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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 1.5 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: 5,106 out of 7601
  2. Mixed: 1,473 out of 7601
  3. Negative: 1,022 out of 7601
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  1. I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
    The result just might be the most hypocritical feature in the history of film as well as the history of hypocrisy, and along with serving beer, I hope they show I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell in hell.
  2. The Providence Effect
    For the film to be truer to the school’s reputation, it would have had to dig a little deeper.
  3. Capitalism: A Love Story
    At its best, this uneven work represents Moore at the peak of his argumentative skills.
  4. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
    Fairly inventive and exceedingly manic.
  5. The Informant!
    More than any previous screen role, this one affords Damon a chance to work his sly comic chops.
  6. Love Happens
    I wish the movie made emotional sense, because it’s all about getting in touch with whatever’s holding you back, but it doesn’t.
  7. Jennifer's Body
    The movie’s partially redeemed by Seyfried, who makes her character more than a repository for audience sympathy. (Her make-out scene with Fox is handled with more suspense and care than anything else in the movie.)
  8. Paris
    The actors, remarkable and seasoned, take care of their end of things, stylishly and (when and where it can be arranged) truthfully.
  9. Bright Star
    In its way Campion’s film is a thing of beauty, but its characters’ inner lives must be taken on faith.
  10. 9
    Something has gone slightly awry, however, en route from the 11-minute film to the 79-minute edition of 9.
  11. Extract
    The funniest American comedy of the summer.
  12. All About Steve
    There’s nothing wrong with All About Steve that a rewrite couldn’t fix, as long as the rewrite involved a different writer, a different character and a different story.
  13. Black Dynamite
    While White plays it supercool, Tommy Davidson and Arsenio Hall (as Cream Corn and Tasty Freeze, respectively) swing for the fences, without much in the way of a bat.
  14. Taking Woodstock
    This is very light material, and, unusually for a Lee picture, not everybody in the ensemble appears to be acting in the same universe, let alone the same story. On the other hand: It’s fun.
  15. Post Grad
    The material may be formulaic, but the spirit of the piece is friendly.
  16. Inglourious Basterds
    The result is a Jewish “Death Wish,” to borrow Pauline Kael’s description of “Marathon Man,” amped up to epoch-changing proportions, made by a gentile writer-director with an unlimited appetite for celluloid, right down to its highly flammable properties.
  17. Fifty Dead Men Walking
    Sharp, well-acted film.
  18. The Marc Pease Experience
    Not so much character-driven as character-dragged--against its will.
  19. My One and Only
    If you have any curiosity at all about how a fellow like George Hamilton became a fellow like George Hamilton, My One and Only answers the question by looking, fondly, at his primary caregiver.
  20. District 9
    Some movies pack such a terrific central idea, even their flaws can’t stop the train. District 9 is one of them.
  21. The Time Traveler's Wife
    The emotions and crises feel pre-sanded, smooth to the point of blandness.
  22. The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
    Sloppy, grimy but quick on its feet, which puts it ahead of certain other (“The Hangover”) R-rated comedies (“The Hangover”) we’ve seen this summer (“The Hangover”).
  23. It Might Get Loud
    Why isn’t the film better? Guggenheim doesn’t seem to have prodded his subjects in any interesting directions.
  24. Bandslam
    Here’s the surprise: Bandslam may come from synthetic materials, but the characters are a little more complicated than usual.
  25. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
    G.I. Joe may not be beefier, but it’s cheesier and less aggravating than "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen," the summer ’09 headbanger it most resembles.
  26. Julie & Julia
    One can’t help but wonder if Ephron would’ve been better off focusing exclusively on Child: She’s simply more interesting screen company.
  27. A Perfect Getaway
    When the story’s twist arrives, you half-expect Twohy to throw in a couple of reels from "Dead Again," plus outtakes from "The Usual Suspects." It’s a lulu; I'm just not sure if it's the sort of lulu that will lead to great word-of-mouth.
  28. Funny People
    50 percent good and 50 percent close.
  29. Lorna's Silence
    If you’re new to the Dardennes, Lorna’s Silence will serve as a fine introduction.
  30. Thirst
    Be warned: Thirst is one of those pictures that tacks on another chapter just when you think it’s wrapping up.
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