Soren Andersen

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The Seattle Times
For 373 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 54% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 44% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 2.1 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Soren Andersen's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 63
Highest review score: 100 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Lowest review score: 12 Norm of the North
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 224 out of 373
  2. Mixed: 75 out of 373
  3. Negative: 74 out of 373
373 movie reviews
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    • 37 Metascore
    • 75 Soren Andersen
    The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
    The prime attraction of this movie, and its predecessor, is that it envelopes the audience in the Mario world. Every square inch of the screen, from top to bottom, corner to corner, is packed with images derived from the game. Easter eggs abound. Watching it is akin being inside the 2007 Super Mario Galaxy game itself. Which is why it needs to be seen on the big screen. Seeing it on a phone or a laptop wouldn’t do it justice.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 75 Soren Andersen
    The SpongeBob Movie: Search for Squarepants
    Everybody involved seems to be having a blast making this latest “SpongeBob” a funny, fast-paced pleasure.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 63 Soren Andersen
    Zootopia 2
    The sweetness in the original is absent in the sequel. The players, including Judy and Nick, have an edge to them. Maybe that’s to be expected in that the main characters are now more settled in their parts, but there’s a sharpness in tone that makes them hard to warm up to.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 75 Soren Andersen
    The Smashing Machine
    The picture itself is more workmanlike than transcendent. It marches along but doesn’t soar.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 100 Soren Andersen
    Highest 2 Lowest
    Both star and director are at the top of their game here, and that’s as good as movies get.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 75 Soren Andersen
    Eddington
    There are no safe places in his pictures. And Eddington is dense with multiple levels that stoke the ever-present unease.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 100 Soren Andersen
    How to Train Your Dragon
    There are plot levels here that are deeper than the original, which is quite complex and moving in its own right.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 75 Soren Andersen
    Lilo & Stitch
    Lively, fast-paced and ever so familiar, the picture is a happy addition to the holiday. It’s worth leaving the house to see.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 63 Soren Andersen
    A Minecraft Movie
    Kids will likely be diverted by the colorful excess of A Minecraft Movie, but fans of the game may feel it misses the mark. More creativity, please.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 75 Soren Andersen
    Mickey 17
    Bong covered many of the same aspects of “Mickey” in his 2013 sci-fi epic “Snowpiercer,” a more streamlined and hard-bitten work of social commentary with the have-nots battling the heedless rich. ”Mickey 17” is less focused and not quite as satisfying a production as that earlier movie.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 75 Soren Andersen
    Nosferatu
    It’s not the best Dracula movie of all time, though it aspires to that. Murnau’s original still leads the pack. But it certainly is the most stylish. Eggers is a filmmaker with astonishing visual flair.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 88 Soren Andersen
    Mufasa: The Lion King
    After having been made and remade for the screen and converted into a long-running hit Broadway show, it might have seemed like “The Lion King” was a played-out property. “Mufasa,” under Jenkins’ poised and creative direction, proves there is still plenty of life left in the long-reining “King.”
    • 58 Metascore
    • 63 Soren Andersen
    Moana 2
    Part 2 is undeniably lively and very obviously pitched to young kids. It’s colorful but not especially distinctive.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 88 Soren Andersen
    Gladiator II
    Big, bold and bordering on the unbelievable, Gladiator II delivers, big time.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 88 Soren Andersen
    The Wild Robot
    Complex and lively, The Wild Robot is thoroughly delightful on every level. It’s a rare treat, not just for kids but for adults as well.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 63 Soren Andersen
    Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
    Ball takes his time presenting Noa’s world in detail. Too much time, frankly. There is no real sense of urgency here. Everything is carefully worked out. The visuals are handsome but unremarkable. Consequently, the picture feels dutiful and oddly bloodless.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 63 Soren Andersen
    The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
    It’s an undeniably fun picture but rather too self-impressed. It’s Ritchie at his limited best.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 75 Soren Andersen
    Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
    The CGI is off the leash. The manufactured chaos is unrelenting. Monsters punching monsters. The pyramids are peril. Awesome deconstruction there.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 100 Soren Andersen
    Kung Fu Panda 4
    The fourth time is truly the charm in this long-running franchise.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 75 Soren Andersen
    Dune: Part Two
    A knowledge of the novel is helpful as well.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 63 Soren Andersen
    The Underdoggs
    So there’s not a single surprise along the way. But there is the comfort of familiarity operating in the movie’s favor. And it’s fun.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 63 Soren Andersen
    Napoleon
    As far as truly caring about anything that goes on in this epic, well, that’s a chore. And with a run time of more than 2½ hours, that chore becomes ever more burdensome as the minutes tick away.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 63 Soren Andersen
    Silent Night
    Limited by his budget, Woo makes the most of what he has, but the whole thing feels like he’s cautiously dipping his toe back in the Hollywood pool.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 75 Soren Andersen
    The Exorcist: Believer
    As an homage to Friedkin’s movie, Green’s take is respectful and genuinely scary. Let those tubular bells chime forth in celebration.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 63 Soren Andersen
    The Creator
    There are lots of ideas rattling around in it — about artificial intelligence, about racism, about American aggression on the world stage, about the future of humanity. And rattle and clang they do. And also clunk. The various elements are not well integrated.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 75 Soren Andersen
    A Million Miles Away
    An engaging picture brimming with uplift.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 63 Soren Andersen
    Blue Beetle
    Interspersed with the overabundant slam-bang action sequences which up the silliness factor with their increasing improbability are heartfelt paeans to the bracing solidarity of Jaime’s family. Their sincerity is the picture’s best element.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 88 Soren Andersen
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
    A fast-moving, clever and funny picture.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 75 Soren Andersen
    Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
    Holding it all together is Ford, his hair steel-gray, his face craggy, playing the part with authority. And this time he invests Indy with an inner depth not previously seen.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 75 Soren Andersen
    The Flash
    It’s nuts. It’s fun.
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