Robert Daniels

Select another critic »
Consequence, IGN, IndieWire, Los Angeles Times, New York Magazine (Vulture), Polygon, RogerEbert.com, Screen Daily, The New York Times, The Playlist
For 431 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 47% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 48% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 0.6 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Robert Daniels' Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 65
Highest review score: 100 The Annihilation of Fish
Lowest review score: 0 The Instigators
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 263 out of 431
  2. Mixed: 98 out of 431
  3. Negative: 70 out of 431
431 movie reviews
view
per page
    • 78 Metascore
    • 100 Robert Daniels
    All That's Left of You
    All That’s Left of You, a multi-generational Palestinian epic, is the kind of accomplished, immaculately rendered film that’s indicative of a director who’s learned much and is ready to seize more.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 70 Robert Daniels
    Greenland 2: Migration
    Ric Roman Waugh’s movie is a notable step up from the first film. The Garritys’ traversal across the treacherous North Atlantic Ocean and dashes past marauding bandits in Europe make for real human stakes.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 50 Robert Daniels
    Scarlet
    Inspired but overwrought, “Scarlet,” an anime adaptation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, begins with stunning style before falling off a major cliff.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 88 Robert Daniels
    Little Trouble Girls
    It’s a profoundly Catholic work, whose slippery sense of sin and living instils great confusion and consternation to those occupying the narrative’s solemn monastery setting.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 90 Robert Daniels
    Endless Cookie
    In Endless Cookie, Seth and Pete Scriver’s kooky, grotesquely animated documentary, a rich oral history poetically blended with oddball comedy invites surprising political revelations.
    • 92 Metascore
    • 100 Robert Daniels
    BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions
    By fashioning a kinetic work that pulls together references and sources from Black literature, music, politics, and meme culture, “BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions” stands as a seismic intellectual awakening.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 100 Robert Daniels
    Cactus Pears
    There are few gentler films you’ll find this year than Rohan Kanawade’s “Cactus Pears.” A touching queer romance whose subtle rhythms pull us into its tender embrace.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 88 Robert Daniels
    The Things You Kill
    An unnerving character study that often borders on thriller territory, “The Things You Kill” is a psychologically intense piece of genre filmmaking.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 50 Robert Daniels
    King Ivory
    While this slick film wants to use their stories to put faces to the fentanyl epidemic, Swab’s genre instincts get the better of him.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 25 Robert Daniels
    Long Shadows
    For the most part, “Long Shadows” is short on reasons to have our attention.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 50 Robert Daniels
    Violent Ends
    While Powell’s film is highly bloody and invested with psychological realism, it lacks a pulse and curiosity that doesn’t befit the excitement promised in the title.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 50 Robert Daniels
    Truth & Treason
    Truth & Treason is a staid drama whose observations about Helmuth could easily be summed up in a quick encyclopedic blurb.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 100 Robert Daniels
    There Was, There Was Not
    It’s a film that’s as aching as it is defiant, reflecting its diverse subjects.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 75 Robert Daniels
    Good Boy
    Good Boy could easily devolve into merely being a gimmick. But Alex Cannon and Leonberg’s dialogue-light script is aiming for more than DTV silliness. They’re making a movie about heart, loyalty, and friendship.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 30 Robert Daniels
    Play Dirty
    Play Dirty is a misanthropic work. Which isn’t inherently a deal breaker, but a stiff Wahlberg lacks the moxie to make the brutal barrage of death amusing or worthwhile.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 40 Robert Daniels
    Anemone
    Even for a man who could be called the greatest actor of his generation, the obtuse script and abstract visual language are too much to overcome in what is ultimately a dull, meandering film.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 88 Robert Daniels
    Riefenstahl
    By making a film that says there is no complicated legacy to Riefenstahl, Veiel’s uncomplicated approach, supported by Riefenstahl’s own words, is strongly rendered into a direct, inarguable slashing of Riefenstahl’s importance.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 12 Robert Daniels
    Him
    There isn’t a single moment of this film that borders on belief as it winds toward a cheap, bloody final freakout that is tepidly filmed in a way that makes you wonder if Tipping believes the horror he’s selling.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 60 Robert Daniels
    The Choral
    The Choral is a narratively jumbled film whose unrestrained sweetness and adept ensemble tie up some of the film’s looser ends.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 50 Robert Daniels
    Clemente
    Judging by this documentary’s easygoing approach, Altrogge wants to use his film as a full-spread story on Clemente. The decision pushes Clemente the man into being a mere memory.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 70 Robert Daniels
    California Schemin'
    A memorable take on the hiphop movie.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 50 Robert Daniels
    Eternity
    Unfortunately, much like the light at the end of the tunnel, the thinness of this situational comedy, which continues to hit the same jokes with diminishing returns, becomes glaringly obvious.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Robert Daniels
    The Christophers
    As a double act, McKellen and Coel are a charming pairing, combining a classic wit and neo-soul cool to delightful results.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 80 Robert Daniels
    Rental Family
    The sincerity of Rental Family’s characters, the Tokyo location and a narrative playfulness more than make up for the film’s less complex threads.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 80 Robert Daniels
    Good Fortune
    Ansari’s screenplay makes the most of the comedy talents of himself, Palmer and Rogen, with each getting their fair share of jabs and zingers. Yet Reeves is the star of the movie, givig the best comedic performance of the year.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 60 Robert Daniels
    The Lost Bus
    For every moment The Lost Bus impresses with it scale and craft, there are other instances where it feels like we’re watching these screaming kids be dragged through a Disney amusement park ride.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 100 Robert Daniels
    It Was Just an Accident
    Through cinematographer Amin Jafari’s sense of environment, the script’s agile tonal changes, and the attentive cast, we are enthralled from minute one until the end of an intense thriller that operates quietly but with no less punch.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 63 Robert Daniels
    Bugonia
    Bugonia is an enraged picture. It’s mad at the world; it’s mad at humanity. Nevertheless, the structuring to reveal the full scope of that anger is surprisingly deliberate.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 60 Robert Daniels
    Caught Stealing
    Though copious bloodshed and plenty of backstabbing does ensue, this laborious film is best when the quirkier tone shakes viewer expectations.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 75 Robert Daniels
    Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
    Cooper doesn’t try to tie neat bows either. He allows this superstar to be flawed and damaged, but not in a cheap melodramatic way, in a relatable way that actually gives you strength to find a reason to believe in seeking help. Springsteen becomes as raw and as frank as the characters in his songs.
Page:

Top Trailers

See all »
See all trailers »