Sean Axmaker

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
For 886 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 68% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 29% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 1.2 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Sean Axmaker's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 67
Highest review score: 100 Emitaï
Lowest review score: 0 Urban Legends: Final Cut
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 534 out of 886
  2. Mixed: 299 out of 886
  3. Negative: 53 out of 886
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    • 85 Metascore
    • 91 Sean Axmaker
    The Host
    The sudden turns of temperament are a treat after the smart-ass attitude of American horror flicks, and the film is full of minor surprises, squirming in unexpected directions without leaving the conventions behind.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 91 Sean Axmaker
    Wonderland
    In Wonderland, Winterbottom has found a script worthy of his passion.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 91 Sean Axmaker
    Bollywood/Hollywood
    Mehta's feisty, featherweight romantic comedy makes the case that even the most flamboyant cinematic conventions are as universal as they are exotic, especially when they conspire to produce that glow of happily ever after.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 91 Sean Axmaker
    Tropical Malady
    A film more textural than narrative, it's for viewers willing to lose themselves in a truly sensual jungle experience.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 91 Sean Axmaker
    Paradise Now
    It's a volatile subject and Abu-Assad's thoughtful thriller stokes the debate.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 91 Sean Axmaker
    Center Stage
    Ultimately the ballet performances, and notably the work of Stiefel, a star with American Ballet Theatre, are the only moments that deserve center stage.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 91 Sean Axmaker
    Thirteen
    Despite the raw gut-punch of its direction, its power lies in compassion, not sensationalism.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 91 Sean Axmaker
    Rock School
    It's a big enough film to hold all the contradictions. Green has an ego and a gift for stealing the spotlight with a wink and a grin. Yet his respect for the kids is genuine.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 91 Sean Axmaker
    I'm Not There.
    Faced with an artist defined more by his lyrics than his life story, Haynes delivers a song-cycle of a movie: vivid, exaggerated, contradictory impressions of a man who confounds a culture still looking to define him.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 91 Sean Axmaker
    Howl's Moving Castle
    Movie magic is only as powerful as the imagination that casts it. Japanese master Hayao Miyazaki's imagination is the most creative in animated filmmaking.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 91 Sean Axmaker
    La Vie en Rose
    Olivier Dahan's sprawling portrait of the life of Edith Piaf is the kind of grand, passionate historical drama that no one seems to be able to pull off any more.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 91 Sean Axmaker
    The Lady and the Duke
    Played by Lucy Russell with a defiant, unapologetic embrace of aristocratic privilege, Grace is a maddening yet fascinating character.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 91 Sean Axmaker
    Dogtown and Z-Boys
    This collision of skate punk and pop-culture archaeology is the most entertaining slice of cultural history I've seen in years.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 91 Sean Axmaker
    Paris, je t'aime
    Even if you don't like the stories, the filmmakers seem incapable of finding a corner of Paris that is not photogenic.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 91 Sean Axmaker
    Son of Rambow
    Perhaps the most ingeniously imaginative element in Son of Rambow, a film exploding with imagination (some of it scrawled directly over the film in animated expressions of Will's private world), is its very conceit.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 91 Sean Axmaker
    Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
    There's a real gee-whiz kick to the fantasy of being the brainiest kid on the planet, and a down-to-earth quality to Jimmy and his not-so-bright, but ever-so-stalwart best buddies.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 91 Sean Axmaker
    The Grey Zone
    Explores cloudy, discomforting realities of the Holocaust not usually addressed in such films.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 91 Sean Axmaker
    How the Grinch Stole Christmas
    He's (Carrey) a marvelous Grinch in this spirited, bustling and mostly faithful spin on Seuss.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 91 Sean Axmaker
    Millennium Actress
    Deftly weaves history, film and memory into an imaginative meditation on why the movies become a part of our lives.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 91 Sean Axmaker
    American Splendor
    In the world of comic-book movies, American Splendor is the real deal, the warts-and-all adventures of the most unlikely hero on the comic stands.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 91 Sean Axmaker
    Humanité
    A beautiful and compassionate work, at once stark, sensory and spiritually grasping, that challenges us to forgive even the most monstrous sins.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 91 Sean Axmaker
    Juno
    A witty little comic gem with a heart and a soul.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 91 Sean Axmaker
    In This World
    Winterbottom's compassion transforms In This World from a political statement into an eloquent and involving human drama.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 91 Sean Axmaker
    The Devil's Backbone
    What gives the story resonance is the tenderness and sacrifice and even innocence del Toro reveals amid the savagery.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 91 Sean Axmaker
    Two Lovers
    Joaquin Phoenix is as good as he has ever been in James Gray's Two Lovers, a discomfortingly honest drama about the frustrations of love and desire.
    • 96 Metascore
    • 91 Sean Axmaker
    Ratatouille
    Long for an animated feature and too demanding for very young children, but it's also filled with delights.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 91 Sean Axmaker
    Voyages
    Shooting with a respectful remove that captures an intimacy by sheer doggedness, Finkiel creates a rich atmosphere by simply looking, listening and peering past the surfaces.
    • 95 Metascore
    • 91 Sean Axmaker
    WALL-E
    A charmer of a film and a delightful piece of storytelling.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 83 Sean Axmaker
    Games of Love and Chance
    Beautifully observed tale of high-school kids in the projects outside Paris.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 83 Sean Axmaker
    Osmosis Jones
    Surprise of surprises, it's a blast.
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