Steve Pond

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For 318 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 64% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 31% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 8.7 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Steve Pond's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 74
Highest review score: 100 Asako I & II
Lowest review score: 30 The Greatest Beer Run Ever
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 268 out of 318
  2. Mixed: 46 out of 318
  3. Negative: 4 out of 318
318 movie reviews
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    • 43 Metascore
    • 43 Steve Pond
    Antebellum
    Grounding a genre movie in the history of slavery and the resurgence of white nationalism is a dark and dramatic gamble that pulls “Antebellum” out of the horror genre and into social commentary, or at least makes it an intriguing mix of the two. It’s just too bad that the execution isn’t surehanded enough to live up to the ambition.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 55 Steve Pond
    Scoob!
    If there’s something you remember, or liked, about any iteration of “Scooby-Doo,” you’ll probably find it, or a joke about it, in Scoob! It gets to be a little tiring, but maybe it helps all this frantic silliness go down just a little easier, too.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 60 Steve Pond
    Endings, Beginnings
    Endings, Beginnings takes a young woman who tries to be in the corner but must find a way to train a spotlight on herself — and if you have to lean in to appreciate her journey, Doremus and Woodley make it rewarding if you do.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 35 Steve Pond
    The House That Jack Built
    The House That Jack Built is kind of a bore. As much as von Trier loves to push our buttons with graphic imagery, he also wants to get under our skin by talking, talking, talking. And while the gore got the headlines, the talk is what sinks the movie.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 45 Steve Pond
    Leave One Day
    The movie seems to be trying to be quirky, but it’s never quirky enough, and it’s hard to feel much for the characters or feel that there’s much in the way of healing going on. But it’s breezy enough to be mildly diverting and gently nostalgic.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 45 Steve Pond
    Unhinged
    A brutal action flick that’s running on ugly from start to finish, the film from director Derrick Borte flirts with having something to say about stressful, angry times and toxic masculinity, but settles for letting Russell Crowe glower, seethe and leave a whole lotta destruction in his gruesome wake.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 45 Steve Pond
    The Goldfinch
    The Goldfinch, the novel, was a testament to the power of The Goldfinch, the painting – but The Goldfinch, the movie, can’t be more than a footnote to the mysteries and the grace of the works that inspired it.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 30 Steve Pond
    The Greatest Beer Run Ever
    The early scenes are at times surprisingly awkward – and while things get better when Chickie gets to Vietnam and Russell Crowe shows up to (briefly) ground the movie with his quiet gravity, “Beer Run” still lurches from silliness to preachiness in a way that’s rarely satisfying.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 76 Steve Pond
    Dear Evan Hansen
    It’s messy at times and melodramatic at others, and its treatment of mental health issues is not the most nuanced, but those feel like quibbles given the joy you can find in its best moments.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 55 Steve Pond
    All My Life
    It’s a drama rather than a comedy, so call it a rom-dram – and if that phrase seems slightly dismissive, it’s appropriate for a movie that plays up the sentimentality and never escapes the feeling that it’s a light look at a heavy subject.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 40 Steve Pond
    Coffee & Kareem
    It’s kind of a mess, a crazy balancing act that flails as often as it connects.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 48 Steve Pond
    Stardust
    Flynn’s ferocious commitment to the role is something to admire, even if we’re not completely convinced.
    • 31 Metascore
    • 40 Steve Pond
    Inheritance
    A thriller that wants to be more than that and stretches the bounds of plausibility to get there, Inheritance may have you squirming in your seat and shaking your head in equal measure.
    • 31 Metascore
    • 45 Steve Pond
    Artemis Fowl
    While an energetic kids’ fantasy with cool creatures fighting each other is probably a reasonable win for Disney’s new premium service in these days before most theaters reopen, it’s hard to watch it as an adult and not wish for something that produced a little more magic of its own.
    • 22 Metascore
    • 30 Steve Pond
    The Tax Collector
    It trots out a lot of posturing and a lot of gang-movie clichés but flails instead of giving us much reason to care.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 71 Steve Pond
    Unfit: The Psychology Of Donald Trump
    #Unfit feels like a rational argument, and a powerful one. But if it’s liable to scare lots of people who already oppose Trump, it doesn’t feel as if it will change anybody’s opinion.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Steve Pond
    The Movie Teller
    In its happiest moments, The Movie Teller is glorious and yes, a little corny; in its darkest ones, it’s still lovely and sad.
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