Kevin Maynard, Mr. Showbiz
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For 312 reviews, this critic has graded:
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55% higher than the average critic
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41% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 0.8 points higher than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Kevin Maynard's Scores
- Movies
| Average review score: | 60 |
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100
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5
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 154 out of 312
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Mixed: 110 out of 312
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Negative: 48 out of 312
312
movie reviews
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Kevin Maynard 100
A funny, frenetic, and often quite touching microcosm of the Big Apple life itself, essayed by a pitch-perfect cast and boasting authentic urban flavors. -
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Kevin Maynard 100
Unfolds like quietly engrossing short fiction, reminding us that there are few things more pleasurable than being in the hands of a good storyteller. -
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Kevin Maynard 100
Together is unabashedly about people who need people. The film's satiric skewering of '70s liberalism works because it feels emotionally authentic. -
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Kevin Maynard 100
The film ends with a surprisingly upbeat coda. But Startup.com leaves us with a sense that our heroes' idealism will be forever lost. -
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Kevin Maynard 100
This historical epic about the "virgin queen" of England's early life moves with the crackling urgency of a contemporary political thriller. -
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Kevin Maynard 100
The film is never less than a satisfying mix of compelling entertainment and social critique. The performances are uniformly superb. -
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Kevin Maynard 100
Stomps the summer movie competition with heart and humor. -
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Kevin Maynard 94
Traffic is a riveting, semi-documentary drama, and yet calling it that is a disservice to just how suspenseful and stylish an entertainment it is. -
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Kevin Maynard 90
A must-see for avid fans and a welcome primer for nascent hip-shakers everywhere. -
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Kevin Maynard 90
John August's script is exciting, witty, original material, and this film's got the talent to match. -
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Kevin Maynard 90
Election is a bracingly intelligent adult comedy that shrewdly captures adolescence. -
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Kevin Maynard 90
A profoundly moving human drama, a quasi love story about two lost men who form an unlikely friendship. -
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Kevin Maynard 90
The most heartfelt tribute to women -- specifically, actresses -- he's (Almodovar) ever made. -
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Kevin Maynard 90
Will take you by surprise as a romantic, fast-paced, entertaining spectacle that deserves to earn back every penny spent to produce it. -
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Kevin Maynard 90
It's the funniest, saddest performance of the year in a film of uncompromising wit and heart. -
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Kevin Maynard 89
Even if the great debate that pits artistic integrity against corporate compromise doesn't thrill you, see Cradle Will Rock anyway. It's marvelous, provocative entertainment; art for art's sake. -
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Kevin Maynard 89
A technologically marvelous animated movie that's just as funny and inventive as the first, but also more emotionally engaging than most live-action films. This is clearly a sequel in name only. -
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Kevin Maynard 89
Director Roger Michell ("Persuasion," "Notting Hill") has made his finest film to date. -
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Kevin Maynard 88
A fitting tribute to these displaced children because it so simply and elegantly personalizes their place in the most horrific chapter of 20th-century history. -
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Kevin Maynard 88
42 Up is filled with truth and poignancy as these people reflect on their first half of their lives, their goals, ambitions, and how they, for the most part, succeeded in reinventing them. -
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Kevin Maynard 88
Though frequently brutal and off-putting, Beautiful People is a must-see. -
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Kevin Maynard 88
Especially timely in light of the current escalation in Palestinian-Israeli aggressions, but this is one sad story that would pack a staggering punch in any political climate. -
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Kevin Maynard 88
An intensely involving, Ibsen-esque human drama populated by complex, sympathetic heroes. -
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Kevin Maynard 87
Moodysson's teen protagonists are more complex than both the high school stereotypes (the nerd, the jock, the beauty queen) in films like "American Pie" and the self-absorbed philosophers on "Dawson's Creek." -
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Kevin Maynard 86
Russell has combined pathos, terror, and black comedy with a dollop of Hollywood feel-good patriotism to make one of the best studio efforts this year. -
