Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle
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For 393 reviews, this critic has graded:
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52% higher than the average critic
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4% same as the average critic
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44% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 6.1 points higher than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Edward Guthmann's Scores
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| Average review score: | 65 |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 234 out of 393
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Mixed: 111 out of 393
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Negative: 48 out of 393
393
movie reviews
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Edward Guthmann 100
An indelible statement on loneliness and spiritual thirst. -
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Edward Guthmann 100
Days of Heaven is a visual poem. Slow and elegant, reverential in the way it celebrates the earth's contours and the play of light. [27 Oct. 1999, p.B3]Posted Mar 12, 2013 -
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Edward Guthmann 100
The cruelty of his methods aside -- and Polanski wasn't the first director to terrorize an actor for the sake of a performance -- Repulsion is a frightening, fiercely entertaining experience that holds up to time. (Review of May 1998 revival) -
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Edward Guthmann 100
Part fairy tale and part bogeyman thriller -- a juicy allegory of evil, greed and innocence, told with an eerie visual poetry. -
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Edward Guthmann 100
It's an horrific and tragic story, but somehow made beautiful through the care and attention of Schnabel's direction and Bardem's tender, unforgettable performance. -
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Edward Guthmann 100
This is an amazing record of a group of lives -- and probably more resonant than anyone could have imagined when the project began. -
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Edward Guthmann 100
The writing, by Rapp and Catherine Dussart, is exquisite, and the performers, including Francois Truffaut's old colleague Jean-Pierre Leaud as a magistrate, are all first-rate. -
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Edward Guthmann 100
The film underscores the paradox in this man's life: the split between the mild-mannered New Yorker and the fearless vagabond who joined an Arakmbut hunting raid. -
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Edward Guthmann 100
The result is a sprightly, entertaining film, but one in which the satire is neutralized for laughs. -
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Edward Guthmann 100
The magic here is all in the telling: in the graceful, laconic direction of Jacques Becker. -
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Edward Guthmann 100
Altman has delivered a lot of surprises in his long directing career, and his new comedy, Cookie's Fortune, is one of the most refreshing -- not because it's so good, but because it's so sweet and affectionate. -
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Edward Guthmann 100
Beatty has fashioned a hilarious morality tale that delivers a surprisingly potent, angry message beneath the laughs. -
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Edward Guthmann 100
Deliciously witty and entertaining… A first-rate thriller, one that's likely to generate as much word-of-mouth as “Alien,'' “Carrie'' and “Psycho'' did in their time. [23 Aug 1991, Daily Notebook, p.F1] -
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Edward Guthmann 100
Remarkable also for the uniform excellence of its cast, and for the pleasure [Altman's] actors take in the wide berth he allows them. [24 Apr 1992] -
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Edward Guthmann 100
One of the year's sweetest surprises. It sneaks up on you, disarming you with its modesty and tenderness, its remarkable lack of self-infatuation. -
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Edward Guthmann 100
Explosive entertainment, with the tension and volatility of its subject matter. -
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Edward Guthmann 100
Emily Watson is ravishingly good -- and brings an amazing focus and intensity to what could have been a disease-of-the-week picture. -
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Edward Guthmann 100
That's why American Movie cuts so deep: It's about the American dream, about not giving up, about being true to yourself. -
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Edward Guthmann 100
A great achievement: tense and passionate, a film that one feels not just emotionally but also physically. -
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Edward Guthmann 100
A delicious comedy that starts out promisingly as a pleasant gag comedy but then turns unexpectedly into a bright social satire. -
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Edward Guthmann 100
Doesn't sanitize its tale of African American loss and survival -- the way Steven Spielberg's “The Color Purple'' did -- but delves deeply, heartbreakingly into an American tragedy. -
