Bill Gallo, Dallas Observer
Select another critic »
For 187 reviews, this critic has graded:
-
56% higher than the average critic
-
2% same as the average critic
-
42% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 5.2 points higher than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Bill Gallo's Scores
- Movies
| Average review score: | 65 |
|---|---|
| Highest review score: |
Critic Score
100
|
| Lowest review score: |
Critic Score
10
|
Score distribution:
-
Positive: 104 out of 187
-
Mixed: 65 out of 187
-
Negative: 18 out of 187
187
movie reviews
- By critic score
-
-
Bill Gallo 70
A former yeshiva student himself, Gorlin turns this tale of political intrigue and the search for divinity into an act of liberation -- if not outright defiance. -
-
-
Bill Gallo 70
The horrors therein are vivid, even if the movie is a bit plodding. -
-
-
Bill Gallo 70
Its substance and high ambitions, salted with humor, make for a rewarding two hours in the dark. -
-
-
Bill Gallo 70
In Mary Katherine Gallagher's dogged perseverance, it's easy to find not only cheap laughs but real soul. In her way, she's a saint. -
-
-
Bill Gallo 70
Happily, this irreverent, sharply observant comedy sweeps us into the maelstrom too. Amid the glut of teen movies rolling out of the studios every week, Election deserves special attention. -
-
-
Bill Gallo 70
Even in Las Vegas, which is possibly the most irrational place on earth, drama demands a bit of dramatic logic. Romantic fairy tales just don't play well on The Strip, despite its fake Eiffel Towers, bogus Italian palazzos and strike-it-rich fantasies. -
-
-
Bill Gallo 70
The young actors, all first-timers chosen in auditions in Puglia and Basilicata, are completely natural. -
-
-
Bill Gallo 70
Indeed, in this era of muckraking left-wing documentaries, The Inheritance offers a more fascinating fictionalized look at what cut-throat capitalism can do to conscience. -
-
-
Bill Gallo 70
Arcand loyalists are bound to miss Rémy, but at least he goes out in style. Even the antagonists will have to admit that. -
-
-
Bill Gallo 70
This special-effects-crammed action blockbuster is not rocket science. It's more like rocket fun. -
-
-
Bill Gallo 70
This is low-rent summer fun, exuberantly mounted, so leave your IQ in the glove compartment. -
-
-
Bill Gallo 70
A mood-switching meditation on love and death that goes out of its way to yank our chains. -
-
-
Bill Gallo 70
Stacy Peralta may think otherwise, but this 101-minute homage to the heroes of surfing is nothing if not a monument to their self-absorption--and to his own. That's probably inevitable. -
-
-
Bill Gallo 70
Jack's odyssey, despite some clunky writing and predictable first-movie missteps, gives off a flavor and a flair that stick with you. -
-
-
Bill Gallo 60
Happily, the director and writer Andrea Gibb treat little Frankie with as much dramatic respect as the grown-up characters, and he saves the movie from killing sweetness. -
-
-
-
Bill Gallo 60
If the Navy is looking for splashy recruiting tools, it could do worse than Stealth, a zillion-dollar action movie stuffed with futuristic jet fighters, glamorous carrier pilots and an overload of explosive, mostly digital derring-do. -
-
-
Bill Gallo 60
Little Ralph comes off like "Billy Elliot" on steroids. Still, this an energetic movie that can be truly hilarious in spots, and it captures perfectly the oppressive atmosphere of a Catholic boys' school in the ’50s. -
-
-
Bill Gallo 60
Instead of slick heroism, the saving grace of The Matador (which was obviously made on something less than a blockbuster budget) lies in the comic interplay between Brosnan's ignoble Mr. Noble and the hapless square he picks to serve his purposes. -
-
-
Bill Gallo 60
Carrey's brand of exhausting physical comedy is a far cry from Segal's useful bewilderment, so this ride is both rougher and loonier. -
-
-
-
Bill Gallo 60
For Caan's shtick alone, The Yards is worthwhile, but we may also be witnessing the emergence, in Gray, of a young filmmaker who's just starting to find the range. -
-
-
Bill Gallo 60
This unstinting look at growing up in the 1990s never pulls its punches. Bridging the angst of Generation X and the uncertainties of Generation Y, Chick reveals the romantic traumas, career screwups and self-absorbed fantasies of a group of eastern college grads. -
-
-
-
-
Bill Gallo 60
There are many winning moments here, but director Nigel Cole (Saving Grace) sometimes imparts to the thing a terrible case of the cutes and an overeagerness to please. -
-
-
Bill Gallo 60
Despite his natty wardrobe and calculated sangfroid, Penn doesn't summon up quite the right image. -
-
-
Bill Gallo 60
A thoroughly unremarkable police action movie starring the magnetic Samuel L. Jackson. -
-
-
Bill Gallo 60
Whatever else is weak or indulgent in this fledgling effort -- self-consciousness and a certain grim solemnity come to mind -- it has the jolt of truth about it, like a lot of thinly veiled fiction. -
-
