Austin Chronicle's Scores
- Movies
- Music
For 8,783 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: 4,778 out of 8783
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Mixed: 2,558 out of 8783
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Negative: 1,447 out of 8783
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Steve Davis
A gruesome whodunit that's missing more than a few brain cells.- Austin Chronicle
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Marjorie Baumgarten
The top-line talent, particularly Thornton and Rourke, do manage to hold our attention with idiosyncratic performances, but most of the others are a jumble of fair-haired, disaffected boys.- Austin Chronicle
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Marc Savlov
Excruciating in the extreme, this is the nadir of urban comedies thus far: a trashy, crass, and painfully unfunny airline disaster of a film.- Austin Chronicle
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Marc Savlov
The confusion it mistakes for true soul-searching is about as realistic a look at the politics of youthful attraction as one of those "Did somebody say McDonald's?" commercials is a look at mainstream American family values. Did somebody say McCheese?- Austin Chronicle
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Sarah Hepola
Somewhere along the road to becoming teens idols, these actors got confused between being the bomb -- and getting it.- Austin Chronicle
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Marjorie Baumgarten
Certain to be distasteful to children and adults alike, Eight Crazy Nights is a total misfire.- Austin Chronicle
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Marc Savlov
But bad, this film's so bad! To flub the fans' most beloved butcher boy.- Austin Chronicle
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Kimberley Jones
I'm not gonna sugarcoat this: Movies don't have to be this bad.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Jul 7, 2011
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Marjorie Baumgarten
Whether their goal is to nourish the faithful or lure the heathens is not always clear. The only thing that's clear is that The Last Sin Eater serves neither of these higher purposes.- Austin Chronicle
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Steve Davis
Interminably unfunny, this holiday offering about how the three Firpo brothers learn the true meaning of Christmas from the inhabitants of the quaint small town whose bank they've robbed is something of a crime itself.- Austin Chronicle
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A piece of garbage and the best argument for reading books since the first pop-up appeared.- Austin Chronicle
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Marc Savlov
If Never Die Alone had even a smidgeon of comic relief (or even, say, a bunch of zombies) to offset some of its relentlessly downbeat brutality, it might have been at best tolerable. But it doesn't, and it's not.- Austin Chronicle
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Marc Savlov
Part unfunny sitcom, part post-"Gigli" career resurrection strategy, and all bad.- Austin Chronicle
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Richard Whittaker
Seriously, audiences do not need another constant reminder that their lives are slipping away. Just watching Mercy will have them reconsidering their priorities.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Jan 21, 2026
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Marjorie Baumgarten
All the advance signs looked discouraging, but I still kept thinking: How bad could a comedy starring Eddie Murphy and Jeff Goldblum really be? Well, let's put it this way … you won't ever hear me asking that particular question again.- Austin Chronicle
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Operation Dumbo Drop is a disastrous miscalculation that leaves the viewer with only one burning thought: “What the hell were they thinking?”- Austin Chronicle
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Marjorie Baumgarten
The only entities hoodwinked by this animated sequel are paying customers.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted May 5, 2011
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Marc Savlov
Kids will revolt, parents will snooze, and I will be downright giddy if I never encounter another Pokémon movie as long as I live. Ack!- Austin Chronicle
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Russell Smith
No originality, no memorable characters, no comic timing, and no good jokes equal no fun for the audience.- Austin Chronicle
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Marrit Ingman
Not content to merely be lowbrow and stupid – there's room in the world for lowbrow and stupid mass entertainment – the film is pushy and might actually cause chafing.- Austin Chronicle
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- Posted Dec 30, 2010
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Louis Black
This movie is a mess: It keeps doubling back on itself – a twisting pretzel of a plot that doesn’t really make sense.- Austin Chronicle
- Posted Feb 20, 2013
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Marc Savlov
It's a mess best left to the nitrate ashes of forgotten film and television history.- Austin Chronicle
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