Neil Genzlinger

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The New York Times
For 551 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 50% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 46% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 11.8 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Neil Genzlinger's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 54
Highest review score: 100 Newtown
Lowest review score: 0 Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 176 out of 551
  2. Mixed: 274 out of 551
  3. Negative: 101 out of 551
551 movie reviews
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    • 57 Metascore
    • 40 Neil Genzlinger
    One More Time
    This is a story full of people being miserable, humorless and selfish, despite having been given a lot in life, and they’re pretty much the same at the end of it as they were at the beginning.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Neil Genzlinger
    The Flight Fantastic
    Is the film a bit self-promotional? Sure, but it’s enjoyable nonetheless.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 60 Neil Genzlinger
    They're Watching
    The storytelling becomes muddled in the middle, and the suspense doesn’t build as well as it ought to, but the winking undercurrent keeps the film watchable.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Neil Genzlinger
    Fastball
    This appealing documentary makes you understand why aficionados regard baseball as a form of poetry.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 50 Neil Genzlinger
    Thank You for Playing
    If nothing else, it’s evidence that the digital age has opened up new ways to work through grief.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 30 Neil Genzlinger
    Ktown Cowboys
    The film doesn’t have the focus, pacing or plotting of the best of such bromance tales.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 40 Neil Genzlinger
    The Brainwashing of My Dad
    Feels as if it’s arriving late to its discoveries and, given the current political climate, as if it’s only scratching the surface.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 40 Neil Genzlinger
    The Bronze
    Ms. Rauch (who wrote the film with her husband, Winston Rauch) nails the portrayal admirably under Bryan Buckley’s direction. But that doesn’t mean Hope is anyone you want to spend almost two hours with.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 70 Neil Genzlinger
    Pee-wee's Big Holiday
    Like the Muppets and the Simpsons, Pee-wee Herman seems not to age. But in his new Netflix movie, Pee-wee’s Big Holiday, he does take things down a notch; he’s less frenetic and more reactive.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 50 Neil Genzlinger
    Remember
    Christopher Plummer puts on a master class in acting, and his director, Atom Egoyan, delivers one in audience manipulation in Remember.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 50 Neil Genzlinger
    About Scout
    About Scout is another entry in the “charming road movie” genre, one that banks a little too heavily on charm and not enough on story.
    • 28 Metascore
    • 20 Neil Genzlinger
    London Has Fallen
    Will this hard-luck president again defy death while his stoic sidekick vanquishes the nasty, uncivilized terrorists? It’s hard to care when a movie is this formulaic and moronic.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 90 Neil Genzlinger
    Zootopia
    Funny, smart, thought-provoking — and musical, too.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Neil Genzlinger
    The Last Man on the Moon
    You already know the history told in The Last Man on the Moon, but this story just never grows old.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 70 Neil Genzlinger
    Backtrack
    The film is part psychological thriller, part horror movie, and the horror elements deliver some solid frights. Mr. Brody isn’t asked to stretch much, but he does his usual thing adroitly.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 40 Neil Genzlinger
    Eddie the Eagle
    This film doesn’t seem to trust the inherent likability of his story. The director, Dexter Fletcher, and the writers, Sean Macaulay and Simon Kelton, load it up with tropes that actually make it less endearing.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 40 Neil Genzlinger
    Forsaken
    A starry father-son pairing is largely squandered in Forsaken, an old-school western that is a little too old school for its own good.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 50 Neil Genzlinger
    Rolling Papers
    It’s full of discussion points but lets them go by undiscussed.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 70 Neil Genzlinger
    Snowtime!
    It is aimed at younger children and includes pretty songs, but it doesn’t soft-pedal anything. Its low-key story is about friendship, but it’s also about loss, which should leave pint-size viewers with plenty to think about.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 50 Neil Genzlinger
    Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong
    The two stars are attractive, and Emily Ting, who wrote and directed, makes the city look great, but during their endless strolling Ruby and Josh never get much beyond shallow banter.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 20 Neil Genzlinger
    The Pack
    A dreary Australian movie, directed by Nick Robertson, that has more dogs than “Cujo” but noticeably less plot.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 70 Neil Genzlinger
    Southbound
    These are fragments more than complete stories, and the incompleteness is its own kind of creepiness.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 50 Neil Genzlinger
    JeruZalem
    The more desperate the characters’ flight becomes, the less interesting the movie grows. It does end with a witty flourish, though — one that makes good use of those glasses.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 30 Neil Genzlinger
    Lazer Team
    Lazer Team ends by setting itself up for a sequel, but that’s mighty wishful thinking. There’s not a big demand for laugh-free comedies.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 80 Neil Genzlinger
    Kung Fu Panda 3
    Lots of comedic fight scenes break up the story’s more somber stretches, and the animation, especially in 3-D, is simply gorgeous.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 50 Neil Genzlinger
    The Boy
    It still has enough scary moments to satisfy horror fans, but you’re left wondering whether it might have been more disturbing had it stayed on its original path.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 30 Neil Genzlinger
    Prescription Thugs
    Even before a “do as I say, not as I do” twist costs it all credibility, Prescription Thugs is a not very good documentary about a very important subject.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 30 Neil Genzlinger
    Moonwalkers
    Though Mr. Grint and Mr. Perlman both come off credibly, the movie is practically laugh-free.
    • 34 Metascore
    • 50 Neil Genzlinger
    The Forest
    A decently executed creeper built around a convincing performance by Natalie Dormer.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Neil Genzlinger
    TransFatty Lives
    Refreshingly unpredictable but also frustrating.
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