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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Chris Hewitt (1)
Technically competent, but essentially a fantasy movie that mistakes industrial light for magic. As dragon movies go, Dragonslayer, Reign Of Fire and even Dragonheart can rest easy.- Empire
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Kim Newman
Lacking a single honest laugh, this is shoddy by comparison with the other Scary Movie sequels… which throws it in a pit with Transylmania, Breaking Wind and Stan Helsing.- Empire
- Posted Apr 13, 2013
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William Thomas
The first film to be based on a line of toys, this might not be the last, but it'd take something awful to replace it as the worst.- Empire
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Kim Newman
Significantly worse than the rest of the series, this film is one of the worst flops in recent cinema.- Empire
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Kim Newman
Hogan proved himself a better actor when pretending that American wrestling is a real sport, and the production team that brought you the Mannequin movies can add another excruciating dud to their CV.- Empire
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This deeply disappointing new Fear Street instalment leans too hard into worn-out tropes and excessive gore, at the expense of fun, engaging characters or any genuine scares.- Empire
- Posted May 29, 2025
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Anna Smith
Rubbish. Irish eyes will be hard pressed to grimace, let alone smile.- Empire
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Dan Jolin
As it is, an unbearably irritating, shouty, gurning Affleck takes the anaemic script and injects it with strychnine.- Empire
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Angie Errigo
The bastard offspring of a charmless romcom and a toothless political satire.- Empire
- Posted Jun 16, 2015
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John Nugent
Incompetent and mostly just quite boring, Assassin Club doesn’t even have the good grace to be so-bad-it’s-good. Rough, rough stuff.- Empire
- Posted Apr 14, 2023
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Waters' attempt to reach a bigger market sees him lose his own unique identity.- Empire
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Damon Wise
An unfunny, unfocused sub-SNL baseball comedy that makes the likes of Joe Dirt and Deuce Bigalow seem vintage.- Empire
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Van Sant's film is cold and the gallery of eccentrics merely come across as vulgar caricatures.- 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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Kim Newman
It's incredible that a film could be so closely patterned on Carpenter's still-thrilling original movie and yet be so stupid, unscary and plodding as Halloween 4 is.- Empire
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- Posted Aug 26, 2024
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The lesson to be learned here is that movies are far more complex than music videos. Most videos require little or no thought of plot, structure or characterisation, but look great. Which is probably why Williams is so good at them.- Empire
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Setting out to be a killer-cop satire for the social media age, the result makes Paul Blart look like Taxi Driver. Unfollow immediately.- Empire
- Posted Jan 28, 2014
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Unsurprisingly this film is weak. The final film in a weak trilogy, filled with weak characters, who have weak dialogue and feature in a, you guessed it, weak plot. Thankfully Travolta's next film would be Pulp Fiction giving his career a well-needed boost, it's a shame the same couldn't said for Allie.- Empire
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Ian Nathan
Okay, a couple of sniggers sneak out, but on the whole the effect is stone cold.- Empire
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- Posted Mar 11, 2013
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In this stereotypically-fuelled moralistic gangster movie, the plot is poor, the acting worse and standing at three hours, proves about three hours too long.- Empire
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Kim Newman
This hastily-produced sequel ignores the dreamstalking premise that had made A Nightmare on Elm Street successful and reverts to the overfamiliar possession story.- Empire
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Stereotype-based comedy from Eddie Murphy in a variety of fat suits is just not enough to make a decent film.- Empire
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James Dyer
Unengaging, uninspired and unwatchable. A criminal waste of time and talent.- Empire
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