Empire's Scores

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For 6,820 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 0.8 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:
6820 movie reviews
  1. An unashamed exploitation movie with teeth, this has all the dinosaur devilry and gung-ho soldiering you could want. There’s even a sweet Tyrannosaur love story in the mix.
  2. Keaton handles her appealing ensemble, the early 60s period and child's perspective of tragedy, love and reconciliation with a sure, gentle hand.
  3. What it lacks in freshness and depth, The Gentlemen certainly makes up for in cartoon-y bluster and fun details.
  4. Freaky Tales never amounts to more than the sum of its parts — but those parts, while uneven, are always high-energy and entertaining.
  5. A meta-satire that doesn't quite come off.
  6. It’s no masterpiece, but this is a promising debut from Boone and a good showcase for his entire cast.
  7. A frustratingly soft documentary that would sooner teach the world to sing than get to the bottom of the Bin Laden enigma.
  8. Dramatic disappointment aside, there is a feel for the unglamorous, demanding lives of the real dancers.
  9. Waititi’s shtick runs thin, and there are badly misguided moments, but this is still a warm, heart-mostly-in-the-right-place portrait of a momentously poor sports team.
  10. Bahman Ghobadi can’t be faulted for showcasing so many bands, and the mix is wonderfully eclectic, but the linking episodes aren’t always riveting.
  11. Black-veined and dark-hearted, this is another persuasive character study from Campos.
  12. Natalie Wood is stunning and the drama is full of passion but this suffers a little from 60s hollywood style.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    On the basis of this expertly engineered crime thriller Djo Munga is a director going places.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    A bitter howl at the injustice of the modern world, intellectualised through one of literature’s shrewdest figures. Powerful and eye-opening, but Orwell himself might have preferred a less partisan approach.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Being a Mamet, we expect superb dialogue and twists, but we also get refreshingly compact action scenes, even if the climactic airport skirmish is on the pat side. A lesser Mamet, then, but still compelling.
  13. An upgrade from Prometheus, Alien: Covenant amps up the thrills but doesn't deliver a memorable crew member or the full-on onslaught of the series at its height.
  14. Aside from Rose Byrne's complex performance, there's nothing here that improves upon the original.
  15. Strange and surreal but with moments of real beauty.
  16. Dear Evan Hansen gives enjoyable, tuneful voice to important modern-day concerns but lacks the dramatic and cinematic chops to really take flight.
  17. An amazing tru-life story that's Hollywoodised within an inch of its life. A missed opportunity for something really special.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    A worthy topic that deserves a slightly better documentary.
  18. This slight, lightly charming comic adventure is most obviously appealing for the "Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" set — though Bryson himself was in his forties when he made his journey.
  19. The pace drags terribly, however, and the period detail is distractingly off in small ways that become annoying. Thankfully, though, things perk up with a bravura finale, when Merrill finally takes the witness stand before the dreaded inquisitors.
  20. Not Garbo's greatest but it has a curious charm.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Not quite a showstopper, but this reflection on womanhood boasts noteworthy performances across the board, especially from Pamela Anderson and a surprisingly tender Dave Bautista.
    • 30 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Enjoyable, if slight.
  21. A surprisingly staid biopic of Ferrari’s venerable originator. In unpacking motorsport’s greatest legacy, it gets bogged down in a dull relationship drama — but the racing sequences are thrillingly visceral.
  22. It’s unexceptionally filmed and occasionally clunky, but this is a gently heart-warming underdog story, and Turner shows real star-power in the lead role.
  23. On one level, Stealth is technically breathtaking, viscerally thrilling action cinema of the highest order. On another, it is slavering, state-of-the-art war porn.
  24. Walker was Oscar nominated for Waste Land this year, and while this occasionally unfocused doc doesn't hit those heights, it's still a valuable and scary film that should be seen.

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