The Seattle Times' Scores
- Movies
For 1,951 reviews, this publication has graded:
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63% higher than the average critic
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3% same as the average critic
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34% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 2.8 points higher than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 68
| Highest review score: | Gladiator | |
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| Lowest review score: | It's Pat: The Movie |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1,401 out of 1951
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Mixed: 293 out of 1951
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Negative: 257 out of 1951
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Moira Macdonald
Coppola tells the story through lush mood, meticulous art direction, swimmy music (not Presley’s) and her two actors’ gloriously big-screen faces.- The Seattle Times
- Posted Oct 31, 2023
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Soren Andersen
As an homage to Friedkin’s movie, Green’s take is respectful and genuinely scary. Let those tubular bells chime forth in celebration.- The Seattle Times
- Posted Oct 28, 2023
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Katie Walsh
Anatomy of a Fall is anchored by the powerfully present Hüller, who bleeds and breathes into the environment, even as she stands out.- The Seattle Times
- Posted Oct 28, 2023
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Soren Andersen
The game, propelled by twitchy point-of-view camera work and abundant jump scares, is fast-paced. The movie is anything but.- The Seattle Times
- Posted Oct 28, 2023
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Soren Andersen
A more self-impressed movie than Dicks: The Musical would be hard to imagine.- The Seattle Times
- Posted Oct 19, 2023
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Moira Macdonald
“Killers” is a master class in filmmaking, taught by that one professor we all had in college whose every word we hung on, and whose classes always felt too short. It’s that thing we always look for but so rarely find: a great story, beautifully told.- The Seattle Times
- Posted Oct 19, 2023
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Dominic Baez
It wants to make a joke at its source material’s expense, but all it ever accomplishes is making you want to watch those classics instead.- The Seattle Times
- Posted Oct 4, 2023
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Soren Andersen
There are lots of ideas rattling around in it — about artificial intelligence, about racism, about American aggression on the world stage, about the future of humanity. And rattle and clang they do. And also clunk. The various elements are not well integrated.- The Seattle Times
- Posted Sep 26, 2023
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Soren Andersen
The gunplay is primary though there are some obligatory scenes of martial arts fights.- The Seattle Times
- Posted Sep 25, 2023
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Dominic Baez
We may know how this strange saga ends, but Dumb Money will make you feel something, too. Whether that’s jubilation for the Davids or rage at the Goliaths, well, isn’t that kind of the point?- The Seattle Times
- Posted Sep 20, 2023
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- Posted Sep 14, 2023
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Moira Macdonald
As always, it’s a pleasure to watch Branagh’s Poirot as he watches, never missing a thing; may he return, with a more worthy corpse next time around.- The Seattle Times
- Posted Sep 13, 2023
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Katie Walsh
The stories of growing up and finding yourself remain the same, but it’s the moving performances and specific details embroidered on this one that make it so special.- The Seattle Times
- Posted Sep 8, 2023
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Moira Macdonald
Toula and Ian are sweet and bland; their relatives are predictably wisecracky, and the whole thing just feels like watching someone’s extremely well-produced vacation video.- The Seattle Times
- Posted Sep 7, 2023
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Dominic Baez
In all honesty, Gran Turismo isn’t much more than marketing for the video game coated with a cheer-inducing veneer. But for two hours, you, like Jann, can feel the rest of the world fall away and experience something joyful. It’s predictable yet infectious, charming if a little cheesy at times.- The Seattle Times
- Posted Aug 24, 2023
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Chase Hutchinson
As Finley manages a last unassuming gut punch, it strikes painfully true. It provides one final drop of mundane dread that reveals how the most comprehensively exploitative of systems can become terrifyingly normal. Good thing that’s only science fiction.- The Seattle Times
- Posted Aug 17, 2023
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Soren Andersen
Interspersed with the overabundant slam-bang action sequences which up the silliness factor with their increasing improbability are heartfelt paeans to the bracing solidarity of Jaime’s family. Their sincerity is the picture’s best element.- The Seattle Times
- Posted Aug 17, 2023
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Moira Macdonald
To paraphrase a song that pops up in the film — of course it does — during one of countless swoony moments, you can’t help falling in love with this movie.- The Seattle Times
- Posted Aug 14, 2023
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Soren Andersen
Every plot twist is easily anticipated...The ending hints at the possibility of a sequel, but that’s a prospect that leaves one cold. As far as “Demeter” is concerned, enough is enough.- The Seattle Times
- Posted Aug 10, 2023
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Moira Macdonald
The cast is a delight — Cola, between this film and “Joy Ride,” is officially the funniest best friend of summer 2023 — and the film has some thoughtful things to say about identity, attraction, ambition and moving on.- The Seattle Times
- Posted Aug 3, 2023
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Soren Andersen
A fast-moving, clever and funny picture.- The Seattle Times
- Posted Aug 1, 2023
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Katie Walsh
Talk To Me isn’t just a splashy debut for the Philippou brothers, who prove their filmmaking chops in making the leap from the small screen to the big. It’s also an incredible introduction to a remarkable actress in a role that will undoubtedly prove to be an instant classic horror movie heroine.- The Seattle Times
- Posted Jul 27, 2023
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Moira Macdonald
Ultimately, Haunted Mansion feels like the ghost of a movie — just a fleeting shadow, one you can barely remember in the morning.- The Seattle Times
- Posted Jul 25, 2023
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Moira Macdonald
Oppenheimer is hard to watch, just as that life was surely hard to live; it’s a careful, deliberate stepping toward something unspeakable.- The Seattle Times
- Posted Jul 19, 2023
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Moira Macdonald
The Barbie world was a grown-up one — wildly sanitized and outfit-focused and unrealistic, but grown-up nonetheless — and, for a kid, an irresistible place to visit. Greta Gerwig’s exuberantly pink new movie “Barbie” both understands that thrill and has sly fun with it.- The Seattle Times
- Posted Jul 18, 2023
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Moira Macdonald
Along the way, we learn that all four actors are not only charmingly believable as friends but also brilliant at physical comedy.- The Seattle Times
- Posted Jul 5, 2023
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Moira Macdonald
Cruise valiantly throws everything he’s got into the movie — including a lot of his trademark Very Intense Running — and the result mostly works, but it feels like a franchise that’s winding down. Here’s hoping a few thrills have been saved for “Part Two.”- The Seattle Times
- Posted Jul 5, 2023
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Soren Andersen
Holding it all together is Ford, his hair steel-gray, his face craggy, playing the part with authority. And this time he invests Indy with an inner depth not previously seen.- The Seattle Times
- Posted Jun 28, 2023
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Moira Macdonald
Megan Griffiths’ latest, I’ll Show You Mine, is impeccably filmed and thoughtfully written, but it doesn’t quite justify its running time.- The Seattle Times
- Posted Jun 26, 2023
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Moira Macdonald
This is Anderson soaring a bit, playing with the very nature of storytelling and performing, unafraid to let us get a little lost in the process. What’s real, and what’s the play? I wasn’t always sure, but I look forward to watching it again, to get lost one more time.- The Seattle Times
- Posted Jun 22, 2023
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