Mike Scott

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New Orleans Times-Picayune
For 1,030 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 44% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 54% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 3.3 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Mike Scott's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 62
Highest review score: 100 Manchester by the Sea
Lowest review score: 20 That's My Boy
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 464 out of 1030
  2. Mixed: 503 out of 1030
  3. Negative: 63 out of 1030
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Mike Scott
    Spy
    Spy boasts tons of the type of low-humor that fuel so many Seth Rogen and Will Ferrell frat-boy movies. The difference here is that the laughs aren't at the expense of the fat kid. By the time the closing credits roll, McCarthy's character been built up, not torn down -- and we're rooting for her, not guffawing at her.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Mike Scott
    Hacksaw Ridge
    There are movies based on real events that must be embellished in order to make them work on the big screen. Mel Gibson's World War II drama Hacksaw Ridge is not such a movie. In fact, it's the opposite.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 60 Mike Scott
    Juliet, Naked
    In addition to being the rare modern romantic comedy that manages to nail both the "romantic" and the "comedy" with equal aplomb, Juliet, Naked is also a wonderful, welcome late-summer fling, the kind that can be enjoyed with no regrets and no apologies before harsh reality resumes once more.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 60 Mike Scott
    The Dark Knight Rises
    Doesn't rise as much as it flounders and frustrates, in what would appear to be a case of a filmmaker prioritizing ego over efficiency, and engaging in generally muddled storytelling.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 60 Mike Scott
    American Ultra
    While Nourizadeh's just-for-fun head trip is no more ambitious than its long-haired pothead of a main character, it delivers on its sole goal: to entertain and to surprise.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 60 Mike Scott
    Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
    One of the most pleasant surprises of this year's jam-packed holiday release schedule, and easily the season's must-see family film.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Mike Scott
    Skyfall
    The sky is far from falling on the Bond franchise. In fact, it is as good as it has ever been. What's more, Craig is reportedly on board for at least two more outings, so Q had better get to work on those bifocals because 007 is no where near ready for retirement.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Mike Scott
    Battle of the Sexes
    In addition to being a fast-starting and smartly cast sports drama built around picture-perfect period flourishes, it's also a movie with an undeniably timely message to deliver.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 60 Mike Scott
    Marshall
    A surprisingly embraceable courtroom drama.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 60 Mike Scott
    Cake
    Director Daniel Barnz's soft-play indie drama is a compassionate but emotionally raw film, one that traffics in such thoughtful ideas as personal redemption and emotional resurrection.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 60 Mike Scott
    Lola Versus
    Like the character at its center, Wein's film suffers from a certain sense of inertia, which is where Gerwig comes in.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 60 Mike Scott
    The Past
    These characters are so compelling that their stories are easy to get caught up in. As with "A Separation," Farhadi's drama never strikes a resoundingly false note -- which is a precious thing in movies lately -- and as such is a film that promises moving rewards.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 60 Mike Scott
    Jimmy's Hall
    It's a comfortable and tidily assembled story of human perseverance in the face of adversity. Which is yet another thing about which the Irish know a thing or two.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Mike Scott
    Middle of Nowhere
    In fact, "restraint" is the word that best characterizes DuVernay's film. This isn't a movie filled with overt action or outbursts of melodrama.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 60 Mike Scott
    McFarland USA
    The result is a feel-good, family-friendly trip film that promises drama, suspense, humor and -- in a rarity for sports dramas -- no small amount of modern relevance.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Mike Scott
    Captain America: Civil War
    Those who sit through its talky, belabored first half will be rewarded first and foremost with the finest fight scene of any "Avengers" film to date, one that doubles as a satisfyingly popcorny start to the summer season.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 60 Mike Scott
    Planes
    Director Klay Hall's embraceable, overachieving romp plays nicely as a big-screen feature.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Mike Scott
    Just Mercy
    It does enough things right, and generates enough powerful moments, to make it an effective social-justice drama.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 60 Mike Scott
    Ex Machina
    It's a theme Mary Shelley brought us in "Frankenstein," which was first published in 1818. That was almost 200 years ago. And while Ex Machina replaces the stitches and neck bolts with gears and fiber-optics, it all feels an awful lot like the same story.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 60 Mike Scott
    Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
    Like the work of Callahan, Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far On Foot is dark, it is irreverent, it is often willfully offensive. But there's also an admirable frankness at work there, an honestly that helps keep things rolling forward -- even when its own wheels occasionally get stuck in the sand.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Mike Scott
    Pieta
    It's not a film for everyone. Those who see it, however, will have trouble forgetting it.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 60 Mike Scott
    Promised Land
    The ultimate goal of a film like this, of course, is to change minds. As compelling a case as it builds, Promised Land isn't quite persuasive enough to be able to promise to do that.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 60 Mike Scott
    Hysteria
    The joy of Hysteria, like the joy of certain other things, isn't necessarily rooted in the element of surprise. Rather, it's in the pleasure of the path taken to get to that crescendo.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 60 Mike Scott
    X-Men Origins: Wolverine
    So does the film succeed, overall? On some levels. But if all you want is a guilt-free, sci-fi summer pleasure, save your money and wait another week. The crew of the Enterprise is on its way.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 60 Mike Scott
    Darling Companion
    Some summer movies are big, woofing mastiffs. (Think "Battleship.") Others are naughty, nipping lapdogs. ("The Dictator.") Here, what we get is a calm, quiet basset hound. And, for the most part, it's a good dog.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 60 Mike Scott
    Pina
    While Pina will undoubtedly be well-received by modern-dance devotees, it does little to take advantage of the enormous opportunity to open the door for newcomers.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 60 Mike Scott
    Cinderella
    An enchantment, plain and simple. And while it won't make many forget Disney's iconic animated version, it certainly joins it as one of the more enjoyable re-tellings of this classic tale.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 60 Mike Scott
    The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
    That's a lot of storytelling going on, and it costs Battle of the Five Armies a certain cohesion.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 60 Mike Scott
    Mama
    It's a good, old-fashioned sit-around-the-campfire ghost story, one that delivers on its sole reason for existence: to raise the hairs on the back of your arms.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 60 Mike Scott
    Little
    As an unapologetic genre exercise, it's also fairly harmless, painless stuff. Thanks largely to the work of its cast, which does more with Tracy Oliver and director Tina Gordon's decidedly uneven, underdeveloped script than anybody has a right to hope for, Little ends up being mostly enjoyable in its own lightweight, empty-calorie and entirely unexpected way.
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