Mr. Showbiz's Scores

  • Movies
For 720 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 52% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 44% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 6.1 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 59
Highest review score: 100 Brigham City
Lowest review score: 0 Dude, Where's My Car?
Score distribution:
720 movie reviews
  1. One of the year's best imports and one of the very few queer movies that transcends its sexual orientation.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 76 Critic Score
    Savy script... terrific performances... [yet] the movie's herky jerky pacing may leave you wanting.
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  2. Comes off as an exceedingly pleasant, wistful romantic romp.
  3. A film that's bound to be loathed for its irrationalities and narrative drunkenness, just as it will be beloved for its original risks and manic visual energy.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 76 Critic Score
    Disturbing, powerful essay on one aspect of the rock and drug culture at the end of the 1960s.
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  4. An entertaining but insubstantial romantic thriller loaded with Euro-chic trappings and no small amount of sex appeal.
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  5. All in all, she comes off as quite a complex creature.
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  6. Doesn't come close to the pulp beauty and complexity of classic noir.
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  7. Works best as a mood piece — the mood, however, is grim.
  8. It's a tad too generic to be a slam dunk.
  9. Zahn's dazed and confused, droopy-mustached dude steals every scene he's in...a movie that will make you smile and put a lump in your throat.
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  10. First-time writer-director Mark Hanlon creates a solidly trippy atmosphere.
  11. A charming movie.
  12. Tries to have it both ways -- as a kitschy ode to bodybuilding culture and as a tragic story of a man who was persecuted for his dreams.
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  13. Ultimately nothing more than a live-action cartoon. A high-minded, inspiring cartoon, but a cartoon nonetheless.
  14. Crawford's such a good-hearted guy, you can't help but want a cut from his clippers.
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  15. After an uproarious first half, Saving Grace arrives at its conclusion somewhat hastily and conveniently.
  16. A genre-busting film that deserves to be seen.
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 74 Critic Score
    There's talent to burn in this movie. But the flame is cold.
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  17. It's another subtle, fantastic performance from McKee ("Notting Hill," "Croupier").
  18. Strangely, what it most lacks is the genuine tension found in the first "Mission"'s signature set pieces.
  19. An ambitious film, nearly an exploitative one, but its lingering effects are positive.
  20. He's (Eastwood) made a mature film that bests nearly all of the summer's highly touted blockbusters for pure escapism.
  21. Even if it sometimes skips, it's consistently wittier and more idiosyncratic that most studio movies.
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  22. Banderas may have been crazy to make such a heady directorial debut, but it's hard not to be charmed by his ambitions.
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  23. A near-perfect confection, a beautifully executed Hollywood all-you-can-eat salad bar of glamour, plot twists, breathtaking Mediterranean vistas, and jazz.
  24. Seems truncated, incomplete -- mostly because the patented Shyamalan twist is revealed in the dénouement, not the climax.
  25. An adroitly made, perfectly acted little nightmare.
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  26. A remarkable debut, and its first half is a genuine jolt.
  27. You could do a lot worse than spend two hours in the company of two such talented actresses.
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