Duane Byrge
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73% higher than the average critic
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3% same as the average critic
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24% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 10.3 points higher than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Duane Byrge's Scores
- Movies
- TV
Average review score: | 75 | |
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Highest review score: | Unforgiven | |
Lowest review score: | The Blackout Experiments |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 89 out of 113
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Mixed: 22 out of 113
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Negative: 2 out of 113
113
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- Duane Byrge
Most magically, it transcends the colossal power of its own story to show how individual beings, one step at a time, can right the course of inequality and injustice.- The Hollywood Reporter
- Posted Oct 5, 2017
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- Duane Byrge
Bratt certainly illuminates the uncertainty of her quest: the early dawns of heading out to rally strangers and the turmoil of a life fighting against superior, institutional forces.- The Hollywood Reporter
- Posted Aug 31, 2017
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- Duane Byrge
What distinguishes Bushwick from your standard-issue, boneheaded video game is its cheeky cerebral wit.- The Hollywood Reporter
- Posted Aug 25, 2017
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- The Hollywood Reporter
- Posted Aug 1, 2017
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- Duane Byrge
Joshua: Teenager vs. Super Power is actually a rousing documentary on a youth movement against, essentially, educational brainwashing.- The Hollywood Reporter
- Posted May 25, 2017
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- Duane Byrge
Stylistically, The Settlers is crisp: It's an intelligent blend of interviews, historical exposition and newsreel footage.- The Hollywood Reporter
- Posted Mar 2, 2017
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- Duane Byrge
Shock doc The Blackout Experiments augurs to be an experiment in audience walk-out.... it is neither scary nor shocking.- The Hollywood Reporter
- Posted Jul 21, 2016
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- Duane Byrge
Throughout, Wang makes a virtue out of necessity: Her on-the-run scoping and jarring cuts infuse the film with a sense of desperate danger befitting its subject matter.- The Hollywood Reporter
- Posted Jul 12, 2016
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- The Hollywood Reporter
- Posted Jun 17, 2016
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- Duane Byrge
Unlocking the Cage makes its case for reevaluation of non-human animals' legal status in crisp, convincing fashion.- The Hollywood Reporter
- Posted Apr 9, 2016
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- Duane Byrge
Trapped is a succinct and heart-rending revelation of this complex and controversial subject. Most strikingly, it puts human faces on a social and personal issue that has been often engulfed by the invective surrounding it.- The Hollywood Reporter
- Posted Mar 3, 2016
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- Duane Byrge
A blend of cornpone commentary and tongue-in-cheek exposition, Nuts! is consistently very entertaining.- The Hollywood Reporter
- Posted Feb 17, 2016
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- Duane Byrge
Finders Keepers charts out a screwy insight into humanity that is usually only captured in the minds of twisted cartoonists.- The Hollywood Reporter
- Posted Aug 28, 2015
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- Duane Byrge
Being Evel is a warts-and-all portrayal of a man whose ambition and need to be in the spotlight was both a positive and a negative. His insatiable appetites – liquor, women, attention – were parts of his personality that fueled his downfall.- The Hollywood Reporter
- Posted Aug 20, 2015
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- The Hollywood Reporter
- Posted Jun 16, 2015
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- The Hollywood Reporter
- Posted Jun 4, 2015
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- Duane Byrge
The film is a captivating, sobering look at the world’s endangered aquatic species, but it’s also a frightening revelation of what methane and carbon are doing to the ocean.- The Hollywood Reporter
- Posted Apr 14, 2015
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- Duane Byrge
In this spellbinding story, filmmakers Katy Chevigny and Ross Kauffman thrust us into the red-alert lives of four E-Team members. It's a comprehensive portrayal of these people's personal and professional lives.- The Hollywood Reporter
- Posted Oct 20, 2014
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- Duane Byrge
Sad and disturbing, this smartly and conscientiously crafted film is a powerful wake-up call, heard but not yet implemented, by the “civilized” world.- The Hollywood Reporter
- Posted Oct 8, 2014
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- Duane Byrge
This smart HBO documentary convicts the media coverage and trial itself as guilty to Farce in the First Degree.- The Hollywood Reporter
- Posted Aug 13, 2014
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- Duane Byrge
The Battered Bastards of Baseball is not just about baseball. It transcends the game and is a charming anti-establishment yarn.- The Hollywood Reporter
- Posted Jul 11, 2014
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- Duane Byrge
Filmmakers Shosh Shlam and Hilla Medalia probe this phenomenon, jarring viewers with an inside look at one of these “reform” centers, as well as shedding light on the mindset of these Internet “addicts.”- The Hollywood Reporter
- Posted Jul 7, 2014
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- Duane Byrge
In telling their remarkable story, filmmaker Leslie Zemeckis has not only etched a heart-wrenching portrait of their individual and dual misfortunes, she has subtly illuminated on the general public's dark fascination with “freaks.”- The Hollywood Reporter
- Posted Jun 26, 2014
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- Duane Byrge
While one might agree or disagree with their theme, aesthetically Citizen Koch is feisty.- The Hollywood Reporter
- Posted Jun 5, 2014
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- Duane Byrge
This intelligent and comprehensive documentary not only conveys the genuine nature of Hill herself, but also recreates the national sensibility of the time, an era when sexual harassment in the workplace was not yet a national concern.- The Hollywood Reporter
- Posted Mar 18, 2014
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- Duane Byrge
A gloriously inspirational film documenting music’s healing power in Alzheimer patients.- The Hollywood Reporter
- Posted Jan 27, 2014
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- Duane Byrge
Often heartbreaking, Rich Hill presents real life as few filmgoers know it. In certain respects it’s almost as if cultural anthropologists descended on a foreign land, but, unfortunately, it’s a withered part of this nation that is rarely visited.- The Hollywood Reporter
- Posted Jan 27, 2014
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- Duane Byrge
American Promise shows the emotional toll that each boy endures, not only from the image that their privileged peers have of minority males but, accordingly, their own lack of confidence.- The Hollywood Reporter
- Posted Oct 21, 2013
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- Duane Byrge
Directors Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine have fashioned an informative, emotionally uplifting saga of the powers of optimism and persistence in the face of the cruelest odds.- The Hollywood Reporter
- Posted Oct 18, 2013
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- Duane Byrge
The visual images are manipulative and simplistic; like the verbal ranting, they are devoid of depth.- The Hollywood Reporter
- Posted Sep 6, 2013
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