Amy Taubin, Village Voice
Select another critic »
For 164 reviews, this critic has graded:
-
40% higher than the average critic
-
1% same as the average critic
-
59% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 1.4 points lower than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Amy Taubin's Scores
- Movies
| Average review score: | 58 |
|---|---|
| Highest review score: |
Critic Score
100
|
| Lowest review score: |
Critic Score
10
|
Score distribution:
-
Positive: 81 out of 164
-
Mixed: 50 out of 164
-
Negative: 33 out of 164
164
movie reviews
- By critic score
-
-
Amy Taubin 80
The show that Horrocks puts on when she finally takes to the stage is more than worth the wait. -
-
-
-
Amy Taubin 80
Arik Kaplun's smart, scrappy romantic comedy Yana's Friends displays an insouciance rarely found in Israeli film. -
-
-
-
Amy Taubin 80
Along with Raoul Coutard's radiant cinematography, what makes the film extraordinary is Karina, the pure curves of her face a contradiction to the marionette angularity of her body. -
-
-
Amy Taubin 80
Takes us inside the consciousness and the coded masculine world of a single character. -
-
-
-
Amy Taubin 80
Antoine Fuqua's propulsive, elegantly written police thriller, offers the unsettling spectacle of Denzel Washington. -
-
-
Amy Taubin 80
Rampling has never been as beautiful, not to mention as emotionally naked, nuanced, and affecting as she is here. -
-
-
Amy Taubin 80
(You) might be charmed by the film's blend of kineticism, car-culture rituals, and hilariously flat-footed dialogue. -
-
-
-
Amy Taubin 80
Josh Aronson's thoroughly engrossing documentary Sound and Fury is as much about children's rights as it is about the impact of cochlear-implant technology on a family in which deafness runs through three generations. -
-
-
Amy Taubin 80
Crouching Tiger's dramatic line is so blurry that the central character is only a bystander to the climactic fight between forces of good and evil. -
-
-
-
Amy Taubin 80
Both a heartwarming tribute to the late Beatle and a study of hair patterns in the aging British male, Concert for George, recorded at the Royal Albert Hall a year to the day after Harrison's death, manages both reverence and joy. -
-
-
Amy Taubin 80
Largely a showcase for Puri, and he rises to the occasion with a performance that bursts from the screen and tears into your heart. -
-
-
Amy Taubin 80
A spare, formally ingenious, journalistically acute piece of filmmaking. -
-
-
Amy Taubin 80
While the acting ensemble is crucial, it's not the only asset here. -
-
-
-
-
Amy Taubin 70
Egoyan, whose sophisticated eye is connected to a brain that seems, for the moment, to have gone dead. -
-
-
Amy Taubin 70
We may not want another film about incest, but there's a necessity about this one that won't be denied. -
-
-
Amy Taubin 70
This adaptation of John Irving's novel--- is as paternalistic, puffed-up, and dull as a congressional debate about abortion rights. -
-
-
Amy Taubin 70
Series 7 could have turned out as ugly as the second season of "Survivor," were it not for the pleasure Minahan takes in melodrama. -
-
-
Amy Taubin 70
Thanks to some brilliant casting, Venus Beauty Institute provokes ideas about women, movies, sexuality, and age that extend beyond its frothy fiction. -
-
-
-
Amy Taubin 70
So low-key it could be mistaken for a throwaway. But Meadows's understanding of childhood fears and fantasies and the yearning, heartfelt performances he draws from his two young actors should not be underestimated. -
-
-
Amy Taubin 70
Isn't convincing on every front, but as a political conversation piece, it's potentially effective. -
-
-
Amy Taubin 70
Despite Sunshine's historical scope and multiplicity of characters, it doesn't shed half as much light on its subject -- identity and anti-Semitism -- as does, for example, Agnieszka Holland's claustrophobic chamber piece "Angry Harvest." -
-
-
Amy Taubin 70
Goodman and Anker adroitly shape a cohesive drama out of a complicated history. -
