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For 7,947 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 54% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 44% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.9 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 64
Highest review score: 100 Autumn Tale
Lowest review score: 0 Argylle
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5,229 out of 7947
  2. Mixed: 1,553 out of 7947
  3. Negative: 1,165 out of 7947
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  1. Exit Wounds
    Its pile-driving succession of set pieces comes at you with numbingly relentless efficiency, presumably in the hope that you won't notice or care how dumb it all is.
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  2. The Old Oak
    It’s a fable that ties up too neatly to be believed, and it’s a story I’m tired of hearing.
  3. The Big Tease
    What saves it is that it's lighter than mousse and is animated by a handful of engaging performers.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 50 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    The Rover
    There’s a thin line between the iconic and the generic, and The Rover, a grim post-apocalyptic drama from down under, wanders back and forth across it in an adrenaline daze.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The Situation
    Overall the concept is strong and expertly fleshed out; it's just a pity that Hollywood tropes are allowed to invade.
    • 94 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Stop Making Sense
    But as good as it is, the film falls short of translating the exaltation and near-gospel music feel of the band in full flight. [2 Nov 1984]
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    • 51 Metascore
    • 50 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    The Hard Word
    Wonderful characters, these three, and The Hard Word never figures out what to do with them.
    • 34 Metascore
    • 50 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
    Ghosts is better-than-average McConaughey swill, but not by much - that's its pleasure and its curse.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 50 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    Meet the Fockers
    What a waste.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 50 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
    Genial, silly, and instantly forgettable, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping is just another piece of product from the larger “Saturday Night Live” universe, a way for a former cast member to try to prove he’s capable of carrying a movie.
  11. Human Traffic
    'Trainspotting'' Lite.
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  12. If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
    The problem is that the heart of the movie is McGowan. He's just not a very compelling figure. He's a bit doughy and inert.
  13. Original Sin
    Despite the heavy-handedness, isn't awful enough to be a hilarious howler. But neither is it good enough to become the tropical noir it could have been.
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    • 33 Metascore
    • 50 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    Catch That Kid
    Flatters its audience by dividing the grown-up world into mean idiots and nice idiots, which might be interestingly subversive if the movie had anything on its mind. Instead, it's just a Hollywood crash course: Heist Films 101.
  15. The Iron Claw
    Unfortunately, Durkin’s script is so shallow that every character is reduced to a simple sketch.
  16. Romance
    Lots of sex, but little joy.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 50 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    The Witches
    It’s rated PG, but trust me, it’ll give younger kids the screaming meemees.
  18. Crazy People
    Although Crazy People would have been snappy fun in the '30s, or really wacky in the hands of a Preston Sturges in the '40s, it's pretty flaccid and pedestrian in Tony Bill's hands, not crazy enough. Still, it's on to something with those parodies. [11 Apr 1990, p.43]
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    • 65 Metascore
    • 50 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    Everything Must Go
    A comparison to Carver's original story - called "Why Don't You Dance?," easily Googleable, and all of 1,600 words long - is instructive.
  20. Paper Towns
    Will miracles never cease? Alas, they do. Pausing pregnantly between clauses to add to their trite profundity, Quentin recites the moral of the story, and it’s as phony as the towns of the title.
  21. The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
    If you walk in with your expectations at a suitably low setting, you won't walk away disappointed.
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    • 49 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Ta Ra Rum Pum
    A tasty diversion from the usual Hollywood fare.
  23. Nowhere
    In short, Nowhere needs more humor, more wildness. Its pandemonium is only on the surface - which could have been the premise of a really humorous take on teen chaos. But it doesn't push the envelope as much as Araki's previous films. Although it gives his pop sensibility a vigorous workout, Nowhere is Araki's Mallrats. [06 June 1997, p.D6]
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  24. Smart People
    Mostly, Smart People is a failure of imagination.
  25. Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos
    Just because a Japanese animated film is screening at the Museum of Fine Arts doesn't mean that you can count on Miyazaki-caliber artistry.
  26. Ferrari
    Driver and Cruz are perfect surnames for actors starring in a movie called “Ferrari.” That was just one of the many thoughts I had as the minutes slowly ticked by. At least the loud sound mix kept me awake.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Paranormal Activity
    Even at 85 minutes, the movie contains maybe 50 minutes that scare.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Jack Frost
    The most amazing thing about Jack Frost may be that it took four writers to come up with a film as insubstantial as tinsel and as leaden as fruitcake. Then again, perhaps none of the writers wanted to bear the blame alone. [12 Dec 1998, p.C4]
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  29. Men in Black II
    There's something wrong with this picture, and the problem is there on Smith's face -- Smith looks distressingly I-was-an-Oscar-nominee bored. That goes double for Jones.
  30. Blow Dry
    The characters, in short, are never given enough dimension, enough chance to develop the individual tics and eccentricities on which this kind of comedy thrives.
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