Tom Dawson

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Total Film
For 62 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 43% higher than the average critic
  • 6% same as the average critic
  • 51% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 4.7 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Tom Dawson's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 70
Highest review score: 80 Greatest Days
Lowest review score: 40 Paris-Manhattan
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 38 out of 62
  2. Mixed: 24 out of 62
  3. Negative: 0 out of 62
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Tom Dawson
    McCullin
    McCullin emerges in David and Jacqui Morris’ accomplished film full of integrity, dignity and empathy.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Tom Dawson
    All This Panic
    Avoiding the pitfalls of prurience and sensationalism, this dreamily photographed film reveals its young subjects to be vibrant and articulate individuals.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Tom Dawson
    The Party
    Enjoyably acted by a fine ensemble cast, it crisply skewers the hypocrisies of its left-liberal, middle-class characters.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Tom Dawson
    Like Father, Like Son
    Although a bit over-neat in its contrasts between the respective families, Like Father, Like Son remains an affecting film, thanks to Fukuyama’s understated turn and Koreeda’s typically graceful visual storytelling.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 40 Tom Dawson
    13 Minutes
    This stiffly scripted film never quite stirs the emotions.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Tom Dawson
    Scarecrow
    It’s strong on the details of itinerant life, and allows plotting to take a back seat to character.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 40 Tom Dawson
    The Wedding Plan
    Kooler convinces, but it feels like TV sketches, with not enough laughs.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Tom Dawson
    Risk
    Director Laura Poitras (Citizenfour) charts her own feelings towards her subject, yet unanswered questions abound surrounding WikiLeaks’ alleged connections to Donald Trump’s campaign.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Tom Dawson
    Post Mortem
    This is a chilling portrayal of a deeply unsympathetic protagonist.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Tom Dawson
    Undefeated
    Familiar territory, especially if you've seen "Hoop Dreams" and "Friday Night Lights," but the intimate style offers its own rewards.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 80 Tom Dawson
    The Green Wave
    Heartfelt and inventive, this documentary from exiled director Ali Samadi Ahadi chronicles Iran's abortive Green Revolution during the summer of 2009.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 60 Tom Dawson
    White Elephant
    Writer/director Trapero arguably crams too much into the film’s running time, but potent turns and Michael Nyman’s yearning score are among the compensations.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 60 Tom Dawson
    Yossi
    This is a perceptive, warm-hearted work, anchored by Knoller's impressively less-is-more performance.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 80 Tom Dawson
    After Love
    Joachim Lafosse’s drama is an unsentimentally observed, credibly acted study of a marriage turned sour.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 80 Tom Dawson
    Corpo Celeste
    With echoes of the Dardennes and Lucrecia Martel, Corpo Celeste's acute sense of place, feel for adolescent confusion and miraculous resolution suggest that Rohrwacher is a talent to watch.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 60 Tom Dawson
    Paradise: Love
    Though it covers similar thematic ground to Laurent Cantet’s haiti-set "Heading South," Seidl’s gruelling film proves his knack for leaving viewers emotionally discomfited.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 60 Tom Dawson
    I Am Bolt
    It’s not the most probing doco, but the man himself, mobbed wherever he goes, emerges as a genuinely charismatic, likeable individual.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 40 Tom Dawson
    The Players
    Greater female input might have alleviated the film’s tiresome chauvinism.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 60 Tom Dawson
    Eames: The Architect & The Painter
    Thorough if workmanlike documentary.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 80 Tom Dawson
    Paradise: Faith
    Laying bare his characters, Seidl uncovers the doubt beneath the armour of religious belief.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 60 Tom Dawson
    Stockholm, My Love
    Occasionally rambling, it’s kept afloat by an eclectic soundtrack and Christopher Doyle’s striking urban lensing.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 60 Tom Dawson
    The Nothing Factory
    Blurring the fiction/documentary lines (it features non-professional actors), it’s spiced with eccentricities.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 60 Tom Dawson
    Populaire
    No prizes for guessing who ends up with whom, but the colourful retro designs and the leads’ sparkling chemistry help to Tipp-Ex over some of the predictability.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 60 Tom Dawson
    The Woman in the Fifth
    Contrived attempts to 'explain' the film's many mysteries ultimately disappoint.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 60 Tom Dawson
    Beloved
    Alex Beaupain's songs effectively convey emotion, but Beloved doesn't scale the heights of the Truffaut and Demy films it pastiches.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 60 Tom Dawson
    Pandora's Promise
    The director paints a partisan picture, but offers an eloquent and effective challenge to orthodox eco-wisdom.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 40 Tom Dawson
    Café de Flore
    Beneath the surface panache lies an overlong, emotionally shallow study of so-called 'twin flames', possible reincarnation and learning to let go of love.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 80 Tom Dawson
    Greatest Days
    A vibrantly choreographed, credibly acted Brit-musical propelled by a stream of Take That bangers.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 80 Tom Dawson
    Love Tomorrow
    Writer/director Christopher Payne paints a credible portrait of life as a professional hoofer. But the leads struggle with an undernourished script, and there’s a cheapo televisual vibe throughout.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 80 Tom Dawson
    Underdogs
    Impressively designed throughout, The Unbeatables also keeps the laughs kicking.
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