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For 84 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 58% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 38% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 7.2 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Staff [Not Credited]'s Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 58
Highest review score: 100 Boogie Nights
Lowest review score: 0 Idle Hands
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 45 out of 84
  2. Mixed: 18 out of 84
  3. Negative: 21 out of 84
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 88 Staff [Not Credited]
    Selma
    A deeply moving film, it's a powerful reminder of a time not so long ago when, for a large group of Americans, attempting to register to vote could result in a serious threat to their lives.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 63 Staff [Not Credited]
    Predestination
    This intriguing and well-acted gender-bending story occasionally feels like "The Crying Game" meets "Looper."
    • 74 Metascore
    • 88 Staff [Not Credited]
    East Is East
    A robust family comedy that saves its wildest moments for a climactic "get-together."
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    • 68 Metascore
    • 63 Staff [Not Credited]
    Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
    The movie is still too solemn.
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 75 Staff [Not Credited]
    The Barbarian Invasions
    Despite a slight tendency to be overly pleased with itself, this is a smart piece of work that got Arcand's screenplay an award at Cannes.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 63 Staff [Not Credited]
    Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker
    Though the film is not terribly original (and features a jarringly miscast Alicia Silverstone as Alex's nanny), the action scenes are diverting, the veteran cast is amusing and the engaging Pettyfer makes a solid debut.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 75 Staff [Not Credited]
    Saving Grace
    Though not quite up to "The Full Monty" or "Waking Ned Devine," there's just enough left in that overseas whimsy stockpile to generate good buzz (the word-of-mouth moviegoer kind).
    • 69 Metascore
    • 88 Staff [Not Credited]
    Starter for 10
    Despite its awkward title, Starter for 10 is a winning coming-of-age tale told with grace and charm.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 88 Staff [Not Credited]
    You Can Count on Me
    The best drama you've seen about Anytown, USA, since "American Beauty."
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 100 Staff [Not Credited]
    Apollo 13
    "The Right Stuff" will endure as the more ambitious movie, but this book-faithful, 2-hour team effort shrewdly keeps its eye on the ball.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 100 Staff [Not Credited]
    One Day in September
    Comprehensive and blisteringly paced.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 63 Staff [Not Credited]
    The Guru
    Agreeable and slipshod in equal fashion, The Guru illustrates the subtle distinction between stupidity and goofiness.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 63 Staff [Not Credited]
    Aquamarine
    Despite corny one-liners and plot developments that don't always hold water, Aquamarine rises above the flotsam filling theaters this time of year with a likable tale of friendship and charming performances.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 63 Staff [Not Credited]
    Everyone's Hero
    A sweet, inspirational movie that doesn't offer any surprises, but entertains youthful audiences in a gentle, almost old-fashioned way.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 75 Staff [Not Credited]
    Get Shorty
    Though it sounds like a blueprint for either disaster or dynamite, the movie is a bit too controlled to be either.
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 75 Staff [Not Credited]
    Wonder Boys
    Droll mild amusement.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 63 Staff [Not Credited]
    The Medallion
    Longer on action than comedy. But with Chan's affable charm and stunning leaps, kicks and jumps, it's a good-natured and amusing spectacle.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 63 Staff [Not Credited]
    What's Cooking?
    More interesting as a sociological study than successful as a movie, What's Cooking? gets more involving as it strolls along.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 75 Staff [Not Credited]
    Shine
    Shine has a story to reckon with and powerhouse male performances.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 75 Staff [Not Credited]
    Light It Up
    A tough little hostage thriller with crackling dialogue, surprising intelligence and an emotional wallop.
    • 32 Metascore
    • 75 Staff [Not Credited]
    Play It to the Bone
    Another invigorating, extremely raunchy sports movie from Ron Shelton .
    • 52 Metascore
    • 63 Staff [Not Credited]
    Gridiron Gang
    The best thing about Gridiron Gang is the performance of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. He is engaging, affable and wholly believable as a former football star turned officer in a juvenile detention center.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 88 Staff [Not Credited]
    The House of Mirth
    Terence Davies' deliberately paced, earnest adaptation of Edith Wharton's breakthrough novel quietly captures the grim complexities of New York's social world nearly a century ago.
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    • 48 Metascore
    • 63 Staff [Not Credited]
    Sugar & Spice
    Ragged but with an appealing comic edge, the movie is certainly funnier than most of the other comedies that studios have tried to keep from critics until opening day.
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 75 Staff [Not Credited]
    The Tao of Steve
    This quirky, winning sleeper from first-time director Jenniphr Goodman has its pokey moments, but it's no insult to say that it is as pleasantly easygoing as its slacker hero.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 88 Staff [Not Credited]
    The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
    A model of what a largely talking-heads documentary should be, with on-camera testimonials and lots of film clips that offer layers of context.
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 88 Staff [Not Credited]
    Erin Brockovich
    A first-rate office comedy of prickly exchanges.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 63 Staff [Not Credited]
    That's the Way I Like It
    A further dose of "been there/done that."
    • 52 Metascore
    • 88 Staff [Not Credited]
    Cotton Mary
    Increasingly piquant tale of culture clash in 1954 post-independence India.
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    • 51 Metascore
    • 63 Staff [Not Credited]
    Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland
    Vaughn could have used an editor, but Wild West still is a romp with a likable bunch.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 75 Staff [Not Credited]
    Brother Bear
    A sweet celebration of brotherhood in its many forms. It gently encourages human communion with animals, nature and our fellow man.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 63 Staff [Not Credited]
    The Closer You Get
    It is tough to fight off the ennui created by this comedy.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 75 Staff [Not Credited]
    Beyond the Mat
    The match winners and losers may be preordained, but these modern-day gladiators bleed plenty of real blood.
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 88 Staff [Not Credited]
    Trolösa
    The sometimes fatiguing slow flow in hour one is worth the labor because the power in this 2-hour triumph reveals itself gradually.
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    • 56 Metascore
    • 63 Staff [Not Credited]
    An Everlasting Piece
    This wee trinket of a comedy, one of the more offbeat stabs at capturing the absurdity of the religious and political strife in Ireland, is for those who like their Guinness with a shot of wry.
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    • 41 Metascore
    • 63 Staff [Not Credited]
    Mallrats
    The slapstick would put Curly and Moe to shame. The raunch is crude as often as it is clever.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 75 Staff [Not Credited]
    The Color of Paradise
    Seductively pastoral but also a bit slight, the movie saves its best scene for the very end.
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 75 Staff [Not Credited]
    Il Postino: The Postman
    The Postman (Il Postino) is slight, but it's tough to imagine anyone not liking it.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 100 Staff [Not Credited]
    Boogie Nights
    With its ceaseless music, large canvas, shrewd casting and flawless ensemble acting and the dexterity of its whiplashing mood switches, the movie recalls Robert Altman's "Nashville" more than any subsequent movie has.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 75 Staff [Not Credited]
    Miss Julie
    August Strindberg's psychological drama of erotic class conflict gets a bracing, claustrophobic workout from director Mike Figgis.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 63 Staff [Not Credited]
    Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?
    Though entertaining, Spurlock's lighthearted approach doesn't work as well here.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 63 Staff [Not Credited]
    Where the Money Is
    Easygoing and easy to take, the movie isn't much.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 88 Staff [Not Credited]
    Something's Gotta Give
    But let's not mislead about acting gold: Without Nicholson and Keaton, the movie would be fair. With them, it's one of the few good romantic comedies this year. What we gotta give is thanks.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 63 Staff [Not Credited]
    Injeong sajeong bol geot eobtda
    The script's clichés have nowhere to hide.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 63 Staff [Not Credited]
    The Big Tease
    Pleasing piffle.
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