Simran Hans
Select another critic »For 293 reviews, this critic has graded:
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39% higher than the average critic
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4% same as the average critic
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57% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 2.1 points lower than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Simran Hans' Scores
- Movies
- TV
Average review score: | 63 | |
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Highest review score: | An Elephant Sitting Still | |
Lowest review score: | Stardust |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 120 out of 293
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Mixed: 168 out of 293
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Negative: 5 out of 293
293
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- The Observer (UK)
- Posted May 20, 2022
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- Simran Hans
There is about as much jeopardy as you’d expect from an action thriller about an obscure land dispute; a tense encounter with an angry polar bear and a phantom hot air balloon are highlights during the endless plodding across the frozen wilderness.- The Observer (UK)
- Posted Apr 5, 2022
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- Simran Hans
Letts gives thoughtful context to the way he was able to straddle the racially delineated worlds of dub reggae and punk rock, drawing parallels between the merging of subcultures in 1970s London, and the intersection of hip-hop and rock’n’roll in 1980s New York.- The Observer (UK)
- Posted Apr 5, 2022
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- Simran Hans
Poehler, herself a gifted comedian, doesn’t include her own voice in the film, though we still get a sense of her feminist perspective.- The Observer (UK)
- Posted Apr 5, 2022
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- The Observer (UK)
- Posted Mar 21, 2022
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- Simran Hans
Despite the inherent silliness, the actors play it straight. There’s an earnestness to Rylance’s performance, which encourages us to find inspiration in the underdog.- The Observer (UK)
- Posted Mar 20, 2022
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- Simran Hans
Diallo utilises the visual language of horror – red lighting, empty shower stalls, a gnarled hand that emerges from under the bed – to express the terror of racism and the rot of its legacy.- The Observer (UK)
- Posted Mar 20, 2022
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- Simran Hans
The latest film from horror director Ti West (The House of the Devil), about a porn movie shoot gone wrong, is ripe with playful winks and nudges.- The Observer (UK)
- Posted Mar 20, 2022
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- Simran Hans
Zoë Kravitz is a highlight as cocktail waitress turned cat burglar Selina Kyle.- The Observer (UK)
- Posted Mar 5, 2022
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- Simran Hans
Ostrochovský’s camera emphasises the constricting architecture of both church and state, with its black and white morality and a claustrophobic central courtyard, frequently portrayed via stiff, judgmental God’s-eye shots.- The Observer (UK)
- Posted Feb 25, 2022
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- Simran Hans
The film’s message is a beautiful one: to integrate our real-life vulnerabilities with the persona we project is to become all the more powerful.- The Observer (UK)
- Posted Feb 11, 2022
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- Simran Hans
When Fine encourages him to elaborate, Wilson isn’t especially articulate, but his emotional responses to the individual songs are often lucid and revealing.- The Observer (UK)
- Posted Jan 23, 2022
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- Simran Hans
Hadjithomas and Joreige thoughtfully explore trauma while remaining joyful, animating Maia’s photos, which fizz, crackle and dance to life on screen.- The Observer (UK)
- Posted Jan 23, 2022
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- Simran Hans
Adams is a vivacious screen presence with a twinkle in her eye, and Jordan can’t quite match her, unable to draw out any real inner turmoil in a character who is respectable to a fault.- The Observer (UK)
- Posted Jan 23, 2022
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- Simran Hans
Kenneth Branagh’s unabashedly feelgood memoir of growing up in Belfast as the Troubles erupted in the late 1960s suffers from a problem of perspective.- The Observer (UK)
- Posted Jan 23, 2022
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- Simran Hans
The film is obsessed with deconstructing good screenwriting, the way a line lands, and ensuring clear character motivation.- The Observer (UK)
- Posted Jan 11, 2022
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- Simran Hans
The smug asides plastered on screen, and the hyperactive inserts of nature documentary footage do nothing to raise the film’s real-life stakes.- The Observer (UK)
- Posted Jan 11, 2022
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- Simran Hans
Jóhannsson teases the possibility of a monster, but waits to reveal his hand. When he does, there’s more than a touch of gallows humour. I laughed out loud at his audacity, and had nightmares later.- The Observer (UK)
- Posted Jan 11, 2022
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- Simran Hans
The film is best when it sticks to children’s caper mode, jostled along by gentle toilet humour, bad-tempered barnyard animals and a scene of two kids driving a van across Manhattan.- The Observer (UK)
- Posted Jan 11, 2022
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- Simran Hans
This thoughtful documentary about Arthur Ashe, the first African American man to win Wimbledon in 1975, understands that representation is only one step towards equality.- The Observer (UK)
- Posted Jan 11, 2022
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- Simran Hans
The film is a utopian riff on the apocalyptic source material, a Technicolor reimagining flooded with light and optimism.- The Observer (UK)
- Posted Jan 11, 2022
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- The Observer (UK)
- Posted Jan 11, 2022
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- Simran Hans
The film can’t resist revelling in a conservative conclusion outside Buckingham Palace, with a victory banner fluttering against a smattering of St George’s flags.- The Observer (UK)
- Posted Jan 11, 2022
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- Simran Hans
The film’s bluesy woodwind score has a teasing, goading quality that feels tinged with melancholy; the spectre of Aids hovers around the film’s edges.- The Observer (UK)
- Posted Jan 9, 2022
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- Simran Hans
Film-maker Jamila Wignot pays particular attention to the specificity of Ailey’s black influences: the church, blues music and his southern upbringing, all of which informed his best-known work, Revelations (1960).- The Observer (UK)
- Posted Jan 9, 2022
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- Simran Hans
Refreshingly, Farhadi is ambivalent towards his “hero”, and his control over the film’s tone is masterful; what begins as funny and almost farcical, soon shifts into something much sadder and more sobering.- The Observer (UK)
- Posted Jan 9, 2022
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- Simran Hans
MacKay is muted; his character is teased for his reserve, a quality he shares with the film. Niewöhner gives the sparkier performance, as a passionate German nationalist whose loyalty has flipped.- The Observer (UK)
- Posted Jan 9, 2022
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- The Observer (UK)
- Posted Jan 9, 2022
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- Simran Hans
It’s a bouncy, grin-inducing romp through Caribbean takeaways, designer boutiques stacked with Moschino streetwear and one ill-advised trip south of the river.- The Observer (UK)
- Posted Dec 6, 2021
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- Simran Hans
The story is a little flat, but the gorgeous, hand-crafted puppets and sets give the film dimension.- The Observer (UK)
- Posted Dec 2, 2021
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