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 0.7 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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Cruise oozes as much charm as in Top Gun and The Colour of Money, but the mix of bar-acrobatics and Caribbean love isn't anywhere near strong enough to get you drunk.- Empire
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Helen O'Hara
While it's tempting to sum up in thumbs down emoji, when they go low, we go high. So let's just say, abandon all hope, ye who enter here.- Empire
- Posted Jul 31, 2017
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Ian Freer
It would miss the point to complain that the plot is nonsensical drivel peopled by paper-thin characters and a paucity of ideas.- Empire
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William Thomas
Energetically humourless, with travelogue and circus footage inserted between the dog-piss and big boob jokes.- 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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Kim Newman
Another soulless, pointless rip-off, this doodles around the plot parameters of John Carpenter's Halloween movies with only Pleasence, who died during production, and Carpenter's theme tune as links to the series' beginnings.- Empire
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Ian Nathan
Despite the always-good Harvey Keitel, this is just embarassing sci-fi nonsense.- Empire
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Kim Newman
Lame and clunky in many places which doesn't manage to save this bizarre premise from dull absurdity.- 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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Ian Freer
A risible attempt to modernise classic science-fiction by adding WhatsApp and political chicanery. This thin, frenetic, soulless adaptation is misguided moviemaking cubed.- Empire
- Posted Aug 5, 2025
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Kim Newman
Like it or not, Six has contributed something fresh and demented to pop culture.- Empire
- Posted Jul 6, 2015
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William Thomas
An obsequious, ring-kissing portrait of the current US administration, dressed in gauche, glossy reality-TV clothing. And yet somehow still better than Rush Hour 3.- Empire
- Posted Jan 30, 2026
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Emma Cochrane
Most unforgivably, the period detail is all over the place and the punk/disco soundtrack a real hotch potch, leaving this a story with no real sense of time or place.- Empire
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Olly Richards
Filmically it's more of a pleasantly diverting kick about in the park than a 90th minute back-of-the-net at the world cup final.- Empire
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Simon Crook
A moody, engaging end-of-the-world horror-drama, if a bit too apocalypse-lite.- Empire
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Kim Newman
Genuinely original interpretation of the Brit gangster and Lewis Carroll's surreal tale.- Empire
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Patrick Peters
Josh Fox puts a fresh spin on a well-drilled - if continually relevant - story.- Empire
- Posted Jan 25, 2011
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Damon Wise
Excellent performances from the cast elevate this otherwise slightly flawed a hokey interloper story.- Empire
- Posted Oct 24, 2011
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Kim Newman
Deeply icky on many different levels, with Ross Noble's feature debut illuminated by stomach-churning effects.- Empire
- Posted Mar 11, 2013
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Phil de Semlyen
The performances are solid - Goodbye Lenin! actor Florian Lukas is the standout - but ponderous pacing makes this true-life tale a lot less enthralling than it might have been.- Empire
- Posted Apr 7, 2013
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- Posted Sep 4, 2013
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David Hughes
An exposition-heavy opening gives way to a modestly effective Australian mash-up of sci-fi/horror hybrids.- Empire
- Posted Sep 14, 2015
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Angie Errigo
Tougher than a box of nails, this is a brassy revenge thriller that refuses to pull its punches.- Empire
- Posted Sep 17, 2015
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Simon Crook
Jonny Owen’s winning doc appeals beyond football tribalism with a universal underdog story, boosted by a thumping disco score that gives a thud to the match footage.- Empire
- Posted Oct 13, 2015
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Chris Hewitt (1)
Goldstein is enormously endearing, while Drever milks the mundanity for laughs and unexpected sweetness.- Empire
- Posted Oct 13, 2015
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David Parkinson
Persuasively played by fine leads and a well-cast ensemble, this thoughtful treatise captures provincial life and the medical mindset with authenticity and tact.- Empire
- Posted Jan 9, 2017
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