Teo Bugbee

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The New York Times
For 242 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 40% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 56% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 5.4 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Teo Bugbee's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 60
Highest review score: 100 Milla
Lowest review score: 10 Broken Diamonds
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 112 out of 242
  2. Mixed: 108 out of 242
  3. Negative: 22 out of 242
242 movie reviews
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    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Teo Bugbee
    Diamond Hands: The Legend of WallStreetBets
    It’s a zippy, entertaining approach that offers a surprising degree of insight into the psychology that produced the GameStop phenomenon. Investors played with serious money, but their mind-set was a farcical dive into hyperspace — a week of gambling in a cyber-Vegas that, for some, was worth the hangover.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Teo Bugbee
    Cowboys
    The observant nature of this character drama offers Zahn in particular the opportunity to expand into new territory. He hasn’t lost the spaciness that once made him a lovable comedic sidekick, but here fatherhood endows that same charm with pathos, even tragedy.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Teo Bugbee
    The Road Movie
    The camera offers no protection; it only provides a witness. Fortunately for audiences, it’s more pleasurable to witness anarchy than it is to experience it.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 70 Teo Bugbee
    Daniel Isn't Real
    What starts as a mediocre psychological thriller finishes as a surprisingly toothsome and creative horror film, complete with creature features and journeys into the abyss.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 70 Teo Bugbee
    How It Ends
    The film plays as a series of perfectly enjoyable sketches strung together, an excuse for veteran actors to chew on playful dialogue.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Teo Bugbee
    Markie in Milwaukee
    If Markie is undeniably compelling as a subject, the film doesn’t quite match her bravery and her willingness to explore uncharted territory. There are plenty of fly-on-the-wall observations, but little play or introspection besides what Markie is able to offer.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Teo Bugbee
    Plan C
    At times, all of the secrecy and legal caution can make it hard to understand the complex logistics of getting a legal abortion in the United States. But the risks involved are bracingly apparent, and the documentary benefits from its attempts to capture Plan C’s high-stakes operation in progress.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Teo Bugbee
    Tu Me Manques
    Though the movie’s aesthetics are tepidly pleasant, Bellott’s biggest success is freeing his film’s relationship to time. In this sense, the movie retains some of the vitality of theater, where the characters invite the audience into reverie.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Teo Bugbee
    Fourteen
    What begins as a movie with two protagonists almost imperceptibly evolves into a movie with just one — a touching demonstration of how narratives that seem inevitably intertwined can unravel.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Teo Bugbee
    Circus of Books
    The remembrances are the movie’s heart — not a family secret, but a community’s pride.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 70 Teo Bugbee
    Bottom of the 9th
    The result is pleasing — a stadium snow cone, palatable despite being sweetened with corn syrup.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 70 Teo Bugbee
    H is for Happiness
    Its meticulous visuals do frequently tip into preciousness, yet this cuteness is offset by the movie’s refreshingly direct take on depression and despair. This unusual children’s film may be fussy, but to its credit, it is not frivolous.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Teo Bugbee
    Introducing, Selma Blair
    The greatest asset of the film is its ability to simulate the intimacy of disclosure, and Blair’s comfort with the camera — her actress-y will to entertain — makes her a uniquely endearing subject.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Teo Bugbee
    Cane Fire
    The cinematography is often grainy, and occasionally Banua-Simon’s choice of interview subjects feels unfocused or repetitive. But there is tremendous educational and moral value in his overview of the history of Kauai.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Teo Bugbee
    The Long Walk
    The reward for waiting for the fog to lift is a movie that presents a unique take on science fiction, one that looks for the ghosts that linger on in a world that has been shaped by technology.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Teo Bugbee
    Bulletproof
    What this admirably hands-off film shows is how the feelings of anxiety that have surrounded school shootings have been monetized and translated into demand for consumer products. It is a nightmarish vision — the military industrial complex deployed in the halls where children ought to roam.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 70 Teo Bugbee
    All My Puny Sorrows
    The ensemble builds believable chemistry as intimate family members, and when their characters deliver their arguments for life or death, the stakes feel appropriately high.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Teo Bugbee
    Sweetheart
    To the film’s credit, the central relationship remains realistically drawn — a teenage courtship that’s marked by misunderstandings and mood swings. The characters aren’t always sweet, but they never feel phony.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Teo Bugbee
    915: Hunting Hispanics
    The value of this demystifying film is its tactical breakdown of a form of violence that has become increasingly common in the United States. Here, both prevention and survival are a result of communal strategy.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Teo Bugbee
    El Planeta
    This is a dry comedy that elicits amused recognition rather than belly laughs, and Ulman, as a first-time feature director, makes canny decisions to set a wry tone.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Teo Bugbee
    The Legend of the Underground
    The filmmakers Giselle Bailey and Nneka Onuorah capture arguments as other activists wrestle with the contradictions of James’s motivations. But crucially, they don’t shy away from James.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Teo Bugbee
    The Dog Doc
    For audiences who don’t mind being jealous of sick dogs, The Dog Doc is a thought-provoking look at what is missing from modern medicine — for animals and for people.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 70 Teo Bugbee
    Alone Together
    Its simplicity and lack of cinematic fancy strikes a tone of surprising relief.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Teo Bugbee
    Lonesome
    Lonesome demonstrates a mature use of sex in cinema, a treatment that communicates narrative purpose without diminishing sex’s animalistic, physical side.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 70 Teo Bugbee
    See How They Run
    With a sprightly wit and an all-star cast to bring it to life, the movie manages to be a loving parody of theater gossips, postwar London and Christie’s murder mysteries all at once.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Teo Bugbee
    Mass
    The movie lacks the gut punch of live theater, the thrill or discomfort of watching people show their feelings in real time. But as cinema, it demonstrates the effectiveness of simplicity. A well-written script and an exemplary cast can still produce a movie worth watching.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Teo Bugbee
    Slalom
    The writer and director, Charlène Favier, had previous experience as a competitive skier, and she is attentive to the textures of mountainside sports and how abuse plays out in this setting.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Teo Bugbee
    Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles
    Despite the modern technology, the setting and the sound draws attention to what is retro about this young star’s style, the influences from bossa nova, jazz, and traditional choral music that pop up in her chart-topping records.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Teo Bugbee
    Black Bear
    The movie plays like a well-crafted game, one with stable rules and safeties, perfectly enjoyable but limited. The director and the performers circle ideas about how intimacy can be manipulated to satisfy artistic ambitions, but the experiment feels easy to leave behind.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 70 Teo Bugbee
    Britt-Marie Was Here
    Britt-Marie Was Here is a relatively unchallenging yet ultimately pleasant watch.
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