Desmond Ryan, Philadelphia Inquirer
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For 137 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 9.6 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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25
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 107 out of 137
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Mixed: 18 out of 137
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Negative: 12 out of 137
137
movie reviews
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Desmond Ryan 63
The film, which is amiable, undemanding family holiday entertainment, is more a tribute to the astonishing skills of the dog trainers than anything else. -
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Desmond Ryan 63
Modestly entertaining when it is engaged in such a celebration onstage, but it trips up when the action moves backstage, where bad dialogue ... lurks in the shadows. -
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Desmond Ryan 63
Picks up speed as it goes along and the finale is frenzied and, well, cartoonish. -
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Desmond Ryan 63
While Dumont's movie has its striking scenes, it is doomed to a sense of lethargy and inertia by the kind of people it ponders and the context in which they are placed. -
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Desmond Ryan 63
More a grab-bag of loosely connected scenes and lives than a film with a firm sense of direction. -
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Desmond Ryan 63
A film with many redeeming qualities. Its heart is certainly in the right place, but its head makes some misjudgments. -
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Desmond Ryan 63
It's a work that preaches to the choir, and the song has been more subtly sung in better movies. -
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Desmond Ryan 63
A fascinating but flawed work that demonstrates that, contrary to popular wisdom, great minds do not think alike. -
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Desmond Ryan 63
Fans of the original should relish going back to Back to the Future, as long as they keep in mind that in movies - as in life - you can't go home again. And if you do, things aren't likely to be the same. [22 Nov 1989, p.E1]Posted Feb 13, 2013 -
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Desmond Ryan 63
Zemeckis and Gale obviously paid attention to quality control in finishing the trilogy. They could not, however, hope to reach the quality of their first effort. [25 May 1990, p.5]Posted Feb 7, 2013 -
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Desmond Ryan 50
To do this kind of satire successfully, you need the kind of merciless and unrelenting wit of films such as Gus Van Sant's "To Die For" or John Huston's "Prizzi's Honor." -
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Desmond Ryan 50
Leaves you in no doubt of where the talent is in what would otherwise be a throwaway picture. -
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Desmond Ryan 50
Individual moments in Hit and Runway are quite funny, but as a send-up of action-movie mindlessness, the movie is sometimes as dumb as its targets. -
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Desmond Ryan 50
Has its moments of charm, but it's ultimately a fascinating failure that surely looked better on paper than it does on the screen. -
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Desmond Ryan 50
Lame and misguided homage, which reduces satire to vulgar silliness for kids. -
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Desmond Ryan 50
Sorely needs the injection of skepticism - a quality that would have been even more useful when Pollack was mulling over doing Random Hearts in the first place. -
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Desmond Ryan 50
It musters both the merits and the drawbacks of the landmark original. -
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Desmond Ryan 50
Illsley's fine cast, with a riotous contribution from William H. Macy as the sheriff who falls for Harry, plays out the comedy without condescension. -
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