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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    • 45 Metascore
    • 50 Neil Genzlinger
    Fanboys
    There are enough good jokes in Fanboys, a road comedy about geeks on a "Star Wars"-related quest, to satisfy hard-core fans of that George Lucas franchise. But the film doesn't have the boosters, or thrusters, or whatever, to elevate it to more ambitious heights; it's weighed down by tired conventions and a general sense of having missed its moment.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 100 Neil Genzlinger
    It's Such a Beautiful Day
    Considering that he’s a stick figure, Bill, the main character in It’s Such a Beautiful Day, sure does have a complex internal life. And this animated film by Don Hertzfeldt does an amazing job of making you feel it, in all its sadness, terror and transcendence.
    • 30 Metascore
    • 40 Neil Genzlinger
    Live at the Foxes Den
    A slight movie that could have been significantly better with a little story doctoring.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 100 Neil Genzlinger
    Newtown
    This film isn’t content to be merely a “never forget” reminder; it wants to convey just how deep and lasting the pain is, from this attack and, by extension, many others.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 50 Neil Genzlinger
    Hood to Coast
    Christoph Baaden, the director, loses sight of the fact that, for people who don't run, the cult of running is kind of boring.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Neil Genzlinger
    Orion: The Man Who Would Be King
    It’s a curious, bittersweet story, flecked with dashes of bombast and overstatement that Presley himself would have admired.
    • 29 Metascore
    • 50 Neil Genzlinger
    AVPR: Aliens vs Predator - Requiem
    It may not be classic sci-fi like the original “Alien,” which it has in its DNA, but it’s a perfectly respectable next step in the series.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 70 Neil Genzlinger
    Steak (R)evolution
    This informative foodie film is more than just footage of assorted chefs cooking delicious-looking cuts of meat. The tour encompasses breeders, butchers, grazing practices and genetics.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 70 Neil Genzlinger
    Our Man in Tehran
    There’s nothing like hearing a harrowing tale from the people who lived it.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Neil Genzlinger
    Shaun the Sheep Movie
    A charming and clever concoction.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Neil Genzlinger
    Twinsters
    The film has too many fits of uncontrolled laughter and other awkwardness that suggest an unedited home movie, but, in general, Twinsters makes for a heartfelt alternative to a traditional documentary approach.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Neil Genzlinger
    Hell and Back Again
    You can feel just how jarring and stressful it must be for a soldier to go from the life-and-death adrenaline rush of war to the maddeningly slow world of rehabilitation and forced inactivity.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Neil Genzlinger
    TransFatty Lives
    Refreshingly unpredictable but also frustrating.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 50 Neil Genzlinger
    Madea's Witness Protection
    A comedy that's too late to the Ponzi-scheme party to be topical, and not outrageous enough to take advantage of its own setups.
    • 26 Metascore
    • 30 Neil Genzlinger
    The Ottoman Lieutenant
    The Ottoman Lieutenant is an overwrought nurse romance merged with a history lesson, a combination that is hard to take as seriously as the film wants to be taken.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Neil Genzlinger
    Off the Rails
    An assured and thoughtful debut.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Neil Genzlinger
    I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story
    This film, by Dave LaMattina and Chad Walker, reminds us that even the most omnipresent cultural phenomena were created by someone, usually through a combination of hard work and happenstance.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Neil Genzlinger
    Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me
    The film is a rare combination of instructive and poignant.
    • 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.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Neil Genzlinger
    Downeast
    This is not an easy documentary to watch, in the sense that the filmmakers let the story tell itself, without narration or expert commentary. That ultimately makes it all the more touching.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 70 Neil Genzlinger
    Miss Minoes
    It's a Christmas present for cat lovers. Miss Minoes, the tweaked title of a 2001 Dutch film by Vincent Bal, is being given an American theatrical run (dubbed into English), and it's a pleasantly quirky, family-friendly fable with lots of meowing.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 90 Neil Genzlinger
    The Crash Reel
    An engrossing, unsettling documentary.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Neil Genzlinger
    IMAX: Hubble 3D
    Dazzling to look at of course. But such ponderous, cliché-heavy narration.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 40 Neil Genzlinger
    The Houses October Built
    If you’re relatively easily scared or are in a theater full of people who are, the film might be good for a few screams. But only if you’re the patient sort. It takes almost an hour to get to the good stuff.
    • 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.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 90 Neil Genzlinger
    Little Hope Was Arson
    The filmmaker, Theo Love, presents the people in the story as they are, without passing judgment and without apology, whether they are investigators or pastors or just ordinary folks caught up in the inexplicable. It’s Americana unvarnished and, because of that, as absorbing as it is respectful.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 90 Neil Genzlinger
    Zootopia
    Funny, smart, thought-provoking — and musical, too.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 90 Neil Genzlinger
    Command and Control
    The film effectively recreates the sense of confusion over how to try to contain the leak and what might happen if the fuel ignited.
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