Marc Savlov, Austin Chronicle
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For 1,599 reviews, this critic has graded:
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59% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 7.4 points lower than other critics.
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Marc Savlov's Scores
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Positive: 729 out of 1599
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Mixed: 462 out of 1599
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Negative: 408 out of 1599
1,599
movie reviews
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Marc Savlov 89
Mystic River asks plenty of questions but rarely if ever offers any answers, and certainly no easy ones. If this fine and sorrowful film is what can be expected from our aging cinema icons, here’s to the golden years, dark though they may be. -
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Marc Savlov 89
Castle-Hughes and Paratene are nothing short of remarkable in their roles. -
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Marc Savlov 89
Shimuzu sees darkened staircases and hears the rustle of dead autumn leaves and reacts as if from the devil’s own haiku. And his dread is catching. -
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Marc Savlov 89
A spare, discomfiting score and uniformly excellent performances, and you have a quiet little masterpiece of dark and chilling beauty. -
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Marc Savlov 89
Pixar's Finding Nemo may well have the best casting of any animated film of the past 30-odd years. -
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Marc Savlov 89
Love, death, hope, and hatred: Spider-Man 2 has ’em all, in spades. -
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Marc Savlov 89
Don’t leave until the final credits finish rolling or you’ll miss what many are considering Kill Bill: Vol. 1’s best bit. Trust us on this one. -
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Marc Savlov 89
This may be the first film to examine the intricacies of the Colombia-to-U.S. drug route in any detail. -
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Marc Savlov 89
As far from "Slacker" as you could possibly get and still be using a motion-picture camera, The School of Rock is nonetheless pure Linklater, pure rock & roll, and pure fun. Gabba, gabba, hey! -
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Marc Savlov 89
The most costly and the most popular film in South Korean history is also one of the most gripping and epic war films ever made, and certainly the only one I can think of the portrays the Korean war from the viewpoint of both sides of the conflict. -
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Marc Savlov 89
There's even a Simon and Garfunkel tune on the soundtrack, which makes Braff's character seem like the only living boy in New Jersey, which, of course, he may well be. L'chaim! -
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Marc Savlov 89
This is a determined, resolutely paced, and atypical samurai movie, more an epic of the heart than of the battlefield, and all the more powerful for it. -
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Marc Savlov 89
Closer is an un-love story as honest and naked as Cupid in the devil's dock, the whole truth, and nothing but. -
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Marc Savlov 89
This is high fantasy of the best kind. -
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Marc Savlov 89
God forbid this should ever play on an IMAX screen -- the concussive soundtrack and relentless visuals would likely strike viewers deaf and blind (but what a way to go!). Simply breathtaking. -
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Marc Savlov 89
This is horror with a wink and a nod to drive-in theatres and sweaty back seats. This is how it's done. -
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Marc Savlov 89
Face/Off works like a charm right on down the line thanks to brilliant, exhilarating performances from Cage and Travolta, and the many tremendously enjoyable action set-pieces that are Woo's hallmark. -
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Marc Savlov 89
The director is unflinching in his portrayal of the horrors that occurred, and nearly all the characters, from Voight's Wright to Rhames' Mann, are wonderfully nuanced, desperately believable creations. -
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Marc Savlov 89
Death and the Maiden is a streamlined razor-ride of a movie: taut, riveting, and a psychological horror show that will leave nail-marks in your palms for days afterwards. -
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Marc Savlov 89
Set in some sort of post-apocalyptic Parisian deli o' the damned, this lunatic's take on the future of man is so delightfully warped that it's impossible to shake it out of your head and go get a decent night's sleep. -
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Marc Savlov 89
Greenaway and his picture-perfect cast weave so many interlacing threads into the story, and so many curious subtexts - stylistic and otherwise - that it sometimes leaves us scratching our heads in wonderment. -
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Marc Savlov 89
The Kids are All Right, a grin-cracking great portrait of a modern American family in minor and then major crises. -
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Marc Savlov 89
As we are informed in the film’s prologue, "Cats live in loneliness, then die like falling rain." Sh--, man, whatever. This is so stupid it’s positively genius. -
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Marc Savlov 89
As riveting as a documentary can possibly be, this slim (74-minute) film is also one of the most politically aware films of the year. -
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Marc Savlov 89
You can take a page from Wes Craven before he went flat and keep repeating, "It's only a movie; it's only a movie; it's only a movie." But is it?- Posted Mar 19, 2013
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