Sara Stewart

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New York Post
For 607 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 48% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 50% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 6.6 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Sara Stewart's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 59
Highest review score: 100 Dolemite Is My Name
Lowest review score: 0 Would You Rather
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 324 out of 607
  2. Mixed: 176 out of 607
  3. Negative: 107 out of 607
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 Sara Stewart
    The Armor of Light
    Watching Schenck and McBath campaign to fellow Christians for a dissociation between God and guns, you suspect their words are falling on deaf ears.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 75 Sara Stewart
    Wild Rose
    The scrappy striver narrative may be an overly familiar one at this point, but director Tom Harper (the BBC’s “War & Peace”) gets a terrific performance from Buckley as Rose chases her dreams while living the kind of turbulent life that has always inspired the best of country songs.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 75 Sara Stewart
    City of Ghosts
    The least we can do is watch what they’ve risked their lives to show us — and help break the silence. Their story should be required viewing for anyone engaging in discussion of the refugee “problem.”
    • 76 Metascore
    • 75 Sara Stewart
    A Monster Calls
    Based on the book by Patrick Ness, the film belongs alongside “Pan’s Labyrinth” in the realm of darkly creative kid-centric films that are, at their core, not really kids’ fare at all.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 75 Sara Stewart
    Destroyer
    Tatiana Maslany (“Orphan Black”) is nearly unrecognizable as Petra, Silas’ longtime girlfriend caught in Bell’s roundup, and Bradley Whitford shows up in the latest of his silver-haired villain roles as a sketchy lawyer.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 75 Sara Stewart
    Annihilation
    Ambitious and messy, Annhilation will likely leave you with more questions than answers. Mine is: “When can I see it again?”
    • 84 Metascore
    • 75 Sara Stewart
    A Ghost Story
    C’s wordless vigil will send you away with a shivery melancholy that defies easy explanation. And that, after all, is the essence of every good ghost story.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 75 Sara Stewart
    It Follows
    Unlike many working in this genre, Mitchell doesn’t punish young women for having sex: This is a gender-blind demonic delivery vehicle.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 75 Sara Stewart
    The Diary of a Teenage Girl
    Debut director Marielle Heller’s spent a lot of time with this material — she wrote and starred in an off-Broadway adaptation — and her confident direction of Powley, Skarsgård and Wiig, fused with a Polaroid-evocative palette and a glam ’70s soundtrack, makes this an indelible coming-of-age story.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 75 Sara Stewart
    Ideal Home
    As a snarky, stylish Santa Fe couple, Paul Rudd and Steve Coogan deploy a wit drier than the sprawling landscape surrounding their desert mansion. If you enjoy your comedies devoid of easy sentimentality (as this reviewer does), this one’s for you.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 75 Sara Stewart
    American Honey
    At 162 minutes, American Honey may test some viewers’ patience, but for this one, it paid off with an unflinching portrait of middle America, a love letter to the open road and a dynamic newcomer in Sasha Lane.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 75 Sara Stewart
    V/H/S
    Scrappy and unsettling, V/H/S puts the majority of today's mainstream "scary" movies to shame.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 75 Sara Stewart
    Jojo Rabbit
    The reason Waititi’s films (yes, even “Thor: Ragnarok”) are so resonant is that they’ve always placed love and humanism at the heart of their humor. “Jojo,” despite going to some very dark places for its laughs, is no exception.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 75 Sara Stewart
    Coming Home
    In Zhang’s capable hands, their love story — in which Yanshi masquerades as various workmen in order to see his wife and attempt to jog her memory — is elegantly touching, as is the slow repair of the relationship between father and daughter.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 75 Sara Stewart
    The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
    Yes, it’s the middle chapter and feels like it, but it’s never dull.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 75 Sara Stewart
    The Visit
    Like the film itself, it’s simple but well-executed enough.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 75 Sara Stewart
    Gayby
    Harris, a talented comic actress who looks more like a real person than a Hollywood facsimile of one, makes every scene she's in shine.
    • 94 Metascore
    • 75 Sara Stewart
    Marriage Story
    Don’t let its sweet title fool you: Director Noah Baumbach’s latest may just be the best war movie of the year.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 75 Sara Stewart
    Weathering with You
    Though most foreign films are best seen subtitled, the nonstop overexcitement of these anime performances can be exhausting. I’d have welcomed the dulcet tones of Pace, who voices Mr. Suga.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 75 Sara Stewart
    Midnight Special
    You may feel echoes of “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” and “Starman,” but writer-director Jeff Nichols has ultimately crafted his own unique twist on the genre.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 Sara Stewart
    Q Ball
    Q Ball is a moving and dynamically shot portrait of the Northern California prison’s basketball team, which is sponsored by the NBA champion Golden State Warriors.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 75 Sara Stewart
    Sylvie's Love
    With one slight wobble toward the conclusion, Ashe’s screenplay is terrific at letting its characters speak and act honestly: His dialogue is heartfelt and realistic. “Sylvie’s” is a love letter to the delights of a well-told love story.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 75 Sara Stewart
    Fort Tilden
    They’re the ditziest, most solipsistic protagonists I’ve seen outside of a Neil LaBute project.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 Sara Stewart
    Gook
    If the plot becomes a bit scattered in its third act, a generous interpretation might be that it’s a reflection of the chaotic cultural backdrop. Chon directs with style and a humane eye for all parties; he’s a dynamic young director to keep your eye on.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 75 Sara Stewart
    Logan Lucky
    It’s a lark, if you can tolerate the hammy redneck accents, and confirms that Soderbergh is as agile as ever at knitting together all the moving parts of a complex heist.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 75 Sara Stewart
    The Big Sick
    Mainly, though, this is Nanjiani’s show. Bits of his smart, cross-culturally incisive stand-up are sprinkled throughout, in performances alongside his fellow comics (one of whom is Aidy Bryant of “SNL”).
    • 40 Metascore
    • 75 Sara Stewart
    Outlaws and Angels
    Outlaws and Angels isn’t perfect — Murray mumbles into his beard way too much — but Eastwood sure is at ease with a cowboy hat and revolver. Clearly, she’s studied with the best.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 75 Sara Stewart
    Darkest Hour
    It’s an exhilarating contrast to the weak-sauce caped crusaders who arrived at the box office last week. For a more convincing (if selectively edited) portrait in heroism, look no further than Darkest Hour.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 75 Sara Stewart
    Avengers: Infinity War
    All the past decade’s Marvel movies have been heading toward this showdown. Turns out the payoff was worth the wait.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 75 Sara Stewart
    Deadpool 2
    If you’ve got comics-movie fatigue, with frequent fourth-wall breaks to point out lazy writing, blatant foreshadowing or heavy reliance on CGI for fight scenes, Deadpool 2 is here for you. That doesn’t mean those things aren’t there (they are) — but the eagerness of Deadpool to call out its own shortcomings earns this trash-talking franchise a lot of goodwill.
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