Amy Nicholson, Village Voice
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For 65 reviews, this critic has graded:
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66% higher than the average critic
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1% same as the average critic
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33% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 0.1 points lower than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Amy Nicholson's Scores
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10
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 29 out of 65
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Mixed: 30 out of 65
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Negative: 6 out of 65
65
movie reviews
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Amy Nicholson 100
Director Rian Johnson's resulting film, a cornfield neo-noir, is the coolest, most-confident sci-fi flick since 2006's "Children of Men."- Posted Sep 7, 2012
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Amy Nicholson 80
For the small but enthusiastic documentary crowd and the comic's diehard fans, it's a must-see. -
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Amy Nicholson 70
In its small moments, say when Walhberg sighs that his robe misspells "Micky," The Fighter feels clued-in to the very small, very tough world of a man trying to make his way out of his block-and after getting to know his family, you want to help him pack his bags.- Posted Dec 6, 2010
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Amy Nicholson 70
Cumberbatch, a tweedy Brit with an M.A. in Classical Acting and a face like a monstrous Timothy Dalton, has beefed up to become a convincing killer. He's brutal and bold, and the film around him isn't bad either.- Posted May 14, 2013
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Amy Nicholson 40
Director Steven Spielberg doesn't have a steady grip on War Horse's careening tone, but he'll be damned if there's not 15 minutes in there for everyone.- Posted Dec 16, 2011
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Amy Nicholson 60
The bad news is that if you haven't seen "Thor," "Captain America" and "Iron Man 2" - that's six hours and three minutes of homework - The Avengers won't make sense. The good news is if you're a human under the age of 45, you probably already have.- Posted Apr 20, 2012
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Amy Nicholson 80
Esparza's cast of unknowns is so fresh and raw that the drama could be mistaken for a documentary if the camera work weren't so controlled.- Posted Apr 25, 2013
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Amy Nicholson 70
Like Todd Haynes' "I'm Not There"-which never once came out and said the name "Bob Dylan"-Nowhere Boy bites its tongue and refuses to say "The Beatles." -
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Amy Nicholson 40
Despite Brody and Polley's reasonable efforts, they can't compensate for a script that undermines its curiosity about humanity. -
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Amy Nicholson 80
Meet the new face of superheroes: Marc Webb's totally teenage and totally fun take on the Spider-Man franchise.- Posted Jun 27, 2012
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Amy Nicholson 90
Rebel Wilson is the peroxided Aussi who stole scenes as Kristen Wiig's roommate in "Bridesmaids," and this is the role that will turn her into a star.- Posted Sep 26, 2012
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Amy Nicholson 50
Alas, the flick can't resist overheating. Paradoxically, when people finally do jump in their cars, curl their fists and grab their guns, we wish they'd retreat to the safety of their monitors.- Posted Apr 11, 2013
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Amy Nicholson 80
This documentary on one of the most universal, photographed, analyzed, opined upon and slavered over human experiences manages to astound. -
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Amy Nicholson 60
By poking fun at the cliches, director Gluck thinks he can turn an inevitability into an in-joke. Eh, it'll do.- Posted Jul 21, 2011
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Amy Nicholson 60
Payne's book is more epic and shameless than Gustin Nash's tidy adaptation. -
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Amy Nicholson 80
Jaden Smith is destined to be a star by the force of will (and wallets) of parents Will and Jada Smith, both producers on The Karate Kid. But he's also got the raw material. -
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Amy Nicholson 30
Apatow has drifted further and further from comedy with every film, but This is 40 is the first where he hasn't even bothered to write any jokes. Instead of snappy dialogue, we get lazy exchanges.- Posted Dec 4, 2012
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Amy Nicholson 50
This is a soap opera that stands at a distance from its characters (that distance being the length of a lawyer's briefcase) and, though handsome and capable, feels as inert as mannequins in a shop window.- Posted Dec 7, 2010
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Amy Nicholson 80
Ford is hilarious and brooding, deeply wrinkled and deeply intimidating. He's got the best lines, courtesy of screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna (of the repellent "27 Dresses" and the much better "The Devil Wears Prada").- Posted Nov 10, 2010
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Amy Nicholson 70
Jones delivers her line readings so robotically that even her truths sound like lies. She's got the look of a Hitchcock blonde, and the movements of a deer in the headlights. Even her kisses look fake.- Posted Feb 16, 2011
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Amy Nicholson 60
The script is ridiculous, the bodies are great and the film skates so long on the line between knowingly bad and bad that by the time the body count hits 100 and the booby count hits 1000, we've lost track of the difference. -
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Amy Nicholson 40
A movie that overrules logic irritates its audience; we don't like to be reminded that there's a writer pulling the strings. And here, the POV horror is a conceit as well as a distraction, a crutch to create suspense from shaky, dark footage. -
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Amy Nicholson 80
Every frame of silent, lip-biting, pent-up tension in the series has been holding its breath for this -- a 600-minute soap opera suddenly exploding into a Grindhouse slasher.- Posted Nov 13, 2012
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Amy Nicholson 70
Is the result - a slapstick, bizarro melodrama where Ferrell plays the Mexican born and bred scion of a wealthy farmer - meant more for Spanish speakers or stoned and giggly Americans? It's a tough call.- Posted Mar 16, 2012
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