Andrew Crump

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Paste Magazine, Polygon, The Playlist
For 17 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 52% higher than the average critic
  • 0% same as the average critic
  • 48% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 2.4 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Andrew Crump's Scores

Average review score: 66
Highest review score: 100 Gangs of London: Season 1
Lowest review score: 16 Helstrom: Season 1
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 17
  3. Negative: 2 out of 17
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    • 55 Metascore
    • 42 Andrew Crump
    Tell Me Your Secrets: Season 1
    The show goes on too many tangents, as if attempting to justify its own name, and none of them are as good or as resonant as the ones held onto by Emma, Mary, and John. Tut-tutting “Tell Me Your Secrets” for its fundamental darkness would be silly; it’s perfectly fine that Warner is inclined toward nihilism more so than hope. But she leans so far over in her efforts as seeing that goal through that the whole damn show falls flat on its face.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 42 Andrew Crump
    Allen v. Farrow
    “Allen v. Farrow” justifies itself when all anyone can look at is Dylan, but so frequently undercuts (and even debases) itself, and her, through overbearingly crummy technique.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 83 Andrew Crump
    Dickinson: Season 2
    [Steinfeld 's] performance, perhaps to the surprise of none, is quite good, and partial credit for that goes to how much more liberated Steinfeld is now that the series has wandered beyond what’s known about Dickinson as a person, poet, and genius; she’s better able now to make the role fully hers, vulnerable, sharp, self-assured yet utterly uncertain of herself at the same time, and of course absolutely side-splitting.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 16 Andrew Crump
    Helstrom: Season 1
    “Helstrom,” the series, is void of everything that defines “Helstrom,” the comic. This is an ongoing problem with comic book shows and movies: The endless search for respectability and gravity in stories about superpowered people fighting evil in spandex. Here, the search ends with pouting dourness and tedium.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 100 Andrew Crump
    Gangs of London: Season 1
    Given a massive cast and considerably more time for building plot, Evans is able to extend that dynamic and see it through across multiple arcs without shortchanging any of them. ... Every fight scene here has clear movement, clear stakes, and a clear human element at play. ... It’s one of the best accomplishments of his career to date.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 91 Andrew Crump
    Utopia (2020): Season 1
    “Utopia” thinks big to erect its overarching structure, but thinks small to give that structure its support. And it’s loaded with great work from its cast, particularly Lane, a talented actress with a gift for slipping in and out of genres and easily fitting into each.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 75 Andrew Crump
    Ratched: Season 1
    The pleasures of “Ratched” are dulled by the constraints of IP maintenance. ... Still, it’s a credit to Romansky that “Ratched” remains watchable in spite of the conflict between inspiration and obligation.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 75 Andrew Crump
    The Boys: Season 2
    Amazing that “The Boys” juggles each of its storylines without fumbling most of them. Conceptually, the season’s a jumble. Practically, it works remarkably well, juvenile in the way everything producers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg touch should be but smart enough to know when not to be dumb as rocks (or, at least, to know when to take itself seriously and when to burst heads like grapes).
    • tbd Metascore
    • 75 Andrew Crump
    Room 104: Season 4
    The results vary from entry to entry, as is the essence of “Room 104.” Season 4 doesn’t improve consistency in outcomes, but even a failed experiment is at least interesting courtesy of the limitations imposed on the Duplass’ collaborators.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 50 Andrew Crump
    The Twilight Zone (2019): Season 2
    The work here isn’t bad, not quite. It’s overdone and underdone all at once. Derive what delights you can from “The Twilight Zone,” but if you want a firm sense of what these authors are capable of, look to their filmographies instead.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 25 Andrew Crump
    The Politician: Season 2
    Excess happens to be the least of the show’s problems. Frankly, the absence of a moral center, or even a driving ideology, turns an otherwise typical Murphy production into a spectacle of jaw-dropping tone-deaf nonsense.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 91 Andrew Crump
    I May Destroy You: Season 1
    The beauty of her work will captivate you; her portrait of the devastation wrought by sexual assault’s fallout may destroy you.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 91 Andrew Crump
    Central Park: Season 1
    There’s joy in the music, aided by the bright elastic animation, and a sense of purpose, too: “Central Park” openly defies, with tongue in cheek and a skip in its step, billionaire culture, arguing that it’s the duty of the people to stand up against their culturally smothering cupidity.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 58 Andrew Crump
    Snowpiercer: Season 1
    There’s a compulsively watchable (if ultimately uninventive) gumshoe show baked into TNT’s interpretation of the material, but the extras—even at their most glamorous, vivid, and licentious—overwhelm the best that “Snowpiercer” has to offer.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 83 Andrew Crump
    Trying: Season 1
    “Trying” has an impish sense of humor, but it tops its comedy with a great heart.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 42 Andrew Crump
    Hollywood: Season 1
    It’s tin-eared and confident but totally inadequate as a portrait of Hollywood as it was outside of its production design, which is admittedly rich.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 83 Andrew Crump
    What We Do in the Shadows (2019): Season 2
    “What We Do in the Shadows” unfolds with tongue planted firmly in cheek. Parody presides over plot, and humor over horror, though occasionally the show takes a pitstop to indulge in undead melancholy and black magic sadism.

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