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For 6,821 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 54% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 43% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.9 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 66
Highest review score: 100 Oppenheimer
Lowest review score: 20 Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3,008 out of 6821
  2. Mixed: 3,655 out of 6821
  3. Negative: 158 out of 6821
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  1. Ticks
    For fans of the Big Bug movies in the 60's this will come as a pleasant surprise with not only the first to made in a while but also the first good one for a long time. Ticks is enjoyably fluff which contains unexpectedly convincing effects and enough of the required screaming of innocent victims.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    A Dry White Season
    A thumpingly didactic script, but Palcy has crafted a watchable - if not particularly important, given its competition - one.
  3. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
    Arguably the most imaginative of the horror franchise, with a fair number of truly resonant scenes.
  4. Scream VI
    One of the sillier series entries in terms of plot, but still scary enough and funny enough to leave you hoping Ghostface might yet kill again.
  5. The Campaign
    The Campaign gets by on its stars' comic compatibility and a relentless stream of jokes, many of which are laugh-out-loud funny. The only real downer is the ending, which feels tacked on like a hanging chad.
  6. 42
    Already a hit in America, 42 is a well-told but square biopic doing justice to Jackie Robinson rather than exploring him.
  7. A Woman's Life
    Complex, poised and beguilingly earthy. Stephane Brizé’s decade-spanning epic is a sensitively performed, memorably fragmentary look at one woman undone by the feckless men in her life.
  8. Reconstruction
    Both women are impeccably played by Maria Bonnevie.
  9. Octopussy
    One for the die hards. The saving grace here is a knowing sense of humour so lacking in its predecessor, For Your Eyes Only.
  10. Ismael's Ghosts
    This director's cut might smack of self-indulgence, but it also says much about love and loss and the language of an artform that flirts with realism while remaining an illusion.
  11. La Bamba
    A dedicatory, sometimes sombre recreation of the career of 50s teen-throb Richie Valens, which feels like a personal project by director Luis Valdez.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    SubUrbia
    It has a tendency to drift aimlessly and, having said all there is to say on the subject long before the two hours are up, loiters around when it really ought to have gone to bed.
  13. Happy Feet
    Small kids will love the waddlesome dancing and colourful animation, but older viewers will likely be disturbed by the story’s darker elements.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Anchor and Hope
    With its predictable story unlikely to leave a lasting impression, it’s left to Chaplin and Tena’s natural chemistry and performances to make Carlos Marques-Marcet’s second feature-length film worth your while. Which they do. Just.
  15. The Drop
    The cute puppy almost steals the show but Hardy is ace and quite the watchable chameleon in his surprising switch from lovable dumb ox to cannier-than-we-thought.
  16. The X Files: I Want to Believe
    An okay paranormal mystery, with solid work from the regulars – but please Mr Carter, next time, could we have liver-eating mutants or post-modern comedy like the really good episodes of The X Files?
    • 56 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Leaving
    A vital, if slight, study of selfishness and fractured relationships, Leaving is illuminated by the odd, off-balancing twist.
  18. The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
    In the grand pantheon of Sinbad movies, those pleasurable Arabesques of silly beasts, big swords and scantily clad maidens, this lower league Ray Harryhausen stop-motion thriller squeezes between the better Eye Of The Tiger and the worse Seventh Voyage.
  19. My Friend Dahmer
    A small, slight window into a mixed-up soul, this is more intriguing than engaging. Its restraint, though, is admirable, resulting in a mood-piece with an ongoing sense of unease.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Phantom of the Opera
    The end result, although entertaining and well-crafted, certainly isn't on the same breathtaking scale of, say, Alan Parker's epic "Evita."
  21. The Birdcage
    If it weren't so darned "sincere" this would be an unmitigated bird-brained delight, but it undoubtedly remains a genial crowd pleaser.
  22. Manglehorn
    Holly Hunter goes toe-to-toe nicely with the superbly understated Al Pacino loner obsessed with a long-lost love — one of his most rewarding outings in a very long time.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Alice in the Cities
    Hardly must-see Wenders, but for fans of his road movies, it remains a treat.
  24. Black '47
    Black 47 lacks the seriousness and rigour of other displaced Westerns like The Proposition and Sweet Country. But Lance Daly’s film is gripping enough to suggest Ireland’s tragic backstory is a frontier full of resonant riches.
  25. A Bridge Too Far
    This sprawling epic rewards patience with an emotional pay-off and non-triumphant ending that reminds us all too starkly of the sacrifices made during war.
  26. The Flying Scotsman
    A typically engaging performance from Johnny Lee Miller takes this slightly above the usual underdog movie cliche.
  27. Janis: Little Girl Blue
    Although packed with compelling archive footage, this never quite gets into Joplin's head, heart or soul.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Girls Can't Surf
    A simultaneous celebration and subversion of popular surfing culture, Girls Can’t Surf makes for a dynamic cinematic experience, celebrating the real badasses and unsung heroes of the sport: women.
  29. The Inheritance
    Tautly scripted by director Per Fly and bullishly played, this is soap for the ciné-sophisticate.
  30. Smile
    Though it may be derivative, Smile still manages to be a scary, unsettling ride that’s powered by an impressively committed Sosie Bacon performance and some assured direction. Finn is one to watch.
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