Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
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For 1,402 reviews, this critic has graded:
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23% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 7.7 points higher than other critics.
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Kevin Thomas' Scores
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Positive: 934 out of 1402
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Mixed: 342 out of 1402
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Negative: 126 out of 1402
1,402
movie reviews
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Kevin Thomas 90
Anderson, his superb ensemble cast and inspired cinematographer Uta Briesewitz, appeal at once to the intellect and the emotions as they build suspense and tension mercilessly. -
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Kevin Thomas 90
A gorgeous film with a vision strong enough to sustain heart-tugging, heightened by San Bao's romantic score, that verges on the sentimental. -
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Kevin Thomas 90
This splendid film is no mere polemic, for Rakhshan Bani-Etemad, often called the first lady of Iranian cinema, is above all an accomplished storyteller and dramatist who understands the evocative power of sound and image. -
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Kevin Thomas 90
Bristling with shrewd observation, inspired humor and all-around smarts, Office Space is a winner about a guy who's beginning to feel like a loser. [19 Feb 1999] -
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Kevin Thomas 90
Handsome as all Allen films are, and it proceeds with the brisk, sophisticated air of throwaway confidence and lack of pretense that we expect from the contemporary master of grown-up comedy. -
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Kevin Thomas 90
A delightful, effervescent morality tale for children conveyed with such wit and sophistication that adults are likely to be enchanted as well. -
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Kevin Thomas 90
Requires careful attention at its abrupt finish. Close concentration on the final shots yields a meaning not possible should a viewer's attention wander or turn away a few moments too soon. -
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Kevin Thomas 90
As audacious as it is compelling and as dark as it is erotic. Its sexuality is explicit, alternately teasing and brutal, and one that is ultimately a cautionary tale. -
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Kevin Thomas 90
It is best to let this stunning film simply wash over you and trust that all will become clear enough in time. Vengo in a sense is a concert film tied together with the slenderest of plots. -
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Kevin Thomas 90
For Fernanda Montenegro, who bears more than a passing resemblance to Italy's late Giulietta Masina (Federico Fellini's wife and frequent star) in appearance and talent, "Central Station" is a personal triumph and a rich cinematic experience. -
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Kevin Thomas 90
It is a brilliant intellectual adventure that fans of bold independent filmmaking will want to experience, even though the ending is something of a letdown. -
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Kevin Thomas 90
A superbly shot film of emotional extravagance, sentimentality and even humor, House of Fools is a film that is ultimately quite moving but which probably could only have been pulled off by a director steeped in that famous Russian soul. -
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Kevin Thomas 90
Alternately heart-wrenching, dismaying, raw and even funny, Solas is ultimately a wonderfully warm and embracing experience. -
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Kevin Thomas 90
It's no thigh-slapper like the Rodney Dangerfield's "Back to School," but it's exceptionally good-natured and perceptive, and Harmon, in his first starring screen role, is a real charmer. [22 July 1987] -
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Kevin Thomas 90
A fast and furious action-adventure. The film's comedy counts for as much as the clever and risky ways in which Wahlberg and company go after the nasty Norton, who has holed up in a Bel-Air mansion with a world-class security system. -
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Kevin Thomas 90
A fervent assertion that an individual has the right to pursue his own path lies at the vibrant heart of The Business of Fancydancing. -
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Kevin Thomas 90
Artfully, even elegantly constructed, Secret Lives skillfully probes issues of conflicting emotions and allegiances in a dark time, yet emerges as a loving affirmation of humanity's remarkable potential for goodness in the face of pervasive evil. -
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Kevin Thomas 90
It's sensational in both senses of the word: a bravura, provocative sendup of horror pictures that's also scary and gruesome yet too swift-moving to lapse into morbidity. -
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Kevin Thomas 90
Josh Aronson's Sound and Fury, as illuminating and comprehensive as it is heart-wrenching, is an example of what the documentary can accomplish at its most vital and engaging. -
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Kevin Thomas 90
The thinking person's caper flick, with its endlessly clever plotting revealing character under the utmost pressure. -
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Kevin Thomas 90
Brings maximum subtlety, nuance and insight into the timeless story of first love. -
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Kevin Thomas 90
As a dramatist Eason has a classicist's sense of structure and movement to complement his sense of the cinematic. Manito, which has a special grand jury prize from Sundance among its 10 awards, is a small film with a big impact. -
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Kevin Thomas 90
An exquisite period film from a script Akira Kurosawa did not live to direct. It has a softer edge than the master probably would have delivered, but it is deeply affecting. -
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Kevin Thomas 90
In an instance of director, stars and material melding flawlessly, Spider is a brilliantly realized depiction of a mentally ill individual. -
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Kevin Thomas 90
A potent mixture of sentiment and grit, and it showcases the talents of its young principals. -
