Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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For 561 reviews, this critic has graded:
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60% higher than the average critic
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4% same as the average critic
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36% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 7.5 points higher than other critics.
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Joe Williams' Scores
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| Average review score: | 67 |
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25
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 418 out of 561
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Mixed: 101 out of 561
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Negative: 42 out of 561
561
movie reviews
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Joe Williams 75
The edginess here isn't merely facile. Goldthwait's movies, including the under-appreciated "Shakes the Clown," are about reclaiming dignity from the dung heap. And he's found a fitting collaborator. -
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Joe Williams 88
There's a running joke that this epic of also-ran heroism is set in eternally modest Toronto; but its real locale is an alternate universe without parents or the unhip. -
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Joe Williams 75
While it's satisfying to see fat cats tamed by science and an enraged public, the movie misses the opportunity to sustain the pressure.- Posted Mar 23, 2012
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Joe Williams 63
Directors John Requa and Glenn Ficarra were weaned on earthy comedies like "Bad Santa," and every moment of mature insight in Crazy, Stupid, Love is answered by a scene of formulaic farce.- Posted Jul 28, 2011
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Joe Williams 88
Refusing to hold our hands, director Lynne Ramsay ("Morvern Callar") pushes far beyond the boundaries of topical drama into the realm of the surreal.- Posted Mar 9, 2012
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Joe Williams 75
It's faint praise to say that this is the best of the "Planet of the Apes" movies, because the evolution of special effects and makeup was predictable. But the unexpected strength of the film is its heart.- Posted Aug 5, 2011
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Joe Williams 75
Given the turbulent water of world affairs and sea changes in the media, a follow-up a year from now might be titled "Gray Lady Down" if the Times does not chart a new course.- Posted Jul 1, 2011
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Joe Williams 88
This is a kaleidoscopic valentine to a great city from a director who knows and loves his subject. -
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Joe Williams 75
Sometimes macabre and sometimes manipulative, but the way it speaks to the spirit is miraculous. -
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Joe Williams 75
What Barrymore brings is good-natured, girl-powered subversion, a sense of when to flaunt clichés and when to flip them over the rails. -
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Joe Williams 75
Im Sang-soo has crafted an erotic thriller whose cool beauty speaks for itself.- Posted Mar 4, 2011
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Joe Williams 63
Although this stylish and ominously paced vehicle starts with a full itinerary, it never makes a vital connection. -
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Joe Williams 63
Ultimately a movie that could have been a little jewel is unpolished.- Posted Aug 30, 2012
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Joe Williams 75
This well-executed sequel is sneaky. While it distracts us with Chinese backdrops and buffoonish humor, it sucker punches us with a message about belonging.- Posted May 25, 2011
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Joe Williams 75
If you want to see a great movie about a political campaign, starring the smartest heartthrob of his era, rent "The Candidate." If you want see a very good one, buy a ticket for The Ides of March.- Posted Oct 6, 2011
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Joe Williams 63
The Hunger Games is dressed as a dark satire of soulless entertainment, but like Katniss' adversaries in the PG-13 hunting scenes, it doesn't have a distinctive identity or go-for-the-throat.- Posted Mar 22, 2012
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Joe Williams 63
Too modest to become a worldwide phenomenon, but sensitive teens and their older kin who pine for the '90s may want to take it for a spin on the dance floor.- Posted Oct 5, 2012
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Joe Williams 63
Draining most of the blood, sweat and tears from a true story, this music-minded movie capably covers a song we’ve heard a hundred times before.- Posted Apr 4, 2013
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Joe Williams 75
This stylish film reminds us that great images endure after bodies and buildings crumble. -
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Joe Williams 88
Richly photographed and featuring an attractive cast, Farewell, My Queen is a layer cake of royal pleasures, rote protocols and revolutionary politics. For skeptics who thought this story had grown stale, let them eat their words.- Posted Aug 10, 2012
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Joe Williams 50
Damsels in Distress is shockingly tone-deaf. Stillman is still capable of a few amusing quips, but his storytelling is sophomoric.- Posted May 4, 2012
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Joe Williams 88
Nowhere Boy is too astutely written and directed to go to predictably melodramatic extremes. -
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Joe Williams 63
Barney's Version has episodes instead of plot, outbursts instead of wit and alibis instead of growth.- Posted Feb 11, 2011
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Joe Williams 88
A distinctly European exercise in observational nuance and tonal restraint in which Coppola stretches static images to the breaking point.- Posted Jan 14, 2011
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Joe Williams 63
July is a provocative and honorably independent filmmaker, but given the meager rewards of investing our time, The Future wasn't worth the wait.- Posted Aug 19, 2011
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Joe Williams 63
Director Philipp Stolzl worked in the same dangerous conditions as the original climbers, and we can feel the chill and peril in our bones. It's a shame, then, that the screenwriter, unlike the camera crew and the characters, was afflicted with such timidity. -
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- Posted Apr 29, 2011
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Joe Williams 63
A passable popcorn movie, but fans of the first film who expect lightning to strike twice are liable to get burned. -
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Joe Williams 75
Streep is astonishing, conveying Child's gusto, her quavering voice, even her height. -
