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For 7,601 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 62% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 36% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.4 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 66
Highest review score: 100 Autumn Tale
Lowest review score: 0 Car 54, Where Are You?
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5,106 out of 7601
  2. Mixed: 1,473 out of 7601
  3. Negative: 1,022 out of 7601
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  1. BlackBerry
    BlackBerry doesn’t sermonize or push the comedy or falsify the dramatic dynamics of wildly contrasting personalities. It’s a small but quite beautiful achievement, which you could also say about the smartphone that could, and did. For a while.
  2. The School of Flesh
    Once again, as love dies and illusions crumble, this natural actress (Isabelle Huppert) shines with human fire. [26 March 1999, Friday, p.B]
  3. At Eternity's Gate
    Dafoe never begs for attention or sympathy; he’s there, like the seasoned, craftsmanlike actor he is, as a conduit and a sort of medium.
  4. The Son
    It's a movie imbued with a fierce intimacy -- a tone and style similar to cinema verite documentary -- but it's not a banal realism, even if the characters and settings in contemporary working-class Liege initially seem mundane.
  5. Under the Skin
    It feels fresh and unpredictable, as quietly strange as the remarkable musical score from first-time feature film composer Mica Levi.
  6. Sully
    It's a wonderful New York story, and Eastwood takes care to make it a story about the many different people who made it a miracle. That is the emotional core of the film, a celebration of the simple act of reaching out a helping hand without a second thought.
  7. The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
    The beauty of The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack lies in its ability to transform itself into a sad tale of loss, regret and missed opportunities while it also remains a solid documentary about a once-influential artist seeking his place in the sun.
    • Chicago Tribune
  8. Late Marriage
    One of those welcome visitors, a movie that turns out to be much more than we expected.
  9. Brigadoon
    With its lilting Lerner-Loewe score and great Kelly dance numbers, this is almost a Hollywood musical masterpiece. But it's sabotaged by the airless "outdoor" studio sets mandated by MGM. [13 Mar 1998, p.L]
    • Chicago Tribune
  10. Black Book
    The movie scrambles our responses and covers so much ground, with such zest, that its two and a half hours race past like a firestorm.
  11. Stan & Ollie
    It’s a modest film, but a very good one, and by the end I was quite moved by its valiant belief in decency and in the duo’s eternal appeal.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    The Sixth Sense
    Perhaps the most startling part is the realization that, in the turn-off-your-brain season of summer, you've just experienced an uncommonly serious-minded movie that's brave enough to engage our deepest emotions on issues of death, madness, illusion and forgiveness. That's the biggest thrill of them all.
  13. Black Bag
    Black Bag may be modest, and frivolous, but it’s sharp-witted. Every performance feels right.
  14. A Perfect World
    A Perfect World proves again, if it needs proving, that Eastwood's directorial signature is among the strongest and surest in American movies. [24 Nov 1993, p.1C]
    • Chicago Tribune
  15. Ong Bak
    Infusion of comedy elements keeps the story light, without dragging it into the cartoonish.
  16. Blindspotting
    That’s Blindspotting all over: an exuberant, brightly colored, zigzagging portrait of a city, an uneasy transformation and a friendship.
  17. Alien
    An old nightmare, made shiny new.
  18. Cyrus
    Amuses and unnerves in equal measure.
  19. Men in Black
    A smart, funny and hip adventure film in a summer of car wrecks and explosions. [4 July 1997]
    • Chicago Tribune
  20. Café Lumière
    It's a film objet d'art to contemplate and treasure.
  21. A Tale of Two Cities
    The first, and best, of the three versions of Charles Dickens' tale of the French Revolution. [05 Dec 2008, p.C5]
    • Chicago Tribune
  22. You Can Count on Me
    Honest, poignant and very funny, full of memorable, moving moments.
    • Chicago Tribune
  23. Changing Times
    This magnificent pair are the heart of Techine's film, and the sense of frayed, aging beauty and handsomeness they now carry helps project the picture's main theme: the imperishability of true love.
  24. Ratcatcher
    One of the most remarkable English-language feature debuts of recent years.
    • Chicago Tribune
  25. Chances Are
    The sister writing team of Perry and Randy Howze enlivens what sounds like a gimmicky story. Their last film was the delightful "Mystic Pizza," and the characters in Chances Are seem equally fresh, even though there is nothing new about the situations in which they find themselves. [10 March 1989, p.A]
    • Chicago Tribune
  26. Ten
    A film made by a master, with a simplicity that is really revolutionary. It's a work capable of changing the ways you look at the movies - and at life.
  27. Skyfall
    While the protracted third act doesn't kill the two-hour, 23-minute picture, "Casino Royale" remains the best of the recent Bonds, with Skyfall just a notch below it.
  28. Kung Fu Panda
    Everything about Kung Fu Panda is a little better, a little sharper, a little funnier than the animated run of the mill.
  29. The Incredibles
    Delivers the perfect union - a vivid, sublime parody and valentine to the superhero genre.
  30. Full Time
    The film is a master class in reactivity, and Calamy manages it with perfect dramatic pitch.
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