Steve Simels
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38% higher than the average critic
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1% same as the average critic
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61% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 18.8 points lower than other critics.
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Steve Simels' Scores
- Movies
- TV
| Average review score: | 47 | |
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| Highest review score: | Cradle Will Rock | |
| Lowest review score: | Cotton Mary | |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 15 out of 113
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Mixed: 73 out of 113
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Negative: 25 out of 113
113
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- Steve Simels
The lame and apparently tacked-on ending (which seems to crib footage from 2000's "Gladiator"), suggests the rather terrifying prospect of a Roman-era sequel. Five words: Be afraid, be very afraid.- TV Guide Magazine
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- Steve Simels
A self-consciously arty ensemble piece that's alternately exploitative, implausible and cliche ridden.- TV Guide Magazine
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- Steve Simels
It's actually a sweet, often very funny story about a schlemiehl redeemed by love.- TV Guide Magazine
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- Steve Simels
Stunningly cinematic and audacious on every level, writer/director Tim Robbins's look at the collision of the Depression-era art world and politics may well be a masterpiece.- TV Guide Magazine
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- Steve Simels
Along the way, director Brian Robbins indulges Reeves in too many laughable inspirational speeches. He also wastes the terrific Diane Lane in the thankless role of the kids' dedicated teacher.- TV Guide Magazine
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- Steve Simels
It's hard to overstate just how awful this movie is, despite the efforts of the appealing cast.- TV Guide Magazine
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- Steve Simels
A butt-numbing exercise in tedium, sporadically redeemed by moments of unintentional hilarity.- TV Guide Magazine
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- Steve Simels
There's so much going on it's hard to keep track, and after a while you may be tempted to give up.- TV Guide Magazine
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- Steve Simels
For every inspired bit -- Templeton playing chauffeur to 40 I Love Lucy-era Lucille Ball impersonators -- there's one that falls spectacularly flat.- TV Guide Magazine
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- Steve Simels
A kitchen-sink realist coming-of-age story in the venerable British tradition, with all the good and bad that entails.- TV Guide Magazine
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