Rodrigo Perez

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For 486 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 51% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 47% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 1.1 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Rodrigo Perez's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 65
Highest review score: 100 Captain Phillips
Lowest review score: 0 The Babysitter: Killer Queen
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 283 out of 486
  2. Mixed: 130 out of 486
  3. Negative: 73 out of 486
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 100 Rodrigo Perez
    A Complete Unknown
    Mangold has crafted the definitive portrait of this era and the poetic, aspiring, rebellious kid who refused to be pigeonholed, held down and defined.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 100 Rodrigo Perez
    Resurrection
    Resurrection is emotionally searing, wildly unhinged and maybe even a little batshit crazy. However, as anchored by its two fiercely committed and convincing lead performances (Rebecca Hall and Tim Roth), a menacingly disquieting tone, and a frightening ambiguity about a disintegrating mental state, Resurrection is a deeply distressing and compelling drama that will shock and shake you to your core.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 91 Rodrigo Perez
    The Stanford Prison Experiment
    Alvarez’s clinical but deeply engrossing execution of the drama is mesmerizing in its directness.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 83 Rodrigo Perez
    Ant-Man and the Wasp
    Ant-Man & The Wasp somehow manages to organize laughs, action, theme, small MCU connections and even fairly touching ideas about family, responsibility and what it means to be a hero all housed inside of an undersized blockbuster.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 58 Rodrigo Perez
    The Nightmare
    The Nightmare can be deeply distressing and blood-curdling, and it can be a little silly, too.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 67 Rodrigo Perez
    Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free
    Somewhere You Feel Free certainly captures the spirit of the time, the sadness, the warm-heartedness, and the creative openness, but one could easily argue it doesn’t really add that much substantive value, beyond some of the making-of stories and what’s already there in the poignant grooves of the music.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 75 Rodrigo Perez
    Materialists
    As an perceptive story about desireability, our collective value as people or romantic partners, what we’re worth, what we’re willing to compromise for happiness and love and how the courtship market makes us treat one another as casual, often throw-away commodities, it’s an insightful, if imperfect, piece worthy of your affections.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 75 Rodrigo Perez
    The Phoenician Scheme
    The Phoenician Scheme, for all its involved branches, never really comes together deeply or meaningfully. Still, it remains charming and entertaining nonetheless.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 75 Rodrigo Perez
    Happy Christmas
    The film does possess ample charms and insights, though admittedly, they do take quite a long time to coalesce.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 83 Rodrigo Perez
    The Threesome
    Perhaps the biggest achievement of The Threesome is how it manages to remain real, grounded and tender but still succeeds in finding opportune moments of comedy in an undoubtedly absurd situation.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 100 Rodrigo Perez
    Kicks
    Tipping’s bold and meditative drama with its reflective moods and streetwise grime has delivered one of the best feature-length debuts of 2016 and one of the best films of the year, period.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 58 Rodrigo Perez
    Viva
    A moving movie that tries too hard to please and thus never truly satisfies.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 Rodrigo Perez
    Digging for Fire
    Digging For Fire is low-lit and pitched in a minor key, a quiet meditation on compromise, individuality, the loss of identity within a marriage, and the aftermath of disorientation that comes with having children and losing touch with your former life.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 Rodrigo Perez
    I Am Greta
    I Am Greta may be a bit uneven, a little unsatisfying, and low on Climate Change context but it will stir the spirit and absolutely inspire your deep admiration for this devoted and steadfast teenager, and her commitment to real change and political accountability.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 100 Rodrigo Perez
    Hide Your Smiling Faces
    Featuring two exceptional lead performances from these two boys, first rate beauty-in-ugliness photography and an unusually extraordinary command of tone, Carbone’s picture skillfully articulates the inexpressible.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 91 Rodrigo Perez
    Zero Motivation
    An absorbing office saga and diverting dark comedy, Zero Motivation is a surprisingly insightful coming-of-age tale, utilizing the milieu of the military to look at desire, loneliness, identity, fitting in and many aspects of everyday complex female life.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 50 Rodrigo Perez
    Into the Woods
    Has its moments, especially any time Streep is on screen, but as it strains on at an overlong two hours, the glitter of fairy tale movie magic diminishes, leaving only a pale shadow.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 Rodrigo Perez
    Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5
    Peck’s genuine admiration for the sharpness and clarity of Orwell’s writing, combined with the rich tonality of Damian Lewis’ narration, gives the author as grandly respectful a presentation as “I Am Not Your Negro” did for James Baldwin. If “Orwell: 2+2=5” gets one more person to discover Orwell’s work for themselves, then its job will have been accomplished.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 Rodrigo Perez
    Are We Good?
    By the end, Are We Good? transcends its conventional biographical trappings to land somewhere soulful. Dragging us through the wreckage of grief and out the other side, it suggests that Maron’s legacy isn’t merely acerbic stand-up or podcast milestones, but the more complex work of becoming human in public.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 83 Rodrigo Perez
    Spider-Man: Far from Home
    Ultimately, Spider-Man Far From Home turns all its intelligent themes into a triumphant story of self-belief for Peter Parker.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 83 Rodrigo Perez
    Ginger & Rosa
    Beautiful, yet dark and moving, unsparing, but told with a sympathetic eye, Ginger & Rosa is sometimes relentless in its examination of emotional pain.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 58 Rodrigo Perez
    The Deepest Breath
    The Deepest Breath isn’t hiding the fact that there are daring hazards involved with athletes risking their lives for world records, but it isn't exactly forthcoming either, and the failure to effectively thread that needle is its biggest problem.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 42 Rodrigo Perez
    The Drop
    An uninspired movie, The Drop would be utterly forgettable if it weren't for the fact that you’re left wondering how all this talent created something so unexceptional.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 67 Rodrigo Perez
    Last Days in the Desert
    An admirable and touching picture, Last Days In The Desert can be deeply moving in moments, but as restrained and elegant as it is, the picture never quite transcends.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 83 Rodrigo Perez
    Cha Cha Real Smooth
    Cha Cha Real Smooth is an affable, heart-on-its-sleeve winner.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 75 Rodrigo Perez
    The Harder They Fall
    When it rides off into the sunset, what you’re left with is a diverse, reimagined fable of iniquity, holy retribution, and comeuppance that is as entertaining as it is surprisingly soulful.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 75 Rodrigo Perez
    Star Trek Beyond
    Sometimes silly, outlandish, and sentimental in its fan service-y callbacks, Star Trek Beyond and its sense of entertaining urgency often trumps its insubstantial qualities, as illogical as that may be.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 83 Rodrigo Perez
    Art and Craft
    Straightforwardly shot and sensitive of its subject, Art And Craft is a intriguing depiction of counterfeit impulses (both wrongly perceived and irrepressible), immense talent gone awry and what lies behind the desire to create.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 50 Rodrigo Perez
    Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
    As a “release it during an election year” film and response to the world’s current political crisis, clearly cobbled together at the last minute, it’s perhaps a fitting goodbye to a flawed character who has resurfaced suddenly to say, in the fleeting final minutes of the film, maybe we can change.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 83 Rodrigo Perez
    Thunderbolts*
    Thunderbolts* isn’t an MCU game-changer, by any stretch, but it’s not aspiring to be either. Is it a two-hour therapy session about self-compassion, being kind to ourselves, and giving ourselves a break from all the transgressions we have tortured ourselves about, wrapped up in a comic book movie? Maybe, but it’s got a big heart, a strong emotional point of view, a good sense of humor when needed, and has something touching to say about forgiving ourselves enough to transform our pain into something that can do good, and that feels like a small but meaningful victory to me.
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