Tirdad Derakhshani

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Philadelphia Inquirer
For 257 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 74% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 24% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 3 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Tirdad Derakhshani's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 69
Highest review score: 100 I Am Not Your Negro
Lowest review score: 12 xXx: Return of Xander Cage
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 191 out of 257
  2. Mixed: 41 out of 257
  3. Negative: 25 out of 257
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    • 53 Metascore
    • 50 Tirdad Derakhshani
    Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
    Like Clint Eastwood’s masterful 2006 WWII drama "Flags of Our Fathers," Lee’s film is as much about how we spin war stories as it is about war itself. Both involve a group of heroic soldiers sent home by the Pentagon to help drum up popular support. Both are made by filmmakers keenly aware that stories have the power to justify a war or turn the public against it.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 75 Tirdad Derakhshani
    Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
    Yates and Rowling skillfully weave their bleak – and very blunt-edged – message into the fabric of the story. It might be wildly out of place in a fantasy aimed at tweens, but it’s a welcome change from the usual vapid blockbuster.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 75 Tirdad Derakhshani
    Loving
    His pictures cover familiar territory. Yet Nichols is blessed with a talent for telling stories from fresh, surprising perspectives.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 88 Tirdad Derakhshani
    Being 17
    A richly observed coming-of-age drama about two teenage boys who are drawn to each other with a complicated mix of attraction, repulsion, tenderness, and aggression.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 88 Tirdad Derakhshani
    Hacksaw Ridge
    Garfield melts into his Doss character in a performance that seems impossibly still and tranquil. He’s mesmerizing. It’s almost impossible to imagine he ever played Spider-Man.
    • 99 Metascore
    • 100 Tirdad Derakhshani
    Moonlight
    It’s a true American masterpiece and one of the best films of the decade.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 88 Tirdad Derakhshani
    The Handmaiden
    Far too good to be watched in one sitting.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 63 Tirdad Derakhshani
    Doctor Strange
    The film is surprisingly engaging. It’s fun.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 50 Tirdad Derakhshani
    Trolls
    Despite the competent animation, the great tunes, and funny voice work by costars Russell Brand and John Cleese, Trolls is a lackluster entry. The story is clichéd and predictable. Overall, the film has no real magic.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 88 Tirdad Derakhshani
    Certain Women
    Set against the backdrop of Montana's stunning wilderness, Certain Women portrays women at work and women in desire with the quiet confidence, simplicity, and directness of a true artist.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 88 Tirdad Derakhshani
    Christine
    Rebecca Hall is wondrous as Christine, delivering a sly performance that brings out her character's extraordinary intelligence. Her Christine has a peculiar brand of dry, subversive humor that takes aim at various absurdities of modern life and mass media.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 38 Tirdad Derakhshani
    Inferno
    The more movie magic Howard piles on, the less we care. And, boy, does he pull out all the stops, stocking the pic with a tub of red herrings, half a dozen plot twists, and more complex set pieces than a comic-book flick. I felt relieved when it was finally over.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 63 Tirdad Derakhshani
    Ouija: Origin of Evil
    While it's not entirely successful, this stylish shocker is a big step up from the earlier film.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 75 Tirdad Derakhshani
    Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
    Somehow, Reacher gets under your skin with his mordant wit, razor-sharp intelligence, and existentialist intensity.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 63 Tirdad Derakhshani
    Kevin Hart: What Now?
    Part of the problem lies with the venue. When it comes to standup, bigger is not better. One-man shows work better in smaller spaces. In his bid to proclaim his giant stature as an entertainer, Hart loses himself.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 75 Tirdad Derakhshani
    The Accountant
    On the whole, it's a mess of action clichés built on top of a shaky premise that's so out-of-this-world that it'll either enrage you - or make you laugh. I chose the latter. I'm not ashamed to admit that I had a lot of fun at this movie.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 75 Tirdad Derakhshani
    A Man Called Ove
    A charming, warm-hearted Swedish dramedy about the redemptive power of neighborly love.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 88 Tirdad Derakhshani
    The Birth of a Nation
    A startling, powerful biopic.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 63 Tirdad Derakhshani
    The Girl on the Train
    With its female heroines and its uncertain, constantly shifting view of reality, The Girl on the Train is a bit like a cubist, feminist episode of "Law & Order." But not much more.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 88 Tirdad Derakhshani
    Command and Control
    It's the stuff of nightmares.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 63 Tirdad Derakhshani
    Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
    Tries - far too hard - to replicate the Alice effect and falls short.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 63 Tirdad Derakhshani
    Masterminds
    Masterminds is filled with the sort of idiotic bathroom humor that has become standard in big-screen comedies, but it is enlivened by the surreal slapstick touches that made Napoleon Dynamite so good. Even though it isn't the sharpest comedy, it had me in stitches.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 75 Tirdad Derakhshani
    Deepwater Horizon
    I've rarely encountered such pure poetry of action as in the opening minutes of Deepwater Horizon, director Peter Berg's exciting and emotionally wrenching thriller.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 75 Tirdad Derakhshani
    Queen of Katwe
    This terrific film and its inspirational message have been filtered through an individualistic, American point of view, suggesting that anyone can make a better life for themselves if they are willing to work. And that's not the case everywhere.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 50 Tirdad Derakhshani
    Storks
    Storks feels way too much like a belabored and mediocre SNL sketch. Each character has some neurotic tic or crazy fixation, which they expound upon in monologues that feel like material for a stand-up act or a sitcom.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 50 Tirdad Derakhshani
    The Magnificent Seven
    Despite a great cast and several terrific action sequences, Fuqua's film is largely forgettable.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 75 Tirdad Derakhshani
    Demon
    At once a shocking, baroque freak-out and a finely tuned, brilliantly paced surrealist black comedy.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 50 Tirdad Derakhshani
    Blair Witch
    It's nothing more than a sophisticated clone of the original, and it really overdoes the shaky-camera thing - even more than in some of the worst found-footage movies The Blair Witch Project spawned.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 75 Tirdad Derakhshani
    Snowden
    Chilling - and very chatty. Snowden is a seriously talky film. Yet it never feels tedious, thanks to Stone's tremendous sense of story construction, the film's razor-sharp editing - and Gordon-Levitt's masterful performance.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 88 Tirdad Derakhshani
    In Order of Disappearance
    In Order of Disappearance has an utterly unique feel, a certain Scandinavian crispness that's impossible to duplicate.
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