Bill Goodykoontz
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68% higher than the average critic
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0% same as the average critic
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32% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 2.6 points higher than other critics.
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Bill Goodykoontz's Scores
- Movies
- TV
| Average review score: | 72 | |
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| Highest review score: | Succession: Season 4 | |
| Lowest review score: | What About Brian: Season 1 | |
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- Bill Goodykoontz
“Succession” is a brilliant show, and the first four episodes of the new season are no different. ... The writing remains razor sharp, and the acting is uniformly brilliant, though Strong’s Kendall is somewhat subdued in the first four episodes. ... That’s what we’ll really miss, after all — spending time with a bunch of awful people doing awful things, but doing them in such a fantastically entertaining way.- Arizona Republic
- Posted Mar 22, 2023
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- Bill Goodykoontz
An AMC series that is occasionally fun but overall way too slow and careful, despite dripping with Gothic horror tropes.- Arizona Republic
- Posted Mar 13, 2023
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- Bill Goodykoontz
Roy and Keeley's narrative arcs are the most interesting of the season (four episodes in, at least). If not the ones paid most attention to. That would be Ted, sorting out who he is, what he is and where he should be. ... The world needed "Ted Lasso" when it premiered. Watching Season 3, it seems that Ted Lasso may need more of the world.- Arizona Republic
- Posted Mar 13, 2023
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- Bill Goodykoontz
It’s a good series, well-acted, competently scripted. But it just doesn’t quite rock.- Arizona Republic
- Posted Mar 13, 2023
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- Bill Goodykoontz
If you’re interested in the Murdaugh story, and a lot of people obviously are, you’ll want to devour both. They necessarily cover a lot of the same ground, but talk to different people, which gives them a different feel and more perspectives. “Murdaugh Murders” goes in on tacky reenactments a little more. ... Of course it’s too much. That’s why people can’t look away.- Arizona Republic
- Posted Mar 13, 2023
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- Bill Goodykoontz
It’s also a primer on some of the more curious TV fads of the 1970s and ’80s. ... That, along with the occasional juxtaposition of real-life news clips alongside snippets of the films the case inspired, make “The 12th Victim” more interesting than it might otherwise have been — and a reminder that the Starkweather murders seemingly will never stop drawing us in.- Arizona Republic
- Posted Mar 13, 2023
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- Bill Goodykoontz
Moving. ... Benally and Galkin tell the story in the format of the true-crime genre while also making it something more than that.- Arizona Republic
- Posted Mar 13, 2023
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- Bill Goodykoontz
Lyonne is perfect, bumbling and stumbling like Peter Falk in his trench coat (right down to the cigarettes). ... Johnson hasn’t reinvented the TV wheel. But he’s merged two types of TV sensibilities into something that feels comfortable and new at the same time. “Poker Face” is a joy. Don’t miss it.- Arizona Republic
- Posted Mar 13, 2023
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- Bill Goodykoontz
You may love “Ted Lasso” or you may hate it, but you can’t argue that it isn’t sure of itself. Less so with “Shrinking,” though it has a kind of comfortable, lived-in pace and execution that makes it easy to watch.- Arizona Republic
- Posted Mar 13, 2023
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- Bill Goodykoontz
Mostly it’s a weird little show, not quite sure what it wants to be in terms of comedy nor how much it wants to reference the original in lieu of staking out its own claim on sitcom mediocrity.- Arizona Republic
- Posted Mar 13, 2023
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- Bill Goodykoontz
Playing an unlikable character and making us care about him anyway is a tough trick to pull off. In Lucky Hank, that’s exactly what Odenkirk does.- Arizona Republic
- Posted Mar 11, 2023
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- Bill Goodykoontz
Sick as it sounds, this should be fun. [24 March 2000, p.1E]- Arizona Republic
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- Bill Goodykoontz
But it scores points on a couple of fronts. On most sitcoms, the characters seem like they never have to go to work. At least in Daddio, Chiklis bothers to actually quit. More important, the kids play major roles. Maybe you have to have children to appreciate tales of diaper changes and Little League practice, but the kids in Daddio serve as more than just setups for jokes. [23 March 2000, p.1E]- Arizona Republic
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- Bill Goodykoontz
The comedy is stale; it's as if the writers were trying to make the funniest show of 1982. [23 March 2000, p.1E]- Arizona Republic
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- Bill Goodykoontz
The Others isn't an across-the-board success like The Sixth Sense. But it has its moments. And once you get past the sluggishness of the first episode, it's not half bad. [4 Feb 2000. p.1E]- Arizona Republic
Posted Nov 20, 2019 -
- Bill Goodykoontz
[An] utterly brilliant documentary. [25 Sep 2005, p.1E]- Arizona Republic
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Posted Jun 10, 2015 -
- Bill Goodykoontz
Birds of Prey isn't "Buffy" or "Alias" smart, but it is fun, and Scott's a breakout star. It's from the producers of "Smallville", but it's much darker -- a good thing -- and has a hip sheen that serves it well. [8 Oct 2002, p.6E]- Arizona Republic
Posted May 16, 2015 -
- Bill Goodykoontz
Worth watching. ... The domestic drama isn't quite so compelling as the cops-and-robbers stuff but takes some of the edge off of its intensity. [4 Apr 2000]- Arizona Republic
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- Bill Goodykoontz
Not the best comedy you've ever seen, but the best chance for a new hit. [17 Sep 2002]- Arizona Republic
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- Bill Goodykoontz
Decent effort, but you can't help wondering whether we'll be Watching Ellie for long. [26 Feb 2002]- Arizona Republic
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- Bill Goodykoontz
Dracula returned without his soul. That's true of Watching Ellie, as well, if you accept that humor is the soul of a sitcom and that the show had any humor the first time around. It did. At least a little. This time, Watching Ellie wastes some serious comic talent, of which Louis-Dreyfus is just the most notable. [15 Apr 2003]- Arizona Republic
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- Bill Goodykoontz
An attempt as fascinating as it is frustrating. But fun to watch all the same. [30 Nov 2001, p.1E]- Arizona Republic
Posted Apr 30, 2014 -
- Bill Goodykoontz
Unfortunately, The L Word too often makes it seem as if having sex is all its characters are interested in doing, particularly in the 90-minute first episode. [17 Jan 2004, p.1E]- Arizona Republic
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- Bill Goodykoontz
Big, loud, brash, fun -- just like the city...Hits the jackpot. [22 Sept 2003, p.1E]- Arizona Republic
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- Bill Goodykoontz
Good for Kudrow for taking on something so different. You can't accuse her of trading on her Friends familiarity. You can, however, wish that The Comeback, for all the merits of its premise, was more enjoyable to watch. [3 June 2005, p.10]- Arizona Republic
Posted Mar 14, 2014 -
- Bill Goodykoontz
Unlike the HBO hits, Queer as Folk isn't great TV. It is interesting TV, entertaining TV, at times very good TV. But not in the same league as The Sopranos. [3 Dec 2000, p.3E]- Arizona Republic
Posted Feb 7, 2014
