Christian Science Monitor's Scores
- Movies
- TV
For 48 reviews, this publication has graded:
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9% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 18.7 points higher than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average TV Show review score: 82
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Gloria Goodale 83
This is a good, old-fashioned legal procedural with few special effects but quite a lot of serious, adult writing. -
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Critic Score 80
Donnie Wahlberg stands out among this excellent cast, as a thoughtful, sharp detective with a secret sorrow eating up his home life. [27 Sept 2002, p.17]Posted Mar 18, 2013 -
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Critic Score 80
Viewers are in for a pleasant surprise. Narrator Kevin Arnold looks back at his seventh-grade adventures with a nice combination of rosy-hued tenderness and contemporary perspective. His adventures with the class bullies, the lunchroom proctor, and his first love are familiar bits of literary nostalgia, done with a certain amount of halting charm and psychological authenticity. The jarring, but valid, note is the intrusion of the Vietnam war into the lives of the youngsters. [29 Jan 1988, p.22]Posted Apr 30, 2013 -
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Gloria Goodale 75
[It] is perilously close to Hollywood hokum, but manages to rise above it by featuring the ever-interesting Dougray Scott in the lead role of Moses. -
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Gloria Goodale 75
"Windfall" proves you don't need to be marooned on a remote South Sea island to be lost. -
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Gloria Goodale 75
The series' unique angle lends itself to interesting psychological drama as it explores the hows and whys of hostage negotiation - even as it dishes out a heavy helping of FOX's de rigueur hoppin' hormones. -
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Gloria Goodale 75
The plotlines are predictably full of teen melodrama and small-town angst, but the cast is interesting, and the show's semidocumentary style gives it surprising grit. -
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Gloria Goodale 75
Moody and fast-paced, this is good, only minimally pretentious, sci-fi fun. -
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Gloria Goodale 75
If you liked the first one, you'll like this one just fine. The kids are just as photogenic and the songs are just as hummable. It won't launch any more careers, but it's a good family film for a warm Friday night. -
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Gloria Goodale 75
This new cop series is filmed in New Orleans, giving it at times too much topicality for its own good. -
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Gloria Goodale 67
The pilot is decent, but even with lots of sexy young actors, it's not clear if there is room for yet another New York-based crime-solving procedural. -
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Gloria Goodale 67
While this could be funny, over the first three episodes the show is as confused as the star seems to be about her character's perfect hair (the style is different in nearly every scene). -
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Critic Score 60
But the concept of a smart political whip cleaning up after his bumbling boss is hardly original (anyone remember "Benson"?), and the otherwise smartly written series is racy and relies on crudity to fill slow moments - a trend all too prevalent this season. [17 Sept 1996, p.10]Posted Mar 17, 2013 -
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Gloria Goodale 58
For all the comic-book fans who can't get enough of grown-ups carrying ray guns and discussing the destruction of planet Earth, pretty lame effects and super-stiff acting keep this from being really great camp. -
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Critic Score 50
Pity Patrick Warburton whose dour delivery is the brightest spot in this half hour. He clearly feels trapped, but not by his marriage. -
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Gloria Goodale 50
The show will have to loosen up to succeed. -
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Critic Score 50
The show is a mixed bag. The story line is formulaic, but the dark tone is skillfully shaded in gray. The approach to sex is basically gratuitous, sexist, and tiresome - more banal male fantasies. The handling of violence is at least concerned with consequences. There are too many stock characters, and the speedy pace is manipulative, but the camera work is excellent in the pilot, and the character development of the show's protagonist is one of the most interesting ever created for a weekly cop show. [21 Sept 2003, p.13]Posted Apr 3, 2013 -
