John Anderson, Variety
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For 60 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 56% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 41% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 7.3 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

John Anderson's Scores

  • Movies
Average review score: 67
Highest review score:
Get Low
Critic Score 100
Lowest review score:
W.E.
Critic Score 20
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 38 out of 60
  2. Mixed: 18 out of 60
  3. Negative: 4 out of 60
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    • Metascore: 77
    • John Anderson 100
    Get Low
    Felix (Duvall) simply wants to host his own goodbye, maybe have a band, and the reasons why are the reasons Get Low is essential viewing. That, and the acting.
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    • Metascore: 75
    • John Anderson 100
    Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
    The pulp-fictional hero is inhabited by the charismatic Andy Lau who, together with Chinese stars Bingbing Li, Ms. Lau and Tony Leung Ka-fai, makes Detective Dee the most purely entertaining film of our vanishing summer.
    • Metascore: 85
    • John Anderson 90
    Stranger Things
    One of the assets of Stranger Things is its air of mystery, and the actors give the indelible impression that they have much locked away inside.
    • Metascore: 85
    • John Anderson 90
    In a World...
    To call Lake Bell a magnetic, intelligent, blithely screwball leading lady in the Carole Lombard tradition might be selling her short. With In a World… , a rollicking laffer about the cutthroat voiceover biz in Los Angeles, she proves herself a comedy screenwriter to be reckoned with.
    • Metascore: 82
    • John Anderson 90
    Ornette: Made in America (1985)
    Years after its initial release, Ornette: Made in America, part of Milestone's continuing "Project Shirley," still feels fresh - its moves always surprising, yet always somehow perfect.
    • Metascore: 81
    • John Anderson 90
    Frances Ha
    Frances Ha also marks the rare instance in which an actress has the perfect role at the perfect time. Ms. Gerwig's work here is fragile, delicate, subject to bruising; something that could wither under too much attention. Perhaps Ms. Gerwig is the greatest actress alive. And maybe Frances Ha is just the ghost orchid of independent cinema.

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