Arizona Republic's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Select another publication »
For 2,969 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 62% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 34% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.2 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 66
Highest review score: 100 The Peanut Butter Falcon
Lowest review score: 10 The Legend of Hercules
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,702 out of 2969
  2. Mixed: 1,148 out of 2969
  3. Negative: 119 out of 2969
2969 movie reviews
view
per page
  1. Deli Man
    There's nothing particularly earth-shattering here, but maybe that's appropriate for a film honoring food that aims to be mouthwatering but unpretentious.
  2. The Help
    The acting is uniformly excellent, and the cause - dragging the beginnings of civil rights into Jackson, Miss., at great risk - couldn't be nobler. What the film lacks is a strong point of view.
  3. Annabelle: Creation
    A surprisingly effective horror film, which is to say it’s scary in all the smart ways.
  4. The Names of Love
    It's always entertaining, and it boasts a terrific performance from Sara Forestier.
  5. Sick
    If Sick isn’t a great COVID-inspired horror film, at least it’s a start.
  6. Destroyer
    Destroyer frequently zombie-shuffles into unintentional hilarity, confusing darkness for depth, ugliness for complexity, convolution for smarts. It is just too self-serious to take seriously.
  7. On Chesil Beach
    On Chesil Beach, Dominic Cooke’s adaptation of Ian McEwan’s bestseller, features a couple of outstanding performances, but you have to suffer through some serious heartbreak to enjoy them. If “enjoy” is even the word. This is seriously depressing stuff. But good! Really. Don’t let the downbeat vibe scare you off.
  8. The Rental
    It’s a scarily efficient little horror movie, directed by Dave Franco in his feature debut, who proves knowledgeable about his subject. Really knowledgeable, evidently, because he and co-writer Joe Swanberg dip into just about every trope of the genre by the end of the 88-minute running time.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Cuckoo
    Cuckoo is one of the best-looking horror films I’ve seen this year...But even with the highly stylized atmosphere, “Cuckoo” doesn’t quite land the plane. It’s not really clear what the villainous plan is or how the villains are executing it.
  10. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
    So no points for originality. Madden tries to make up for this with sheer British acting personality and nearly succeeds.
  11. The Bad Batch
    While it’s visually arresting, it’s a disappointment. It’s too on the nose as a political allegory, and too lacking in coherent narrative to satisfy as a hipster comedy-drama.
  12. Bad Milo!
    Props to Bad Milo for its fearlessly pulp approach in exploring well-worn characters and their ho-hum dilemmas, but you know you’ve got a dull story on your hands when not even a butt monster can jazz it up enough.
  13. On the Map
    On the Map is more like a sleepy lecture during the last week of high school: You may hear some worthwhile information, but it's not going to stick.
  14. Lucy
    Lucy is insane, makes very little sense, doesn't stand up to scrutiny and is an absolute blast.
  15. Touched With Fire
    Where does creativity come from? And how do the lucky few who are touched by it make it last? Can they? Touched with Fire isn't a perfect study of the question, and it can't really provide a complete answer, probably because there isn't one. But thanks to Holmes and Kirby, it at least asks in a compelling way.
  16. The American
    The American is a very . . . patient movie, the inverse of an action thriller to an almost comic degree. With Clooney it's an interesting project. Without him, it would simply be boring.
  17. Harmontown
    As an exegesis on tortured creative genius, Harmontown proves wanting. It's in the exploration of how "Community" fandom formed its own distinctive community of outcasts that the film excels.
  18. Words on Bathroom Walls
    Plummer’s genuine, heartfelt performance will likely go a long way in humanizing a diagnosis that is often unfairly stigmatized.
  19. Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
    Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet is a hit-and-miss affair, easy on the eyes but nothing to write home — or a term paper — about.
  20. Margaret
    What an interesting failure Margaret is.
  21. The Boxtrolls
    Enchantment is an essential ingredient of an animated film, particularly one that skirts dark edges. The Boxtrolls doesn't have nearly enough of it.
  22. He Named Me Malala
    Though polished and image-conscious, offering too little insight into the physical and psychological trauma suffered in the bullet’s wake, the film is nevertheless moving without resorting to saccharine overtures.
  23. Best Worst Movie
    A documentary so enthusiastic, good-natured and sweet about such an abject disaster that it almost makes "Troll 2" worthwhile. Almost.
  24. The People vs. Fritz Bauer
    It’s a compelling portrait both of Bauer and of a fraught moment in German history. But from the vantage of the present, the issues — and the characters — seem pretty black and white.
  25. Enemy
    Not just dark but dank, Denis Villeneuve's Enemy is a surpassingly creepy film about identity.
  26. The Hero
    What the filmmakers are interested in is Elliott, and it’s easy to see why. He’s outstanding playing with the various aspects of his life and career, and he brings some at-times unexpected emotion to scenes that he elevates.
  27. Conviction
    Swank and Rockwell, both typically great in almost everything they do, act as if their lives depended on it - their lives, not their characters'.
  28. Madrid, 1987
    Deserves commendation for its fearless bravado, if for little else. [25 Oct 2012]
    • Arizona Republic
      • Posted Oct 25, 2012
  29. 10 Years
    A surprisingly enjoyable movie.
  30. Avatar: Fire and Ash
    Avatar: Fire and Ash will doubtless join its predecessors in the billion-dollar club. It can't miss. It follows the formula of the previous two films — stunning advancements in film technology coupled with mind-numbing plot, evidently a lucrative combo. Don't get me wrong, these movies look great, genuinely so. They're just so dumb.
Page:

Top Trailers

See all »
See all trailers »