Stephen Cole

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The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
For 230 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 54% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 43% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 5.6 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Stephen Cole's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 60
Highest review score: 100 Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
Lowest review score: 25 Paparazzi
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 114 out of 230
  2. Mixed: 88 out of 230
  3. Negative: 28 out of 230
230 movie reviews
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    • 51 Metascore
    • 50 Stephen Cole
    The Night Listener
    It should be a better, more authentic movie, considering that screenwriters Maupin and his ex-partner, Terry Anderson, are retelling parts of their own story here.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 50 Stephen Cole
    Fred Claus
    As for Vaughn, he seems exhausted by his strenuous efforts to bring a few sparks of spontaneity to such an overcalculated Christmas product.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 50 Stephen Cole
    Street Kings
    A bad-cop, worse-cop movie.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 50 Stephen Cole
    Intermission
    It's a bright, busy imitation of independent moviemaking. But it's hardly an independent film. Hopefully, next time out, director Crowley, a promising storyteller, will find his own story to tell.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 50 Stephen Cole
    Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
    Leaves us with is sporadic showers of laughs for kids under 10. That's a shame, because the film could have been a delight for everyone, if only it hadn't learned to behave.
    • 33 Metascore
    • 50 Stephen Cole
    Just Go with It
    The Super Bowl MVP is awarded a trip to Disneyland. Maybe in the future, he should be awarded a part in an Adam Sandler movie. There is no bigger male fantasy land.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 50 Stephen Cole
    How to Eat Fried Worms
    How to Eat Fried Worms arrives just in time to placate preteen boys who resent being unable to see the frankly more adult though equally immature "Snakes on a Plane."
    • 51 Metascore
    • 50 Stephen Cole
    Step Brothers
    A meagre, occasionally funny affair.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 50 Stephen Cole
    The Eagle
    They're not much company, our Marcus and Esca. But there we are, mucking through crazy Scotland with them.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 50 Stephen Cole
    American Reunion
    Halfway through, everyone starts drinking heavily and the film turns into agreeably sloppy fun. (Isn't that always the way – class reunions often perk up when someone spikes the punch.)
    • 36 Metascore
    • 50 Stephen Cole
    Alpha and Omega
    If you have kids who are easily frightened, bring them to Alpha and Omega, a 3-D movie with training wheels. Kids may not like it, but they'll never fall off the ride.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 50 Stephen Cole
    The Blind Side
    A football story that deserves a penalty flag every other play for piling on the sentiment.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 50 Stephen Cole
    G-Force
    It's an action-comedy. It's in 3-D. There's a video-game tie-in. Throw in a fluorescent Slushie from the candy counter and your eight-year-old will be in heaven.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 50 Stephen Cole
    Shoot 'Em Up
    A furious 90-minute trailer of a movie that exceeds the speed limit for action films established by Quentin Tarantino's recent "Grindhouse."
    • 47 Metascore
    • 50 Stephen Cole
    Accepted
    The humour in Accepted is maddeningly safe.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 50 Stephen Cole
    Fast & Furious
    Brian and Dom could drive from L.A. to Mexico City and back blindfolded, but would require a GPS to find the zipper of a dress. The only time they smile here is when they are alone in a garage, tinkering with their dream cars.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 50 Stephen Cole
    Jackass 3-D
    Are any of his stunts funny? Yes, one scene is worthy of Borat and Mack Sennett's Keystone Kops.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 50 Stephen Cole
    Chéri
    What's so distressing about Michelle Pfeiffer taking a mooning calf for a lover, though, is that it robs her of the quality that has always made her such an interesting actress.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 50 Stephen Cole
    Good Deeds
    What the film needs more than anything is Perry's alter ego, Medea – a rampaging bowling ball who might knock all these stiff, upright characters spinning.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 50 Stephen Cole
    1911
    If 1911 doesn't impress as historical spectacle, neither does it rank high as a Jackie Chan film.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 50 Stephen Cole
    Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
    More than anything, the film lacks a rapport with its audience.
    • 29 Metascore
    • 50 Stephen Cole
    Premonition
    Once Bullock's character clears her head at the top of the thrill ride, Premonition becomes inescapably dull because it is her mental health, not her purposefully dull husband's fate, that interested us.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 50 Stephen Cole
    Beverly Hills Chihuahua
    Barrymore's charm helps make Beverly Hills Chihuahua a congenial family outing.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 50 Stephen Cole
    Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story
    Fails to ever come alive as a human comedy in the manner of the best mockumentaries.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 50 Stephen Cole
    The Expendables
    Still, what makes Sly's new film fascinating is that, 35 years after he created and starred in the ultimate little-boy fantasy, "Rocky," Stallone remains such a guileless, big-dreaming innocent.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 50 Stephen Cole
    Extraordinary Measures
    Best when Fraser is on screen. Ian McKellen, who starred with Fraser in "Gods and Monsters," called him the most natural actor he'd worked with, marvelling at Fraser's ability to disappear into roles.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 50 Stephen Cole
    Silk
    Though elegantly staged, Silk is badly written and indifferently cast.
    • 34 Metascore
    • 50 Stephen Cole
    Ninja Assassin
    A convincing, reasonably co-ordinated action movie. Nothing special, but lovers of the genre will enjoy the workouts, especially if they bring night-vision glasses.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 50 Stephen Cole
    Love in the Time of Cholera
    Today, the 1985 novel is the No. 1-selling paperback in North America. Sadly, the movie is a bonfire where the novel was a blaze of fireworks.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 50 Stephen Cole
    Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
    The film has enough laughs to stock a 90-minute entertainment. Unfortunately it throws out enough material to fill five comedies. And most of the jokes die in silence, throwing off a flop-sweat tsunami that carries away Short's best work.
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