Empire's Scores
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For 6,820 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 0.8 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 6820
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Mixed: 3,654 out of 6820
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Negative: 158 out of 6820
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Olly Richards
Great houses, shame about the plotting. The sort of glossy nonsense you might happily half-watch on a lazy Sunday.- Empire
- Posted Dec 16, 2025
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David Parkinson
Ruinously prioritising chic over content, this is intellectually and stylistically shallow when it should have been dynamic and compelling.- Empire
- Posted Dec 26, 2016
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Olly Richards
Take That have more than enough hits to give this a solid soundtrack, but the story they’re loosely tied to is weakly constructed and far gloomier than the cheery music deserves.- Empire
- Posted Jul 24, 2023
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Ian Freer
Neil Marshall’s return to his homegrown horror wheelhouse doesn’t reach the heights of Dog Soldiers and The Descent. Instead, it’s a witch-hunt thriller that lacks the texture to be realistic and the no-holds-barred energy to be pulpy. Sean Pertwee has fun though.- Empire
- Posted Apr 13, 2021
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Nick de Semlyen
"The Karate Kid" meets "Fight Club" but it's no way near as good as it sounds.- Empire
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Kim Newman
Adapted from the Stephen King killer car novel, this John Carpenter film is more like an assembly line vehicle than a customised job, but is nevertheless a slick, entertaining piece of work.- Empire
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David Opie
Too childish and shallow for adults, yet too brutal and gory for kids, this is one Damsel that really does need saving, after all.- Empire
- Posted Mar 8, 2024
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An overly complicated plot and poorly thought-out characters detract from the flashes of charm that Cap'n Jack still emits. Despite quality set-pieces and the best efforts of the cast, this is dull and crossbones.- Empire
- Posted May 16, 2011
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William Thomas
Like the stranded astronauts, we are forced to sit around for too long in stale air, waiting for something to happen. An overly-long, vacuous foray into space.- Empire
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Adam Smith
A decent enough little B-movie which delivers some pleasingly weird violence and endless plot reversals. But there’s still a mild sense of pointlessness to the whole thing and the feeling that in different hands it could have been much better.- Empire
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Ian Freer
In a month of "A Monster Calls" and "Manchester By The Sea," Collateral Beauty serves up a hollow portrait of grief. Despite its quality cast and slick visuals, the result is sombre and saccharine rather than uplifting.- Empire
- Posted Dec 26, 2016
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Ian Freer
If "Crash" set your teeth on edge, book in at the dentist's before seeing this one.- Empire
- Posted Nov 10, 2014
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John Nugent
Spiral makes an admirable stab at defibrillating an old franchise — but ultimately wastes its stars, caught in the same bear-trap of a formula that befell earlier sequels.- Empire
- Posted May 13, 2021
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Dan Jolin
Unless you pine for second-tier Mel Brooks, you'll find more laughs in the Old Testament itself.- Empire
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Nick de Semlyen
Andersen makes a far from inspiring guide, intoning his humourless points in a dry-as-powder monotone.- Empire
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David Hughes
Does to the medieval era what Cage's Wicker Man did to Anthony Shaffer. Hokum and not in a good way.- Empire
- Posted Jan 6, 2011
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Despite John Cena’s best efforts, Ricky Stanicky is a comedy that delivers nothing but tedium, wasting a clever idea by repeating the same jokes over and over.- Empire
- Posted Mar 8, 2024
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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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Amon Warmann
Solid performances can’t keep this from being a tonally erratic disappointment. Here’s hoping the next Hoover adaptation is a little less regrettable.- Empire
- Posted Oct 24, 2025
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Ian Freer
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.- Empire
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Ian Nathan
The jingoism is blindingly awful, but by the time of the showdown, the film has descended into an unaware parody of itself.- Empire
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Dan Jolin
The building may be taller than The Towering Inferno and the stakes may be higher than those faced by John McClane in Die Hard, but in comparison to both, Skyscraper is little more than a cinematic bungalow.- Empire
- Posted Jul 16, 2018
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Laura Venning
A genuine disappointment from an intriguing, potentially even subversive premise. It’s another commanding performance to add to Monroe’s oeuvre, but this Cradle is more frustrating and forgettable than it is thrilling.- Empire
- Posted Oct 24, 2025
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Simon Braund
On paper it looks like a gem – roaring 20s setting, verbal fireworks and a silly sport in its rude infancy. In practice, it's way off the pace, far too slow for its screwball pretensions and the kind of film that confuses pastiche with period detail.- Empire
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Ian Freer
Mark Felt is a lacklustre staging of a fascinating episode in recent US history. Despite Neeson’s strong presence, this is a deep throat that never finds its voice.- Empire
- Posted Mar 26, 2018
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As an origin story that’s all origins and no story, there’s a hollow, stale feeling to this occasionally admirable attempt to Nolanise Marvel’s dysfunctional family.- Empire
- Posted Aug 6, 2015
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