Nicholas Barber

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For 147 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 1.1 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Nicholas Barber's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 67
Highest review score: 100 No Time to Die
Lowest review score: 16 Laila in Haifa
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 72 out of 147
  2. Mixed: 70 out of 147
  3. Negative: 5 out of 147
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    • 39 Metascore
    • 20 Nicholas Barber
    Michael
    Whatever you think of Jackson, he was driven to create spectacular and innovative entertainment. And yet the film has none of that spirit. It was clearly intended as a tribute to him as a person, but it's a grievous insult to him as an artist.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 20 Nicholas Barber
    Avatar: Fire and Ash
    The strange thing is that, while the first Avatar seemed exhilaratingly futuristic, the third film seems like a relic of an earlier era.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 20 Nicholas Barber
    Megalopolis
    Anyone fascinated by artistic follies will take an academic interest in its excesses, and it's certainly loopy enough to build a cult following. But this pretentious, portentous curio will test the patience of everyone else.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 25 Nicholas Barber
    Downton Abbey: A New Era
    It was disingenuous of the filmmakers to use the phrase “A New Era”, because the film relies wholly on its viewers’ affection for characters and situations they have seen many times before.
    • 25 Metascore
    • 16 Nicholas Barber
    Laila in Haifa
    It’s like the most depressing speed-dating night ever organized.

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