A.O. Scott, The New York Times
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For 1,287 reviews, this critic has graded:
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48% higher than the average critic
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50% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 2 points higher than other critics.
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A.O. Scott's Scores
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Positive: 648 out of 1287
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Mixed: 469 out of 1287
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Negative: 170 out of 1287
1,287
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A.O. Scott 80
A revelation comes near the end that is both tremendously moving and a bit disappointing, in the way that the solutions to great mysteries frequently are. This turn does not diminish the accomplishment of Ms. Scott Thomas's deep, subtle and altogether stunning performance, but it does alter the scale of the movie, turning it into a more manageable, less existentially unsettling drama. -
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A.O. Scott 80
What keeps Bolt fresh is an unaffected exuberance, a genuine sense of fun, that is expressed above all through obsessive attention to craft. -
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A.O. Scott 80
The result is a film with a stately, deliberate quality that insulates it against sentimentality and makes it all the more devastating. -
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A.O. Scott 80
The result is an experience that, even as it feels a bit familiar, is nonetheless engrossing and satisfying. -
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A.O. Scott 80
The premise of Every Little Step is no less inspired for seeming so simple and obvious, and it pays tribute to the durability and continued relevance of “A Chorus Line,” which first opened in New York in 1975, before many of the performers in the movie were born. -
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A.O. Scott 80
Even at a distance from each other (Washington/Travolta), they conduct a tag-team master class in old-style movie star technique, barreling through every cliché and nugget of corn the script has to offer with verve and conviction. Even when you don't really believe them, they're always a lot of fun to watch. -
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A.O. Scott 80
For rock geeks of any age or taste, the lore in this documentary will be catnip. -
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A.O. Scott 80
When Mr. Greengrass made "United 93," his 2006 reconstruction of one of the Sept. 11 hijackings, some people fretted that it was too soon. My own response to Green Zone is almost exactly the opposite: it's about time. -
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A.O. Scott 80
The reason it deserves to be seen in a theater with special glasses on, rather than slapped on the DVD player when the children are acting up -- lies in those airborne sequences. -
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A.O. Scott 80
The resultant mix of dreaminess, violence and politics is a bit unwieldy, but it sticks to your ribs. You'll savor pieces of Duck, You Sucker in your head much later: the mark of a work by a true voluptuary, the overspill in whose craft comes as much from enthusiasm as arrogance. -
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A.O. Scott 80
Amusingly gamy, an anecdotal crime film that's an antidote to the pile of overly slick robbery pictures of the past few years. -
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A.O. Scott 80
Just know that you'll owe Master of the Flying Guillotine for the pleasure you'll get from viewing a venerable example of the kung fu genre. -
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A.O. Scott 80
When Suddenly finds its soul in the last half-hour, the title begins to make a lovely sort of sense. -
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A.O. Scott 80
The filmmakers know how potent the material is, and they don't hammer away at the obvious. -
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A.O. Scott 80
This is one of the best-photographed pictures of the year, but not ostentatiously so; the look is organic to the less-than-glamorous badlands of Sunnyside, Queens. -
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A.O. Scott 80
A terrifically deft picture about the thick line that separates movie glamour from the real world, and the thin line between common sense and paranoia. -
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A.O. Scott 80
The narrative motion is tricky; first it canters, then shifts into a heady, quick gallop. What's most fascinating about Adanggaman are the scenes that feel like anecdotal rest stops but that are actually building into a nuanced and engrossing whole. -
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A.O. Scott 80
May not make the splash it should; films about moviemaking rarely do. And that would be a shame, because the contrasts the director sets in motion and keeps playing against each other make an entertaining wrestling match. -
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A.O. Scott 80
A film in which nothing is what it seems, this is the kind of genre touch that Mr. González Iñárritu expands into something far more haunting. -
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A.O. Scott 80
The picture has a daring attention-span deficit and an epic silliness that can be awesomely entertaining. -
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A.O. Scott 80
Mr. Chabrol's droll assault on petit-bourgeois security feels like a satire of "Ordinary People" directed by Alfred Hitchcock. -
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A.O. Scott 80
A monumental treat as well as a crafty assemblage of mythologies. -
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A.O. Scott 80
Effervescent and satisfying, a crowd pleaser that does not condescend. -
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A.O. Scott 80
This terrifically smart and solid piece of filmmaking lets the former Weathermen, now in their 50's and older, speak into the camera and reveal a bit of their personal histories as well as what the peace movement meant to them. -
