Steve Persall, Tampa Bay Times
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For 385 reviews, this critic has graded:
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67% higher than the average critic
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2% same as the average critic
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31% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 6.8 points higher than other critics.
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Steve Persall's Scores
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 257 out of 385
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Mixed: 82 out of 385
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Negative: 46 out of 385
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- Posted Oct 11, 2012
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Steve Persall 42
Man on a Ledge makes bigger leaps of logic than Nick will if he fails a gravity test. If the transparent sting springing him from Sing Sing doesn't roll your eyes, then wait for the climax when Nick becomes a kind of plainclothes Spider-Man.- Posted Jan 25, 2012
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Steve Persall 75
Wolverine is a solid start to the ever-lengthening summer movie season, when all that matters is the bang and the bucks paid for it.- Posted May 13, 2013
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Steve Persall 25
Can we please get over the notion that every superhero in a skintight suit deserves a movie? Green Lantern is the latest wallet drainer emptying the comic book bench, more thudding than "Thor" and sorely incoherent.- Posted Jun 16, 2011
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- Posted Aug 4, 2011
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Steve Persall 42
Clash of the Titans redefines 3-D but in the wrong way; the movie is dull, dingy and, well, let's just say dull again. -
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Steve Persall 25
Billed as an action comedy, The Green Hornet isn't funny, and the action is often too frenetic to make any impression.- Posted Jan 12, 2011
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Steve Persall 25
Move along, guys. Nothing to see in The Lucky One, unless you're in the doghouse at home and need to make nice.- Posted Apr 18, 2012
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Steve Persall 25
Our Family Wedding should embarrass Whitaker and each of his co-stars, perhaps except Carlos Mencia, whose chief attribute as an actor is that he's a so-so standup comedian. -
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- Posted Jan 27, 2011
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Steve Persall 58
A nice but unnecessary movie for small children who can find the same level of entertainment on kiddie cable networks.- Posted Jun 8, 2011
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Steve Persall 67
The Tourist is less likely to be remembered for its cat-and-mouse machinations than for the beautiful people carrying them out.- Posted Dec 8, 2010
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Steve Persall 67
An imagined conversation between Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes, after the premiere of Wrath of the Titans...- Posted Mar 31, 2012
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Steve Persall 83
In addition to being one of the finest golf movies ever, this film raises the bar on faith-based cinema.- Posted Aug 31, 2011
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Steve Persall 50
What nags me about Battle Los Angeles is that Liebesman never realizes what he set up to happen after the fade-out.- Posted Mar 10, 2011
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Steve Persall 50
Brand is amusing, in a nutty "Get Him to the Greek" sort of way, while Moore delivered one of the funniest performances ever.- Posted Apr 6, 2011
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Steve Persall 25
The Art of Getting By is enough to drive a movie critic to drink. The next round's on the kid in the overcoat.- Posted Jun 15, 2011
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Steve Persall 50
Conan the Barbarian has its small, insipid pleasures, if you're in the mood.- Posted Aug 19, 2011
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Steve Persall 0
This messy mix of sci-fi horror and post-Superbad raunchiness didn't make me laugh once. Not a single snicker, chortle or smile.- Posted Jul 28, 2012
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Steve Persall 25
Something Borrowed is a romantic comedy in which absolutely no one deserves to end up happy.- Posted May 4, 2011
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Steve Persall 42
The Host doesn't strive for social allegory, as previous body snatcher flicks have done with the Red Scare, civil rights and Watergate. If anything it's merely a teenage girl's fantasy checklist for prom.- Posted Mar 28, 2013
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Steve Persall 58
Identity Thief is a road movie with its creative lanes clogged, and a Mack truck comedian barreling through, anyway.- Posted Feb 7, 2013
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Steve Persall 42
Somewhere, Wes Craven is laughing up his sleeve, and Robert Englund is grinning. It's nice to know that you're irreplaceable. -
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Steve Persall 25
I wouldn't even DVR What's Your Number? if under house arrest and starved for entertainment. I've got this movie's number, and it's zero.- Posted Sep 29, 2011
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Steve Persall 25
A smarter-than-average bear becomes a dumber-than-usual kiddie flick with Yogi Bear, the lone Christmas release specifically aimed at children, so it automatically qualifies as their lump of coal.- Posted Dec 15, 2010
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Steve Persall 67
Even stock characters -- Zoe's tirelessly supportive friends and relatives -- get style points for giving jobs to old pros Klein, Linda Lavin (Alice) and "Mr. C" himself, Tom Bosley. Of course, the babies are adorable. -
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Steve Persall 75
21 and Over remains enjoyable for what it is and all it cares to be, which is nothing any respectable movie critic should recommend, and I'm down with that.- Posted Feb 28, 2013
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Steve Persall 83
This is what the holidays need: a good, Swift kick in the funny bone.- Posted Dec 22, 2010
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