Pat Padua
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46% higher than the average critic
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2% same as the average critic
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52% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 1.8 points lower than other critics.
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Pat Padua's Scores
- Movies
- TV
Average review score: | 63 | |
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Highest review score: | The Whistlers | |
Lowest review score: | The 9th Life of Louis Drax |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 93 out of 126
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Mixed: 22 out of 126
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Negative: 11 out of 126
126
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- Pat Padua
Directed by Mary Harron from a screenplay by John Walsh, the thoroughly unengaging film is a remarkable achievement, but only considering the misspent potential of its juicy source material.- Washington Post
- Posted Jun 7, 2023
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- Pat Padua
Somehow, for all the work that went into the film, it comes across as something that may have worked better as an audiobook.- Washington Post
- Posted May 30, 2023
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- Pat Padua
The artistry is enough to keep children and adults watching. It may help that Mario gains power by eating mushrooms — a good message about healthy eating, on the one hand, yet one with an obvious psychedelic resonance at the same time.- Washington Post
- Posted Apr 5, 2023
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- Pat Padua
In this wildly uneven melodrama by writer-director Zach Braff, no member of the talented ensemble cast is entirely able to navigate its messy plot. That a few actors do manage to stay afloat for occasional breaths of air seems like a divine miracle.- Washington Post
- Posted Mar 22, 2023
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- Pat Padua
While “Missing” is just a cheap thriller, one can’t help but wonder whether, in the hands of more inventive filmmakers, the screen time that has come to define personal interaction might find a richer dramatic purpose.- Washington Post
- Posted Jan 18, 2023
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- Pat Padua
For the most part, 2nd Chance is right on target. But in the end, its aim isn’t quite true.- Washington Post
- Posted Dec 5, 2022
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- Pat Padua
Behind all the gore-splattered walls and domestic rancor lies a sweet-and-sour bedtime story of good triumphing over evil. That said, please leave the kids at home.- Washington Post
- Posted Nov 30, 2022
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- Pat Padua
Though lacking in the script department, this cinematic wonderland delivers on one promise: escape, to a place of such natural beauty that even these affluent characters, however cardboard, are forced to take stock of the important things in life.- Washington Post
- Posted Oct 19, 2022
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- Pat Padua
The Good House has a lot of potential and features some attractive amenities, including dramatic conflict and a seasoned cast. But like a subpar property, it just doesn’t show well in a highly competitive market.- Washington Post
- Posted Sep 27, 2022
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- Pat Padua
Far from a nostalgic package of greatest hits, “Moonage Daydream” suggests that pop music is at its best when it’s mysterious.- Washington Post
- Posted Sep 12, 2022
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- Pat Padua
Writer-director Zach Cregger’s script takes these various paint-by-number horror elements — a vulnerable debutante, an unfamiliar house, a hidden room — and colors outside the lines.- Washington Post
- Posted Sep 7, 2022
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- Pat Padua
Despite some quality craftsmanship, “The Good Boss” ultimately doesn’t pay off. Capitalism should be more fun than this.- Washington Post
- Posted Aug 22, 2022
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- Pat Padua
Actress Nana Mensah (“After Yang”) makes an impressive debut as a writer-director with “Queen of Glory,” a dry comedy of culture clashes, both ethnic and generational.- Washington Post
- Posted Aug 8, 2022
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- Pat Padua
Despite its broad comedy, typical of “Dukes of Hazzard” director Jay Chandrasekhar, the film has some tender and wise moments. And even if you don’t get all the ethnic jokes, there’s plenty of family drama that anybody will recognize, no matter their background.- Washington Post
- Posted Aug 4, 2022
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- Pat Padua
The archival footage is exciting enough, but editors Erin Casper and Jocelyne Chaput, who co-wrote the script with producer Shane Boris, make judicious use of split-screen, circular stencils and other visual effects, varying the rhythm just enough to make this world seem even more magical.- Washington Post
- Posted Jul 19, 2022
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- Pat Padua
It’s Southern-fried “The Blue Lagoon” meets “Murder, She Wrote” — and topped off with a sprinkling of “To Kill a Mockingbird.”- Washington Post
- Posted Jul 13, 2022
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- Pat Padua
Harbor no illusions about Lost Illusions. It’s no stuffy costume drama. Just close your eyes and imagine its characters in modern dress, toiling away in digital publishing, and its wild delusions and deceptions could be happening right now.- Washington Post
- Posted Jun 28, 2022
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- Pat Padua
Although the pacing of the film — written and directed by Scott McGehee and David Siegel (“What Maisie Knew”), from a story co-written with David Spreter — can be as slow as the clouds over Big Sky Country, the flawed young characters grow on you, their troubles gradually becoming as mythic as the landscape that surrounds them.- Washington Post
- Posted May 16, 2022
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- Pat Padua
It’s all entertaining enough, in a shaggy way. But if the director can’t stay focused on his own subject, how are we expected to do so?- Washington Post
- Posted May 3, 2022
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- Pat Padua
Dual takes awhile to get into gear, ending on an unresolved note. But it’s a funny and provocative struggle over the meaning of life.- Washington Post
- Posted Apr 11, 2022
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- Pat Padua
So much of Ambulance works like a charm, but acting-wise, it could use a deeper bench.- Washington Post
- Posted Apr 6, 2022
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- Posted Mar 28, 2022
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- Pat Padua
It’s a fantastic idea, but the execution is inconsistent. Alice, the movie, dares to go through the looking glass, but it doesn’t entirely know what to do once it gets there.- Washington Post
- Posted Mar 16, 2022
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- Pat Padua
Ultimately, it is, like its conflicted hero, sweet and likable, and you wish it well.- Washington Post
- Posted Feb 25, 2022
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- Pat Padua
The movie sounds — and looks — tasty enough, but this “Strawberry Mansion” just doesn’t bear much fruit.- Washington Post
- Posted Feb 14, 2022
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- Pat Padua
Despite its poignant subject matter, much of the film feels like a pastiche of political thriller, romantic drama and tortured-genius cliches.- Washington Post
- Posted Feb 7, 2022
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- Pat Padua
Despite a story line that covers such fraught historical events as 9/11 and the Iraq War, the movie is too tidy to ever really feel like a living, breathing thing.- Washington Post
- Posted Dec 21, 2021
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- Pat Padua
Writer-director Radu Jude’s fascinating, cynical dramedy “Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn” careens between lowbrow humor and highbrow philosophy, resulting in a film that is as frustrating as life itself; it’s a perfect mirror of our times.- Washington Post
- Posted Dec 14, 2021
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- Pat Padua
This is a story about people first, but also about the way we see. And the visual hodgepodge of JR’s images reveals very different perspectives that affect the way we treat each other.- Washington Post
- Posted Nov 10, 2021
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- Pat Padua
The debut feature from British studio Locksmith Animation, Ron’s Gone Wrong has plenty of slapstick and potty humor for kids. But adults will also be intrigued by its frequently scathing (albeit somewhat conflicted) critique of consumerism.- Washington Post
- Posted Oct 18, 2021
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