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For 1,771 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 48% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 48% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 6.2 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 71
Highest review score: 100 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Lowest review score: 20 Victoria and Abdul
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,013 out of 1771
  2. Mixed: 727 out of 1771
  3. Negative: 31 out of 1771
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  1. Tootsie
    Despite sharing the stylistic trappings of so many 1980s urban comedies – Three Men and a Baby, Big, Crocodile Dundee – Tootsie transcends its generic conventions with a wonderfully nuanced turn from Hoffman, a terrific supporting cast that includes Bill Murray and Jessica Lange, and a screenplay that is as sensitive as it is funny. Tootsie’s finely balanced writing is one of the film’s greatest strengths, being consistently funny without ever turning the central premise into a gag.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Proxima
    It’s a fiery mix of ambition, mother-daughter love, female empowerment and childhood dreams – the gravities of each masterfully held together in the film, like planets in the canvas of space, revolving harmoniously around the sun.
  3. Maidan
    Maidan is a stunning piece of political cinema and a documentary of quietly moving power and beauty.
  4. Make Up
    Make Up taps into a rich Gothic tradition where repressed emotions find their vent in uncanny space and sexual awakening is realised through the imagination.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Makala
    Makala examines the tribulations of desolation and solitude with such respect that it’s impossible not to feel compassion.
  6. The Old Man & the Gun
    Despite the golden cast, this is Redford’s show, bolstered by a life-long career of effectively playing younger versions of Tucker.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter
    Treading the fine line between truth and fiction, Kumiko is more than just a homage to the Cohen brothers.
  8. Brief Encounter
    We rarely see films that are so loaded in meaning and symbolism yet subdued in action. It’s a treat to be sure, one that can be relished seventy years on with renewed fervour.
  9. Risk
    A superb character study of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
  10. Paddington 2
    The first Paddington was a joyful and somewhat unexpected treat, and the sequel is no different.
  11. Simple Passion
    In sensual romantic drama Simple Passion, Lebanese-born director Danielle Arbid captures viscerally that peculiar detachment that comes from romantic and sexual infatuation.
  12. Yardie
    Overall this is a remarkable debut from Elba, and it makes for an engaging, captivating watch.
  13. Herself
    Phyllida Lloyd’s strong third feature, Herself, is as much an indictment of the grinding bureaucracy failing to house and protect women abused at the hands of their partners, as it is the men who inflict such despicable physical and psychological trauma.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Blackhat
    Blackhat is about the contraflow; it's a disruption in the new technocracy and a fly in the ointment of big budget Hollywood cinema.
  15. Limbo
    Sharrock’s resistance to easy answers or an easy way out is in-keeping with a tale in which the arbitrary flick of a pen, a stamp on a letter, can change someone’s life irrevocably – and yet may never come.
  16. Deadpool 2
    Infinity War will likely be first choice for the summer season crowd, but Deadpool 2 wins hands down in terms of personal stakes and visual flair.
  17. Whisper of the Heart
    A lovingly crafted and well observed story about adolescent self discovery – and to this day remains one of the most remarkable films produced by Studio Ghibli.
  18. Stan & Ollie
    The real marvel of this biopic is how well it captures the stoic resolve of two men who come to realise, perhaps long after their own audience, that life has joined them together for better and for worse.
  19. An Elephant Sitting Still
    Powerfully conveying a longing for escape from ordinary life, Hu Bo’s An Elephant Sitting Still is a strangely alluring, four-hour portrait of the disillusionment and hollow sense of emptiness experienced by those living in a society marked by violent individualism.
  20. Suite Française
    Love and war are a winning combination and Eduard Grau's cinematography, terrific performances all round, in particular the simmering chemistry between Schoenaerts and Williams, should ensure Suite Française's success as well as adding to Némirovsky’s fan base.
  21. Force Majeure
    Force Majeure is a gripping and deftly observed drama that adds caustic condemnation through its embracing of humour.
  22. Io Capitano
    There are moments when Garrone’s vision strays too close to the fable in its narrative even as its images portray a brutal reality. However, Io Capitano doesn’t lose its humanity.
  23. The Green Fog
    The Green Fog is part city symphony, part playful tribute; but primarily an example of pure, unadulterated cinematic delirium.
  24. The Nest
    For Law and Coon, their performances elevate an already sharp script on class dissection, marriage and aspiration. Both actors demonstrate their capabilities on-screen with a beguiling edge, making events utterly watchable and tense.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Alice
    There is no doubt that Alice is an empowering watch. It skillfully combines narrative realism with compelling character development and whip-smart dialogue to produce an engrossing look into a subject matter that is all too frequently over-sexed and sensationalised.
  26. Totally Under Control
    Doing these usually faceless public servants justice is vitally important. But Totally Under Control somehow feels unfinished.
  27. Night of the Creeps
    A faultlessly fun genre picture.
  28. Escape from Mogadishu
    A rollicking masterclass in escalating tension.
  29. Neighbors
    The fraternity versus parents premise is a decidedly simple one, but the surprising amount of depth to the characters helps mine it for all its worth.
  30. 22 Jump Street
    22 Jump Street is hugely successful in retaining - and in many instances, improving upon - the qualities of it predecessor and pitching some jokes that will still have people chuckling for days afterwards.
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