Ross Bonaime

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For 405 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 60% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 36% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 3.8 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Ross Bonaime's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 69
Highest review score: 100 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Lowest review score: 0 Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 279 out of 405
  2. Mixed: 114 out of 405
  3. Negative: 12 out of 405
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    • 48 Metascore
    • 40 Ross Bonaime
    The Gallerist
    The Gallerist is a disappointment, especially considering that Yan’s last movie as director was the vastly underrated DC film, Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) from 2020, a hyper-stylized, playful, and unconventional take on the superhero genre. It would’ve been wonderful to see that version of Yan here, creating an unhinged look at the art world that was experimental, spirited, and daring in the way that film was.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 75 Ross Bonaime
    Gran Turismo
    On paper, it already doesn’t seem like it makes sense as a Blomkamp film, and on the screen, he makes even less sense for this project. In the world of racing films, Gran Turismo is merely drafting near the back.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 50 Ross Bonaime
    Cat Person
    There are great ideas within Cat Person, and when this story sticks to the meat of the original story, it’s a fascinating look at dating from a female perspective. Unfortunately, the nose dive in its intent in the final act, when Cat Person gets away from the short story, makes Cat Person two-thirds a solid film, and one-third an absurd blunder.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 67 Ross Bonaime
    Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
    There's a fascinating world to explore here, and Ant-Man finally gets close to the full realization of the potential of his character and this concept, but it all, unfortunately, gets overtaken by the Conquerer. Quantumania is a promising, but shaky start for Phase 5 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it's just a shame it comes at the sake of the little guy.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 60 Ross Bonaime
    Sacrifice
    As a ridiculous tale of a celebrity trying to make himself matter, Sacrifice is quite a bit of fun, but any attempt to make a larger point falls flat, just like so many films before it.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 83 Ross Bonaime
    Haunted Mansion
    Haunted Mansion isn’t reinventing the wheel with this haunted house story, for sure, but it’s the gratification of watching this cast have fun with each other, and the pleasure that Simien and Dippold have playing in this sandbox that makes this quite often a treat to watch.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 75 Ross Bonaime
    Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
    Instead of having to explain this universe, The Secrets of Dumbledore can let us sit with these characters reckoning with the loves they’ve lost in quiet and gentle ways, create a captivating and often hilarious action sequence with a multitude of beasts, or explore the history of Dumbledore’s family with subtlety.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 60 Ross Bonaime
    Jimpa
    Jimpa is a heartfelt tribute that unfortunately doesn't resonate as much as it should.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 42 Ross Bonaime
    Wish
    Disney has been at the forefront of animation in film for much of its 100 years and their legacy is unparalleled. That’s a lot to put on the shoulders of any animated film, but Wish, with its mundane celebration of this history, is a disappointing commemoration of these accomplishments.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 58 Ross Bonaime
    Sonic the Hedgehog 2
    It’s truly impressive that Fowler has found a way to integrate the wild world and characters of the Sonic the Hedgehog games into the real world in a way that actually works, but it’s a shame that it comes at the expense of the story of friendship that made the first Sonic the Hedgehog film so charming.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 50 Ross Bonaime
    Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
    Godzilla x Kong is a vacuous de-evolution into monster-on-monster action but also arguably the best possible version of that transition. There’s no doubt that this is fairly moronic, but it still manages to be an improvement over what we’ve seen from the last two installments in this cinematic universe.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 50 Ross Bonaime
    The Seven Faces of Jane
    The Seven Faces of Jane is a curious experiment, but ultimately, a failed one.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 42 Ross Bonaime
    Shazam! Fury of the Gods
    There is potential within the Shazam! films that have never quite been met. Especially with this latest installment, this often feels like DC’s attempt at having a Spider-Man-esque character in their roster, and if you squint, you can almost see that possibility.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 60 Ross Bonaime
    Until Dawn
    As entertaining as Until Dawn is, it’s fairly light in most regards, other than the kills. While the characters in the game had more time to have intricate connections to one another, these five are fairly one-note.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 40 Ross Bonaime
    Ballad of a Small Player
    Edward Berger's latest is all style and no substance, despite giving Colin Farrell a weird role to sink his teeth into.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 83 Ross Bonaime
    The Super Mario Bros. Movie
    The Super Mario Bros. Movie captures the spirit of the games, the deep history, and the incredible possibilities that these games have presented for decades, all in one of the most fun animated films in years, with a team behind it that you can feel loves these characters and this world.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 42 Ross Bonaime
    Bigbug
    After a decade away, Jeunet has returned to embrace all of his worst eccentricities to create an absurd mess.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 50 Ross Bonaime
    Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
    Frozen Empire attempts to evoke the past with constant callbacks, while trying to make the audience care about a more modern story with characters for a new generation, and ends up failing on both counts.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 70 Ross Bonaime
    IF
    When the film gets going in its tremendous third act, complete with a moving surprise that reconfigures the entire film, IF becomes a magnificently emotional experience, cathartic and enchanting in equal measure, and just the type of original idea we need more of on this scale at the movies.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 42 Ross Bonaime
    The Son
    With The Son, Zeller is trying to bring the same sincerity he brought to The Father into his second film, and instead, The Son unfortunately feels false throughout.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 0 Ross Bonaime
    Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
    Who knows what Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank could’ve been when it was originally envisioned over a decade ago, but what it ultimately became is a tiresome, tedious, and uninspired animated adaptation of a classic parody that doesn’t have any of the original’s comedic wit or bite.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 33 Ross Bonaime
    Paint
    Paint is an odd attempt to make a comedy while also doing the least amount to make that comedy actually funny.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 30 Ross Bonaime
    Screamboat
    The problem is that these types of films feel lazy and could do so much more with their concepts, and while Screamboat tries to combat that with tame references, winks at the audience, and absurd violence, it can’t keep itself afloat.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 42 Ross Bonaime
    Pain Hustlers
    Yates makes Pain Hustlers part-rowdy dramedy, part-half-assed takedown, and entirely an underwhelming film that attempts to make apparent and bland points.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 67 Ross Bonaime
    Next Goal Wins
    Waititi’s latest isn’t bad by any stretch, and isn’t close to his worst (again, Love and Thunder, watch your ass), but as a sports film and a comedy, it is fairly average.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 42 Ross Bonaime
    Finestkind
    Finestkind has all the right pieces to make an interesting drama, but Helgeland can’t get them together in a way that isn’t over-the-top and downright silly.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 60 Ross Bonaime
    A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
    A Big Bold Beautiful Journey tries to be too big and too bold, when it’s the smaller moments in which this film becomes a beautiful journey.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 50 Ross Bonaime
    You Gotta Believe
    Ty Roberts’ inspirational sports drama You Gotta Believe relies on age-old playbooks to a fault. It’s a true story and a surefire tear-jerker, but Lane Garrison’s screenplay is reductively hokey at the worst times.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 40 Ross Bonaime
    Unfrosted
    Seinfeld has made a directorial debut that ends up feeling like a bowl of sugary cereal: not a terrible thing to eat, but not as fulfilling or substantial as you might’ve hoped it would be.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 58 Ross Bonaime
    Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
    After the dregs of the first five Transformers films, Bumblebee felt like the shot in the arm that this series needed to make it what it should’ve been all this time. Coming off that, Rise of the Beasts feels like both a step forward and a step back.
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