Michael Burgin

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For 33 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 75% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 22% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 8.9 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Michael Burgin's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 74
Highest review score: 94 Dune: Part Two
Lowest review score: 45 Argylle
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 33
  3. Negative: 0 out of 33
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    • 48 Metascore
    • 60 Michael Burgin
    Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
    In a case of cinematic superposition, a franchise built to go small, to ride on more personal stakes and the casual chemistry of Ruddian charm and likable group dynamics, must now also fully introduce not only an entire universe/microverse but the next Thanos-level threat much of the MCU will be centered around in the coming decade. Frankly, it’s a lot to ask of an insect-themed hero.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Michael Burgin
    Black Widow
    Director Cate Shortland tries to leaven this particular loaf o’ unacknowledged concussions, fractures and tissue damage with family drama and trauma.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 58 Michael Burgin
    Hotel Artemis
    Despite the ingredients at hand, Pearce and company never really pull it together in a manner that realizes the potential. The result is a pulp buffet that feels like it should have been a gourmet meal—a Golden Corral of genre conventions (that leaves the audience feeling about as satisfied).
    • 52 Metascore
    • 51 Michael Burgin
    Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
    Like a sack of shiny baubles, there may be plenty of sparkle, but the story being pieced together from the jumble is told with all the narrative flair—and nearly equal amounts of exposition—of a Wikipedia entry.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 50 Michael Burgin
    Zack Snyder's Justice League
    Ultimately, Zack Snyder’s Justice League feels like just another name for a Special Edition Blu-ray that contains all the scenes.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 47 Michael Burgin
    Eternals
    If Eternals had merely been an enjoyable ensemble one-off—an Ocean’s Eleven or Knives Out of the MCU’s very own!—that could have been delightful. But there’s no real magic, Marvel or otherwise, happening here.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 46 Michael Burgin
    The Amazing Spider-Man 2
    Ultimately, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is noteworthy for one thing—not waiting until the third or fourth film to achieve the overstuffed, increasingly garish look one associates with less popular (2007’s Spider-Man 3) and outright ridiculed (1997’s Batman and Robin) franchise efforts.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 45 Michael Burgin
    Argylle
    For a cool $200 million and this cast, I would have gladly taken less marketing mystery on the front end and more rigor in the actual story.

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