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Mick LaSalle
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(Untitled) (2009)
| 100 | 60 | +40 |
| 10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
| 25 | 70 | -45 |
| 102 Dalmatians (2000)
| 75 | 42 | +33 |
| 11:14 (2005)
| 75 | 71 | +4 |
| 12 (2009)
| 50 | 72 | -22 |
| 13 Conversations About One Thing (2002)
| 75 | 75 | 0 |
| 13 Going On 30 (2004)
| 75 | 62 | +13 |
| 1408 (2007)
| 75 | 66 | +9 |
| 15 Minutes (2001)
| 75 | 41 | +34 |
| 16 Blocks (2006)
| 50 | 65 | -15 |
| 17 Again (2009)
| 75 | 52 | +23 |
| 2 Days in Paris (2007)
| 75 | 69 | +6 |
| 20 Dates (1999)
| 0 | 43 | -43 |
| 200 Cigarettes (1999)
| 75 | 39 | +36 |
| 21 (2008)
| 50 | 52 | -2 |
| 25th Hour (2002)
| 100 | 69 | +31 |
| 27 Dresses (2008)
| 25 | 52 | -27 |
| 28 Days Later... (2003)
| 75 | 74 | +1 |
| 3:10 to Yuma (2007)
| 100 | 78 | +22 |
| 300 (2007)
| 75 | 57 | +18 |
| 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2008)
| 100 | 94 | +6 |
| 49 UP (2006)
| 75 | 84 | -9 |
| 50 First Dates (2004)
| 50 | 53 | -3 |
| 54 (1998)
| 50 | 39 | +11 |
| 5x2 (2005)
| 50 | 66 | -16 |
| 88 Minutes (2008)
| 50 | 23 | +27 |
| A Tout de Suite (2005)
| 75 | 65 | +10 |
| A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
| 25 | 67 | -42 |
| About a Boy (2002)
| 75 | 75 | 0 |
| About Schmidt (2002)
| 100 | 84 | +16 |
| Absolute Power (1997)
| 100 | 58 | +42 |
| Absolute Wilson (2006)
| 50 | 69 | -19 |
| Abyss, The (1989)
| 75 | 62 | +13 |
| Adaptation (2002)
| 75 | 82 | -7 |
| Adoration (2009)
| 50 | 66 | -16 |
| Adventureland (2009)
| 75 | 77 | -2 |
| Adventures of Ford Fairlane, The (1990)
| 25 | 36 | -11 |
| Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, The (1994)
| 50 | 68 | -18 |
| Aeon Flux (2005)
| 25 | 40 | -15 |
| After the Wedding (2007)
| 100 | 79 | +21 |
| Against the Ropes (2004)
| 50 | 41 | +9 |
| Agent Cody Banks (2003)
| 50 | 47 | +3 |
| Air Force One (1997)
| 100 | 63 | +37 |
| Al Franken: God Spoke (2006)
| 50 | 53 | -3 |
| Alex and Emma (2003)
| 50 | 38 | +12 |
| Alexander (2004)
| 25 | 44 | -19 |
| Alfie (2004)
| 75 | 54 | +21 |
| Alien vs. Predator (2004)
| 0 | 35 | -35 |
| All About the Benjamins (2002)
| 50 | 41 | +9 |
| Along Came Polly (2004)
| 75 | 49 | +26 |
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The average user rating for this critic is 8.0 (out of 10) based on 79 User Votes
Gena S. gave this critic a 10:
I really enjoy Mick LaSalle's views, and as I read them fairly regularly, I know that some of the things that his critics say are not true. Like they say that he dislikes everything, but look at the statistic -- according to metacritic he likes more things than most critics. People with an ax to grind who have one movie they like and then they see a critic disliked that one precious movie can try to discount a guy, but that's "rating according to content," which is exactly what they're accusing him of doing -- and exactly what he's not doing. Just read the guy, and you'll see who's right. He has fans for a reason.
Travis P. gave this critic a 2:
I hate how the buzzword for expressing dislike of a critic is so consistently "arrogant." It originates from an obvious place of bias against the perceived intellectual elite, and is so vague as to not represent a legitimate criticism in the least. I'm from San Francisco, and have suffered through Mick LaSalle's idiocy first hand for years. He is not arrogant, he just has no taste. His top tens for the year are consistently stunning in how off the mark they are (We Were Soldiers as #1 in 2002?!). I agree with Joe B. in that I believe many of LaSalle's reviews are designed simply to get a rise out of people and go against the grain.
ALBA J. gave this critic a 10:
Mick LaSalle is the smartest and the most readable critic out there, and his Sunday column is a blast.
Joe B. gave this critic a 1:
I think he writes his reviews just to get a rise out of people. He must thinks he's in show biz...anyway - I don't think his reviews are a good barometer of whether or not a movie will be worth my time - that's why he's useless...
Tom T. gave this critic a 4:
The only reason to follow a critic is if their reviews of movies you haven't yet seen for yourself give you some value. Few people will ever agree completely with anyone else's tastes, across the dozens of movies many of us see each year. The thing I look for is at least some consistency. While I do some patterns in Mr. LaSalle's reviews that make sense, to me personally, I can only shake my head at someone who can adore "13 Going on 30" and yet pan "Cast Away". Reading his review of the latter, I came away with the real possibility Mr. LaSalle just has a deep jealousy of Tom Hanks. While he did like "The Terminal", it seems more due to his awe of Spielberg, rather than in giving Hanks his due. I suppose if we figured out all the personalities LaSalle likes and doesn't like, perhaps his reviews might make more sense.
Maria C. gave this critic a 10:
Best on the net.
Jane C. gave this critic a 10:
Mick LaSalle is the best critic in the United States -- the most readable and the most intelligent. And contrary to what an earlier writer said, he didn't give a 100-percent rating to SPICE WORLD. I checked, and it's not there.
Firas K. gave this critic a 0:
I love Mick LaSalle, because you can always do EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE of his review! Keep warning me of sh...y movies with your 100/100 reviews: like Spice World. and I'll keep seeing great movies you trash: X2, La Femme Nikita, Edward Scissorhands (you must have no soul, Mick), the list is endless... 50/100 for American History X and Ronin? Are you mad? Clearly... the answer is yes!
Henry M. gave this critic a 10:
I think he's great.
Harry K. gave this critic a 10:
I don't know what some people's problem is -- I think he's great. I read everything he writes.
Jamie M. gave this critic a 10:
Love 'em.
Qi Awann S. gave this critic a 10:
No one better, that's for sure.
Fred D. gave this critic a 10:
Very funny, very smart, very good.
John A. gave this critic a 10:
Who is that wacko who keeps voting all the time? Mick LaSalle is a bad critic because he didn't like BEETELJUICE? Is that a joke? And if Mick LaSalle is such a liberal, why does he keep boring everybody by insisting that Ronald Reagan was a good actor -- and a good president! No, Mick LaSalle is a great critic, not because he's a liberal or a conservative (whatever he is) and not because he liked or didn't like some irate readers favorite movie 100 yearas ago. He's a great critic because he's a great writer and a pretty impressive thinker, and because you can't stop reading him once you start.
Bill T. gave this critic a 0:
My GOD, look at all the shill votes! LaSalle is a pompous, supremely arrogant critic who ABSOLUTELY rates content over quality and filmmaking. Look at his reviews - polarized, almost each and every one. You don't have to lack humor to see the unadulterated self-aggrandized verbosity in this blowhard's rhetoric. LASALLE RATES FILMS BASED ON HIS OWN PREFERENCES FOR CONTENT AND THEME. BELIEVE IT! Look at his reviews and they tell the story - I certainly don't need to. He doesn't "get" ANY cult or genre films such as the classic Evil Dead humor-horror series or Beetlejuice. He doesn't LIKE films that don't have a Politically Correct or LIBERAL moral theme. He writes purposely over the heads of most of his readers, who (apparently) love him for it. DON'T SHILL VOTE FOR LASALLE!
Henry M. gave this critic a 10:
Definitely my favorite, and I read them all online.
Diana A. gave this critic a 10:
Great critic!!
Georgina C. gave this critic a 10:
He's great, funny, brilliant and loves movies.
JEFFREY W. gave this critic a 10:
THE BEST!
Kensington C. gave this critic a 10:
My favorite critic, very funny, very accurate, and most importantly, he usually agrees with ME.
Kristin K. gave this critic a 10:
The only one I read.
JAY B. gave this critic a 10:
When I'm not in town, I read his stuff online. My fave, even when he pisses me off.
JANICE H. gave this critic a 10:
The only one I make a point of reading, whether I'm interested in the movie or not. I think that tells you something.
THEO K. gave this critic a 10:
The best.
Daphne Q. gave this critic a 10:
Mick LaSalle reviews the movie -- not the ideas behind them -- and he's an equal opportunity praiser and basher. He's not arrogant, just funny, but he might seem arrogant to people who have no sense of humor and are intimidated by sophisticated reasoning combined with an expressive flair. He has a sunday column in which he answers his mail, and it's amazing how patient he is with some of the stupidest and nastiest correspondents around. The man must be a saint.
BRIDGET B. gave this critic a 10:
He's my favorite, the best and the smartest writer about film out there.
Amy friedman W. gave this critic a 10:
I trust him.
Lucy R. gave this critic a 10:
I've been reading him for years, and there is no one more conscientious, insightful or amusing to read.
JULIET T. gave this critic a 10:
This guy is enormously gifted and fun to read.
Theio K. gave this critic a 10:
Very funny, very smart, the best!
Freddy B. gave this critic a 10:
He's the most entertaining, and he might be the smartest around. Always enjoy reading him.
George F. gave this critic a 10:
The best in the country, pure and simple.
Bailey ann J. gave this critic a 10:
I love Mick LaSalle's reviews, having discovered him on yahoo (I'm in Tennesee), but what I even like better is his column, ASK MICK LASALLE, which I read on Sunday on sfgate.com. He answers insulting letters from the public, and it's really a blast.
George L. gave this critic a 10:
I read Mick LaSalle from Houston, every Friday, having discovered him online. He is the most direct, no-nonsense, and thoroughly intelligent critic out there. You ALWAYS know where he stands. No equivocation.
Royal L. gave this critic a 10:
He's the best!
Jeffrey D. gave this critic a 10:
I enjoy Mick LaSalle's writing so much that I hate when he goes on vacation -- and I can always tell, even without reading the byline. He's the only critic who gets right into the review with the first sentence, just starts right in, knowing what he's going to say, without any kind of dumb or trying-to-be-funny introduction. He doesn't have to try to eb funny. He is funny, in addition to being the smartest critic west of the Mississipi
Coleen K. gave this critic a 10:
This is a brilliant critic and a great writer whose reviews are astute and anything but political. He's probably the least predictable critic around, and he never goes off half-cocked -- he always has a well-explained reason for his opinions. In addition, he's enormously entertaining. However, he is intimidating to a certain kind of stupid person, namely dogmatic non-thinkers who resent a directly expressed idea.
Brandon L. gave this critic a 0:
I've swapped e-mails with this guy numerous times and he just seems to be the most arrogant critic ever! His reviews are never on point and he just seems to not grasp the content in most movies. I am a resident of San Francisco and I am embarrassed to have him as our cities critic.
Bill S. gave this critic a 0:
Unbelievable this individual has any clout whatsoever given his wide-ranging failures at reviewing. Just check his reviews here at metacritic - most of them are either 30+ points above or 40+ points below the MC average. Lasalle apparently has a somewhat narrow view of what constitutes a GOOD FILM and everything that contains content that he isn't a fan of gets panned. Everything that has a politically correct or moral tone he approves of gets shill-points. The reviews of his I read, before I became totally disgusted with his bias, indicated a strong preference for a given style or message. Films without clear messages or tonal elements he prefers fail to capture his interest. Nevermind that films should be reviewed based on their own technical merits... Lasalle would rather grade content. The absolutely worst kind of critic - one who believes they have a better idea of what makes good filmmaking than the filmmakers themselves. Ironically, however, he has apparently placed himself above rating the actual structure or quality of film and instead prefers basing his reviews on whether the subject matter is agreeable to him. What could possibly be less reliable when seeking a valid critique with which to base your decision?
Jeanine D. gave this critic a 10:
It's like laughing and getting a movie education at the same time. Gotta love the dude, even when he's out to lunch.
John C. gave this critic a 10:
This is a brilliant writer and a brilliant, thinking film critic that the San Francisco Bay Area is enormously lucky to have. He doesn't just tell you whether he likes a movie. He tells how you should like it and why (or why not), and he has a tremendous sense of the long view. By the way -- I just checked this -- and it's typical of his critics. That person who said Mick LaSalle gave a positive review to Matrix Reloaded is wrong. LaSalle didn't review that one at all. I thought that sounded wrong, and I checked that information on sfgate.com, the SF Chronicle's web site.
Ron gave this critic a 0:
He gave the arguably the best movie of all time a C in Titanic and gave Master and Commander a C+. The guy needs to get out of the business. Any 12 year old can do a better job than he can.
Bill S. gave this critic a 0:
LaSalle is unfortunately the worst kind of critic - seasoned, educated and supremely arrogant. His reviews are almost all polarized to one extreme or the other (look at how many 100's and 0's he gives) and his judgments seem more politically and socially motivated than based on the merits of the film at hand. For years, I have almost always counted on LaSalle to trash the politically incorrect, the campy and the quirky sleepers. I've taken to noting his reviews and then expecting the very opposite. His painfully biased and seemingly outdated expectations stand firmly in the way of his ability to actually review a film fairly based on what it sets out to do. It's as if he's elevated himself to a critic of subject matter rather than actual filmmaking craftsmanship.
Dan H. gave this critic a 6:
Despite Mick LaSalle's well earned reputation as a film scholar and worthwhile writing skills he seems out of touch with what is currently going on in cinema. He outright admits to not understanding Charlie's Angels and praises such tiresome and derivative efforts as DOWN WITH LOVE and MATRIX RELOADED and dismissed as "pornographic" KILL BILL VOL. 1. Perhaps he would be better simply watching Norma Shearer films and praising them.
Gemmma D. gave this critic a 10:
He's funny and fair.
Brian H. gave this critic a 0:
Has a monkey on his shoulder. Shiller extraordinairre.
Mike K. gave this critic a 10:
He's a great personality, a great thinker and a great talent.
Jerry A. gave this critic a 10:
I discovered Mick LaSalle on Yahoo and read him every week online, even though I'm from Mississippi. He's the best, the funniest and the smartest around.
Jane F. gave this critic a 10:
He's brilliant and funny and he knows his stuff. He's the best.
Linda M. gave this critic a 10:
Mick LaSalle's style is intimidating to the stupid and bracing to the intelligent. Unlike a lot of critics, he doesn't obfuscate. He says what he thinks, clearly and concisely -- a shock to those, from other cities, who come here on vacation used to weaker writers, but a breath of fresh air in a hearty city like San francisco. And if there's any doubt of LaSalle's erudition, he's the author of at least one critically acclaimed book, possibly two. He's brilliant, and he's fun -- a combination that's utterly winning and delightful.
G. Imbro gave this critic a 10:
He is a daily pleasure, to those of us lucky to live in the Bay Area. Nationally, he's a respected film historian, with an amazing book, "Complicated Women," out last year.
Pequot W. gave this critic a 10:
He is the best writer -- just words, writing -- of any critic in America. He also has a large frame of reference, an historical perspective and he's funny, without being snippy or sarcastic. And he likes movies. That's obvious.
Mike K. gave this critic a 10:
I moved from the Bay Area three years ago, and I STILL get online every Friday to read his reviews in the Chronicle. THAT'S how good Mick is.
Joanne A. gave this critic a 10:
I'm another one -- I moved from Berkeley to Belgium five years ago, but what do I check when I get on line? Not the NY Times, not the Washington Post, not Ebert, not Roper, but Mick Lassalle in the SF Chronicle, because the man just rocks.
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