Robyn Bahr

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The Hollywood Reporter, Village Voice
For 27 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 48% higher than the average critic
  • 0% same as the average critic
  • 52% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 9.7 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Robyn Bahr's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 56
Highest review score: 100 Sabbath Queen
Lowest review score: 30 Welcome to Happiness
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 27
  3. Negative: 3 out of 27
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 100 Robyn Bahr
    Sabbath Queen
    Ultimately, Sabbath Queen isn’t interested in the headline-grabbing macro conflicts that embroil Jews globally, but the internal culture wars within Judaism itself: fascistic fundamentalism versus reformist progressivism; dominant cishet masculinity versus burgeoning feminine and gender nonconforming voices; hallowed bloodlines versus chosen family. It is one of the best films I’ve seen this year.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Robyn Bahr
    Indigo Girls: It's Only Life After All
    As loving a portrait as this film is, it’s not entirely hagiographic either and I don’t think Ray and Saliers would ever let it be anyway. Throughout the one-on-one interviews, you get the sense that these people are their own biggest critics.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 70 Robyn Bahr
    To All the Boys: Always and Forever
    To All the Boys: Always and Forever is the most mature, and thus, most entertaining of the three films because it highlights the choices Lara Jean makes for herself instead of the choices she makes about other people.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Robyn Bahr
    Transhood
    Offering no narration, expert talking heads or text interstitials, Liese forgoes contextualizing the culture wars and instead lets her subjects speak for themselves. Their pathos, however, doesn't always localize where you'd expect.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Robyn Bahr
    A Secret Love
    Fans of queer cinema, "A League of Their Own" or just good old-fashioned love stories will find much to celebrate in A Secret Love, including a profound wedding scene that rivals any of the nuptials in cinematic history. As it turns out, there is crying in baseball.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 70 Robyn Bahr
    Front Cover
    Come for the breezy chemistry, stay for the thoughtful exploration of racism, homophobia, and xenophobia via a cross-cultural love affair.
    • 33 Metascore
    • 70 Robyn Bahr
    A Haunting in Cawdor
    Although the film attempts to be both a ghastly giallo mood piece and a bloodless teen ghost story, its themes of evolving identity and mental health care elevate it past some of its shock-and-awe trappings.

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