Michael O'Sullivan

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Washington Post
For 1,854 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 48% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 50% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 5.7 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Michael O'Sullivan's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 60
Highest review score: 100 Flipside
Lowest review score: 0 Tomcats
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,051 out of 1854
  2. Mixed: 394 out of 1854
  3. Negative: 409 out of 1854
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    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Michael O'Sullivan
    Rachel Getting Married
    The sprawling cast, the naturalistic, overlapping dialogue (here by screenwriter Jenny Lumet, daughter of director Sidney) and the swirling action: it seemed pure Robert Altman.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Michael O'Sullivan
    My Flesh and Blood
    Poignant, heartbreaking proof that, sometimes, love is just not enough.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Michael O'Sullivan
    Slums of Beverly Hills
    Like its Southern California setting, the sunny semi-autobiography is tempered with just the right touch of Jenkins's smoggy cynicism.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 80 Michael O'Sullivan
    The Object of My Affection
    It's just more wry than funny, more a gently subversive comedy of modern manners than the simpering date movie it seems to be masquerading as.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Michael O'Sullivan
    Junebug
    With its wise understanding of the magnetic pull (and invisible polarities) of family, Junebug is an auspicious debut for Morrison.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Michael O'Sullivan
    The Cuckoo
    A wondrous, funny and moving little film.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Michael O'Sullivan
    Hilary and Jackie
    Hilary and Jackie plumbs the cistern of family dysfunction and musical genius to profound and haunting effect.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Michael O'Sullivan
    Central Station
    A touching and unusual road movie-cum-buddy film.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Michael O'Sullivan
    Chopper
    Not everyone's cup of tea, but it's actually rather beautiful.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Michael O'Sullivan
    Galaxy Quest
    The wisecracks fly fast and furious
    • 57 Metascore
    • 80 Michael O'Sullivan
    The Sea Is Watching
    A mostly unsentimental little gem.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Michael O'Sullivan
    Antz
    Sorry, stinging fire ants couldn't make me reveal the outcome of this witty and, yes, surprisingly suspenseful adventure.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 80 Michael O'Sullivan
    Ladies in Lavender.
    The film is a small study in the dignity of letting go.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Michael O'Sullivan
    The Original Kings of Comedy
    There's nothing stodgy about these court jesters or their humor, even though their act is a decidedly grown-up affair.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 80 Michael O'Sullivan
    DysFunktional Family
    Wickedly funny.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Michael O'Sullivan
    Harry Is Here to Help
    Very, very funny, in that morbid sort of way that makes you laugh even as you shudder with horror.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 80 Michael O'Sullivan
    Pecker
    It's also sweet, sentimental, rather funny and, as John Waters films go, surprisingly gentle.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Michael O'Sullivan
    The Italian Job
    It is, as with any cinematic joy ride, not the destination that matters, but the rush of getting there.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 80 Michael O'Sullivan
    Next Friday
    Hilarious.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 80 Michael O'Sullivan
    Bruce Almighty
    Carrey is so gifted a physical comedian that even mediocre material shines in his talented hands, not to mention his talented feet, face, elbows, ears, hair and, ahem, derriere.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 80 Michael O'Sullivan
    Enemy of the State
    An enormously entertaining visit to planet paranoia, but its escapist pleasures titillate only in direct proportion to the degree of persecution complex that you bring into the theater with you.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Michael O'Sullivan
    Together
    Moodysson's cornball sentimentality about the many shapes of the human family is tempered by his honesty about personal frailty and the silliness of utopian living experiments.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Michael O'Sullivan
    Mostly Martha
    Sweet without being saccharine and funny without being forced, the closely observed romantic comedy treats the culinary arts as a metaphor for personal healing.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 80 Michael O'Sullivan
    Notorious C.H.O.
    A raunchy and frequently hilarious follow-up to the gifted Korean American stand-up's "I'm the One That I Want."
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Michael O'Sullivan
    Kitchen Stories
    May, at times, be deadpan to the point of stiffness, but it's far from dead.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 80 Michael O'Sullivan
    We Don't Live Here Anymore
    The movie may leave its audience feeling a little battered (some might say betrayed) as well. Still, the film's honesty, along with its refusal to pander to Hollywood happy endings, is well worth the beating.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 80 Michael O'Sullivan
    Saving Face
    A sweet, true and, at times, universal love story it is.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Michael O'Sullivan
    The Story of the Weeping Camel
    Strangely moving film.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 80 Michael O'Sullivan
    Lila Says
    Startlingly erotic and surprisingly moving.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 80 Michael O'Sullivan
    Dawn of the Dead
    Yes, it's essentially a remake of a sequel, albeit a sequel that happens to be one of the greatest horror movies ever made, but it more than surpasses the original.
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