Allan Hunter
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63% higher than the average critic
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6% same as the average critic
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31% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 8.6 points higher than other critics.
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Allan Hunter's Scores
- Movies
- TV
Average review score: | 73 | |
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Highest review score: | Our Time Machine | |
Lowest review score: | Mothers and Daughters |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 177 out of 211
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Mixed: 32 out of 211
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Negative: 2 out of 211
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- Allan Hunter
Couched in fondness and gentle irreverence, his impressionistic archive footage documentary offers whimsical reflections on a lifetime of duty and service.- Screen Daily
- Posted May 27, 2022
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- Allan Hunter
Compelling as a tale of Cold War intrigue and fraught international relations, Castro’s Spies is equally gripping on a human level especially when the focus settles on emotional accounts of what happened to each one of the five.- Screen Daily
- Posted May 15, 2022
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- Allan Hunter
What makes Hold Your Fire so timely and disturbing is also how much remains the same.- Screen Daily
- Posted Apr 28, 2022
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- Allan Hunter
Humanity is the first casualty of war in Bad Roads. Natalya Vorozhbit’s adaptation of her 2017 play is a howl of anguish over the recent history of the Ukraine and the impact of hostilities with neighbouring Russia.- Screen Daily
- Posted Apr 21, 2022
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- Allan Hunter
It is the viewer who feels the injustice and outrage on his behalf, deepening the emotional connection to events.- Screen Daily
- Posted Apr 20, 2022
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- Allan Hunter
A moving lead performance from Adele Exarchopoulos is the film’s strongest selling point.- Screen Daily
- Posted Mar 30, 2022
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- Allan Hunter
Precisely observed but somewhat aloof in tone, The Girl And The Spider builds into a symphony of separation and solitude.- Screen Daily
- Posted Mar 24, 2022
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- Allan Hunter
Eventually, Bonello does draw things together and creates a sense of cohesion in addressing the insecurities, large and small, of a typical teenager who has endured the pandemic lockdown.- Screen Daily
- Posted Feb 15, 2022
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- Allan Hunter
The story arc of Lunana may offer few surprises but Dorji handles it with confidence and buckets of charm.- Screen Daily
- Posted Feb 8, 2022
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- Allan Hunter
Saud, Nadeem and Salik are engaging and inspirational individuals. Shaunak Sen’s film does justice to their efforts but also allows us to see the bigger picture of a highly connected, complex world that humanity shares but seems intent on destroying.- Screen Daily
- Posted Jan 29, 2022
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- Allan Hunter
The combination of sensitively handled character drama and slow-burning horror genre tropes builds into an intriguing tale of survival and empowerment with a standout central performance from Anna Diop. ... But the supernatural element almost feels like a distraction or one ingredient too many for the film to incorporate.- Screen Daily
- Posted Jan 28, 2022
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- Allan Hunter
You Won’t Be Alone’s strength lies in Stolevski’s ability to balance the gore with the humanity.- Screen Daily
- Posted Jan 26, 2022
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- Allan Hunter
The central performances give the film its conviction and keep you intrigued about the twisted, see-sawing power dynamics between captor and captive.- Screen Daily
- Posted Jan 22, 2022
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- Allan Hunter
As truths are shared, revelations uncovered and reunions achieved, Memory Box becomes a warming tale of truth and reconciliation.- Screen Daily
- Posted Jan 21, 2022
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- Allan Hunter
Never appearing to judge any situation, Kingdon confidently allows the images to tell a fascinating, universal story of inequality and class division, revealing a country that feels more like a capitalist society than anyone’s idea of a Communist state.- Screen Daily
- Posted Oct 6, 2021
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- Allan Hunter
An intense combination of apocalyptic nightmare and family psychodrama. ... A provocative, rigorously composed film that confirms Paxton as a singular talent after a string of award-winning shorts.- Screen Daily
- Posted Sep 17, 2021
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- Allan Hunter
Garbus’s approach is respectful, never hagiographic and allows room for consideration of Cousteau’s professional regrets and personal failings.- Screen Daily
- Posted Sep 17, 2021
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- Allan Hunter
West and Cohen reflect some of Murray’s unassuming nature in a diligently assembled, absorbing film that treats its fascinating subject matter with respect.- Screen Daily
- Posted Sep 17, 2021
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- Allan Hunter
Directed with brisk efficiency by Philip Noyce, the mix of adrenaline-rush emotion, manipulative melodrama and moralising is surprisingly entertaining in the moment.- Screen Daily
- Posted Sep 14, 2021
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- Allan Hunter
Free Solo wife and husband directors Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin are forensic in the detail they provide and the range of testimonies they have assembled; the result is a tense, absorbing documentary with a strong emotional charge.- Screen Daily
- Posted Sep 6, 2021
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- Allan Hunter
Anais Volpe’s debut feature celebrates a female friendship as it runs the gamut from jubilation to lamentation.- Screen Daily
- Posted Aug 31, 2021
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- Allan Hunter
La Civil paints a compelling picture of a society in which nobody can be trusted and everyone is complicit in a neverending cyle of violence, intimidation and revenge.- Screen Daily
- Posted Aug 23, 2021
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- Allan Hunter
A sure-footed handling of tangled emotional issues creates an involving if small-scale feature.- Screen Daily
- Posted Jul 20, 2021
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- Allan Hunter
A New Generation offers no earthshattering conclusions. There is no pretense of covering everything, just a chance to swim in Cousins erudite passion for film and answer his call to keep the faith.- Screen Daily
- Posted Jul 15, 2021
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- Allan Hunter
Entertaining, wide-ranging and insightful, Lady Boss leaves you with admiration for Collins and even a sneaking inclination to read her books.- Screen Daily
- Posted Jun 20, 2021
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- Allan Hunter
All These Sons finds universal truths in individual lives, and it is impossible not to be moved by these young men, what they represent and the glimmer of hope they are offered.- Screen Daily
- Posted Jun 18, 2021
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- Allan Hunter
Mariem Perez Riera’s celebratory documentary covers the full sweep of Moreno’s seven decades long career but also addresses her significance as a trailblazing Latina woman and political activist.- Screen Daily
- Posted Jun 16, 2021
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- Allan Hunter
Jessica Beshir’s hypnotic, immersive and very beautiful documentary marks an impressive feature debut.- Screen Daily
- Posted Apr 30, 2021
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- Allan Hunter
Egilsdottir makes Inga a very sympathetic figure, playing her with the bone weary resolve of someone who recognises that she has nothing left to lose.- Screen Daily
- Posted Apr 28, 2021
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- Allan Hunter
It is easy to see where Wet Season is heading but Chen invests so much in the needs and flaws of the central duo that you want to see how it plays out.- Screen Daily
- Posted Apr 28, 2021
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