Sandy Schaefer

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For 33 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 39% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 58% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 8 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Sandy Schaefer's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 57
Highest review score: 80 How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Lowest review score: 30 The Tax Collector
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 24 out of 33
  3. Negative: 1 out of 33
33 movie reviews
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    • 65 Metascore
    • 60 Sandy Schaefer
    Bill & Ted Face the Music
    Face the Music is clearly a passion project for the minds behind Bill & Ted, and it results in a sequel that coasts by on its goofy humor and heart.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 50 Sandy Schaefer
    Unhinged
    Between its concise action and Crowe's scenery-chewing, Unhinged makes for an amusingly trashy B-movie, even if its social commentary never congeals.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 50 Sandy Schaefer
    Project Power
    While it's far from a refined genre-blending thrill ride, there's enough about Project Power that works to partially offset its fundamental problems.
    • 22 Metascore
    • 30 Sandy Schaefer
    The Tax Collector
    There's a sense of respect for both the L.A. gang codes and Latinx cultural traditions on display, but they're let down by the the film's plot and characters. Combined with Ayer's continued storytelling missteps, The Tax Collector amounts to a lot of blood and brutality without the soulfulness to match.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 50 Sandy Schaefer
    Greyhound
    While the movie's sea battles are elegantly staged by cinematographer-turned director Aaron Schneider (helming his second feature here, more than ten years after his acclaimed debut with Get Low), the absence of a compelling character throughline makes it difficult to become emotionally invested in their outcome.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 50 Sandy Schaefer
    7500
    Despite the clever setup for this (almost) single-setting B-movie, some half-baked plotting and unfortunate stereotyping keep 7500 grounded.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Sandy Schaefer
    Shirley
    While it can be too elliptical for its own good, Shirley is a frequently spellbinding blend of fiction and memoir anchored by a mesmerizing Moss.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 60 Sandy Schaefer
    The Lovebirds
    Although it makes for a better rom-com than murder-mystery, The Lovebirds is an entertaining romp powered to life by Nanjiani and Rae's chemistry.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 40 Sandy Schaefer
    Arkansas
    Arkansas struggles to find an internal rhythm - resulting in a laid-back crime film that suffers from flat execution, in spite of some bright spots.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 60 Sandy Schaefer
    Blue Story
    Blue Story can be messy in stretches, but it's undeniably passionate and carried by its simple, yet effective, and sometimes lyrical storytelling.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 50 Sandy Schaefer
    True History of the Kelly Gang
    For all its stylized flourishes and raw performances, True History of the Kelly Gang's confused narrative prevents it from fully taking off.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 50 Sandy Schaefer
    Extraction
    Despite the spectacular stunt work, Extraction is a garden-variety action-thriller dragged down by its regressive white savior elements.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 60 Sandy Schaefer
    Sergio
    Uneven yet sincere in its execution, Sergio combines simplified political melodrama with a tragic love story powered by its leads' performances.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 50 Sandy Schaefer
    The Main Event
    Both amusingly ridiculous and completely by the numbers, The Main Event makes for generally watchable (though very disposable) kid-friendly fluff.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 60 Sandy Schaefer
    Trolls World Tour
    Trolls World Tour serves up enough psychedelic visuals and positive messages to earn its keep.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 50 Sandy Schaefer
    Code 8
    While the Code 8 movie's premise is more interesting than its other elements, it's handled well enough to warrant further exploration. Code 8 works better as a proof of concept than a standalone sci-fi thriller, serving up fascinating world-building with a fairly basic story.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 80 Sandy Schaefer
    Tigertail
    Anchored by Yang's sensitive direction and a Tzi Ma performance teeming with life, Tigertail is romantic, thoughtful, and heartbreaking all at once.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 40 Sandy Schaefer
    Coffee & Kareem
    Slapdash to a fault, Coffee & Kareem is an irreverent time-waster that can't make up its mind about whether it's sophomoric or subversive.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 60 Sandy Schaefer
    Drunk Bus
    Thanks to its charming cast and even-handed blend of laughs and drama, Drunk Bus generally succeeds in putting a fresh spin on its familiar story.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Sandy Schaefer
    Blow the Man Down
    Armed with a truly feminine perspective, Blow the Man Down rises above being a Coen Brothers imitation to deliver a gripping and tightly-woven yarn.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Sandy Schaefer
    Frozen
    Overall, Frozen is another fine addition to the Disney animated feature pantheon, offering a witty and heartfelt princess fairly tale with creative musical elements and some visual panache.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 50 Sandy Schaefer
    The Hunt
    A better survival thriller than social commentary via the horror genre, The Hunt only just holds together thanks to Betty Gilpin's virtuoso lead turn.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 60 Sandy Schaefer
    The Call of the Wild
    Though it lacks the grit and gristle of the best London adaptations, The Call of the Wild is elevated by Harrison Ford and a very good CGI doggo.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 50 Sandy Schaefer
    Downhill
    Far from being a full-blown disaster, Downhill is a middle of the road comedy-drama that would've benefitted from a more incisive technique and a little extra faith in its audience's ability to grasp the subtleties of its story.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Sandy Schaefer
    A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
    You can see why Aardman, with their simple stories and rudimentary character designs, would have a hard time standing out next to the more intricate narratives and realistic digital animation of recent Disney and Pixar films. And yet, it's that very combination of simplicity in plotting and stylization that makes A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon such a joy to watch.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 70 Sandy Schaefer
    Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made
    It walks the fine line between being too whimsical and too dramatic, yet maintains that delicate balancing act over the course of its entire runtime.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 50 Sandy Schaefer
    Joker
    At the end of the day, Joker comes off as Scorsese-lite in the same way that Phillips' last movie, War Dogs, did - albeit, with great acting from Phoenix to elevate it, but also a sense of self-seriousness that borders on self-parody and pretentiousness that War Dogs did not have.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 40 Sandy Schaefer
    The Turning
    As a whole, The Turning is a triumph of style over substance that might've well made for a perfectly middle of the road horror film, had it not been edited down to the point of becoming incoherent by the end.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Sandy Schaefer
    How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
    Overall, The Hidden World ends the How to Train Your Dragon movies on a strong note and shouldn't disappoint those who've spent the last five years anxiously awaiting the final chapter in Hiccup and Toothless' story.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 60 Sandy Schaefer
    Bad Boys for Life
    It's more effective as an action-comedy about Mike and Marcus struggling to figure out what they want in life (now that they're facing north of fifty) that a reflective drama about Mike coming to terms with his traumas and mistakes, if only because the latter plot thread tries to build on a foundation that, frankly, was never really there in the first two Bad Boys movies.
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