Todd Gilchrist

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For 154 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 68% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 29% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 1.7 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Todd Gilchrist's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 67
Highest review score: 100 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Lowest review score: 20 Leatherface
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 102 out of 154
  2. Mixed: 39 out of 154
  3. Negative: 13 out of 154
154 movie reviews
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    • 95 Metascore
    • 80 Todd Gilchrist
    Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
    What lingers after watching the film in its most complete form, however, is the fact that it’s so thoughtfully written, brilliantly constructed and (especially) beautifully acted. One imagines that breaking the film in two may have scuttled its chances of earning Uma Thurman a Best Actress nomination, but 20-plus years on, she deserves that recognition more than ever, conveying the character’s strength, resilience and determination, but also her incredible vulnerability.
    • 92 Metascore
    • 100 Todd Gilchrist
    The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
    The Texas Chain Saw Massacre chopped up our expectations more than 30 years ago, and for that we will always remember - and be thankful that some experiences do stay up on the screen.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 90 Todd Gilchrist
    Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus
    Far more than a showcase of his talent and productivity, Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus lets Sakamoto deliver an elegy, and in the process, an autobiography of his creative journey, as captured through the precision and poetry of director Neo Sora’s camera.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 90 Todd Gilchrist
    Procession
    Greene’s film explores not just the ability of art to repair emotional and sometimes physical injuries but also the resiliency of the human spirit and the solidarity of a group of individuals collaborating to provide comfort for themselves and each other through shared, unimaginable pain.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 83 Todd Gilchrist
    American Hustle
    Although movies like “Goodfellas” are indisputable forebears for Russell’s decadent tale of crime and punishment, the filmmaker distinguishes himself by creating a complex and compelling web of manipulation between the characters that eventually supersedes any of their scheming or con artistry.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 100 Todd Gilchrist
    Marty Supreme
    Though its far-reaching ambitions and many stylistic juxtapositions might make it seem like the work of two (or more!) filmmakers, Marty Supreme isn’t just a masterpiece, but feels vividly like a cohesive — and singular — vision.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 88 Todd Gilchrist
    Long Day's Journey Into Night
    Long Day’s Journey Into Night is a mesmerizing hallucination of a film, a journey through one man’s memories for a truth that may not exist.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 75 Todd Gilchrist
    Red Hook Summer
    Ultimately, Lee's clarity of vision hasn't been this sharp or unique since before "Crooklyn," and it's thrilling with Red Hook Summer to witness a return to the technique – and most of all, emotional wallop – that even today continues to give his films an enduring life as both entertainment, and enlightenment.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 86 Todd Gilchrist
    Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
    This particular “Bob Dylan Story” proves that at least in terms of the tour, and possibly Dylan himself, what’s on the surface is plenty fascinating no matter how much or little you get at anything underneath.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 88 Todd Gilchrist
    The First Wave
    The filmmaker’s juxtaposition of overworked physicians and desperate patients offers a concentrated and intimate look at the bottomless, unimaginable depths of loss as well as the indefatigable reservoir of hope that sustains humanity during its darkest moments.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 100 Todd Gilchrist
    The Dark Knight
    What Nolan and Co. have created doesn't just function as a thrill ride or even a terrific movie, but rather as a substantive and philosophical examination of why we need heroes, and then when we need them, what they mean.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 100 Todd Gilchrist
    The Fabelmans
    The Fabelmans is a measured and incredibly intimate look at Spielberg’s upbringing as he developed his aptitude for storytelling through a medium that mesmerized him since the night he went to see The Greatest Show On Earth as a child. It also spotlights cinema as an extraordinary device that not only unveils powerful truths, but often shapes them as well.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 78 Todd Gilchrist
    Antlers
    Committed performances by Keri Russell, Jesse Plemons and extraordinary young actor Jeremy T. Thomas vividly communicate the deeper emotional stakes of Antlers, if somewhat unfortunately without adding an ounce of fun or excitement to its mythmaking.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Todd Gilchrist
    Luther: Never Too Much
    "Never Too Much” shows just how hard Luther Vandross worked to make his natural and irresistible talent seem effortless. That it took longer than he’d wanted to achieve certain results, not because of his shortcomings but the prevailing cultural forces of the time, is just one of many takeaways.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 92 Todd Gilchrist
    The Go-Go's
    The Go-Go’s tackles the seminal all-female ’80s rock band with such honesty, openness and effervescence that it not only rises above that clichéd, almost telegraphed arc but transcends the ranks of other music documentaries to offer a story you desperately want to keep watching, even when you already know where it’s going.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 91 Todd Gilchrist
    Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
    Like its predecessor, it’s whip-smart, joyful, and more than a little bit mischievous, yet another manipulation/reinvention of the classic whodunit, made with a cast whose thrill to be working produces an experience that’s as exuberant for them as it is for viewers. In short, it’s nothing less than perfect crowd-pleasing counter-programming for folks craving something that isn’t either superhero or horror-related.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 58 Todd Gilchrist
    The World's End
    As a film whose central theme emphasizes the dangers of living in the past, Wright, Pegg and Frost become fatally distracted by nostalgia, eventually paying too much homage to previous classics—especially their own—to create another film that deserves to stand alongside them.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 83 Todd Gilchrist
    X
    While you’re languishing in the performances and period detail, West is sneaking up to pull the rug out from beneath you, or to raze some outdated cliché. X is bloody, ballsy fun.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 86 Todd Gilchrist
    The Wife
    What ultimately works most profoundly for the film is that its intimacy, its specificity, feels less like the culmination of Joan’s life experiences and more like an epiphany, or maybe an origin story, for what’s yet to come from her.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 91 Todd Gilchrist
    Top Gun: Maverick
    Joe Kosinski (Tron: Legacy) matches his well-established architectural precision with suitably nostalgic but never pandering emotionality, while Cruise commands the screen in a performance that leverages his multimillion-dollar star wattage to brighten the entire film.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 88 Todd Gilchrist
    After Yang
    The control and confidence of its form, paired with an emotionality that is at once effortless and irresistibly powerful, makes the film feel to the audience the way those pointed and yet somehow ephemeral clips in Yang’s memory feel to Jake. In preying on a sensation that’s only indirectly remembered, the impact it makes becomes unforgettable.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 84 Todd Gilchrist
    Barracuda
    Cortlund and Halperin (“Now, Forager”) demonstrate a gift for not only creating beautiful images in unexpected moments, but also avoiding narrative shortcuts or tonal clichés to tell a story that covers familiar territory while ultimately defying easy categorization.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 100 Todd Gilchrist
    The Dark Knight Rises
    A cinematic, cultural and personal triumph, The Dark Knight Rises is emotionally inspiring, aesthetically significant and critically important for America itself – as a mirror of both sober reflection and resilient hope.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 58 Todd Gilchrist
    Nope
    What Nope lacks is not ambition or ideas, but clarity, which is why the appropriate response to it is not a resounding yes, but alright, not bad—what else have you got?
    • 77 Metascore
    • 75 Todd Gilchrist
    The Imposter
    The Imposter is a great commentary on the subjectivity of any event, and one that probes deeply into the motivations of its subjects.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 82 Todd Gilchrist
    I, Tonya
    Bustling with manic energy, I, Tonya attempts to cobble together a variety of perspectives — including that of the filmmakers — to create a portrait of, and perhaps rejoinder to, history’s assessment of the record-breaking athlete as little more than a ’90s tabloid footnote.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Todd Gilchrist
    Rebel Ridge
    Ultimately muscular and effective if predictable, Saulnier’s latest reaffirms his bona fides as a deliverer of sturdy, tightly-controlled thrills.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 91 Todd Gilchrist
    The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
    Catching Fire is a monumental achievement, a massively entertaining crowd-pleaser that is thought-provoking and personally inspiring in all of the ways that it aspires to be.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 90 Todd Gilchrist
    Send Help
    A true rarity, Send Help feels fresh and unique — so much, in fact, it’s hard to decide whether you want Raimi (or anybody else, for that matter) to make more movies like it, or let it alone, thriving on a far-off island where no one can compromise its singular, idiosyncratic perfection.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 85 Todd Gilchrist
    Jawline
    It documents the unexpected timelessness underlying a hopelessly contemporary phenomenon by looking at the very specific ways the current generation of teenagers engage the world around them, pointing out the inevitable, inescapable sameness of the way the world always has, and will, look back.
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