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 3.9 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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    • 78 Metascore
    • 100 Ross Bonaime
    Top Gun: Maverick
    When talking about Top Gun: Maverick, it’s hard not to sound hyperbolic, but this is the rare case where it absolutely deserves all the massive praise. Top Gun: Maverick improves upon the original in every conceivable way (well, the soundtrack doesn’t have Berlin, so that’s one strike against it), and does so in a way that might make this one of the greatest sequels ever made. It’s also hard not to say this might have some of the most exciting action scenes to ever hit the skies, and gives Cruise one of his best performances by returning to the role that made him a star. Top Gun: Maverick is a marvel of a film, one that will truly take your breath away.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 67 Ross Bonaime
    Men
    It is exciting to watch a writer and director like Garland take a huge swing like Men, even if it doesn’t entirely hold together as tightly as something like Ex Machina or Annihilation. Men is certainly more about asking questions than providing answers, a challenging, strange, and often horrendous journey that certainly doesn’t hold back in terms of weirdness, and wants to crawl into the viewer’s brain.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 58 Ross Bonaime
    Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
    As a film that highlights Raimi’s talents as both a director of distinct superhero stories, and idiosyncratic horror tales, Doctor Strange works. Yet as a larger piece in the ever-expanding Marvel Cinematic Universe, the Multiverse of Madness starts to show the cracks in trying to continually attempt to build and one-up what came before.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 58 Ross Bonaime
    The Survivor
    The Survivor is too frequently going through the motions of tried-and-true biopic stories that we’ve seen countless times before, or making choices that seem daring, but ultimately hold back the power of Harry’s story.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 83 Ross Bonaime
    Stay Awake
    Stay Awake is certainly a balancing act of addiction, compassion, difficult choices, that still manages hilarious moments and periods of joy. Stay Awake isn’t just an integral film about addiction, it’s also one of the best directorial debuts of the year.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 83 Ross Bonaime
    The Bad Guys
    The Bad Guys brings a deep love for heist films to this animated adventure, and in doing so, creates one of the year’s best animated films.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 83 Ross Bonaime
    We're All Going to the World's Fair
    Accepting the World’s Fair Challenge isn’t a way to experience a The Ring-like challenge that will probably lead to horrors beyond one’s wildest imagination, it’s a way to be part of something, damn the consequences. Schoenbrun’s impressive debut latches onto that idea of online communities, coming-of-age, and finding one’s own people through a genuinely uncomfortable and unique horror story unlike any other.
    • 93 Metascore
    • 91 Ross Bonaime
    Petite Maman
    With Petite Maman, Céline Sciamma crafts a staggeringly gorgeous fairy tale about the little things we don’t get to learn about the ones we love, the struggles of loss, and the loveliness of those that came from the path behind us.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 83 Ross Bonaime
    Paris, 13th District
    Audiard, Mysius and Sciamma, along with their fantastic cast, create an enchanting and seductive story told through an intimate group of relationships. This beautiful and simple story of young love and finding one's self through love is one of the most romantic and sexiest films of 2022 so far.
    • 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.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 83 Ross Bonaime
    When You Finish Saving the World
    When You Finish Saving the World is often acidic to a point that might scare away some, but at its core, Eisenberg’s film is an endearing story of mother and son who were once so close, and now struggle to get what they need from each other anymore.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 75 Ross Bonaime
    Lucy and Desi
    Lucy and Desi isn’t breaking the mold in terms of biographical documentaries, but when put together in this package, the story of Ball and Arnaz has an impressive weight beyond just a collection of compelling anecdotes.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 67 Ross Bonaime
    Dual
    Gillan gets a great opportunity to show her comedic skills, and Stearns remains a solid purveyor of dark comedy, but Dual’s gloom eventually overtakes the absurdity to a depressing degree.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 83 Ross Bonaime
    Am I OK?
    Pomerantz’s screenplay is deceptively complex, yet it’s pulled off effortlessly. Pomerantz is presenting ideas of self-discovery, lifelong friendships, confusion and uncertainty in who a person is, and handling all this in a remarkably entertaining and endearing story.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 91 Ross Bonaime
    Meet Me in the Bathroom
    Meet Me in the Bathroom is a tremendous document of one of the most integral musical periods of our time, when the kids asked "is this it?" and responded by changing the world.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 83 Ross Bonaime
    Emily the Criminal
    Emily the Criminal is an excellent example of how to make an effective thriller on a smaller scale.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 100 Ross Bonaime
    Cha Cha Real Smooth
    With only two films, Raiff has proven himself to be one of the most exciting filmmakers today, telling stories that are emotionally honest and lived in, without any pretensions and with an unabashed tenderness.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 91 Ross Bonaime
    Jackass Forever
    Jackass Forever is ingenious, disgusting, and one of the most hysterical films you’ll see this year, while also managing to be a wonderfully touching celebration of these jackasses and their history together.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 50 Ross Bonaime
    Moonfall
    Moonfall, unfortunately, becomes a mixture of Emmerich’s usual clichés that are starting to show their age, a script that only occasionally embraces the insanity of this idea (even though the third act goes all-in on getting mind-numbingly stupid), and a scope that doesn’t do this story justice.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 75 Ross Bonaime
    Death on the Nile
    Death on the Nile might have been a long time coming, but it’s one of the most alluring mysteries in years, and a great example of how Branagh can elevate iconic stories with grace and care.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 83 Ross Bonaime
    Kimi
    With a great lead performance by Kravitz, a plot that—like the KIMI device itself—is persistently upgrading and shifting, and a shockingly optimistic story despite the fear of the technological world, KIMI is a shining example that Soderbergh is one of the best directors working today.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 75 Ross Bonaime
    I Want You Back
    I Want You Back largely relies on the overwhelming charm of its tremendous cast, and in particular, the magnificent dynamic between Slate and Day, but that’s all I Want You Back really needs.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 67 Ross Bonaime
    The Sky Is Everywhere
    The Sky Is Everywhere takes a lot of swings that miss, but the heart of the film is in the right place, and when it really works, The Sky Is Everywhere knocks these emotions and ideas out of the park.
    • 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.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 83 Ross Bonaime
    The Northman
    There are few filmmakers that can make the leap from smaller, insular stories into large-scale epics, but with The Northman, Eggers has proved that his style and substance can remain intact, regardless of the size of the story.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 67 Ross Bonaime
    The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
    The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent—even when it doesn’t entirely work—shows the dedication and greatness of Cage, the impressive breadth of his career, and proves that Cage is, indeed, back. Not that he went anywhere.
    • 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.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 58 Ross Bonaime
    Metal Lords
    Metal Lords ends just when it feels like it’s finding its footing, with its characters taking too much time to address their flaws, leaving the music and the bonds that have been formed via the music, on the back burner for too long.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 67 Ross Bonaime
    Cow
    Not all of Arnold’s usual tricks work effectively in Cow, but for a first documentary, Cow is an engrossing and surprisingly emotional look at the farming industry through the eyes of a single bovine.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 75 Ross Bonaime
    I Love My Dad
    I Love You Dad has its heart in the right place with its cringey narrative and story of how much forgiveness those who love us truly deserve.
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