Empire's Scores
- Movies
- TV
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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Kim Newman
An unsuspenseful thriller with shades of "Death Wish." Nicolas Cage's return to New Orleans doesn't even have a hallucinatory iguana to recommend it.- Empire
- Posted Mar 12, 2012
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John Nugent
A disappointment. A premise with much promise has been turned into a bland retread through YA’s most familiar faults — despite some bold efforts from Holland, Ridley and Mikkelsen.- Empire
- Posted Mar 17, 2021
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Andrew Lowry
A photocopy of a photocopy, this could perhaps be the nadir of the wave of decade-too-late comedy sequels. Only Thornton completists, and hopeless nostalgists, need apply.- Empire
- Posted Nov 27, 2016
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Derivative it may be, but with its echoes of "Speed," "Lethal Weapon" and "Die Hard With A Vengeance," this is a welcome throwback for audiences raised on '90s action flicks -- what they used to call "a pulse-pounding roller-coaster thrill-ride of a movie."- Empire
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Anna Smith
Touches on some interesting philosophical ideas, but it's poorly-produced and unclear in tone.- Empire
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If you're after Sharon Stone in the buff, rent Basic Instinct. It's not a terrible way to spend an hour and a half but it just doesn't fulfill its potential. Stone and Baldwin try to get raunchy but find themselves in desperate need of a fluffer.- Empire
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Angie Errigo
Unapologetically preposterous, but it is a (very sweet) fairy tale and Highmore is captivating.- Empire
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Helen O'Hara
Deeply misconceived and steadily unfunny, this feels longer than its running time. A few moments of emotional honesty between mothers are the only bits worth watching, but they're too scant to save this mess.- Empire
- Posted Feb 13, 2025
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- Posted Nov 25, 2013
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- Posted Sep 23, 2013
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Ian Freer
A Rainy Day In New York hits all of Allen’s touchstones, has a few good one-liners and is well played, but it sorely lacks the wit, vitality and veracity of his ’70s/’80s heyday.- Empire
- Posted Jun 5, 2020
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Kim Newman
A very pompous version of the kind of nonsense Chuck Norris has been doing in far less embarrassing fashion for so many years.- Empire
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Dan Jolin
With a better story, director and support cast, Martin could have made Clouseau his own. Still, it's not as bad as the one with Roberto Benigni.- Empire
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Simon Braund
Amazing – a movie that somehow manages to be both irritatingly familiar and instantly forgettable.- Empire
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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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Helen O'Hara
Both heavy-handed and ham-fisted, this is a self-important morality tale where you can see everyone's uppance coming long before it arrives.- Empire
- Posted Dec 1, 2014
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Simon Braund
Being over-stuffed and heavy-handed are not even Crossing Over’s biggest problems. That dubious honour goes to an absolute failure to address its nominal subject-matter in any meaningful way.- Empire
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Jonathan Pile
It’s an adequate retelling, mostly, but with moments of eye-rolling ineptitude.- Empire
- Posted Aug 17, 2016
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Ian Freer
If it doesn’t hit the Top Gun: Maverick heights of legacy sequels, Jurassic World Dominion is scattershot but entertaining, delivering fun, familiar set pieces. Come for the delight in seeing Neill, Dern and Goldblum together again, stay for the bit where a bloke on a scooter gets eaten.- Empire
- Posted Jun 8, 2022
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With so many high standing peers (both contemporary and classic), it just doesn't have the muscle or the nous to make an impression.- Empire
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Ian Freer
The players are a colourful bunch, the film referencing is smart, the football satire sharp and there are delightful moments of visual imagination in the appealing animation.- Empire
- Posted Sep 22, 2014
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Nick de Semlyen
It has a strong, game cast but this is karaoke filmmaking, trading on nostalgia rather than breaking new territory. Affable but forgettable.- Empire
- Posted Feb 4, 2016
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William Thomas
Less a hangover of a sequel than a satisfying belch to rid the world of the original.- Empire
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Terri White
In spite of A-list acting and directing talent, this is a tick-the-boxes recovery and redemption true story that never rings true.- Empire
- Posted Nov 10, 2020
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William Thomas
Two actors have wasted their considerable talents on this hapless comedy. With a flawed plot and far too few jokes, it's understandable why this isn't a particularly memorable film and just as well it's disappeared without trace.- Empire
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James Dyer
A large step backwards for a promising director and far from the return we'd been hoping for.- Empire
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Adam Smith
Gothika never delivers anything more than the occasional, cynically engineered jolt and often drifts close to provoking giggles.- Empire
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Simon Braund
A bizarre, hopelessly muddled fantasy that's likely to induce utter bewilderment in its target audience.- Empire
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