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For 7,945 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: 5,227 out of 7945
  2. Mixed: 1,553 out of 7945
  3. Negative: 1,165 out of 7945
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 88 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    Jane Eyre
    This may not be the greatest movie version of the novel, but it's possibly the truest.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 88 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    Of Gods and Men
    Like the best spiritual movies, of whatever faith, "Of Gods and Men" moves us toward a union with the infinite, and when we come to the monks' last supper, the moment is staggeringly powerful.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    Lord of the Dance in 3D
    If you're a fan of this Lord, find a copy of the 1999 DVD "Lord of the Dance" and don't waste your time with this flat vanity piece.
  4. Paul
    Never achieves the exhilarating feat of exemplifying the types of Hollywood movies it wants to unpack.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 50 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    The Lincoln Lawyer
    Formulaic enough to suggest that franchise would be B level at best, a TV series at worst. But it's also just good enough to make you want to watch it, anyway.
  6. Limitless
    Basically an addiction thriller in which the thirst is for the acquisition and execution of knowledge. So you need an actor who seems surprised by how smart he is but not afraid to be charmingly intelligent. Cooper turns out to be perfect for the part.
    • 29 Metascore
    • 38 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    Red Riding Hood
    A laughably inept series of adolescent poses trying to pass itself off as a movie.
  8. Mars Needs Moms
    "Mars" needs Mom more than the filmmakers seem to realize.
  9. Elektra Luxx
    Does a lot of winking and teasing.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 63 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    Battle: Los Angeles
    The Duke is not only name-checked in passing, but Eckhart (who's excellent) even bears a squinty resemblance by the final scenes.
  11. Heartbeats
    The good news is that the movie advertises Dolan's delirious visual talent.
  12. The Desert of Forbidden Art
    In The Desert of Forbidden Art, documentarians Amanda Pope and Tchavdar Georgiev offer some background on the late Savitsky, a painter who initially collected ethnic folk art quashed by the Stalin regime.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    The Last Lions
    The film is an astonishing visual experience and at times almost profoundly suspenseful.
  14. Kaboom
    Kaboom lets Araki play with carnality as opposed to cautioning against it.
  15. Even the Rain (Tambien la Lluvia)
    An ambitious mix of politics, religion, art, and human drama.
  16. Poetry
    This is a movie whose power comes from the alignment both of Mija's discovery with ours and of a tremendous writer and director with his star.
  17. Beastly
    The characterization couldn't be more flagrant if the soundtrack creaked out an oldie by a certain ancient pop quintet: You're a candy girl.
  18. The Adjustment Bureau
    Whether this movie works for you largely depends on whether you're willing to work for it. To which I say: Bring your gym clothes.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 63 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    Rango
    You can feel the actors tossing energy, one-liners, and limbs off each other with gusto.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 63 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    Take Me Home Tonight
    Completely unoriginal, sure, but watchable and even likable.
  21. Drive Angry 3D
    Drive Angry is something new for Cage - a movie that feels like it's straight FROM cable.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 75 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    A Somewhat Gentle Man
    For a passive-depressive Norwegian crime drama with not a lot in the way of plot, A Somewhat Gentle Man has a charmingly fluky sense of humor.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 63 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    The Grace Card
    More drama than tract, it's a low-budget Christian indie that just clears the runway on the sincerity of its performances and inclusiveness of its message.
  24. Hall Pass
    Hall Pass is the brothers' 10th movie, and their most gangbusters since "Me, Myself & Irene."
  25. Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
    Fresh or not, creatively merited or not, here it comes: the third installment of Martin Lawrence's big, dopey franchise.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 75 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    The Housemaid
    Gorgeously shot (by Lee Hyung Duk) and well worth seeing for Jeon's deceptively simple performance. Unlike its heroine, though, it gets away without a scratch.
  27. Cedar Rapids
    The movie shouldn't work, yet it does.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 50 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    I Am Number Four
    A well-made, reasonably diverting night at the multiplex that will seem overly familiar to everyone except teenage girls.
  29. Unknown
    Neeson is much better suited to the loneliness and self-doubt of Martin's crisis than he was for the thuggery of the previous movie.
  30. The Strange Case of Angelica
    "Angélica" feels most like the film that argues Oliveira is this close to the beyond without ever bothering to knock first at death's door.
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