For 366 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 55% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 42% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 7.3 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Tom Russo's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 58
Highest review score: 100 Richard III
Lowest review score: 25 The Food of the Gods
Score distribution:
  1. Negative: 53 out of 366
366 movie reviews
    • 20 Metascore
    • 25 Tom Russo
    H.G. Wells's tale of nature's little critters turned steroidal gets cheesy screen treatment from director Bert I. Gordon, a veteran of the ginormous creature genre of the '50s. [09 Sep 2007, p.N32]
    • Boston Globe
    • 64 Metascore
    • 75 Tom Russo
    This isn't just physical love, warts and all, but warts, liver spots, saggy parts, and all. Still, the thing that ultimately keeps your head turned is how persuasively filmmaker Andreas Dresen ("Summer in Berlin'') argues that desire can create just as much emotional tumult in golden years as in youth.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 63 Tom Russo
    William Friedkin directs the adaptation of Matt Crowley's off-Broadway play about a group of gay men in Manhattan speaking increasingly frankly as a birthday party wears on. Sufficiently effective that you wonder what Friedkin was thinking with Cruising. [09 Nov 2008, p.N16]
    • Boston Globe
    • 36 Metascore
    • 38 Tom Russo
    Alpha and Omega is sweet, if not fresh.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 50 Tom Russo
    A characteristic early offering from horror icon David Cronenberg, rough production values and all. [30 May 2004]
    • Boston Globe
    • 51 Metascore
    • 75 Tom Russo
    Endearing, if not an A-list classic. [25 Sep 2005]
    • Boston Globe

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