James Berardinelli, ReelViews
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For 2,527 reviews, this critic has graded:
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65% higher than the average critic
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33% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 5.9 points higher than other critics.
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James Berardinelli's Scores
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Positive: 1,803 out of 2527
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Mixed: 443 out of 2527
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Negative: 281 out of 2527
2,527
movie reviews
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James Berardinelli 38
Meet Joe Black has the dubious distinction of being the longest film to date of 1998. It is also one of the most tedious and bombastic. -
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James Berardinelli 38
This is one of those nearly unwatchable movies that becomes an endurance contest for any thinking adult. -
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James Berardinelli 38
A huge disappointment -- the kind of motion picture that makes you actively angry at the filmmaker for subjecting you to it and stealing two hours of your life. -
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James Berardinelli 38
Once again, we have a movie where the jokes are aimed at the least common denominator - meaning that to genuinely enjoy the experience of sitting through Slackers, you will need help from a controlled substance. -
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James Berardinelli 38
No amount of youthful charisma can alter the fact that, in the light of "Dangerous Liaisons", Cruel Intentions is a feeble and dissatisfying shadow. -
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James Berardinelli 38
For a strangely-titled, female-oriented drama about mothers and daughters bonding, try "The Joy Luck Club" and leave Ya-Ya as a phrase uttered by one-year olds who have yet to learn how to talk. -
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James Berardinelli 38
It's the most disappointing thing to come from the brothers in years. -
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James Berardinelli 38
With a script that waffles between being hilariously absurd and insultingly stupid, and action scenes that won't cause anyone's pulse to skip a beat, Paycheck is less appealing than a lump of coal in a Christmas stocking. -
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James Berardinelli 38
Twisted is a D-grade thriller with an A-list cast. It's a disappointment from start to finish...But, in the final quarter-hour, it committed the unpardonable sin of insulting my intelligence. -
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James Berardinelli 38
It's a cloying, humorless motion picture whose only assets are the work of Jim Henson's Creature Shop and a couple of good one-liners by a pair of rodents. -
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James Berardinelli 38
The level of humor is sit-com-ish at best and the film's dramatic elements are bland and uninvolving. -
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James Berardinelli 38
The Thirteenth Floor shows what can happen when film makers fail to recognize that they need more than a concept to establish a full-length motion picture. -
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James Berardinelli 38
This is a tedious and insulting motion picture. The only ones likely to be surprised by the payoff are those who understandably dozed off fifteen minutes into the proceedings. -
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James Berardinelli 38
The movie mandates complete gullibility and vacuous attention in order to work on any level. -
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James Berardinelli 38
Instead of generating a testosterone rush, the fight scenes release tryptophan. Not only are they boring, but they are choreographed in an amateurish fashion. -
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James Berardinelli 38
The Punisher isn't Frank Castle; it's Jonathan Hensleigh. And the punishee is anyone sitting in the audience. -
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James Berardinelli 38
The Brown Bunny is one long, self-indulgent bore topped off with a hard-core porn scene featuring Gallo and co-star Chloë Sevigny. -
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James Berardinelli 38
Captures the essence of its TV inspiration, which is to say that it's not nearly as clever as it thinks it is. It also feels very, very long. -
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James Berardinelli 38
Unremarkable. A more honest description would be to label it as mirthless, pointless, and banal. -
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James Berardinelli 38
By trying to satisfy every kind of viewer, it's possible that Sphere may end up pleasing no one. -
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James Berardinelli 38
An inferior product. It is not well written, well acted, or well directed. -
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James Berardinelli 38
Has some promise as a throw-away, lighthearted romance. Unfortunately, once those elements are gone, what's left only has a running time of about 13 minutes. -
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James Berardinelli 38
At its best, Dumb and Dumber is like an Ernest movie with a scatological bent. -
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James Berardinelli 38
Want to see a movie where almost everything takes place on a bus? Try "Speed." Jeepers Creepers 2 isn't even worth a peek. -
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James Berardinelli 38
Unappealing for children and adults alike, The King and I will likely bring families together in their mutual boredom. -
