Jen Yamato

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Los Angeles Times
For 10 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 50% higher than the average critic
  • 20% same as the average critic
  • 30% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 2.3 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Jen Yamato's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 66
Highest review score: 90 The Transfiguration
Lowest review score: 30 Dead Awake
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
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    • 58 Metascore
    • 60 Jen Yamato
    It: Chapter Two
    By selectively whittling down the novel’s interwoven time lines and characters, It Chapter Two refocuses its telling of King’s 1,100-plus-page bestseller into not just a scary clown movie — which it also is, thanks to Bill Skarsgård’s demented return as the trans-dimensional titular monster — but an elegy of memory, trauma and healing, minus the more extreme and controversial elements of the novel.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Jen Yamato
    John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
    Parabellum excels when it tees up the sublimely inventive and wince-inducing close quarters fights with the lethally graceful Reeves baring John Wick’s psyche and soul between reloads and headshots.
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    • 60 Jen Yamato
    Go for Broke: An Origin Story
    Go For Broke unfolds across Hawaii with lo-fi charm but introduces more characters than it can balance, falling into uneven and overly earnest stretches.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 50 Jen Yamato
    Deadpool 2
    In Deadpool 2, the manic antics fly fast, but the franchise loses its edge as wise-cracking antihero Deadpool goes dadcore, attempting to infuse standard-issue four-quadrant studio blockbuster beats into what was once a revolutionary R-rated premise.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Jen Yamato
    It
    Mama maestro Andy Muschietti directs this visually splendid but thematically toned-down interpretation with finesse, crafting a world rich in detail where menace lurks in every shadow.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Jen Yamato
    Ingrid Goes West
    Ingrid might be a lying, manipulative stalker, but Plaza also lets us see her humanity, engendering a crucial empathy for the desperation that drives her.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 70 Jen Yamato
    Baywatch
    Baywatch...is for those fans who couldn’t resist the show’s soapy charms. New ones who crave a summer blockbuster comedy might enjoy how much it not only owns its dumbness but hurtles itself all the way back around through a flurry of genitalia jokes and F-bombs to splash unapologetically in an R-rated surf of winking postmodernism.
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    • 30 Jen Yamato
    Dead Awake
    Despite Donahue’s best efforts in a grand finale sleep session with life-or-death stakes, the premise never lives up to its promise.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Jen Yamato
    Hounds of Love
    Young’s vision of quiet middle-class mayhem, drawn from the three-handed struggle between young Vicki and her tormentors, is bold and unflinching.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 90 Jen Yamato
    The Transfiguration
    Bold and brutal in shocking spurts, the indie horror drama from writer-director O’Shea is a startling debut that leaves a fresh mark on the genre while celebrating its forbears.

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