Austin Chronicle's Scores
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For 8,786 reviews, this publication has graded:
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41% higher than the average critic
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2% same as the average critic
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57% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 6.8 points lower than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 58
| Highest review score: | The Searchers | |
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| Lowest review score: | Gummo |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 4,780 out of 8786
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Mixed: 2,559 out of 8786
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Negative: 1,447 out of 8786
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Kimberley Jones
I will never understand the internet’s fascination with Sweeney, who appears to be scowling even when she’s smiling, but she and Powell both bodily throw themselves into their parts. The effort is there. It’s just a shame the material they’re working with isn’t better.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Jan 2, 2024
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Kimberley Jones
From the most generous angle, All I Can Say functions as a found footage précis of the perils of fast fame, illustrating Hoon’s deepening addictions as the band’s profile rises.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Jun 25, 2020
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Marjorie Baumgarten
Many are the times the viewer stares disbelievingly at the screen, furious with Murray for not asking follow-up questions or simply refusing to see the need to prove the veracity of the story.- Austin Chronicle
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Marc Savlov
Equal parts Ray Bradbury and rickety carnival spook show, this animated tale of a carnivorous, haunted house and the band of neighborhood kids who decide to put it out of commission feels maddeningly unfinished.- Austin Chronicle
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This sugarcoated Christmas tale is reminiscent of an old Roy Rogers movie, a musical Western with a moral message – except that this version features Willie Nelson as a modern-day singing cowboy and saint (aptly named Nick).- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Oct 31, 2013
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Marc Savlov
I had looked forward to seeing King's low men and their hideous yellow coats and monstrous high-finned automobiles, but what we've got here is less King than Goldman, and less fun to boot.- Austin Chronicle
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The actors deserve credit for the professionalism they bring to this stinker, especially Tomei, who plays it straight as a contemporary have-it-all-or-die-trying mom, and Midler, who's given little to do, but works up an amusing backstory about her days as a good-time gal on the evening news.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Dec 26, 2012
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Jenny Nulf
A cheap attempt to re-create the spark that has made the "Conjuring" franchise so lucrative. It’s pathetic, and both horror fans and the Latinx community deserve more respect than this lazy attempt at a cash grab. A decent performance from Linda Cardellini doesn’t save a film loaded with predictable jump scares and weak mythos building.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Apr 17, 2019
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Jenny Nulf
The last hoorah of Synder’s messy DC Extended Universe – one that could have been a thrilling goodbye and a reminder that not all of it was bland – will likely sink to the bottom of the ocean, a forgotten relic of an era. Momoa’s Aquaman deserved a lot more.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Jan 2, 2024
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Marrit Ingman
Stuck somewhere between melodrama and the flat tone of an "issues"-oriented television miniseries.- Austin Chronicle
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Marjorie Baumgarten
Director Siri has a stylish eye that makes this film resemble a film noir outing, but the script (by Doug Richardson) is at first routine before growing increasingly outlandish.- Austin Chronicle
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Marc Savlov
Say what you will about the story, but Pitch Black at least looks and sounds stunning.- Austin Chronicle
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Louis Black
Ultimately, Under Siege isn't much because, basically, with Seagal as the star there's no real human center. But Davis, playing to Seagal's strengths, has woven a carefully crafted confection around the star, who has enough moves to hold it all together.- Austin Chronicle
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Marc Savlov
Falters in small but important ways -– the suspense, carefully ratcheted up throughout, just plain goes busto in the film’s final moments -– while Malkovich stays resolutely behind the camera, a consummate professional who, this time, misses his mark by the merest of degrees.- Austin Chronicle
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Trace Sauveur
After the fact, The Flash feels like the ultimate case in point as to why James Gunn and Peter Safran have been brought in to course-correct the trajectory of the DC enterprise. According to them, this has been retrofitted to be the first of a few transitory films as we exit the DCEU and move into a newly established DC Universe. Here’s hoping they pull it off, because I don’t know how many more of these I can take.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Jun 6, 2023
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Kimberley Jones
Fine to look at, but good luck feeling anything.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Jan 2, 2013
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Matthew Monagle
It never manages to overcome its weak jokes and tired plot points.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted May 10, 2019
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Marjorie Baumgarten
If it's a good heist movie you're after, there are surely better ways to go than with this limp caper.- Austin Chronicle
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Steve Davis
For a movie focusing so intently on personal faith, it doesn’t much trust your independent capacity to find religious, spiritual, or other meaning in what is truly an amazing story.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Apr 10, 2019
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Kimberley Jones
If Affleck stumbles, Smith's script does nothing to catch his fall. Surprisingly, Smith's truest talent – that of writing – is Jersey Girl's weakest link.- Austin Chronicle
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Steve Davis
A movie designed without a proper foundation -- it feels as though it might crumble at any minute.- Austin Chronicle
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Trace Sauveur
Rising Wolf gets so caught up in the idea of a supposed potential franchise that it forgets to make you care about the film you’re currently watching.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Aug 9, 2021
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Richard Whittaker
It's never a good sign if you're watching a thriller, and your first thought is, "Is this supposed to be funny?" So goes the comically overblown The Vanished.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Aug 21, 2020
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It’s cheesy and contrived, but even the most watered-down stories retain elements of the original masterpieces.- Austin Chronicle
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Marjorie Baumgarten
Coppola never manages to get his themes to coalesce into anything terribly coherent.- Austin Chronicle
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Richard Whittaker
It's not just that this is poorly timed: there would never be any good time for this level of monstrous clumsiness and obviousness.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Jun 29, 2020
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Marc Savlov
Surely something more original than this could have been mined from the history of North America’s largest and most professional police force. As it is, though, Johnson’s film is just firing blanks.- Austin Chronicle
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