V.A. Musetto

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New York Post
For 1,284 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 49% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 48% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 2.9 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

V.A. Musetto's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 63
Highest review score: 100 Lorna's Silence
Lowest review score: 0 Controlled Chaos
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 834 out of 1284
  2. Mixed: 254 out of 1284
  3. Negative: 196 out of 1284
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 V.A. Musetto
    Dung che sai duk
    The film has all the visual flourishes we expect of Doyle and Wong, and they're reason enough to see Ashes of Time Redux. Just don't expect to make sense of the plot.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 V.A. Musetto
    Enter the Void
    From the rapid-fire, purposely unreadable opening credits to the final baby POV shot of a birth, this is a dazzling and brutal exercise in cinematic envelope-pushing.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 V.A. Musetto
    The Beautiful City
    Excellent performances are given by all, with Alidoosti, who has the face of an angel, once again a wonder.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 V.A. Musetto
    Beeswax
    As Mark Twain didn't say, reports of the death of mumblecore are greatly exaggerated. As proof, I offer Andrew Bujalski's wise and wondrous Beeswax.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 38 V.A. Musetto
    Flakes
    There are a few sweet moments as the story reaches its unsurprising conclusion. But, all in all, Flakes isn't going to bowl you over.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 63 V.A. Musetto
    Virtual JFK: Vietnam If Kennedy Had Lived
    It examines other crises faced by JFK - Cuba, the Berlin Wall, civil war in Laos, the insurgency in Vietnam - and finds that in each case Kennedy chose talk over tanks. (Often, he went against advice of aides and generals.)
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 V.A. Musetto
    Frontrunners
    The only thing missing is the mud that the big boys love to sling. But the Stuyvesant candidates are kids - give them a few years.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 63 V.A. Musetto
    Black Gold
    A dry but enlightening documentary.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 V.A. Musetto
    The Sleeping Beauty
    This film is no fairy tale for children. Not only does it contain nudity and sex, both straight and lesbian, but it also presents childhood as a time of terror.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 V.A. Musetto
    Just Another Love Story
    A creative mix of horror, noir and psychological thriller. At times the story defies logic, but viewers who can accept that will find themselves caught up in the film's intensity.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 V.A. Musetto
    The Girl
    One of the most beautiful per formances I've seen this year is given by Blanca Engstrom in the Swedish coming-of-age charmer The Girl.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 38 V.A. Musetto
    The Ignorant Fairies
    Director Ferzan Ozpetek's film doesn't break any new ground; rather, it recycles every cliché about gays in what is essentially an extended soap opera.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 75 V.A. Musetto
    La sierra
    The tragic victims in "City of God" are played by actors while those in La Sierra are flesh-and-blood real.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 88 V.A. Musetto
    Imelda
    Throughout, Mrs. Marcos comes across as an elitist, insulated against real life by wealth and power -- yet one who truly believes she is misunderstood and has done nothing wrong.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 V.A. Musetto
    This Divided State
    The 25-year-old filmmaker takes no sides himself. Wisely, he allows folks of all opinions to put their feet in their mouths all by themselves.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 63 V.A. Musetto
    Tell No One
    The story becomes so convoluted and contrived that much of the tension dissipates.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 50 V.A. Musetto
    Forgiving Dr. Mengele
    An extraordinary woman like Eva Kor deserves a less ordinary biography.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 V.A. Musetto
    Octubre
    Octubre has the feel of something Jim Jarmusch might have made in his early years -- lots of dark humor that you'll think of in the middle of the night, and laugh about.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 88 V.A. Musetto
    Farewell, Home Sweet Home
    Plot and dialogue take a back seat to a series of inventive sight gags that unspool with effortless charm. An ensemble cast of talented amateurs is in top form.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 50 V.A. Musetto
    The Other Dream Team
    The presentation is conventional in style but uplifting in spirit, and worth seeing even if you know nothing about basketball.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 38 V.A. Musetto
    Little Lili
    Viewers are left wondering just why they should care about them and the rest of the film's one-dimensional characters.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 V.A. Musetto
    The Last Winter
    While the slow buildup won't bowl 'em over at suburban multiplexes, the film should please Fessenden's loyal followers and win him new ones.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 V.A. Musetto
    William Eggleston in the Real World
    Eggleston doesn't speak much, and when he does, it's usually a mutter, forcing Almereyda to use subtitles. Fortunately, Eggleston's photographs come across loud and clear.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 50 V.A. Musetto
    The Elephant in the Living Room
    As my cat, Audrey, will confirm, I love animals. But I draw the line at having lions, tigers, gigantic snakes, bears and other predators as pets. Other people have different opinions.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 63 V.A. Musetto
    La scorta (re-release)
    But exciting as La Scorta might be, it is at heart a conventional thriller that breaks no new genre ground.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 88 V.A. Musetto
    Vodka Lemon
    Iraqi-Kurdish director-writer Hiner Saleem is in no hurry to tell the story, and viewers drawn in by the warm-hearted tale and charmingly eccentric characters will be in no hurry for the closing credits.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 88 V.A. Musetto
    Good Morning, Night
    Combining a thoughtful script with splendid acting -- especially by Sansa -- Bellocchio has fashioned a tense thriller that is both understated and powerful.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 63 V.A. Musetto
    Goyangileul butaghae
    The episodic film makes valid points about the depersonalization of modern life. But the characters tend to be clichés whose lives are never fully explored.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 63 V.A. Musetto
    Fear(s) of the Dark
    There isn't a dud in the 10 shorts, although some are more dud-ish than others.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 88 V.A. Musetto
    The Good, the Bad, the Weird
    The Good, the Bad, the Weird may owe a lot to other films, but it is always fresh and never boring.
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