Steven Scaife

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For 101 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 24% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 74% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 9.1 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Steven Scaife's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 57
Highest review score: 88 Identifying Features
Lowest review score: 25 We Summon the Darkness
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 50 out of 101
  2. Mixed: 31 out of 101
  3. Negative: 20 out of 101
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    • 46 Metascore
    • 50 Steven Scaife
    Dolly
    One senses that Rod Blackhurst knows that Dolly is undernourished, but his attempts to jazz it up by splitting it into transparently titled chapters only calls further attention to that dearth of imagination.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 38 Steven Scaife
    Guns Akimbo
    Writer-director Jason Lei Howden’s humor might have been tolerable if his film was at least reasonably imaginative.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 38 Steven Scaife
    Consecration
    Consecration ends up not just gimmicky but derivative of Christopher Smith’s own prior work.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 63 Steven Scaife
    In the Lost Lands
    The film provides Paul W.S. Anderson with a sturdy canvas for his unique brand of gaudy, campy cool.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 25 Steven Scaife
    The Grudge
    Nicolas Pesce evincing little of the promise he showed in his prior films, and even less drive to remake the old into something new.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 38 Steven Scaife
    Random Acts of Violence
    For all of its ostensible thoughtfulness, in trying to describe “real art,” Random Acts of Violence ultimately doesn’t describe anything at all.
    • 27 Metascore
    • 38 Steven Scaife
    Jiu Jitsu
    Nicolas Cage’s amusing turn as a kooky hermit with an affinity for newspaper hats often feels awkwardly spliced into the film.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 25 Steven Scaife
    Mainstream
    The film has the knowing swagger of something on the cutting edge but none of the self-awareness to realize it’s late to the party.
    • 31 Metascore
    • 25 Steven Scaife
    The King's Daughter
    The film provides no space to explore its relationships, and as a result there’s little friction to the climax.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 50 Steven Scaife
    Missing
    The film ties itself into many knots as it chases the superficial sugar high of a big reveal.
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    • 38 Steven Scaife
    Realm of Satan
    The film isn’t designed to challenge what you think you know about the Church of Satan.
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