Phil de Semlyen

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Empire, Time Out, Time Out London
For 492 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 51% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 45% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 5.2 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Phil de Semlyen's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 71
Highest review score: 100 The Lost Daughter
Lowest review score: 20 Stuber
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 285 out of 492
  2. Mixed: 202 out of 492
  3. Negative: 5 out of 492
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    • 42 Metascore
    • 40 Phil de Semlyen
    The House That Jack Built
    It’s not that you can’t see what Von Trier is getting at, it’s just you wish he’d get there quicker and without all the desecrated bodies. For most of its hefty runtime, The House That Jack Built is just a slog.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 40 Phil de Semlyen
    Hunt
    Hunt is a film stuck entirely in fifth, racing from one sudden shootout to another at the expense of the labyrinthine plot.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 30 Phil de Semlyen
    Mortal Kombat II
    In the mood for two hours of relentless fights, gory kills, clichéd McGuffins and unmemorable characters, all served up in a weightless CG environment? Mortal Kombat II punches a hole in all those boxes.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 20 Phil de Semlyen
    Jurassic World Dominion
    It’s to the 1993 original what The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was to Raiders.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 20 Phil de Semlyen
    Halloween Kills
    It all feels so rote and old-school, especially during such an exciting era for the genre (thanks to Jennifer Kent, Ari Aster, Jordan Peele, Rose Glass and co). Never mind the fact its once-sturdy beats have been spoofed, homaged and riffed a thousand times. In the era of Netflix’s Fear Street and The Haunting of Hill House, big-screen horror surely has to work harder than this.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 20 Phil de Semlyen
    Stuber
    Clearly surge pricing also applies to jokes, because it’s mostly about as funny as a traffic jam.
    • 31 Metascore
    • 20 Phil de Semlyen
    Hellboy
    There’s the odd nifty camera move but the action sequences are often messy and rote. The self-healing Hellboy is able to withstand endless punishment, which may be faithful to Mignola’s source material but hardly ups the stakes. The audience is not so lucky. Hellboy? Just hell, actually.
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