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 0.7 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
Although adequately put together, this is entirely unnecessary as a movie, with nothing to add to its limited interest sub-genre, no surprises at all in its by-the-numbers script, and no credit at all to the various servicable members of the cast.- Empire
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Helen O'Hara
If "Wedding Crashers" is in your top ten rom-coms ever, you might not hate this. Otherwise, it’s too gross to be sweet and too sweet to be gross.- Empire
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If "Spider-Man 2" is this summer's main comic-book-movie course, Catwoman is clearly the leftovers.- Empire
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Helen O'Hara
An uneven tone and the feeling of too many cooks mars the finished product, but there are moments of beauty and real terror.- Empire
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Dan Jolin
A wildly ambitious space opera, but also a self-indulgent narrative morass. Sometimes, it seems, creativity can benefit from a few limitations.- Empire
- Posted Jul 24, 2017
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Caroline Westbrook
The script is clichéd and uninspired, the tone veering uneasily between unamusing comedy and over-sincere drama, all theological issues are weakly circumvented and the characters hardly relate to each other, let alone to any of their onscreen activities.- Empire
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Anna Smith
A load of formulaic nonsense that should still turn a few young heads thanks to its fantasy plot and Jesse Metcalfe's chest- Empire
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Ian Freer
Surprisingly sedate telling of the rather well-known tale from Catherine Hardwicke.- Empire
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Anna Smith
Music And Lyrics never really finds its tone. Fans of Barrymore and Grant are likely to enjoy their pleasing ramblings, and the modern-day, down-to-earth courtship is handled well. But this is unlikely to go down as either actor’s finest hour.- Empire
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Ian Freer
Joining the ranks of Sphere, DeepStar Six and Leviathan as soggy Alien do-overs, Underwater finds a few tweaks to the monster play book, but not enough to make it live.- Empire
- Posted Jan 8, 2020
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William Thomas
Decent premises and the promise of Billy Crystal pale in a film that fronts up to, then whimpers away from, the prospect of leaping out of its genre's boundaries.- Empire
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Kim Newman
Big sci-fi ideas done on a budget doesn't quite translate into a compelling thriller.- Empire
- Posted Sep 25, 2015
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Shrek this ain't. A lacklustre effort hampered by limp dialogue and lazy plotting.- Empire
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Dan Jolin
It’s breezily fun at times, in a what-the-hey way. But, lumbered with a story that struggles to find resonance beyond its improbable plot devices and preposterous MacGuffinry, Justice League isn’t about to steal Avengers’ super-team crown.- Empire
- Posted Nov 15, 2017
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Dan Jolin
Valiant though this low-budget attempt to reclaim Hellboy may be, it sadly lacks the storytelling and stylistic savvy to rise above its all-too-obvious budgetary limitations.- Empire
- Posted Sep 25, 2024
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Hanna Flint
It has a few laughs and some stylish outfits, but this is unfortunately a shallow prequel, one which fails to breathe new life into the Hunger Games franchise.- Empire
- Posted Nov 9, 2023
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Frankie & Johnny is a salutary reminder of what happens when two Hollywood stars, no matter what firmament they may inhabit, are lumped together without any real storyline, subtlety or sex.- Empire
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Chris Hewitt (1)
There are films that demand sequels, and then there's Miss Congeniality.- Empire
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Ian Freer
Not dire, but you can’t escape the feeling that there’s a good movie in here trying to get out.- Empire
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Ella Kemp
There’s no questioning the high-octane energy of Garth Jennings’ star-studded ensemble, but the cacophony grows a little tiresome. The show can go on, but that doesn’t mean it must.- Empire
- Posted Jan 21, 2022
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Ben Travis
Its title might be near-identical, but this legacy sequel is everything the original wasn’t — pleasantly gory, but light on atmosphere and really, really stupid.- Empire
- Posted Feb 22, 2022
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Kim Newman
Except for the success of Three Men and a Baby, (NOT Little Lady), Tom Selleck had great problems making the transition to the big screen. Here is another case in hand with such stereotypical characters as Hutton dominatrix and Hoskins Londoner.- Empire
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Ian Nathan
Manages to be both very silly and highly forgettable. Only for those who collect killer-children films.- Empire
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Nick de Semlyen
A disappointingly tame and unimaginative effort, which throws away much of what was best-loved about the original and fails to find worthy replacements.- Empire
- Posted May 19, 2015
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Tarot is a personality-less horror that doesn’t overly concern itself with either character or plot. It’s here to deliver one thing and one thing only: cool kills.- Empire
- Posted May 11, 2024
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Sadly, beyond the wigs, costumes and exquisite set design, its a vacant enterprise.- Empire
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Ben Travis
More shallow than The Shallows, and lacking the depth of even Deep Blue Sea, this has chuckle-worthy moments but will be forgotten roughly 47 metres down in the lower-echelons of shark cinema.- Empire
- Posted Apr 17, 2026
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