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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 1 point 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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    • 48 Metascore
    • 63 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    Tolkien
    Tolkien gives us the passing of a vanished England and the loss of a generation but not quite enough about what was won, by him for us, nor the mystery of how he won it.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 63 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    The Rider Named Death
    Shakhnazarov's film effortlessly captures the times and the author's conflicted yet unyielding attitude, yet it never draws any conclusions -- the film remains under glass.
  3. Small, Beautifully Moving Parts
    A bland, insistently amiable comedy that doubles as road movie.
  4. Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
    About a magical toy shop, but it has some of the sadder moments I've seen in a movie all year.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 75 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    Step Up
    Alive with infectious rhythm, likable characters, and slick dance moves, Step Up gives clichés a good name.
  6. Penelope
    This story could have gone in a number of more inspiring allegorical directions but winds up your average bedtime story instead.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 63 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    Admission
    Cheerful, skittish entertainment that never takes its subject seriously enough.
  8. 3 Needles
    If good intentions were all it took to create a decent movie, Thom Fitzgerald's 3 Needles would be some kind of masterpiece.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
    There's death, domestic violence, alcoholism, racism, attempted suicide, and a mental breakdown. Naturally, it's a comedy about the eccentricities of Southern women.
  10. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
    The Quantum Realm is definitely where the action is. Too much of it.
  11. The Doom Generation
    Slick and outrageous and subversively funny, Doom Generation is the kind of date movie that will tell you perhaps more than you want to know about your date. [03 Nov 1995, p.46]
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    • 48 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    The FP
    This purposefully bad dystopian gangsta drama - imagine a "Boyz 'n the Hood,'' "Mad Max,'' and "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo'' mash-up - simply fails.
  13. Don't Worry Darling
    Darling never quite ignites. The closest it gets to ignition is Pugh’s performance. Styles is perfectly fine, but it’s her movie.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 63 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    Martian Child
    One soggy slab of sentimental uplift, but it doesn't pretend to be anything else, and there's some honor in that.
  15. Leap!
    As an orphan who dreams of joining the Paris Opera Ballet in the animated feature Leap!, Elle Fanning really hears it about the artistry and precision required to become a prima ballerina. The makers of this cheery but subpar confection probably should have been taking notes in addition to scripting them.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 50 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    I Feel Pretty
    The movie’s a mixture of good intentions, a wobbly tone, and a plastic script, and it debuts a somewhat kinder, softer Schumer than the in-your-face comic trainwreck of “Trainwreck” (2015). I’m not sure that’s an improvement.
  17. The Mountain Between Us
    The film feels as if it’s drawing its characterizations far more from the appeal of its stars than from any prose.
  18. Blues Brothers 2000
    There's some terrific music in "Blues Brothers 2000," but you have to sit through a lot of tedious overkill to hear it. [06 Feb 1998, p.F5]
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  19. The Great Raid
    The Great Raid amounts to a noble failure. This is sad news for those of us who remain hopelessly partial to Dahl's mean streak. The failure we can live with. It's the noble part that will never do.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 75 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    Night at the Museum
    Stuffed with smart performers doing graciously silly work, and all Levy has to do is manage traffic.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 50 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    17 Again
    The movie itself is petrified meatloaf. It's a body-transference comedy in the vein of "Big," "Freaky Friday," and other candidates for Turner Classics.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Adam & Steve
    Not the knee-slapper it wants to be, but it's endearing nonetheless.
  23. F/X2
    Brown and Dennehy aren't teen-age, they're not mutants, they're not ninjas, they're not even turtles, but they're just as entertaining the second time around, and of how many sequels can that be said? [10 May 1991, p.30]
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  24. Rock Dog
    Luke Wilson, Eddie Izzard, director Ash Brannon (“Surf’s Up”), and crew combine these ingredients into something that’s uniquely likable, and even unique-looking at times.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    The Thing About My Folks
    It's a family comedy-drama that wants to pluck the heartstrings but keeps getting tangled in its own tinny sentiment.
  26. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
    In short, when Buffy starts getting fangy, it stops being tangy. It gets all serious and earnest and flops as a teen-age love story and as a vampire thriller and even as a parody. It's not even a "Fright Night," much less a "Near Dark," and only hints at a "Lost Boys" ambience. [31 Jul 1992, p.38]
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  27. The Proposal
    Neither (Bullock/Reynolds) brings out anything good in the other, and watching them try hurts the eyes, the tummy, and the libido.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 50 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    National Treasure: Book of Secrets
    Often as noisy, dippy, and enjoyable as 2004's "National Treasure," and when it's not, it's just another sequel, more absurd than most.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 50 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    Blue Like Jazz
    It does give believers and those tottering on the edge something to chew on, and it steadfastly refuses to demonize everybody else.
  30. Godzilla: King of the Monsters
    You’ll just have to look to your own effects-jazzed inner child to find a kid who’s relatable here.
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