Rene Rodriguez

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Miami Herald, Variety
For 1,942 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 47% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 50% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 2.9 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Rene Rodriguez's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 63
Highest review score: 100 Manchester by the Sea
Lowest review score: 0 The Mangler
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,218 out of 1942
  2. Mixed: 455 out of 1942
  3. Negative: 269 out of 1942
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 63 Rene Rodriguez
    I Killed My Mother
    I Killed My Mother fares less well when Dolan gives in to some ill-conceived stylistic flourishes (understandable for a young, first-time filmmaker) or when his reach as a dramatist exceeds his grasp (an incident involving thugs who gay-bash Hubert, for example, feels superfluous). But the crux of the film is the furious, tempestuous bond between Hubert and Chantale, and through their volcanic fights, you can see Dolan's considerable talent at its least adorned. [23 Apr 2010, p.G7]
    • Miami Herald
      • Posted Dec 13, 2017
    • 67 Metascore
    • 63 Rene Rodriguez
    T2 Trainspotting
    The movie is at its best when it flirts with becoming a meta-sequel — a film whose characters know they’ve been in a movie called “Trainspotting.”
    • 62 Metascore
    • 75 Rene Rodriguez
    Kong: Skull Island
    Kong: Skull Island is fast, playful and ridiculous, a big-budget extravaganza with the soul of a spirited B-movie.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 75 Rene Rodriguez
    Logan
    In Logan, the clawed mutant Wolverine finally gets to slash through the constraints of a kid-friendly PG-13 rating, and the result is bloody, vicious fun. The squeamish will avert their eyes, and young children should not be allowed anywhere near this movie, no matter how many X-Men action figures they own.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 75 Rene Rodriguez
    The Salesman
    The Salesman doesn’t have the same precision and emotional wallop of his previous films: The plot hinges on a couple of convenient contrivances, and the first half meanders a bit.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 88 Rene Rodriguez
    The LEGO Batman Movie
    The filmmakers’ fondness and respect for all things Batman are what elevate The Lego Batman Movie past the trappings of a funny cartoon. Who could have guessed, in the era of non-stop comic-book pictures, that a movie that uses toys as protagonist would do the most justice to the enigmatic Bruce Wayne?
    • 90 Metascore
    • 100 Rene Rodriguez
    Paterson
    The movie is quiet and serene, but it stirs and inspires and amuses. In the small details of an ordinary life, Jarmusch finds wells of beauty and empathy. The movie is an exploration of the deep pleasures of creativity.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 100 Rene Rodriguez
    Silence
    Silence feels like a career summation for a filmmaker who has spent his life exploring his faith through his work. Here is a movie about the importance of religion that will move you, regardless of whichever God you worship — or don’t.
    • 94 Metascore
    • 100 Rene Rodriguez
    La La Land
    Here is a celebration of the artistic drive that is also a daring feat of showmanship, as technically accomplished in its own way as “Mad Max Fury Road” or “The Revenant."
    • 96 Metascore
    • 100 Rene Rodriguez
    Manchester by the Sea
    But this is also his funniest, nimblest picture: There are long stretches in it that could pass for a comedy.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 88 Rene Rodriguez
    Christine
    She's such a fascinating, faceted character that halfway through "Christine" you almost forget about what's coming.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 75 Rene Rodriguez
    Hacksaw Ridge
    Hacksaw Ridge may be too syrupy for cynical tastes and too brutal for the timid.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 88 Rene Rodriguez
    The Handmaiden
    This may not be Park’s best or gravest picture. But it might be his most entertaining.
    • 99 Metascore
    • 100 Rene Rodriguez
    Moonlight
    Sometimes, the simplest, smallest things require the greatest courage. Moonlight is Miami’s first bonafide movie masterpiece.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 88 Rene Rodriguez
    Hell or High Water
    It’s ABOUT something, which has become a rarity in Hollywood pictures. Sometimes, the smallest stories cast the largest shadows.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 75 Rene Rodriguez
    War Dogs
    Phillips keeps the movie funny and riotous without glamorizing his characters’ misdeeds. The film is a comedy, but it’s never trivial, and the filmmakers don’t let the government’s participation in what transpired slip by unnoticed.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 75 Rene Rodriguez
    Train to Busan
    Best of all, the story moves as fast as that bullet train, careening from one impossible predicament to the next while the characters jostle to survive.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 75 Rene Rodriguez
    De Palma
    De Palma never achieved the box-office and Oscar glory of his contemporaries (Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese), but this documentary is a testament to a talent that merits a place at their table.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 75 Rene Rodriguez
    The Neon Demon
    The Neon Demon is a voluptuous provocation, a stylish free-fall down a gonzo rabbit hole that is as entrancing as it is maddening. Here is a rarity in this season of summer movie doldrums: A film that is guaranteed to elicit strong reactions.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 75 Rene Rodriguez
    Serial Killer 1
    The movie generates suspense by keeping its focus on the detective and the attorney, two professionals trying to do their jobs the best they can. They just happen to be required to confront unspeakable evil, try to understand it, stare it in the eyes.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 63 Rene Rodriguez
    Finding Dory
    The scale of Finding Dory is bigger than that of "Finding Nemo," but I started missing the smaller, more intimate excitement of the fishing tank inside the dentist’s office in Nemo.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 88 Rene Rodriguez
    The Lobster
    Another strange, sometimes harrowing exercise in absurdity that resonates despite its weirdness.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 75 Rene Rodriguez
    Weiner
    Weiner tells a different story — a riveting portrait of a man so consumed by hubris and confidence that he is utterly blind to his failings.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 88 Rene Rodriguez
    Presenting Princess Shaw
    The emotional connection we develop with her as the movie unfolds pays off in the final 20 minutes, which is about as happy of an ending as anyone could imagine, except this one really happened.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 75 Rene Rodriguez
    Kinatay
    This is more of an exercise in experiential cinema, as well as a blistering critique of a society that drives its poorest to unimaginable acts for mere survival.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 75 Rene Rodriguez
    A Bigger Splash
    In its last half-hour, A Bigger Splash becomes a specific kind of story, and it’s not as pleasurable or strange as what preceded it.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 63 Rene Rodriguez
    The Nice Guys
    The Nice Guys never lives up to the promise of its hilarious first 10 minutes, but Crowe and Gosling are good enough to leave you hoping for a sequel.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 88 Rene Rodriguez
    Captain America: Civil War
    After the nihilistic deconstruction of Deadpool and the flattening self-importance of Batman v. Superman, Captain America: Civil War reminds you how funny and exciting these pictures can be when they’re done right — you know, like comic books. The summer movie season has barely begun, and already the remedy for superhero film fatigue has arrived.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 75 Rene Rodriguez
    The First Monday in May
    The movie has been smartly built to satisfy hardcore fashionistas and red-carpet gawkers in equal measure.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 Rene Rodriguez
    Viva
    Viva is "Rocky" in drag and sequins, transplanted to Havana. The movie is pure formula, but it’s surprisingly effective anyway, because director Paddy Breathnach and screenwriter Mark O’Halloran don’t sugarcoat the reality of life on the island.
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