Walter Addiego

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San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Examiner
For 620 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 42% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 54% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 2.6 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Walter Addiego's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 63
Highest review score: 100 The Tarnished Angels
Lowest review score: 0 Deck the Halls
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 354 out of 620
  2. Mixed: 210 out of 620
  3. Negative: 56 out of 620
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 75 Walter Addiego
    Sound City
    Sound City is Grohl's first effort at filmmaking, and if it doesn't break any ground as a documentary, it's a heartfelt testament to a place he considers among the most hallowed halls of rock.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 Walter Addiego
    In Another Country
    If you stare at it too hard, In Another Country, an exercise in drollery from South Korea's Hong Sang-soo, simply evaporates. But if you take the film as the bauble it is, you'll be entertained by its lighthearted wit, social observations and resolute sidestepping of profundity.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 50 Walter Addiego
    Deadfall
    Despite a super-dark noir plot and respectable cast, Deadfall is a thriller that never quite delivers on its promise.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 50 Walter Addiego
    Chasing Ice
    His personal efforts are praiseworthy, but if glacial melting is in fact the "canary in the climate coal mine" (his words), the movie might have given us a bit less of Balog and a bit more of the startling sequences he produced.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 75 Walter Addiego
    Brooklyn Castle
    You might hope for a bit more depth on the kids Dellamaggiore profiles - perhaps she could have homed in on, say, two of them - but this is really nitpicking. The film is well made and genuinely inspirational.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 75 Walter Addiego
    Sister
    The real acting laurels go to Klein, who is both an adult and a child - by turns smart and not so smart, brave and fearful, caring and full of disdain.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 50 Walter Addiego
    The Loneliest Planet
    There's no getting around it. Though it's not without virtues, The Loneliest Planet may try the patience of even the most dedicated lovers of art film.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 75 Walter Addiego
    The Other Son
    Lévy gets expectedly strong work from the veteran Devos and outstanding performances from Sitruk and Dehbi.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 50 Walter Addiego
    Nobody Walks
    Don't fault Thirlby, who does as much as she can with the material. Krasinski is pretty good, and DeWitt and Ennenga are outstanding. The direction is decent, and the film is handsome. But it's finally frustrating, enigmatic in a way that suggests emptiness more than mystery.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 75 Walter Addiego
    Bel Borba Aqui
    The film doesn't see any contradictions between the man and his work, which is folkloric, mostly upbeat, often humorous. Both art and artist are outsized and entertaining, and that's about all that Bel Borba Aqui has to say.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 50 Walter Addiego
    Simon & the Oaks
    It's a sumptuously mounted melodrama that aims to make a big statement about big themes, but a stilted quality in the filmmaking drags it down.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 75 Walter Addiego
    Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare
    That the movie largely sidesteps partisan politics will no doubt irk some viewers, but may just be its greatest strength.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 50 Walter Addiego
    Liberal Arts
    Nostalgia for the groves of academe weighs heavily on Liberal Arts, which both exploits and undermines romanticized memories of campus life.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 50 Walter Addiego
    The Eye of the Storm
    The Eye of the Storm is performed with zest by a fine cast and offers some nicely biting moments but, in the end, falls short of its large ambitions.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 50 Walter Addiego
    Samsara
    The film is implicitly advocating a New Age or holistic perspective, with a dollop of Eastern religion added for good measure. (The title is Sanskrit meaning "wheel of life.")
    • 44 Metascore
    • 50 Walter Addiego
    The Inbetweeners Movie
    If nothing else, The Inbetweeners Movie proves that raunchy comedies about horny teens aren't just an American quirk.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 75 Walter Addiego
    Goodbye First Love
    Goodbye First Love doesn't badger the viewer into drawing conclusions. It's interested in showing, with great compassion, how Camille comes to a fuller understanding of the world and herself, without the sort of prefab lessons more often found in films than in real life.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 75 Walter Addiego
    5 Broken Cameras
    The film's sense of intimacy, its closeness to real people and painful events, allows it to reach a deeper place than more conventional pieces of political rhetoric.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 50 Walter Addiego
    The Color Wheel
    As an indulgence in creative verbal abuse, the film offers some nasty fun.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 50 Walter Addiego
    Keyhole
    I liked this movie somewhat, even if I'm not sure exactly what it means. Possibly it has something to do with arriving home, in the broadest sense. But in a Maddin film, uncertainty comes with the territory.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 50 Walter Addiego
    Where Do We Go Now?
    By the time the women pull off their climactic stunt, the film's been undone by its ungainly mix of heavy-handed comedy and melodrama.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 50 Walter Addiego
    Michael
    A film that's hard to watch and hard to recommend.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 75 Walter Addiego
    Headhunters
    My main quibble is that the ending is a bit softer than I might have hoped for, but don't let that dissuade you. Headhunters is a well-oiled, nasty machine.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 50 Walter Addiego
    4:44 Last Day on Earth
    The movie is probably best appreciated by devotees of the cult director, who has made some good films and some interesting ones (and some that are both): "King of New York," "Bad Lieutenant," "The Addiction." "4:44" isn't quite in that company.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 75 Walter Addiego
    Attenberg
    The film is much enhanced by the performance of Labed, whose work capturing Marina's moods and contradictions won the best actress award at the 67th Venice Film Festival.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 75 Walter Addiego
    Monsieur Lazhar
    An understated story of coping with emotional blows that offers a compelling portrait of a decent man.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 100 Walter Addiego
    This Is Not a Film
    This Is Not a Film isn't just a film, it's a strong one. It's also an act of political defiance, a moving personal document and a meditation on what film is and can be.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 75 Walter Addiego
    The Salt of Life
    The film is full of low-key but telling observations, mostly about Gianni's plight but also about modern life in general.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 75 Walter Addiego
    The Island President
    A mostly compelling documentary about that rarest of breeds, an appealing politician.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 75 Walter Addiego
    Jiro Dreams of Sushi
    The image that finally lingers is one shown repeatedly: a close-up of fingers gently pressing a piece of fish onto a handheld oblong of rice, painting it with a single brushing of sauce and laying it on a plate, after which the preparer steps back. We're left to contemplate the pristine creation and envy Jiro's lucky customers.
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