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 3 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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    • 79 Metascore
    • 75 Rene Rodriguez
    I've Loved You So Long
    Director Claudel makes you wait until film's end to discover why, exactly, Juliette committed her unspeakable crime, and it's the only disappointing aspect of the movie -- the only time I've Loved You So Long traipses into melodrama. But the rest of this utterly absorbing picture never strikes a false note.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 63 Rene Rodriguez
    Flags of Our Fathers
    An ambitious, powerful, somber picture, but it never quite moves you the way it should.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 75 Rene Rodriguez
    Reprise
    Its playful approach to chronology and voice-over narration serves to amplify its themes instead of coming off as a show-off trick.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 88 Rene Rodriguez
    Look at Me
    With a light, sometimes hilarious touch, Look at Me deflates the pretensions and self-obsessed nature of a group of wealthy Parisian literati, but its observations about the effects of fame and success and our natural desire to fan them as high as they can go, apply to anyone within range of reality-TV culture.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 88 Rene Rodriguez
    Drive
    What ultimately makes Drive so compelling is its characters - sketches given dimension and heft by a superb cast.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 75 Rene Rodriguez
    Jodorowsky's Dune
    Grandly entertaining documentary.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 75 Rene Rodriguez
    The Visitor
    The Visitor is a small movie, but its emotions could not be writ any larger.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 88 Rene Rodriguez
    Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
    The movie is filled with wonderful music, memorable characters and rich, quotable dialogue. But what makes the picture really soar is the way it reminds you what it feels like to fall in love -- and the endless, countless possibilities a new romance brings.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 75 Rene Rodriguez
    Iron Man
    It's a fantastic special effect because it doesn't look like a special effect: The movie sells the illusion that the suit could maybe, possibly, exist.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 88 Rene Rodriguez
    Control Room
    Control Room may not seem all that compelling 10 years down the road. But right now, at this very moment, it is essential, imperative viewing.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 88 Rene Rodriguez
    Only Lovers Left Alive
    The casting of Hiddleston and Swinton was a stroke of genius: They emanate a particular sort of cool only they seem privy to, accentuating their alienation.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 88 Rene Rodriguez
    Selma
    Instead of a history lesson, Selma plays like suspenseful, absorbing drama.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 75 Rene Rodriguez
    Thieves
    Les Voleurs requires undivided attention and a willingness to let the storyteller tell the tale his way. But Techine proves he's worthy of your trust. [31 Jan 1997, p.4G]
    • Miami Herald
    • 79 Metascore
    • 88 Rene Rodriguez
    Underground
    A feverish pipe dream of a movie, fueled by an unbridled artistic imagination that serves as evidence of mad genius at work. [30 Dec 1996, p.1C]
    • Miami Herald
    • 79 Metascore
    • 50 Rene Rodriguez
    Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
    Watching an army of apes riding horses heading into battle is undeniably cool, but that’s the only thing the movie gives you: Neat eye candy. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is written at a level so low, even 8- year-olds will find it lacking.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 75 Rene Rodriguez
    Let Me In
    If I hadn't seen the original, I might have gone ga-ga over Reeves' version. But even with the shock of novelty gone, the film still draws you into its chilly, demonic heart.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 75 Rene Rodriguez
    Mother
    The movie's utter lack of predictability helps to keep you engaged, even if some of the plot turns are a bit baffling, and the unusual depth and complexity of the characters -- the eponymous heroine in particular -- give the picture its unusual, scalding power. You've never met a mother quite like this one.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 75 Rene Rodriguez
    Searching for Sugar Man
    On one level, Searching for Sugar Man is a testament to how music - or painting or literature or any form of art - can take on a life far greater than its creator intended when it happens to connect with the right people at the right time.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 75 Rene Rodriguez
    Zodiac
    The straightforward approach is crucial, because the movie is constantly doling out so much information -- so many names and places and theories to keep track of -- that it borders on the overwhelming. Occasionally, it's a little dull, too.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 63 Rene Rodriguez
    Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
    At least the special effects in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen are remarkable: You never tire of the endless variations of robots Bay and his computer-generated effects crew come up with.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 75 Rene Rodriguez
    The Devil's Backbone
    After a leisurely first half, The Devil's Backbone becomes utterly spellbinding, its tension mounting in steady increments, its story taking one dark turn after another, and its bittersweet resolution destined to haunt you long after you've left the theater.
    • Miami Herald
    • 78 Metascore
    • 63 Rene Rodriguez
    Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
    We never get much insight into this rather mysterious composer, a difficult task but one the movie seems to promise. [04 Feb 1994, p.G21]
    • Miami Herald
    • 78 Metascore
    • 88 Rene Rodriguez
    28 Weeks Later
    Those rigorously moral and humanistic underpinnings give 28 Weeks Later a kind of power that 100 Saws and Texas Chainsaw Massacre remakes could never achieve.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 75 Rene Rodriguez
    Insomnia
    So thoroughly absorbing while it's unfolding that later, when you play the movie back in your head, it's surprising to realize how ordinary it is. That's a testament to Nolan's talent: He's able to make even the hoariest clichés feel fresh.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 88 Rene Rodriguez
    Hard Boiled
    As a director, Woo never hesitates, and the result is exhilarating. [22 Oct 1993, p.G6]
    • Miami Herald
    • 78 Metascore
    • 63 Rene Rodriguez
    Gas Food Lodging
    Gas, Food, Lodging should send plenty of movie offers in Balk's direction. She's a perceptive and subtle actress, comfortable at playing both adolescent giddiness and terror in the same unmannered style. It is her performance, and the touching character she creates, that ultimately makes this movie worth seeing. [9 Nov 1982, p.E3]
    • Miami Herald
    • 78 Metascore
    • 75 Rene Rodriguez
    Head-On
    What ensues is a love story ringed by barbed wire and etched in blood with the jagged neck of a broken beer bottle.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 75 Rene Rodriguez
    The Deep End
    Swinton single-handedly carries The Deep End past its nagging ambiguities.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 63 Rene Rodriguez
    Shadow of the Vampire
    Worth seeing for Dafoe's performance alone, a singular mixture of camp and pathos that echoes the tragic, romantic allure of vampires in literature and film.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 75 Rene Rodriguez
    The War Room
    Democrats will enjoy The War Room more than anyone: Other parties unavoidably receive short shrift here, and Bush barbs (some of them hilariously pointed) fly constantly. Regardless of your party ties, however, The War Room is riveting viewing -- proof once again that when it comes to politics, the movies have nothing over reality. [26 Feb 1994, p.G5]
    • Miami Herald
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