Charlotte Observer's Scores
- Movies
For 1,355 reviews, this publication has graded:
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55% higher than the average critic
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3% same as the average critic
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42% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.9 points higher than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 64
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 869 out of 1355
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Mixed: 233 out of 1355
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Negative: 253 out of 1355
1,355
movie reviews
- By critic score
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Lawrence Toppman 88
Yi Yi is an intimate movie, for all its length and complexity. -
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Lawrence Toppman 88
A taut, consistently surprising political thriller with a sting in its tail. -
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Lawrence Toppman 88
Can be unbearably moving or annoyingly mawkish, sometimes in the same scene. -
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Lawrence Toppman 88
Hank Greenberg was to Jews what Jackie Robinson was to African Americans: a great athlete, handsome and hard-working, who took the first line of abuse from bigots and proved that his people belonged at the highest level of professional sports. -
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Lawrence Toppman 88
The director lingers over images, watching builders at work or Baran at her chores; the camera often seems to daydream, like Lateef. No grand climax caps the film, but the small incidents have a cumulative effect. -
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Lawrence Toppman 88
Shows the fate of Sicilians who moved to the Italian industrial city of Turin 40-plus years ago, and it suggests that the experience of relocation is universal. -
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Lawrence Toppman 88
A horror film that doesn't wear out a moment of its welcome. -
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Lawrence Toppman 88
If you're put off by deliberate filmmaking (or subtitles, though the movie doesn't have much dialogue), you're in the wrong spot. If not, you'll see why voters gave "Atanarjuat," as it's officially called, a 2002 Oscar nomination for best foreign film. -
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Lawrence Toppman 88
Director Stephen Frears...drops down to the underclass in "DPT," examining the ways in which educated illegals fight off despair, poverty and extradition. -
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Lawrence Toppman 88
A feature film as odd, personal and sometimes mundane as his (Pekar) comics. -
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Lawrence Toppman 88
It comes from Pixar, the animation studio that scored with the "Toy Story" series and "A Bug's Life," and it has more zip and a tad less soul than those predecessors. -
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Lawrence Toppman 88
Evans makes a terrific raconteur, imitating voices and putting us behind the scenes. -
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Lawrence Toppman 88
Despite Hunter's terrific acting, the mom seems too unaware. -
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Lawrence Toppman 88
The songs are pure joy, for them and for us. -
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Lawrence Toppman 88
Disney's updated, animated version respects its source material while aiming at kids who grew up with extreme sports and edgy music. -
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Lawrence Toppman 88
Begins and ends quietly, like stirrings of thunder from a distant storm. In between comes a tragedy that rolls over us like a compact hurricane. -
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Lawrence Toppman 88
After an hour, The Pianist stops being the Holocaust movie and becomes a Holocaust movie. -
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Lawrence Toppman 88
If this new film doesn't quite go to 11, it's a healthy 8½. -
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Lawrence Toppman 88
Keeps its sense of humor while dealing with serious issues. -
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Lawrence Toppman 88
Crowe gave Kate Hudson one pointer while making Almost Famous: Her character simply had to light up every room as soon as she walked into it. -
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Lawrence Toppman 88
The sequel is faster, funnier and wilder, with more cunningly contrived computer effects. -
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Lawrence Toppman 88
Kandahar found itself in real-life controversy last December, when one of its actors was accused of murder. -
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Lawrence Toppman 88
Menno Meyjes' provocative film might be called an example of the haphazardness of evil. -
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Lawrence Toppman 88
His (LaBute) observation of human nature is keener than before, his dialogue more attuned to ambiguities. -
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Lawrence Toppman 88
Doesn't have the daring lunacy of "Chuck and Buck," the previous collaboration by director Miguel Arteta and writer Mike White. Yet it gets closer to the troubled, lonely soul of its main character. -
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Lawrence Toppman 88
The film offers an unusually rounded picture of a Latino family. All the men work, getting up early to do blue-collar jobs that demand dedication and responsible behavior. (We don't see much of them, but they have a strong presence in the household.) -
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Lawrence Toppman 88
Field does what most American directors don't: He shows people at work, in the day-to-day activity unmarked by excitement. -
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Lawrence Toppman 88
Almodovar still populates his work with characters you'll see nowhere else in movies. -
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Lawrence Toppman 88
Betty moves into Coen Brothers territory, a land so unreal that horrific behavior wrings laughter from a disbelieving audience. -
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Lawrence Toppman 88
Balances brains, brawn and heart in ideal proportions. The actors - some first-rate, all enjoyable - never get overshadowed by the special effects, which dazzle us without gory excess. -
