Scott Bowles, USA Today
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For 84 reviews, this critic has graded:
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58% higher than the average critic
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1% same as the average critic
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41% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 2.6 points lower than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Scott Bowles' Scores
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| Average review score: | 57 |
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12
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 42 out of 84
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Mixed: 24 out of 84
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Negative: 18 out of 84
84
movie reviews
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Scott Bowles 50
Alas, if you're someone who enjoys movies as, say, a two-hour escape, you may find this documentary on the death of film at digital's hands a bit too inside baseball.- Posted Sep 1, 2012
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Scott Bowles 88
Sprinkled with riffs, concert footage and home videos, the family-authorized documentary does what the artist usually did: When in doubt, return to the beat.- Posted Apr 22, 2012
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Scott Bowles 100
It's an apt title. As divisive as the issue has become, it's hard to deny the power of Guggenheim's lingering shots on these children, waiting on a superhero who isn't going to come. -
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Scott Bowles 88
Let Me In is going to lure and please fans of the original; like the first, the remake is graphically violent but as tense as good horror gets. -
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Scott Bowles 63
A Dangerous Method has plenty to say about sex, but it lacks much fire for it.- Posted Nov 22, 2011
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Scott Bowles 50
Like a lot of meds, it loses its effectiveness over time, and you'll build a resistance to Effects eventually, particularly when it dissolves into a standard crime flick.- Posted Feb 7, 2013
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Scott Bowles 75
Pooh succeeds by embracing much of what modern films (including Potter's) have largely forgotten: old-fashioned movie pleasures.- Posted Jul 14, 2011
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Scott Bowles 75
Despite an abrupt ending and the worst title of the year, Arbitrage manages to leverage real tension from its veteran stars in one of Hollywood's first pedigreed films of the fall.- Posted Sep 13, 2012
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Scott Bowles 88
Unapologetically brutal and unencumbered by much plot, Raid is the year's most turbo-charged film.- Posted Mar 22, 2012
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Scott Bowles 50
Just as its characters need a reason to live, Go needs a reason for audiences to watch. Neither find much satisfaction. -
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Scott Bowles 75
Scott paces the film like its mechanized star: deliberately and, ultimately, with enough speed to keep its passengers satisfied.- Posted Dec 14, 2010
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Scott Bowles 75
Crisply shot and voiced by a legion of Brits, the animated Arthur seems aimed at the Scrooge and caroler in all of us.- Posted Nov 22, 2011
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- Posted Jan 20, 2011
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Scott Bowles 75
Black is clearly suited for the role of a modern-day Inspector Clouseau, a hero clown who can't help but save the day.- Posted May 26, 2011
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Scott Bowles 75
The action is brisk, the acting is solid, and barring an unlikely failure at the box office, a franchise is born. Let the games begin.- Posted Mar 22, 2012
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Scott Bowles 75
As he did in "Stranger Than Fiction," Ferrell displays surprising range when he ratchets down the volume.- Posted May 12, 2011
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Scott Bowles 63
One of the coldest action films in years and an odd showcase for Saoirse Ronan, a deft actress who is one of the few youngsters capable of pulling off action with acting.- Posted Apr 7, 2011
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Scott Bowles 88
Menacing and meditative, Hallows is arguably the best installment of the planned eight-film franchise, though audiences who haven't kept up with previous chapters will be hopelessly lost.- Posted Dec 8, 2010
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Scott Bowles 75
Fright is way too quick on its feet to be slowed by clichés. David Tennant seizes McDowall's role as Peter Vincent, now a Criss Angel-style clown vampire slayer. Christopher Mintz-Plasse was born to play a high school nerd.- Posted Aug 18, 2011
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Scott Bowles 63
Jack Goes Boating won't knock you over, but it lulls you with its slow-warming heart. -
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- Posted Mar 15, 2012
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Scott Bowles 50
Tower Heist feigns being an "Ocean's 11" for schmucks, but plays like a retread of "48 Hours."- Posted Nov 3, 2011
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Scott Bowles 75
Sarah's Key is, for the most part, an exercise in reserve. We never see Hitler, never enter battle. Paquet-Brenner (Pretty Things, Walled In), rightly tells his Holocaust story as it now lives: through survivors and descendants.- Posted Jul 21, 2011
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Scott Bowles 50
Geared for teens who perhaps found the Twilight series too profound, Warm Bodies is an unabashed homage to that wildly successful franchise. One of its stars, Teresa Palmer, is even done up to be a carbon copy of Kristen Stewart, the anchor of the vampire series.- Posted Jan 31, 2013
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Scott Bowles 63
There are plenty of strong performances, and LaBeouf does a nice job of becoming the tough-skinned pragmatist. Mulligan is as earnest as ever, and Susan Sarandon and, particularly, Frank Langella make strong cameos. -
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Scott Bowles 75
The side story about Muslim extremists is a little ham-handed for a film that otherwise exercises such restraint.- Posted Mar 15, 2012
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Scott Bowles 25
The latest undead-soldier story carries on the franchise tradition of graphic violence and bad acting.- Posted Nov 29, 2012
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- Posted Mar 17, 2011
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Scott Bowles 63
One of those movies that makes for a fantastic trailer. Much beyond that can feel like repeat viewing.- Posted May 31, 2012
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Scott Bowles 50
This just in: Morning Glory can't decide whether to skewer the morning news or wallow in its pap.- Posted Nov 9, 2010
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