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 6.5 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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    • 52 Metascore
    • 38 Sara Stewart
    Everything, Everything
    It’s a heavy lift to find any single thing that happens here remotely plausible, and ultimately it almost seems a horror movie misinterpreted as a romance. File this one under “The Fault in Our Screenplay.”
    • 65 Metascore
    • 75 Sara Stewart
    Alien: Covenant
    Clearly, the elder Scott’s aim is on the scares — and oh, what satisfying, terrifying, screams-echoing-down-a-ship’s-corridor scares they are. All the philosophical debate here belongs to the robots — which is possibly even more chilling.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 38 Sara Stewart
    Snatched
    It was supposed to be a lark. And then, almost immediately, it went off the rails. I’m not referring to the mother-daughter vacation gone wrong in Snatched, but rather the experience of watching it.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 75 Sara Stewart
    The Lovers
    It’s all a delightful mess, executed with a deft touch by Jacobs.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 50 Sara Stewart
    King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
    Unfortunately, “Arthur” is rarely at its best, bogged down in countless CGI sequences of battlefields or monsters.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 75 Sara Stewart
    Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
    If it’s overstuffed in the way of most sequels, well, at least it’s stuffed with good cheer.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 50 Sara Stewart
    The Circle
    It feels like the brainchild of middle-aged guys (James Ponsoldt directed and co-wrote the screenplay with Eggers) who still think of Facebook as cutting edge.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 63 Sara Stewart
    Unforgettable
    For a bad movie, this one is an awful lot of fun.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 50 Sara Stewart
    The Fate of the Furious
    In my favorite scene, Hobbs leads his tween daughter’s soccer team in a haka (Maori war dance) to intimidate their rivals. Can’t wait for “Fast and Furious 11: No Boys Allowed.”
    • 50 Metascore
    • 50 Sara Stewart
    Going in Style
    Ultimately, all signs point to Going in Style having been overcooked by too many chefs: You know you’re in trouble when multiple scenes in the trailer never show up in the final product.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 75 Sara Stewart
    The Zookeeper's Wife
    Caro (“Whale Rider”) largely forgoes the eardrum-shattering ballistics of a typical war movie — yes, there are bombings and shootings, but they’re the backdrop, not the focus. Her film dwells more in the aftermath of violence.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 50 Sara Stewart
    Ghost in the Shell
    Like its synthetic heroine (Scarlett Johansson), the live-action Ghost in the Shell is a feast for the eyes. With its killer-robot geishas, Godzilla-size hologram ads and nearly nude fighting gear, it’s a cyberpunk wonderland — but there isn’t much ghost left in this smokin’ hot shell.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 50 Sara Stewart
    Life
    For all its CGI showiness, the fact that Ryan Reynolds and Jake Gyllenhaal signed on for this splatterfest is the film’s most impressive feat.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 63 Sara Stewart
    Wilson
    Wilson doesn’t have the emotional heft, or the narrative arc, of Johnson’s last film, but it does remind you how much fun it is to watch Harrelson. In real life, Wilson would just be a straight-up a - - hole.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 75 Sara Stewart
    Beauty and the Beast
    Dan Stevens (“Downton Abbey”), as the Beast, has the heaviest lift. He’s emoting through a CGI veil that never quite feels real. But his cranky character is more engaging this time around.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 63 Sara Stewart
    Personal Shopper
    Personal Shopper doesn’t have much of a plot, but if you can tune into its languid frequency, it will get under your skin.
    • 33 Metascore
    • 50 Sara Stewart
    The Space Between Us
    Director Peter Chelsom (“Hannah Montana: The Movie”) and screenwriter Allan Loeb (“Collateral Beauty”) squander countless opportunities to make this fish-out-of-water story intellectually curious or even much fun.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 75 Sara Stewart
    The Salesman
    Like his Oscar-winning “A Separation,” Iranian director Asghar Farhadi’s latest, nominated for this year’s Best Foreign Language Film, is an expertly crafted domestic thriller.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 63 Sara Stewart
    Split
    Unfortunately, you could probably improve Split by editing out everything around McAvoy and making it an experimental one-man show.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 75 Sara Stewart
    Paterson
    There is an honesty and realism to Driver’s performances that work well in the part of a blue-collar poet who feels no need to court the spotlight.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 100 Sara Stewart
    20th Century Women
    Despite being set in the late 1970s, 20th Century Women feels like the perfect movie for this moment.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 63 Sara Stewart
    Live by Night
    It’s a sprawling plot that consistently teeters on the edge of unwieldiness, but Affleck’s assured directing, gorgeous cinematography by Robert Richardson and a who’s-who of Hollywood’s best character actors keep it mostly on track.
    • 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.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 38 Sara Stewart
    Passengers
    Note to Greek chorus of execs: Turning a space psychodrama into a “He went to Jared” commercial is pretty low, even for you.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 25 Sara Stewart
    Assassin's Creed
    As might be obvious, I’m not a gamer, so perhaps all of this will be thrilling for fans who’ve played it. The rest of us, I imagine, may come out of this film invigorated with a creed of our own: Avoid movies based on video games.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 75 Sara Stewart
    Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
    By the time its credits rolled, I was ready to forgive Rogue One any imperfections. Its last 10 minutes are spectacular and dark, with a final flourish that should give any “Star Wars” fan goose bumps — and a new hope that the next main installment will be this good.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 88 Sara Stewart
    Moana
    Moana stands head and shoulders above this year’s earlier aquatic animated hit, “Finding Dory”; it’s so transporting it will have your kids begging you to book the next flight to the islands.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 50 Sara Stewart
    Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
    Unfortunately, the cast of characters you’ll find here is a pale imitation of her Hogwarts heroes.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 88 Sara Stewart
    Arrival
    Arrival makes a moving case that we’ve only scratched the surface of what we think is possible — and what we define as intelligence.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 75 Sara Stewart
    Doctor Strange
    With a mischievous, metaphysical flourish, Doctor Strange administers some much-needed CPR to the flagging superhero genre. It doesn’t reinvent the wheel — a power-hungry villain (Mads Mikkelsen) tries to unleash hell on Earth, blah blah blah — but it’s a heck of a lot more fun than I’ve had at a Marvel movie lately.
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