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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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    • 13 Metascore
    • 38 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    Daddy Day Camp
    Innocuous amusement for 5- to 8-year-olds and other people stuck in the anal stage of development.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 38 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    War, Inc.
    All that's missing is coherence. Call it Blunderbuss Satire.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 38 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    Wasp Network
    The thrill of watching an Olivier Assayas movie is that you often have no idea where it’s going next. This time out, it seems, neither does he.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 38 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
    So unfocused is Shonda Rhimes's screenplay and so flabby is Marshall's direction.
  5. Klown
    It can seem sometimes that Hollywood has a monopoly on stupid, obnoxious comedy. Anyone who sees Klown will learn otherwise. Comedy can be just as stupid and obnoxious in Danish.
  6. Sleeping with Other People
    The movie grows easier to like in the later, straighter going, as it stops pushing so aggressively to be naughty and lets its characters try on some introspection.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 38 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    Van Helsing
    We haven't had a good Frankenstein, Dracula, or Wolf Man movie in a long time, so here's one where the whole gang shows up. One catch: It's not good.
  8. The Longest Ride
    It tries to bridge the gap between pop culture and cultural elitism, between high art and the common commodity that everyone else buys tickets to see. A worthy goal, but it results in a movie that has none of the virtues of either.
  9. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
    The problem with “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” is the same as so many of these franchise-based films: They’re all soulless special-effects extravaganzas where CGI takes the place of character development, good writing, and emotional connection.
    • 22 Metascore
    • 38 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    Black Christmas
    Silly, obvious, clumsy, and just gruesome enough to keep jaded genre fans from angrily throwing popcorn at the screen.
  11. Oranges and Sunshine
    Oranges and Sunshine is like a Mike Leigh movie drained of all its bodily fluids.
  12. Unfinished Business
    Almost all mainstream movies steal from other movies, but the better ones get away with it because they possess some distinctive identity. The best that Ken Scott’s Unfinished Business can come up with is Vince Vaughn — as the straight man.
  13. Get Carter
    A sodden-looking film.
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  14. The Brand New Testament
    Starting with a premise that a smart-aleck high school sophomore might take pride in, the film rallies late to make some points about patriarchy and female empowerment, but not before a barrage of clichés, tweeness, and inanity.
  15. Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
    In short, the film panders to teen-agers - but not smartly or stylishly. [07 June 1991, p.48]
    • Boston Globe
  16. Penelope
    This story could have gone in a number of more inspiring allegorical directions but winds up your average bedtime story instead.
  17. Hide and Seek
    Ignore the hype. You won't find anything startling or memorable in the derivative Hide and Seek.
    • 34 Metascore
    • 38 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    Undead
    In Undead, sadly, rigor mortis has set in.
  19. I Spy
    The sex bits are flat, the racial innuendo is flatter, and somewhere, Cosby is having a Pudding Pop and shaking his head in disbelief.
  20. Homefront
    Boston University product Gary Fleder (“Kiss the Girls”) directs the action with grungy efficiency, and the movie does hook us with a certain lurid anticipation of just how far things might escalate.
  21. Zathura: A Space Adventure
    Rarely is a movie audience asked to put up with so much noise for such a thankless payoff.
  22. Juwanna Mann
    It is Kevin Pollak who steals what there is of a show as Jamal's passive-aggressive, pressure-cooked agent. His comedic timing, particularly given the thinness of the script, is the only genuinely impressive slam dunk this movie has to offer.
  23. Major Payne
    Basically what we've got here is talent spending itself on something tired, pointless and unrewarding. [24 March 1995, p.60]
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  24. The Super Mario Bros. Movie
    The best I can say for The Super Mario Bros. Movie is that it’s infinitely better than its predecessor. But you don’t need a power-up to clear that bar.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 38 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    Bulletproof Monk
    Indeed a rip-off - a rehash of Hong Kong superstar Chow's greatest celluloid moments with an overlay of Hollywood action cliches, youth-flick silliness, and ah-so stereotypes.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 38 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    Factory Girl
    Factory Girl is not, strictly speaking, a bad movie. It's something worse: an irredeemably banal drama about some of the most protean, contradictory creative forces of the 1960s.
  27. The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
    The humor is crass when it isn’t forced. The violence, which barely pauses for reloading, feels even more mechanical than it does mindless, and it’s very mindless. How can a movie so full of action feel so tired?
    • 51 Metascore
    • 38 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    Birth
    Such a meticulously wrought piece of hokum that it's both easy to admire and impossible to warm up to.
  29. The Whale
    The Whale is being hailed as the comeback vehicle for Fraser. The actor has been through a lot, and he deserves roles that showcase his numerous talents. But he fails to bring humanity to this character who lives in a state of constant apology. The role feels like a cynical grab for an Oscar, which he’ll probably win as the Academy loves masochistic malarkey.
    • 28 Metascore
    • 38 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    A Good Day to Die Hard
    There are two problems with A Good Day to Die Hard: It’s terribly filmed and nothing in it makes any sense.
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