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For 6,818 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: 3,006 out of 6818
  2. Mixed: 3,654 out of 6818
  3. Negative: 158 out of 6818
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  1. Say Anything...
    Avoiding the 80s staple of angsty adolescence, Crowe has constructed an intelligent, witty yet undeniably cute tale, showing the potential that would be realised in Singles and Jerry Maguire, and giving Cusack's warm-hearted Lloyd the perfect foil in Skye's prissy model of student perfection.
  2. Heathers
    Michael Lehmann’s feature debut introduced the world to Christian Slater at his Jack Nicholson, subversive best and gave Winona Ryder a career-high role.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Fletch Lives
    Funny and inventive vehicle for Chevy Chase's hapless and genuinely funny comic creation.
  4. Leviathan
    A safe, effectively jumpy transfer of Alien to the depths that restores the fear of Jaws into an environment momentarily softened by The Abyss.
  5. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
    Weird to the Gilliamth degree, Munchausen just might making being an 'uneven' movie a compliment.
  6. Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
    This is probably worse than you’d expect, even from a sequel to a sequel to a sequel to a sequel to a sequel.
  7. Chances Are
    The only romantic comedy out there which spans two lifetimes, Chances Are you'll wind up wishing it didn't.
  8. Lean on Me
    An unsatisfying conclusion, but an inspirational story deftly handled by Freeman.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    High Hopes
    Despite its bleak locations, High Hopes is in fact very funny, with wonderful observations on life in the capital...and believable, touching performances all round.
  10. 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.
  11. The Fly II
    Whilst this fly is not as tightly scripted or keenly directed as its parent, it does have pace, breathless tension and the sort of gross-out effects that rules out kebabs for some time after the credits have rolled.
    • 24 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Her Alibi
    A dodgy script and weak direction means the decent performances fall flat.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Mississippi Burning
    With remarkable performances, aggressive direction and a cracking pace, this is superb cinema, even if the historical accuracy leaves much to be desired.
  14. Three Fugitives
    Given such a cloying and utterly predictable plot, it's surprising that Three Fugitives works as well as it does. Nolte, all big shoulders and bashfulness shows a pleasant self-deprecating talent and copes very well with the array of humiliations ranged against him.
  15. Parents
    Unfairly neglected, perfectly creepy and disturbing suburban bizarro drama.
  16. Gleaming the Cube
    Performances, plot and landings are nailed down, but there's not enough invention here for the film to achieve cult status.
  17. DeepStar Six
    "Save your last breath...to scream" reads the tagline - we advise you save it for the inevitable sigh as the credits roll on this monstrous B-Movie farce.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Talk Radio
    A riveting portrait of a complex man who, like Stone himself, struggles with being a favourite of the institution(s) he attempts to rebel against.
  19. Beaches
    Sentimental, cliched and at times overdone but a true weepy if ever there was one.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
    Steve Martin does his schtik to perfection and Michael Caine unveils some adroit comic timing in this charming but mediocre comedy.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
    Unrelenting, unremitting, a brilliant broad-brush of a parody.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Twins
    The humour, when it comes, is on a par with Reitman's Ghosbusters, but the film feels, rather than the solid comedy it is, like a massive missed opportunity.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Scrooged
    Murray doing what he does best, if you like that sort of thing.
  24. Cocoon: The Return
    The first film had its moment of charm, and the cast were good enough to overcome the downright stupidity of the storyline, but this is simply a dreary bore that takes advantage of a terrific cast by moving them about on the screen without giving them anything to do. One long yawn.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Land Before Time
    Sharp animation and powerful visualisation of scale will enthrall a young audience but the clumsy cub-scout moralising feels, well, extinct.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Oliver & Company
    Lacks the classic Disney charm that works for adults as well as kids.
  27. High Spirits
    It's safe, it's mainstream and it's silly, but Guttenberg and Hannah strike up enough chemistry to give this big budget apparition at least a little depth.
  28. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
    An explosion of garish colour, wacky detail and surreal complications, Almodovar’s very funny, urban comedy overflows with the unexpected. See it!
    • 44 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Ernest Saves Christmas
    To say this is the best of the Ernest series is no great compliment, but there are enough knowing film jibes here, and ample seasonal tomfoolery, to keep a family in their seats.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    A Cry in the Dark
    Occasional misgivings about Streep's accent aside the powerful performances and sharp script augment this revealing human drama.
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