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David Ansen
Newsweek

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On average, this critic grades 2.6 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

For the 613 reviews listed below, this critic graded higher than the average critic 62% of the time, even 3% of the time, and lower 34% of the time.

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101 Dalmatians (1996)
50 55 -5
2046 (2005)
80 79 +1
21 Grams (2003)
60 73 -13
28 Days (2000)
40 50 -10
28 Weeks Later... (2007)
70 78 -8
3:10 to Yuma (2007)
70 78 -8
50 First Dates (2004)
20 53 -33
8 Mile (2002)
80 76 +4
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
90 67 +23
About a Boy (2002)
90 75 +15
About Schmidt (2002)
100 84 +16
Absolute Power (1997)
90 58 +32
Adaptation (2002)
100 82 +18
Affliction (1998)
80 80 0
Air Guitar Nation (2007)
80 73 +7
Alamo, The (2004)
50 52 -2
Alexander (2004)
50 44 +6
Ali (2001)
70 67 +3
Alien: Resurrection (1997)
70 64 +6
All About My Mother (1999)
90 85 +5
All the King's Men (2006)
40 43 -3
All the Pretty Horses (2000)
60 57 +3
All the Real Girls (2003)
90 72 +18
Almost Famous (2000)
80 88 -8
American Dreamz (2006)
60 50 +10
American Gangster (2007)
70 76 -6
American History X (1998)
60 66 -6
American Splendor (2003)
90 89 +1
America's Sweethearts (2001)
50 49 +1
Amores Perros (2001)
80 83 -3
Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
50 47 +3
Angela's Ashes (1999)
60 59 +1
Anger Management (2003)
50 55 -5
Anna and the King (1999)
60 59 +1
Any Given Sunday (1999)
60 56 +4
Anything Else (2003)
60 48 +12
Apocalypto (2006)
80 69 +11
Apt Pupil (1998)
50 56 -6
Aristocrats, The (2005)
80 73 +7
Armageddon (1998)
80 47 +33
Army of Shadows (2006)
100 96 +4
As Good As It Gets (1997)
60 69 -9
Atonement (2007)
100 84 +16
Australia (2008)
80 56 +24
Auto Focus (2002)
70 68 +2
Autumn Tale (1999)
80 80 0
Avengers, The (1998)
40 20 +20
Aviator, The (2004)
90 79 +11
Away from Her (2007)
90 86 +4
Babel (2006)
50 71 -21

 

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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this critic is 9.0 (out of 10) based on 4 User Votes

Dale P. gave this critic a 10:
Ansen is a great combination of serious intellectual assessment and a reasonable level of love for movies. He's not pretentious and out to impress us with his own knowledge. He deals it straight and for that reason, is very reliable.

Jim L. gave this critic a 10:
David Ansen is my favorite critic and his "Best of the Year" lists and a list of "50 Men's Movies for the 20th Century" have introduced me to some great moviesm, be they comedies, dramas, or documentaries. I search yahoo TV listings costantly for movies on his list and tape them to watch over and over. It is seldom that I don't agree with him. In his reviews, it is evident that heat he really ENJOYS movies whereas other critics seem to have an attitude that few movies a good enough to receive their praise and watching movies is a chore rather than a pleasure. I'd love to find all of his "Best of the Year" list. Every week when I get Newsweek, the first thing I do is look to see if there is a movie review by David Ansen.

Misha H. gave this critic a 6:
He is not fair all the time. He has fav. genrs, actors and directors and that effect his judgments.

G. G. gave this critic a 10:
Only read one review - of About Schmidit, but agreed completely.

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