Pete Hammond
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83% higher than the average critic
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0% same as the average critic
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17% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 5.6 points higher than other critics.
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Pete Hammond's Scores
- Movies
- TV
Average review score: | 70 | |
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Highest review score: | Argo | |
Lowest review score: | Your Highness |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 109 out of 171
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Mixed: 57 out of 171
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Negative: 5 out of 171
171
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- Pete Hammond
A competent period costume drama, this intimate character study is light as air - and probably more suited to Masterpiece Theatre than as a major theatrical release.- Boxoffice Magazine
- Posted Dec 4, 2012
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- Boxoffice Magazine
- Posted Nov 18, 2012
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- Pete Hammond
This is not really a biopic of the great President as the title might indicate, but rather a fascinating, savvy look at the inner-workings of the political process and how things in the White House get - or don't get - done.- Boxoffice Magazine
- Posted Nov 4, 2012
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- Boxoffice Magazine
- Posted Oct 31, 2012
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- Pete Hammond
With a sure-to-be-talked about performance by Sean Penn and the dueling themes of overcoming depression and revenge against Nazi atrocities, This Must Be The Place is anywhere BUT the place for moviegoers who aren't in the mood for something different.- Boxoffice Magazine
- Posted Oct 27, 2012
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- Pete Hammond
Rebooting novelist James Patterson's famous Alex Cross character for the big screen, Tyler Perry aims at new cinematic territory and scores a bullseye as the Detroit detective embroiled in a hunt for a mega-evil killer that turns personal.- Boxoffice Magazine
- Posted Oct 17, 2012
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- Pete Hammond
With a razor-sharp script and Jennifer Garner winning laughs in a nice change-of-pace role, this cynically funny and pointedly pertinent not-so-subtle spin on the national battle between right and left wing politics scores lots of comic bullseyes.- Boxoffice Magazine
- Posted Oct 3, 2012
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- Pete Hammond
This magnificent stop-motion cartoon is alive - "it's alive! - with laughs and heart.- Boxoffice Magazine
- Posted Oct 2, 2012
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- Pete Hammond
This PG-13 scare-fest is more psychological terror than blood and guts, and should satisfy-not repulse-young genre fans.- Boxoffice Magazine
- Posted Sep 21, 2012
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- Pete Hammond
Clint Eastwood and a superb cast hit it out of the park in Trouble With The Curve, a great entertainment filled with heart, humor, family drama and fantastic acting.- Boxoffice Magazine
- Posted Sep 17, 2012
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- Pete Hammond
Easily one of the year's best films and one of the best ever in the well-worn cop genre.- Boxoffice Magazine
- Posted Sep 15, 2012
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- Pete Hammond
The Perks Of Being A Wallflower is a sweet surprise, a funny, touching terrific and quite wonderful movie that gets it all right about the joys and heartbreaks of growing up circa 1991.- Boxoffice Magazine
- Posted Sep 15, 2012
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- Pete Hammond
If there was any doubt Ben Affleck has turned into an exceptional director, his wildly entertaining, pulse-pounding thriller Argo will handily erase those thoughts.- Boxoffice Magazine
- Posted Sep 8, 2012
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- Pete Hammond
One of the summer's great escapes - no mean feat in a year that has attempted, but failed, to provide fun, mindless, movie fare.- Boxoffice Magazine
- Posted Aug 22, 2012
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- Pete Hammond
It's a magical film in the vein of E.T. where an otherworldly event changes a family forever.- Boxoffice Magazine
- Posted Aug 14, 2012
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- Pete Hammond
Deftly veering from comedy to drama, director David Frankel (who also guided Streep to one of her 17 Oscar nominations in "The Devil Wears Prada") never loses sight of the humanity and universality of the situation.- Boxoffice Magazine
- Posted Aug 6, 2012
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- Pete Hammond
Fox is smart to keep turning this stuff out before star Gordon grows too old for the role. He's terrific in a Leave it to Beaver way, perfectly capturing the angst of being in-betweener.- Boxoffice Magazine
- Posted Aug 3, 2012
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- Pete Hammond
This smart and sophisticated romp takes surprising directions as it examines the creative process of writing, the delicate balance of relationships, and the mysteries of men and women.- Boxoffice Magazine
- Posted Jul 25, 2012
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- Pete Hammond
Reiner has crafted the perfect summer film in The Magic Of Belle Isle. No, not one with a lot of noise and battles and comic book heroes, but rather a wonderfully laid back family story set around a gorgeous lake, about the everyday problems of real people from 7 to 70.- Boxoffice Magazine
- Posted Jul 2, 2012
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- Pete Hammond
Savages is one of Stone's best movies with a ménage et trois love story giving some human dimension to its three young leads.- Boxoffice Magazine
- Posted Jun 29, 2012
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- Boxoffice Magazine
- Posted Jun 25, 2012
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- Boxoffice Magazine
- Posted Jun 20, 2012
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- Pete Hammond
Blending a perfect brew of classic '80s songs, big laughs and rockin' performances, director Adam Shankman manages to make this film adaptation of the hit Broadway jukebox musical a red hot summer blast for people who grew up with glam metal - or just can't escape it on the radio.- Boxoffice Magazine
- Posted Jun 13, 2012
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- Pete Hammond
Europe's Most Wanted is so full of laughs and great characters, it's easily the best in the series. Like "Toy Story 3," the Madagascar gang just gets better with time, and this new adventure is funny, exciting and heartwarming.- Boxoffice Magazine
- Posted May 23, 2012
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- Pete Hammond
The director of quirky fare with a rabid cult-like following has made a charming, magical and really funny new work about two unique young kids discovering love over one unforgettable summer, and it's the director's most accessible movie yet.- Boxoffice Magazine
- Posted May 16, 2012
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- Pete Hammond
Its endless parade of explosions, battles and general mayhem makes Michael Bay seem like Ingmar Bergman in comparison with Battleship director Peter Berg.- Boxoffice Magazine
- Posted May 15, 2012
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- Pete Hammond
What to expect from What to Expect When You're Expecting: laughs, heart and a terrific ensemble of actors doing what they do best.- Boxoffice Magazine
- Posted May 15, 2012
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- Boxoffice Magazine
- Posted May 8, 2012
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- Pete Hammond
The Pirates! Band of Misfits is one of the funniest animated films in years, or to put it in terms you scallywags can understand: it's a treasure trove of laughs.- Boxoffice Magazine
- Posted Apr 27, 2012
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- Pete Hammond
Kids should especially like this magnificent and heartwarming look at the life of young Oscar.- Boxoffice Magazine
- Posted Apr 19, 2012
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