Sean Means

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For 122 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 44% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 52% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 9.8 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Sean Means' Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 56
Highest review score: 100 The Truman Show
Lowest review score: 0 Ready to Rumble
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 60 out of 122
  2. Mixed: 33 out of 122
  3. Negative: 29 out of 122
122 movie reviews
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Sean Means
    Jerry Maguire
    It seems like nitpicking to say it, but the weakness of Jerry Maguire is that there's too much to it -- too many things happening at once for a viewer to digest. But with a charming cast like this, having too much isn't such a bad thing.
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    • 52 Metascore
    • 70 Sean Means
    Romeo Must Die
    The gravity-defying harness maneuvers popularized in the U.S. with "The Matrix" -- ... look really cool, but seem out of place in a realistic gang-style action movie.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Sean Means
    Sling Blade
    (Thornton) proves his mettle as an actor, writer and director with this bleakly comic and surprisingly tender movie.
    • Film.com
    • 54 Metascore
    • 70 Sean Means
    The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
    While The Messenger feeds our appetite for visual panache, it starves the soul.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 80 Sean Means
    Scream
    Craven creates his savviest and most frightening movie since the original "A Nightmare on Elm Street" by spoofing the horror cliches and simultaneously reinventing them to scare you all over again.
    • Film.com
    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Sean Means
    Gladiator
    The warm humanizing element in all the cool stuff is Crowe.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Sean Means
    The Legend of Drunken Master
    Undiluted Jackie Chan, not the watered-down stuff he's been doing stateside.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 80 Sean Means
    Unbreakable
    Unbreakable shows Shyamalan as a rapidly maturing filmmaker, taking risks and making them pay off.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Sean Means
    Shrek
    The textures are detailed, the movements are realistic and the three-dimensional feel even improves on the humor -- you may think you've seen every good "Matrix" parody, but you haven't until you see this.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Sean Means
    The Matrix
    Aerves up so much visual wizardry and thought-provoking ideas that even the inevitable Silver touch -- a finale with more bullets than the opening of "Saving Private Ryan" -- can't destroy the magic.
    • Film.com
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Sean Means
    Love & Basketball
    It's Lathan -- with her passionate performance, physical grace and drop-dead-gorgeous looks -- who makes Love and Basketball so entertaining.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 90 Sean Means
    Casino
    Eye-popping, exhilarating and occasionally a bit stomach-churning.
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    • 85 Metascore
    • 70 Sean Means
    The Insider
    The insider's view of celebrity in The Insider grabs the spotlight from the real story of Wigand's courage.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 70 Sean Means
    The Whole Nine Yards
    A funny, frenetic and surprising comedy.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Sean Means
    Get Shorty
    Director Barry Sonnenfeld captures Hollywood in sunny tones, with fluid camera moves providing maximum comic effect.
    • Film.com
    • 79 Metascore
    • 90 Sean Means
    The People vs. Larry Flynt
    Althea is a ferociously vibrant character, and Love goes all out to infuse her with a wildness seldom seen on screen. Love holds nothing back, and her energy and her heartache energize the movie.
    • Film.com
    • 52 Metascore
    • 70 Sean Means
    Any Given Sunday
    Big, bold, brash and occasionally brilliant.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 100 Sean Means
    The English Patient
    It feels like a dream that a movie could have this kind of poetic grace and epic sweep, or could be so faithful to its source and still work so perfectly as a film.
    • Film.com
    • 62 Metascore
    • 80 Sean Means
    U-571
    Fast-moving, watertight and firing from all tubes.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 90 Sean Means
    Dead Man Walking
    Their (Sarandon, Penn) performances and Robbins' drive to ask questions without offering easy answers make Dead Man Walking a thought-provoking drama not to be missed or dismissed.
    • Film.com
    • 53 Metascore
    • 70 Sean Means
    In Too Deep
    LL Cool J... is downright scary -- a mix of coiled charm and underlying menace.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 70 Sean Means
    My Best Friend's Wedding
    Best of all are the supporting players. Everett (who played the Prince of Wales in "The Madness of King George") is smartly urbane, giving a polished refinement to the stereotypical "gay best buddy'' role.
    • Film.com
    • 82 Metascore
    • 100 Sean Means
    Three Kings
    A biting satire of military myopia and political double-dealing -- possibly the best wartime comedy since Robert Altman's "M*A*S*H."
    • 70 Metascore
    • 90 Sean Means
    10 Things I Hate About You
    Kat's English assignment, which provides the movie's title, is a sweet finish to an entertaining movie -- and makes 10 Things I Hate About You quite likable.
    • Film.com
    • 70 Metascore
    • 90 Sean Means
    The Tao of Steve
    An offbeat delight.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Sean Means
    Chasing Amy
    What Smith does best in Chasing Amy is write clever, raunchy and emotionally true-to-life dialogue.
    • Film.com
    • 61 Metascore
    • 80 Sean Means
    The Green Mile
    Darabont follows King's book fairly closely, allowing the audience to steep itself in the setting and characters slowly, like reading a good novel.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 100 Sean Means
    The Truman Show
    A brilliant and daring film.
    • Film.com
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Sean Means
    Shanghai Noon
    Lets Jackie Chan have some fun, ride a horse and frolic in the American West. And when Jackie's having fun, at least some of it trickles down to us.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 70 Sean Means
    Mystery, Alaska
    Raucously funny.
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