Pauline Kael
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26% higher than the average critic
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2% same as the average critic
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72% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 2.8 points lower than other critics.
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Pauline Kael's Scores
- Movies
- TV
| Average review score: | 63 | |
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| Highest review score: | The Lavender Hill Mob | |
| Lowest review score: | Revolution | |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 372 out of 828
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Mixed: 406 out of 828
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Negative: 50 out of 828
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- Pauline Kael
It's an erratic and, finally, disappointing picture (it loses its snap). Yet you keep rooting for it, because Elizabeth McGovern, as the assault victim, a cocktail waitress, has the style and resources that the other two leads lack, and the cinematography, by Gil Taylor, his a snazzy verve, and Hanson has some clever ideas, such as the way he sets up a courtroom sequence and the way he directs the almost mute psycho (the chilling, well-cast Brad Greenquist).- The New Yorker
