Michael Dequina

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For 110 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 43% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 53% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 12 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Michael Dequina's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 54
Highest review score: 90 Ocean's Eleven
Lowest review score: 10 Return to Never Land
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 41 out of 110
  2. Mixed: 48 out of 110
  3. Negative: 21 out of 110
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    • 48 Metascore
    • 40 Michael Dequina
    High Crimes
    Washes away whatever unique filmmaking personality Franklin has.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Michael Dequina
    About a Boy
    Will warm your heart without making you feel guilty about it.
    • 34 Metascore
    • 40 Michael Dequina
    On the Line
    Not a good film. In fact, it's a rather bad example of that already barrel-bottom-scraping genre, the teenybopper romantic comedy.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 50 Michael Dequina
    Iris
    A glacially-paced disease-of-the-week movie blown up to big screen size.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 50 Michael Dequina
    Stuart Little 2
    Basically more of the same, and depending on who you are, that's either an encouraging statement or a warning.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 50 Michael Dequina
    My First Mister
    Lahti's feature directorial debut plays like a watered-down variation ("Ghost World") -- that is, until the final third, when the film not only deviates but flat out derails.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 50 Michael Dequina
    The Country Bears
    It makes no sense, but then again neither does much of anything in The Country Bears.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 50 Michael Dequina
    Spy Game
    Less Bond than simply boring, a tedious and overdirected race-against-time drama with a few espionage elements thrown in.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 60 Michael Dequina
    Possession
    Ultimately comes off as so restrained as to be detached and almost as chilly as LaBute's darker films -- not exactly what one would want from a story about a love so strong that it echoes through the ages.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 50 Michael Dequina
    A Rumor of Angels
    Were it not for the presence of higher-level acting talent, A Rumor of Angels would have been a banal TV movie.
    • 30 Metascore
    • 50 Michael Dequina
    John Q
    With its simplistic, didactic approach, the presence of a top-flight ensemble is the only thing separating John Q from your average TV movie of the week.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 50 Michael Dequina
    The Shipping News
    A passive film, playing it quiet and safe, hoping that the viewer will extend some good will towards it.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 40 Michael Dequina
    Piñero
    Bratt's fast-talking, all-attitude interpretation is showboating without soul -- which can be said of the entire movie.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 60 Michael Dequina
    Daredevil
    A faithful translation of the character and one of his more memorable tales on the page; it satisfies as an adventure and as a more intimate story.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 50 Michael Dequina
    The Simian Line
    Given how much Yellen does right, it's all the more shameful that she so spectacularly sinks her film in the foot with one hugely questionable "creative" decision: adding a pair of ghosts into the mix.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 40 Michael Dequina
    K-PAX
    A two-time Oscar winner playing a crazy person in a big studio film released in late October. Can't you just smell the pretension? Probably not, given the other ways in which this film stinks.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 60 Michael Dequina
    Life as a House
    With nothing in the way of inspiration coming on either the writing or directing end, it's up to the actors to maintain audience interest and emotional engagement, and two members of the cast rise to the occasion: Kline and Christensen.
    • 20 Metascore
    • 40 Michael Dequina
    Corky Romano
    Predictable and tiresome.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 50 Michael Dequina
    Trouble Every Day
    As palpable as the atmosphere is, had the film boasted a clearer, more memorable story and performances that were a step above adequate, the creepiness wouldn't have simply lingered with the viewer, it would have gotten under their skin.
    • 33 Metascore
    • 60 Michael Dequina
    Collateral Damage
    It's throwback, formula Ah-nuld all the way, a straightforward and simple revenge thriller.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 50 Michael Dequina
    Undisputed
    Falls apart with the slightest nudge -- of thought, that is.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 50 Michael Dequina
    Murder by Numbers
    Doesn't necessarily make Murder by Numbers an awful film; it's certainly watchable, but it never escapes its paint-by-numbers design.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 60 Michael Dequina
    Super Troopers
    Luckily, the genuinely funny jokes far outnumber the duds in the film itself, which is helped by the generally energetic performances by Broken Lizard and their co-stars.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 60 Michael Dequina
    Charlotte Gray
    The radiant Blanchett makes Charlotte's individual journey from lovelorn lady to independent woman believable and involving, and that's ultimately what counts the most -- even if the destination is less than ideal.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 60 Michael Dequina
    My Big Fat Greek Wedding
    May not exactly be an innovative film, but it most certainly is a lovable one.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 60 Michael Dequina
    Bad Boys II
    But damn it if the film doesn't work as what it's supposed to be: a big, brainless blast o' boom at the box office.
    • 32 Metascore
    • 60 Michael Dequina
    Showtime
    Chalk up another big-name star vehicle that fails to live up to a wealth of potential.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 60 Michael Dequina
    Moonlight Mile
    An emotionally honest film, but it would have been far more affecting if it felt more true to life.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 60 Michael Dequina
    I Spy
    No less than four screenwriters are credited, yet the script is filled with the usual clichés (hello, red digital readout!) and supposed twists that can be seen a mile away.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 60 Michael Dequina
    Ali
    Well-acted and skillfully made, the film offers enough that is worth seeing, but its idiosyncratic nature is sure to limit its mainstream appeal.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 50 Michael Dequina
    City by the Sea
    The saccharine conclusion would be problematic in any film, but given how much talent is involved, it's especially disappointing here.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 60 Michael Dequina
    K-19: The Widowmaker
    While watchable, skews more toward the drier expectations fostered by that publication's name then the more exciting, explosive ones associated with the genre.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 60 Michael Dequina
    Shallow Hal
    The surprisingly sweet Shallow Hal finds Peter and Bobby retreating to a gentler mode -- and, in the process, a far less funny one.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Michael Dequina
    The Bourne Identity
    Makes one interested in seeing the inevitable sequel, but one is also left to somewhat question the worth of sitting through this first installment.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 50 Michael Dequina
    Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
    Should the likes of Burstyn, Flanagan, Smith, and Knight have to be reduced to playing eccentric caricatures of aging Southern belles?
    • 39 Metascore
    • 50 Michael Dequina
    Reign of Fire
    Surprisingly lifeless monster movie.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Michael Dequina
    Little Otik
    The film does drag, particularly toward the end as the conclusion becomes increasingly obvious and too slow to arrive. For the most part, though, getting there is a wild and fascinating ride.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 50 Michael Dequina
    The Rookie
    Despite the inherently moving story and the respectable work of director John Lee Hancock and the cast, something remains absent throughout the entire film: a certain sense of verve and personality.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 50 Michael Dequina
    Riding in Cars with Boys
    Whatever distinguished "Riding in Cars with Boys" the book certainly doesn't show up in the movie.
    • 27 Metascore
    • 40 Michael Dequina
    Crossroads
    Spears, Davis, and company are well aware that they're making nothing more than the cinematic equivalent of Spears' glossy bubble gum pop -- but that's exactly the problem.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 60 Michael Dequina
    Bad Company
    From the plotting and the characterizations to the explosions and excessive use of blue light filters, everything about Bad Company has been done and seen before.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 50 Michael Dequina
    Kate & Leopold
    There's no question that Meg Ryan is the queen of romantic comedies. Yet for every piece of frothy fluff that works -- there comes a couple where you just want to say, "Enough already." Kate & Leopold is one such movie.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 60 Michael Dequina
    The Triumph of Love
    Indeed, a triumph of love: love of performance, love of joy, and, above all else, love of love itself.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 60 Michael Dequina
    Orange County
    Not only harmless, but actually quite funny and charming.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 40 Michael Dequina
    Don't Say a Word
    The oh-so-convenient convergence of plot threads at the climax make the film feel that much more run-of-the-mill.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 40 Michael Dequina
    The Last Castle
    All crass in its empty bluster and bogus uplift.
    • 24 Metascore
    • 40 Michael Dequina
    Mr. Deeds
    Not that the lackluster love story will matter any to the Sandler faithful, who are there to see the star beat people up and work his regular joe mojo on snooty types; those viewers will certainly get their fill and then some.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Michael Dequina
    Courage Under Fire
    Patrick Sheane Duncan's script deftly weaves together the stories of Serling and Walden, and Zwick remarkably sidesteps the trap of sticky sentiment--an idea further carried forth by Ryan's admirably against-type (and shamefully unsung) performance.

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