Jane Crowther

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Total Film
For 28 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 71% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 26% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 10.6 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Jane Crowther's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 76
Highest review score: 100 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Lowest review score: 40 The Mule
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 28
  3. Negative: 0 out of 28
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    • 91 Metascore
    • 100 Jane Crowther
    Killers of the Flower Moon
    Weaving the Tulsa race riots, the KKK and the Masons into its tapestry, Scorsese’s opus questions the misdeeds of America in the last century while linking them to the pressing issues of today. Addressing racial violence, nationalism, the continued epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women and even our lurid obsession with true crime, Killers of the Flower Moon paints a robust picture of a moment in history that invites viewer introspection.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 100 Jane Crowther
    Blonde
    Uncomfortable viewing, then, but also engaging, unbridled cinema that will prompt discourse and divide opinions.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 60 Jane Crowther
    The Son
    Classy but curiously empty, The Son may be a spiritual sequel to The Father, but it’s not its equal.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 60 Jane Crowther
    The Eternal Daughter
    This (will’o-the-)wisp of a film is a beauty depending on the eye of the beholder; frustratingly slender yet with moments of profundity.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 60 Jane Crowther
    Don't Worry Darling
    As glossy as any of the surfaces that Alice polishes so diligently each day, it’s a feminist film that asks viewers to evaluate their own social complicity in oppression, while not skimping on really great costumes, gorgeous cars or horny sex scenes.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 80 Jane Crowther
    The Whale
    Quibbles and conversation starters aside, The Whale is Aronofsky's kindest work to date, a film that asks its audience to practice acceptance, understanding, empathy, and forgiveness.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 80 Jane Crowther
    Master Gardener
    Though it’s not Schrader’s finest work and requires political leaps of faith that can be compared to American History X and could be called simplistic, Master Gardener is still an auteur operating at the top of the league.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Jane Crowther
    Bones and All
    Nodding to Badlands, Natural Born Killers, My Own Private Idaho, even The Lost Boys, Bones And All is as interested in loneliness, connection, self-identity, and fiscal invisibility as compulsion. Who misses the murdered if they don’t ‘exist’? And what adolescent hasn’t felt the creeping dread that their needs or bodies are out of step with society?
    • 92 Metascore
    • 80 Jane Crowther
    TÁR
    Recalling the likes of All About Eve and Amadeus, TÁR asks pertinent questions about cancel culture, artistic integrity and gender, while also providing a primer on orchestral politics and musical history.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 60 Jane Crowther
    Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
    Though ambitious and visually stunning (gorgeous cracked deserts, beautiful beaches, houses filled with sand), it’s willfully elusive and unwieldy to the point of frustrating.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 60 Jane Crowther
    Death on the Nile
    A glossy, undemanding confection that doesn’t make waves, but shouldn’t be given a wide berth either.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 80 Jane Crowther
    Ghostbusters: Afterlife
    Warm, witty and full of wonder, Afterlife reanimates a franchise without spitting on its grave.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 80 Jane Crowther
    Free Guy
    Warm and witty, Free Guy is expertly crafted disposable fun. And right now, that feels essential.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 60 Jane Crowther
    The Cursed
    Well executed if not entirely original – with werewolves, what is? – Eight For Silver is an assured, engaging chiller.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 80 Jane Crowther
    Land
    An end-game disclosure that seems too neat a plot turn can be forgiven for the elegant way Wright and Birchir play it and the buoyant note of catharsis and hope that Land ends on.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 60 Jane Crowther
    Hillbilly Elegy
    Polished but pedestrian, Hillbilly Elegy is a boilerplate underdog tale that lacks bite – but gives good Glenn Close.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 60 Jane Crowther
    Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
    Love Eurovision? You'll love this. Never heard of Eurovision? You may find it all bewildering.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Jane Crowther
    A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
    For those seeking comfort, kindness and a sense of cherishing in a turbulent world that seems to reward cruelty over caring, A Beautiful Day will be cinematic balm. Surrender to it and bring tissues.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 60 Jane Crowther
    Jojo Rabbit
    Though it dabbles with the horror of the Third Reich it never examines their worst atrocities ... And that perhaps, is too careless in today’s world of a rising far right and stealth dictatorships. But if you’re looking for giddy escapism, Bowie tunes and an unapologetic good time with a side order of remembrance for of WW2, then you’ll have as much fun as the cast clearly had making this.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 80 Jane Crowther
    Vice
    Christian Bale outstrips all his previous transformations.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 40 Jane Crowther
    The Mule
    An uncomfortable fit for the Time's Up era.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 100 Jane Crowther
    Mary Poppins Returns
    A sweet, evocative throwback that delivers all the feels – in the most delightful way.
    • 93 Metascore
    • 80 Jane Crowther
    Lady Bird
    Smart, funny and emotional, Lady Bird is a Trojan horse movie – sneaking its way into hearts and minds via well-worn tropes.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Jane Crowther
    The Post
    A timely look at a fight to be heard – in the boardroom or the press – that’s elegant without being electric.
    • 94 Metascore
    • 100 Jane Crowther
    Dunkirk
    Haunting, thrilling and emotional, Dunkirk is a prestige pic with guts and glory that demands multiple views. Especially in IMAX.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 100 Jane Crowther
    The Beguiled
    Witty, menacing and steamy (in every sense), The Beguiled is an intelligent update and Coppola’s best work to date. Oscars await.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 60 Jane Crowther
    Life
    No huge surprises but finely tuned and fun, like the love-child of Gravity and Alien, with added popcorn.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 100 Jane Crowther
    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
    Playing the mental-hospital firebrand who rebels against monstrous Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher), Nicholson seduces in an anti-establishment classic with a gut-punch exit.

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