Michael Ordona, Los Angeles Times
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For 13 reviews, this critic has graded:
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31% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 5.1 points lower than other critics.
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Michael Ordona's Scores
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Michael Ordona 90
In its mix are ethical quandaries in biotechnology, nature versus nurture and an adorable-sexy-disturbing monster. So there's that. But it wins best in show by focusing on one of the weirder relationship triangles in recent memory. -
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Michael Ordona 80
The flesh-and-blood protagonists are powerful, driven people caught in a riptide. -
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Michael Ordona 70
The film of Howl, like its source material, is undeniably brave, committed and inventive. -
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Michael Ordona 70
Doesn't offer moviegoers one obvious message, but rather a complex and considered glimpse into a rarely seen world, one of utter absurdity and horror.- Posted Nov 4, 2010
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Michael Ordona 60
The subject is absorbing, but the lack of differentiation in dramatic levels makes the film feel longer than its 126 minutes. -
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Michael Ordona 60
If you're interested in this movie, it's because you love either seeing zombies explode (check), the video games (major character included, check) or Jovovich kicking undead butt in every conceivable way (check and mate). -
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Michael Ordona 50
You don't go to this film for Sorkinesque repartee; you go for the world's longest chainsaw, or equal-opportunity genital mutilations, or very, very long bludgeonings. And here they are, in buckets. -
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Michael Ordona 10
For most, there will be no adrenaline rush from fear or thrill, or vicarious release from seeing tormentors tormented; one leaves feeling sad. Sad that this is what "entertainment" has come to. Come on, filmmakers. Can't you do better? -
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Michael Ordona 0
There's also no point in paying the 3-D ticket price for occasional bits of gristle flying your way, or blurry action shots. Whereas the first "Saw" got marks for originality, the filmmakers have so lost their fastballs that this one's extreme gore provokes either laughter or sleep.- Posted Dec 14, 2010
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