Boxoffice Magazine's Scores

  • Movies
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 4.2 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. Negative: 83 out of 985
985 movie reviews
  1. Resnais' storytelling is in top form. Turning 88 this June, he's an inspiration to us all.
  2. Stylish, globe hopping, action-packed comedy that starts at full blast and never lets up.
  3. What MORE could audiences want from a movie than this hilarious, heartwarming entertainment for all ages?
  4. Conceptualized and re-conceptualized, written and re-written, shot and re-shot, cut and re-cut, the final product is the world's longest short film.
  5. Those unfamiliar with the Duplass' previous movies won't realize what's missing; they'll just enjoy the earthy angst, edgy laughs and off-kilter casting of Jonah Hill.
  6. This intense and almost operatic Italian family melodrama recalls the best of Douglas Sirk.
  7. The performances are excellent, even if none of the characters are all that likeable or involving.
  8. Sullivan's easygoing performance as a Brooklyn musician dumped by his girlfriend prior to a planned Jamaican cruise together syncs perfectly with writers/directors Ben Chace and Sam Fleischner's dreamlike storytelling.
  9. More so than his other documentaries, Nygard remains in the spotlight from start to finish as he traveled across the globe to seek answers from various religious leaders. It's one thing to fail as a doc showman but by the film's end you feel like you have no answers to any of his questions.
  10. Educational rather than entertaining.
  11. Jaden Smith is destined to be a star by the force of will (and wallets) of parents Will and Jada Smith, both producers on The Karate Kid. But he's also got the raw material.
  12. This revved-up movie version offers a perfect mix of non-stop thrills and clever dialogue, mixed with an engagingly light touch. Nobody is taking anything too seriously here, and that's the fun of it.
  13. A sumptuous recreation of 1920s France and the unbridled affair between two of the century's most iconic figures.
  14. For the small but enthusiastic documentary crowd and the comic's diehard fans, it's a must-see.
  15. Winter's Bone so far past any notion of formula or precedent that comparison is a futile exercise. This film is a thing all its own.
  16. There are gaps here and there, but it provides a fascinating introduction to a corner of film history that has gotten too little attention.
  17. Ondine is Injected with a heavy dose of magic and has a lot going for it: an endearing performance from star Colin Farrell, Christopher Doyle's evocative cinematography and a captivating-if thin-story.
  18. Despite Brody and Polley's reasonable efforts, they can't compensate for a script that undermines its curiosity about humanity.
  19. What transpires gives fresh meaning to ‘sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll.'
  20. Ultimately rather opaque. It lacks sufficient emotional and psychological clarity to cut through our disaster fatigue.
  21. Very small children may well take a shine to the big, goofy dog and his furry friends, but parents and older siblings will be left squirming in their seats at a bland, predictable blend of bad comedy and sentimentality.
  22. It is America's oldest and most prestigious high school science competition. Over two thousand students begin each year vying for slots; 40 are chosen as finalist. For high school science and math geeks this is a big deal.
  23. Burzynski may have credibility in the eyes of some, but the movie about him has no credibility, so no one will be receptive to its message.
  24. After this bomb, Katherine Heigl and Ashton Kutcher may qualify as two of the most attractive and prematurely washed-up screen actors Hollywood has ever produced.
    • 30 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Redemption could have come if the story had more kick.
  25. Mixing old-fashioned content and state of the art effects, this Jerry Bruckheimer production trades ‘pirates' for ‘princes' to revive the swashbuckling, sword fighting spirit of the sort Douglas Fairbanks or Errol Flynn specialized.
  26. Silly and not nearly scary enough, this does not rank as grade-A Romero, but the story unfolds efficiently and economically and it provides plenty of laughs.
  27. Like "Amelie," Micmacs is visually dazzling, the ravishing images coming courtesy of "La Vie en Rose" cinematographer, Tetsuo Nagata.
  28. The Father of My Children is a protean charmer just like Grégoire Canvel, the title character modeled on the late Humbert Balsan.
  29. Best enjoyed as a rousing period piece.

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