Dallas Observer's Scores
- Movies
For 1,518 reviews, this publication has graded:
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48% higher than the average critic
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3% same as the average critic
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49% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 5.6 points lower than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 59
| Highest review score: | Final Destination 3 | |
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| Lowest review score: | How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 678 out of 1518
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Mixed: 604 out of 1518
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Negative: 236 out of 1518
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Robert Wilonsky
It's too turgid and redundant to have any real impact. As a thriller, it barely thrills; as a lecture, it has nothing new to say.- Dallas Observer
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Luke Y. Thompson
It isn't your typical scary movie--there are no "boo!" moments--but it may gradually creep you out and perhaps even more after you've seen it.- Dallas Observer
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Luke Y. Thompson
These guys are laugh-out-loud funny, not because they're being belittled, but because they're finally getting a chance to show a sense of humor onscreen.- Dallas Observer
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Jean Oppenheimer
Everything that happens proves just as predictable as before.- Dallas Observer
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Bill Gallo
Carrey's brand of exhausting physical comedy is a far cry from Segal's useful bewilderment, so this ride is both rougher and loonier.- Dallas Observer
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Bill Gallo
This romantic tragedy has the measured gentility of the M.I. classics, but its sheen of crass melodrama is startling, and its many metaphors run amok in a tangle.- Dallas Observer
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Robert Wilonsky
As ridiculous, as mawkish and schizophrenic as The Family Stone is, it's also surprisingly endearing.- Dallas Observer
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Luke Y. Thompson
Jones and Pepper are no Eastwood and Wallach, but the fact that one even thinks to make such a comparison speaks highly of the work here.- Dallas Observer
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Melissa Levine
In the end, The Producers is an enjoyable romp, and at times--as when Hitler sings "Heil Myself"--it's hilarious. But it's not transcendent.- Dallas Observer
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Robert Wilonsky
Jackson is merely indulging himself here, too, doing a thing not because he should but because he can. And maybe that's a good reason but not good enough. The girl still cries, the ape still dies and all you're left with is a ringing in your ears.- Dallas Observer
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Luke Y. Thompson
Director Rob Marshall, as he did in "Chicago," plays the movie as though it's all an embellished memory inside the head of geisha Sayuri (Ziyi Zhang), but why would she remember everyone speaking in choppy English?- Dallas Observer
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Bill Gallo
If, in its groundbreaking assault on the mythology of the American West, Brokeback Mountain gets a lot of people into a furious lather, so be it.- Dallas Observer
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Bill Gallo
Mrs. Henderson hits all its marks, well-worn though they be, and Dench fans will once more find themselves glorying in her reckless spirit.- Dallas Observer
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Luke Y. Thompson
If you're a fan of C.S. Lewis' Narnia books, all you need to know is this: Disney has done right by The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. It's impossible to imagine it done much better, in fact.- Dallas Observer
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Bill Gallo
The World's Fastest Indian is not likely to be regarded as some kind of masterpiece--far from it--but Hopkins once more keeps our ears open and our eyes fixed on the screen.- Dallas Observer
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Luke Y. Thompson
Kusama offers moments of inspiration, but it frustrates like hell that she couldn't nail it completely.- Dallas Observer
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Bill Gallo
You might feel constrained when it comes to a standing ovation, but there's certainly enough substance and yuk here to go along for the ride.- Dallas Observer
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Robert Wilonsky
It's a dark lark, no more and no less, a caper comedy full of enough kinky jokes to remind the audience that, indeed, you're supposed to laugh at it every now and again.- Dallas Observer
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Luke Y. Thompson
All of the plot developments seem half-hearted -- which is a shame, because the star has the charm to succeed if given a better movie.- Dallas Observer
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Luke Y. Thompson
Where are our Tracy/Hepburn screwball combos? Part of the appeal of "Wedding Crashers" was that Isla Fisher truly did have the comedic chops to match Vince Vaughn, and Just Friends suggests that Reynolds and Faris have potential greatness together too. Just not so much in this film.- Dallas Observer
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Melissa Levine
Rent plays as a very long joke with no punch line, an exercise in mawkish sentimentality that's embarrassing to watch. Kudos to the actors for truly committing to their roles, but with this material, it might have been better if they hadn't.- Dallas Observer
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Melissa Levine
This is the kind of documentary that, though not particularly accomplished by way of direction, writing, or editing, has such a compelling subject that there's no question about its worth.- Dallas Observer
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Melissa Levine
An interesting film, and a good one, with a harrowing performance by Depp, whose apparent enjoyment of the role seems only to increase as his character deteriorates.- Dallas Observer
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Robert Wilonsky
Gaghan's a filmmaker for the gamer who doesn't need to have the plot follow a neat, linear path. Besides, you don't need to know precisely what's going on; no one else in the film does either. Which is Gaghan's point.- Dallas Observer
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Luke Y. Thompson
In the grand scheme of things, Goblet of Fire is perhaps closest to the original "Sorcerer's Stone."- Dallas Observer
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Robert Wilonsky
For all the affection Mangold feels for Cash and Carter, the movie feels oddly dispassionate.- Dallas Observer
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