Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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For 566 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 7.2 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: 421 out of 566
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Mixed: 102 out of 566
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Negative: 43 out of 566
566
movie reviews
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Joe Williams 88
Before it turns into a great escape flick, Argo is an amusing spoof of the movie biz.- Posted Oct 11, 2012
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Joe Williams 88
The tonal shifts, the "Amelie"-style voiceover and the punk-retro soundtrack may jar some viewers who expect uninterrupted violins, but Declaration of War is alternative therapy that really works.- Posted Mar 9, 2012
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Joe Williams 88
Until a devastatingly effective finale, Monsieur Lazhar is an exercise in delicacy, carried by Fallag's gentle performance and a fine cast of kid actors.- Posted Jun 1, 2012
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Joe Williams 88
When a place and its people are this stylish, we can't help but be drawn to them.- Posted Apr 6, 2012
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Joe Williams 88
To keep serious cinema from going extinct, this could be sold as "The Hunger Games" cross-bred with "The Lorax," but it's better and more mature than either of those hit movies.- Posted Apr 27, 2012
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Joe Williams 88
Among recent documentaries, First Position soars to the head of the class.- Posted May 18, 2012
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Joe Williams 88
Do yourself and your kids a favor. On the way to multiplex to see "The Avengers," tell them The Fairy is about an all-powerful superheroine. Someday, they'll find the words to thank you.- Posted May 4, 2012
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Joe Williams 88
We can quibble about the punitive punchline of John Gatins' script, but keeping complexity aloft for so long makes Flight a miraculous feat.- Posted Nov 1, 2012
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Joe Williams 88
Although it's a guilty pleasure, The Queen of Versailles is artful enough that both the prosecution and the defense could invoke it when the peasants cry "Off with their heads!"- Posted Aug 17, 2012
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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 88
Although the story is mournful, the movie is buoyed by a heaven-scented surrealism.- Posted Oct 19, 2012
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Joe Williams 88
Although the brazen lovers, bellicose ministers and backstabbing handmaidens are familiar elements, the film is so handsomely mounted that we happily endure the ride until the turning of the screws in the tragic last act.- Posted Jan 17, 2013
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Joe Williams 88
The film is so masterfully controlled, we feel like we’ve eavesdropped on something like life.- Posted Mar 14, 2013
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Joe Williams 75
What makes this low-key movie memorable are the pitch-perfect performances. -
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Joe Williams 75
Yet so much about The Lovely Bones is so skillfully orchestrated, from the chillingly methodical villainy to the thrillingly paced manhunt, we can accept that we're in the hands of a higher power. -
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Joe Williams 75
In a movie of murky surfaces and deep loneliness, the redemptive surprise of A Single Man is how it becomes a clear endorsement of the Buddy System. -
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Joe Williams 75
Fortunately, Fish Tank feeds us more than crumbs and leaves us feeling like we've come up for air. -
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Joe Williams 75
Broken Embraces is stylish and sly, an engaging exercise that gives us less than meets the eye. -
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Joe Williams 75
The Messenger is the debut film of writer and director Oren Moverman, but it's worldly wise, with two well-rounded characters. -
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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
This jam-packed picture is too zippily scripted and edited to get stuck in message mode, yet the stellar cast achieves a rare harmonic convergence. -
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Joe Williams 75
What enriches the recipe is that no one is quite as cagey as they seem. Colin is officially thuggish, but he's a blinkered romantic. Archie is a mama's boy, Meredith is gay, Mal is impotent, and Peanut wears dentures. -
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Joe Williams 75
The secret in this case is the jokes, which are ferocious. Marrying a monster flick with an adolescent romance has produced a merry mutant. -
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Joe Williams 75
Two things that the British know that most Americans don't: Michael Sheen is the best actor in the English-speaking world; and soccer is the only football that matters. -
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Joe Williams 75
What animates this dramatically constrained film are the lively words and the vitality of nature. An image of butterflies blooming in a bedroom is Keats' worldview in miniature. -
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Joe Williams 75
The sharpest parts of the movie hack through the Hollywood jungle with an insider's certitude. But Apatow is so grounded in the comedy circuit that he can't quite capture the emotional wavelength of the life-and-death drama. -
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Joe Williams 75
Streep is astonishing, conveying Child's gusto, her quavering voice, even her height. -
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Joe Williams 75
It's zippy, and the movie version has both a computerized sheen and handcrafted detailing. Because the details are cribbed from classics, parents can enjoy this 'toon as much as their kids. -
