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For 8,783 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: 4,778 out of 8783
  2. Mixed: 2,558 out of 8783
  3. Negative: 1,447 out of 8783
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  1. Women Talking
    For a while, each of their characters seems trapped in a loop from which she can’t break free, unlike the beatific Mara. But the group’s seasoned elders, played by Ivey and McCarthy, are the characters that stay with you. The two veteran players’ understated performances beautifully ground the film with positive wisdom. Lots of words are said in Women Talking, but when these two speak, you perk up and listen.
  2. Gleason
    Brutally frank, and with a biting sense of humor and an earnest love for her husband, Michel, at least for me, becomes the emotional center from which the film radiates.
  3. Our Little Sister
    Kore-eda is one of the most optimistic and humanist filmmakers working today, and even though Our Little Sister isn’t quite as finely articulated as some of his previous work, his core compassion for humanity comes through clearly.
  4. Jerry Maguire
    What's fascinating is the depth of humanity Cruise finds within the character of Jerry and also Cruise's generosity toward the other actors in the story -- a generosity that allows all the other performers to shine and create vivid and memorable characters.
  5. Ford v Ferrari
    It’s the rare movie that doesn’t trivialize a platonic male relationship with buddy film tropes.
  6. A Quiet Place
    Not that he lacks artistry. When he delivers on tension, it's not a jump scare, but a jarring sense of inevitability (another kinship to Shults' work). Every time there is a sound above a whisper, there is a payoff, and how Krasinski navigates between those two events is never less than enthralling – and, yes, tragic.
  7. Hell or High Water
    Hell or High Water is a good but not great movie with sensational lead performances that elevate it to enjoyably memorable status.
  8. Shopgirl
    Without the luminous Danes in the title role, Shopgirl would have the flair of an ordinary sales clerk.
  9. The Gift
    The Gift, a psychological roller coaster on a doomed track, is one of the best directorial debuts in ages, hands down.
  10. Sully
    Eastwood keeps his direction lean and mean. There’s not an ounce of wasted screen time in Sully’s 96 minutes, but the story, an example of “truth is stranger than fiction,” has all the thrust it needs, and then some.
  11. News of the World
    While Greengrass' Texas is a place where naivety can get you killed, he still finds a place for trust and healing, expressed through the growing interdependence of Kidd and the kid. Our trauma, News of the World tells us, is not something we can box away. We cannot simply turn the page and pretend it never happened. But we can decide which stories we continue to tell.
  12. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
    It starts off slow and somewhat clunky, but by the time the mind-blowing third act arrives, it’s all a fan can do not to stand up and cheer.
    • 97 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
    A curious filmgoing experience: Virtuosic, assured, and possessed of undeniable aesthetic force, it’s also hard not to turn away from.
  14. In the Loop
    Deliciously bleak, black political satire from British director Armando Iannucci.
  15. Irrational Man
    Woody Allen generates films with such rapidity and inconsistency that you can never be certain if this season’s offering will be a hit or a miss. I’m happy to report that Irrational Man is a delight.
  16. Mystery Men
    Gleefully, goofily over-the-top.
  17. Last Days in Vietnam
    In every way, this is an enthralling but heartbreaking story, beautifully done.
  18. Mother Mary
    Lowery may have dealt with the uncanny in A Ghost Story, but the whole point of that film was the mundanity of the afterlife. This is a truly supernatural tale, and the storytelling transitions into his version of horror, abstract and oblique.
  19. Leaving Las Vegas
    An amazing, bracing, funny, audacious, tender, and sobering piece of filmmaking. Few movies have ever dared to be this remorseless in their portraits of addiction.
  20. Where to Invade Next
    Where to Invade Next is a return to form, albeit a humorously kinder, gentler, and frankly more inquisitive outing than anything Moore has done since his Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or-winning "Fahrenheit 9/11."
  21. Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion
    More than worthy viewing. What it lacks at times in elegance it possesses in intensity and feeling.
  22. The Hangover
    The Hangover instantly has the feel of one for the ages.
  23. Green Zone
    No matter where your political gullibilities lie, Green Zone is a riveting piece of actioneering.
  24. Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
    Modestly scoped, sometimes sweetly dopey, and sincerely moving, Jane Austen Wrecked My Life is a charmer.
  25. A Perfect World
    A Perfect World is a gorgeous, sprawling road movie, full of unique characters (more or less -- Laura Dern's criminologist seems like some sort of PC afterthought, and Eastwood's grizzled Ranger borders on cliché) and arresting cinematography that reminds us why we live here in the first place.
  26. Iris
    Iris is difficult to watch, given that it requires you to witness the transformation of the title character from a literate, vibrant woman to the ghost of her former self.
  27. A Poem Is a Naked Person
    At one point, a rapt concertgoer enthuses about Russell, “The guy’s a gas!” So, too, is this thankfully restored film.
  28. Blade Runner 2049
    Is it a perfect movie? Not quite. The middle section drags a bit through no fault of the excellent performances, but ultimately it’s all of a piece, and the mid-mark pacing turns out to be a relatively minor quibble.
  29. Scandalous: The Untold Story of the National Enquirer
    While Scandalous ultimately touches upon the tabloid’s plausible impact on the present-day state of affairs, it’s a killjoy way to begin a movie that’s so engagingly lively.
  30. Over Your Dead Body
    It’s an adept translation that is in turns bloody and cruel, insightful and hilarious, and, under the plentiful gore and uproarious laughter, a surprisingly touching drama. Just one with slapstick bloodbath tendencies.
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