S. James Snyder

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For 37 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 43% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 55% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 14.8 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

S. James Snyder's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 51
Highest review score: 80 Little Girl (La Pivellina)
Lowest review score: 20 If One Thing Matters: A Film About Wolfgang Tillmans
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 23 out of 37
  3. Negative: 8 out of 37
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 80 S. James Snyder
    Little Girl (La Pivellina)
    It's in the periphery of this daily minutiae that Covi and Frimmel work their neorealistic magic, turning what might have been a sappy maternal-awakening melodrama into a simplistic, genuinely sweet tribute to motherhood, Italian style.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 S. James Snyder
    Battle for Brooklyn
    Battle offers both a sobering portrait of personal revolt (notably through activist Daniel Goldstein, whose eviction fight landed in the State Supreme Court) and a searing case study of a community dismantled by racial and economic tensions. Alas, it's not much of a battle; more like "Requiem for Brooklyn."
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    • 80 S. James Snyder
    The Painter Sam Francis
    Perkins asks us to bask silently in the majesty of an artist in his element; in one unforgettable shot, Francis stands atop a newly finished canvas, utterly transfixed. It’s a stirring snapshot of that strange space where the act of creating can be a religious experience.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 80 S. James Snyder
    Spoken Word
    Filmmaker Victor Nunez pairs evocative locales--beatnik Bay Area, bucolic rural New Mexico--with fleeting asides of poetry (penned by the Santa Fe–based writer Joe Ray Sandoval); these meditative detours both elevate a routine story arc and tap into tangled, twisted familial roots.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 S. James Snyder
    Easier with Practice
    Geraghty’s performance is harrowing: Clinging to the phone and tortured by his ecstasy, he weaves empathy out of a flawed loner’s dysfunctional fetish.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 S. James Snyder
    Neshoba
    Interviewing residents from across the spectrum, Neshoba reopens the debate: How was this allowed to happen? How do we move forward? Some questions, this compelling movie reminds us, still require answers.

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