Lawrence Toppman, Charlotte Observer
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For 1,336 reviews, this critic has graded:
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55% higher than the average critic
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3% same as the average critic
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42% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 4.4 points higher than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Lawrence Toppman's Scores
- Movies
| Average review score: | 64 |
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100
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| Lowest review score: |
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0
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 858 out of 1336
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Mixed: 229 out of 1336
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Negative: 249 out of 1336
1,336
movie reviews
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Lawrence Toppman 12
It's an uncoordinated, flailing hodgepodge of music videos, chases, crashes and moronic plot twists. -
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Lawrence Toppman 12
About 45 minutes into Swordfish, the picture degenerates permanently from drivel to sleaze (only a short drop). -
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Lawrence Toppman 12
Whenever the music subsides and the characters speak the Coens' lines, the film turns back into mush. -
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Lawrence Toppman 12
Just when the story reaches its idiotic nadir, Neil (Diamond) shows up to save the day with a song and a smile. -
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Lawrence Toppman 12
It's bombastic, chaotic, plodding, visually dreary and patchily written. -
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Lawrence Toppman 0
Director Vondie Curtis-Hall has managed to top (or should I say "bottom"?) his last theatrical release, Mariah Carey's "Glitter," with a movie that offers not one praiseworthy moment: not a scene, not a performance, not a technical achievement, not even a line of dialogue. -
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Lawrence Toppman 0
It's well-shot and well-edited by Hollywood standards, though special effects don't reach the top Hollywood level. The stars have their hearts in their work: Cameron and Johnson don't have great depth but give their all. Currie makes a subtle villain. -
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