Norman Gidney

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For 56 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 55% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 42% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 3.5 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Norman Gidney's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 69
Highest review score: 100 Welcome to Chechnya
Lowest review score: 10 Flay
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 43 out of 56
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 56
  3. Negative: 3 out of 56
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 60 Norman Gidney
    Call Jane
    Call Jane is dripping with amazing actors giving solid performances, but only Banks is given a chance at Oscar bait. Weaver’s Virginia is a sagacious activist with long hair, always reminding the group to keep the goal in mind, but we are cheated of heavier moments with her. What is here is wonderful, but it could have used a few moments of gravity.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 40 Norman Gidney
    The Prom
    The real torpedo that sank this ship was that the source material wasn’t all that good, to begin with.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 60 Norman Gidney
    House of Cardin
    House of Cardin is a solid, encyclopedic documentary of one of the greatest designers of our time. He deserves to be celebrated, no question there. But this doc wants to inform rather than reveal, to celebrate rather than investigate. C’est la vie.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 60 Norman Gidney
    15 Years
    What is most frustrating about 15 Years is just how much it gets right while so narrowly missing the mark.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 50 Norman Gidney
    Bad Hair
    While the first act is slow but promising, the second and third acts don’t move any faster.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Norman Gidney
    Assassins
    While informative, I never leaned forward and engaged with the events documented.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 50 Norman Gidney
    The Night House
    Holding the entire movie together, Hall delivers an exceptional performance as a woman grieving, sliding in and out of reality. But her talents are eventually no match for a runtime that stretches things a bit and story beats that we have seen before.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 60 Norman Gidney
    Cubby
    It is quite a frothy mix of childish innocence and magical realism. It’s just nothing of major consequence.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Norman Gidney
    Memory: The Origins of Alien
    Alexandre O. Philippe is a fine filmmaker and documentarian. Memory – The Origins of Alien, however, is a bit of a class on story structure and theory.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 50 Norman Gidney
    The Lodge
    As a bitter commentary on family, truth, trust, and above all, the religion, The Lodge is a serviceable mood piece that ends up leaving you feeling cold, and not in a good way.

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