Empire's Scores

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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:
6821 movie reviews
    • 49 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    More solid Prime Video Sports Doc than Subject-Transcending Asif Kapadia Investigation, Twelve Final Days is nonetheless an entertaining, occasionally illuminating and at times surprisingly moving look at the final bow of a genuine tennis legend.
  1. A 'realistic' Vegas movie that will set no-one's soul on fire, but is further proof that Hanson can lend his talents to any style of movie.
  2. Bland, but wholesome.
  3. This should have been Soderbergh gold. Instead it is mostly unengaging and dull, proof positive that they don't make them like they used to.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    It's aimed squarely at the tinies, but there is charm enough here to make it bearable for adults too.
  4. An offbeat comedy/drama elevated by another terrific Varmiga turn.
  5. A fascinating life is reduced to a series of skittishly edited and visually stylised vignettes that do scant justice to Marie Curie's scientific achievements and Karolina Gruszka's laudably intense performance.
  6. Vallée’s post-traumatic stress comedy is more scientific than genuinely moving. Nevertheless, Gyllenhaal continues his post-Nightcrawler upgrade with another vivid performance in the key of strange.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    A loud, careering thunderbolt of a bipoic, that leaves behind an imprint of the myth, if not enough of the man.
  7. There’s no questioning the high-octane energy of Garth Jennings’ star-studded ensemble, but the cacophony grows a little tiresome. The show can go on, but that doesn’t mean it must.
  8. Don’t Look Up takes the pulse of contemporary life and finds it crazy, scary and, most of all, funny. It doesn’t all land but enough does to make it a sharp, bold, star-studded treat.
  9. A romantic-comedy that isn't funny or romantic.
  10. 1D in 3D: the closest thing to a Shine A Light for Directioners.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Writer/director Jim Kouf certainly knows his police procedures, packing the movie with sharp dialogue and authentic set pieces. Unfortunately, the final half-hour, with its told-you-so conclusion, takes the knife-edge away from what clearly could have been a masterly thriller. Then again, just watching Tupac ponder death on the big screen is probably all the knife-edge you need.
  11. The storytelling is a little loose, but as a workplace comedy with a side-line in romance, this earns its laughs thanks to the immensely game Henson and a stellar supporting cast.
  12. A triumph of art direction, sound design and Gallic phat beats, but could do with a script upgrade and fun.exe patch.
  13. Disappointingly dull account of a tale desperately in need of a sharper screenplay and some directorial vim. Might as well wait for the Blu-ray, Jules.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The plot pulls you along at breakneck speed, so the plausibility of two US leaders on the lam matters not a jot. What does matter, however, is the excellent script which has a kiss-off line at least once every five seconds and keeps the mush down to an absolute minimum.
  14. Slick and solid in moments, Den Of Thieves disappoints with its reliance on easy plotting and gruff, overcooked acting. One for Butler completists only.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Another dose of Culkin charm.
  15. Overdone and not particularly tasteful musical stuff and nonsense.
  16. The first couple of servings back in the day were fresh and fruity, but the franchise has been left on the shelf a little too long. It's occasionally entertaining to have these characters back in our lives, but for the most part this fails to party like it's 1999.
  17. A well-above-average ho-ho-ho-horror film with a shivery sense of winter weirdland and anarchic ultra-violence, it’s also a strong candidate to become a holiday favourite thanks to a perfectly judged punchline.
  18. Punchy and confronting, with another terrific turn from Seimetz.
  19. This has some very, very funny bits...interspersed with a very slight film.
  20. An instantly forgettable, paint-by-numbers romcom, despite the obvious charm of Witherspoon and Kutcher — worthy of watching neither at your place nor mine.
  21. Tinkering with the spy-action wheel rather than reinventing it, this is a pacy, ruggedly entertaining romp, with a punchy pair of lead turns from Gosling and Evans.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This is way more than it seems and manages to surprise and enchant throughout.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Marked For Death offers a very proficient range of bang-and-break antics ending with a neat twist.
  22. If this ‘power corrupts’ potboiler had been made in the 1990s — with, say, Andy Garcia, Gene Hackman and Kim Basinger — it would already have felt old-fashioned. Forget it, Jake, it’s no "Chinatown."

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