Walter Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle
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For 278 reviews, this critic has graded:
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47% higher than the average critic
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6% same as the average critic
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47% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 4.1 points higher than other critics.
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Walter Addiego's Scores
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| Average review score: | 63 |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 168 out of 278
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Mixed: 88 out of 278
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Negative: 22 out of 278
278
movie reviews
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Walter Addiego 100
The silence captured in this documentary -- a meditative look at life in the Carthusian monastery of the Grande Chartreuse in the French Alps -- may be the most eloquent you'll ever hear. -
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Walter Addiego 100
An old-fashioned prisoner-of-war movie that becomes much more because of writer-director Werner Herzog's admiration for the remarkable true story of its protagonist, Dieter Dengler. -
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Walter Addiego 100
In the hands of visionary filmmaker Alexander Sokurov, this simple material makes for a haunting drama about war, generational relationships and the human condition. -
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Walter Addiego 100
Both very funny and a bit of a tearjerker, with an on-the-money performance from Ricky Gervais. -
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Walter Addiego 100
This is a vision of hell conveyed in a simple, documentary style, far removed from the sumptuous American Mafia fables. -
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Walter Addiego 100
Though the material might lend itself to heavy-handedness, director Ole Christian Madsen is steady, and he gets fine performances from the two leads and Stengade. -
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Walter Addiego 100
The director has said that, though the story was inspired by the deaths of his parents, he hoped to make a film "brimming with life." He's succeeded. -
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Walter Addiego 100
This Is Not a Film isn't just a film, it's a strong one. It's also an act of political defiance, a moving personal document and a meditation on what film is and can be.- Posted Apr 5, 2012
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