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
411 movie reviews
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    • 59 Metascore
    • 75 Ruthe Stein
    Rory O'Shea Was Here
    Sweet and deeply moving.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 75 Ruthe Stein
    Cape of Good Hope
    A warmhearted film.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 75 Ruthe Stein
    Love! Valour! Compassion!
    McNally adapted his Tony-award winning play for the screen, and for once a movie is an improvement on the stage version.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 75 Ruthe Stein
    Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi
    A feel-good movie.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 75 Ruthe Stein
    Heights
    Perversely fascinating.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 75 Ruthe Stein
    Summer of '42
    Director Robert Mulligan exhibits the same sensitivity about young people and their foibles as he did in "To Kill a Mockingbird." In 1962. You never sense that he's making fun of Hermie or his pals. [08 Jul 2007, p.16]
    • San Francisco Chronicle
    • 59 Metascore
    • 50 Ruthe Stein
    Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story
    As a sports drama -- a genre that's gotten entirely too much play lately -- "Dreamer" is singularly unexciting.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 100 Ruthe Stein
    The Ant Bully
    Family entertainment at its best.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 75 Ruthe Stein
    Night Watch: Nochnoi Dozor
    A wildly entertaining fantasy thriller that propels Russian cinema into the 21st century.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 50 Ruthe Stein
    The Wicker Man
    Well intentioned, but only occasionally creepy.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 75 Ruthe Stein
    The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
    A heartwarming, inspirational tale.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 75 Ruthe Stein
    You've Got Mail
    Boasts a collection of oddball characters, some more sharply written than others.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 75 Ruthe Stein
    The King
    Dark, disturbing and audaciously original in a way only indies are given license to be anymore, the film never telegraphs where it's heading. But you don't need a pathfinder to sense the general direction is toward hell.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 75 Ruthe Stein
    ...And They Lived Happily Ever After
    A marital comedy as perceptive as it is delectable.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 50 Ruthe Stein
    Prime
    A romantic saga that dares to ask realistic questions.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 25 Ruthe Stein
    Ask the Dust
    The film is a particular disappointment considering its pedigree.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 50 Ruthe Stein
    First Snow
    A neo-noir thriller long on atmosphere and short on production values.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 75 Ruthe Stein
    Color Me Kubrick
    The filmmakers have wisely turned it into a comedy, and a wickedly entertaining one at that.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 75 Ruthe Stein
    Save Me
    Doesn't poke fun at anyone's beliefs.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 50 Ruthe Stein
    16 Years of Alcohol
    A pretty ugly movie in its own right.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 75 Ruthe Stein
    Cowboy del Amor
    Fascinating and distinctly politically incorrect.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 75 Ruthe Stein
    Candy
    For all its depiction of a descent into drug addiction, Candy is filled with surprisingly sweet moments and goes down more easily than seems possible given the subject matter.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 75 Ruthe Stein
    The Secret Life of Bees
    Suffused with a golden glow, the movie looks and sounds like a fairy tale.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 50 Ruthe Stein
    Confetti
    May be too convincing for its own good.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 75 Ruthe Stein
    The Last Kiss
    The Last Kiss ponders what you give up -- and what you gain -- from sticking with what you've got.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 75 Ruthe Stein
    One from the Heart (re-release)
    When the movie is viewed with fresh eyes, the most captivating feature is this surreal Vegas -- its neon signs askew, as if reconfigured by Andy Warhol, and its preternaturally glistening streets a siren's call to an ever-new batch of suckers.
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