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For 7,944 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: 5,226 out of 7944
  2. Mixed: 1,553 out of 7944
  3. Negative: 1,165 out of 7944
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  1. Jules
    Inside the sci-fi dramedy Jules lurks a message about senior citizens being ignored and deprived of their independence simply because of their age. Unfortunately, the script by Gavin Steckler takes a most confounding route to get to it — one involving an alien, town hall meetings, and FBI agents who want to keep the extraterrestrial here under wraps.
  2. Shortcomings
    Though it delves into some dark territory, Shortcomings has a light touch and is at times very funny. The hilarious Cola is easily the film’s MVP, but Mizuno and Maki are also quite good. The film’s self-awareness and humor about its protagonist are its greatest assets.
  3. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
    The “Cowabunga” dudes have become “Cowa-boring.”
  4. Haunted Mansion
    I went into Haunted Mansion expecting a hot mess on par with Murphy’s movie. Instead, I found an engaging and sweet action comedy, one that’s not only very funny but also quite touching. Much of the credit goes to the cast, specifically the lead performance by LaKeith Stanfield as Ben Matthias.
  5. Theater Camp
    This musical should have taken center stage in Theater Camp. The dreadful story surrounding it deserves to get the hook.
  6. Oppenheimer
    What I can say for sure is that Oppenheimer far too often feels like a three-hour Wikipedia entry than a compelling movie.
  7. Barbie
    Barbie knows it can be construed as a giant Mattel commercial. Look at how it highlights Barbie’s outfits by having them stop in midair for product identification, or how even the discontinued Barbies have houses in Barbie Land. That self-awareness is part of the charm, along with the clever way the plot unfolds and the genuine love Gerwig has for her characters.
  8. The Miracle Club
    I wish the filmmakers had shown as much faith in the audience as its characters have in miracles.
  9. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning
    Finally, a summer action movie that delivers the goods!
  10. Joy Ride
    Ultimately, Joy Ride is an uneasy melding of “Girls Trip” and “Return to Seoul”; it’s two pieces that work well by themselves but clash when forced to collaborate.
  11. Every Body
    Julie Cohen’s Every Body is a master class in how a documentary should be done. It packs a lot of information into a briskly paced runtime of 91 minutes, and its use of clips and talking heads doesn’t distract or feel extraneous. The
  12. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
    A lot of people die, much danger is averted, and we’re once again treated to a grand spectacle at the film’s climax. It’s all wrapped up in a package that’s too neat to leave an impression.
  13. Blue Jean
    It’s an empathetic yet forceful cautionary tale; we should pay heed to its message.
  14. No Hard Feelings
    Ultimately, No Hard Feelings is the story of two people who are afraid of life for different reasons, and how they help each other lose that fear. I’ve heard complaints that it sacrifices filth for feelings. To those folks, I say — you can always watch “Porky’s” instead.
  15. Asteroid City
    If you asked an AI program to create a Wes Anderson movie, you’d get Asteroid City, the latest — and worst — film from the writer-director of “The French Dispatch” (2021) and “Isle of Dogs” (2018).
  16. Extraction 2
    As per sequel rules, everything has to be bigger. But bigger doesn’t always equal better, as Extraction 2 proves.
  17. The Flash
    The action gets increasingly overblown, even by superhero-movie standards. Bad as smash-crash-bash can be, portentous smash-crash-bash is far worse.
  18. Elemental
    With its preachy, dull love story between a boy made of water and a girl on fire, Elemental should have been called “Guess Who’s Coming to Disney.”
  19. Flamin' Hot
    The marriage between its uplifting personal message and its embrace of big business is a rocky one, but Longoria and company hold the union together.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
    The result is a formulaic, underwhelming set-up for another era of Transformers movies.
  21. Past Lives
    Song masterfully simplifies things on an emotional level, allowing us to switch back and forth between feelings or simply to meditate on the outcome we wish for, and to understand why it’s OK if we don’t get it.
  22. The Boogeyman
    The Boogeyman becomes an exercise in diminishing returns, though it is not without its pleasures.
  23. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
    The more I consider it, the more I realize the best elements of this film make it worth seeing, if only marginally so. There is enough to, dare I say, marvel at while you are beaten senseless with plot.
  24. The Eight Mountains
    The look of the film is so spectacular that I almost want to recommend you see it solely for that reason. It wasn’t enough to save the film for me.
  25. You Hurt My Feelings
    The summer season rarely has room for a nice, adult comedy like You Hurt My Feelings. It is counter-programming of the finest order and one of the year’s best films.
  26. About My Father
    I admire Maniscalco’s decision to make his character the butt of the jokes, literally and figuratively. If only the jokes were funny. He has zero romantic chemistry with Bibb, who appears to be acting in another movie entirely, but he and De Niro make a credible father and son.
  27. The Little Mermaid
    As for The Little Mermaid, it’s one of Disney’s better remakes. But don’t throw away your DVD of the original.
  28. Master Gardener
    Master Gardener is the third film in writer-director Paul Schrader’s redemption trilogy. The series includes 2017′s “First Reformed,” which is good, and 2021′s “The Card Counter,” which is not. Unfortunately, the trilogy ends with its worst entry, an excruciatingly slow white-savior narrative that aims to provoke yet does nothing but bore.
  29. Fast X
    Fast X is watchable, and its car chases are often exciting, but it’s not as satisfying as the best F&F movies (“Fast and Furious 6,” “Furious 7,″ and the extremely ridiculous “F9″). Part of the problem is Dante.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    The Starling Girl
    To her great credit (and one must also mention the production design by Mollie Wartell, and the low-key but on occasion lush cinematography by Brian Lannin), Parmet here creates an environment that feels lived-in, and portrays it without condescension. And Scanlen’s detailed work keeps the movie emotionally credible.
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