Sam Weisberg

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L.A. Weekly, Village Voice
For 60 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 48% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 47% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 7.1 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Sam Weisberg's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 59
Highest review score: 100 Famous Nathan
Lowest review score: 20 Awakened
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 60
  2. Mixed: 18 out of 60
  3. Negative: 13 out of 60
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    • 60 Metascore
    • 60 Sam Weisberg
    The Exception
    Whenever Plummer is onscreen, The Exception is scintillating entertainment. Unfortunately, it gets bogged down.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 60 Sam Weisberg
    Rooted in Peace
    The film is not without its trenchant moments, most rooted not in peace but in science.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Sam Weisberg
    Bobby Sands: 66 Days
    This gripping movie is essential viewing for any Irish history buffs who found In the Name of the Father a tad corny.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 50 Sam Weisberg
    By Sidney Lumet
    It's workmanlike and impassioned, but ultimately preaching to the choir.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 50 Sam Weisberg
    London Town
    All the ingredients for a gritty — if familiar — coming-of-age story are here. But London Town, though spirited, is consistently tension-free.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 40 Sam Weisberg
    I Am Chris Farley
    Shrewder documentarians than directors Brent Hodge and Derik Murray would have balanced out the sentiment with grit. The movie is saccharine.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Sam Weisberg
    A Hard Day
    Kim Seong-hun's riveting if empty-headed A Hard Day will be remembered for its increasingly ominous jump-cuts to mobiles ringing, vibrating, and flashing profane messages.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 50 Sam Weisberg
    Time Lapse
    That Bradley King's debut Time Lapse half-succeeds is a small miracle.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 50 Sam Weisberg
    Days of Grace
    Most of this frantic moviemaking is more disorienting than riveting.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 50 Sam Weisberg
    Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain
    It's an unsolved mystery in Hollywood why so many based-on-true-life polemical films end up so unremarkable.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 60 Sam Weisberg
    Tiger Lily Road
    While not as kinky, dark, or schizoid as debuting director/screenwriter Michael Medeiros intends, Tiger Lily Road succeeds on its own small, claustrophobic level.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 50 Sam Weisberg
    Relationship Status: It's Complicated
    In the end, Relationship Status is wan when it tries to be scandalous.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 50 Sam Weisberg
    Rudderless
    The result, despite a few stellar moments, is a not-quite-tragic-enough meditation on mourning and self-healing, crossed with a not-quite-gritty-enough portrait of indie rockers trying to break big.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 40 Sam Weisberg
    Swim Little Fish Swim
    The performances often enliven the stale material... But the script's naïveté is galling.
    • 25 Metascore
    • 40 Sam Weisberg
    The Man on Her Mind
    The Man on Her Mind has a terminal case of the cutes.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 50 Sam Weisberg
    Coldwater
    Coldwater is almost boastfully grim.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 60 Sam Weisberg
    Under the Electric Sky
    Under the Electric Sky manages to be amusing even while it’s annoying you.
    • 34 Metascore
    • 40 Sam Weisberg
    Refuge
    Even at its well-meaning best, Refuge is listless.

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