Sentences with phrase «positive review of the film»

As Roger Ebert put it in his positive review of the film, Hughes» films made an «honest attempt to create teenagers who might seem plausible to other teenagers.»

Be sure to read our positive review of the film.

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It's too soon to tell (and Netflix never releases viewership statistics), but the 62 % of the movie's audience reviews on Rotten Tomatoes are positive, while the film currently has a rating of 7.0 (out of 10) from users on Metacritic.

The buddy - cop film, with elements of «Lord of the Rings» - style fantasy, only got positive reviews from 12 % of top movie critics on Rotten Tomatoes.

The film drew mostly favorable reviews, with 78 percent of critics giving it positive notices, according to RottenTomatoes.com.

Good Releases are films receiving a Metascore of at least 61 out of 100, indicating generally positive reviews from top professional critics.

Another distributor that goes for the quantity and quality approach, Magnolia had one of the year's most popular documentaries in Blackfish and one of critics» favorite foreign films in The Hunt, even as its percentage of films receiving positive reviews dropped from 50 % in 2012 to 45 % last year.

Just three of the studio's 15 films received positive reviews from critics (and one of those, only by a nose), putting Universal in the bottom half among the major distributors in terms of quality — not surprising, given that its 2014 slate wasn't exactly deep in Oscar - worthy films.

Defying Columbia chief Harry Cohn's demand that he change his last name lest the critics take advantage of it in negative reviews, Lemmon quickly made a positive impression in his first film, the Judy Holliday comic hit It Should Happen to You (1954) and quickly became a reliably nimble comic presence at Columbia.

Universal's specialty films division had a lousy 2014 (in terms of quality), and rebounded only slightly in 2015, increasing its average Metascore by over 3 points and its percentage of films with positive reviews from 25 % to 45 %.

In all, Sony managed to collect terrible reviews for a third of its movies and saw its percentage of films with positive reviews drop from 42 % in 2012 to just 27 % last year.

In the gallery above, we've identified 30 filmmakers from the past four decades who have directed at least five features but have managed to receive positive reviews for just a single one of their films.

Warners» success rate (of films receiving positive reviews from critics) dropped from 39 % in 2014 to just 16 % last year, while the studio's average Metascore declined by four points.

But, though we graded Lionsgate a «D» in 2015 — a year in which just three of its films received positive reviews from critics — the quality of the studio's output actually appears to be increasing, albeit slightly.

It represents the percentage of professional critic reviews that are positive for a given film or television show.

L.A. - based Roadside once again saw half of its films (including Chilean drama Gloria and festival hit Dear White People) earn positive reviews, but its Metascore average (and box office grosses) fell a bit compared to 2013.

The film premiered to positive reviews out of Sundance and is slated for a 2016 theatrical release, further strengthening a the already strong forecast for the depth of the Best Actress race.

Even though it is mostly getting positive reviews, Ant - Man still has one very big hurdle to overcome: the lukewarm reception by audiences, and the very real possibility that by breaking from the Marvel mold, the film positions itself to alienate and confuse die hard fans of the MCU formula.

Netflix recently premiered the third film of Sandler's original deal, «Sandy Wexler,» which is getting more positive reviews than his other ventures on the platform.

It also received highly positive reviews with some critics lauding it for doing the near - impossible task of compressing more than a dozen superheroes in a film that while feeling overstuffed never overwhelms moviegoers with exposition.

A Telluride world premiere (even if the festival refuses to use that term), «Lady Bird» received one of the festival's most rapturous responses, where «Moonlight» director Barry Jenkins introduced the film and it received a string of positive reviews.

Slate «s Inkoo Kang is one of the few critics to offer a genuinely positive review of Tomb Raider, describing the film as «thrilling»:

The trailer indicates that Ridley's film is as much a work of Impressionism about Hendrix's experience performing as part of the 1960s London music scene as anything else - a sentiment backed up by the early reviews, with the Seattle Times» Moira Macdonald calling the movie «a mood piece, not a biopic» in her overall positive critique.

As you can see, it's not all doom and gloom from the critics so far, but even the first positive Dracula Untold reviews out of the gate aren't exactly tripping over themselves to praise the film.

Fox Searchlight also premiered a third film to positive reviews at the festivals, Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris» «Battle of the Sexes.»

The latter film, which Stone produced as well as starred in, was a heartfelt story about two adolescent misfits; although it did win a number of positive reviews, audiences largely stayed away from it.

The Theory of Everything has lost some level of traction since its release and while reviews for the lead performances have been very positive, reviews for the film as a whole have been decidedly mixed.

This film gets generally positive reviews and while I generally loathe to criticize Woody Allen's films, this isn't one of his best in spite of the Academy Awards won.

But the film, which tells the story of how mystery man Tommy Wiseau made what's often been called the worst movie of all time, The Room, has earned mostly positive reviews and was nominated for two Golden Globes, including Best Picture (Comedy or Musical.)

Zero Dark Thirty, a movie about the hunt for, and eventual killing of, Osama (or Usama, as he should be called, as this film reminds us) bin Laden, has received mostly extremely positive reviews, and has even been called the best film of the year by some.

He was also unconvincingly cast as an 18th - century New England lawyer in Steven Spielberg's fact - based account of the infamous slave uprising «Amistad» (1997), though the film received mostly positive reviews and brought in strong holiday season box office numbers.

The film received mildly positive reviews out of Toronto, but critics all agreed that Ronan excels in her star turn.

In one of the more positive reviews, The Independent's Geoffrey Macnab praised the cast and initial build up, yet said how «in the final reel, the film begins to unravel».

Belonging to the drama, comedy and adventure genre, the film opened to generally positive reviews with praises for its out of the box storyline which has been crafted straight from the animal's perspective and not on how we imagine them to be.

He began his career in film criticism with a very positive review of Sylvester Stallone's debut as a director, Paradise Alley (1978), which in itself revealed something of Carax's particular vision, a special feeling of urgency he was demanding from cinema and filmmakers — an embryonic version of the «smile of speed».

The early reviews of director Craig Zobel's Z for Zachariah have been largely positive, describing the film as a low - key movie about the fragile bonds of trust and how they can be tangled by jealousy and contempt.

So as opposed to joining a chorus of positive reviews (and ours would have been glowing) we decided instead to dive into some of the finer details occupying our thoughts since last week — about the film, its characters, and the future of the Marvel cinematic universe in general.

But, as one of the most buzzed about films going into Toronto, «August: Osage County» garnered some positive early reviews.

The film premiered at Sundance late last week to relatively positive reviews (we were lukewarm) and it follows «a woman (Keri Russell) obsessed with the BBC production of «Pride and Prejudice «who travels to an Austen - styled England resort to find her perfect gentleman.»

A24 has assembled a fantastic group of 2014 releases with Under the Skin, Enemy, and The Rover all piling up positive critic reviews and this film looks like it will round out a most excellent year for the relatively new company.

Though reviews of the film haven't been very positive, I'm still curious to see Smith explore a different genre for once, especially with veterans like Michael Parks, Melissa Leo and John Goodman spouting his trademark dialogue.

And, from there, to this: Almost invariably we use this line when we come across one of those films that receive highly positive reviews largely because of one great performance.

Some articles about the film and its circuitous route towards wide release (after receiving generally positive reviews at the 06 TIFF, it fell into distribution hell for nearly 7 years) would have you believe that it's a sleeper indie with a sharp style, a biting wit, and surprisingly meta - ending reminiscent of Joss Whedon's much - delayed 2012 flick, Cabin in the Woods.

The Hangover 2 teaser trailer doesn't offer much in terms of new jokes or scenes, but it does enough in simply showing us the characters to whet our appetitive, overlayed with quotes from positive reviews of the first film.

Named for positive reviews of «Shutter Island,» a substandard film that coasted on the fact that it was made by Martin Scorsese.

But statistics-wise, the story of the weekend for Lady Bird was setting a new record as the best - reviewed film on Rotten Tomatoes, with 169 positive reviews to Toy Story 2's 163.

The film took Sundance's Best Documentary Feature award, the Angulos partnered with Vice Films to produce an experimental arts & crafts short film, and The Wolfpack received an overly positive review from me during the glow of the Tribeca Film Festival.

Avengers: Infinity War also received highly positive reviews with some critics lauding it for accomplishing the near - impossible task of compressing more than a dozen superheroes in a film that while feeling overstuffed never overwhelms moviegoers with exposition.

The structure was maybe a little complicated for mainstream audiences, but the film received positive reviews and Blanchett took home a number of awards for her role as Jude, the mid-sixties Dylan who betrayed his folk roots (and fans) by going electric.

The film is his directorial follow - up to the critically - acclaimed Ex Machina with a cast boasting Natalie Portman and Jennifer Jason Leigh, and arrives on a raft of positive reviews.