Jay Carr, Boston Globe
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For 727 reviews, this critic has graded:
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68% higher than the average critic
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29% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 6.6 points higher than other critics.
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Jay Carr's Scores
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 519 out of 727
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Mixed: 114 out of 727
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Negative: 94 out of 727
727
movie reviews
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Jay Carr 88
Quite apart from wringing the last molecule of vividness from his freewheeling roster of loose cannons, he brings to his direction of Martin a finesse shared by only a few of the directors who have worked with the comedian-actor. -
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Jay Carr 88
With Jackson leading the way, Shaft has style, punch, and street cred. It's a hot cool update. -
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Jay Carr 88
What you're not prepared for in Marziyeh Meshkini's astonishing debut film is the way its central image instantly leaps into the pantheon of world cinema with a rightness and an urgency that glue your eyes to the screen. -
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Jay Carr 88
Miraculously, the opera comes off, simultaneously ridiculous and thrilling, in a blaze of pageantry. -
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Jay Carr 88
The bleakness of Rosetta will not be for all, but it's one of the best films of the year. -
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Jay Carr 88
There was little mirth or innocence in the world that Wharton was able to write her way out of (she was much happier living in Paris), and Davies and his leading lady lift the silks to reveal it as the minefield it was. -
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Jay Carr 88
It's sweeping yet intimate, stately yet impassioned, stylized yet immediate. -
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Jay Carr 88
As bloody as any recent film. But it's shot through with a harsh, stony humor that's invigorating enough to be regarded as a slap back at death. -
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Jay Carr 88
The kind of richly layered film that Hollywood seldom attempts, much less brings off. But it's more than brought off here in grand, solid style and beautifully crafted detail. -
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Jay Carr 88
It's much closer to a European film in sensibility than to one of Hollywood's factory products. -
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Jay Carr 88
Bell is utterly persuasive as the boy literally yearning to leap beyond the oppressively apparent confines of his world. -
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Jay Carr 88
Such moral outrage, apart from the artistry in which it is embedded, tells us that the forces of change are stirring in Iran. -
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Jay Carr 88
In its dark, relentless, devastatingly ironic way, The Pledge is an exhilarating movie, partly because it isn't afraid to be genuinely challenging. -
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Jay Carr 88
Smart, unpredictable, and alive with the energies of actors who clearly are enjoying being stretched by their material. -
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Jay Carr 88
A perfect example of a small, well-made, and (in its central role) rivetingly acted film. -
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Jay Carr 88
You'll care what happens in this film with more than enough freshness and originality to avoid succumbing to girls-on-the-run cliches. -
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Jay Carr 88
There's plenty of invention and exuberant vigor in the chopsocky, and Wilson's cool, ironic drollery provides the perfect foil for Chan's heroics. -
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Jay Carr 88
A story about the ravages of one war on a single man's soul and psyche becomes an eloquent plea for peace. -
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Jay Carr 88
It's a treat to encounter the deadpan light-handedness with which Mamet goes about his business. -
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Jay Carr 88
It's lively, edgy, full of zigs and zags, juicy performances, and offbeat fun. -
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Jay Carr 88
In all respects, from choice of material to fullness of execution on every level, The War Zone is an extraordinary piece of work. -
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Jay Carr 88
As a flawed but lovably lionhearted woman, Barrymore triumphantly comes of age as an actress. -
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Jay Carr 88
It's the kind of romantic comedy that doesn't cheapen the word ''heartwarming.'' -
