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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. Biker Boyz
    Neither the riveting boy band documentary nor the riveted gay porn its title seems to suggest, Biker Boyz is instead a late-model knockoff of 2001’s outlaw auto racing epic The Fast and the Furious, reconfigured with a predominantly black cast and a whole lotta two-wheeled saké.
  2. Hard Ball
    When the boys are tossing balls around and bopping in time to Notorious B.I.G., they -- and the film -- are right-on.
  3. The Creator
    For each of the film’s visual achievements, there are narrative and developmental issues. As much as Edwards’ world invites us in, we are constantly befuddled by the way his characters move through their environments.
  4. Nostalgia
    The stellar cast is uniformly great, but perhaps that speaks more toward the subject matter of grief and moving on, giving everyone a showcase to sink their teeth into acting.
  5. Little Boy
    For all its unsubtle sentimentality (including a you-can-see-it-from-a-mile-away plot twist), it remains unclear whether Little Boy intends to celebrate the conviction of belief or to mock it. It’s an unfortunate confusion that permanently stunts its growth.
  6. Annabelle Comes Home
    Neither the worst nor the best of the Conjuring franchise, Annabelle Comes Home is only as creepy as it needs to be and no more. Keep your expectations low and you might just enjoy it.
  7. House of D
    Here's an interesting surprise: Dour, dry Duchovny's directorial debut is more weepy than creepy.
  8. Gay Sex in the 70s
    A documentary with a decidedly prurient slant, Gay Sex in the 70s isn't for everyone – it's definitely aimed toward the older gay crowd who somehow lived through the experience and the younger one who might wistfully wish that it had.
  9. Resident Evil: Extinction
    Almost all of it has to do with watching the occasionally nude Jovovich look absolutely smashing in duster and sidearms, but sometimes, let's face it, that's not enough.
  10. Attack on Finland
    This is nothing like the absorbing Nordic noir of modern Scandinavian television and cinema. It more resembles good old-fashioned American mediocrity.
  11. Army of the Dead
    Even if you like Snyder's non-superhero work, this feels like a serious step down.
  12. The Company
    When The Company owns up to what it is -– a performance piece -– it’s glorious. Everything else -– the window-dressing of a fiction film -– just gums up that gloriousness.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    12 Rounds
    I defy you to hate John Cena. Really. You can try all you want, but I don't think you'll make it.
  14. Paradise Road
    Ultimately, Paradise Road is one of those well-intended films that doesn't completely succeed because it shortsightedly believes that its eloquent subject matter is enough, in and of itself, to create a memorable moviegoing experience.
  15. Another Earth
    Shaky science fiction shacks up with a corny redemption tale.
  16. Run, Fatboy, Run
    This British rom-com is all soft and plodgy, a by-the-numbers redemption tale that careens uncomfortably from sentimentality to stomach-turning sight gags.
  17. Memento
    Once you've seen it all once I bet you'll wish you were watching "Groundhog Day" -- again.
  18. Prince
    The not-so-fresh Prince charts a familiar cautionary tale about the bad choices economically disadvantaged young men sometimes make early in life, but to its credit, it seldom feels hackneyed or cliched.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Hoot
    Earnest, playful and eco-friendly, Hoot is a worthwhile visit for the tween set, but parents may role their eyes more than once at this flightless film.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Class Act
    Despite the lame narrative, Kid 'N Play also manage to prove that they are a smooth team who can roll with the flow of intermutual comedic energy.
  21. Jane Got a Gun
    You have to feel a certain sympathy for a project as cursed as this one, but there’s no denying that Jane’s gun barely grazes its target.
  22. The Rocker
    Wilson is buoyed by a sporadically witty script, and while there are no surprises whatsoever in the story, his goofy, puppylike charm renders what could have been a disaster merely an unfortunate event.
  23. Bad Samaritan
    Working from a script that lacks the visceral ingenuity of a "Don't Breathe," Devlin's Nineties crowd-pleasing instincts end up holding him back.
  24. Heaven Is for Real
    A well-meaning but misshapen movie about the folly of pursuing answers to unanswerable questions.
  25. The Bride!
    There are flashes of greatness, especially when Gyllenhaal and cinematographer Lawrence Sher capture some of the film’s wilder set-pieces. But then the narrative messiness undercuts the beauty of those images.
  26. The Box
    It's a mess and it might cost him some career freedom, but at least Kelly hasn't cashed in his trademark narrative complexity for Hollywood pap.
  27. The Kitchen
    McCarthy and Haddish never seem to find that balance, leading to erratic performances that serve the moment rather than the scene.
  28. Runner Runner
    Thrillers don’t come much more nondescript than this: If Runner Runner were a color scheme, it would be beige, with an accent wall in taupe.
  29. Lust, Caution
    It’s one of the most cautious readings of lust ever put to film.
    • 26 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Taken 3
    There isn’t even a moment amid the running and gunning as insipidly inspired as the last film’s idea of using grenade-tossing triangulation to save the day.
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