Tom Shales

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Washington Post
For 26 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 38% higher than the average critic
  • 7% same as the average critic
  • 55% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 22.2 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Tom Shales' Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 43
Highest review score: 100 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Lowest review score: 0 Shanghai Surprise
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 26
  3. Negative: 12 out of 26
26 movie reviews
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    • 97 Metascore
    • 100 Tom Shales
    Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
    One of the darkest and bravest comedies ever released by a Hollywood studio. [25 June 1992, p.C7]
    • Washington Post
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Tom Shales
    The King and I
    Director Walter Lang does almost nothing to cinematize the show, but that's all right; King and I works fine as an act of theatrical preservation, and at some strange level the story, even with its abrupt ending, still has power. [27 Feb 1992, p.D7]
    • Washington Post
    • 50 Metascore
    • 70 Tom Shales
    Swamp Thing
    Swamp Thing isn't completely successful at banishing the old corkers and stereotypes, but it's a harmless, watchable comic-book thriller, refreshingly suitable for kids of almost any age.[10 May 1982, p.C2]
    • Washington Post
    • 66 Metascore
    • 63 Tom Shales
    The Return of the Living Dead
    One problem is that the action in the film is restricted to a few basic locations; the medical supply house, a nearby cemetery and an adjoining mortuary. Romero made highly productive use of confinement. O'Bannon does not, but he does earn points with inventive gall, and there are enough lunatic thrills along the way to leave one with the giddy sensation of having been alternately scared silly and tickled even sillier. [19 Aug 1985, p.D1]
    • Washington Post
    • 49 Metascore
    • 63 Tom Shales
    Humanoids from the Deep
    Humanoids is a clever combination of Jaws and Alien. [09 Jun 1980, p.B1]
    • Washington Post
    • 69 Metascore
    • 100 Tom Shales
    Raising Arizona
    Raising Arizona is a prize package and a bundle of joy, one that puts a fresh, funny face on the American comedy movie. It's as encouraging as it is entertaining. [20 March 1987, p.C1]
    • Washington Post
    • 65 Metascore
    • 75 Tom Shales
    Revenge of the Pink Panther
    Edwards and his collaborators have wisely chosen to give an audience just what it wants and expects from a Pink Panther film - riotous slapstick, spectacular stunts and Sellers in a variety of accents and disguises that give him free reign and lead to inevitable uproariousness. [19 July 1978, p.E1]
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