Sheila Benson

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Los Angeles Times
For 248 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 54% higher than the average critic
  • 1% same as the average critic
  • 45% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 0.7 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Sheila Benson's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 65
Highest review score: 100 Fat City
Lowest review score: 0 Shanghai Surprise
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 130 out of 248
  2. Mixed: 85 out of 248
  3. Negative: 33 out of 248
248 movie reviews
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 90 Sheila Benson
    Babette's Feast
    The delectable Babette’s Feast is a fable told with passion, intelligence and sumptuousness. Although it certainly has a feast at its center, it would be a mistake to think that its tribute is intended only for great cooks. No, it’s a deep reverence to all great artists--whether they make books, bowls or ballets, baskets, quilts, songs, poems, paintings . . . or films.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 50 Sheila Benson
    The Witches of Eastwick
    Under Australian director George Miller ("Mad Max"), The Witches of Eastwick begins so promisingly. It has such smashing separate moments, so succulent a cast and so interesting a premise that watching it crumble into stomach-turning crudeness and "Poltergeist"-scale special effects is deeply painful.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 40 Sheila Benson
    Batman
    Nicholson's Joker will be the pivotal point for many. It's his energy, spurting like an artery, that keeps the picture alive; it's certainly not the special effects, the editing, which has no discernible rhythm, or the flaccid screenplay.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 60 Sheila Benson
    Absolute Beginners
    Skim the pleasantly diverting surface of Absolute Beginners and you can easily forget that there is nothing contained beneath. [18 Apr 1986, p.C6]
    • Los Angeles Times
    • 36 Metascore
    • 30 Sheila Benson
    Loverboy
    The director has been able to do nothing with this wheezing script, one of the subplots of which involves Dempsey's dad believing that his son is gay. And the movie's moments of physical farce are mortifying...What makes "Loverboy"(rated PG-13 for sexual situations) such a pitiful waste is that Dempsey has so much potential charm.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 20 Sheila Benson
    Scrooged
    Actually it's not a bad notion for a satiric comedy and this one begins well, but then veers entirely out of hand until it's as over-inflated as its own Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come and as funny as a mugging. [23 Nov 1988, p.1]
    • Los Angeles Times
    • 94 Metascore
    • 100 Sheila Benson
    The Manchurian Candidate
    The Manchurian Candidate proves that its fascination is intact. [12 Jan 1998, p.C1; Re-Release]
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