Jude Dry

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For 150 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 57% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 41% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 4 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Jude Dry's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 69
Highest review score: 100 The Misandrists
Lowest review score: 0 A Dog's Purpose
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 102 out of 150
  2. Mixed: 33 out of 150
  3. Negative: 15 out of 150
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    • 50 Metascore
    • 25 Jude Dry
    Paw Patrol: The Movie
    Before the movie came along, the show had an ardent critic in Liam Kennedy, a criminology professor who believes “PAW Patrol” “encourages complicity in a global capitalist system that produces inequalities and causes environmental harms.” While it’s doubtful the humorless dirge of a movie will make enough of an impression to mold young minds in any lasting way, the critique of “PAW Patrol” is useful as an amalgamation of certain favorite Hollywood themes that ought to be retired.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 75 Jude Dry
    Don't Breathe 2
    There may be fewer truly gory moments in Don’t Breathe 2 than in typical slasher fare, but they are just twisted enough to stick in the mind like a festering wound.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 91 Jude Dry
    Can You Bring It: Bill T. Jones and D-Man in the Waters
    While Jones (as is his right as an artist) seems determined to recast D-Man as an amorphous meditation on grief in many forms, the specificity of the piece is undeniable — and what makes it so enduring. D-Man speaks for itself, and it’s poetry in motion.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 67 Jude Dry
    The Forever Purge
    The violence, while pervasive, does not feel gratuitous. Each kill is quick and to the point, and the camera never lingers too long on the flesh-torn wreckage.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 83 Jude Dry
    Ailey
    As a personal portrait, “Ailey” is lacking for charming anecdotes or nuggets of wisdom from the artist himself. But a true artist speaks through his work, and it’s appropriate that the revelations in “Ailey” arrive via the dance scenes.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 91 Jude Dry
    Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
    This charming documentary is more than an IMDb-scroll come to life, avoiding the usual pitfalls of generic biopics thanks in no small part to Moreno’s surprising candor and vulnerability.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 75 Jude Dry
    Changing the Game
    Changing the Game goes beyond those dehumanizing headlines to show the real people affected by harmful anti-trans policies or lack of any meaningful legal protection.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 100 Jude Dry
    Alien on Stage
    Alien on Stage captures lighting in a bottle. Like a real-life “Waiting for Guffman” with a fairytale ending, it’s one of the funniest documentaries in years.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 83 Jude Dry
    Tina
    It’s the first documentary about the musical legend, and aside from the fact that no such film would exist without Turner’s approval, it offers an illuminating take on her complicated trajectory while humanizing the larger than life diva.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 50 Jude Dry
    Together Together
    Harrison is the brightest point in Together Together, which plods through a gimmicky premise without finding much levity along the way.
    • 97 Metascore
    • 91 Jude Dry
    Quo Vadis, Aida?
    In Quo Vaids, Aida?, Žbanic lays bare the deeply human toll of violence and war.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 91 Jude Dry
    Funny Boy
    Funny Boy is a luminous coming-of-age tale seen through the eyes of a relatable yet entirely unique experience.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 75 Jude Dry
    The Prom
    With a star-studded cast, dazzling design, and thrilling dance numbers, The Prom is the best of what Murphy can offer Hollywood — a taste of the past with its eyes on the future.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 42 Jude Dry
    Happiest Season
    Entering boldly into this bunch is Happiest Season, a shiny holiday comedy which is by all accounts indistinguishable from the rest save for one little detail: It’s gay! Unfortunately, this tiny tweak isn’t enough to make a lasting impression on the genre, especially with a lackluster script that offers little in the way of surprise or delight.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 Jude Dry
    Transhood
    The documentary works because of its expansive timeline and creative casting choices. While Liese herself is not trans, and it shows, she approaches her subjects with utmost respect and sensitivity, placing the kids firmly in charge of their own stories.
    • 34 Metascore
    • 33 Jude Dry
    The War with Grandpa
    The War With Grandpa is a sluggish hodgepodge of slapstick humor that barely holds together its illogically motivated plot.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 67 Jude Dry
    I Carry You with Me
    I Carry You With Me succeeds in distilling a very engrossing and moving narrative from this real life drama. Ewing’s visual choices are at once sweeping and precise.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 75 Jude Dry
    Shiva Baby
    Shiva Baby blends a claustrophobic Jewish humor with a sexy premise to deliver a lively debut.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 75 Jude Dry
    All In: The Fight for Democracy
    Anyone with a passing knowledge of voting rights won’t find much new information in the film, but it’s a rousing and well crafted piece of educational media that takes aim at what research has found to be its most crucial audience: Young voters.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 83 Jude Dry
    Lingua Franca
    Lingua Franca illustrates the woefully untapped potential of marginalized storytellers.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 91 Jude Dry
    Black Is King
    Overflowing with stunning visuals, Black Is King blends imagery from the Pan-African movement, African art and Western portraiture of African bodies, as well as Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s shared vision of Black excellence within Western culture.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 83 Jude Dry
    Mucho Mucho Amor
    The film is a wild ride and a loving portrait, providing a vital record of this outsized figure who was so ahead of his time it seemed as though he transcended the laws of the universe.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 75 Jude Dry
    Denise Ho: Becoming the Song
    An entertaining and informative new documentary, Denise Ho: Becoming the Song, reveals the singer’s motivation and personal sacrifices while also offering a vital survey of Hong Kong history and the fight for independence.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 75 Jude Dry
    Disclosure
    Perhaps what is most radical about Disclosure is the wide array of trans spirits both onscreen and off. In making the film, Feder and Cox are rewriting the very history they set out to tell, adding one more title to “positive representation” list. That alone is worth coming out for.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 58 Jude Dry
    Aviva
    It’s an ambitious piece, but in the dance between experimental ideas and grounded storytelling, Aviva should have listened to her body.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 91 Jude Dry
    For They Know Not What They Do
    It is a stirring call to action, and an urgent warning to those who place religion above their child’s survival. Most importantly, however, the film does not judge or speak down to those who most need to hear its message.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 83 Jude Dry
    Lucky Grandma
    While the plot is not overly complex, Lucky Grandma benefits from a compelling array of supplementary characters.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 75 Jude Dry
    Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy
    With director Elizabeth Carroll as skilled sous-chef, Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy brings bold flavors together to serve a scrumptious delight of a film.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 58 Jude Dry
    You Don't Nomi
    It’s a shame that You Don’t Nomi, a new documentary about the failure and reevaluation of Paul Verhoeven’s 1995 pulp film “Showgirls,” doesn’t live up to its truly inspired title.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 75 Jude Dry
    A Secret Love
    A Secret Love is full of the kind of gentle ribbing and loving chuckles one would expect from any adorable old couple, but it’s made all the more poignant by the fact of Pat and Terry’s trailblazing personal histories.
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