Desmond Ryan, Philadelphia Inquirer
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For 138 reviews, this critic has graded:
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70% higher than the average critic
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1% same as the average critic
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29% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 9.5 points higher than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Desmond Ryan's Scores
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| Average review score: | 69 |
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100
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25
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 108 out of 138
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Mixed: 18 out of 138
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Negative: 12 out of 138
138
movie reviews
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Desmond Ryan 100
The movie may be the meditation of an old man, but rarely has a supreme artist's twilight been so richly illuminating. Faithless makes other films on the same subject seem clueless. -
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Desmond Ryan 100
The new print does justice to Philippe Agostini's splendidly atmospheric cinematography. -
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Desmond Ryan 100
An overpowering and original piece of bravura filmmaking that constitutes one of the most breathtaking and impressive directing debuts in years. -
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Desmond Ryan 100
It's an occasion for welcoming a restoration that transforms a flawed movie, one that was touched by greatness, into a masterpiece. -
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Desmond Ryan 100
The humor of the script constantly confounds expectations, and yet Shrek still manages to say all the right things to children. -
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Desmond Ryan 100
When it comes to the realistic portrayal of the complex process of grief, most actresses are at a loss. Sissy Spacek is decidedly not most actresses. -
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Desmond Ryan 100
Aronofsky has fashioned a chilling vision that lives up to the caustic irony of its title and gives us a nightmare that is not lightly forgotten. -
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Desmond Ryan 88
A powerful and moving contribution to the cinema of the Holocaust. -
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Desmond Ryan 88
Underlines the nightmare of entrapment so vividly captured in The Day I Became a Woman. -
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Desmond Ryan 88
If you enjoy visuals with substance as well as flash, look no further than this exuberant movie. -
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Desmond Ryan 88
If you've had enough of the loony tunes coming from Florida, this piece of absurdist serio-comedy is the perfect picture. -
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Desmond Ryan 88
The film treats the ensuing issues of conscience and compromise with subtlety and warmth. -
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Desmond Ryan 88
Suffice it to say I prefer the original conclusion, and I think most Exorcist fans will agree -
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Desmond Ryan 88
The pleasure of The Limey lies in watching what actors who have aged like fine wine can do in that world. -
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Desmond Ryan 88
Triumphs by taking an elliptical approach that still reaches directly into the very core of genius. -
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Desmond Ryan 88
Glazer has a daring sense of story structure that ratchets up the suspense, and his sense for sardonic black comedy is unerring. -
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Desmond Ryan 88
The Road Home takes a path few movies choose to travel these days, but it's a very affecting journey. -
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Desmond Ryan 88
It works beautifully and illuminates aspects of Freud that you might think beyond the reach of the the camera. -
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Desmond Ryan 88
La Promesse is a compelling look at issues that - in a world where ethnic frictions grow more tense, even as national boundaries disappear - really are universal.- Posted Jun 3, 2013
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