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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. Rabbit Hole
    The film is quiet, patient, allowing for lived-in performances that get at the enormous change in the characters' lives.
    • 33 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Gulliver's Travels
    It might have worked, too, if Black had anything remotely funny to work with.
  3. True Grit
    A gorgeously shot, well-acted Western that resonates more the more you let it settle.
  4. The King's Speech
    A host of British acting royalty, meanwhile, roams around the film: Derek Jacobi as the Archbishop of Canterbury, Claire Bloom as Queen Mary, Timothy Spall as Winston Churchill and so on.
  5. Megamind
    This is Ferrell's movie, meaning some inspired laughs sandwiched between annoying bits that stretch on well past their usefulness.
  6. The Fighter
    David O. Russell's film makes use of some terrific performances - Christian Bale is brilliant, as is Melissa Leo, even by their lofty standards.
  7. TRON: Legacy
    TRON: Legacy may well satisfy the fanboys who have waited almost three decades for its appearance. Enjoy. Who knows, maybe one day if you wait long enough they'll make a "Super Mario Bros." sequel, too.
  8. How Do You Know
    From its bland title to its fair-to-middlin' story, mediocre is the word that fits How Do You Know perfectly.
  9. Due Date
    Due Date should be a disaster, derivative of every road-trip movie you've ever seen. What prevents that are the efforts of the two stars.
  10. Cool It
    The movie is never boring, but there may be some information overload for laymen in the audience.
  11. Unstoppable
    With a movie like this, trying to guess how it ends isn't the point. Enjoying the ride is, and on that front, Unstoppable delivers.
  12. Love and Other Drugs
    Zwick can't seem to decide what the movie is - a refreshingly frank comedy about sex and commitment, or a more-serious look at illness and its effect on relationships.
  13. Faster
    A stripped-down affair, from title to characters to plot. It never strives to be more, instead concentrating on making the most of its self-imposed limitations.
  14. Welcome to the Rileys
    A flawed script prevents Welcome to the Rileys from being the effective meditation on grief and healing it wants to be.
  15. Four Lions
    Four Lions is a comedy about terrorism. No, not a thoughtful, intellectual take on the absurdities of suicide bombing. It's slapstick. Actually, it's the Three Stooges of Jihad.
  16. Tangled
    And now with Tangled, a delightfully fresh spin on "Rapunzel," the entertainment powerhouse delivers its first classic-caliber computer animation outside the Pixar family.
  17. Burlesque
    The bad news - it's not interesting enough to be a disaster.
  18. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
    The best thing about the film is neither the top-notch CGI nor the shallow moral lessons but the performance of Will Poulter ("Son of Rambow") as Lucy and Edmund's insufferable cousin Eustace Scrubb.
  19. Black Swan
    It's all or nothing with Black Swan. Either you embrace its headlong descent into madness brought on by the pressures of artistic perfection, compounded by smothering anxiety, or you reject it. It's that simple.
  20. I Love You Phillip Morris
    If you're a fan of provocative, offbeat films such as "My Own Private Idaho" or "The Crying Game," you might want to give "Phillip Morris" a chance.
  21. The Tourist
    Star power can cover up a multitude of shortcomings in a film. Turns out stupidity isn't one of them.
  22. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I
    It's not a bad movie, but it is very much a transitional one.
  23. A Film Unfinished
    To say that the film is uncomfortable to watch is an understatement. It's searing. Yet it's also invaluable.
  24. 127 Hours
    127 Hours is based on Ralston's memoir, and it's a really good movie because director Danny Boyle is a genius.
  25. The Next Three Days
    There are some things to admire in the film, based on the French movie "Pour Elle," most of which involve developments that would give too much away.
  26. Morning Glory
    It's a slight movie that makes "Broadcast News" look like "All the President's Men" in comparison.
  27. Fair Game
    An emotionally inert film that never pulls viewers into the spiraling web of deceit that the couple face.
  28. For Colored Girls
    There's no question that Black women are underrepresented in movies. There's also no question that when they get a chance to perform, they deserve a better movie than For Colored Girls.
  29. Inside Job
    Scarier than anything you'll find in a horror movie this time of year.
  30. Paranormal Activity 2
    It delivers its considerable moments of terror in the same way the original film did. But it does deliver.
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