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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. Snow White and the Huntsman
    A strong visual style tussles with flaccid storytelling in this ambitious retelling of Grimm. It won't exactly have Walt Disney spinning in his secret ice chamber, but you may wish they spent more time worrying about what exactly the film is than who it's for.
  2. How to Change the World
    This spends more time on the tensions between the dominant trio than their landmark campaigning.
  3. Rental Family
    The execution doesn’t always keep up with the premise, but Fraser is an affable guiding light in this crowdpleaser about the complexities of connection.
  4. The Mole Agent
    A moving exploration of the realities of growing old, Maite Alberdi’s documentary effectively blends documentary with dramatic elements to charming, if not always transparent, effect.
  5. Never Let Go
    As with many high-concept horrors, it falls apart as it grasps for an ending, but there's still enough dread, and three great central performances, to just about carry it through.
  6. The Cured
    Suspenseful and thought-provoking, The Cured is a serious, engaged horror movie. More upsetting than scary, it ratchets up the tension unsettlingly. There’s life in zombies yet.
  7. The Omega Man
    It's not the plot that disappoints, it's the poor dialogue between action sequences. Sadly another film to file under not as good as the book.
  8. The BFG
    Giant expectations may lead to tiny disappointments in this two-hander that’s slow in parts. But it still offers magic and visual delights, and the final act is a treat.
  9. The Falling
    Carol Morley’s film has a lot going for it, not least a thick, vaporous atmosphere, alive with unease and sexual anxiety, and an eye-catching debut from the casually charismatic Florence Pugh.
  10. The 12th Man
    Baalsrud never claimed to be a hero and the emphasis of this gripping reconstruction rightly falls on the resourcefulness, courage and self-sacrifice of those who epitomised the spirit of resistance.
  11. Tomboy
    A tender, sensitive French drama rich in hazy atmosphere.
  12. Jean de Florette
    A simple, elemental tale that makes breaking the heart seem like the easiest and most natural thing a filmmaker can do to his audience. Which, of course, it isn't.
  13. The Rewrite
    It would be easy to dismiss this as a plastic Hugh Grant rom-com but it has enough smarts, laughs and feel for its likeable characters to make it worth your while.
  14. Rustin
    This welcome spotlight on a lesser-known civil rights hero doesn’t escape the usual biopic clichés — but Colman Domingo’s impressive, deeply layered performance does this corner of history justice.
  15. The Karate Kid
    Smith might be the focus, but while he’s got the charisma and the moves, it’s Chan who makes it punch above its weight. Nice scenery too.
  16. That Sugar Film
    The science is haphazard, the techniques gimmicky, but the point is cogently made.
  17. Blair Witch
    Effectively scary and occasionally inventive, Blair Witch is a solid genre film both helped and hindered by its franchise’s place in cinematic history.
  18. Saboteur
    Not one of Hitchcock's best, but with a few creative sequences and some sharp writing from Dorothy Parker.
  19. God Help the Girl
    As Marmite-y as Stuart Murdoch's music, you'll find it either winningly charming or irritatingly fey. Either way, its warmth shines through.
  20. Honeymoon
    A tense, two-piece horror with serious kick.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Father of the Bride
    The film does work, but not quite as well as the Hepburn-Tracy classic that it seeks to replace. Mildly amusing.
  22. Concrete Cowboy
    If it cleaves too close to convention and doesn’t land the ending, Concrete Cowboy is a striking debut, celebrating a long-overlooked tradition of Black cowboys via visually powerful filmmaking. And Caleb McLaughlin is superb.
  23. Big Eyes
    Tim Burton’s return to real-life storytelling is entertaining but flawed. See it for a fascinating true story and a fantastic Amy Adams. Beware the uneven tone, a lack of depth and Christoph Waltz’s monumental mugging.
  24. Freaky Friday
    Happily, Jamie Lee Curtis gurning through a guitar solo (she is Lady Spinal Tap, after all) while her floundering ‘mother’ mimes on stage is amusing.
  25. Freeheld
    Strong subject matter and a superb cast are treated disappointingly with sledgehammer subtlety.
  26. High School Musical 3: Senior Year
    If you're under 12, you won't be disappointed. If you're over 12, the fact this is as funny and bright as it is insipid won't stop you from avoiding it like the plague.
  27. Poison Ivy
    A good performance from Barrymore, the admirable Gilbert (who talks as her character on Roseanne would if she was covered by an 18 certificate) and director Katt Shea Ruben, a Roger Gorman associate hitherto best known for sleaze thrillers set in strip clubs.
  28. Leo
    Fun, warm, but meandering and too-long, Leo is an animated adventure with kindness and celebrating individuality on its mind – and is a great showcase for Sandler’s voice talents.
  29. The World According to Garp
    The script might have benefited from being directed by someone more daring, instead George Roy Hill settles for more mainstream territory.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The A-Team
    An energetic escape from Development Hell: suitably OTT, often fun and always loud. The villainy is underpowered, the plot a mess, but Cooper and Copley impress. We, er, quite like it when a plan comes together.
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