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For 985 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 51% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 47% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 4.3 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 61
Highest review score: 100 Sita Sings the Blues
Lowest review score: 0 Date Night
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 389 out of 985
  2. Mixed: 513 out of 985
  3. Negative: 83 out of 985
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  1. A Little Help
    A highly entertaining and richly human movie experience with a gem of a performance from Jenna Fischer.
  2. The Virginity Hit
    A visually rough retreading of Superbad territory with a slightly more treacherous journey, The Virginity Hit has a surprisingly softer ethical edge than you'd expect.
  3. Secret Sunshine
    Jeon received the Best Actress at Cannes for her wrenching performance. She's the first Korean to receive an acting award at this Festival.
  4. Remember Me
    For those looking for the rare romantic youth drama without vampyric overtones or other gimmicks, Remember Me should satisfy and it works as a much-needed change of pace for the talented Pattinson who remains one of the most watchable of our young stars.
  5. Breath Made Visible: Anna Halprin
    The film’s warmth and heart comes from introducing us to someone born to do exactly what she’s doing.
  6. Cars 2
    Formally, everything's in order-it's an attractive film with some ingenious action sequences-but the problems overwhelm the pleasures, leading to the conclusion that this film's trouble is under the hood.
  7. Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema
    Documents the development of a crime lord from his beginnings in petty childhood activities. Fresh details enliven a conventional story arc. This absorbing view of urban decay has the potential to draw audiences beyond the arthouse.
  8. Kimjongilia
    At 74 tough and tragic minutes, though, Kimjongilia is not destined for monetary glory. The waiting arms of public television are the more likely destination.
  9. The First Beautiful Thing
    Italian audiences are bound to like it and the broadness of plot and appeal suggests casual fans of foreign film should, too.
  10. Good Neighbors
    Good Neighbors' greatest strength is that even when the plot becomes too obvious and the thriller aspects fall apart, it can always wrestle a laugh out of you.
  11. Red Tails
    Such a story is made to be colored in jumbo crayon, and at first you might long for a more nuanced approach, but this film was produced in the 1940's serial style that's made Lucas Films enormous.
  12. Earthwork
    Writer/director Chris Ordal's debut feature is not a documentary nor is it precisely a biopic. Instead the drama captures the artist at a pivotal moment in time.
  13. Eyes Wide Open
    To say the movie is understated is an understatement, yet it’s justified.
  14. Nénette
    It's a wonderfully moving meditation on the capacity of animals to inspire our imaginations and something applicable to educational markets as well as regular documentary audiences.
  15. Hobo with a Shotgun
    Hobo is trash cinema through and through and gives fans everything they want from a drive-in throwback. That's something that doesn't happen often.
  16. The Debt
    Just when many may have thought that Cold War thrillers had gone out of fashion, along comes one to reinvigorate the genre.
  17. The Color Wheel
    A film about how outwardly alienating our circles are (much to the detriment of our careers) and how caustic our supposedly nurturing intimacies can be at the same time.
  18. Here Comes the Boom
    Like James in the ring, it doesn't pack a lot of power, but it comes out swinging and sweats for applause.
  19. Hysteria
    Though the film is a fairly plastic British period piece with all the intimacy of a Hitachi Wand, the script captures some delicate and intelligent facets of a tensely conflicted era.
  20. Polisse
    Actress and director Maïwenn Le Besco (a.k.a. Maïwenn) confounds expectations by drawing together a heart-thumping patchwork of dramas and emotions.
  21. Lovely, Still
    Landau and Burstyn remain compelling throughout.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)
    Unsurprisingly, the strongest moments of the film are musical.
  23. The Living Wake
    There's nothing more irritating than a piece that strains to be kooky and eccentric, yet one reason The Living Wake ultimately gets to you is that O'Connell is not trying too hard.
  24. Robot and Frank
    The film is light-fingered and charming.
  25. Chico & Rita
    The blistering tunes and unique animation compensate for the rather unconvincing central love story that works best as a Forrest Gump-ian device to highlight some legendary real-life musicians.
  26. We Have a Pope
    Piccoli in a role that relies on looks, gestures and very few words, does not hit an off note, making him into a silent, everyman figure.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    50/50
    A soft and sweet cancer drama that hits with the force of an ill-timed hug.
  28. Inspector Bellamy
    That sense of mischief and pleasure in the craft makes Bellamy a thoroughly intriguing and likeable experience. From Chabrol we would expect nothing less.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Neshoba
    Some may say giving Mr. Killen screen time equals a bully pulpit, that it would be reckless and cheapen the heartfelt message. To the filmmakers credit they offered generous portions from both sides.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    No One Knows About Persian Cats
    The movie, largely improvised and totally believable, is often very funny, and the glimpses of life inside what remains a very repressive regime are fascinating, but in the final analysis, despite a fairly grim denouement, there's little here you haven't already seen in Hollywood flicks like "Singles."
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