Robert K. Elder

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Chicago Tribune
For 245 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 66% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 32% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 5.1 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Robert K. Elder's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 60
Highest review score: 100 The 39 Steps
Lowest review score: 0 The Devil's Rejects
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 141 out of 245
  2. Mixed: 55 out of 245
  3. Negative: 49 out of 245
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    • 36 Metascore
    • 38 Robert K. Elder
    Resident Evil: Apocalypse
    Might be justified as "mindless fun" if it weren't for the acute lack of fun in its 93 minutes.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 38 Robert K. Elder
    Woman Thou Art Loosed
    Jakes' characters are points to be made, flesh and blood cautionary tales that don't particularly feel human. His dialogue, even in the mouths of Michelle and her troubled mother, sounds as if it comes straight from the pulpit.
    • 33 Metascore
    • 38 Robert K. Elder
    Raise Your Voice
    Worst of all, though, is the movie's moral maneuvering.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 38 Robert K. Elder
    Because of Winn-Dixie
    Tries hard to be sweet but plays like "Pollyanna" with fleas.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 38 Robert K. Elder
    Her Majesty
    Against "Whale Rider's" well-acted, intimate story, Gordon's film feels like an endless spiral of sub-par soap-opera acting, mired in trite, predictable dialogue.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 38 Robert K. Elder
    Herbie Fully Loaded
    If "Mean Girls" was Lohan's debutante ball, "Herbie" sits her back at the kiddie table. She's matured, and no longer fits in the Disney mold.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 38 Robert K. Elder
    Yours, Mine and Ours
    Even as slapstick, it's a major snoozefest.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 38 Robert K. Elder
    The Kid & I
    Though The Kid & I falters as both a comedy and an After School Special, it works as a rather touching episode of "This is Your Life," with a parade of cameos from Arnold's career that'll coax a sniffle or two from his family.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 38 Robert K. Elder
    The Protector
    Anytime Jaa isn't on screen, The Protector sputters.
    • 29 Metascore
    • 38 Robert K. Elder
    Snow Dogs
    Amiable Gooding still smiles through it all, weathering the cold, physical abuse and implied racism, doing his best to make his audience believe that Snow Dogs isn't offensive mush. But he can't bring it off.
    • 16 Metascore
    • 38 Robert K. Elder
    The Learning Curve
    A pair of decent performances does not a movie make, however, as Mazur and Giovinazzo are surrounded by fourth-tier actors (Ventresca and Steven Bauer) and spotty directing of a mediocre script.
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    • 52 Metascore
    • 38 Robert K. Elder
    Blade II
    Against the rest of his dramatically flimsy crew, Snipes' sunglasses-at-midnight strut conveys an almost lifelike sheen. Almost. He's more alive than the movie, which is dead on arrival.
    • 20 Metascore
    • 38 Robert K. Elder
    Corky Romano
    Worth your time and money? Fuhgeddaboutit.
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    • 25 Metascore
    • 38 Robert K. Elder
    Jason X
    Jason X conjures up more giggles than scares, assuming you make it through the first 15 minutes.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 38 Robert K. Elder
    Joe Somebody
    If "American Beauty" were a bland comedy, it would be Joe Somebody.
    • 16 Metascore
    • 38 Robert K. Elder
    FeardotCom
    As scary and minor-chord heavy as FearDotCom can be, there's no big payoff, no logical resolution.
    • 19 Metascore
    • 38 Robert K. Elder
    Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
    Offers the most onscreen explosions in recent memory. It's almost pornography for arsonists.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 38 Robert K. Elder
    Clockstoppers
    With Clockstoppers, Frakes hobbles along with a high-concept film that doesn't live up to its potential.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 38 Robert K. Elder
    Orange County
    Black delivers the best line (“Do you want me to get naked and start the revolution?”), and Lithgow scores a giggle for calling his ex-wife “coyote ugly” to her face, but neither of them can disguise this lemon.
    • 21 Metascore
    • 38 Robert K. Elder
    Summer Catch
    Neither drama nor comedy, Summer Catch is a long, slow lob of a movie that never crosses the plate.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 38 Robert K. Elder
    Wet Hot American Summer
    This low-budget comedy will most likely try the patience of a paying audience with its uneven pacing, wavering tone and poor production quality.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 38 Robert K. Elder
    What a Girl Wants
    Were it not for young star Amanda Bynes' energetic good nature in the face of drab dialogue and wooden stereotypes, What a Girl Wants might have been a career-ending movie violation rather than just an embarrassing fender-bender.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 38 Robert K. Elder
    Returner
    Serves as both an homage to and shameless thief of its influences. The result: a sprawling, deformed, undisciplined piece of cinema that hobbles along on weak, genre-splicing tactics.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 38 Robert K. Elder
    You Got Served
    When a movie keeps repeating its title, you know it's a stinker.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 38 Robert K. Elder
    The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
    Like all B-movies (or in this case, pseudo B-movies), "Skeleton" contains sparkling moments of promise and camp performance.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 38 Robert K. Elder
    The Gatekeeper
    Is it a political movie? Yes. A movie with strong ideas and issues? Yes. But propaganda with its heart in the right place is still propaganda, and seldom easy to watch.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 38 Robert K. Elder
    Stateside
    Ultimately, Stateside ends up a diluted, scattered drama--less than the sum of its parts, but with an impressive cameo list.
    • 27 Metascore
    • 25 Robert K. Elder
    Catwoman
    The "Showgirls" of superhero movies. This is not a compliment. A vacuous lingerie show posing as feminism, it's the biggest movie hairball this side of "Garfield."
    • 29 Metascore
    • 25 Robert K. Elder
    Noel
    So dark and dirge-like are its first 85 minutes that a few uplifting minutes at the end can't dissipate the somber cloud Noel summons.
    • 34 Metascore
    • 25 Robert K. Elder
    Undead
    If only they didn't cannibalize their source material so much, then take an extreme rule reversal just before the end credits, they might have achieved something original, rather than just a fan-fiction derivation of George A. Romero's canon.
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