Robert Wilonsky

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Dallas Observer, New Times (L.A.), Village Voice
For 397 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 31% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 67% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 15.8 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Robert Wilonsky's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 50
Highest review score: 100 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Lowest review score: 0 Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 133 out of 397
  2. Mixed: 145 out of 397
  3. Negative: 119 out of 397
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Robert Wilonsky
    Standing in the Shadows of Motown
    If there's a flaw with the film, it's that Justman doesn't trust his narrators enough; too often he'll stage a re-enactment while someone's talking, as if he's afraid the mere tales themselves won't hold our interest. But they will, as long as there's a kid slapping a bass, a sampler swiping a groove or some middle-aged couple slow dancing to Marvin Gaye or the Miracles.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 70 Robert Wilonsky
    Camp
    "Meatballs" handled the sleep-away sex stuff better; here it feels like filler between the killer musical numbers that make even special guest Stephen Sondheim smile on his way out the door.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 50 Robert Wilonsky
    Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
    Funnier when high -- what isn't? -- Harold and Kumar may also serve as the first infomercial for weed and burgers.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 40 Robert Wilonsky
    Pitch Black
    It's just a familiar bore, offering chills and thrills only to those who have never seen a movie before.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 40 Robert Wilonsky
    ZigZag
    Either a put-on or a straight shooter; that you can't tell the difference underscores its small but ultimately overwhelming flaws.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 50 Robert Wilonsky
    Cats & Dogs
    At its best, Cats & Dogs plays like a live-action Tex Avery cartoon, down to the exploding ACME dog bone; it's slapstick and slapdash, full of silly and violent nonsense worth a chuckle or two as dogs slam into glass doors and cats play dead on suburban streets.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 40 Robert Wilonsky
    Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams
    It's far more than merely disappointing that Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams lacks the charm and wit -- and humanity --of its predecessor. It's dispiriting.
    • New Times (L.A.)
    • 65 Metascore
    • 90 Robert Wilonsky
    Maryam
    It's a wise and powerful tale of race and culture forcefully told, with superb performances throughout.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 60 Robert Wilonsky
    Fade to Black
    This Jay-Z documentary is too much of a good thing, really.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 70 Robert Wilonsky
    Wedding Crashers
    Here's a tip: When Vaughn and Wilson are outed as impostors and forced to leave Walken's estate, grab your stuff and walk out. You'll think you just saw a comedy masterpiece.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 30 Robert Wilonsky
    Firewall
    Its execution is stultifying, laughable and ultimately a little offensive.
    • 28 Metascore
    • 40 Robert Wilonsky
    Waking Up in Reno
    Not good enough to overcome its status as damaged goods, which is almost a shame, since audiences will miss Billy Bob Thornton's best performance, and hairpiece, in years.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 80 Robert Wilonsky
    Hearts in Atlantis
    As stirring as it is slight, as effective as it is familiar.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 40 Robert Wilonsky
    King of the Jungle
    Leguizamo is all twitches and spasms; there's not a bit of subtlety in his high-wire performance. By the time you get past it, the film bogs down in dime-store potboiling.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 50 Robert Wilonsky
    Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
    Is it enough to make us like a thing we used to love? For most, that rekindling of an old flame will be good enough.
    • 25 Metascore
    • 10 Robert Wilonsky
    The Bridge of San Luis Rey
    This all-star Euro-indie is stultifyingly torturous.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 90 Robert Wilonsky
    American Psycho
    An ethereal, creepy, almost breathtaking meditation on the life of a mind snapped in two.
    • 29 Metascore
    • 20 Robert Wilonsky
    Domestic Disturbance
    Travolta is stuck giving a remarkable performance in a film so trivial and offensive its mere existence is as loathsome as it is laughable.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 20 Robert Wilonsky
    Loser
    It's too easy, but here goes: This movie's a Loser. Sorry.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 50 Robert Wilonsky
    A History of Violence
    Sometimes junk is junk, no matter how fancy the platter upon which it's served. Which isn't to say A History of Violence is useless junk. It provides a few pleasures and a few giggles; it's a comedy, after all, an action movie in which things unfold at a deadpan pace.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 40 Robert Wilonsky
    Jersey Girl
    Smith used to make movies to make fun of movies like Jersey Girl; now he's just another guy working the assembly line, which won't make you a sell-out if no one buys it.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 20 Robert Wilonsky
    Nicotina
    The only thing worse than second-generation Guy Ritchie is fourth-generation Quentin Tarantino, and this movie has the musty smell of 1995 all over it.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 50 Robert Wilonsky
    Primer
    Love it or hate it, you won't be able to leave it alone.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 100 Robert Wilonsky
    House of Flying Daggers
    Its exquisiteness can overwhelm in a single sitting.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 40 Robert Wilonsky
    Spanglish
    Never quite works, despite the wonderful performances or the decency in the screenplay's margins.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 60 Robert Wilonsky
    Guess Who
    To say it's better than it has any right to be gives the original too much credit and the remake not enough.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 40 Robert Wilonsky
    Ghosts of the Abyss
    The 3D, effective but not yet totally awesome, masks a world of sins: Ghosts can be an awfully tedious voyage-to-the-bottom-of-the-sea.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 90 Robert Wilonsky
    O Brother, Where Art Thou?
    Clooney has become a movie star, and the Coens have given him his very own "It Happened One Night." The man, and the movie, are downright bona fide.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 80 Robert Wilonsky
    Capturing the Friedmans
    Capturing the Friedmans does not end after its credits roll; audiences will try the case over and over again in their heads. Jarecki does not judge, but leaves only tragic clues for us to ponder.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 70 Robert Wilonsky
    The Rules of Attraction
    For all its kinetic energy, for all its camera tricks, for all its dark humor, there's still something a bit off about these Rules, and it's not really Avary's fault.
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