Ron Wells, Film Threat
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For 115 reviews, this critic has graded:
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55% higher than the average critic
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1% same as the average critic
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44% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 0.8 points higher than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Ron Wells' Scores
- Movies
| Average review score: | 60 |
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100
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10
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 56 out of 115
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Mixed: 40 out of 115
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Negative: 19 out of 115
115
movie reviews
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Ron Wells 100
I've already seen at least 20 documentaries this year. They've left me amused, sad, informed, bored, pissed-off, whatever. I'm willing to bet, though, that I don't see another this year as richly entertaining or as cathartic as The Kid Stays in the Picture. Is it really that good? You better believe it. -
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Ron Wells 100
Take the safety off of the comedy Magnum called Happiness and put the barrel in your mouth. You'll laugh your ass off as it takes off the back of your head...It could be the best film of the year. At the very least, I'll never forget it. -
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Ron Wells 100
Does for psychedelics what "Boogie Nights" does for cocaine; displaying in graphical detail the ultimate failure of drugs as an escape route. -
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Ron Wells 100
One warning however: James Caan's shoulder hair, when seen on this size screen, may frighten children considerably (you'll at least want to discuss it openly after the show, answering any questions your kids may have in an honest and direct manner). -
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Ron Wells 90
I thought I might have seen everything I needed to see about neo-Nazi skinheads in "Romper Stomper" and "American History X". Not only was I in for a surprise, but newcomer Ryan Gosling gives every bit as stunning a performance as did Russell Crowe and Ed Norton in those two films, and then some. -
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Ron Wells 90
This is not light-hearted entertainment. Be prepared to think. Uncle Dave will take you someplace new. -
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Ron Wells 90
I'll just say to anyone lamenting the state of American cinema since the 1970s, if you're curious where the next generation of auteurs is coming from, look in the art houses and look in The Matrix. -
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Ron Wells 90
The best thing the filmmakers did was to pull a cast out of the stage productions. Importantly, the actors convey a sense of history and comfort with each other. -
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Ron Wells 80
The portrait drawn by this film is of a man loved and/or respected by nearly all that have known him. -
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Ron Wells 80
The final result becomes a search not for a knight in shining armor, but one of acceptance for one's own identity. -
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Ron Wells 80
After half a century, does the story hold up? Eh, pretty much. In the end, the story doesn't really matter that much as this is really a vehicle for the amazing visuals. -
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Ron Wells 80
As always, Don Cheadle is fantastic, but the film belongs to Joseph Gordon-Levitt. -
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Ron Wells 80
This is a story about purgatory, though it goes by the name Camp Pendleton. -
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Ron Wells 80
They should have produced this in 3D for IMAX as Metropolis is the kind of work destined to blow the minds of stoners everywhere. -
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Ron Wells 80
Thornton's Jacob initially comes across as the love child of Elmer Fudd and Butthead, but ends up as the best role he's ever had. -
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Ron Wells 80
Garofalo is amazing, as always, and the film is almost about her as much as the leads. The recreation of the casts' high school years is wickedly funny and dead on. -
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Ron Wells 80
Lee gives us cross-section of characters, almost none of whom escape the summer unchanged. -
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Ron Wells 80
Gallo transcends the medium in a manner I only associate with David Lynch. It's brilliantly spooky. -
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Ron Wells 80
Waters brilliantly skewers the pretensions of the New York art world and culture, and uses real people from that world in the process. -
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Ron Wells 80
I've never been a fan, but in the space of a couple hours the Woodster gives both an explanation AND the finger to ALL of his critics. This is mean-spirited fun, just the way we like it! -
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Ron Wells 80
I saw this movie in a room full of San Francisco movie critics, and I haven't heard that much laughter since, well, the piano duet in "Island of Dr. Moreau" (which you must admit, was pretty funny.) -
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Ron Wells 80
Of all the teen films released this year, this one is, by far, the best. -
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Ron Wells 80
It seems as if all of the new animation competition has lit a fire under Disney's collective ass and they have something to prove again. -
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Ron Wells 80
Lock is filled with great writing, great acting, colorful characters, and a tight story. I actually like this film more than "Pulp Fiction". -
