Joe Holleman, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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For 6 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 50% higher than the average critic
  • 0% same as the average critic
  • 50% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 1 point higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Joe Holleman's Scores

  • Movies
Average review score: 60
Highest review score:
Restrepo
Critic Score 88
Lowest review score:
Ted
Critic Score 38
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6
6 movie reviews
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    • Metascore: 85
    • Joe Holleman 88
    Restrepo
    If you're looking for a political message, either for or against U.S. involvement in Afghanistan, this is not your movie. The directors were satisfied with telling us about a group of courageous, honorable young soldiers - a salute these men richly deserve.
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    • Metascore: 62
    • Joe Holleman 38
    Ted
    Ted does not only break before it ends. It snaps back so violently that it very well may knock out of your mind any recollection that the movie is fairly entertaining for about 30 minutes.
    • Metascore: 56
    • Joe Holleman 75
    The Rum Diary
    Depp shows again that he truly understands Thompson by delivering a nuanced performance that is remarkably different, but subliminally similar, from the wonderfully outrageous turn he provided in "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas."
    • Metascore: 51
    • Joe Holleman 50
    She's All That
    All that complexity backfires at about the midpoint, leaving viewers with a standard yarn about a popular guy who makes a grossly insensitive wager after his trophy girlfriend drops him. After that, it is all a case of "been there, done that." [29 Jan 1999,p. E3]
    Posted Feb 7, 2013
    • Metascore: 50
    • Joe Holleman 50
    Cowboys & Aliens
    It would have been nice if Cowboys & Aliens had come come up with the right equation to balance originality and homage. But in the end, it all turned into trigonometry.
    • Metascore: 45
    • Joe Holleman 63
    Straw Dogs
    More damaging is Lurie's conspicuous "red state" rant, as he makes sure that every prominent guy in this film - save for the screenwriter and the black sheriff - fits all of the Southern stereotypes. That doesn't make it a bad movie, just one that is something less than Peckinpah's original.

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