Kevin Crust, Los Angeles Times
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For 265 reviews, this critic has graded:
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55% higher than the average critic
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42% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 1.3 points lower than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Kevin Crust's Scores
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 119 out of 265
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Mixed: 120 out of 265
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Negative: 26 out of 265
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movie reviews
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Kevin Crust 80
An intimate drama that views the deterioration of a relationship from the inside out. Moving from summer through fall and concluding in winter, it's minimalist cinema that turns on subtle emotion rather than narrative and demands the audience's full attention. -
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Kevin Crust 80
Much of the credit for the movie succeeding goes to Thornton. In his able hands, Farmer is not so much someone who simply has faith in what he is doing but a man who believes with incontrovertible knowledge of what can be accomplished. -
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Kevin Crust 80
Scurlock does well to counter the more dire aspects of the film with a razor-sharp sense of humor. -
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Kevin Crust 80
A spellbinding, intelligent thriller that takes its time to get where it's going but is well worth the trip. -
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Kevin Crust 80
Nonprofessional actors Boidin and Leroux deliver intense performances which shoulder the emotional weight of the film. -
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Kevin Crust 80
As compelling as the music and concert footage is, it is the vitality of the performers as characters that enables the movie to transcend the music documentary genre. -
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Kevin Crust 80
Despite the grim Cold War environment, Schlöndorff blends, mostly successfully, goofiness and melodrama into the overall social realist tone. -
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Kevin Crust 80
Thankfully for audiences, 11th Hour is not without hope. The filmmakers save the most exhilarating portion for last when they ask what's being done about the problems. -
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Kevin Crust 80
An enchanting tale of friendship and evolvingrelationships, The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep" engagingly grafts coming-of-age movie chestnuts onto Scottish folklore. -
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Kevin Crust 80
Music may be Honeydripper's most indelible element and Sayles and longtime collaborator, composer Mason Daring, seamlessly incorporate several original songs alongside the soundtrack's period tunes. -
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Kevin Crust 80
Redeemed by its adherence to a simple yet distinctive approach to storytelling and its uniformly strong acting. -
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Kevin Crust 80
A thoughtful, provocative exploration of the ways poets have dealt with the experience of battle throughout history. -
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Kevin Crust 80
Though its title suggests an exposé on Dodger Dogs, the movie is the moving, inspirational account of John Peterson's discovery of an almost divine calling in the land beneath his feet. -
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Kevin Crust 80
The story that first-time feature filmmaker Curry tells is extremely compelling, but where he really scores is in addressing politics and race in a way that allows events to speak for themselves. -
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Kevin Crust 80
To packs the moments of contemplation with as much suspense as the action sequences and is a master of ratcheting up tension through small details. -
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Kevin Crust 70
Zodiac is primarily a complex character study, despite the film's grim and gruesome subject matter. It's a role reversal of sorts for a director who normally emphasizes the brutal tension in his movies. -
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Kevin Crust 70
If the film offers any lesson, it is that nirvana is not easily attainable, so there really are no shortcuts. -
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Kevin Crust 70
Only 22 when he began shooting the film, Greenebaum displays a prodigious understanding of the treatment of the elderly in contemporary America. -
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Kevin Crust 70
Features some charming songs by Carly Simon and is warmly animated so as to evoke nostalgia in parents. -
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Kevin Crust 70
A sleek, effective entertainment that is a refreshing respite from the slick emptiness of recent American crime dramas. -
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Kevin Crust 70
Chrystal unravels a bit toward the end as it becomes more fable-like, but the performances make it worthwhile. -
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Kevin Crust 70
Through sensitive, in-depth profiles of four workers, Weisberg drives home the point that hard-working men and women with full-time jobs find themselves and their families trapped in a seemingly endless cycle of poverty. -
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Kevin Crust 70
Brazilian Walter Salles, who previously directed the Oscar-nominated films "Central Station" and "The Motorcycle Diaries," guides this stylish remake through treacherous territory to create a distressing, subtly suspenseful film full of emotional resonance. -
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Kevin Crust 70
It plays less creepy on-screen than it sounds, at least in part because Herzlinger is an extremely likable guy and he goes to great lengths to avoid appearing to be a stalker. -
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Kevin Crust 70
The result is a fresh, straightforward portrayal of what the film calls "the least visible ... least known ... least understood ... country in the world." -
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Kevin Crust 70
The uproarious laughter that floats from the cinema wonderfully illustrates the universality of the moviegoing experience. -
