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My Take
What I admire most about A. O. Scott is the trajectory of a critic who reached the very top, becoming the New York Times' chief film critic, and then chose to pivot to its Book Review in 2023. To me that signals a writer chasing the deeper thing under it all: storytelling itself, in whatever form. A Harvard-educated mind from cultured Northampton, yet his prose never feels like a lecture. I think of him as a lifelong listener and explainer, someone who takes art seriously without taking himself too seriously. That blend of rigor and genuine enthusiasm is rarer than people realize, and it earns my lasting respect.
Overview
Anthony Oliver Scott (born July 10, 1966) is an American journalist and cultural critic, known for his film and literary criticism. After starting his career at The New York Review of Books, Variety, and Slate, he began writing film reviews for The New York Times in 2000, and became the paper's chief film critic in 2004, a title he shared with Manohla Dargis. In 2023, he moved to The New York Times Book Review.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- A. O. Scott
- Name (Japanese)
- A・O・スコット
- Reading
- A・O・すこっと
- Born
- July 10, 1966 (age 59)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Horse
- Origin
- Northampton, Massachusetts, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- journalist / film critic
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Classical High School
- University
- Harvard University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.