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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Dylan Southern’s film lacks the complexity of Max Porter’s book. But there are strong scenes, and Cumberbatch delivers a performance to crow about.- Empire
- Posted Nov 21, 2025
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John Nugent
Despite some warm performances, it’s very hard to ignore the feeling that this is largely just two hours of product placement.- Empire
- Posted Aug 8, 2023
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Helen O'Hara
It's just not quite as much fun as it should be, despite Pearce's best efforts and some good chemistry with Grace. Unusually for an action thriller, this could have benefited from being just a little longer.- Empire
- Posted Apr 22, 2012
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William Thomas
Whatever his intentions, the finished product is about as deep and meaningful as you’d expect from a work starring the Man Who Is Clark Griswold. Which is a good thing really, as, uncomplicated, genuinely funny comedy players are thin on the ground at the moment, and it means Memoirs can carry off the semi-slapstick, borderline-cretinous gags with pace and panache.- Empire
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Chris Hewitt (1)
Fun in parts, and Stallone's always watchable, but it's an '80s tribute movie that coasts along on rapidly diminishing goodwill. Beige Heat, if you will.- Empire
- Posted Jan 27, 2013
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Kim Newman
Breaking the golden rule of thrillers - don't let the audience guess the ending from 15 minutes in - this just becomes largely pointless.- Empire
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Damon Wise
Affleck's meta-satire riffs amusingly on celebrity culture without hitting too many faux-doc highs.- Empire
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Laura Venning
Adapting a relatively uneventful short story was always going to be tricky, and despite some strong performances and wry observations, Cat Person’s disastrous ending takes everything else down with it.- Empire
- Posted Oct 26, 2023
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Jonathan Pile
It's the thriller aspect that most lets the film down, failing to truly engage or offer enough plausible red herrings to send your mind whirring through different theories as to what could have happened. The twists rarely, if ever, have the impact that were intended.- Empire
- Posted Oct 3, 2016
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Caroline Westbrook
Like "There's Something About Mary," Orgazmo has a very sweet love story at its core, although it's more consistently entertaining, blending some outrageous moments with a surprising degree of restraint.- Empire
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Kim Newman
Despite being not officially a Bond film this is good solid, entertaining action.- Empire
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Kim Newman
Lambert fails to convince as the action star and somehow it is left to a computer to steal the show.- Empire
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Ian Nathan
It's less a film than a series of skits exhumed from the Reynolds original.- Empire
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Ian Freer
It may not truly capture the complexities of its source material but One Day is funny, winning and entertaining - if little else.- Empire
- Posted Aug 22, 2011
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David Parkinson
A slick, enthralling look at the life of Vallanzasca but fails to truly get under his skin.- Empire
- Posted Jun 15, 2011
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Dan Jolin
An otherwise mundane rom-com that doesn’t know how to handle its one point-of-difference; and even that isn’t as much of a big deal as its writers think it is.- Empire
- Posted Aug 15, 2016
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Karukoski’s entertaining film boasts flair and narrative ambition, but ultimately fails to completely break free of its traditional biopic frame.- Empire
- Posted May 1, 2019
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Olly Richards
Structurally it’s a bit ragtag, but, as your mum would say, it has its heart in the right place. For all its wilful oddness it’s enchanting, imaginative and genuinely moving.- Empire
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James White
Occasionally charming but mostly bland fare from Weitz, despite the reliable cast. About A Boy remains the best showcase of his talents.- Empire
- Posted Jun 10, 2013
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Helen O'Hara
It’s not the fault of either star, but the half-baked script makes this an unsatisfyingly thin exploration of the weighty themes it seeks to cover. More intellectual cut-and-thrust and fewer flashbacks would have helped.- Empire
- Posted Jun 14, 2024
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Ian Freer
Liam Gallagher: As It Was lacks the narrative shape and drama of previous Oasis doc Supersonic, but provides an interesting snapshot of an artist in transition, both professionally and personally.- Empire
- Posted Sep 12, 2019
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Alex Godfrey
Quantumania isn’t as wacky as it should be, and the humongous stakes feel oddly small. But where else do you get a wild Jonathan Majors, an intense Michelle Pfeiffer and talking broccoli?- Empire
- Posted Feb 14, 2023
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Nick de Semlyen
An old-school film about an old-school crime that brings together an impressive array of British legends. Solid, but sadly the results don’t exactly blow the bloody doors off.- Empire
- Posted Sep 17, 2018
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Kim Newman
Though it might charitably be described as "a load of old cods", there is a certain entertainment value to Murder At 1600.- Empire
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Ian Nathan
Very hit and miss and not a patch on the first spoof but when a joke strikes home it'll have you going for a while.- Empire
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As a stylish black comedy its uncompromising nature should be applauded, though as an indictment of the hopelessly violent American society, the message gets lost.- Empire
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