San Francisco Chronicle's Scores
- Movies
- TV
For 5,472 reviews, this publication has graded:
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53% higher than the average critic
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45% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.1 points higher than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 62
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 2,953 out of 5472
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Mixed: 1,610 out of 5472
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Negative: 909 out of 5472
5,472
movie reviews
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Mick LaSalle
More than a high concept stretched to feature length. This is a funny and extremely satisfying comedy, the best in a while. -
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A brutal movie, brutal in all the right ways -- brutally stark, brutally funny, brutally brutal. [30 Oct 1992] -
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Jonathan Curiel
A movie that is not only achingly funny but also full of serious and philosophical truisms. -
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Jonathan Curiel
Funny, riveting look at the music scene that ruled Manchester, England, from 1976 to 1992. -
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Edward Guthmann
Part fairy tale and part bogeyman thriller -- a juicy allegory of evil, greed and innocence, told with an eerie visual poetry. -
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Mick LaSalle
Director Bernard Rose has created a committed, intelligent and fascinating piece of work with no irony about it. -
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Mick LaSalle
A film of real beauty, which is surprising, since it's not a movie of beautiful sentiments or settings. -
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Mick LaSalle
The picture, written and directed by Francis Veber, the screenwriter of "La Cage Aux Folles,'' is a complete success. -
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Bob Graham
The new Planet of the Apes is not a remake, and it's not a sequel. It is an amazing display of imagination. -
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Jonathan Curiel
The film deserves some kind of honor for its campy originality, smart and funny dialogue, and provocative yet sensitive look at the making of a film circa 1969. -
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Bob Graham
It comes as a bonus that this romantic comedy is one of the rare pictures of its type that actually is about something -- the double-edged sword of celebrity. -
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Bob Graham
Part of the appeal of Topsy-Turvy is its generosity about human folly and shortcomings. Its wistfulness is very touching. -
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Bob Graham
A daring, free-spirited and ultimately moving performance by Benjamin Bratt lies at the beating heart of Pinero. -
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Edward Guthmann
The film underscores the paradox in this man's life: the split between the mild-mannered New Yorker and the fearless vagabond who joined an Arakmbut hunting raid. -
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Bob Graham
Don't be too quick to jump on Hurt with complaints of old-fashioned gay stereotyping. Only with a development well into the movie will the audience realize the layers he brought to Molina's role-playing. -
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Peter Stack
Intelligence and beauty -- and teasing romance -- shape Mansfield Park into a gorgeous, enchanting experience. -
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Carla Meyer
It's the kind of small but amazing character study (think ``Marty'') that film lovers yearn for while griping that this type of picture no longer gets made. Turns out it does. -
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Mick LaSalle
One of the most powerful romances of recent years, it is as generous as they come. -
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Jonathan Curiel
May be the most magnetic, most beautiful and bravest Carmen ever to grace a stage or film set. -
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Bob Graham
People who see it may feel like dancing out of the theater afterward. Go for it. -
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Bob Graham
A steady undertow of sex gives this French thriller a scintillating surface. -
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Mick LaSalle
It's hard not to come away in awe of a director in complete control of every frame. -
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