David Knowles

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The Hollywood Reporter
For 24 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 41% higher than the average critic
  • 0% same as the average critic
  • 59% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 5.8 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

David Knowles' Scores

Average review score: 63
Highest review score: 100 Romeo & Juliet
Lowest review score: 40 4th and Forever: Season 1
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 24
  3. Negative: 0 out of 24
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    • 92 Metascore
    • 100 David Knowles
    Romeo & Juliet
    Despite its relative simplicity, however, the production is fully immersive, transporting, its emotional power fueled by the lyrical beauty of the language and the unfaltering command of a first-rate cast. ... It's a beguiling hybrid experiment in which a four century-old drama appears before our very eyes to dismantle and reassemble itself spontaneously as a living, breathing, timeless love story destroyed by senseless hatred.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 David Knowles
    In Vogue: The Editor's Eye
    You find yourself wanting much more of the particulars of each woman's story and less of the overinflated pronouncements from these giants of the profession.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 50 David Knowles
    Mob Wives Chicago: Season 1
    Preoccupied with amping up the animosity among its cast before the aforementioned bar blowout, Mob Wives Chicago doesn't feel nearly as organic as the original show.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 40 David Knowles
    Fashion Star: Season 1
    [Fashion Star falls] in to the same X Factor trap by amping up a tried-and-true format at every conceivable turn until the final product has all the subtlety of a Victoria's Secret runway show.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 David Knowles
    The Loving Story
    In all, The Loving Story is a perfect time capsule that illuminates the racist past of our country with a uniquely personal and poignant emphasis.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 60 David Knowles
    Doomsday Preppers: Season 1
    Doomsday Preppers could have been a grade-A hour of gawker television on par with the likes of Extreme Couponing and Hoarders. Unfortunately, the inclusion of an "expert assessment" of our protagonists' preparations lands the show on thin ethical ice.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 50 David Knowles
    Shipping Wars: Season 1
    Though the fast paced editing scheme manages to keep the point and click bidding from feeling as droll as Internet auctions are in real life, the relentlessly quick hits of dialog and action make the proceedings feel like a teaser rather than the actual program.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 40 David Knowles
    T.I. & Tiny: The Family Hustle: Season 1
    A surprisingly banal drama.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 80 David Knowles
    Weed Wars: Season 1
    The first few episodes deliver something unique for reality television.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 David Knowles
    All-American Muslim: Season 1
    You come away from the show having broadened your understanding for a sector of, yes, American life that you may not have had much contact with before. By the standards of the genre, that's about as good as it gets.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 50 David Knowles
    Monster in-Laws: Season 1
    There's no shortage of problems on Monster In-Laws, and the explosive promos for the show would lead you to believe that it will turn out to be little more than a Basketball Wives scream-fest in family form. Instead, producers Brent Montgomery (Pawn Stars) and Courtney Montgomery (What the Sell?!) have mercifully opted for the therapy model of reality television.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 David Knowles
    Bordertown: Laredo: Season 1
    While each episode builds dramatic tension as initial tips and drug dealing arrests inevitably lead to the promise of taking down a major cartel shipment, the personalities of the members of the narcotics team prove just as engaging.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 50 David Knowles
    Five
    The drama itself comes across as a hybrid public service announcement and after school special in which each line seems crafted for maximal symbolic impact. As a result it feels more like a heavy-handed therapy session.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 David Knowles
    Mad Fashion : Season 1
    If you're looking for fashion's quirky flipside of Project Runway's "go, go, go" cutthroat ambition, Mad Fashion is your show.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 50 David Knowles
    Basketball Wives LA: Season 1
    The bigger problem for this version of Basketball Wives is that you have the inescapable feeling that, whatever may transpire among this new cast, you've seen this movie before.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 70 David Knowles
    Russian Dolls: Season 1
    A sassy piece of voyeuristic candy that explores the Russian immigrant community of Brighton Beach, N.Y.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 50 David Knowles
    Jersey Shore: Season 4
    Upcoming episodes promises the kind of drama that [executive producer SallyAnn] Solsano has boasted of capturing in Italy: knockout blows, car crashes, arrests and more drunken hook-ups. In other words, welcome back to the Jersey Shore.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 70 David Knowles
    Whisker Wars: Season 1
    Although that dictum doesn't fill Whisker Wars with Deadliest Catch levels of dramatic tension, this detour into the world of competitive bearding is worth a gander or two.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 70 David Knowles
    Same Name: Season 1
    The latest iteration of the genre of celebrity re-introduction--and one of its more amusing--is CBS' new show Same Name.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 80 David Knowles
    Ryan and Tatum: The O'Neals: Season 1
    OWN has tapped into an often uncomfortable, always entertaining in-progress drama that keeps you guessing.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 David Knowles
    The Glee Project: Season 1
    Oxygen's entertaining new spinoff reflects well on the blockbuster franchise and illuminates the pressures faced by talented kids on the brink of showbiz success.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 60 David Knowles
    Platinum Hit: Season 1
    Despite all its shortcomings, Platinum Hit succeeds in holding your interest. First off, save for Jewel, the personalities here are quirky enough that you can't predict how they're going to interact with one another. Second, and more importantly, you find yourself wanting to hear what kind of songs they're going to write, however arbitrary the constraints that have been laid out.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 40 David Knowles
    4th and Forever: Season 1
    Without depth to its storytelling, all that's left is the question of whether Poly's football team will return to form in 2010. But after sitting through the repetitive premiere, some viewers will be tempted to visit Google for a quicker answer.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 50 David Knowles
    Why Not? with Shania Twain: Season 1
    The result is a sometimes compelling, sometimes turgid program that feels equal parts emotional rescue and public relations coup.

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