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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. Ruby Sparks
    Six years after "Little Miss Sunshine," Dayton and Faris deliver a comedy that sparkles with wit and substance. But from the script to her portrayal of the title character, Ruby Sparks belongs to Zoe Kazan, who joins the likes of Sarah Polley and Brit Marling in the rarified ranks of actress/screenwriter double-threats.
  2. You Will Be My Son
    Lustrous photography and a fine cast make this dark drama a compelling one.
  3. Demonlover
    There's a Cronenbergian coldness to Olivier Assayas' corporate thriller.
  4. A Simple Favor
    Watching Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick trade barbs is entertaining, but Feig’s first thriller suffers from an unconvincing plot and inconsistent tone.
  5. Fiddler on the Roof
    It still stands up as an upbeat portrait of pre-revolutionary Russia, and will have you whistling If I Were A Rich Man for days.
  6. Blink Twice
    A seriously effective, incisive thriller which establishes Zoë Kravitz as a bold directorial talent, and shows you a side of Channing Tatum that you’ve never seen before.
  7. Tupac: Resurrection
    The results are highly subjective perhaps, but highly entertaining just the same and make an interesting companion piece to Nick Broomfield’s "Biggie And Tupac."
  8. Two Girls and a Guy
    This movie intrigues and disappoints in equal measure.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Looking for Eric
    Play It Again, Eric... Ken Loach perfectly captures the feeling of football and the need for hope. Touching and hilarious — a blinder.
  10. Himizu
    Over-the-top but blackly funny along the way.
  11. Kung Fu Panda 3
    Rather than the cynical ‘one last grab’ of the series, Kung Fu Panda 3 might actually be the best. Also, and this is so rarely the case that it’s worth mentioning, it deserves to be seen in 3D.
  12. Speak No Evil
    The business of this story in both versions is suspense, and Watkins is very good at ratcheting screws . . . but also springs satisfying reversals and pay-offs.
  13. World Trade Center
    Even without his box of political tricks, Oliver Stone remains the foremost cinematic shrink for America's distress.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Wonder
    It sometimes over-plays its hand but, anchored by a terrific Jacob Tremblay, Wonder is a warm persuasive argument for tolerance. And it’s always great to have Julia Roberts back on the big screen.
  15. The Breakfast Club
    Hughes has made funnier (Ferris Bueller) and better (Pretty In Pink), but this is the only one you could get away with calling iconic. Good and bad, it's still the definitive '80s teen movie - and, to paraphrase Simple Minds - don't you forget about it.
  16. Innerspace
    It doesn't have the dark edge of Joe Dante's other works, but brilliant performances by Martin Short and Meg Ryan make it a joy from start to finish.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Take
    Politically powerful, but filmically flawed.
  18. The Candidate
    With Redford giving one of his best comedic performances, helped by a Oscar winning script, The Candidate is witty and charming, while looking good and proving quite memorable, like Redford's lawyer.
  19. The Ipcress File
    Harry Palmer, charismatic but grounded in reality, is the perfect popular bridge between the spectacular escapades of Bond and the cold, harsh milieu of Deighton's embittered, betrayed spies.
  20. In Good Company
    Clever, original and terrifically witty.
  21. Happy New Year, Colin Burstead.
    A slight but consistently entertaining, thoroughly funny slice of life, this is Ben Wheatley untethered, letting off steam with a workout. It is a welcome carnival of misanthropy.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Julie & Julia
    Deliciously funny and warming fare, for which the amazing Meryl deserves her ridiculously overdue third Oscar.
  23. Emma
    Coming from a novice director, the film is not as impressive as "Sense And Sensibility", but as a light-hearted and energetic comedy of who-loves-who? and small upsets, this works well - and it boasts Paltrow's star-making turn.
  24. Avengers: Age of Ultron
    Bigger and, yes, darker than the first, this is less air-punchingly gleeful but probably more consistent. Thanks to Whedon and the most charismatic, compelling cast you’ll find anywhere, Age of Ultron redefines the scale we can expect from our superhero epics but still fits human-sized emotion amid the bombast.
  25. Captain America: The First Avenger
    Charming, handsome and full of pep – all 70 year-old Cap lacks is a knockout blow. Still, Johnston should be saluted for old-fashioned heart in a cynical age, while Marvel should be confined to barracks for cynical marketing.
  26. Brian and Charles
    Made with genuine affection and innately British whimsy, this is really just an odd-couple comedy about two lonely blokes — one of whom has a “washing machine for a tummy”.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Boston Strangler
    Fleischer mastery of tension and attention to detail make this riveting story a great piece of cinema.
  28. City Island
    An, at-times, marvellous muddle of high farce and low-brow chuckles.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Kitchen
    Not as revolutionary as Children Of Men, nor as wild as Attack The Block, The Kitchen is still solid British sci-fi with a social-realist flavour. An auspicious directorial debut from Tavares and Kaluuya.
  30. Missing
    A gripping, well-told, incredibly watchable thriller for a new generation of TikTok sleuths — and a compelling argument to up your average screen-time.
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