Nick Schager

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Film Journal International, Slant Magazine, The A.V. Club, The Daily Beast, The Dissolve, The Playlist, Time Out, Variety, Village Voice
For 1,474 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 42% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 53% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 8.7 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Nick Schager's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 57
Highest review score: 100 Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Lowest review score: 0 I Send You This Place
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 652 out of 1474
  2. Mixed: 491 out of 1474
  3. Negative: 331 out of 1474
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 88 Nick Schager
    Obsession
    A deliriously pointed cautionary tale about the perils of getting what you want, and an instant contender for classic midnight-movie status.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 88 Nick Schager
    Hokum
    This creepy nerve-rattler confirms that the director’s excellent 2024 breakout Oddity was no fluke.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 75 Nick Schager
    Apex
    A no-frills survival thriller that’s as rugged as its wilderness setting.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 75 Nick Schager
    Ready or Not 2: Here I Come
    Thanks to a host of colorful performances and an emphasis on over-the-top violence, they mostly pull off their double-dip trick.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 85 Nick Schager
    Project Hail Mary
    A stirring celebration of bravery, camaraderie, and human ingenuity that goes big in every respect, not least of which by recognizing and foregrounding the majesty of larger-than-life movie stardom.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 88 Nick Schager
    Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
    A rousing elegy to an underworld saga par excellence and, in particular, to a ruthless and tormented gangster whom, in Murphy’s expert hands, stands as an undisputed crime-fiction icon.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 73 Nick Schager
    Paul McCartney: Man on the Run
    An uplifting portrait of the possibility of rebirth—even for the most famous person on Earth.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 95 Nick Schager
    EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert
    A superb companion piece to the director’s 2022 biopic Elvis, it’s a feat of showmanship both by Presley on stage and Luhrmann behind the camera.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 65 Nick Schager
    How to Make a Killing
    It might not deliver hilariously fatal blows, but it’s smart and spikey enough to leave a pleasurably painful mark.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Nick Schager
    Honey Bunch
    An audacious indie that plumbs the depths of passion, loyalty, and sacrifice with beguiling earnestness and intensity.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Nick Schager
    Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
    No matter the out-of-this-world nature of their adventure, they remain an amusing and endearingly down-to-Earth doofus duo.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 73 Nick Schager
    Crime 101
    A film that lives up to its title by being, in every way, basic—and, in the process, confirms that there’s a reason some clichés endure.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 80 Nick Schager
    Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die
    With Oscar-winner Sam Rockwell as its tempestuous engine, it’s a captivatingly silly saga about the pitfalls of our modern techno-obsessiveness.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Nick Schager
    Pillion
    A steamy, sad, and amusing snapshot of desire and identity.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 87 Nick Schager
    Send Help
    A joyous return to form for the Evil Dead auteur, whose no-holds-barred verve is equaled by that of Rachel McAdams.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 83 Nick Schager
    The Weight
    Electrifying a taut tale of tough times and the desperate men they breed, [Hawke] makes sure that, even when it could stand to be a tad weightier, this genre film packs a wallop.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 95 Nick Schager
    Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie
    A stirring testament to both [Rushdie's] resilience and to freedom as a vital bulwark against the forces of extremism and evil.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Nick Schager
    The Wrecking Crew
    Never quite as funny as it wants to be, but making up for that in the violence department, it’s a healthy serving of slam-bang cinematic comfort food.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 88 Nick Schager
    undertone
    A medley of fears, anxieties, and regrets that repeatedly messes with the senses, it exists at the nexus of sanity and madness, life and death, Heaven and Hell, and sound and image.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Nick Schager
    The Invite
    A hysterical, insightful, and ultimately moving portrait of the difficulties of keeping long-term relationships alive.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Nick Schager
    Union County
    Follows festival tradition by featuring a stellar breakthrough performance from a well-known actor—in this case, Will Poulter’s sterling turn as a junkie caught in a prison of his own making.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 75 Nick Schager
    Josephine
    This intensely empathetic film—co-starring Channing Tatum and Gemma Chan—has a tendency to tip into strident affectation. But thanks to newcomer Reeves, it still lands more than its fair share of punches.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 78 Nick Schager
    I Want Your Sex
    Consistently funny and erotic, if ultimately a bit too straightlaced for the incendiary subject matter at hand.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 78 Nick Schager
    Idiots
    A delightful film about the dim-witted and the disreputable. And though its humor ultimately wanes, it compensates with a surprising measure of tenderness.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 75 Nick Schager
    The Incomer
    A winningly weird comedy—premiering at this year’s Sundance Film Festival—about isolation and community.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 88 Nick Schager
    The History of Concrete
    With his maiden cinematic venture, Wilson doesn’t break new ground so much as continue his idiosyncratic artistry on a larger scale.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 75 Nick Schager
    Buddy
    A horror-comedy that takes a scalpel—or, more accurately, several weapons—to its jaunty protagonist, all while reveling in his darkly disturbed spirit.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 80 Nick Schager
    The Rip
    A rugged affair that’s canny and concussive enough to compensate for a somewhat deflating ending, it proves that its headliners remain cinema’s preeminent BFF duo.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Nick Schager
    28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
    As the fourth entry in a long-running franchise (written, like its ancestors, by Alex Garland), it is, to borrow a phrase uttered by its protagonist, “miraculous”—and marks this zombie saga as a nightmare with few equals.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 90 Nick Schager
    Young Mothers
    Understated, graceful, and moving, it’s the first great film of 2026.
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