For 49 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 71% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 27% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 0.4 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Joe Holleman's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 66
Highest review score: 100 The Third Man
Lowest review score: 0 Weekend at Bernie's II
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 34 out of 49
  2. Negative: 9 out of 49
49 movie reviews
    • 64 Metascore
    • 88 Joe Holleman
    Everything you would want in a summer action-suspense movie - and just a little bit more. The movie delivers enough thrills to satisfy all but the most hard-core adrenaline addicts. And several touches, especially the lead performance of Harrison Ford, elevate this film above the standard summer suspense offerings.[9 June 1992, p.4D]
    • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    • 62 Metascore
    • 38 Joe Holleman
    Ted
    Ted does not only break before it ends. It snaps back so violently that it very well may knock out of your mind any recollection that the movie is fairly entertaining for about 30 minutes.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 75 Joe Holleman
    Depp shows again that he truly understands Thompson by delivering a nuanced performance that is remarkably different, but subliminally similar, from the wonderfully outrageous turn he provided in "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas."
    • 45 Metascore
    • 63 Joe Holleman
    More damaging is Lurie's conspicuous "red state" rant, as he makes sure that every prominent guy in this film - save for the screenwriter and the black sheriff - fits all of the Southern stereotypes. That doesn't make it a bad movie, just one that is something less than Peckinpah's original.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 50 Joe Holleman
    It would have been nice if Cowboys & Aliens had come come up with the right equation to balance originality and homage. But in the end, it all turned into trigonometry.
    • 16 Metascore
    • 0 Joe Holleman
    Calling it "idiotic" would be unfair to all other idiotic movies. Find a word that combines moronic and malevolent. [14 July 1993, p.3F]
    • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    • 46 Metascore
    • 50 Joe Holleman
    Decent performances from Emilio Estevez and Denis Leary can't rescue this movie from its weak screenplay and predictable story. [21 Oct 1993, p.7G]
    • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    • 51 Metascore
    • 50 Joe Holleman
    All that complexity backfires at about the midpoint, leaving viewers with a standard yarn about a popular guy who makes a grossly insensitive wager after his trophy girlfriend drops him. After that, it is all a case of "been there, done that." [29 Jan 1999,p. E3]
    • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    • 34 Metascore
    • 12 Joe Holleman
    Is there really a need to make a 14-year-old the sexual object of adults' attention? A coming-of-age movie that tries to sympathize with a teen-ager can be enlightening. A movie that tries to tantalize us with a child is shameful. Second, the stereotype of the treacherous Lolita taking advantage of a man twice her age is not only sexist, it's misogynistic. Take The Crush and can it. [9 Apr 1993, p.3F]
    • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    • 68 Metascore
    • 75 Joe Holleman
    My Cousin Vinny would have been a moderately funny movie in any case. But with Joe Pesci in the leading role, the movie escalates several notches to a rough-and-tumble, exciting comedy and proves that Pesci is one of the most versatile actors in the business. [19 Mar 1992, p.6E]
    • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    • 33 Metascore
    • 38 Joe Holleman
    This movie bogs down under heavy-handed, simplistic preachings about the environment and numerous scenes of utterly gratuitous violence. [23 Feb 1994]
    • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    • 86 Metascore
    • 100 Joe Holleman
    Usually, the plot of a romantic comedy revolved around two people wanting to marry each other. With Powell and Loy, with their charm, warmth and sex appeal, the story became about two people who were married -- and liked it. [02 Aug 2005, p.E1]
    • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    • 50 Metascore
    • 88 Joe Holleman
    Wide Awake is a children's movie that does not rely on special effects, computer-generated trickery, bathroom humor, slapstick violence or inappropriate adult situations to satisfy its audience. [03 Apr 1998, p.E7]
    • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    • 63 Metascore
    • 88 Joe Holleman
    A slight step down from the first two, but still very good. [02 Aug 2005, p.E1]
    • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    • 80 Metascore
    • 88 Joe Holleman
    Although viewing this movie leaves you raw emotionally, it is a powerful testimony to one family's unwavering love and willpower, captured splendidly by Susan Sarandon, Nick Nolte and director and co-writer George Miller. [27 Jan 1993, p.5G]
    • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    • 58 Metascore
    • 63 Joe Holleman
    THUNDERHEART, a murder mystery set amid the American Indian movement on Sioux reservations in the 1970s, has its heart in the right place. But except for a few scenes, the thunder is missing. [7 Apr 1992, p.2D]
    • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    • 71 Metascore
    • 63 Joe Holleman
    Without Limits is best when it's on the track. When it goes off the track, it sometimes does just that. [13 Oct 1998, p.E3]
    • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 Joe Holleman
    Most of the credit for this successful effort goes to Miller, who simply pointed a camera at Levitch for hours and stayed out of the way. This laid-back direction helps Miller avoid that self-conscious "documentary" seriousness, edgy shots and editing that tells the audience that this is all so very important. [18 Dec 1998, p.E3]
    • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    • 62 Metascore
    • 63 Joe Holleman
    Gets boring for adults, but kids will enjoy it. [03 Jan 1999, p.C10]
    • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    • 41 Metascore
    • 25 Joe Holleman
    This film fails, and for several reasons - not the least being that movies about bickering police partners who fight crime with snappy wisecracks and serious weaponry just might be the most overused plot of the last 15 years. [12 April 1995, p.3E]
    • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    • 63 Metascore
    • 75 Joe Holleman
    The dialogue still sparkles, but the story is a bit weaker than the previous editions. [02 Aug 2005, p.E1]
    • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    • 52 Metascore
    • 75 Joe Holleman
    This 19th Bond film has all of the required scenes, lines, gags and gadgets to keep Bond fans pleased - as well as a few new twists to update and energize it. [19 Dec 1997, p.E3]
    • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    • 84 Metascore
    • 100 Joe Holleman
    Wilder consistently infused his films with wit and intelligence, offering comedy in his dramas and drama in his comedies. And Stalag 17 is a shining example. [28 Mar 2006, p.E1]
    • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    • 86 Metascore
    • 88 Joe Holleman
    Director John Boorman (Deliverance, Hope and Glory) stretched the limits of 1960s cinematic storytelling with his nonlinear plot construction, experimental camera angles and psychedelic flashbacks. While some of it seems a bit trite by today's standards, it was rather innovative at the time. [05 Jul 2005, p.D1]
    • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    • 64 Metascore
    • 75 Joe Holleman
    HOW FUNNY CAN a movie be when it consists of stupid jokes, dreadful puns and stale sight gags? Pretty funny, actually. [21 May 1993, p.3G]
    • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    • 71 Metascore
    • 100 Joe Holleman
    So I'll just say this: The Big Lebowksi is an excellent movie - and damn funny.
    • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    • 85 Metascore
    • 88 Joe Holleman
    If you're looking for a political message, either for or against U.S. involvement in Afghanistan, this is not your movie. The directors were satisfied with telling us about a group of courageous, honorable young soldiers - a salute these men richly deserve.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 63 Joe Holleman
    CB4
    The movie has some outstanding moments. Rock's performance and writing show that he appreciates rap music and its place in the culture, but he is not so respectful that he is incapable of skewering it. The movie's failings show up in the last half hour. Tamra Davis, known for directing many top music videos, lapses into predictability. The edge in the first part of the film goes dull by picture's end. And the story, written by Rock, Nelson George and Robert LoCash, becomes needlessly complicated, then meanders to a conclusion. [17 Mar 1993, p.3F]
    • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    • 52 Metascore
    • 38 Joe Holleman
    The romantic relationship between the two stars is mishandled, and neither is given sufficient funny material. [16 June 1992, p.4D]
    • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    • 37 Metascore
    • 63 Joe Holleman
    And in spite of all that predictability, there is enough action, tension and Willis-like funny lines to earn this movie a passing grade. [2 Apr 1998, p.41]
    • St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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