Sheila Benson
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54% higher than the average critic
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1% same as the average critic
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45% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 0.8 points lower than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Sheila Benson's Scores
- Movies
- TV
| Average review score: | 65 | |
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| Highest review score: | Fat City | |
| Lowest review score: | Shanghai Surprise | |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 130 out of 248
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Mixed: 85 out of 248
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Negative: 33 out of 248
248
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reviews
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- Sheila Benson
So what was rich, journalistic and precisely observed is now overstated, under-textured and cartooned, in playwright/screenwriter Michael Cristofer’s witless screenplay. Certainly Wolfe’s canvas might lend itself to a broad approach, but broad like “Dr. Strangelove,” not broad like the Three Stooges.- Los Angeles Times
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- Sheila Benson
Cobra's pretentious emptiness, its dumbness, its two-faced morality make it a movie that begs to be laughed off.- Los Angeles Times
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- Sheila Benson
In spite of a sturdy cast and dazzling production design, Highlander is stultifyingly, jaw-droppingly, achingly awful.[11 Mar 1986, p.5]- Los Angeles Times
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- Sheila Benson
It is certainly elegant looking , but 15 minutes into the action the thrill is gone and director Bruce Beresford seems to have no clue as to how to find it.- Los Angeles Times
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- Sheila Benson
But you know students. Some rotten Emperor’s New Clothier among them would be bound to point out that “Revolution” is utterly and fatally devoid of a story on which to hang its breathtaking pictures. And they’d have a point.- Los Angeles Times
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- Sheila Benson
Even better than opium for avoiding pain is avoiding Shanghai Surprise itself, a movie of jaw-dropping, high-water mark dreadfulness.- Los Angeles Times
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- Sheila Benson
Arm wrestling and hamburger building have been exhausted as backgrounds for movies, so it was probably inevitable that bartending would be next. But nothing quite prepares you for the hamburger that Cocktail makes of an old and relatively honorable profession. [29 Jul 1988, p.14]- Los Angeles Times
