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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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    • 32 Metascore
    • 50 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    I Love You, Beth Cooper
    Panettiere, I’m sad to report, is a dud as the title character, a supposed wild thang who never rises above the level of runty, obnoxious mall chick, down to the roll-on tan.
  2. Soul Power
    The idea is to share with us that this show happened. But gluttons for these artists and for music festivals in general might wonder, as I have, whether there's any way the filmmakers might share more of the remaining 123 1/2 hours.
  3. Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg
    The documentary, like the series, is haimish in the extreme - cozy, warm, homey.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 63 Critic Score
    Lake Tahoe
    In the end, the sparse dialogue and lengthy scenes make the film feel as leaden and listless as Juan's sputtering engine.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The Girl from Monaco
    Doesn't seem to know whether it wants to be a sprightly sex comedy or an enigmatic little thriller. Unfortunately, it's neither very funny nor very thrilling.
  6. The Beaches of Agnès
    The movie is also more extraordinary than a mere scenic slideshow.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 50 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    Public Enemies
    The parts, in other words, promise a brilliant whole. So why is this movie one of the signal disappointments of the year? You have to go back to the basics: Public Enemies has everything going for it except a reason and a script.
  8. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
    It's mostly flat, despite being presented in 3-D, and the writing is so unimaginative that at one point a character yells out "yabba dabba doo!"
  9. The Hurt Locker
    In The Hurt Locker, the thrill is unexpectedly contagious. You don't realize how riveted you are until you're back on American soil observing James in civilian life.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 50 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    My Sister's Keeper
    A pall of disaster, in fact, hangs over everyone in this shapeless, hankie-wringing adaptation of the best-selling Jodi Picoult novel.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 100 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    Afghan Star
    One of the most hopeful and heart-rending movies I've seen this year.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 75 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    Chéri
    What makes Cheri’ worth your while is that its true subjects are women and age, and its observations apply to both 19th-century France and the modern film industry.
  13. The Stoning of Soraya M.
    Director Nowrasteh seems to think the only way to save lives is to sensationalize death. You could trek to the theater and have this movie whack you upside the head. You could also just mail a check for $10 to the human rights group of your choice.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 38 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
    2 1/2 hours of tumescence disguised as a motion picture.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 50 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    Whatever Works
    Whatever Works is very minor Woody, querulous, fitfully funny, and removed from any shared reality.
  16. The Proposal
    Neither (Bullock/Reynolds) brings out anything good in the other, and watching them try hurts the eyes, the tummy, and the libido.
    • 34 Metascore
    • 25 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    Year One
    Any good will the movie generates, though, is grated right back off by Black, whose obnoxiousness has lost whatever charm it once possessed.
  18. $9.99
    A movie that entertains and enlightens without being preachy - in fact, most of its beliefs are strenuously ambiguous; that’s a key part of the joke.
  19. The End of the Line
    This movie wants to cover every base without thinking very deeply about them. So while a lot of ground is covered in 80 brisk minutes, the information presented is only abstractly useful.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Under Our Skin
    Heartbreaking stories of patients suffering life-shattering illness make Under Our Skin compelling. It would have been an even better movie if the filmmakers had been more diligent in following the money.
  21. Moon
    Moon might be a once-in-a-lifetime experience for fans of Sam Rockwell. Will there ever be more of him in one movie than there is here?
  22. Food, Inc.
    The whole thing is as subtle as a watermelon in a bowl of Cheerios but necessary, nonetheless.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 63 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
    By itself, the new "Pelham" is a solid, suspenseful tale all over again, so long as it stays in the subway tunnels and airless offices of the transit department.
  24. Imagine That
    Eddie Murphy in another mediocre family comedy? Imagine that.
  25. Tetro
    A family melodrama with charm.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 75 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    The Hangover
    It's a worst-case-scenario of bachelor party morning-after, and it is howlingly funny.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 88 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    Séraphine
    What Moreau does with this role is as inscrutably moving as anything Séraphine Louis painted.
  28. Away We Go
    In tone and plotting, Away We Go feels like a fairy tale built on an aggravating collection of attitudes. It's condescending, judgmental, righteous, yet sincerely searching.
    • 32 Metascore
    • 38 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    Land of the Lost
    Genially terrible, Lost is lazy, sloppy multiplex filler, good for a few solid giggles and not much more.
  30. My Life in Ruins
    The problem with the new movie is the same as with the previous one. Vardalos has this idea that she's a marm. And while it's true that she personifies her movies, I don't quite buy her librarian mode.
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