Rex Reed

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For 1,210 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 48% higher than the average critic
  • 1% same as the average critic
  • 51% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 8.7 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Rex Reed's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 57
Highest review score: 100 The Light Between Oceans
Lowest review score: 0 Corporate Animals
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 602 out of 1210
  2. Mixed: 289 out of 1210
  3. Negative: 319 out of 1210
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    • 37 Metascore
    • 75 Rex Reed
    Gimme Shelter
    It’s not for the squeamish, but thanks to a riveting central performance by Vanessa Hudgens and a compassionate screenplay by Ron Krauss, who also directed, this is a far more sobering and substantial exposé of homeless teenage girls on the dangerous edge of society than you might expect.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 Rex Reed
    Fair Game
    Fair Game is an important exposé of corrupt political power gone toxic. It's good enough that it deserves to be better.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 75 Rex Reed
    The Call of the Wild
    Buck is lovable forever. If you think he’s perfection on four legs, he is. If you think he’s the most human dog since Lassie, Benji and Rin Tin Tin, he isn’t. Because Buck, you see, is computer-generated. Never mind. I guarantee you will love him anyway.
    • 29 Metascore
    • 75 Rex Reed
    The Great Alaskan Race
    The Great Alaskan Race is the vigorous, heartbreaking film about that true story that will leave you cheering.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 75 Rex Reed
    The Intouchables
    It has warmth, humor and an understated sweetness that is not to be taken for granted.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 75 Rex Reed
    The Prey
    Okay, The Prey is ridiculous hokum that proves the French can make overwrought Hollywood thrillers with the same indefatigable energy and implausible realism as anyone else. It is also a slick, suspenseful adrenalin rush disguised as unexpected, nerve-wracking fun.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 75 Rex Reed
    Cold War
    The two stars deserve bigger vehicles in grander epics, Pawlikowski cements his reputation as a major filmmaker to reckon with, and although it leaves you wanting more, Cold War is a film that is both illuminating and haunting at the same time.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 75 Rex Reed
    At the Gates
    At the Gates is a noble film that forces you to think about both sides of a controversial issue in a new light. Not exactly a masterpiece, but highly recommended.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 75 Rex Reed
    A Better Life
    The power in this movie is the way Chris Weitz trusts us to discover the facts for ourselves.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 75 Rex Reed
    Desierto
    Desierto is an action thriller that delivers unforgettable punches at a feverish pace. You won’t doze through this one.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 75 Rex Reed
    The Voices
    It’s a tormented Tony Perkins at the Bates Motel, re-imagined by "Saturday Night Live," with all the risks implied.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 75 Rex Reed
    Respect
    Jennifer Hudson is so spectacular in Respect, the Aretha Franklin biopic, that she makes you overlook, ignore and eventually forgive the film’s multitudinous flaws.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 75 Rex Reed
    Heartbeats
    Director Dolan gets the feeling of emptiness so right that anyone who has ever known the heartbreak of a crushing affair can easily identify, even with subtitles.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 75 Rex Reed
    Private Romeo
    No contemporary film that promotes love instead of war should be overlooked. Private Romeo will undoubtedly be regarded by some as a curio, but it's a sweet, sympathetic and surprising one, highly recommended to the adventurous spirit in an enlightened and changing world.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 75 Rex Reed
    Queen of Katwe
    A rewarding family film indeed, at a time when we badly need one.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 75 Rex Reed
    Cassandro
    Nothing new in any of it, but the tenderness of his performance stretches Bernal’s talents to the point of heartbreak, and his fearless and startling determination to “let it all hang out” results in a challenging star performance that is a thrill to watch and a privilege to applaud.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 75 Rex Reed
    Book Club
    It’s such a pleasure to see four mature women, more beautiful, glamorous, desirable and pulled together than most of the ladies today who are half their age, share the screen in all their glory that it’s easy to forget how disappointing the movie is.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 75 Rex Reed
    Studio 54
    As a savage tale of how unparalleled success can feed the kind of toxic greed that orchestrates eventual downfall, Studio 54 is as unsettling as it is exhilarating.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 75 Rex Reed
    Bokeh
    Beautiful and challenging, Bokeh has a pristine look and chilling feel of its own that contributes enormously to the mood and tone of the whole film.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 75 Rex Reed
    The Children Act
    A single idea stretched out for nearly two hours, it’s an odd but strangely compelling film, but so ponderously paced that it doesn’t always convince.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 75 Rex Reed
    Beginners
    The best thing about Beginners is the way it accepts every character in a nonjudgmental way.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 75 Rex Reed
    Honour
    Aiysha Hart delivers a mesmerizing performance.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 75 Rex Reed
    Lovely, Still
    It's still worth seeing for its two dazzling centerpieces.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 75 Rex Reed
    The English Teacher
    Under Craig Zisk’s frisky direction, the entire cast is superb and wrinkle-free. The screenplay, by husband-wife team Dan and Stacy Chariton, is thin as a poker chip but as clever as it is contrived.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 75 Rex Reed
    The Art of Getting By
    Has more charm and wit than most of its J.D. Salinger-inspired cousins in the same genre, and is undeniably engaging.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 75 Rex Reed
    Land Ho!
    The film, written and directed by Martha Stephens and Aaron Katz, is slow as Christmas, but the two protagonists grow on you, like a Virginia creeper vine climbing a garden wall.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 75 Rex Reed
    Iceman
    The film is so realistic and remote from any modern reality that you will never once imagine a catering truck parked nearby or makeup mirror for the actors to check their wounds.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 75 Rex Reed
    House of Gucci
    Juicy, extravagant, glamorous, decadent and a crowd-pleasing carousel of euro-trash camp, Ridley Scott’s sordid saga about the rise and fall of the Gucci fashion empire has something for everybody.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 75 Rex Reed
    Beautiful Boy
    Carell delivers a performance both tender and tough.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 75 Rex Reed
    Edge of Seventeen
    The writing (by Todd Stephens) and direction (by David Moreton) are untidy, but the film gets along on its own sweetness and sincerity before everyone removes the masks and realizes it's O.K. to be who and what you are in life. [10 May 1999]
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