Leslie Felperin, Variety
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For 78 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 56% higher than the average critic
  • 0% same as the average critic
  • 44% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 3.6 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Leslie Felperin's Scores

  • Movies
Average review score: 63
Highest review score:
Pina
Critic Score 90
Lowest review score:
Wild Target
Critic Score 20
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 44 out of 78
  2. Mixed: 31 out of 78
  3. Negative: 3 out of 78
78 movie reviews
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    • Metascore: 46
    • Leslie Felperin 50
    Killing Bono
    Taking liberties with journalist Neil McCormick's memoir to create narrative tension, screenwriters Simon Maxwell and prolific scribe team Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais ("The Commitments") overstuff the story with subplots and trite character arcs.
    • Metascore: 34
    • Leslie Felperin 50
    Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston
    In sartorial terms, the fabric is to die for, but helmer Whitney Sudler-Smith's documentary follows a banal pattern, while the finishing lacks finesse.
    • Metascore: 41
    • Leslie Felperin 50
    Tonight You're Mine
    Picture may not be Scots helmer David Mackenzie's best effort, but it's easily his most lighthearted, a cheery trifle that reps a contrast to his recent pictures, the apocalyptic "Perfect Sense" and U.S.-set comic misfire "Spread."
    • Metascore: 78
    • Leslie Felperin 50
    5 Broken Cameras
    An undeniably powerful record of the Palestinian village of Bil'in's course of civil disobedience from 2005 to the present...the pic is also shamelessly sentimental and manipulative in its construction.
    • Metascore: 51
    • Leslie Felperin 50
    Walk Away Renee
    Ultimately, "Renee" feels less like a walk away than a retread.
    • Metascore: 67
    • Leslie Felperin 50
    The Green Wave
    Mixed-media approach is eye-catching, and the subject is unquestionably powerful, but the sentimental score and stridently drawn imagery detract from picture's impact.
    • Metascore: 58
    • Leslie Felperin 50
    Love Is All You Need
    Corny as a vat of polenta, but still rib-sticking enough to satisfy those who like lightly seasoned, easily digestible cinematic starch, Italy-set Love Is All You Need offers a romantic comedy for middle-aged palettes.
    • Metascore: 47
    • Leslie Felperin 40
    Tales from Earthsea
    This dull and humorless production won't reap the same critical support as the work of Miyazaki Senior.
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    • Metascore: 59
    • Leslie Felperin 40
    Rubber
    Neither scary, funny, nor anywhere near as clever as it seems to think it is, picture offers audiences few reasons to want to see it beyond its one-joke premise.
    • Metascore: 49
    • Leslie Felperin 40
    Texas Killing Fields
    Script by former DEA officer Don Ferrarone isn't that bad in itself, but matters aren't helped by the mumbled performances and poor sound, which make it hard to hear what anyone's saying, while sloppy editing wreaks havoc on the story.
    • Metascore: 44
    • Leslie Felperin 40
    The Raven
    The Raven is a squawking, silly picture that never takes flight.
    • Metascore: 37
    • Leslie Felperin 40
    W.E.
    Burdened with risible dialogue and weak performances, picture doesn't have much going for it apart from lavish production design and terrific, well-researched costumes -- and it's in focus, which is more than can be said for the script.
    • Metascore: 42
    • Leslie Felperin 40
    Ironclad
    Ironclad might be the perfect actioner for gorehound fanboys gaga for medieval trappings, but all others may find this British-American-German co-production a bit of a drag.
    • Metascore: 46
    • Leslie Felperin 40
    Hunky Dory
    The picture draws only slight entertainment value from the spectacle of youngsters warbling 1970s pop tunes, like a retro version of “High School Musical” with less charm.
    • Metascore: 36
    • Leslie Felperin 30
    Lotus Eaters
    Picture has some redeeming features, like its glossy, fashion-shoot-inspired black-and-white look, and a clutch of respectable performances among some very poor ones from the toothsome young cast, but the script is a mess, the characters barely sympathetic.
    • Metascore: 41
    • Leslie Felperin 20
    Wild Target
    Nearly every element here is wildly off-target, from Jonathan Lynn's ("The Whole Nine Yards") lazy helming and Lucinda Coxon's shambolic script to the embarrassed-looking perfs from usually excellent lead thesps Bill Nighy and Emily Blunt.
    • Metascore: 14
    • Leslie Felperin 20
    A Little Bit of Heaven
    An only fitfully convincing Hudson leads a strong-on-paper cast, but most of the actors look uncomfortable here, particularly Gael Garcia Bernal as her love interest.
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