Eric Kohn, indieWIRE
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For 344 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 79% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 19% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 17.3 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Eric Kohn's Scores

  • Movies
Average review score: 76
Highest review score:
Stories We Tell
Critic Score 100
Lowest review score:
Lovelace
Critic Score 25
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 294 out of 344
  2. Mixed: 42 out of 344
  3. Negative: 8 out of 344
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    • Metascore: 38
    • Eric Kohn 33
    The Ward
    The Ward succeeds mainly as a checklist that keeps it consistent with Carpenter's nearly forty years of work. It has none of the smart genre appeal that put him on the map, instead resembling a desperate knock-off by someone with far less talent. Carpenter either lost his groove or the will to use it.
    • Metascore: 46
    • Eric Kohn 33
    Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
    If "Extremely Loud" came out in the weeks or months following 9/11, more audiences (and critics) might find an excuse to appreciate the way its soul-searching protagonist works through his grief. Ten years later, his struggle actually feels outrageously old-fashioned.
    • Metascore: 45
    • Eric Kohn 33
    The Paperboy
    Lee Daniels' The Paperboy is a rare case of serious commitment to outright silliness.
    • Metascore: 61
    • Eric Kohn 33
    This Must Be the Place
    Guided by an over-the-top Nazi hunter played by Judd Hirsch (clearly enjoying himself), Cheyenne begins a road trip through Middle American that goes nowhere, and Penn's mopey has-been routine starts to feel like a bad joke that just keeps getting worse.
    • Metascore: 56
    • Eric Kohn 33
    The Details
    It's a familiar mold: the perils of suburban discontent have been so thoroughly explored that The Details plays like a hodgepodge of familiar circumstances on an assembly line to disaster.
    • Metascore: 52
    • Eric Kohn 25
    The Devil's Double
    It's hard to believe that The Devil's Double doesn't intend to be a put-on. Despite a real-life basis of its plot, Lee Tamahori's fierce depiction of hedonistic Saddaam Hussein spawn Uday Hussein relegates the character to a farcical cartoon.
    • Metascore: 42
    • Eric Kohn 25
    Bel Ami
    Pattinson portrays the monotonous Georges Duroy in two equally dry modes: scowls and smirks.
    • Metascore: 42
    • Eric Kohn 25
    Lovelace
    Just as the frequent cutaways from sexual activity tone down the titillation, Lovelace never garners the energy to construct a fully involving melodrama, rarely rising above Lifetime movie standards. Given the material, the irony here is that the filmmakers play it too safe.

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