Empire's Scores
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- TV
For 6,821 reviews, this publication has graded:
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54% higher than the average critic
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3% same as the average critic
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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: | Oppenheimer | |
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| Lowest review score: | Superman IV: The Quest for Peace |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 3,008 out of 6821
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Mixed: 3,655 out of 6821
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Negative: 158 out of 6821
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Angie Errigo
Funny, agreeable and thoroughly enjoyable, if a little bit too neat and fortuitous in sorting out its entangled strands.- Empire
- Posted May 16, 2011
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John Nugent
Buoyed by riveting lead performances, and driven by a compelling real-life story, this is proof that Phillips can handle grown-up material. All without a naked Ken Jeong.- Empire
- Posted Aug 22, 2016
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David Hughes
Zac Efron makes a convincing bid for movie stardom — and Ratajkowski proves she’s more than just a pretty face — in this flawed but fitfully entertaining film, even if it all goes a bit Pete Tong at the end.- Empire
- Posted Aug 24, 2015
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Ian Nathan
Forgettable, innocent, old fashioned fairy tale with not nearly as much sexual chemistry as is required.- Empire
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Kim Newman
Refreshingly free of the gangs, guns and drugs clichés associated with the milieu, this is a satisfying, spicy little picture.- Empire
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John Nugent
Short, sharp and mostly satisfying, this is a thriller that sticks to the stripped-back fundamentals of the genre — no more, no less.- Empire
- Posted Mar 21, 2022
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John Nugent
Reassuringly formulaic, this is a straightforwardly inspirational-by-numbers sports movie, made watchable thanks to Jharrel Jerome and Jennifer Lopez.- Empire
- Posted Dec 10, 2024
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Ian Freer
If it doesn’t hit the Top Gun: Maverick heights of legacy sequels, Jurassic World Dominion is scattershot but entertaining, delivering fun, familiar set pieces. Come for the delight in seeing Neill, Dern and Goldblum together again, stay for the bit where a bloke on a scooter gets eaten.- Empire
- Posted Jun 8, 2022
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Ian Freer
The Occupant is a slow burn of a thriller that never catches fire. Looking to skewer the pursuit of perfection during late capitalism, it misses both its satiric targets and a sense of kitsch fun.- Empire
- Posted Apr 1, 2020
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Kim Newman
A solid haunting-possession movie with good character work and unusual local colour, this works in a few surprises, sufficient scares and a nicely barbed punchline.- Empire
- Posted Feb 29, 2016
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William Thomas
Beyoncé proves her Dreamgirls turn was no fluke in this so-so Blues melodrama.- Empire
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John Nugent
This might not be the venerable animation house at its very best, but it is a reminder of why they have endured for so long. Why change a formula when it’s a winning one?- Empire
- Posted Nov 17, 2023
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Angie Errigo
As elegant as the man's clothes, this handsome biopic traces 20 incident-filled years in the life of the designer.- Empire
- Posted Mar 18, 2014
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Olly Richards
Neither good nor bad. Scales dizzying new heights of okay. Aims for mediocrity... and nails it.- Empire
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Ben Travis
Pacy thrills are doled out in a solid Sam Raimi-approved pulse-raiser with a few nifty ideas up its sleeve. Shall we try ‘Don’t Smell’ next?- Empire
- Posted Oct 28, 2024
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Angie Errigo
Minus delightful stars, this would be laboured indeed. Thanks to them, it scrapes along as modestly appealing fluff.- Empire
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William Thomas
The film falls into the gap between the manifestly unique qualities of the musician in performance and the near complete mystery of an intensely withdrawn private life.- Empire
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Dan Jolin
Not exactly genre-bending innovation or anything but a decent documentary about an important episode in history of oil company exploitation.- Empire
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- Posted Apr 27, 2015
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David Parkinson
1954 musical that is woefully miscast in places and extremely dubious in its portrayal of African-Americans but does boast an on-form Dorothy Dandridge.- Empire
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Sophie Butcher
An extremely silly, inconsistently funny, action-packed jaunt, carried by the sheer star power of J-Lo, with strong support from Josh Duhamel and Jennifer Coolidge on top form.- Empire
- Posted Jan 26, 2023
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Despite messy plotting and occasional ill focus, fantastic lead performances help The Strays find its way before a knockout ending really carries Martello-White’s eye-catching debut home.- Empire
- Posted Feb 27, 2023
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David Hughes
If weapons and wizardry get your blood up, and you prefer your movies dark and brooding and minus the sandals, Solomon Kane fits the bill. It may lack The Lord Of The Rings' majesty, but Robert E. Howard fans will lap it up.- Empire
- Posted Sep 24, 2012
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Ian Freer
It won’t win any awards for originality but Flight Risk is a fun, unpretentious, tight 91 minutes — especially if you’ve always jonesed to see Downton Abbey’s Lady Mary cream someone with a fire extinguisher.- Empire
- Posted Jan 24, 2025
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Helen O'Hara
It’s not a hugely innovative biopic, covering just a short period of Bader Ginsburg’s extraordinary career, but this is still a vastly inspiring account of the fight for equality.- Empire
- Posted Feb 20, 2019
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Damon Wise
The unlikely superhero of this film is the hamster, who brings the funny amid a flurry of weaker gags. But Bolt still has charm -- it just won't hit with the adults the way the best animated films can.- Empire
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William Thomas
Well at least we get to see him in more leather in this one. Though one could quite possibly live without it.- Empire
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Helen O'Hara
As a counterpoint to the (much better) "Spotlight," it’s a fascinating look at modern journalism – but perhaps not always for the reasons its makers intended.- Empire
- Posted Feb 29, 2016
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Kim Newman
Though stuck with stretches of guff and looking all too convincingly like video-era rubbish TV, Mindhorn delivers regular proper laughs and eventually wrings just enough drops of pathos to scrape by.- Empire
- Posted May 12, 2017
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Ian Nathan
A frustratingly thin epic. You're left wanting more exposition, more character development, the tidying up of loose ends.- Empire
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