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
The film's full of in-jokes, from the Spanish-language billboards to the name of Banderas' character. -
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Lawrence Toppman 88
This superficial plot, almost devoid of characterization or weighty emotions, is an excuse for ferocious, fast and frequent combat. -
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Lawrence Toppman 88
Can there be higher praise for a motion picture designed to capture a beloved book with fidelity, thoroughness and affection? Only this: They made it better. -
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Lawrence Toppman 88
The final drum-off (c'mon, you knew it would come down to that) resembles a combination of music, gymnastics and martial arts, and I don't think I've seen a more pulse-pounding scene this year. -
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Lawrence Toppman 88
The saga regains its grandeur with a complicated but easy-to-follow story. The characters are as satisfying as the effects. -
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Lawrence Toppman 88
A follow-up with as much artistic integrity, complexity, humor and well-designed action as the original. -
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Lawrence Toppman 88
The film moves swiftly and unerringly to its conclusion. Spielberg remains under Stanley Kubrick's directorial spell. -
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Lawrence Toppman 88
Though the writing isn't always specific, Williams is. He differentiates between the murderer in "Insomnia," who wants a cop to understand his motives, and Sy, who realizes no one ever could. -
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Lawrence Toppman 88
He's (Soderbergh) among the few directors working today who makes me wonder what he'll do next - and draws me into the movie house, whatever it may be. -
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Lawrence Toppman 88
One of those rare thrillers where the cops aren't fools, villains don't turn stupid at crucial moments, and career assassins seldom miss targets. -
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Lawrence Toppman 88
Less gloriously showy than "Memento," but it proves you can still craft fine art under the auspices of a big studio. -
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Lawrence Toppman 88
Gandolfini's fans expect something quirky whenever he shows up, and they'll get what they've bargained for. -
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Lawrence Toppman 88
Howard has never been so grown-up in his handling of tough themes or so inventive in depicting states of mind. Goldsman has never been so down-to-earth or created so touching a character. -
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Lawrence Toppman 88
Salva's view of the universe is bleak, but he communicates it with scary sincerity. -
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Lawrence Toppman 88
(Mendes') film debut shows he can shock not only with noise and nakedness but with subtle observations. -
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Lawrence Toppman 88
If you're tired of false holiday cheer, Lilya 4-Ever will provide a corrective to the spiritual eggnog force-fed to us all season. The climax takes place during Christmas, though one that would make Tiny Tim grateful for his crutch and cold chimney corner. -
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Lawrence Toppman 88
It's possible to groan, chuckle, wince and be moist-eyed, sometimes in a span of seven or eight minutes. -
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Lawrence Toppman 88
Plays out like a sprinter competing in his first distance race: It bursts forth with tremendous energy, sustains itself for quite a while, loses steam near the end but finishes ahead of most of the pack. -
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Lawrence Toppman 88
The terrific Spellbound really isn't about the ability to tear words apart letter by letter. It's about nerve-wracking competitiveness. -
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Lawrence Toppman 88
It's among the most inventive, screwily funny and consistently surprising movies I've seen in years. -
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Lawrence Toppman 88
Impassioned concert sequences with Ben Harper, Chaka Khan, Gerald Levert and especially Joan Osborne prove the Brothers' balanced approach still works on Motown chestnuts. -
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Lawrence Toppman 88
The funniest, crassest, wildest, most musical, most satirical and most scatological of the Powers trilogy. And you get to watch Britney Spears' head explode. What more could you want? -
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Lawrence Toppman 88
Has more twists than the Pacific Coast Highway and more layers than a stack of silver-dollar pancakes. If you can wrap your mind around one unlikely condition, the picture provides unalloyed pleasure for connoisseurs of cinematic con artists. -
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Lawrence Toppman 88
Each major character is complex, none more so than Bill. He's almost Shakespearean in scope. -
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Lawrence Toppman 88
The rabbits, foolishly introduced to a land that couldn't support them as they bred and dispersed, are symbols of the English: ravenous, unheeding, ineradicable and a constant threat to the native way of life. -
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Lawrence Toppman 88
Brilliantly interweaves stories that take place decades apart, and features stellar work by three of the best English-speaking actresses: Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore and Meryl Streep. -
