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For 7,614 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 1.5 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: 5,117 out of 7614
  2. Mixed: 1,475 out of 7614
  3. Negative: 1,022 out of 7614
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  1. Cedar Rapids
    Modest in every way, the screenplay by Phil Johnston is enjoyable in the telling even when the details smack of contrivance.
  2. The Eagle
    The Eagle becomes more interesting the further north it travels.
  3. The Housemaid
    The acting's very strong throughout, though few would argue that the final half-hour satisfies either as suspense, or narrative, or social observation.
  4. Sanctum
    Here and there an image of spectral beauty, assisted by the 3-D technology, floats into view and captures our imagination. But the script, which really should've been called "Sanctimonium," has a serious case of the bends.
  5. Biutiful
    For many, this central performance will be more than enough. For others, the film will simply be too much.
  6. The Rite
    For an hour The Rite, as scripted by Michael Petroni, delivers the expected, but with panache.
  7. The Mechanic
    What's remarkable about the remake is its nastiness.
  8. The Way Back
    The result is a brisk trot through a story that is, at heart, a tough slog.
  9. Barney's Version
    The movie version of that life, directed by Richard J. Lewis, gives the adaptation an earnest go. But the script lacks juice.
  10. No Strings Attached
    You've seen worse. The film industry is capable of better.
  11. My Dog Tulip
    Extremely moving, exceedingly droll, flawlessly voice-acted.
  12. Another Year
    For all the warmth emanating from the film's core, thanks to Broadbent and Sheen, I don't know if Leigh has ever made a crueler picture.
  13. The Illusionist
    Chomet himself has written the gentle waltz theme and other music. The piece glides by, effortlessly.
  14. The Green Hornet
    Too much. Too numbing. Too coy. And ultimately too violent.
  15. The Dilemma
    Unexpectedly sour, The Dilemma barely qualifies as a comedy.
  16. Blue Valentine
    It's Williams you never question, who makes every detail and close-up and impulse natural. She's spectacularly good.
  17. Country Strong
    My God is this script predictable. Each relapse and betrayal shows up announced, and then announced again, a little louder, by the dialogue equivalent of an aggravating doorman.
  18. Rabbit Hole
    Rretains what made it work on stage, chiefly a disarming sense of humor amid the grimmest sort of personal crisis, and a pair of juicy leading roles.
  19. Gulliver's Travels
    The cast is enjoyable, with Jason Segel (as Gulliver's lil' pal, Horatio) and Emily Blunt (the local princess) a witty cut above for this sort of thing.
  20. Somewhere
    A small but, in its way, daring picture.
  21. Little Fockers
    The sole memorable scene involving a little Focker in Little Fockers, though memorable doesn't mean amusing, involves Ben Stiller's male-nurse character administering a needle full of adrenaline to his dyspeptic and unhappily aroused father-in-law Jack Byrnes, played by Robert De Niro.
  22. True Grit
    The biggest change from the '69 "True Grit" is the best thing about this formidably well-crafted picture. Portis's narrator and heroine, 14-year-old Mattie Ross, runs the show this time, not the one-eyed marshal.
  23. The King's Speech
    The actors, predictably, are superb in roles shaped by screenwriter David Seidler, and directed by Tom Hooper. Yet they are unpredictably superb as well.
  24. Yogi Bear
    Yogi Bear gives cheap hackwork a bad name. Which is a shame, because hackwork made this industry.
  25. How Do You Know
    It's relaxed without being sloppy, or patronizing, and in particular Witherspoon and Lemmon - sorry, make that Rudd - bring charm to burn.
  26. The Tempest
    She tackled "The Tempest" on stage, years ago. On screen I wish she'd (Taymor) adapted it with a freer hand, and then directed it with a more considered one.
  27. The Fighter
    An off-center but exceptional boxing film I prefer in every aspect, especially one: It feels like it comes from real life as well as the movies.
  28. Megamind
    Moderately funny though immoderately derivative.
  29. TRON: Legacy
    The results impart that "trapped" feeling all too well. It's a sullen affair, dominated by a grim visual palette that intrigues for about 30 minutes.
  30. Due Date
    The pathos really are shameless, arriving with killing regularity and false humility.
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