Olly Richards

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For 257 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 60% higher than the average critic
  • 1% same as the average critic
  • 39% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 1.6 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Olly Richards' Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 64
Highest review score: 100 Cloverfield
Lowest review score: 20 The Crow
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 96 out of 257
  2. Mixed: 159 out of 257
  3. Negative: 2 out of 257
257 movie reviews
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Olly Richards
    The LEGO Movie
    The Lego Movie is bursting out of its box with enthusiasm and excitement for the possibilities of a little pile of nubby plastic.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 60 Olly Richards
    Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
    In stripping Jack Ryan back to basics it’s lost some sophistication, but reinvigorated an action hero who’s unlike any other on offer and who absolutely earns his second — or rather fourth — shot.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 60 Olly Richards
    Delivery Man
    Surprisingly watchable, at least by recent Vince Vaughn standards, with Chris Pratt stealing the show was the hilariously gormless lawyer.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 80 Olly Richards
    The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
    As a director, this feels like Stiller’s moment. Mitty is a film that bravely rejects cynicism. In many ways, it’s the new Forrest Gump. Go with it and it is, in all senses, wonderful.
    • 31 Metascore
    • 60 Olly Richards
    A Fantastic Fear of Everything
    It's always trying to do something unusual. It has a great lead in Pegg. What it doesn't have is an ending or a clear reason what it wants to be.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 40 Olly Richards
    Free Birds
    Not bootiful.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 40 Olly Richards
    The To Do List
    A muddle.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 60 Olly Richards
    How I Live Now
    Macdonald's film is a noble stab at bringing Meg Rosoff's YA novel to the screen, which sees Ronan in typically watchable form.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 40 Olly Richards
    Girl Most Likely
    A thin soup of weak jokes and contrived drama.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 60 Olly Richards
    Mademoiselle C
    High in gloss if not necessary insight, this is manna for fashion fans but a marginally slighter piece of work than The September Issue.
    • 25 Metascore
    • 40 Olly Richards
    R.I.P.D.
    Confusing and uninspired rather than completely inept, it’s still likely to be swiftly struck from the résumés of all involved.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Olly Richards
    The Way, Way Back
    A film for every age, whether you’re an awkward kid, former awkward kid or awkward kid-adjacent. Funny, real and uplifting. A film that reaffirms your belief in the human spirit.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 60 Olly Richards
    We're the Millers
    A likeable comedy that uses its greatest asset, its talented, funny cast, to good effect.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 80 Olly Richards
    Monsters University
    Dazzlingly clever and hugely funny, it succeeds both as a broadening of the Monsters universe and as a film in its own right. Monsters University had a tough task, and it’s passed with honours.
    • 30 Metascore
    • 40 Olly Richards
    The Hangover Part III
    Tonally a complete departure from the rest of the series, which is at once laudably brave and disappointingly unfunny.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 60 Olly Richards
    I Give It a Year
    The jokes are strong and delivered by a very talented cast, but the heart isn’t there. It’s easy to laugh, but hard to care.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 60 Olly Richards
    Oblivion
    Kosinski has again built a fantasy world that feels real to its core, but once more put most effort into the scenery and too little into the people.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Olly Richards
    The Place Beyond the Pines
    In trying to tell an enormous amount of story it can spread itself too thin and leave some strands feeling unfinished, but when it’s at its best, this is beautiful and bold filmmaking.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 40 Olly Richards
    G.I. Joe: Retaliation
    Fast Five was a good example of how applying The Rock to a tired series could bring it back to life. G.I. Joe, by opting for self-seriousness instead of knowing daftness, has squandered its secret weapon.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 100 Olly Richards
    Stoker
    An intense mix of horror, thriller and domestic drama, this is exquisite film making.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Olly Richards
    Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
    It may look like a documentary but Gibney's film is a horror film in every sense. Essential, uncomfortable viewing.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 80 Olly Richards
    Pitch Perfect
    It's the kind of silly you can only get away with when your writing is very smart. A little bit odd and very, very funny.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 100 Olly Richards
    Life of Pi
    To produce a coherent film from Martel's tricky novel would be achievement enough, but Ang Lee has extracted something beautiful, wise and, at times, miraculous.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 60 Olly Richards
    The Oranges
    The storyline delicately tiptoes along the line of good taste and is embroidered by a first-rate cast. Still, a knockout moment is missing.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 80 Olly Richards
    Rise of the Guardians
    It's gorgeously designed, deftly written and frequently laugh-out-loud funny. For child or adult, this is a fantasy to get lost in.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Olly Richards
    End of Watch
    It's a collection of cop-movie clichés but presented with sufficient flair and strong performances that the ride is enough, even if it's on rails.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 60 Olly Richards
    Premium Rush
    A movie that while thin and silly, moves with such joyous speed that you almost want to throw your arms in the air and scream.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 60 Olly Richards
    Dr. Seuss' The Lorax
    Lovely to look at and with some fun material not of Seuss' invention, but it's too hectoring, like reading an environmental textbook with jolly pictures.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 60 Olly Richards
    Ice Age: Continental Drift
    Old friends and new voice talent will delight kids with a never-ending love for the most undemanding animation out there. A megabucks franchise drifts on.
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