Sid Smith

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Chicago Tribune
For 15 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 46% higher than the average critic
  • 0% same as the average critic
  • 54% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 15.5 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Sid Smith's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 50
Highest review score: 88 David Copperfield
Lowest review score: 0 The Toxic Avenger
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 15
  3. Negative: 5 out of 15
15 movie reviews
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    • 61 Metascore
    • 50 Sid Smith
    Criminal
    Criminal is an exercise where viewers are likely to ponder not "How did the characters do it?" but "Who cares?"
    • 76 Metascore
    • 50 Sid Smith
    My Beautiful Laundrette
    The style and acting of Laundrette is triumphant, and its substance a true but altogether pedestrian cliche.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 50 Sid Smith
    The Legend of Billie Jean
    Teenagers, who may not have seen this picture's many hero/outlaw predecessors, might like its the pop soundtrack, better-than-average acting and modest punk attire. Everyone else is likely to find Billie Jean the very thing that becomes a legend least. [22July 1985, p.3C]
    • Chicago Tribune
    • 39 Metascore
    • 50 Sid Smith
    Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
    They graduated but didn't really grow up. Most of the less than lovable troupe from the first movie are back, including Steve Guttenberg, and so is the low level of comedy. This time, at least, director Jerry Paris from the old Dick Van Dyke show is on hand to improve the timing and pace. [05 Apr 1985, p.C]
    • Chicago Tribune
    • 40 Metascore
    • 50 Sid Smith
    Club Paradise
    Throughout, Williams seems hampered, hand-tied and almost mind-controlled, as if afraid of letting his hyperkinetic style take off. That`s too bad, because without it, Club Paradise is amiable, amusing and effortless, words that are good news when the subject is bittersweet comedy and disaster when the intention was clearly slapstick.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 50 Sid Smith
    The Exorcist III
    Eventually, Blatty's cat-and-mouse game with the viewer gets a little tiresome, and his own story, by definition, leads to a corner: an all-out, free-for-all exorcism finish that seems a bit dated now.

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