Ruthe Stein

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San Francisco Chronicle
For 411 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 55% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 43% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 1.9 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Ruthe Stein's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 64
Highest review score: 100 The Visitor
Lowest review score: 0 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 244 out of 411
  2. Mixed: 111 out of 411
  3. Negative: 56 out of 411
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    • 64 Metascore
    • 50 Ruthe Stein
    Living Out Loud
    Much about Living Out Loud is pretty far-fetched, but at least it accurately portrays the dating possibilities for newly divorced women of a certain age.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 75 Ruthe Stein
    Fifty-Fifty
    Schizo offers not just the proverbial window into village life in Kazakhstan, but a panoramic view.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 75 Ruthe Stein
    Following Sean
    At its exhilarating best, Following Sean is reminiscent of the lauded British documentaries that began with "7 Up.''
    • 64 Metascore
    • 100 Ruthe Stein
    The Road to Guantanamo
    A film that must be seen to understand the sad truths of our times. It's been made with a sensitivity and creativity that's come to exemplify Winterbottom's work.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 75 Ruthe Stein
    Blades of Glory
    You're under the thrall of a new peculiar couple. Both actors appear to be having fun outmaneuvering each other on the ice and onscreen.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 75 Ruthe Stein
    Freedom Writers
    Overall Freedom Writers is a noble effort. At a time when New Year's resolutions to change already are falling by the wayside, you can't help but be moved by a group of young people who followed through on their resolve.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 50 Ruthe Stein
    Something New
    Each time Something New touches on something controversial, it quickly retreats to some silliness.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 25 Ruthe Stein
    Shortbus
    Mitchell may be another Russ Meyer -- a dubious honor -- but he's no Tony Kushner.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 50 Ruthe Stein
    Fast Food Nation
    For all the filmmaker's good intentions, Fast Food Nation isn't a particularly good movie. It doesn't hold together or grip you the way a documentary might have.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 25 Ruthe Stein
    Sex Is Comedy
    Annoying, soporific and singularly humorless.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 75 Ruthe Stein
    Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic
    Funny, original, occasionally poignant and almost all of it too dirty to repeat in a newspaper.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 100 Ruthe Stein
    Dear Frankie
    Wise and wondrous.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 50 Ruthe Stein
    Vitus
    Vitus is likable enough and definitely suitable entertainment for young people willing to read subtitles.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 75 Ruthe Stein
    Cachorro
    The film's ambitions are laudable, and it manages to be touching, funny and true to life. It seems ungrateful to ask for anything more.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 75 Ruthe Stein
    The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
    Given the juiciest plotline, Tamblyn goes for it, turning in a hard-boiled performance that's a needed contrast to her co-stars' tendency to go for sweet.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 50 Ruthe Stein
    Ya lyublyu tebya
    Intermittently funny.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 50 Ruthe Stein
    Lunacy
    While dinner and a movie is in theory a great idea, I'd avoid eating before taking in Lunacy.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 100 Ruthe Stein
    Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
    Frothy and exuberantly entertaining - in part because of the sexual innuendoes - it's the best romantic comedy so far this year.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 75 Ruthe Stein
    Eden
    A compelling Irish drama.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 75 Ruthe Stein
    City of Men
    A compelling and visually arresting drama.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 75 Ruthe Stein
    The Upside of Anger
    Wondrous performances.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 75 Ruthe Stein
    Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
    Much as she did in "Little Miss Sunshine," Breslin imbues Kit with joy.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 50 Ruthe Stein
    Invincible
    The movie is shamelessly manipulative.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 75 Ruthe Stein
    The Weather Man
    It works as an intriguingly offbeat character study while offering Nicolas Cage a chance to show why he used to be considered one of the top actors of his generation.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 75 Ruthe Stein
    Bubble
    It's reassuring to see Steven Soderbergh return to riveting down-and-dirty filmmaking with Bubble.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 75 Ruthe Stein
    ATL
    An emotionally charged coming-of-age saga that will make you laugh and cry, maybe at the same time.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 75 Ruthe Stein
    Stander
    An extremely good picture that, with a little tweaking, might have been a great one.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 100 Ruthe Stein
    V for Vendetta
    Richly satisfying entertainment the way movies are at their best, when they prod you to think.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 75 Ruthe Stein
    Disturbia
    Caruso, a very visual director, serves up some surprises and scares, and he's paced his movie briskly. You're out of this disturbing suburbia before you know it, shaken and even stirred.
    • 31 Metascore
    • 50 Ruthe Stein
    Deception
    An overwrought and ultimately silly thriller.
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