Todd McCarthy, Variety
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For 1,223 reviews, this critic has graded:
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47% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 2.6 points higher than other critics.
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Todd McCarthy's Scores
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Positive: 623 out of 1223
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Mixed: 478 out of 1223
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Negative: 122 out of 1223
1,223
movie reviews
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Todd McCarthy 80
More than anything a fascinating portrait of how much New York has changed in 35 years, the film delivers the goods in excitement and big-star charisma. -
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Todd McCarthy 80
An effervescent entertainment that marks a welcome return for "Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert" director Stephan Elliott after a nine-year absence. -
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Todd McCarthy 80
This unlikely collaboration between actors Stanley Tucci and Campbell Scott is extremely well directed, making for a smartly made, delightfully acted period piece whose sensibility neatly straddles art films and the mainstream. -
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Todd McCarthy 80
Engaging, refreshingly human in its humor and becomingly modest in its aspirations, this hip look at being out of it announces some promising new talent and will play well with young audiences looking for comfortable entertainment that doesn't feel manufactured. -
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Todd McCarthy 80
Opulently produced, fittingly enough, and quite entertaining as a surface ride through the up, down and somewhat up again life of one of the New Hollywood's most colorful characters. -
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Todd McCarthy 80
May or not be Robert Altman's best film in years, but it is certainly his most pleasurable. -
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Todd McCarthy 80
Nicholson is outstanding as he gradually but tellingly sketches in aspects of a man driven by a mission that outstrips his instincts as a professional lawman. -
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Todd McCarthy 80
Snappy and unusually funny under fundamentally serious circumstances, without being contrived or sitcomy. -
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Todd McCarthy 80
Taking film noir material and turning it inside out visually and morally, The Deep End is an absorbing, beautifully made melodrama that succeeds on formal levels more than it does with suspense or emotion. -
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Todd McCarthy 80
Bright, glossy, grandly scaled and dramatically stolid, 79-year-old writer-director Jerzy Kawalerowicz's longtime dream project mixes earnest religiosity with the depraved cruelty of Nero's Rome in the classic De Mille tradition. -
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Todd McCarthy 80
The Coen brothers tread into James M. Cain territory with The Man Who Wasn't There, but with less tasty results than either Cain or the Coens themselves at their best. -
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Todd McCarthy 80
This immaculately made first feature from noted musicvid and commercials director Mark Romanek provides Robin Williams with one of his creepiest, atypical roles, and the comic star responds with an unusually restrained performance that is, in the end, quite moving. -
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Todd McCarthy 80
Dramatically powerful, surprising in its strong narrative differences from previous cinematic tellings of "the greatest story" and bold in the extent to which it presents Jesus as a confrontational and threatening figure in the Judean context of the time. -
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Todd McCarthy 80
Schroeder's first non-American film in 16 years feels like a rejuvenation; his adaptation of Fernando Vallejo's 1994 novel has a naturalistic freedom and ease that is both refreshing and direct in the way it tells a deeply disturbing story. -
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Todd McCarthy 80
Lin's nicely turned out picture is sometimes both predictable and a bit far-fetched narratively, but still provides a generally absorbing look at a slice of society normally taken for granted, both in life and onscreen. -
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Todd McCarthy 80
A pleasurable throwback to the sort of gritty, low-tech international thriller that was a staple of the 1960s. -
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Todd McCarthy 80
One of Caine's meatiest roles, and he handles it with power, humanity and remarkable emotional fluidity; from the opening moments, an enormous amount comes through his eyes alone. -
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Todd McCarthy 80
All the meticulousness, intelligence, taste and superior This curious, cloistered piece... is continuously absorbing but lacks the emotional resonance that would have made it completely satisfying. -
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Todd McCarthy 80
Robert Altman takes an elegant, appealingly unemphatic look at the world of ballet. -
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Todd McCarthy 80
Directing himself for the first time, Redford has lavished his usual meticulous care on popular material that comes alive on the screen in ways that it never could on the page. -
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Todd McCarthy 80
Viewers looking for old-fashioned movie thrills as a change of pace from the glut of alien and digital-oriented features might paradoxically enjoy the feeling of being back on terra firma with this airborne adventure. -
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Todd McCarthy 80
About twice as good as the original...bigger and more ambitious in every respect, from its action and visceral qualities to its themes. -
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Todd McCarthy 80
The continuing saga of one of contemporary literature and cinema's most fascinating villains, as played once again with exquisite taste and riveting force by Anthony Hopkins. -
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Todd McCarthy 80
Breezy, enjoyable romp gratifyingly zigzags in directions that aren't apparent at the outset and features some intriguingly personal subtext for longtime Woody watchers. -
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Todd McCarthy 80
Dazzlingly nimble and light on its feet, this breezy but densely textured love letter to modern, multicultural Paris in the guise of a romantic suspenser returns its director to the vibrant vein of his pre-Oscar work in "Something Wild" and "Married to the Mob." -
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Todd McCarthy 80
A spectacularly gung-ho sci-fi epic that delivers two hours of good, nasty fun. -
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Todd McCarthy 80
In a very demanding role demanding a vast emotional range from clueless innocent to confident role player and emotional adventurer, Gyllenhaal is outstanding. -
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Todd McCarthy 80
Consistently engrossing as an unusual character study and as a trip to the mysterious border-crossing between rarified brilliance and madness, this serious-minded but lively film is distinguished by an exceptional performance by Russell Crowe. -
