Jennie Punter, The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
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For 164 reviews, this critic has graded:
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47% higher than the average critic
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4% same as the average critic
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49% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 1.4 points lower than other critics.
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Jennie Punter's Scores
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 80 out of 164
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Mixed: 53 out of 164
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Negative: 31 out of 164
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Jennie Punter 50
A great-looking, fast-paced film and, to his credit, Bouchareb doesn't bathe the F.L.N. in a completely flattering light. But narrowing the focus to one central conflicted character and tightening the time frame might have given the audience something more to ponder than the action of a historical revenge thriller.- Posted Mar 24, 2011
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Jennie Punter 50
Is there any doubt Evans' Captain America will do exactly what the character created 70 years ago by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby did in the comics – kick Nazi butt? The real surprise will come next year, when we get to see how the super-square Captain adapts to 21st-century life.- Posted Jul 21, 2011
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Jennie Punter 50
Sitcom star Harris puts his smart-aleck chops to good use as Patrick Winslow.- Posted Jul 28, 2011
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Jennie Punter 50
While there's some decent fun to be had in this fantasy world, The Change-Up drags on so long you may need to "visit the fountain" before Dave and Mitch become themselves again.- Posted Aug 4, 2011
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Jennie Punter 50
While dance sequences are not particularly well edited compared to the new breed of dance flick, Wormald and Hough are exciting hoofers to watch.- Posted Oct 13, 2011
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Jennie Punter 50
While The Vow will give heart palpitations to fans of its charming co-stars Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum, this amnesia-themed romance is the kind of featherweight fare that is enjoyed in the moment and forgotten soon after the end credits roll.- Posted Feb 9, 2012
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Jennie Punter 50
So it's puffed up with lots of extraneous stuff – Super fun for the kids but for grown-ups? Just fluff.- Posted Mar 1, 2012
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Jennie Punter 50
The clever lines and themes of friendship and finding home are almost completely overwhelmed here by the breathless pace and sensory overload.- Posted Jun 7, 2012
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Jennie Punter 50
El Bulli barely registers a pulse stronger than a book's. There is no narration, there are no interviews and forget about any apron-ripping drama, as presented nightly on the Food Network.- Posted Aug 4, 2011
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Jennie Punter 50
It's a sitcom-y ensemble film (complete with product placement) that feels like you're flipping around the TV dial.- Posted May 17, 2012
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Jennie Punter 50
After seven trips made over four years, the production was about to wrap when the crew, aboard an icebreaker, encountered a polar bear mom and twin cubs that decided to hang around for a week – offering a rare opportunity to film the daily life of these notoriously camera-shy creatures.- Posted Apr 19, 2012
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Jennie Punter 50
Lola Versus is all Greta all the time, a bonanza for fans and proof that Gerwig's easy offbeat charm, obvious smarts and physical comedy gifts can carry a film.- Posted Jun 14, 2012
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Jennie Punter 38
While this may all sound seductively warped to those who enjoy movies featuring sexually deviant confinement and torture, blasphemous rants and rampaging rednecks, The Devil's Rejects does not live up to its sick, twisted and campy intentions. "Straw Dogs" meets "Smokey And The Bandit" for the new millennium it ain't. -
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Jennie Punter 38
A bunch of scenes in need of a tighter narrative and, more importantly, a raison d'être. -
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Jennie Punter 38
An underdog's breakfast of a movie, with some quite funny characters and set pieces mixed with some excruciating "moral lessons," but at least it moves along at a brisk pace. -
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Jennie Punter 38
If it weren't for Mo'Nique's fresh, appealing screen presence, Phat Girlz would fall flat. -
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Jennie Punter 38
The disturbing thing in this preposterous piece of family fluff from writer-director Steve Oedekerk (Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, the Oscar-nominated Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius) is the sight of bulls with udders. -
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Jennie Punter 38
Beerfest is safety-by-numbers comedy. A troupe, as opposed to a single comic star like Adam Sandler, shares the comic load and, well, at least the film is funnier than "Click." -
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Jennie Punter 38
A British flick based on the first novel in a popular teenage spy-thriller series by Anthony Horowitz, looks promising but, unfortunately, doesn't measure up. -
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Jennie Punter 38
Despite their hackneyed characters, Smith and Lewis create a tiny spark and add a little humour. Without them, Catch and Release would be totally dead in the water. -
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Jennie Punter 38
The Game Plan, created as a vehicle for Johnson, is a family comedy heavy on syrup and low on laughs. -
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Jennie Punter 38
Okay, it's just a movie, but his "reward" just doesn't cut it, even on a basic storytelling level. A crooked casino and a nephew's experiment with drugs are not enough justification for the hero's violent acts of vengeance. -
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Jennie Punter 38
Dance gets political in Step Up Revolution, the fourth installation of the popular movie franchise, which delivers plenty of spectacular fancy footwork in what is otherwise a flat-footed fantasy.- Posted Jul 27, 2012
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Jennie Punter 25
Chan's comedic gifts and still-nimble moves are wasted in a string of unimaginative household calamities and practical jokes. -
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Jennie Punter 25
Classic style over substance, with some gruesome-looking creatures and settings and non-stop shooting and biting (both the vampires and werewolves get their teeth into it). But, alas, at almost two hours, it is much ado about nothing. -
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Jennie Punter 25
A raunchy, fast-paced comedy that, nevertheless, is as flat as the tires on the old Volvo gathering dust in my garage. -