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For 6,818 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: 3,006 out of 6818
  2. Mixed: 3,654 out of 6818
  3. Negative: 158 out of 6818
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  1. The 11th Hour
    Too scattershot to land any effective punches.
  2. The Invasion
    If not a train-wreck, this is certainly more than a fender-bender. In a world overflowing with targets for a satirical pasting, we needed something a lot sharper than this.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    2 Days in Paris
    Quirky, fresh and sharply intelligent. A promising debut for director Delpy, both thought-provoking and painfully funny.
  4. The Bourne Ultimatum
    The best blockbuster of the summer and the most accomplished thriller since, well, Supremacy. This is the payoff Bourne fans have been waiting for and the standard to which future blockbusters should be held.
  5. Underdog
    Despite the talent on show, there's little to distinguish this from any other bland family comedy.
  6. No Reservations
    It’s sufficiently well done to qualify as cute, quite the thing for a girlie outing with grub after, but it’s utterly phoney baloney.
  7. The Simpsons Movie
    The message is just as clear with Simpsonian antics -- if it ain't broke, don't make a movie…
    • 54 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Cashback
    Much more than a tits and arse farce, this is an enjoyable, if lightweight effort.
  9. Hairspray
    Offering plenty of body and a lot of lift, Hairspray gels kitsch styling with show-stopping tunes to mould a memorable musical.
  10. Captivity
    Torture junkies should remember it’s only four months to Saw IV -- so you can afford to avoid Captivity.
  11. Interview
    Stagey filming aside, this is a sharp and controlled study of celebrity obsession.
  12. Talk to Me
    There’s terrific chemistry between the leads, but an episodic structure set over 20 years is too sprawling to really allow for a connection.
  13. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
    It won't win new fans, but as Potter movies go, this is the most filmic of the lot, suspenseful and action-packed.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Rescue Dawn
    Herzog’s planted rather too firmly in his discomfort zone, but Bale once again confirms himself as one of our most intense, committed and watchable actors.
  15. Transformers
    The script may have rubbery legs, but the action is rock-hard. The surprise is the lightness of touch: treat as a comedy for best results.
    • 25 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    License to Wed
    If ever there was lawful impediment for a marriage to not go ahead, it's this mess of a movie.
  17. Sicko
    Horrifying, heart-breaking, often hilarious - Moore’s latest shock doc is a potent polemic.
  18. Ratatouille
    That feeling you have as you leave the cinema - that buzzing in the fingers and lightness in the heart - is called joy.
  19. Live Free or Die Hard
    Yippee-ki-yay! Willis still has the goods.
  20. 1408
    Not up there with the best King adaptations, but a fun Gothic yarn that, like all good ghost stories, is simple and dripping with dread.
  21. Lady Chatterley
    Pascale Ferran as the first female director to adapt this notorious novel absorbs her successful vision with a uniquely romantic vibe.
  22. Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
    Bigger, better and more polished than the first, with a quite satisfactory ratio of action set-pieces and a lot of juvenile japery squarely aimed at its PG and fanboy audience.
  23. Nancy Drew
    That this is just about passable as a divorced parent’s weekend treat is down to Roberts’ charm and the timeless appeal of Nancy herself.
  24. Eagle vs Shark
    So quirky that it’s almost in danger of collapsing under the weight of its own antic whimsy at times, but a comic delight destined for cult adoration.
  25. Macbeth
    Poetic but bleekly pessimistic version of the Danish tragedy.
  26. Ocean's Thirteen
    You can beat the house and you can break the bank, but sequels always get long odds on defeating the law of diminishing returns – yet Ocean's Thirteen just about pulls it off.
  27. Hostel: Part II
    Roth's slick shock-'em-up sequel is a dispiritingly traditional splat of gristly Grand Guignol. It's tooled up to outrage, but ultimately numbs rather than grips.
  28. La Vie en Rose
    A far-from-rosy life story makes this lengthy biopic entertaining, but despite a strong lead performance it fails to get under Piaf’s skin.
  29. Knocked Up
    Knocked Up touches places most comedies wouldn't dare, some of them scarily biological, some of them scarily accurate. It's the sleeper hit of the summer, but don't worry: it's much better than that.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Ten Canoes
    Ten Canoes is a rare and valuable movie, providing fascinating insight into another culture without pandering or being stuffy. Seek it out -- swim if you have to.
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