Roger Ebert

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Chicago Sun-Times, RogerEbert.com
For 5,564 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 73% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 25% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 5.8 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Roger Ebert's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 71
Highest review score: 100 42: Forty Two Up
Lowest review score: 0 I Spit on Your Grave
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4,184 out of 5564
  2. Mixed: 802 out of 5564
  3. Negative: 578 out of 5564
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    • 65 Metascore
    • 63 Roger Ebert
    Circumstance
    The strongest message for most Western audiences will be the way the subjugation of women saturates every aspect of this society, and clearly informs even Mehran's kinkiness. Yes, but I wish Keshavarz had chosen a more low-key, everyday approach to two ordinary teenagers, and gone slowly on the lush eroticism and cinematic voyeurism.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 63 Roger Ebert
    Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
    Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang contains a lot of comedy and invention, but doesn't much benefit from its clever style. The characters and plot are so promising that maybe Black should have backed off and told the story deadpan, instead of mugging so shamelessly for laughs.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 63 Roger Ebert
    The Others
    In drawing out his effects, Amenabar is a little too confident that style can substitute for substance. As our suspense was supposed to be building, our impatience was outstripping it.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 63 Roger Ebert
    Edge of Darkness
    Winstone's interaction with Gibson provides the movie with much of its interest. For the rest, it's a skillful exercise in CGI and standard-order thriller supplies.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 63 Roger Ebert
    The Lucky One
    The Lucky One is at its heart a romance novel, elevated however by Nicholas Sparks' persuasive storytelling.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 63 Roger Ebert
    Extract
    Sort of entertaining, but lacks the focus and comic energy of Judge's "Office Space" (1999), and to believe that Suzie would be attracted to the gigolo requires not merely the suspension of disbelief, but its demolition.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 63 Roger Ebert
    Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
    Is Terminator 3 a skillful piece of work? Indeed. Will it entertain the Friday night action crowd? You bet. Does it tease and intrigue us like the earlier films did? Not really.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 63 Roger Ebert
    Empire
    Comes so close to working that you can see there from here. It has the right approach and the right opening premise, but it lacks the zest and it goes for a plot twist instead of trusting the material.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 63 Roger Ebert
    Latter Days
    One of the sly pleasures of Latter Days is the sight of this gay-themed movie recycling so many conventions from straight romantic cinema, as if it's time to catch up.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 63 Roger Ebert
    Red Tails
    Red Tails is entertaining. Audiences are likely to enjoy it. The scenes of aerial combat are skillfully done and exciting.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 63 Roger Ebert
    The Skeleton Key
    One of those movies that explains too much while it is explaining too little, and leaves us with a surprise at the end that makes more sense the less we think about it. But the movie's mastery of technique makes up for a lot.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 63 Roger Ebert
    The Incredible Hulk
    By the time the Incredible Hulk had completed his hulk-on-hulk showdown with the Incredible Blonsky, I had been using my Timex with the illuminated dial way too often.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 63 Roger Ebert
    Finding Amanda
    Broderick is splendid as the gambler. He knows, as many addicts do, that the addictive personality is very inward, however much acting out might take place.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 63 Roger Ebert
    Woman on Top
    This is the kind of movie you sort of like, and yet even while you're liking it, you're thinking how much better these characters and this situation could have been with a little more imagination and daring.
    • 33 Metascore
    • 63 Roger Ebert
    Bedtime Stories
    This is a harmless and pleasant Disney comedy and one of only three family movies playing over the holidays.
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