Nick McCarthy
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28% higher than the average critic
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0% same as the average critic
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72% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 9.6 points lower than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Nick McCarthy's Scores
- Movies
- TV
| Average review score: | 56 | |
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| Highest review score: | A Summer's Tale | |
| Lowest review score: | The Best Offer | |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 20 out of 39
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Mixed: 8 out of 39
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Negative: 11 out of 39
39
movie
reviews
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- Nick McCarthy
Pedro Almodóvar's diverting pop-art bauble firmly placing the "relief" in comic relief and the "cock" in cockpit.- Slant Magazine
- Posted Jun 24, 2013
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- Nick McCarthy
The film, with its dark-blue-hued cinematography and murky music, is all foreboding atmosphere.- Slant Magazine
- Posted May 2, 2016
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- Nick McCarthy
This safe, solemn tale of an aged artist whose vitality is briefly revived by a pretty young thing is unconvincing as an articulation of the potentially spiritual nature of the artist/model relationship.- Slant Magazine
- Posted Jul 30, 2013
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- Slant Magazine
- Posted Nov 19, 2013
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- Nick McCarthy
It's attempt at conveying a candid portrait of contemporary hookup culture and the dishonesty of online dating profiles, but the film's sentiments are all past their expiration date.- Slant Magazine
- Posted Sep 22, 2014
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- Nick McCarthy
It functions under the delusion that subtext will magically appear if you linger on a character long enough, and the significance of most of its scenes is nothing if not inscrutable.- Slant Magazine
- Posted Oct 30, 2013
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- Nick McCarthy
Rather than commit to exploring Jessabelle's existential crisis, the filmmakers opt to pile on the clichés straight until the rotten denouement.- Slant Magazine
- Posted Nov 5, 2014
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- Nick McCarthy
An egregious entry into the pantheon of films about white Americans traveling to exotic lands in search of identity and soul-searching adventure.- Slant Magazine
- Posted Nov 12, 2013
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- Nick McCarthy
Cavemen is an apt title considering how the sensibility and maturity of the film's characters don't seem to have developed beyond primal, alpha-man impulses.- Slant Magazine
- Posted Feb 6, 2014
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