Allison Benedikt, Chicago Tribune
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For 103 reviews, this critic has graded:
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44% higher than the average critic
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3% same as the average critic
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53% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 1 point lower than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Allison Benedikt's Scores
- Movies
- TV
| Average review score: | 58 |
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100
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| Lowest review score: |
Critic Score
12
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 51 out of 103
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Mixed: 30 out of 103
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Negative: 22 out of 103
103
movie reviews
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Allison Benedikt 38
Cherot shot G on a tight schedule, but instead of this age-old indie predicament generating a certain scrappy passion, the film just looks cheap. -
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Allison Benedikt 38
In the end, Protocols of Zion is all context--a bit here about Father Coughlin, a minute there about the Holocaust, a stint with "The Passion" and a brief shot of Levin watching the beheading of Daniel Pearl--no soul. -
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Allison Benedikt 38
Gere and Binoche are both terribly miscast--one far too charismatic, the other far too dowdy, which is something for Juliette Binoche. And the spelling bees? Dull. Dreary. -
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Allison Benedikt 38
I won't pretend there aren't moments of sweetness here--there are, aplenty. But the promise of true emotion goes bust with bad acting, cheap writing and false sentiment. -
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Allison Benedikt 38
A childish and visually repetitive movie, ham-fisted, proselytizing and overtly simplified. -
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Allison Benedikt 38
I guess there's something progressive going on when a lesbian love story gets to be just as dreadful and tacky as most straight ones. -
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Allison Benedikt 38
A mostly bland, sporadically crude, by-the-numbers romantic comedy about two gay men in love. -
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Allison Benedikt 38
Phony, disingenuous family entertainment, suffocated by its green bean casserole approach to Middle America, spineless cardboard characters and paper-thin plot "twists." -
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Allison Benedikt 25
Could have been a funny movie. There are a few truths about food-service that McKittrick gets right but doesn't fully exploit. -
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Allison Benedikt 25
I have a sneaking suspicion that Running Scared could become a cult classic. -
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Allison Benedikt 12
Mark my words: Mindhunters will do for psycho-thrillers what "Showgirls" did for stripper movies. -
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Allison Benedikt 12
The fatal flaw in David Duchovny's big-screen directorial debut, House of D, is not Robin Williams as a retarded janitor. It's David Duchovny, the man who chose to cast Robin Williams as a retarded janitor. -
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Allison Benedikt 12
Commenting on performances here is like critiquing the production design of a porno--it's beside the point. Briefly: Knoxville, bad choice, man. Reynolds, you make a good villain. Simpson, lovely posing. Scott, you're from Minnesota and it shows--but I bet stunt driving school was fun. -
