Empire's Scores
- Movies
- 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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David Parkinson
Unflinching in its depiction of rural reality, this may be a dour drama, but it has been made with sincerity and an exceptional sense of place.- Empire
- Posted May 15, 2017
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Angie Errigo
Not for anyone with a sensitive gag reflex. Joshua Marston provides a harrowing depiction of drug- muling for dummies. The raw, revolting, dangerous details of such an undertaking are graphic.- Empire
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Nick de Semlyen
This stripped-down chiller has some decent jump-frights, but a dearth of memorable moments.- Empire
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Angie Errigo
If you're looking for sophisticated wit keep going, but Major League is pleasant, undemanding fun and the most likely of the baseball movies to hit over here. You don't need to know what they're doing on the field, there are some amusing supporting performances, and everybody likes to see losers make a dream come true.- Empire
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Dan Jolin
Another lavish and largely entertaining Disney re-do, with strong turns from Massoud and Scott. But, appropriately for someone playing a huge, powerful entity trapped in a tiny ornament, Smith’s genie performance feels disappointingly constrained — both by overdependence on the original and some ghastly CGI.- Empire
- Posted May 22, 2019
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Nick de Semlyen
This nightmarish travelogue is coy about gore, but it’s still an effective thrill-ride. If the sequel happens, let’s hope it delivers some actual combat.- Empire
- Posted Jun 3, 2013
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Olly Richards
It’s a film to see for the performances, which are faultless, but while it’s sometimes riveting this play has been awkwardly translated to screen.- Empire
- Posted Sep 4, 2017
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Ian Nathan
Family dysfunction to make Jeremy Kyle blush, but thanks to McConaughey's oily power and Friedkin's unflinching purpose it's a compelling beast.- Empire
- Posted Jul 18, 2012
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The Break-Up doesn't turn the rom-com on its head, but with its focus on the darker side of love manages to gently tip it on its side.- Empire
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Patrick Peters
The action meanders occasionally, but the performances are consistently disarming and Luciano Zito and Diego del Piano’s black-and-white photography complements the mood of ironic melancholy.- Empire
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Angie Errigo
One of those rare things...a sequel that's funnier and more successful.- Empire
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David Hughes
Your opinion of this unasked-for but likable comedy sequel depends entirely on whether your reaction to the statement “It’s better than the first one” is 1) “Dear God, it could hardly be worse” or 2) “Awesome!”- Empire
- Posted Nov 24, 2014
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Helen O'Hara
It's well performed, and Collet-Serra knows his way around a beautifully timed scare, but what's most haunting is the sense that the same idea has been done better before.- Empire
- Posted Mar 28, 2025
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Helen O'Hara
Lots of interesting concepts competing for limited running time make for more of a TV pilot than a feature film.- Empire
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Chris Hewitt (1)
Hiddleston and Olsen impress, and the music remains golden, but this is just another by-the-numbers biopic.- Empire
- Posted Apr 18, 2016
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David Hughes
Another bravura performance from Juliette Binoche glosses over the flaws in a soft-focused glimpse at the seamier side of student life.- Empire
- Posted Apr 21, 2012
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Kim Newman
A solidly okay Saturday night effort, but unambitious considering the talent involved. Maybe Rodriguez should direct Predator Resurrection, but get a science fiction writer to script it.- Empire
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William Thomas
An affectionate and entertaining tribute to the Western - but, Estevez aside, Young Guns II doesn't exactly add much to the old genre.- Empire
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Helen O'Hara
There's a hint of comforting, chocolate-box, Sunday-night TV here, but it's delivered via such quietly powerful performances and with such hope that it's hard to resist.- Empire
- Posted Sep 14, 2017
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Colin Kennedy
Charming, handsome and full of pep – all 70 year-old Cap lacks is a knockout blow. Still, Johnston should be saluted for old-fashioned heart in a cynical age, while Marvel should be confined to barracks for cynical marketing.- Empire
- Posted Jul 28, 2011
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More predictable than shaggy, Dog is more interesting than the standard man-mutt buddy movie but still never really pulls the heartstrings. What it lacks in urgency and emotion, Tatum more than makes up for in movie-star wattage.- Empire
- Posted Feb 16, 2022
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Sophie Butcher
Pixar’s first out-and-out love story, Elemental is overstuffed and inconsistent — but packed with enough moving sentiment, gorgeous design and punchy voice performances to mean it still burns bright.- Empire
- Posted Jul 5, 2023
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A daft movie, but one not without its moments of healthy radiance, spurred on by some bristling gags and a welcome comic return by Emma Thompson as a gauche fellow doctor caught in a romantic sub-plot.- Empire
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Kim Newman
Like Paranormal Activity at a wedding - Paranuptial Activity? - this low-budget horror has its moment. Much, much better than Legion, although not as scary as the actual Book of Revelation.- Empire
- Posted Nov 3, 2014
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David Parkinson
The archive footage is compelling, but the soundtrack is a muddle of voice-over, music and effects.- Empire
- Posted Jan 21, 2016
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Dan Jolin
It's not sure where to go once the final Iron Man suit is constructed, and seems in a rush to get there, but Downey Jr and the supporting cast are so perfectly placed we're already looking forward to the bound-to-be-better sequel.- Empire
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Kim Newman
It's no first-rank CGI cartoon, but shows how Pixar's quality over crass is inspiring the mid-list. Fun, with teary bits, for kids; fresh and smart for adults.- Empire
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