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For 6,821 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: 3,008 out of 6821
  2. Mixed: 3,655 out of 6821
  3. Negative: 158 out of 6821
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  1. Host
    An adrenaline-spiking fresh take on a well-worn horror format, Host transcends its high-concept premise to deliver original ideas — and scream-worthy surprises.
  2. The Killing of a Sacred Deer
    Working as a profound meditation on karma, predestination and guilt and a proper scary movie, this is near career-best work from all involved. Be warned: this is tough stuff.
  3. Wind River
    Taylor Sheridan’s flair for creating heartland epics is undimmed, but it’s hard not to wonder what someone with more directing chops, and the will to hit the accelerator, would have done with it.
  4. Air
    A lot more entertaining and irreverent than the film’s grandiose subtitle, “Courting A Legend”, suggests — even if it’s hardly as trailblazing as the man to whom it pays tribute.
  5. Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D)
    Who was it made for? Everyone. You don’t have to be a diehard Eilish fan to appreciate the artistry in music, performance and filmmaking here. 
  6. Marnie
    This remains a compelling Hitchcock thriller but it's Tippi Hedron's remarkable central performance which steals the show.
  7. John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
    Combat-heavy pulp of the highest order, this is the most enjoyably over-the-top entry so far. Where else can you get samurai dogs and a Tarkovsky reference?
  8. The Raid: Redemption
    Remember your first time with Hard Boiled? Die Hard? This is how it's done - a clean, hard, constant hit of adrenalin. If it's not the best action movie of the year, we'll eat a fridge.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Sonatine
    Beautiful and resonant, this provokes deeper thoughts on the nature of living with violence than most gangster films.
  10. The Great Mouse Detective
    The genuinely witty and endearing Disney animation that everyone forgets.
  11. Blazing Saddles
    Stands next to Young Frankenstein as Brooks' best movie, and, of course, boasts the god of all fart gags.
  12. Sunset Song
    Deyn is a revelation in a difficult but rewarding take on Scottish rural life. The most English of directors has done a Scottish classic proud.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Re-Animator
    Re-Animator remains a splashy hark back to the glorious 80s love affair with all-things bloody — to the point that Gordon was convinced he'd used more fake blood than anyone else in the history of horror.
  14. Supernova
    Supernova is a tender two-hander that gradually crushes your heart. What it lacks in cinematic width it gains in well-earned emotional depth, courtesy of delicate writing and two subtle but towering performances from Firth and Tucci.
  15. Last Flight Home
    An emotional, incredibly intimate portrait of one man’s final days. Ondi Timoner’s documentary avoids the political aspects of the process, focusing squarely on the personal impact. The result is moving, humane, and cathartic.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Impossible
    You can take issue with its overly Anglicised approach to an international tragedy, but there's no denying that this rousing, superbly acted, no-holds-barred melodrama is a mighty feat of physical filmmaking.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    I'm Not Scared
    This not being Hollywood, Michele and Filippo do not benefit from life lessons learned as exemplified in coming-of-age pap like "Now And Then." The sweet life, this ain’t.
  18. Super Size Me
    It’s a hugely enjoyable descent into epic gluttony.
  19. Le Week-End
    Writer / director team Kureishi and Michell add to their partnership with an insightful look at life-long commitment.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Exiled
    With not enough balls to be fun, and not enough brain to be cerebral, there’s not much going on behind those pained Western expressions to entertain.
  21. Innocence of Memories
    This is a fascinating insight into the mind of the Nobel laureate and his city muse. Coolly intelligent and noirishly compelling.
  22. Patrick
    Part mystery, part black comedy, part metaphor for loss, Patrick is a nakedly true original. It also has the best caravan fight since Kill Bill Vol. 2.
  23. Dreamers
    A bold and tender story well told, and elevated by its personal nature. This is a strong debut from Gharoro-Akpojotor — she’s one to watch. 
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Daytrippers
    The Daytrippers is an assured debut which engages the brain as well as tweaking the laughter lines.
  25. The Platform
    Released at any time, The Platform, packed with ideas and moments to be endlessly debated, would have all the makings of a cult classic. Released in 2020, it is an astonishingly apt metaphor for our times.
  26. What's Eating Gilbert Grape
    Depp puts in a reliable performance as the put-upon son who finds solace in the company of waitress, Juliette Lewis. All three deliver memorable performances along with a strong supporting cast.
  27. Hoppers
    Don’t call it a comeback — but this is really strong stuff from Pixar: funny, thoughtful, sweet, making for a heartfelt paean to nature, and beavers in particular. Dam good.
  28. Cold Mountain
    As he did with "The English Patient," Minghella has reshaped the novel’s structure, zeroed in on what matters cinematically and dramatically upped the emotional stakes.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Commitments
    This is an infectious musical story of rise-and-fall.
  30. Emergency
    Another diagnosis of the sickness of an over-armed, money-guzzling police force, Emergency sometimes struggles to combine its cinematic form with its messaging. But there are just enough moments where it all comes together to make it feel like worthwhile viewing.
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