Ernest Hardy, Village Voice
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For 85 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 61% higher than the average critic
  • 7% same as the average critic
  • 32% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 5.8 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Ernest Hardy's Scores

  • Movies
Average review score: 65
Highest review score:
Valentino's Ghost
Critic Score 100
Lowest review score:
Deadline
Critic Score 10
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 55 out of 85
  2. Mixed: 22 out of 85
  3. Negative: 8 out of 85
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    • Metascore: 73
    • Ernest Hardy 100
    Free Angela & All Political Prisoners
    Thanks to Lynch's expert pacing and modulation of narrative tension, even viewers who already know the outcome of the film's central incident will likely be pulled to the edges of their seats.
    • Metascore: 79
    • Ernest Hardy 100
    This Ain't California
    This Ain't California is a masterful lie that illuminates a little-known reality.
    • Metascore: 84
    • Ernest Hardy 100
    Valentino's Ghost
    A crash course in history, politics, and social science, Valentino's Ghost is both sobering and illuminating, and its execution is thrilling.
    • Metascore: 75
    • Ernest Hardy 90
    The Desert of Forbidden Art
    It's a must-see for anyone interested in art.
    • Metascore: 77
    • Ernest Hardy 90
    Benda Bilili!
    But real-life hard-knock plot twists, as well as some tweaking of form (there's no narrator or voiceover of any kind; the film's subjects outline their grim realities largely through their rhythmically upbeat songs) make the film absolutely riveting, as does the fiercely rousing music.
    • Metascore: 60
    • Ernest Hardy 90
    Oranges and Sunshine
    At the film's center is Emily Watson's pitch-perfect performance as Margaret Humphreys, the real-life social worker who in 1986 stumbled over the hidden practice.
    • Metascore: 69
    • Ernest Hardy 90
    Kinyarwanda
    Cast with both professional and novice actors (which results in uneven performances), the beautifully shot film is filled with exquisite moments.
    • Metascore: 69
    • Ernest Hardy 90
    Genius on Hold
    One marvel of the film is how it conveys so much information so quickly, and with such accessibility.
    • Metascore: 77
    • Ernest Hardy 90
    An Oversimplification of Her Beauty
    What saves the film—and grandly—is Nance’s wildly ambitious visual imagination. Teetering somewhere between film school precocity and impressively assured audaciousness...It’s almost hypnotic in its style and genre promiscuity.
    • Metascore: 74
    • Ernest Hardy 90
    Old Dog
    Old Dog has the look and feel of a documentary, which adds senses of urgency and immediacy to a tale that moves at a languid, but never boring, pace.

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