Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle
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For 398 reviews, this critic has graded:
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56% higher than the average critic
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2% same as the average critic
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42% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 3.6 points higher than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Ruthe Stein's Scores
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| Average review score: | 63 |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 233 out of 398
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Mixed: 110 out of 398
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Negative: 55 out of 398
398
movie reviews
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Ruthe Stein 75
At its exhilarating best, Following Sean is reminiscent of the lauded British documentaries that began with "7 Up.'' -
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Ruthe Stein 100
A film that must be seen to understand the sad truths of our times. It's been made with a sensitivity and creativity that's come to exemplify Winterbottom's work. -
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Ruthe Stein 75
You're under the thrall of a new peculiar couple. Both actors appear to be having fun outmaneuvering each other on the ice and onscreen. -
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Ruthe Stein 75
Overall Freedom Writers is a noble effort. At a time when New Year's resolutions to change already are falling by the wayside, you can't help but be moved by a group of young people who followed through on their resolve. -
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Ruthe Stein 50
Each time Something New touches on something controversial, it quickly retreats to some silliness. -
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Ruthe Stein 25
Mitchell may be another Russ Meyer -- a dubious honor -- but he's no Tony Kushner. -
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Ruthe Stein 50
For all the filmmaker's good intentions, Fast Food Nation isn't a particularly good movie. It doesn't hold together or grip you the way a documentary might have. -
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Ruthe Stein 75
Funny, original, occasionally poignant and almost all of it too dirty to repeat in a newspaper. -
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Ruthe Stein 50
Vitus is likable enough and definitely suitable entertainment for young people willing to read subtitles. -
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Ruthe Stein 75
The film's ambitions are laudable, and it manages to be touching, funny and true to life. It seems ungrateful to ask for anything more. -
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Ruthe Stein 75
Given the juiciest plotline, Tamblyn goes for it, turning in a hard-boiled performance that's a needed contrast to her co-stars' tendency to go for sweet. -
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Ruthe Stein 50
While dinner and a movie is in theory a great idea, I'd avoid eating before taking in Lunacy. -
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Ruthe Stein 100
Frothy and exuberantly entertaining - in part because of the sexual innuendoes - it's the best romantic comedy so far this year. -
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Ruthe Stein 75
Much as she did in "Little Miss Sunshine," Breslin imbues Kit with joy. -
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Ruthe Stein 75
Lacks the marquee names and production values of big studio romantic comedies, but it connects on an emotional level most of them fail to do. -
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Ruthe Stein 75
It's reassuring to see Steven Soderbergh return to riveting down-and-dirty filmmaking with Bubble. -
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Ruthe Stein 75
An emotionally charged coming-of-age saga that will make you laugh and cry, maybe at the same time. -
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Ruthe Stein 75
An extremely good picture that, with a little tweaking, might have been a great one. -
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Ruthe Stein 100
Richly satisfying entertainment the way movies are at their best, when they prod you to think. -
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Ruthe Stein 75
Caruso, a very visual director, serves up some surprises and scares, and he's paced his movie briskly. You're out of this disturbing suburbia before you know it, shaken and even stirred. -
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Ruthe Stein 75
This deeply moving and disturbing film derives power from being based on the true story of a black South African who does everything possible, no matter how degrading, to get by within an immoral system, but becomes radicalized almost despite himself. -
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Ruthe Stein 75
It tells the amazing, but mostly true, story of a late-18th century aristocrat who made an indelible mark on English society akin to that of her direct descendant, Lady Diana. -
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Ruthe Stein 50
Has the slapped-together, cheesy look of a porno movie. While this could be distracting, the shoddiness sets the mood for a humorous spin on the European porn industry circa early 1970s. -
