Michael Rechtshaffen

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Los Angeles Times, The Hollywood Reporter
For 1,187 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 52% higher than the average critic
  • 10% same as the average critic
  • 38% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 8.2 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Michael Rechtshaffen's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 57
Highest review score: 100 Coco
Lowest review score: 0 The Assignment
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 530 out of 1187
  2. Mixed: 449 out of 1187
  3. Negative: 208 out of 1187
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    • 56 Metascore
    • 60 Michael Rechtshaffen
    Ne Zha
    Grafting familiar Disney and DreamWorks tropes onto a tapestry of traditional Chinese legend and lore (the plot is loosely based on a Ming Dynasty-era shenmo novel), the adventure entertains with a title character who could be the spawn of Chucky and Stitch, from “Lilo & Stitch.”
    • 56 Metascore
    • 70 Michael Rechtshaffen
    The Brave One
    A vigilante drama boasting a powerful Jodie Foster performance and carefully weighted direction by Neil Jordan.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 30 Michael Rechtshaffen
    Take Me
    Healy is never able to find an absorbing middle ground in Mike Makowsky’s script, vacillating gratingly between shrill farce and murky thriller that flails its way toward an intended twist-ending that really shouldn’t surprise anyone.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 70 Michael Rechtshaffen
    Manglehorn
    Though occasionally distracting, the quirky visual poetry eventually proceeds to work its magic.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 70 Michael Rechtshaffen
    The Yellow Birds
    Making a late appearance in the Iraq War movie cycle, the impressively acted “The Yellow Birds” manages to leave an affecting mark even as it constantly struggles to find a distinctive voice of its own.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 60 Michael Rechtshaffen
    Calling All Earthlings
    Given all the intriguing stuff he had at his disposal...it’s a shame Berman isn’t able to bring the enigmatic man of the hour (plus 17 minutes) into greater focus.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 80 Michael Rechtshaffen
    Edge of Darkness
    An intense Mel Gibson performance anchors this brutally effective crime thriller.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 70 Michael Rechtshaffen
    Embers
    While one wishes Carré, who shares screenplay credit with Charles Spano, might have hung those stirring visuals on more involving plotting, Embers nevertheless makes a strong, not to mention timely, impression.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 70 Michael Rechtshaffen
    Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel
    The film is at its most potent delineating Hefner's role in the American civil rights movement, going beyond the pages of his magazine.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 60 Michael Rechtshaffen
    The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
    Curiously, despite the ever-energetic Tony Scott at the throttle, the sleek new edition isn't as transporting as it should have been.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 50 Michael Rechtshaffen
    Camp
    A fresh, young energetic cast is this wobbly musical comedy's main claim to "Fame."
    • 55 Metascore
    • 40 Michael Rechtshaffen
    Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist
    Awfully dull, with scant evidence of the sort of things that make horror movies attractive -- like mounting suspense and spine-tingling creepiness and, oh yeah, the element of horror.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 80 Michael Rechtshaffen
    Mr. & Mrs. Smith
    Expertly tossing off the type of well-sharpened banter that was the domain of Gable and Lombard and Tracy and Hepburn, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie -- no matter what their off-camera status -- make one swell combative couple.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 30 Michael Rechtshaffen
    Reality
    The bizarro plot threads, and dippy characters fail to connect in any rewarding way, resulting in a largely unfunny film that proves as repetitive and tedious as the 1971 Philip Glass snippet that provides its entire score.
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