Dallas Observer
Publication Overview in Movies
59Avg. Critic Score
Critic Score Distribution
positive
678(45%)
mixed
604(40%)
negative
236(16%)
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Topsy-TurvyCritic ScoreDallas Observer
100
A masterful film about the magic of performance and the foibles of the artists behind it.
In the Mood for LoveCritic ScoreDallas Observer
100
Wong weaves a spell that no other director could create.
L.A. ConfidentialCritic ScoreDallas Observer
100
He's (Hanson) never before generated the kind of heat inside a picture--and out of it--that he has with L.A. Confidential.
By Michael Sragow
Ghost Dog: The Way of the SamuraiCritic ScoreDallas Observer
100
This infusion of warrior philosophy is the gas in Ghost Dog's tank, and Jarmusch pumps it up for maximum octane throughout.
Dirty Pretty ThingsCritic ScoreDallas Observer
100
It's best appraised as a strong ensemble piece, a darkly dreamy slab of social commentary and definitely one of the year's best films.
ChicagoCritic ScoreDallas Observer
100
The singing and dancing in this Chicago are uniformly splendid, right down to Gere's tap dancing. The high wit and dark eroticism Marshall brings to the famous "Cell Block Tango" number are matchless.
Russian ArkCritic ScoreDallas Observer
100
Turns out to be more than simply a near-miracle of filmmaking, however; it is also an astonishing work of art, a historical epic that drifts through one's consciousness like a reverie.
The InsiderCritic ScoreDallas Observer
100
The final product is great populist entertainment and may even leave audiences with a feeling of comfort, however fleeting, in the knowledge that corrupt corporations don't always win
The Virgin SuicidesCritic ScoreDallas Observer
100
[Coppola] understands the crisp, oblique horror and wistfulness of Eugenides' narrative, plunking down five enchanting princesses into an environment that is anything but magical.
FargoCritic ScoreDallas Observer
100
Fargo is a concert performance--an illuminating amalgam of emotion and thought. It glimpses into the heart of man and unearths a blackly comic nature, hellishly mercurial and selfish, yet strangely innocent. If it weren't so funny, it would be unbearably disturbing.
By Arnold Wayne Jones
