Ray Richmond, The Hollywood Reporter
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For 116 reviews, this critic has graded:
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60% higher than the average critic
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1% same as the average critic
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39% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 8.1 points lower than other critics.
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Ray Richmond's Scores
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 50 out of 116
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Mixed: 36 out of 116
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Negative: 30 out of 116
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tv reviews
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Ray Richmond 100
The first four installments supplied for review have moments of artsy overindulgence, to be sure, but largely remain true to the show's roots in darkness and absurdity while carving out fresh story arcs that are as compelling as any the writers have ever crafted. It's like peering at a series of train wrecks as rendered by da Vinci. -
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Ray Richmond 90
The show gets back to where it belongs: under Larry's expansive roof and inside his incessantly neurotic, disgracefully tactless and unerringly heartless skin. -
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Ray Richmond 90
Think of "The Office," "Larry Sanders," "Spin City" and "Yes Minister" rolled into one delirious stew. -
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Ray Richmond 90
Far from devolving into soapy Madison Avenue pablum, Mad Men is painstakingly building its way to genuine greatness. -
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Ray Richmond 90
Breaking Bad is indeed so flat-out superb it appears to be operating at a different level than just about everybody else save AMC's own "Mad Men" and maybe a couple of shows over at FX. -
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Ray Richmond 90
It's simply a great idea that, if early indications are accurate, could stand as a horror classic for a television genre that's been inconsistent at best over the years. -
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Ray Richmond 90
Bolstered by superb acting and first-rate direction and cinematography, Kill delivers the goods in ways both unexpected and rewarding. -
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Ray Richmond 30
It isn't that "Death" is terrible. It's just too broad to be taken seriously. -
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Ray Richmond 90
Forget everything I ever wrote about "Mad Men." This is the best drama series on television. -
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Ray Richmond 0
Here is the equation: privilege + TV cameras x 2 = unwatchability. -
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Ray Richmond 90
This mini holds you in its thrall from beginning to end, and the twists along the way are seemingly endless. A riveting ride, indeed. -
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Ray Richmond 80
The show hits the ground in midseason form after eight months and one change of venue, integrating a new crop of interns with seamless aplomb and again demonstrating how to fuse dramatic elements into a sitcom without breaking a sweat. -
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Ray Richmond 80
It's always been well-acted and crafted with surprising restraint. But as the dawn of this new campaign underscores, the production team looks to be taking things to another level beyond serialized contrivance. -
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Ray Richmond 80
It makes mincemeat of conventional TV taboos and has, in Parker, a star whom the camera adores. -
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Ray Richmond 80
As a follow-up to the groundbreaking summer series "Hopkins 24/7" that ran nearly eight years ago, this revisit to the medical center is, if anything, even more grounded in authenticity and honesty, even if it sometimes feels compelled to pile on the soapy elements. -
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Ray Richmond 80
The acting here is first-rate, the details sharp and the cinematography superb. In other words, Tudors hasn't lost a step. -
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Ray Richmond 60
Big on style but more challenged in terms of substance, Seeker demonstrates much production savvy but at the same time too little provocative/evocative interaction aside from the ultra-violent kind. -
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Ray Richmond 80
IFC's new 10-episode, late-night original comedy Z Rock is effortlessly, genuinely hilarious. -
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Ray Richmond 60
There have been far nastier hidden-camera efforts than this. Better ones, too. Yet to be sure, in the opening hour, Howie Do It at least delivers laughs more often than it inspires groans. -
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Ray Richmond 40
Creepily watchable almost in spite of itself through at least the first two nights, the miniseries embodies a veritable symphony of implausibility. -
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Ray Richmond 30
So it turns out that being cowboys isn't so romantic after all. It's also mighty slow-moving from an entertainment standpoint. -
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Ray Richmond 30
This new ABC Family effort from Brenda Hampton (“7th Heaven”) works feverishly to make an educational institution look like the equivalent of a Nevada brothel but succeeds mostly in transforming high school to high camp. Were these stereotypes any more simplistic, they’d need to come with their own parental warning label. -
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Ray Richmond 80
WMC--that's what the hip people will no doubt soon be calling it--sprints energetically from the gate carrying genuine qualitative heft: charismatic leads, snappy dialogue and an agreeable blend of lighthearted and dramatic. -
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Ray Richmond 80
A new BBC America sci-fi/thriller that's so good and unsettling and creepy that even grumps like myself can't help but be in its thrall. -
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Ray Richmond 50
Sutter packs the early episodes with colorful dialogue but at the same time so much random violence that it crosses the line to gratuitous. -
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Ray Richmond 60
The creatures are essentially designed as bowling pins for our protagonists to knock over with a well-placed shot and a quip, and Keeslar and Morales’ interaction is nothing if not playful and lively. But you’re left not really knowing if you want to come return and spend a whole lot more time with this quarrelsome twosome. -
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Ray Richmond 80
Although no half-hour TV series is going to capture the visual splendor and sophisticated sound of the big-screen experience, it's surprising how well this series reflects the style, attitude, ideals and spirit of the six "Star Wars" films. -
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Ray Richmond 80
Dinosaurs are certainly alive and well in Primeval, a crackling-good new BBC America sci-fi series thriller that's packed with vivid CGI prehistoric predators galore and a story line that's almost plausible. -
