St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Scores
- Movies
For 765 reviews, this publication has graded:
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64% higher than the average critic
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3% same as the average critic
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33% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 6.6 points higher than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 68
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100
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25
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 577 out of 765
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Mixed: 135 out of 765
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Negative: 53 out of 765
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movie reviews
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Joe Williams 100
With a title taken from an American Indian word for "life out of balance," Godfrey Reggio's wordless documentary lured dreamers into the sacred cave of cinema, where they ingested the serial music of Philip Glass and the time-lapse imagery of cinematographer Ron Fricke.- Posted Sep 7, 2012
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Joe Williams 100
It starts as a bittersweet parable about the cruelty of commerce, but the wonder of Searching for Sugar Man will not soon slip away.- Posted Sep 14, 2012
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Joe Williams 100
The Master is not a schematic attack on a particular religion. It is a brilliantly conceived and powerfully realized work of art, with complex characters, exquisite images and ambiguously big ideas.- Posted Sep 20, 2012
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Joe Williams 100
When films are good, actors and directors get a lot of the credit that should go to the screenwriters. In the case of Silver Linings Playbook, which is one of the best films of the year, there is a popcorn bowl of glory to go around.- Posted Nov 20, 2012
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Joe Williams 100
With a fearless director and his mighty pen freeing a talented cast to attack a vital theme, Django Unchained is damnation unleashed.- Posted Dec 26, 2012
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Joe Williams 100
Perilous incidents have riveted audiences since Pauline was tied to the railroad tracks, but in the hundred-year history of cinema, few thrillers have been as emotionally compelling as The Impossible.- Posted Jan 3, 2013
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Calvin Wilson 100
Unlike too many films these days, Zero Dark Thirty dares to embrace complexity. And that makes it not just state-of-the-art entertainment, but a great film.- Posted Jan 10, 2013
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Calvin Wilson 100
The story is so masterfully told that one can't help but be enthralled.- Posted Jan 31, 2013
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Critic Score 100
Die Hard 2, which is far and away the best of the big summer action pictures, is an almost perfect blend of suspense, thrills, human drama and, perhaps most important, comedy. [6 July 1990, p.3F]Posted Feb 11, 2013 -
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This is Daisy's story, and Hoke's story. It's a beautiful story, filled with warmth and compassion. It was a glorious evening of theater when I saw it, and it's just as glorious on the screen. [12 Jan. 1990, p.3F]Posted Feb 20, 2013 -
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Joe Williams 88
Anyone suggesting that an Italian film could rival the style and grandeur of "The Godfather" might end up sleeping with the fishes. But Il Divo delivers. -
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Joe Williams 88
It sustains a palpable fatalism in such recurring details as a whirring buzz saw and the cry of a loon, while the static camera and lack of musical cues enable some unforeseeable plot twists. -
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Joe Williams 88
The reason District 9 reverberates so loudly is because its moral indignation is cranked to 11. -
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Joe Williams 88
A movie that will be discovered, embraced and shared with friends like a favorite record album. -
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Joe Williams 88
With exquisitely simple images and minimal dialogue, Seraphine is both haunting and humane. -
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Joe Williams 88
For the many mavens who aren't familiar with Varda, this autobiographical documentary will be puzzling, in the best and most literal sense. -
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Joe Williams 88
Soul Power is both a funk-tastic time capsule and a timeless celebration of the human spirit. -
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Joe Williams 88
By turning a whistle-blower into a tragicomic figure, Soderbergh sustains our interest in a complicated financial scheme and rewards it with a kickback of ghastly laughs. -
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Joe Williams 88
With its exploded notions of heroism, torture-rack dramatics and kamikaze gusto, it's a fiendishly entertaining flick. -
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Joe Williams 88
Although Precious is based on a novel, it's an act of truth-telling on behalf of a character in hellish enslavement. -
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Kevin C. Johnson 88
Davis Guggenheim, the St. Louis director who won an Oscar for "An Inconvenient Truth," mines less controversial material this time around. -
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Calvin Wilson 88
Has been criticized as endorsing or condoning violence, but that assessment is unfair and inaccurate. If terrorism is to be eliminated, it must be understood, not oversimplified. -
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Joe Williams 88
A miniaturist's masterpiece, the ebb and flow of familial love distilled to its essence. -
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Critic Score 88
Most of all, it’s a magical feat, one that turns puppets into personalities and an English meadow into Anderson’s world. -
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Joe Williams 88
Near the two-minute warning, Big Fan becomes chillingly unpredictable. -
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Calvin Wilson 88
It's one of the funniest and most perceptive films of the year. -
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Joe Williams 88
This is a kaleidoscopic valentine to a great city from a director who knows and loves his subject. -
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Joe Williams 88
It's a well-earned curtain call for some of the most beloved characters in one of the best-sustained feats of recent cinema. -
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Joe Williams 88
What makes it special is Eastwood's ability to artfully and concisely tell a story, and Morgan Freeman's wonderfully understated turn as South African President Nelson Mandela. -
