David Sterritt, Christian Science Monitor
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For 1,971 reviews, this critic has graded:
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45% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 5.4 points higher than other critics.
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David Sterritt's Scores
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| Average review score: | 65 |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 1,082 out of 1971
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Mixed: 652 out of 1971
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Negative: 237 out of 1971
1,971
movie reviews
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David Sterritt 100
Cantet has rich insights into this material, and brings them alive through sensitive acting and powerful filmmaking. -
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David Sterritt 100
From its star-studded cast to its indelible camerawork by the legendary Giuseppe Rotunno, it's an unforgettable experience by a revered master of European cinema. -
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David Sterritt 100
The visual style is at once deliberately archaic and slyly postmodernist, slinky and sensuous from first frame to last. -
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David Sterritt 100
Blurring all the lines between fiction and documentary, this gentle and amusing movie blends real, unrehearsed material with delightful storytelling scenes. -
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David Sterritt 100
There's a new visual idea every second, each teeming with energy, pitch-dark comedy, and inspired cinematic lunacy. -
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David Sterritt 100
His readings of his own work are especially thoughtful, moving, and provocative in the best possible ways. -
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David Sterritt 100
Polanski's directing is marvelously assured and Depp is always fun to watch. -
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David Sterritt 100
This is a great companion piece to Hou's masterly "Flowers of Shanghai" and fresh evidence of his status as Taiwan's greatest filmmaker. -
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David Sterritt 100
Supercharged with an energy and ingenuity that "Run Lola Run" once had a patent on. -
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David Sterritt 100
In the acting department, there's nobody on the current scene with more sheer talent --- or offbeat charisma -- than Philip Seymour Hoffman, in whose bearish body nestles the heart of a lithe and limber artist. -
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David Sterritt 100
Moody, atmospheric, and bewitching, like other first-rate examples of modern Thai cinema. -
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David Sterritt 100
The movie is woven with care and complexity, again confirming von Trotta's place as one of the world's greatest female filmmakers. -
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David Sterritt 100
The latter element joins with Crudup's excellent acting to make this deliberately scruffy tale a worthwhile experience if you can handle its explicitly sordid subplots. -
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David Sterritt 100
A pungent, powerful film that points an accusing finger not at religious beliefs but at flawed human institutions. It also targets social and cultural mores that are almost medieval in their patriarchal bias against girls and women. -
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David Sterritt 100
A glistening gem among caper movies, this impeccably elegant jewel-heist drama takes its title from Buddhist lore, its cast from France's great gallery of leading men, and its style from the unique blend of cinematic savoir-faire and brooding existential angst. -
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David Sterritt 100
The movie's main contribution is its fresh look at the Vietnam War, being refought in the Kerry-Bush presidential campaign at the time of the film's release. -
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David Sterritt 100
Stay far, far away unless you can handle the copious amounts of blood--and agonizing psychological problems-- that its participants face on what seems like a daily basis. -
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David Sterritt 100
This poetic and compassionate drama by Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan combines the intricate structure of his earlier movies with an emotional power that raises his remarkable career to a whole new level. -
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David Sterritt 100
Filmed and acted to near perfection, it's one of the year's most innovative and exciting pictures. -
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David Sterritt 100
This is the kind of movie that literate viewers pine for, laced with gracefulness and wit. -
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David Sterritt 100
A profound film by a legendary director in the greatest period of his career. -
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David Sterritt 100
Hoffman's acting is poignant and compassionate, etching a profoundly sad character with no trace of compromise, and Bates gives one of her most controlled performances ever. -
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David Sterritt 100
This is a funny, sad, stunningly smart movie about the end of movies, made in Tsai's inimitable, unblinking style. No movie lover should miss it. -
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David Sterritt 100
Magical movie, which has brilliant fun with the contrasts between film and theater, love and infatuation, reality and fantasy. -
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David Sterritt 100
Easily the best American film so far this year, Far From Heaven is close to perfect. -
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David Sterritt 100
Tykwer's style gives the movie an explosive energy that never quits, marking him as the most ingenious new talent to hail from Germany in ages. -
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David Sterritt 100
While it's not a great movie, it's a revealing study of how long it often takes for businesspeople to realize they're being freaked out, not flattered. -
