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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    • 64 Metascore
    • 70 Michael Rechtshaffen
    Men & Chicken
    In Jensen's uniquely wacky world, there's a genuine affection for his offbeat characters.
    • 33 Metascore
    • 50 Michael Rechtshaffen
    Colonia
    The end product is a standard-issue cult drama that nevertheless has its gripping moments thanks mainly to the presence of Emma Watson.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Michael Rechtshaffen
    My Big Night
    De la Iglesia, a filmmaker known for his dark comedies, ultimately has nowhere to take this breathless ode to Fellini and his own mentor, Pedro Almodóvar, as well as backstage showbiz satires like Robert Altman's "The Player" and Michael Hoffman's "Soapdish."
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    • 100 Michael Rechtshaffen
    Be Here Now
    An extraordinarily moving, deeply personal, filmed diary
    • 51 Metascore
    • 60 Michael Rechtshaffen
    11 Minutes
    Although the film seems to play a bit fast and loose with that specific time frame, the assortment of provocative characters...intriguingly go about their business.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 30 Michael Rechtshaffen
    High Strung
    In the end, you'll either succumb to the silliness of it all and cheer Johnny B. on to his green card or, more likely, be in desperate need of your own exit visa.
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    • 50 Michael Rechtshaffen
    Catching the Sun
    Shalini Kantayya's debut documentary feature never stays in any one place long enough to make a sufficient impact.
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    • 60 Michael Rechtshaffen
    Stealing Cars
    While we may have been locked up with these characters before...Cohen's unwavering commitment nevertheless commands attention.
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    • 30 Michael Rechtshaffen
    Someone Else
    Those taking in Someone Else, an unconvincing, nonlinear drama about a pair of dramatically different Korean American cousins who are attracted to the same woman, will soon likely be wishing they had chosen to watch something else.
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    • 30 Michael Rechtshaffen
    Rescue Dogs
    There just aren't enough rescue dogs in the world to save "Rescue Dogs," a shrill, yappy live-action comedy that proves considerably more annoying than adorable.
    • 31 Metascore
    • 40 Michael Rechtshaffen
    Get a Job
    The payoff is sporadically rewarding at best.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Michael Rechtshaffen
    Fastball
    You don't have to be a baseball fanatic or for that matter a historian or a physicist to appreciate Fastball.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Michael Rechtshaffen
    All the Time In The World
    Although their extreme staycation is obviously not everybody's idea of a swell time, the bracingly gorgeous images and meditative serenity still offer a vicarious respite from all those urgent headlines and deadlines — no bear spray required.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 50 Michael Rechtshaffen
    Remember
    While its flaws are considerable, the Holocaust-themed thriller Remember benefits mightily from a quietly commanding Christopher Plummer performance that almost makes you forget the wonky plot logic.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 70 Michael Rechtshaffen
    The Automatic Hate
    A compelling bit of family drama that packs a corrosive punch.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 50 Michael Rechtshaffen
    Hyena Road
    While the attempt at a certain, documentary-style naturalism is honorable, it's at the expense of focused plotting and sufficient character development.
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    • 30 Michael Rechtshaffen
    Camino
    Bell proves to be one tough cookie, but she's ultimately taken down by all the stiff, under-developed dialogue and iffy supporting performances.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 70 Michael Rechtshaffen
    Emelie
    Irish actress Bolger plays her psychopath with cool, calculating intimidation, while first-time feature director Michael Thelin, sharing screenplay credit with Rich Herbeck, lays a solid foundation of suburban domesticity on which to build all the mounting menace.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Michael Rechtshaffen
    The Last Man on the Moon
    The film traces Cernan's career trajectory, going back to his days in San Diego as a hot-shot naval aviator, blending terrific archival footage with contemporary perspectives to quietly poetic effect.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 70 Michael Rechtshaffen
    Rolling Papers
    Generally leaving the weightier political stuff to others, Mitch Dickman's lively documentary functions as both a handy pot primer and a telling portrait of the volatile, adapt-or-die climate that continues to hover over the newspaper industry.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 90 Michael Rechtshaffen
    Zootopia
    Boasting a pitch perfect voice cast led by a terrific Ginnifer Goodwin as a righteous rural rabbit who becomes the first cotton-tailed police recruit in the mammal-centric city of Zootopia, the 3D caper expertly combines keen wit with a gentle, and very timely, message of inclusivity and empowerment.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Michael Rechtshaffen
    Nina Forever
    Thanks to a trio of solid performances (especially the dryly bitter O'Shaughnessy, who suggests a young Helena Bonham Carter), this first feature, although a tad long, nevertheless emerges as a diabolically effective anti-date movie.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 30 Michael Rechtshaffen
    Standoff
    Unfortunately in the hands of writer-director Adam Alecca, this overly talky, slackly executed game of cat-and-mouse comes off as cheesy rather than chilling.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 80 Michael Rechtshaffen
    Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong
    The immensely likable Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong is a freshly contemporary change-up on the traditional cross-cultural romantic-comedy.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 50 Michael Rechtshaffen
    Eisenstein in Guanajuato
    Greenaway's boundary-pushing, breathlessly in-your-face approach begins to take its toll on viewer patience.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 40 Michael Rechtshaffen
    Tumbledown
    Tumbledown sees its good intentions undermined by cloying sitcom conventions.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 70 Michael Rechtshaffen
    Jane Got a Gun
    Jane Got A Gun may not have reinvented the wagon wheel, but it rolls out as a sturdy, well-crafted genre piece despite its rocky road to the screen.
    • 23 Metascore
    • 10 Michael Rechtshaffen
    Exposed
    It’s hard to imagine how anything salvageable could have been made out of [Gee Malik Linton's] comically pretentious script with its heavily religious overtones and plotting that grows more ridiculous by the minute.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 70 Michael Rechtshaffen
    Ip Man 3
    Ip Man 3, set in Hong Kong circa 1959, combines the customary, inventively choreographed action with an unexpected emotional depth, proving as hard to resist as its entertaining predecessors.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Michael Rechtshaffen
    Kung Fu Panda 3
    While the storyline, in which Jack Black’s dumpling-downing Dragon Warrior is reunited with his biological father, doesn’t quite fulfill its prophecies, dramatically speaking, visually speaking it’s all quite impressive — one of those very rare animated features that completely justifies its 3D glasses.
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