For 197 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 34% higher than the average critic
  • 1% same as the average critic
  • 65% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 12.1 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Phil Hall's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 54
Highest review score: 100 Drift
Lowest review score: 0 The Groomsmen
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 59 out of 197
  2. Negative: 54 out of 197
197 movie reviews
    • 87 Metascore
    • 40 Phil Hall
    This much-ballyhooed gay cowboy melodrama is an inert disappointment.
    • 28 Metascore
    • 20 Phil Hall
    A small, tacky non-comedy.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 100 Phil Hall
    Put simply, Mind Game is a mind-blowing experience.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 70 Phil Hall
    An original and highly memorable comedy, and mention should be made of Ebiri’s work beyond filmmaking: he is also a film critic for New York Magazine, thus giving proof that those who review films for a living can also turn around and make a damn fine movie.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 60 Phil Hall
    While the images presented here are peerless, James Nachtwey is a fascinating individual and it is a shame we cannot learn more about the man behind these extraordinary images.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 40 Phil Hall
    A mediocre film that presents the troubled poet Sylvia Plath as a jealous, possessive and irritating woman. It is hard to recall another biopic which is so unflattering to its subject.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 40 Phil Hall
    By the time the film is over it is not so much a "who-done-it?" but a "why-did-we-sit-through-this?"
    • 49 Metascore
    • 20 Phil Hall
    A minor and forgettable bore.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 40 Phil Hall
    It's all a case of been-there, done-that, although the singing is nice. Still, do we really need another movie with thirtysomethings who ache to re-live their college years? C’mon, guys, grow up!
    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Phil Hall
    McGrath's new film offers a treat for fans of Dickens and moviegoers who love to see a fairly large cast ham it up with delirious abandon.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 30 Phil Hall
    The new bad movie from Clint Eastwood which takes Dennis Lehane's best-selling thriller and turns it into an inert mess that clocks in at 137 minutes but feels like 137 hours.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 100 Phil Hall
    Offers a remarkable tribute to one of the few people who genuinely deserves to be known as a pioneer of filmmaking. In the genre of films about films, In the Mirror of Maya Deren is among the best.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 20 Phil Hall
    More of a curio than a classic and it takes the strongest of constitutions to endure this film without entertaining notions of matricide
    • 24 Metascore
    • 20 Phil Hall
    Unless you are severely addicted to Johnny Depp, this film offers very little in the way of genuine entertainment value. Ultimately, “The Brave” should have been renamed “The Foolish.”
    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Phil Hall
    To its favor, the film is blessed with strong peformances by Ozgu Namal as Meryem and Murat Han as Cemal.
    • 22 Metascore
    • 10 Phil Hall
    Ghastly.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 100 Phil Hall
    One of the most effective, intelligent, mature and romantic love stories to come across the screen recently is, of all things, a documentary.

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