Mike Hale

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The New York Times
For 108 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 35% higher than the average critic
  • 8% same as the average critic
  • 57% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 12.3 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Mike Hale's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 53
Highest review score: 90 Pom Poko
Lowest review score: 20 3-D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 108
  2. Mixed: 67 out of 108
  3. Negative: 13 out of 108
108 movie reviews
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    • 24 Metascore
    • 40 Mike Hale
    Saw 3D
    Be aware: if you see the film in a theater equipped with RealD 3D and Dolby sound, you'll come away with a pretty good idea of what it would feel like to have flying body parts hit you in the face.
    • 22 Metascore
    • 30 Mike Hale
    Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
    About the only honestly funny thing in the movie is Faizon Love's uncredited performance in the Joe E. Brown role, as the school maintenance man who's immediately smitten with Big Momma.
    • 18 Metascore
    • 30 Mike Hale
    The Nutcracker
    The talented Ms. Fanning gives a capable performance, and Mr. Konchalovsky and his camera and special-effects crews put a few arresting images on screen, including some frightening metal rat-dogs. But even there they fall short of obvious models like Jean-Pierre Jeunet's "City of Lost Children," and the 3-D treatment adds nothing.
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    • 50 Mike Hale
    Convention
    Some of this is awfully pedestrian, but there are moments of both high comedy and high drama.
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    • 60 Mike Hale
    Beijing Taxi
    The film works quite well as a melancholy travelogue - an elevated version of something you might see on cable television - but its aspirations for depth of feeling or more profound social commentary aren't quite realized.
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    • 30 Mike Hale
    They're Out of the Business
    What was sometimes charming and funny in "Turnaround" is almost uniformly dreary in "Business," a result of tired humor, a monotonous pace and Mr. Schaeffer's inexpressiveness as an actor.
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    • 70 Mike Hale
    Veteran
    Mr. Ryoo (“The Unjust,” “The City of Violence”) isn’t known for his sense of humor, but Veteran is amusing throughout, even if the funny scenes are more subdued or go on a beat or two longer than American viewers are used to.
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