Jeff Baker
Critic Overview in Movies
67Avg. Critic Score
Critic Score Distribution
positive
75(67%)
mixed
27(24%)
negative
10(9%)
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Critic Reviews for Movies
Dec 24, 2015
Carol100
Dec 24, 2015
The experience of watching Carol is like being pulled into a different place, real and not real, like the best movies, like being in love.
Dec 23, 2015
The Hateful Eight50
Dec 23, 2015
This time the talk was cheap, not witty or sharp. Tarantino the writer let his gift of gab get away from him and didn't give his script a close enough edit. Tarantino the director didn't do enough with the static setting; the flashbacks don't help and the big timeshift that's meant to explain everything that's happened feels incomplete.
Dec 22, 2015
The Big Short91
Dec 22, 2015
A highly entertaining, informative movie about how the subprime mortgage crisis led to a worldwide financial meltdown in 2007-08. The fact that such a movie is so unusual is one big reason why the meltdown occurred and why it easily could happen again.
Dec 22, 2015
Youth75
Dec 22, 2015
It feels more like a retreat for all involved, a chance to kick back and bounce some ideas off each other and the surrounding mountains. Several of them stick and give Youth an emotional core that covers the bare spots. Caine and Keitel, old pros on the home stretch, deserve nothing less.
Dec 17, 2015
The Danish Girl67
Dec 17, 2015
The subject is fascinating, the talent is undeniable, but the humanity that made Lili Elbe so memorable gets lost along the way.
Dec 16, 2015
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens75
Dec 16, 2015
If Abrams didn't take many chances, he didn't make many mistakes, either. First, Do No Harm became Don't Mess With Success, and it worked. Show Me the Money is sure to follow.
Dec 10, 2015
In the Heart of the Sea67
Dec 10, 2015
In the Heart of the Sea doesn't trust itself enough to be great.
Dec 3, 2015
Chi-Raq75
Dec 3, 2015
It doesn't all work. The energy and the performances by Cannon, Parris and Hudson can't carry a movie that careens from camp to tragedy to farce without taking a breath. Several scenes could have been cut, particularly a long, dumb take on sex and the Civil War that ends with a horny old goat in Stars-and-Bars skivvies.
