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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. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
    The plot's a trippy, twisty mess, and it's far too long, but it looks fantastic and makes some bold choices in its execution. And once again Jack's back to save the day.
  2. Shrek the Third
    Another summer threequel, another case of slipping standards – not so much in the visuals, which remain predictably impressive, but in the all-important gag rate. To waste both Donkey and Puss is a crime…
  3. Flanders
    Harrowing and complex, this study in terror is not for the faint of heart.
  4. Once
    The year’s most pleasant cinematic surprise. Once has enough heart, wit, verve and sheer songwriting genius to ensure you’ll see it far more times than its title suggests.
  5. 28 Weeks Later
    Bigger action, more amazing deserted (and devastated) London sequences and biting contemporary relevance, if a touch less heart than the original.
  6. Lucky You
    A 'realistic' Vegas movie that will set no-one's soul on fire, but is further proof that Hanson can lend his talents to any style of movie.
  7. Away from Her
    It's Sarah Polley through and through: slightly too glum for its own good, but reeking of quality and feeling.
  8. Spider-Man 3
    Still smart, still exciting and still action-packed. It's just a shame to note that, after promising greatness, all Spider-Man 3 delivers is satisfaction.
  9. Paris, je t'aime
    Love is here in all of its many guises, brought together with a touch of subtitled sophistication.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Waitress
    An unassuming treat amid the noisy blockbuster season. It’ll melt your heart and any dietary resolve equally.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Jindabyne
    A great idea is weighed down by an over-egged screenplay, but the setting and cast bring out its best.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Fakers
    With so many high standing peers (both contemporary and classic), it just doesn't have the muscle or the nous to make an impression.
  13. Hot Fuzz
    The boys (now in blue) have done it again.
  14. Vacancy
    This stripped-down chiller has some decent jump-frights, but a dearth of memorable moments.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Fracture
    The two leads are on fine form, but the surrounding structure is too familiar from a thousand other films. Still, tense and occasionally twisty stuff.
  16. Pathfinder
    For crying out loud, Marcus -- all you had to do was have Vikings fight Indians! How hard was that?
  17. Perfect Stranger
    A twist-burdened techno-thriller that would be by-the-numbers if it could count.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Hoax
    Gere proves that there’s more to his range than ageing romantic leads in a multi-layered tale of public fraud and self-deception.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Are We Done Yet?
    Even John C McGinley (Dr. Cox from Scrubs) can't save this lamest of comedies.
  20. Blades of Glory
    Formula rules, as Ferrell applies his schtick to another sport. But there's enough silly spectacle and eye-popping costumes to compensate.
  21. The Lookout
    Plot holes and a mixed tone lessen the impact but Gordon-Levitt holds it together with a strong lead performance.
  22. Meet the Robinsons
    Kids will enjoy the colourful animation and fun characters, but adults will wish it all made a bit more sense.
  23. The Hills Have Eyes II
    Pretty solid gory horror.
  24. Reign Over Me
    Cheadle's finest hour and proof that Sandler can act. Funny, sad and flawed -- like its characters.
  25. 300
    Visually stunning, thoroughly belligerent and as shallow as a pygmy’s paddling pool, this is a whole heap of style tinged with just a smidgen of substance.
  26. The Namesake
    This Indian immigrant family saga is a pleasant watch, but given the emotive source novel, it’s surprisingly superficial.
  27. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
    It has few fireworks, but still sticks in the mind, and is a definite upgrade from Digimon: The Movie for director Mamoru Hosoda.
    • 27 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Wild Hogs
    Sounds great, with this cast of men of a certain age on big scary two wheeled monsters. Unfortunately it only pulls it off in places.
  29. Zodiac
    This gripping character study becomes more agonisingly suspenseful as it gets closer to an answer that can't be confirmed.
  30. Black Snake Moan
    Sam Jackson delivers the electric blues in a not-so-blue movie that promises more Deep South sin than it actually delivers.
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