For 2,195 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 46% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 52% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 4 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Lou Lumenick's Scores

  • Movies
Average review score: 55
Highest review score:
Critic Score 100
Lowest review score:
Critic Score 0
Score distribution:
2,195 movie reviews
    • Metascore: 72
    • Lou Lumenick 88
    One of the year's best.
    • Metascore: 52
    • Lou Lumenick 88
    Woody Allen's most purely entertaining film in years.
    • Metascore: 56
    • Lou Lumenick 88
    In-depth performances by De Niro and Gooding Jr. provide the oxygen for this extremely shipshape biopic.
    • Metascore: 67
    • Lou Lumenick 88
    I'm not generally a huge fan of movies with two-or three-person casts -- they tend to resemble filmed plays -- but The Business of Strangers is a knockout.
    • Metascore: 82
    • Lou Lumenick 88
    It's the well-wrought details that explain, perhaps better than any earlier film, how an entire country bought into Hitler's genocidal madness.
    • Metascore: 78
    • Lou Lumenick 88
    Gut-Bustingly funny moves are pretty rare, so hustle over to Kung Fu Hustle, actor-director Ste phen Chow's exhilaratingly hilarious and affectionate send-up of Hong Kong action flicks.
    • Metascore: 74
    • Lou Lumenick 88
    Not for the squeamish, but it is a beautifully crafted and thoughtful film that genuinely provokes.
    • Metascore: 79
    • Lou Lumenick 88
    A remarkable, eye-popping nature documentary.
    • Metascore: 87
    • Lou Lumenick 88
    Fast-moving, psychologically savvy.
    • Metascore: 72
    • Lou Lumenick 88
    Like Roald Dahl's book, Tim Burton's splendidly imaginative and visually stunning - and often very dark and creepy - new version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is squarely aimed more at children than their parents.
    • Metascore: 72
    • Lou Lumenick 88
    You'll either be screaming with laughter - or be incredibly offended.
    • Metascore: 78
    • Lou Lumenick 88
    2046 is a bit overlong and not for all tastes, but fans of "In the Mood for Love" will relish this second helping, which is more emotionally substantial than the first.
    • Metascore: 83
    • Lou Lumenick 88
    An instant classic.
    • Metascore: 88
    • Lou Lumenick 88
    A remarkably assured feature debut by Bennett Miller, a longtime director of commercials (and the documentary "The Cruise") whose no-frills style trusts that the powerful material and the uniformly excellent performances need little embellishment.
    • Metascore: 87
    • Lou Lumenick 88
    If animated dogs were eligible for acting awards, the Oscar would go to Gromit.
    • Metascore: 78
    • Lou Lumenick 88
    Includes insightful and often hilarious archival interviews with Langlois and dozens of associates, as well as wonderful footage of Langlois.
    • Metascore: 68
    • Lou Lumenick 88
    A classic social drama in the proud tradition of "Norma Rae," "Silkwood" and "Erin Brockovich."
    • Metascore: 76
    • Lou Lumenick 88
    Clooney, who gained 35 pounds for the role, gives a self-effacing but highly effective performance.
    • Metascore: 71
    • Lou Lumenick 88
    Constantly battling, Hoskins and Dench have terrific chemistry together.
    • Metascore: 62
    • Lou Lumenick 88
    An entertaining piece of pulp fiction.
    • Metascore: 90
    • Lou Lumenick 88
    It's a long, brutal and honest look at a shattering event some Americans would apparently prefer not to see depicted - but also a respectful, inspiring one that's in no way exploitative or emotionally manipulative.
    • Metascore: 73
    • Lou Lumenick 88
    Cars leaves the animated competition in the dust, even if it is a tad slower and more predictable than Pixar at full throttle.
    • Metascore: 72
    • Lou Lumenick 88
    Bryan Singer's super, soulful and very expensive new resurrection of the venerable big-screen franchise, ups the ante with must-see results.
    • Metascore: 84
    • Lou Lumenick 88
    Lassie is a dog movie even non-dog lovers will lap up.
    • Metascore: 86
    • Lou Lumenick 88
    The profanity-laced but witty and literate dialogue by William Monahan ("Kingdom of Heaven") is delivered by a brilliantly chosen cast, almost all of whom are operating at the very top of their game.
    • Metascore: 86
    • Lou Lumenick 88
    This superb documentary about the Catholic Church's worst pedophile scandal is in many ways far scarier than any fiction.
    • Metascore: 75
    • Lou Lumenick 88
    This year's actress to watch is Elizabeth Reaser, who delivers a tour de force as a determined German mail-order bride who comes to 1920 Minnesota in Ali Selim's captivating indie Sweet Land.
    • Metascore: 84
    • Lou Lumenick 88
    Described as a cross between "Mildred Pierce" and "Arsenic and Old Lace" by Almodóvar - which ought to be more than enough to entice his fans.
    • Metascore: 89
    • Lou Lumenick 88
    The skillfully acted and directed The Lives of Others is a timely warning about governments that seek to repress dissent.
    • Metascore: 73
    • Lou Lumenick 88
    Arguably the year's most entertaining art-house film.