San Francisco Chronicle's Scores
- Movies
- TV
For 9,306 reviews, this publication has graded:
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52% higher than the average critic
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2% same as the average critic
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46% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 2.1 points lower than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 63
| Highest review score: | Mansfield Park | |
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| Lowest review score: | Speed 2: Cruise Control |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 5,162 out of 9306
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Mixed: 2,658 out of 9306
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Negative: 1,486 out of 9306
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David Wiegand
As a film, "Levees" is a significant and exhaustive achievement. Although it can be argued that it might have been even more effective if it had been edited down a bit, the power of its human stories compensates for whatever minor flaws it has.- San Francisco Chronicle
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Mick LaSalle
If you can find a better time at the movies this year than this wild comic thriller, let me in on it.- San Francisco Chronicle
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Peter Hartlaub
If you can lighten up for an hour and a half, the film delivers one good laugh after another.- San Francisco Chronicle
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Mick LaSalle
A rich and elegant film, full of sly, devious characters with complicated motives.- San Francisco Chronicle
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Mick LaSalle
A grim and sometimes funny examination of life on the margins and of a singular artist's world.- San Francisco Chronicle
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Mick LaSalle
A smart, sexy romantic drama, directed within an inch of its life by Hans Canosa.- San Francisco Chronicle
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Ruthe Stein
The dreary teen drama Step Up appears to be cobbled together from bits and pieces of successful movies.- San Francisco Chronicle
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Peter Hartlaub
Zoom is a C-list production in every possible way, from the actors and the special effects to the music and the script. Even the product placement is completely third rate.- San Francisco Chronicle
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Ruthe Stein
You never catch Gosling doing anything out of character. It's the first Oscar-caliber performance I've seen so far this year.- San Francisco Chronicle
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G. Allen Johnson
What sells this movie is the realistic attention to detail and the bravura direction of Fabrice Du Welz, who draws a gut-wrenching performance from Lucas, who cries, squeals and screams with the best of them.- San Francisco Chronicle
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G. Allen Johnson
Some clunky writing and a distracting subplot limit the effectiveness of this ambitious low-budget indie. Great idea for a movie, though.- San Francisco Chronicle
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Mick LaSalle
Most viewers will have no more fun watching this story than the characters do living it.- San Francisco Chronicle
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Mick LaSalle
Stone does everything he can to do justice to the real-life people he's depicting, and yet nothing he does can cover up the film's single but overarching weakness: The personal story he uses to portray the larger event is limited in scope and impact.- San Francisco Chronicle
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Ruthe Stein
While dinner and a movie is in theory a great idea, I'd avoid eating before taking in Lunacy.- San Francisco Chronicle
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Peter Hartlaub
Marshall takes a modest budget and a concept that isn't all that original and produces a frightening, intelligent and sexy thriller.- San Francisco Chronicle
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Peter Hartlaub
An often amusing but also an aimless and forgettable animated comedy that is noteworthy mostly for its random musical numbers and surprising amounts of violence.- San Francisco Chronicle
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Mick LaSalle
This is a decidedly blue-state take on a red-state phenomenon.- San Francisco Chronicle
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Mick LaSalle
Claude Chabrol has a wonderful way of making audiences nervous.- San Francisco Chronicle
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Ruthe Stein
Glatzer and Westmoreland live in Echo Park, and they have given their film a remarkable sense of place.- San Francisco Chronicle
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Ruthe Stein
The way Boynton Beach residents reach out to one another is enough to make you consider relocating to one of these communities.- San Francisco Chronicle
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Walter Addiego
The film's simplicity and intensity are aided by the crisp black-and-white photography of Tariel Meliava. Director Babluani's greenness shows itself in the ending, which is weak, but the film nevertheless stays with you.- San Francisco Chronicle
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G. Allen Johnson
An over-the-top, rollicking, candy-colored raunchfest.- San Francisco Chronicle
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Ruthe Stein
So cleverly constructed that it's easy to be taken in and believe these twins really rocked.- San Francisco Chronicle
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