Yolanda Machado

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For 56 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 66% higher than the average critic
  • 0% same as the average critic
  • 34% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 0.7 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Yolanda Machado's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 65
Highest review score: 95 Zola
Lowest review score: 15 Playing with Fire
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 56
  2. Mixed: 22 out of 56
  3. Negative: 5 out of 56
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    • 46 Metascore
    • 57 Yolanda Machado
    Breakthrough
    I am not religious, nor have I ever claimed to be, but I enjoy a good inspirational tale. And I do believe that miracles can occur and that those stories absolutely serve a purpose in mainstream films. But in “Breakthrough,” I found myself being dismissed as a viewer, being directed to put my confidence in a story that was layered in the superficial aspects of faith — to trust without question, and just to believe that prayer conquers all, even as the film provides no foundation as to why I should.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 88 Yolanda Machado
    Wine Country
    Wine Country shows that women in their 50s are in one of the best phases of their lives, a time to be celebrated, welcomed, and enjoyed with good friends and good wine.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 45 Yolanda Machado
    Clifford the Big Red Dog
    While Clifford is definitely cute, the script (screenplay and story are credited to five writers) lacks any depth, relying upon Whitehall to carry and deliver the comedy — so much so that Casey feels simultaneously exaggerated and two-dimensional.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 80 Yolanda Machado
    Beast Beast
    Though I have some reservations about a choice made towards the end of the film, everything else — from the cast to the documentary-style filmmaking to the varying perspectives of different characters from diverse backgrounds — is ambitious and intriguing.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 59 Yolanda Machado
    Ma
    Attempts to be a psychological campy thriller but gets so lost in trying to construct a message that all the exaggerated thrills die before even lifting off.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 60 Yolanda Machado
    Bruised
    It’s a valiant effort from Berry, but it doesn’t quite hit the mark, weighed down by a formulaic script, uneven fight direction, and little depth in exploring how a female fighter’s experience might change when a role written as a white, Irish woman is played by a Black actor.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 47 Yolanda Machado
    Yardie
    There’s no question that Elba is a talented actor, but his debut on the other side of the lens falls a bit short. Director needs to make decisions to get a story across, and Elba appears to have been too shy or too reluctant to make them. Yardie suffers for it.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 59 Yolanda Machado
    Queen Bees
    The overly simplistic nature of the script becomes both pragmatic and detrimental, never allowing any character the depth they are owed while providing just enough of a formulaic plot, one that asks nothing more than for you to enjoy the ensemble.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 82 Yolanda Machado
    Bird Box
    Bullock’s performance is brilliant — she takes all these internalized fears and crafts a character who has already disconnected from emotion. Throughout the films, she challenges what “maternal” means in circumstances this dire.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 71 Yolanda Machado
    Trolls World Tour
    At times the humor feels elementary (and at others a little flat), but the story really finds itself when it weaves musical history into this road-trip tale in a captivating and entertaining manner.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 80 Yolanda Machado
    PAW Patrol: The Movie
    Paw Patrol: The Movie” is both entertaining and educational, and that’s always a major accomplishment for a family film.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 38 Yolanda Machado
    A Dog's Way Home
    Putting a dog in crisis might seem like an easy way to create a great story, but in a family film, featuring a helpless canine in constant peril plays as emotionally manipulative and, frankly, slightly traumatizing. A Dog’s Way Home is a joyless jaunt that offers an adorable canine star and not much else.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 63 Yolanda Machado
    Don't Let Go
    Despite its trappings, Relive is a family drama with a slight supernatural twist, and had Estes explored that, perhaps the film would feel more whole. Instead, Relive winds up being a thriller without any actual thrills.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 42 Yolanda Machado
    Spirit Untamed
    Spirit Untamed has vivid moments of beauty, but loses its gallop with a facetious storyline about identity as it keeps trying to define itself as an “empowering” film for little girls, missing the mark on both fronts.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 57 Yolanda Machado
    Underwater
    I felt frustrated walking out of Underwater: Here’s a movie with good production values, a great leading actress, and a fantastic score, yet it gets so lost trying to figure out what story it wanted to tell that it completely forgets to form a connection with the audience.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 45 Yolanda Machado
    The Call of the Wild
    Slow, emotionless and boasting fairly mediocre production values, this misguided kid movie turns Jack London’s classic tale about the natural world into something barely recognizable as part of that world.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 75 Yolanda Machado
    Sonic the Hedgehog
    Sonic the Hedgehog might not become a kid-movie classic, but it makes for a great little getaway to enjoy with the whole family. That, in itself, earns a golden ring.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 70 Yolanda Machado
    The Addams Family
    Lieberman’s script really meets kids at their level of understanding, and yes, at times the gags were clichéd and perhaps over some kids’ heads (like Cousin It’s license plate “C U Z”), but the humor isn’t forced, managing to get some chuckles out of the grown-ups too.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 55 Yolanda Machado
    Second Act
    It feels like a confused puppy, caught between a stale script and a very confused storyline that frequently loses focus.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 45 Yolanda Machado
    Stuber
    With a title that’s almost as lazy as its script, Stuber is a lackadaisical attempt at a “woke” buddy-cop comedy that just can’t figure out how to fuse together its story with the message it is trying to promote.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 55 Yolanda Machado
    Cinderella
    Cinderella has far less substance than [Cannon’s] other features, ultimately making this a one-time, forgettable watch.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 49 Yolanda Machado
    The Curse of La Llorona
    It isn’t to say that The Curse of La Llorona is bad; it definitely had the crowd I watched it with screaming in horrified delight and laughing at just the right moments. But it lacks any cultural understanding of its subject and is a missed opportunity to connect to the plethora of ghost stories the Latino culture contains in its soul. Que pena!
    • 41 Metascore
    • 60 Yolanda Machado
    Miss Bala
    What this new version forgets, to its detriment, is that Gloria’s strength doesn’t come from finally holding the gun; it comes from being a survivor.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 50 Yolanda Machado
    The Addams Family 2
    Building on 2019’s solidly entertaining animated entry, The Addams Family 2 remains kooky and fun, yet it lacks the warmth from the previous film and feels more juvenile, too.
    • 32 Metascore
    • 42 Yolanda Machado
    Robin Hood
    Rife with stereotypes, a terrible script, and odd “300”-esque cinematography that just doesn’t fit, this is not only a film nobody asked for, but also one that nobody should be forced to endure.
    • 24 Metascore
    • 15 Yolanda Machado
    Playing with Fire
    The film is bland and predictable, underestimates kids’ abilities to understand story and humor, and relies way too much on sight gags that are clichéd and overdone.
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