Juan Barquin

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L.A. Weekly, The Film Stage
For 6 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 50% higher than the average critic
  • 16% same as the average critic
  • 34% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 6.2 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Juan Barquin's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 71
Highest review score: 91 Cryptozoo
Lowest review score: 25 The Green Knight
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 83 Juan Barquin
    We Met in Virtual Reality
    We Met In Virtual Reality then is a perfect showcase of how VRChat (and the Internet at large) allows users to transcend the boundaries and limitations of reality to form meaningful connections. As DustBunny & Toaster note, it’s a world where “you can be who you always wanted to be.” Hunting does it justice by highlighting all the beauty and possibility that exists within.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 25 Juan Barquin
    The Green Knight
    The Green Knight is supposed to be a tale about what it means to be human; Lowery’s film is entirely void of that humanity. It’s a dour, bloated experience that not only fundamentally misunderstands the work of art being adapted, but has no interest in exploring or expanding upon what was already there.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 75 Juan Barquin
    Playing with Sharks
    Playing With Sharks could have easily been another documentary heaping praise onto an individual, but it works so well because it allows its subject to engage with her greatest regrets as much as her greatest achievements.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 83 Juan Barquin
    In the Heights
    What few flaws In the Heights has are easy to overlook when being handed a musical as passionately and tactfully mounted as this one. It’s a playful tribute to the community of immigrants it lovingly represents, performed with effusive charisma by its talented cast, likely to win over any viewer wishing to partake in all the joy it has to offer.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 91 Juan Barquin
    Cryptozoo
    When something like Dash Shaw and Jane Samborski’s Cryptozoo comes along, it’s easy to recognize as one of the most gorgeous works of American animation in ages.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 70 Juan Barquin
    Call Her Ganda
    Call Her Ganda works best when it’s focused on Laude and the case of her murder, an overwhelming showcase of empathy and persistence in the face of American racism and transmisogyny.

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