G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Examiner
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For 75 reviews, this critic has graded:
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60% higher than the average critic
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1% same as the average critic
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39% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 7.3 points higher than other critics.
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G. Allen Johnson's Scores
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 54 out of 75
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Mixed: 5 out of 75
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Negative: 16 out of 75
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movie reviews
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G. Allen Johnson 100
A sweaty-browed exercise in precision filmmaking, but one that doesn't cheat you with wisps of tension and the pretense of attitude. -
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G. Allen Johnson 88
Leigh has a gift for demonstrating character from the outside in. -
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G. Allen Johnson 100
Kurosawa pulled out all the stops with Ran, his obsession with loyalty and his love of expressionistic film techniques allowed to roam freely. -
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G. Allen Johnson 100
The effect is riveting and frightening. You feel you are under siege with the combatants. -
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G. Allen Johnson 75
"The Big Sleep" and "The Maltese Falcon" echo loudly throughout. -
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G. Allen Johnson 88
A crowd pleaser that caters to our horror of totalitarianism, our love of personal freedom, our belief - justified or deluded - that knowledge is a powerful tool and that access to information is a God-given right. -
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G. Allen Johnson 63
The movie is meant to be uplifting and to the degree that you can ignore its unquestioning treatment of mental illness, I suppose it is. -
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G. Allen Johnson 100
Minghella is an artist and he has painted himself a masterpiece. -
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G. Allen Johnson 100
Kiarostami's genius is elusive. His films may be unknowable, but they are undeniably hypnotic, charismatic. -
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G. Allen Johnson 88
The only film sequels in history that just keep getting better. -
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G. Allen Johnson 88
A weird, wonderful and funny work that stands as a true original. As if that weren't enough, director and co-writer Anderson has given Bill Murray his best role in years. -
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G. Allen Johnson 88
I'm not sure all of this works out as convincingly as Anderson intends in the movie's somewhat unsatisfying ending, but getting there is a wickedly enjoyable journey. -
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G. Allen Johnson 88
The Coens haven't been this sharp, focused and fluid since their first film. This is "Blood Simple's" promise fulfilled. -
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G. Allen Johnson 63
Nicolas Cage gives one of the best performances of his strange, courageous career. -
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G. Allen Johnson 63
Solondz's greatest success is the pederast, heartbreakingly played by Baker...Had Solondz reached that apex in the other stories, it would have been a masterpiece. -
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G. Allen Johnson 50
An independent film so enamored of itself it refuses to have any fun. -
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G. Allen Johnson 88
Salles' solid narrative is only deceptively simple; there is a lot of dimension and depth to this gentle, sometimes painful portrait of two wanderers. -
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G. Allen Johnson 75
Misses some creative opportunities to really drive this story home, but it's a naturally haunting story nonetheless. -
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G. Allen Johnson 63
Now "Rod Tidwell," with Jerry Maguire as a supporting character, would be a movie to pay to see. -
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G. Allen Johnson 100
This movie has everything but Humphrey Bogart, and I'm sure he's sorry he was unavailable. -
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G. Allen Johnson 88
It's a more intelligent and dimensional epic than, say, "Anna and the King." Emperor is worth every single penny. -
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G. Allen Johnson 88
There isn't a whole lot of fancy subplotting, just a potpourri of funny and engaging characters. -
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G. Allen Johnson 38
No amount of excellent period costuming and brilliant set decoration can substitute for a good story and decent acting. -
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G. Allen Johnson 88
May be the funniest movie about parental and spousal abuse ever made. -
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G. Allen Johnson 88
A warm-hearted valentine to old traditions in China that are being obliterated by modern - and admittedly more efficient - technology. -
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G. Allen Johnson 50
Cholodenko's strategy of having the actors, in every scene -- whether it involves Lucy, the boyfriend or the Frame editors -- perform with an intonational flatness approaching monotone pretentiously undermines the effectiveness of her subject matter. -
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