For 36 reviews, this critic has graded:
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61% higher than the average critic
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0% same as the average critic
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39% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 3 points higher than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Ty Burr's Scores
- Movies
| Average review score: | 62 |
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| Highest review score: |
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100
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| Lowest review score: |
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16
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 19 out of 36
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Mixed: 13 out of 36
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Negative: 4 out of 36
36
movie reviews
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Ty Burr 100
You may not like the terms Tarantino sets, but you have to admit he succeeds on them. -
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Ty Burr 100
Steven Spielberg overcame the lumpy plotting of Peter Benchley's novel to create an efficient, graceful fright machine in Jaws. -
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Ty Burr 91
From the opening shot of a burnt-orange GTO cruising a high school parking lot to the strains of Aerosmith's ''Sweet Emotion,'' Richard Linklater's film nails mid-'70s adolescence so precisely that you'll need Clearasil by the end credits. -
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Ty Burr 83
The improvisations are a mixed bag -- Reed and Fox are surprisingly hilarious, while Roseanne is a shrieking horror show -- but the air of gentle play and a wistful sense that Brooklyn is some kind of lost Eden put this one up on the more structured "Smoke." -
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Ty Burr 83
For once, too, David Mamet the director outshines David Mamet the writer. -
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Ty Burr 83
The result has the dingy grace of pigeons flying across an urban wasteland. -
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Ty Burr 83
Ang Lee's film of the Jane Austen novel slavishly follows the gospel according to Merchant Ivory, swooning over characters declaiming modestly while surrounded by topiary. -
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Ty Burr 83
For a movie that's mostly a plotless mix of old sci-fi flicks and Bowie-esque gender-bending, Rocky Horror continues to charm. That's due in part to the honest delight we take in the freedoms this movie so cheerfully flaunts. -
