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 0.6 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 80
Scorcese has made one of his best and most personal films...Kundun is also mercifully free of white teachers or saviors, such as, oh, say, Brad Pitt? -
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Ron Wells 80
Probably the best comment I could give it is that after sitting through the first two and 1/2 hours, I would have happily sat through another five. How long am I going to have to wait for that DVD Box Set? -
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Ron Wells 80
I don't know if this movie could have been made with anyone but Chow Yun-Fat. As Chen, he finally is allowed to display the nervous energy and Eastern rhythms we associate with his Hong Kong work. -
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Ron Wells 80
What could have been the most boring, unwatchable crawl-up-your-own-asshole picture instead becomes a gripping, searing portrait of a lost soul trying to find her way through life. Stephanie Bennett is amazing. -
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Ron Wells 80
Some of the acting may not be the best and many of the points aren't made with a soft touch, but damn, I can't think of another film about addiction with a more accurate view from the inside. -
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Ron Wells 70
Not too far below the gloss you can still feel director Denis Villeneuve's beating heart and the fondness he has for his characters. Because he does, you and I can too. -
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Ron Wells 70
More "Heat" than "Eraserhead". It's all good. Just don't be disappointed if it's not what you were expecting. Try to enjoy this for what it is. -
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Ron Wells 70
Best of all, Robert Downey Jr., as Rick's seedy private eye provides a little comic relief at his own expense. -
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Ron Wells 70
Not a film that will change your life. It instead proves that shooting your movie with cheap technology doesn't mean it can't be fun or entertaining. In the end, that's enough. -
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Ron Wells 70
While we do get a bit of gore, the movie is really about this wacky bunch of people jumping on each other's nerves, kind of a zany hero's journey. -
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Ron Wells 70
It looks like Williamson threw five old scripts in the air and Rodriguez shot the first 90 pages he picked up. I'd like a little more meat on my burger because all I can taste is the cheese. -
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Ron Wells 70
The film is not without its problems, some inherent to Wilde's original play. -
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Ron Wells 70
Jackson gives an amazing, nuanced performance as he teeters on the edge of paranoia. Spacey gives a great, toned-down show as I guy who's in over his head trying to find out what the hell is going on. -
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Ron Wells 70
This movie best exploits the strengths of the show as well, such as the chemistry among the cast. -
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Ron Wells 70
If distinctly uneven CGI, minimal originality and overly convenient plot devices turn you off, this may not be your film. -
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Ron Wells 70
It's a harsh lesson, but this movie is more than able to grab and hold your attention for it. I just wouldn't bring a date. -
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Ron Wells 70
World Traveler did seem completely aimless for the first third. However, once I comprehended where Freundlich was going with this, I began to really enjoy where the film was taking me. -
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Ron Wells 70
At least the 20 people who saw it with me -- found it hysterically funny. On the other hand, they all seemed pretty stoned. -
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Ron Wells 70
Rips out at least one dimension to reduce everything to archetypal good guys and bad guys, or bad guy and worse guys. -
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Ron Wells 70
Quentin actually made a REAL movie, with believable characters and performances, rather than just repositories for clever dialog. -
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Ron Wells 70
OK, the premise may be a little hard to take, but there's plenty of good writing here, anyway. -
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Ron Wells 70
Unfolding and sounding like a novel, Hartley's ensemble of lower-class losers clash and repel in a startlingly, unpreachy lesson about the importance and danger of influences. -
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Ron Wells 70
There's some darn poignant stuff going on here.... The problem is that the audience will try to connect everything to the explicit Eden analogy, and not everything will. The director wins points for enticing you to figure it out, though, and I did enjoy it. -
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Ron Wells 60
Sometimes the movie can't decide whether to tug REALLY HARD at the heart strings, or make you laugh at the zany oil riggers. -
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Ron Wells 60
This should have been a black comic masterpiece. The cast is certainly up to the task, even in the small roles. -
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Ron Wells 60
It's too bad with all of the poker action there wasn't enough time to establish the relationships between characters. -
