over to it, this romantic tale of a liberating one-night stand proves oddly seductive and generates a warm afterglow.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 Megan Lehmann
    Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator
    Paints a picture of a young man enamored of his own image. His enormous success turned the ever-cocky Gator egomaniacal -- and abusive.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 75 Megan Lehmann
    The Yes Men
    An amusing side dish to the sober political documentaries flooding the art houses, The Yes Men effectively uses high farce to mock the status quo as a way of questioning it.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 63 Megan Lehmann
    Mule Skinner Blues
    Very funny. It's also heartbreakingly sad.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 50 Megan Lehmann
    Miracle
    The feel-good finale -- an ending even less in doubt than that of the most predictable Hollywood fare -- is as rousing as you'd hope and the fast-paced, on-ice action is satisfyingly authentic.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 25 Megan Lehmann
    Almost Peaceful
    Presumably, Deville wants to show life returning to normal after WWII, but in the context of this inert movie, "normal" equals "tedious."
    • 67 Metascore
    • 75 Megan Lehmann
    Cremaster 3
    A tour de force that is weird, wacky and wonderful.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 38 Megan Lehmann
    Ivansxtc
    Behind the glitz, Hollywood is sordid and disgusting. Quelle surprise!
    • 67 Metascore
    • 75 Megan Lehmann
    Garden State
    A fanciful little indie brimming with emo music and curious little vignettes, marks a self-conscious but very promising debut for "Scrubs" star Zach Braff.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 50 Megan Lehmann
    Karmen Gei
    A worthy addition to the cinematic canon, which, at last count, numbered 52 different versions.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 50 Megan Lehmann
    Tupac: Resurrection
    Paints a vivid portrait of a compelling young man but, perhaps inevitably, goes overboard on the deification.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 63 Megan Lehmann
    Something's Gotta Give
    Keaton's overamped girlishness, and the adolescent shenanigans she engages in, make a mockery of this overlong romantic comedy's stance as a celebration of mature love.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 100 Megan Lehmann
    Fast Five
    Big crashes, lithe women and roiling testosterone, not to mention the addition of The Rock as a fire-and-brimstone federal agent – there's plenty to pull in the (mostly) young male audience.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 50 Megan Lehmann
    So Close
    If it weren't for the estrogen-fueled action scenes -- choreographed by director Cory Yuen with wit and style -- So Close would be as disposable as the shampoo ad it all too often resembles.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 75 Megan Lehmann
    The Eye
    Its "I see dead people" premise is shopworn, but Hong Kong brothers Oxide and Danny Pang manage to deliver real skin-prickling jolts with their minimalist horror film.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 63 Megan Lehmann
    Bend It Like Beckham
    An energetic, feel-good blend of comedy, romance and benign drama -- with a side dish of social commentary -- that works despite its strict adherence to the culture clash/generation gap formula.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 63 Megan Lehmann
    I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
    The concert footage is stirring, the recording sessions are intriguing, and -- on the way to striking a blow for artistic integrity -- this quality band may pick up new admirers.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 75 Megan Lehmann
    Margarita Happy Hour
    At once, a joyful celebration of female friendship and an unusually honest look at newly responsible young women wistfully saying goodbye to the dreams of their youth.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 63 Megan Lehmann
    Notorious C.H.O.
    If you like your language blue and your humor coarse, Margaret Cho is for you.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 75 Megan Lehmann
    Elf
    Ferrell's manic, overgrown-kid energy sweeps all before it, announcing him - after his standout turn in "Old School" - as a major leading-man talent who can charm as well as amuse.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 75 Megan Lehmann
    Coffee and Cigarettes
    Indie hipster Jarmusch's distinctive brand of effortless cool and quirky humor percolate through each of 11 vignettes, all shot fairly statically in crisp, aesthetically pleasing black and white.
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