Kim Morgan, Portland Oregonian
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For 278 reviews, this critic has graded:
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56% higher than the average critic
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1% same as the average critic
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43% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 1.1 points higher than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Kim Morgan's Scores
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| Average review score: | 60 |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 126 out of 278
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Mixed: 118 out of 278
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Negative: 34 out of 278
278
movie reviews
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Kim Morgan 100
Filled with wonderful performances, especially by Hedaya and Walsh, Blood Simple remains a tight, beautifully ugly, neo-noir classic. -
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Kim Morgan 100
Simultaneously modern and yet gorgeously primitive with its budget sets and simple but influential score, this is not just a film re-release but a film event. -
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Kim Morgan 100
A witty, frightening, well-acted picture with near-perfect cinematic timing. -
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Kim Morgan 100
Can a film so expertly capture the odious and bitter that it becomes deliciously, disgustingly beautiful? Yes, if that film is 1957's Sweet Smell of Success. -
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Kim Morgan 100
Though Michael Winterbottom's Wonderland appears as gritty as they come, it uncommonly has a romantic heart. -
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Kim Morgan 100
She (Cho) can tell a joke, mimic, offer commentary, play cute, play ugly and be so hilariously absurd that tears will run down your cheeks. -
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Kim Morgan 100
Unafraid of walking the fine line between the repellent and the human, Shallow Hal is wickedly funny but heartfelt. -
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Kim Morgan 100
Utterly thrilling and enthralling, a commercial film that paces itself wonderfully, never allowing the action or romance to outweigh its story and characters. For mainstream adventure fare, that's quite an accomplishment. -
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Kim Morgan 100
With its eye-popping color, bold personality and snazzy tunes, Chicago is a breathtaking experience. -
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Kim Morgan 100
One of the purest instances of indie cinema this year. "Pure" meaning that in every aspect of filmmaking and intent this picture is peerless, so truly real, funny, poignant and sexy that it almost feels like a watershed cinematic moment. -
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Kim Morgan 100
Isn't just a horror film, but an American classic. Watch again and reflect for days after -- at your own risk. -
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Kim Morgan 100
It's a remarkable, thoughtful achievement that will make you want to watch it twice. You should. -
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Kim Morgan 100
No matter how many times you've seen it, you marvel at how terrifying, gorgeous and surreal the jungle, the yellow napalm and, finally, the disturbed face of Martin Sheen lying under a swirling fan appear on the large screen. This is indeed, a dream. -
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Kim Morgan 100
It easily is the most beautiful picture released in America so far this year, perhaps one of the most beautiful films ever made. -
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Kim Morgan 100
Builds into a moment of such gorgeous rocking that you truly lose yourself in some musical otherworld you never dreamed you'd reach in current films. -
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Kim Morgan 100
The best-looking, best-scripted and funniest of Smith's pictures, it's also Smith's sharpest. -
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Kim Morgan 91
One of the most aggressively ambiguous pictures of the year. There is a certain power to that. -
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Kim Morgan 91
Rich in detail, gorgeously shot and beautifully acted, Les Destinees is, in its quiet, epic way, daring, inventive and refreshingly unusual. -
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Kim Morgan 91
A hilarious, sad and sometimes-inspiring documentary directed by Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato, the film is an all-out Tammy valentine -- campy, dramatic and, of course, makeup-smeared. And better than any melodrama you'll see this year. -
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Kim Morgan 91
Beautifully acted, the film is touchingly human and, thankfully, devoid of any vapid, ironic kitsch. -
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Kim Morgan 91
Once you lose yourself in Ruiz's stunning achievement -- a wonderfully acted, beautifully realized vision of Proust -- you'll be enchanted. -
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Kim Morgan 91
A profoundly anxious picture that from its first frame holds you, clenched, never able to let go, even after its unresolved coda. -
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Kim Morgan 91
Finding Forrester achieves a distinct success few Hollywood movies can even dream of: It overwhelms and inspires with understatement. -
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Kim Morgan 91
A picture so powerfully harrowing, its slight shortcomings are forgettable compared to the entire film's cumulative effect. It's that searing. -
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Kim Morgan 91
A slow burn. A portrait of the mundane humor and horror of everyday life, it scalds nerves you may have never thought existed. And yet the film is funny, almost hilariously at times. -
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Kim Morgan 91
It's creepy, but it's not horrifying. Still, the movie has its distorted, haunting moments that will stick with you, and it's stunning to look at. -
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Kim Morgan 91
It's almost numbingly sad, but you won't regret watching -- and you'll surely never forget it. -
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Kim Morgan 91
Almodovar loves the human flesh -- indeed, one of his films is titled "Live Flesh" -- and with the quietly subversive Talk to Her, he utilizes it not just as mere decoration but weaves with it textured themes of powerlessness, love and obsession. -
