Cath Clarke
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35% higher than the average critic
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8% same as the average critic
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57% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 5.3 points lower than other critics.
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Cath Clarke's Scores
- Movies
- TV
Average review score: | 59 | |
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Highest review score: | Some Like It Hot | |
Lowest review score: | Wheely |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 97 out of 354
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Mixed: 246 out of 354
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Negative: 11 out of 354
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- Cath Clarke
The history that emerges here is of a band yo-yoing between attempts to be taken seriously as artists, then coming back for more boyband fame and adulation. An air of collective self-loathing and regret hangs over them.- The Guardian
- Posted May 18, 2022
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- Cath Clarke
This is a gentle-going watch, understated – underpowered even – and sometimes a little drowsy. Still, it has real sensitivity and insight into the transition to adulthood, as gradually it dawns on Nang that his parents don’t have all the answers.- The Guardian
- Posted Apr 20, 2022
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- Cath Clarke
What first-time feature directors Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis seem to be going for here is a Herzogian waking nightmare, but the necessary sense of horror and despair never fully comes off.- The Guardian
- Posted Apr 18, 2022
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- Cath Clarke
This is a film raised a fair few notches by the wonder of geekery, the absolute joy of seeing scientists living and breathing their work.- The Guardian
- Posted Apr 4, 2022
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- Cath Clarke
This is Tarantino for ankle-biters with a bit of Ocean’s 11 thrown in: funny, energetic and just smart enough.- The Guardian
- Posted Mar 30, 2022
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- Cath Clarke
Intense performances by Doupe and Bracken give it a real emotional pulse.- The Guardian
- Posted Mar 25, 2022
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- Cath Clarke
This is a decent, intelligent, well-acted film if a little uninspired until that third act, which packs an almighty punch.- The Guardian
- Posted Mar 24, 2022
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- The Guardian
- Posted Mar 15, 2022
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- Cath Clarke
To me this feels like a silly smirking film with zero insights into abuse or conspiracy theories.- The Guardian
- Posted Mar 2, 2022
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- Cath Clarke
The question of whether this is a ghost story or if Laura is experiencing a kind of psychological breakdown twists and turns in ways that lost me by the end. Still, it’s is a very accomplished debut from Gregg, and acted with subtlety and sensitivity by Riseborough.- The Guardian
- Posted Feb 15, 2022
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- Cath Clarke
The trouble with the film is that beneath the surface lurks … well, perhaps not quite enough to keep the momentum going.- The Guardian
- Posted Jan 21, 2022
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- Cath Clarke
Deadwyler’s soulful performance really grounds The Devil to Pay even as it cranks into revenge-movie mode. That said, if you want a slice of grim Americana to hunker down with, I’d go with Winter’s Bone or Frozen River.- The Guardian
- Posted Jan 11, 2022
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- Cath Clarke
Part of the film’s genius is in how the images are put together, sometimes to absurd effect, at other times unnervingly.- The Guardian
- Posted Jan 11, 2022
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- Cath Clarke
The problem with Bruce Willis in the movie is that he’s not doing something that he is supposed to be doing: acting. He puts in a such a wooden performance playing a washed-up, burnt-out cop that I could have screamed in frustration.- The Guardian
- Posted Jan 6, 2022
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- Cath Clarke
Not even an impending apocalypse adds much in the way of urgency. Still, Boyega is very credible and at 29 he’s beginning to look like a leading man with real gravitational pull. Likely he’ll file this on his CV under misfire.- The Guardian
- Posted Jan 2, 2022
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- Cath Clarke
Home Alone meets The Lost Boys in this trashy half-way entertaining Christmas vampire movie from director Sean Nichols Lynch; it’s a black comedy with some silly splattery gore.- The Guardian
- Posted Dec 29, 2021
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- The Guardian
- Posted Dec 3, 2021
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- Cath Clarke
It’s a shame that after that killer start, this wimps out of saying anything interesting about death or the adventure on the other side.- The Guardian
- Posted Dec 2, 2021
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- Cath Clarke
This remarkable film feels like it could become a time capsule, showing future generations what it felt like in 2020 for those on the frontline.- The Guardian
- Posted Nov 23, 2021
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- Cath Clarke
It feels kid-gloves at times: big-hearted and entertaining, but possibly lacking a little fun or oomph. A lovely warming film, though.- The Guardian
- Posted Nov 23, 2021
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- The Guardian
- Posted Nov 18, 2021
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- Cath Clarke
The film catches the excitement of this moment for Clarice, and Dynevor’s performance is wonderful.- The Guardian
- Posted Nov 18, 2021
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- Cath Clarke
It’s an entertaining, uncontroversial film directed by the actor Sadie Frost, who pulls in her celeb mates to do talking-head duties: Vogue editor Edward Enninful, Kinks guitarist Dave Davies, and even interview-shy Kate Moss gives a quote or two.- The Guardian
- Posted Nov 18, 2021
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- Cath Clarke
The film is a parable about the dangers of blind faith in religion and authority, but it’s also warmly compassionate and accepting of human nature.- The Guardian
- Posted Nov 9, 2021
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- Cath Clarke
Often music documentaries feel padded out with filler but honestly I could have spent another hour in Copeland’s company.- The Guardian
- Posted Nov 9, 2021
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- Cath Clarke
Director David Verbeek’s script doesn’t quite wield the scalpel with enough sadistic glee. Instead, this film feels ever-so-slightly sluggish and dour in places.- The Guardian
- Posted Nov 4, 2021
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- The Guardian
- Posted Oct 26, 2021
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- Cath Clarke
The acting is daytime-soap standard and the tasteful, softcore sex is shot in such a way as to not look like actual sex. It’s unerotic, unsweaty and performed with expressionless faces. It feels like the film-makers know they have to do the sex bits, but don’t really want to actually do them.- The Guardian
- Posted Oct 21, 2021
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- Cath Clarke
Given the calibre of the voice cast, perhaps the biggest disappointment is how humourless the movie is.- The Guardian
- Posted Oct 21, 2021
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- Cath Clarke
What a man. Just writing this makes me want to watch the documentary all over again.- The Guardian
- Posted Oct 14, 2021
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