Richard Corliss, Time
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For 836 reviews, this critic has graded:
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58% higher than the average critic
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40% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 7.5 points higher than other critics.
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Richard Corliss' Scores
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 501 out of 836
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Mixed: 258 out of 836
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Negative: 77 out of 836
836
movie reviews
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Richard Corliss 100
Reitman's blend of comedy and drama, romance and social observation make Up in the Air the ideal movie --- and maybe even a cure -- for the Great Recession blues. -
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Richard Corliss 100
A near-perfect movie about men in war, men at work. Through sturdy imagery and violent action, it says that even Hell needs heroes. -
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Richard Corliss 100
A kind of mashup of "Our Town" and "Village of the Damned," the film is both draining and enthralling. -
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Richard Corliss 100
District 9 proves that genre films, besides being a hell of a lot of fun, can say things you hadn't considered and show stuff you haven't seen. -
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Richard Corliss 100
In an amazing year for animation, The Princess and the Frog is up at the top. Go on, give it a big kiss. -
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Richard Corliss 100
It's just possible that Tarantino, having played a trick on history, is also fooling his fans. They think they're in for a Hollywood-style war movie starring Brad Pitt. What they're really getting is the cagiest, craziest, grandest European film of the year. -
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Richard Corliss 100
Extending the patented Pixar mix of humor and heart, Up is the studio's most deeply emotional and affecting work. -
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Richard Corliss 100
Beyond dark. It's as black -- and teeming and toxic -- as the mind of the Joker. "Batman Begins," the 2005 film that launched Nolan's series, was a mere five-finger exercise. This is the full symphony. -
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Richard Corliss 100
Smartly crafted, impeccably acted, The Lives of Others packs a subtle punch, from its creepy first images to its poignant finale. -
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Richard Corliss 100
The subtle colors and textures of the food alone make Ratatouille a three-star Michelin evening. -
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Richard Corliss 100
This film's manifold pleasures come in a series of small packages, with treats inside as tasty as they are unexpected. -
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Richard Corliss 100
The second half of the film elevates all the story elements to Beethovenian crescendo. Here is an epic with literature's depth and opera's splendor -- and one that could be achieved only in movies. What could be more terrific? -
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Richard Corliss 100
Blending plot elements of "Double Indemnity" and "Natural Born Killers" with the ripe sensuality of Francis Coppola's take on "Dracula," the film should make audiences sit up in startled pleasure, as if they'd just received the most luscious neck-bite. -
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Richard Corliss 100
The cast list is like a convocation of the Three Chinas: Taiwan's Kaneshiro, Hong Kong's Lau and the mainland's Zhang Ziyi. All are terrific, but the lady shines brightest. -
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Richard Corliss 100
The movie is one continuous, exhausting, exhilarating chase. -
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Richard Corliss 100
Moviemaking doesn't get much smarter, funnier, handsomer, better than this. -
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Richard Corliss 100
Saraband makes for a powerful and poignant final roar from the grand old man of cinema--the movies' lion king. -
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Richard Corliss 100
We the viewers are its beneficiaries, watching and waiting for something awful to happen. Here it does, first subtly, then spectacularly. The twist is not revealed until the last shot--if you keep your avid eyes open. -
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Richard Corliss 100
The best Hollywood movies always knew how to sneak a beguiling subtext into a crowd-pleasing story. Superman Returns is in that grand tradition. That's why it's beyond Super. It's superb. -
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Richard Corliss 100
This is high, and high-wire, melodrama. It's less soap opera than grand opera, where matters of love and death are played at a perfect fever pitch. And grand this Golden Flower is. -
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Richard Corliss 100
The best, surely the smartest, English-language movie of the year to date. -
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Richard Corliss 100
A final word for those of you who just don't care for musicals: The movie's true lyricism is less in its score than in its visual and emotional palette, and in watching Depp rise to the majesty of madness. So give Sweeney Todd a try. Even Victor, when he finally saw it, agreed: it's bloody great. -
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Richard Corliss 100
Three decades ago, Milk and his ilk were able to enlist President Jimmy Carter and future President Ronald Reagan in the gay fight against Prop. 6. But this fall, Barack Obama was all but mute on Prop. 8. Some community organizers, like the President-elect, are more cautious than others. It's a shame Harvey Milk wasn't around to recruit him. -
