Scott Bowles

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For 128 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 57% higher than the average critic
  • 1% same as the average critic
  • 42% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 9.8 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Scott Bowles' Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 56
Highest review score: 100 Waiting for 'Superman'
Lowest review score: 12 Jack and Jill
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 59 out of 128
  2. Mixed: 36 out of 128
  3. Negative: 33 out of 128
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    • 51 Metascore
    • 63 Scott Bowles
    Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules
    Leave it to a wimpy kid to show Hollywood how to make a family movie with live people in it.
    • 33 Metascore
    • 50 Scott Bowles
    Sucker Punch
    You've never seen a movie like Sucker Punch. And depending on your entertainment preferences, you may not want to.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 63 Scott Bowles
    Paul
    Where Paul takes off is in its embrace and knowledge of sci-fi icons.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 50 Scott Bowles
    Battle: Los Angeles
    You have to give director Jonathan Liebesman some points for sparing no shell casings or standing buildings to hustle us through the film's languorous two hours.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 50 Scott Bowles
    I Am Number Four
    Four is so cobbled with bits of other sci-fi and comic-book movies, there's little to distinguish it.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 50 Scott Bowles
    Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
    Never works as a gum-snapper concert movie and does provide a glimpse into instant stardom in the Twitter generation.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 38 Scott Bowles
    The Eagle
    What it became was bad. A movie that hopes to blend "Lethal Weapon" with "Gladiator" winds up not being a fraction of either.
    • 33 Metascore
    • 63 Scott Bowles
    Just Go with It
    For added heehaws, the normally dependable Nick Swardson comes along to act the ass and delve into some of Sandler's more nuanced scatological humor.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 63 Scott Bowles
    The Mechanic
    Brisk, brutal and unconcerned with collateral damage, The Mechanic doesn't pave much of anything new in the assassin-for-hire genre. But when it kills, it does so with style.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 50 Scott Bowles
    The Rite
    A flimsy, occasionally spooky demon tale.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 Scott Bowles
    The Company Men
    It's simple stuff, but the movie's heart is in the right place.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 38 Scott Bowles
    The Dilemma
    Vaughn and James are likable enough, and they would have real chemistry in, say, an all-out comedy.
    • 28 Metascore
    • 50 Scott Bowles
    Season of the Witch
    A mishmash of horror and history genres that's not as bad as its trailers but ultimately is dragged down by, of all things, its star.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 Scott Bowles
    Unstoppable
    Scott paces the film like its mechanized star: deliberately and, ultimately, with enough speed to keep its passengers satisfied.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 50 Scott Bowles
    Burlesque
    It bristles with exuberant numbers that strain beneath the weight of cliché.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 88 Scott Bowles
    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I
    Menacing and meditative, Hallows is arguably the best installment of the planned eight-film franchise, though audiences who haven't kept up with previous chapters will be hopelessly lost.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 50 Scott Bowles
    The Next Three Days
    Far-fetched is fine in most action flicks. And it would work here if Days were a straightforward police story.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 50 Scott Bowles
    Morning Glory
    This just in: Morning Glory can't decide whether to skewer the morning news or wallow in its pap.
    • 20 Metascore
    • 63 Scott Bowles
    The Last Airbender
    He hasn't mastered the craft yet, but M. Night Shyamalan may be on to something with this action-movie thing.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 75 Scott Bowles
    Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
    The film is surprisingly deft and entertains at both the adult and juvenile levels. If something in Guardians catches your eye, trust your gizzard.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 63 Scott Bowles
    Jack Goes Boating
    Jack Goes Boating won't knock you over, but it lulls you with its slow-warming heart.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 50 Scott Bowles
    Legendary
    For a movie with a star wrestler at the center of it, Legendary doesn't pack much of a punch.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 50 Scott Bowles
    Never Let Me Go
    Just as its characters need a reason to live, Go needs a reason for audiences to watch. Neither find much satisfaction.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 38 Scott Bowles
    Miami Vice
    All this movie has in common with its ancestor are speedboats, shotguns and drug-dealing Colombians.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 88 Scott Bowles
    Let Me In
    Let Me In is going to lure and please fans of the original; like the first, the remake is graphically violent but as tense as good horror gets.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 63 Scott Bowles
    Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
    There are plenty of strong performances, and LaBeouf does a nice job of becoming the tough-skinned pragmatist. Mulligan is as earnest as ever, and Susan Sarandon and, particularly, Frank Langella make strong cameos.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 100 Scott Bowles
    Waiting for 'Superman'
    It's an apt title. As divisive as the issue has become, it's hard to deny the power of Guggenheim's lingering shots on these children, waiting on a superhero who isn't going to come.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 38 Scott Bowles
    Alpha and Omega
    Alpha and Omega is one of those rarities in the modern era of Hollywood animation: bad.
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