Stanley Kauffmann
Critic Overview in Movies
65Avg. Critic Score
Critic Score Distribution
positive
274(58%)
mixed
152(32%)
negative
45(10%)
Highest Critic Score
100
Lowest Critic Score
0
Critic Reviews for Movies
sex, lies, and videotapeCritic ScoreStanley Kauffmann
100
Soderbergh is helped enormously by the interplay of his actors, whom he has cast like a master... [He makes] a film that goes past what it shows to disclose what can't be seen. It's a fine achievement. [4 Sept 1989, p.26]
The Sweet HereafterCritic ScoreStanley Kauffmann
100
Any film that provides Ian Holm with a large role is off to a good start. The Sweet Hereafter gets off to that start and keeps going. [Dec 8, 1997]
Secrets & LiesCritic ScoreStanley Kauffmann
100
Leigh, the writer, ties up things somewhat neatly and is a touch homiletic. Leigh, the director of cast and camera, is masterly. [Sept. 30, 1996]
Sling BladeCritic ScoreStanley Kauffmann
100
Who is Billy Bob Thornton? The question fascinates after seeing Sling Blade, the extraordinary first film that he wrote and directed and in which he plays the leading role. [Feb. 10, 1997]
Boogie NightsCritic ScoreStanley Kauffmann
100
If Boogie Nights were poorly made and acted, its materials would make it intolerably tawdry. But its so well done that we keep watching. [Nov. 10, 1997]
Shakespeare in LoveCritic ScoreStanley Kauffmann
100
With most historical films the informed viewer scrutinizes in order to cluck at errors. (There are books full of such cluckings.) With Shakespeare in Love, the more one knows, the more one can enjoy the liberties taken. [Jan. 4, 1999]
TitanicCritic ScoreStanley Kauffmann
100
With the ship, with its totality of people, Cameron is wizardly, creating an entire society threading through the various strata of a world that has been set afloat from the rest of the world. [Jan. 5, 1998]
The Truman ShowCritic ScoreStanley Kauffmann
100
The Truman Show is a reminder of the Beckett theme. The screenplay by Andrew Niccol starts from something like Beckett's abstraction and reifies it with details of contemporary culture, then moves on into fantasy. [June 29, 1998]
ShineCritic ScoreStanley Kauffmann
100
If this weren't a true story, who would believe it? Well, a good many of us, probably. First, it's the kind of exceptional circumstance we like to dwell on as proof that pessimists are wrong; second, Shine is markedly well made, therefore persuasive. [Nov. 18, 1996]
The SonCritic ScoreStanley Kauffmann
100
The ability to conceive a compact drama on this huge subject and to embody it as perfectly as they have done, added to what they have already accomplished, puts Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne among the premier film artists of our time.
