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For 2,968 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 1.3 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: 1,701 out of 2968
  2. Mixed: 1,148 out of 2968
  3. Negative: 119 out of 2968
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  1. Bridesmaids
    There are laughs aplenty, some disgusting, some rather sweet, some both at the same time.
  2. Rubber
    Maybe Rubber is an homage, maybe it's a statement on horror films and their audiences, maybe it's a total goof.
  3. Something Borrowed
    Will anyone really believe in this GQ-perfect big man on campus who lacks the courage to ask her out on a date?
  4. Thor
    Humor is the most powerful weapon deployed by director Kenneth Branagh in Thor, his rollicking take on the comic.
  5. Henry's Crime
    Go for Caan and Farmiga, and stay to be surprised by Reeves.
  6. Exporting Raymond
    A funny, if slight, documentary.
  7. Water for Elephants
    Add romantic chemistry to the list of things that fall flat in the film, alongside dialogue and acting.
  8. Winter in Wartime
    Can we ever get innocence back once it's lost? The ending suggests that we can. But at enormous cost.
  9. POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
    There are lots of laughs - a commercial Spurlock makes for Mane 'n Tail shampoo is hilarious.
  10. Rio
    A sequence set during Carnival is equally engaging, with giant floats and throngs of people watching the parade. Several scenes are shown from the birds' points of view, which make for a dizzying, dazzling experience.
  11. The Conspirator
    The cast is uniformly outstanding, a pleasure to watch. It's a more toned-down role for the often-fiery McAvoy, and it suits him.
  12. In a Better World
    It's oddly emotionally detached, easier to admire than to become involved in.
  13. Atlas Shrugged: Part I
    The acting is so poor and the story so badly told that the viewer's feelings about Rand's novel - an epic ode to free-market fundamentalism - are almost immaterial.
  14. Scream 4
    A fast-starting film that quickly piles meta, self-referential elements on top of each other until they no longer make much sense, and the whole thing collapses under the weight of its own coolness.
  15. Kill the Irishman
    Overall, Kill the Irishman is an entertaining look at a brutal time in an ugly place.
  16. Arthur
    Brand ultimately can't make a watered-down Arthur as sweetly charming as the original, but he certainly makes it better than it would have been otherwise.
  17. Your Highness
    It's an ironclad rule for comedies: Stupid is fine, as long as it's funny. But if it's not? Well, then it's just . . . stupid.
  18. Hanna
    An unorthodox delight.
  19. Win Win
    Shaffer's inexperience pays off. He's completely natural as a mixed-up kid (and great on the mat).
  20. Hop
    Check your driver's license - if you have one, you're probably too old to get the most out of it. If not, you may find your satisfaction a little harder - though not impossible - to come by.
  21. Source Code
    What's really cool about the film - in addition to Jake Gyllenhaal's performance as Stevens - is how Jones makes sure that we don't know any more than Stevens does, right up till the end.
  22. Insidious
    No blood, no gore, no hacked-off arms and legs, but plenty of creepy set pieces, quick cuts and blasts of music that will have you both squirming in your seat and jumping out of it. Until the bone-headed part kicks in.
  23. The Concert
    Manipulative, overly sentimental, sometimes ludicrous and almost completely irresistible.
  24. Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules
    An improvement over its predecessor.
  25. Strongman
    Strongman is a documentary Diane Arbus might have made: These are the wretched of the Earth, and our peeking into their lives feels intrusive.
  26. Jane Eyre
    What he (Fukunaga) doesn't deliver, however, is a fresh take on an often-told love story.
  27. Paul
    A celebration of sci-fi flicks, fanboys and good, old-fashioned bromance, Paul is a thoroughly enjoyable road trip.
  28. Limitless
    Some of its conceits may not hold up under intense scrutiny, but, generally speaking, it's a good time at the movies.
  29. The Lincoln Lawyer
    The story, based on the Michael Connelly novel, grows increasingly far-fetched - at times it plays like an expensive pilot for a TV series, maybe a "Young Barnaby Jones" or something.
  30. Happythankyoumoreplease
    There is a sweetness to Radnor's character and to his film. What there is not is a sense of urgency, of a desire to find out what happens next.
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