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For 8,786 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 41% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 57% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 6.8 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 58
Highest review score: 100 The Searchers
Lowest review score: 0 Gummo
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4,780 out of 8786
  2. Mixed: 2,559 out of 8786
  3. Negative: 1,447 out of 8786
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  1. Tupac: Resurrection
    Detailed but, ultimately, one-sided.
  2. Two Girls and a Guy
    The emotions are turbocharged and the topic is eternally relevant, but that's not enough to save Two Girls and a Guy from being a whiny, snoozy bore.
  3. Kung Fu Panda 3
    This is a visually stunning picture, a rhapsody of saturated color and contrasting texture, from the painstaking detail of coarse panda fur to the painterly dreamscape that is the spirit world.
  4. Dealt
    It’s easy to see why Richard Turner is the stuff of inspiration, regardless of whether he wants to you think so or not.
  5. World Trade Center
    Although the conclusion is heavily sentimentalized, Stone finds the common ground Americans can rally around for relief from the devastation: We are, in the final analysis, good people.
  6. Wonder
    The film is being marketed to kids and their parents, and as such, it’s well worth mom and dad’s hard-earned sawbuck for the implicit lessons it stresses. Be kind, especially to the seemingly strange ones who might not look like you.
  7. Jimi: All Is by My Side
    An evocative, probing, enlightening, and impressionistic look at the lesser-known period of Hendrix’s life: the pivotal time from 1966-67 during which the musician discovered his style and voice.
  8. The Inventor
    There's an undeniable boldness to Capobianco's decision to channel a biography through the medium of stop motion, but it's perfect for the untrammeled exuberance and boundless ingenuity of Da Vinci.
  9. The Breakfast Club
    Before lapsing into the land of the insipid,... John Hughes actually made a few movies that shined some light on the trials of modern adolescence. The Breakfast Club is one of them.
  10. The Girl Who Played with Fire
    The Girl Who Played With Fire's chief frustration is in how removed Salander and Blomkvist are from each other.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Darfur Now
    For all the film’s rallying efforts, its meandering structure and absence of a central driving character results in a film about genocide that is, as unbelievable as it sounds, kind of boring.
  12. The Trip to Spain
    In a startling, last-reel freeze frame, the male ego pops like a balloon, and I wanted to pre-book for the next Trip right away.
  13. The Wind
    While it remains obvious (and sometimes tedious) what road Tammi and writer Teresa Sutherland are traveling down with The Wind, Gerard remains a strong, harrowing presence.
  14. Borgman
    Coyness aside, Borgman is a supremely controlled and darkly nuanced fable that veers away from your expectations every time you think you have it figured out.
  15. Zelary
    By the time it's over you find yourself wondering why more films don't have the chutzpah to delve deeper into the battle-weary heart.
  16. Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
    A poke in the eye of genre convention with a flensing blade and a disarmingly charming razor-blade grin.
  17. Son of Rambow
    Funny and sweet and guaranteed to flood you with good feeling.
  18. In Good Company
    Grace and Johannson's courtship has all the heat of a wet wipe and, worse yet, leaves Quaid offscreen for long stretches.
  19. Unmistaken Child
    Who knew reincarnation could be such a lovely snooze?
  20. Cop Car
    Director Watts has a background in comedy direction, and a thin, sticky stream of exceptionally dark humor flows through the otherwise gut-churning realism of Cop Car.
  21. Werewolves Within
    A new comedy classic whodunnit in the honored tradition of Clue, Werewolves Within finds the laughs in the jump scare, and brings back the uproarious joy of the "it's behind you!" creeping fright.
  22. To Dust
    The real delight here, however, is Broderick’s mensch, a middle-aged man painfully aware that he’s become a loser.
  23. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
    Reality has overtaken the movies here, which, I suppose, makes T3 all the more cathartically appealing. At least onscreen we have Arnold Schwarzenegger in our corner.
  24. Shadow Magic
    The most delightful segments are those which observe new audiences experiencing the motion picture phenomenon.
  25. Julie & Julia
    A romantic comedy, too, but this time the romance is between two women, and one of them, truth be told, is a dud.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 89 Critic Score
    Emma
    Despite my lack of Austen education, I found the film to be thoroughly engaging and surprisingly touching, so I can only imagine how pleased a true Austen-ite may be with Emma.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    Avengers: Age of Ultron
    It is the product of a machine perfectly evolved for the sole purpose of annihilating boredom, a machine whose primary weakness is the utter indifference of those uninitiated or unimpressed by this point. For the rest of us, it’s a hearty helping of fine.
  28. Captain America: The First Avenger
    The final conflict is so protracted as to comfortably accommodate a bathroom break. Don't worry. You won't miss anything you haven't seen before.
  29. Three... Extremes
    Might also be the best date movie ever, depending on your idea of a good time.
  30. Brian and Charles
    In its funny, implausible, and heartwarming depiction of a ramshackle platonic friendship between two oddballs, Brian and Charles creates a complete and immersive world – rainier than, but not that far removed from, Kyle Mooney's equally idiosyncratic and endearing fantasy Brigsby Bear.
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