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For 321 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 55% higher than the average critic
  • 1% same as the average critic
  • 44% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 8.2 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 73
Highest review score: 100 Days and Nights in the Forest
Lowest review score: 20 Megalopolis
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 187 out of 321
  2. Mixed: 129 out of 321
  3. Negative: 5 out of 321
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  1. Thunderbolts*
    At both ends of the spectrum, Pugh delivers a performance which would win her awards if it weren't in a superhero film. She delivers her punchlines with expert timing, especially when she is bickering and bantering with Red Guardian. But she can also radiate raw emotion – and all while maintaining a decent Russian accent and cartwheeling through her acrobatic fight scenes. When it comes down to it, that's why Thunderbolts* is so much better than most of Marvel's post-Endgame films. It's not just because it's a rough-edged, big-hearted spy thriller about lovably clueless anti-heroes. It's because it has an actor as charismatic as Pugh at its centre.
  2. Jurassic World Dominion
    The film's only major fault is Trevorrow's desperation to ensure that viewers get their money's worth. Jam-packed with silliness, spectacle, intrigue, romance and just about everything else, Jurassic World Dominion has regular popcorn-spilling scares, exhilarating, expertly choreographed action set pieces that would earn a tip of the baseball cap from Spielberg himself, and the numerous characters all have plenty to do.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    White Christmas
    It's warm, sweet, and perfect for wasting a winter afternoon.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    At the Sea
    It's undoubtedly true that with its highly privileged social milieu and chic interiors, At the Sea could be caricatured as another "rich people have problems too" drama. But the depth of feeling in Adams' characterisation of Laura taps into something much more universal.
  5. Alien: Romulus
    Bloated by two or three elements too many, it isn't a "perfect organism", to use the phrase coined by Ian Holm's android character in Alien, but it's as close to perfect as any entry in the series since Aliens in 1986.
  6. Wonder Woman 1984
    Jenkins has said that she would have liked the film to be 15 minutes longer. Some viewers might have liked it to be 15 minutes shorter. But, for most of the running time, they will be happy to be in Wonder Woman's uplifting company. In its old-fashioned, uncynical way, WW84 is one of the most enjoyable blockbusters to be released since 1984.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Ipcress File
    This eerie (and nowadays somewhat kitsch) spectacle aside, helmer Stanley J Furie opts for spycraft nitty-gritty over suspense. However, he doesn't skimp on style: with the action lensed from an array of low, skewed angles, even a trip to the supermarket rouses the retina.
  8. They Drive by Night
    The shady world of wildcat truck driving is the background for this B-movie, which finally gave Bogart a part to relish rather than playing a stooge due for a bullet.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Polite Society
    Polite Society is an action-packed, genre-blending delight that fires on all cylinders. Everything – from the writing to the cinematography, the performances, the choreography and the soundtrack – is on point, and it has all the requisite ingredients to be an exhilarating experience for audiences that come along for the ride.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Diva
    A witty, playful intelligent film as enjoyable as it is influential.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    High Society
    After opening with a calypso tune from the inimitable Louis Armstrong, High Society really has nowhere to go but down, yet somehow director Charles Walters manages to keep this Technicolor musical sparkling through the next 100 minutes.
  12. Wicked: For Good
    This film is as slick and shiny as Glinda's lip gloss, but it may also be just what its many fans want.
  13. The Color Purple
    The Color Purple is a big, brash spectacle, an extravaganza blending the styles of Broadway musicals, Hollywood studio movies and music videos, with a mix of gospel, pop, blues and ballads, all of that coming together smoothly in one exuberant film.
    • 97 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Jules and Jim
    This is a painfully moving story about uncompromising friendship and uncontrollable love - not so much unrequited as undeserving and unfulfilled.
  15. Once Upon a Time in America
    A film as epic and rich as Sergio Leone's imagination, Once Upon a Time in America sits at the head table of gangster movies. 
  16. Black Widow
    Black Widow does become typically Avengers at the end, with an overwrought, too-long action scene that plays like a festival of stunt doubles tossing each other around a Russian lab. The real ending is better: a post-credit sequence brings back Pugh as Yelena in a tease that is not terribly surprising but is extremely welcome.
  17. Luca
    Casarosa has crafted a modest and gentle yarn about a few good-natured people in a small area, and their enviably simple way of life. His cartoon is aimed at the heart – and the tastebuds – rather than the brain. And it's no less of a delight for that.
  18. News of the World
    Although the individual episodes are gripping, the plot trajectory is obvious, especially when we arrive at an ending that's easy to see from the start. But it works because there is something quietly miraculous about the way Hanks embodies this character, making him the stirring and fresh emotional centre of a beautifully old-fashioned Western.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Rocky Horror Picture Show
    The film itself is filled with great tunes and a slightly loopy plot. So it's just like your common-or-garden musical in that way. Where the film really takes off is in its subversion of sexual mores as Brad and Janet break free from their normality.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
    Fortunately, the script is brilliant enough to work even in this reduced form - with the captivating performances of Stephens and Blakely putting a hilariously camp spin on Wilder's overblown adventure.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Paths of Glory
    The searing Paths Of Glory continues to impress with its striking blend of formal brilliance, economical storytelling and emotional directness.
  22. Serpico
    Al Pacino takes on police corruption in the gritty Serpico, a film that's entirely dominated and driven by Pacino's empowered performance.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Sullivan's Travels
    It's a great comedy, with a message that works in context, the flophouses of life's downside contrasting with Hollywood's absurd hedonism.
  24. John Wick: Chapter 4
    Running at 2 hours and 49 minutes, it is bigger than the previous films in every way ­– not better or worse, just more.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Vengeance Is Mine
    Made in 1979, the film has aged superbly, the shock of its violence and acuity of its insights still retaining their punch. True, its lengthy running time is demanding and the momentum does dip in the second half, but it's held together by cool-headed technique and Ken Ogata's imposing lead performance.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Origin
    Exploring this terrible framework, DuVernay's film unfolds with unpreaching clarity and fierce focus, full of heart and vibrant intent.
  27. Maestro
    Maestro is a warm yet melancholy portrait of someone who is the life and soul of every party not just because he loves company but because he fears being alone.
  28. American Fiction
    It's such an entertaining film that it's easy to overlook the fact that the comedy only works because it depicts structural racism in such an exaggerated black-and-white manner.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Oklahoma!
    With some of the most famous tunes in all showbusiness, plenty of dancing cowboys, and an irrepressible feel good factor, expect a dose of good old-fashioned entertainment.
  30. Leave the World Behind
    Esmail's adaptation of Rumaan Alam's 2020 novel adds a playful Hitchcockian spin and the starry cast of Julia Roberts, Ethan Hawke and Mahershala Ali to create a psychological thriller about family, technology and life in the 21st Century.
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