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For 6,822 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 6822
  2. Mixed: 3,656 out of 6822
  3. Negative: 158 out of 6822
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    • 50 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth
    For all the blasphemies and British accent, Pinhead is just a sub-Freddy goon, and the ambiguities and perversities Barker is so fond of have been neatly tidied-up. This is the sort of picture teenagers in malls in Akron, Ohio might understand — a good horror sequel, and that's all.
  2. Roustabout
    Well at least we get to see him in more leather in this one. Though one could quite possibly live without it.
  3. They Will Kill You
    Blood-drenched and gore-splattered, anchored by a hard-as-nails performance by Beetz, this is a thinly plotted but immensely fun horrorfest. Best watched with a strong stomach.
  4. Now and Then
    Meat and potatoes teen drama.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Red State
    This is one of those movies that's "interesting" rather than ˜"good". Smith has so much solid material to deliver that it's a shame the package is so sloppily wrapped.
  6. Bel Canto
    Bel Canto pushes a hard message about cultural misconceptions and boasts a promising and diverse cast, but only really makes an impact in the first and final minutes.
  7. Freeheld
    Strong subject matter and a superb cast are treated disappointingly with sledgehammer subtlety.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Eat Pray Love
    A beautiful, languid travelogue, although with some of the source novel's empowerment diluted.
  9. Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
    An insanely effective no-brainer of a film, sparkling with a simple charm and energy rarely witnessed this side of illegal substances.
  10. Constantine
    While lacking the richness of its source material, it remains an enjoyable, immoral and sometimes beautifully Gothic tale.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Hoffa
    Danny DeVito's ambitious and violent biopic nonetheless paints an intriguing portrait of a complex and angry man while effectively exploring his uses and abuses of power.
  12. Jurassic World Rebirth
    It’s not doing much daring or different but this delivers a fun, well-made summer theme-park ride, with fast highs and slow lows. Pleasurable, though it doesn’t linger.
  13. The Hunt
    A political football that arrives punctured and sputtering, this toothless class satire — an equal-opportunity offender — shouldn’t have pre-enraged anyone. It’s hardly the Hollywood takedown the MAGA crowd feared.
  14. Little White Lies
    It's overlong, but with its gorgeous cast, irreverent humour and beautifully drawn characters, this smart comedy-drama is the kind of movie Couples Retreat and Grown Ups should have been. Please, nobody let Adam Sandler anywhere near a remake.
  15. War on Everyone
    A thinking person’s Bad Boys, this off-kilter indie crime comedy introduces two deliriously warped lawmen to the screen. Here’s to a Cuba-invading sequel.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Quest for Camelot
    The movie as a whole - an undeserved flop in the US - is energetic, pacey and funny with tons of great fights. What more could any six-year-old want?
  17. No Reservations
    It’s sufficiently well done to qualify as cute, quite the thing for a girlie outing with grub after, but it’s utterly phoney baloney.
  18. Marius
    Strong performances, warmth and light comedy abound, even if it is a bit stagey.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Short Circuit
    Safe, sentimental, and loved by kids, Short Circuit never tries to dissect it's predecessor (E.T.) nor outdo it in any way. Would have been nice to see a human-robot love triangle.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
    Genuine fun for adults and children alike.
  21. Labyrinth
    Fabulous fantasy from the godfather of modern puppetry Jim Henson.
  22. The Equalizer 2
    This hard-edged action thriller may not match the original, but Washington’s McCall is a compelling character, the kind you’d quite happily like to hang out with whether he’s busting heads or painting walls.
  23. Life After Beth
    We must surely now be getting close to some sort of zombie saturation point, with even the zomromcom becoming a distinct subsubgenre. On Beth’s evidence, however, there’s life in the undead yet.
  24. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
    Long-in-the-tooth characters detract from the usual high-spirited fun and frolics.
  25. Snow White
    It’s at its best when it’s an old-fashioned song-and-dance princess story, with Zegler and Gadot broad but effective, and at its worst in any scene involving the digital dwarves.
  26. Afternoon Delight
    Six Feet Under scribe Jill Soloway offers a wry perspective on married life as Temple's stripper-with-a-heart is lobbed into this domestic yarn like a firecracker in an arms cache.
  27. Hot Frosty
    With so-so performances and an immensely dumb conceit, this is snow Christmas classic. Still, it’s less naughty, more ice than we might have expected. 
    • 50 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Tombstone
    Doesn't really cut it in the Western genre.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Fat Man and Little Boy
    Certainly worth seeing for its care, authenticity and the central performances, but the suggestions of collective guilt and responsibility, and the pushing of humanity towards the brink are just too coy to ever be really effective.
  30. Giant
    Despite good performances from El-Masry and Brosnan, this fails to pack the heavyweight knockout punch it sorely needs. Judge’s decision: a narrow loss, on points. 
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