Odie Henderson

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For 665 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 51% higher than the average critic
  • 1% same as the average critic
  • 48% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 1.7 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Odie Henderson's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 64
Highest review score: 100 Blue Heron
Lowest review score: 0 Backgammon
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 413 out of 665
  2. Mixed: 100 out of 665
  3. Negative: 152 out of 665
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 60 Odie Henderson
    The Other Side of the Wind
    This The Other Side of the Wind has a haphazard “well, he shot it, so we better include it” vibe. One wonders just how much of the existing editing Welles got to oversee himself; the answer is: probably not much. There’s a tight, 80-minute feature trapped in The Other Side of the Wind, one that Welles most likely would have exhumed had he not run out of money while filming.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 50 Odie Henderson
    The Old Oak
    It’s a fable that ties up too neatly to be believed, and it’s a story I’m tired of hearing.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 50 Odie Henderson
    The Iron Claw
    Unfortunately, Durkin’s script is so shallow that every character is reduced to a simple sketch.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 50 Odie Henderson
    Uncle Frank
    Uncle Frank commits the unforgivable sin of giving us one evil character whose demise suddenly unleashes a wave of understanding amongst family members who were, until this point, perfectly happy to enforce the harmful status quo that traumatized one of their own.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 50 Odie Henderson
    Ferrari
    Driver and Cruz are perfect surnames for actors starring in a movie called “Ferrari.” That was just one of the many thoughts I had as the minutes slowly ticked by. At least the loud sound mix kept me awake.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 50 Odie Henderson
    The Duel
    There’s a lot more nonsense here, all of which starts out intriguingly before overstaying its welcome.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 50 Odie Henderson
    King of Thieves
    The result invites confusion and ultimately indifference on the viewer’s part. When one character makes a joking reference to Alec Guinness’ brilliant Ealing comedy “The Lavender Hill Mob” the comparison does this film no favors.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 50 Odie Henderson
    Big Ass Spider!
    Big Ass Spider! wants to serve two masters, the ones who unabashedly enjoy this type of movie without shame, and the ones who openly mock it with false senses of superiority.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 50 Odie Henderson
    Christopher Robin
    Because Disney wants your money, of course. I don’t begrudge their need for greed; I just wish they hadn’t given us yet another movie built on the pseudo-psychological cliché that adults need to reconnect with their childhoods in order to be better adults.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 50 Odie Henderson
    Alone
    Alone gives us little reason to care if our hero makes it out alive, but I have to give credit where it’s due: Jessica isn’t written as some damsel in distress. Though she does make a questionable choice or two, she’s more crafty and engaged than a standard victim.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 50 Odie Henderson
    Avatar: Fire and Ash
    Basically, “Avatar: Fire and Ash” is the same movie as “Avatar: The Way of Water,” the franchise’s prior installment. The only difference is that fire is the primary element, and the new villain looks like a gigantic, enraged chicken.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 50 Odie Henderson
    Bad Shabbos
    Thank goodness for Method Man, who understood the assignment and made the film watchable and fun whenever Jordan showed up. When he isn’t on screen, “Bad Shabbos” is a mediocre movie.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 50 Odie Henderson
    Set Fire to the Stars
    As tedious as Set Fire to the Stars gets, it remains watchable courtesy of the stunning black and white cinematography by Chris Seager.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 50 Odie Henderson
    Fatherhood
    Fatherhood is at its best and most watchable when it’s just Hart and Hurd onscreen. Matt and Maddy’s undeniable and reciprocated love for one another radiates from the actors, even in their broadest scenes of comedy.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 50 Odie Henderson
    Gemini Man
    Gemini Man never pretends to be anything but a time-wasting contraption hoping to entertain its viewer. I can’t reasonably be mad at its honesty, and despite the horrendous dialogue its actors are often forced to speak, I found myself enjoying a fair amount of it.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 50 Odie Henderson
    The Testament of Ann Lee
    Once again, Fastvold and Corbet have crafted a movie I admired more than I liked.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 50 Odie Henderson
    Kinds of Kindness
    Fans of Lanthimos’s works outside his Emma Stone movies will find “Kinds of Kindness” worth watching. As for the rest of us: You’ll start out clapping along with “Sweet Dreams,” but by the end, you’ll be singing Peggy Lee’s immortal question, “Is That All There Is?”
    • 52 Metascore
    • 50 Odie Henderson
    National Champions
    You need a blackboard full of X’s and O’s to keep track of the petty plays this movie's running.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 50 Odie Henderson
    The Roses
    Unfortunately, “The Roses” is a toothless take on the material. The stakes are never as high as they were in the 1989 movie, and the film takes too much time trying to humanize these people. By the time they’re actively trying to sabotage and murder one another, the movie has completely lost its nerve. The end result feels rushed and weak-willed.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 50 Odie Henderson
    Coming 2 America
    Coming 2 America is like attending your high school reunion: You’ll enjoy seeing the familiar faces of those with whom you once shared such fond experiences, but then you’ll realize that the nostalgia of that past is far more fulfilling than the harsher realities of the present.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 50 Odie Henderson
    Laggies
    I cop to not being a fan of Lynn Shelton’s work. Her films fall apart in their third acts. Rather than simply crumble as they have in her prior work, the third act of Laggies implodes in grand fashion, spewing contrivances, bad clichés and an ending that is simply unforgivable.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 50 Odie Henderson
    Shirley
    Despite an impressive pedigree in front of and behind the camera, “Shirley” fails to convey just how remarkable the career of Shirley Chisholm really was. The problem isn’t the narrow focus on one of her accomplishments, it’s the even narrower depiction of who she was as a person.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 50 Odie Henderson
    Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
    “Axel F” is a joyless affair, a mediocre simulacrum that made me long for the original.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 50 Odie Henderson
    28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
    Fiennes has an excellent rapport with Lewis-Parry, making their scenes as compelling and moving as anything “28 Years Later” had to offer. It’s too bad that every time the Samson-Kelson plotline gets good, we’re yanked back to dopey Jimmy’s goofy gang and its religious mumbo jumbo.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 50 Odie Henderson
    Is This Thing On?
    Dern is excellent, as usual, and her scenes with Arnett feel realistic. The screenplay by Cooper, Arnett, and Mark Chappell is really thin, however, and I didn’t find any of these people compelling.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 50 Odie Henderson
    Mega Time Squad
    I can’t recommend Mega Time Squad but it does have a few things going for it.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 50 Odie Henderson
    Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
    Seeing the Ghostbusters in the Big Apple where they belong put a smile on my face, at least until I realized I was watching a sitcom about wiseass teens and their dopey parents.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 50 Odie Henderson
    Kneecap
    It runs out of story about midway through, and spends more time attempting to make these guys look cool than showing us the importance of their acts of linguistic civil disobedience.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 50 Odie Henderson
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
    The “Cowabunga” dudes have become “Cowa-boring.”
    • 67 Metascore
    • 50 Odie Henderson
    Akilla's Escape
    Akilla’s Escape is undone by its own lack of faith in the viewer, opting to explicitly tell rather than rely on its fine actors to show us who their characters are.
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